Poli Sci Chick

Don’t Look Up was apparently a documentary.

I am tired of Russia’s bs. When I say tired, I mean, I feel the weight of generations of tired.

Something important to remember is that when we talk about protecting sex workers, we don't just mean from sexual predators or serial killers. There are several ways sex workers can experience violence. Here's a few of them:

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

Day 6/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge

Good take by a couple of my kid’s classmates in the elementary school newspaper

ABC never, ever should have settled that Trump lawsuit. All they succeeded in doing was showing him that they’ll be willing to pay to make a headache go away. Now that Trump’s team knows that for certain, now they know they can do it going forward. This lawsuit was a proving ground.

Look, I don’t want to be *that* person & I *do* think this is worth doing— However— A Constitution is simply a piece of paper that we choose to imbue with power. It only works because we all agree it does. There’s evidence to suggest that the upcoming Administration does not feel the same way.

Look, I don’t want to be *that* person & I do think this is worth doing— However— A Constitution is simply a piece of paper that we choose to imbue with power. It only works because we all agree it does. There’s evidence to suggest that the upcoming Administration does not feel the same way.

Day 5/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge

And according to Benjamin Franklin, it should be a turkey anyway!

Don’t be so eager to give up a right— You never know when you might need it.

Day 4/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge

NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇

If we're going to be overhauling bank regulatory structure then may I humbly suggest:

I'm what's called "silent homeless". I couchsurf, so I'm not exposed to the elements and constant public eye / judgment / ridicule. It's definitely a privilege to be able to be silent homeless. At the same time, there's absolutely no privilege in being #homeless. #houselesssky #classconsciousness

Day 4/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge

“If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people's pain, you are a human being.” —Leo Tolstoy

“Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental’, you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, ‘We must be realistic’, they mean they are going to make money out of it.” —Brigid Brophy

Day 3/20 📖💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge

This is the @forbes.com article it’s from, btw:

Really, @forbes.com? *This* is the phrasing you want to go with?

Day 2/20 📖💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge

Everything in here rings so true that it almost causes a PTSD response. The part about having to perform pain perfectly to get treatment is so painfully true, depression in slow motion.

A patient advocate just sent me several messages she's received in recent years about people’s experiences with inadequately treated pain. These stories are horrific.

Here’s a piece on how we could get from here to multiparty democracy in the U-S-A, via state courts. Revising some this month, all ears 👂if you have thoughts… papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The WI Supreme Court has denied the petition to bypass in Disability Rights WI v. WEC, a case seeking access to electronic absentee ballots for voters with certain disabilities. The case will remain in the Court of Appeals for now. More background on the case here: apnews.com/article/disa...

NEW: "Regardless of how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Skrmetti, advocates should develop a comprehensive, state-by-state strategy for protecting trans rights under state constitutions." Morgan Munroe & @kasiawolfkot.bsky.social on the promises & limits of such a strategy.

🚨50 Constitutions Update🚨 Our latest update to 50constitutions.org adds tracking constitutional change features to 9 states! These tools allow users to explore a state's full amendment history. (Additional states coming in 2025!)

SERVICE UPDATE We normally don't ask you to "share like and subscribe" but please distribute this. You are now able to delete the link after it embeds on your post so you can get those precious extra characters, and we will catch your post mentioning research. #AcademicSky #Medsky #HigherEd

Social security is not an “entitlement.” It’s money wage-earners pay into the system.

The panic-inducing reminder that I’ll never have enough time to read all the books on my list 😩

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 1/20 📖💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge

“A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.” —Dostoyevsky

Cool conference announcement on labor and democracy from CUNY Labor Studies, May 8-9, 2025 Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/D7yz91FkqkRg...

"Detective framed innocent man as revenge, putting him in prison for 31 years, suit says": www.miamiherald.com/news/state/f...

🔥AMAZING compilation for PREPARING FOR Project 2025!🔥 PLEASE WATCH/SHARE & THERE IS A SPREADSHEET IN THE VIDEO THAT IS EXCEPTIONALLY HELPFUL! @logicmax.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fh5...

The sociology lesson is strong with this meme ✨

Just because you can read the Constitution, doesn’t mean you understand it. As an American, you don’t just have the right to read it— you also have the right to know what your rights are. What good are knowing the words if you don’t know the meaning behind them? Dedicate yourself to *that* fight.

Please be mindful of the videos you watch, the accounts you follow and the blogs you read. It’s very easy to fall into a political paranoia spiral in such a low-trust media environment.

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