Nicky Six Names (he/him)

Nicky Six Names (he/him)

@sicksnames.bsky.social

Trying my best to keep my sanity with books and nerd stuff and such despite, you know....gestures broadly

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Elon Musk can whine and threaten me all he wants, but I'm still going to call out his bullying and abuse of power.

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There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

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The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”

No fine could ever be enough. Executives who knowingly turned the app addictive for children should be behind bars.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

BREAKING: Meta settles for $17 billion with dozens of states in teen social media addiction case. The case, brought by a group of 29 states, was seeking up to $1.4 trillion in penalties. /1

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Boycott companies that steal your tax dollars!

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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The FBI never interviewed Epstein’s lawyer, his accountant, or the primary financier of his sex trafficking. Our investigation uncovered major gaps, and new allegations have come to light. Trump’s DOJ cannot bury this. It must reopen the investigation and follow every lead.

A dozen bands/artists to get to know me: Paul Simon Phish Julien Baker Bright Eyes Led Zeppelin The White Stripes Pink Floyd Modest Mouse Postal Service Ludovico Einaudi The Strokes Jay-Z

geraldmcgrew@geraldmcgrew.bsky.social

A dozen bands/artists to get to know me Grateful Dead Brian Eno Neil Young Meat Puppets Can Parliament-Funkadelic Allman Brothers Roxy Music Hot Tuna Warren Zevon Drive-by Truckers Turnpike Troubadours

Just read: The Strength of the Few by James Islington. My most anticipated book of 2025, 100% lived up to the hype. A deep book about the morality of power, how our environment shapes us, grief, friendship, and vengeance. An absolute blast and deeply moving. You WILL love it. 5/5⭐ #booksky #fantasy

Hail Vis! This entry very much lived up to the hype. Despite a slower start and some dragging created by the triplicate settings, TSOTF more than makes up for it with a mighty finish that lands a flurry of knockout emotional punches. #Booksky

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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

Just read: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'd call it 'subtle scifi' as there's a speculative hook, but it's really about love, friendship, and finding meaning with what limited time we have. A beautiful and haunting story, tho I prefer Ishiguro's Buried Giant a smidge more 4/5⭐ #Booksky #books

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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

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Replying to @justinhendrix.bsky.social

"When pitting the US against 38 other higher-income countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the US has the highest rate of relative poverty, second-highest rate of child poverty and infant mortality, and the second-lowest life expectancy rate."

theguardian.comTop 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – reportOxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

Just finished: Diavola by Jennifer Thorne. Had some chilling moments. Characters are truly awful in a fun way. Some tension is lost when we change settings. For lovers of haunted houses👻, Italy🍝, and nightmare families. 3/5⭐ #booksky #italy #familydrama #horror

I recently read: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. Killer spooky season vibes 🎃. Smart, funny characters. Body horror. Witch stuff. Shines a light 💡 on a widely forgotten part of our pre-Roe society. Horror with a heart. 5/5⭐ #booksky #horror #witches

Just finished: Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom. Really loved the 17th century New England setting . A smart and resilient female protagonist, Despicable villains. Perfect spooky season vibes 🎃. 4/5⭐ #horror #booksky #witchy

An extremely accurate assessment of the times we find ourselves living through: "his ascent was the product of a lot of powerful people who once denounced him forsaking their purported ideals for an inside shot at a windfall. His movement is powered by a willingness to sell out."

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rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

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Charlie Kirk, famous gun violence apologizer and flat out nazi, killed by one well placed bullet: "Oh man, we are fucked, the conservatives are gonna go crazy now" Minnesota lawmakers assassinated, hundreds of right wing ideology induced mass shootings, one sided enforcement of diarmament: "..." 👀