Reposted by Nicole La GrutaMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/04/2026The receipts. A complete timeline of the shifting rhetoric. More: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p... 496137455710
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaKaren Jane Barlow @kjbar.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Very sad news about Jon Kudelka. He wrote this last year about what really matters. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/04...thesaturdaypaper.com.auLessons from political cartooningAfter being diagnosed with an inoperable glioblastoma, The Saturday Paper’s editorial cartoonist took time to consider what really matters – and it is not politics. 214131
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/02/2026The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it 27759187
Nicole La Gruta @niclag.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Please help tell the Government that Medical Research Matters! www.moniqueryan.com.au/medical_rese...moniqueryan.com.auMedical Research Matters 000
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy. 11585203814522
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The people of Minneapolis have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The first time a city's population has ever been nominated. www.newsweek.com/minneapolis-... 36564162173
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:nytimes.comAnnotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power. 22983632939
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 302163746558
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026God bless Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for saying what needed to be said in his Davos speech. 271556177
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Martin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon. 15580352973
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/01/2026A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims. 13974284922597
Reposted by Nicole La Grutabr00t4c @br00t4c.bsky.social · 10/01/2026‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin www.rawstory.com/world-cup-26...rawstory.com‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump adminWith the 2026 FIFA World Cup set to be hosted in the United States this summer, calls have grown for a global boycott and ticket cancellations in protest of the Trump administration and its increasing... 841306508
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated. 6634654411749
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 08/01/2026Another “breaking news” moment where media takes the gov word as “official” when a) video evidence shows exactly what happened and b) the gov lies every time it opens its mouth. With all the good and important Big Media can and does do, its willingness to cling to “objectivity” is killing us. 172634551
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you. 10634383816965
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 06/01/2026"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit. If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe. 58991872809
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/12/2025America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. 416111094501
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/12/2025This message hits hard. 8094515914223
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/12/2025The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined. 56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people. Read that back.theguardian.comJust 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report findsData from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90% 21845312236
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/12/2025i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job 1084687699
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11/12/2025WHO reaffirms no link between vaccines and autism www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...ctvnews.caWHO reaffirms no link between vaccines and autismThe World Health Organization’s vaccine safety committee said on Thursday that new reviews of scientific evidence found no link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder, reaffirming conclusions r... 27792265
Reposted by Nicole La Grutaroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918 1959561749
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaJes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 28/11/2025An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up. 26050421166
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaDefend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 23/11/2025A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.parents.comNo, Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism—Here’s the Proof Parents Need to SeeCountless studies have shown no link between vaccines and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder. But some parents still hold onto that belief. 24910383
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 13/11/2025For years they droned on about “the Deep State” - a powerful cabal that controlled everything. Then they set their sights on “the Epstein list” - a powerful cabal that preyed on children. (Spoiler: it’s the same cabal) Now they’re in power, guess who is protecting this cabal? They are. Odd. 15168941746
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaKrista D Ball is Canada's Mouthy Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 12/11/2025This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...youtube.comKeira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ adYouTube video by Daily Record 82243421
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 09/11/2025I identify less with my astrological sign than I do with the way people describe my dog. Like, I guess I'm a Capricorn but I'm for sure "treat motivated." 427318
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Maybe don't start destroying the White House right before an election. Things the consultants don't tell you. 21958145
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 05/11/2025THERE IT IS 1915822957
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/11/2025The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC. It didn't matter. Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power. 432295426519
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaBebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Even winning this year’s Halloween costume prize couldn’t ease Carol’s existential ennui. “Another October, another ghost, another shiny prize. Maybe a pig’s ear would cheer me. Ah nuts, who am I kidding.” 925742610
Nicole La Gruta @niclag.bsky.social · 30/10/2025We can't translate what we haven't discovered. Fund the questions, not just the answers. @australianlabor.bsky.social, @mon4kooyong.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.com7 basic science discoveries that changed the worldOzempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government. 010
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/10/2025If your savings account can’t buy you a yacht, maybe stop voting like it can. 261108753363
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 19/10/2025One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square. 1606537808
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Portland has fallen! 409139744090
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaKrista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Dear funding agencies, I know we all want to discover the wonder drug that will cure the horrible diseases, but to do that, we need to invest in basic, unsexy, foundational research on how the systems work. Funding can’t all be drug development. Sincerely, Looking for basic research grants. 432293388
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 02/10/2025But also we’re terrified of the subway 1875310921
Reposted by Nicole La GrutaLenore Taylor @lenoret.bsky.social · 02/10/2025www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAt least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency beganApplications from US citizens make up less than 1% of monthly applications but have risen steadily since Trump’s inauguration 43813