Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏 461932438
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Discussion well worth listening to. These two have been totally in the trenches and details of health care reform for at least a decade. As AES points out adding kids would be an existential and material relief to families and cost little. Most kids are incredibly healthy and a few are vey sick. 311126
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialDeborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026ysph.yale.edu/news-article... Single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1.04 trillion or 20% less than the system it would replace, according to new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA 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 11021491060
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading. 795166653669
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“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...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA 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 595165447121
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialLL Cool Ade @arrogantade.blacksky.app · 16/08/2026They’re really bringing back lynching. 5232123
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Good news: We can tell you how much the globe will warm if we continue to burn fossil fuels and emit CO₂ at an alarming rate. Bad news: We’re terrible at telling you how bad the impacts will be, and they’re consistently worse than we predicted.bloomberg.comExtreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It ComingRecord-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change. 302247821
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 21/06/2026As someone who doesn’t really watch sports, it feels like sports are everywhere this summer. And I’ve gotta say it’s nice to feel something in the atmosphere besides abject horror and rage. 421922126
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o... 229119653096
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 16/05/2026I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done. Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten. 3084054750
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialAFT @aft.org · 14/05/2026Americans knew grocery bills were getting out of control – but new data shows tomato prices are up 39%; coffee 18.5%; beef 14.8%; and fresh vegetables 11.5% over the last year. Forcing families to try to stretch every paycheck further. abcnews.go.com/Business/tom...abcnews.go.comTomatoes, seafood and more: Why are these grocery prices soaring?A historic oil shock has driven up supply chain costs, according to some analysts. 27434218
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Many people have a vested interest in pretending otherwise, but the US research university is globally dominant to an almost unbelievable degree. The typical state university is a football team stapled to a R&D lab with a budget bigger than the entire nation of Belgium. 464334944
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialJulianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 12/05/2026"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."washingtonpost.comHow minimum wage hikes and food stamps fit in to suicide preventionStudies show income, debt and access to basic needs shape mental health outcomes, but U.S. strategies have largely focused on clinical care. 6328841146
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026This website visualizes social media as a room with 100 people 3 people are producing most toxic content Most people assume 43 are producing toxic content, because these 3 are hyperactive and amplified by engagement based algorithms. The other 97 quiet voices disappear thenoisyroom.com 419884
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics. 273111874100
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialAmy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 30/04/2026Justice Kagan says it best 17500135
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Read @clairewillett.bsky.social right now www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/o... 602256729
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors. 512129325447
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Mackenzie Scott is just kicking the ass of all the other billionaires on the stuff that matters www.wsj.com/finance/cryp...wsj.comCryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions.The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobs—and sometimes even more money. 19623141
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 01/03/2026It’s really crazy how much I’ve been agreeing with Rep. Thomas Massie recently! 856199585540
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...wsj.comAmericans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record NumbersMore citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries. 39460471819
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialMarlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026pretty stunning chart 22431361140
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Important thread on so-called “dynamic pricing” that will also affect wages: 79044
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Another health breakthrough. (h/t Gav)case.eduNew study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve UniversityFor more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ... 841988680
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/12/2025The RFK, jr effect. 377101524200
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialPru Madeley @prum.bsky.social · 02/12/2025I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits. 207109163201
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialMark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...electrek.coAustralia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricityAustralia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours. 650233088055
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/10/2025Good morning! There’s an amazing new podcast that premiers today with Martin Sheen. Listen and subscribe for some of the best self care out there. 💙💙💙 592600761
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I am sure it is hard on parents. But you have no idea what it means to many of us to see your babies and a pumpkin. 32130588
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/10/2025Here’s the thing about the Civil Rights Movement people don’t realize, shit was messy. 1235561787
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Q: “Most hospitals + people who will lose insurance are in rural areas. If Trump & Republicans are so intent on sticking it to their own voters, why not let them?” @aoc.bsky.social : “That’s the difference between us & Trump. I don’t care if you voted for me, I want you to have health care.” 11993252143
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 13/10/2025This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time. There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election. 5527831041
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Schatz: They’re stopping wind and solar because this guy has some very strange ideas about the energy mix. And it’s consistent with the rest of his political and economic philosophy — if there’s less of everything, it gives him more authority to dole out favors 18871592381
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?thetimes.comUniversities teaching literature students how to cope with long novelsCritics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive 351315288
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 30/09/2025US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better." Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better. Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand. We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it. 972195595365
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2025The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power. 571923651
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/09/2025“ Doctors from abroad make up nearly 1/4 of the physician work force in the US. They provide much of the staffing in rural and underserved areas, and in areas of medicine that are often shunned by U.S.-trained physicians, like primary care, psychiatry and pediatrics.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/h...nytimes.comMedical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors 613165
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 27/09/2025when i was a kid, a bully pushed me down during recess. that night, my mom taught me how to throw a punch, and the next time the bully came at me, he got a face full of little girl fist. when my mom was called, she had a one-word response: “attagirl.” and the bully never fucking touched me again. 521116144
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2025I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 332190553
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 18/09/2025What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats. 1585353829949
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds. 259196358164
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 18/09/2025After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.yahoo.comLet’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy KimmelTrump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet. 19826137319522
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Huge story and scandal. 18572205
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialSam Ro @tker.co · 12/09/2025The relative gloom among young people is unusually high. Fascinating development in the UMich survey via @weisenthal.bsky.social 34382115
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/09/2025You’re kidding right, Lutnick? You let him fire all those people - act like a maniac with people’s lives the ability of our government to function - and just months later say, “that was wrong.” Unreal. wapo.st/462dsvzwapo.stLutnick says Musk was ‘backward’ in cutting governmentThe commerce secretary said the billionaire’s efforts focused too much on reducing the workforce rather than targeting waste. 591247318
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2025US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right - the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it 191292526
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.theatlantic.comA U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His StoryA conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid 447163786113
Reposted by @ptrixb.bsky.socialLarry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 11/09/2025New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free universal childcare. The state's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, announced free childcare for all families, regardless of income, a move estimated to save families $12,000 per child each year. 1433166
