Reposted by sbrodoviczAdam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The first year I had Bruce I took him to the Christmas market in Love Park and we split a raclette sandwich. Last year we turned it into a formal tradition so here’s this year’s installment. Merry Christmas, bub. 71565
Reposted by sbrodoviczAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024NEW: 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... 👇propublica.orgUnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With AutismLeaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’... 935226549962
Reposted by sbrodovicz🎃naomispooksit🎃 @naomithinksit.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys 21061061757
Reposted by sbrodoviczCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/12/2024Personally, I think it takes a deeply incurious moral observer to argue that knowingly implementing policies that will deny people lifesaving care, in a situation where you have a legal duty to provide that lifesaving care, is *not* premeditated murder. 533353
Reposted by sbrodoviczJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Artist makes website that lets you take selfies through NYC's network of traffic cameras. NYC Department of Transportation sends cease and desist. Artist nails cease and desist to a very very very long pole & holds it up to one of the cameras to take a photo of it www.404media.co/traffic-cam-... 251530504
Reposted by sbrodoviczonion person @junlper.beer · 12/12/2024 republicans feel bold to openly claim they want to revert LGBTQ rights and public perception of LGBTQ people back to before the 2000s era 1043640432
Reposted by sbrodoviczรℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 11/12/2024nobody was bothered about trans ppl existing 7 years ago. everything that pisses you off about us is entirely fabricated by news media and politicians. every concern you have about our healthcare being ‘experimental’ is a lie. nothing you think you know is accurate. 281899587
Reposted by sbrodoviczJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 11/12/2024As in Tennessee, this ban does not apply to cis children, because the drugs themselves are not a safety hazard. The only thing at risk is a society’s discomfort with allowing young people to make their own decisions about their own bodies. 3342941788
Reposted by sbrodoviczHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳 744251662798
Reposted by sbrodoviczKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 07/12/2024Jesse Singal's life's work is laundering transphobia into language that that cocktail party set finds palatable. This technique attacks a weakness of liberalism and democracy, and it's being exploited ruthlessly right now. You have to treat the shtick like the thing it's pretending not to be. 194217913
Reposted by sbrodoviczAnil Dash @anildash.com · 06/12/2024I told our dog “Think about the choices you are making!” and istg he rolled his eyes at me 1449016
Reposted by sbrodoviczJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Every Thursday, I make spaghetti for myself and Pierre, and every Thursday, Pierre gets very excited to get his tiny dish of spaghetti 1545776357
Reposted by sbrodoviczElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 06/12/2024I had an emergency appendectomy just three weeks ago and almost didn’t go to the ER because it could potentially bankrupt me and that’s the risk many of us weigh when we potentially need emergency care and don’t know how bad the problem is. 1063198463
Reposted by sbrodoviczBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024the South Korean presidential system can be difficult for Americans to understand. Presidents can only serve a single five-year term, but their prison sentences vary in length. 191974360
Reposted by sbrodoviczMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 03/12/2024You're not going to be able to develop a highly informed, nuanced take on every conflict in the world, but I'll give you a good heuristic Always, in every circumstance, be opposed to the wanton slaughter of civilians, no matter what elaborate excuses folks throw up about why this time is different 141853575
Reposted by sbrodoviczAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/12/2024Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do. 38693762514
Reposted by sbrodoviczsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 03/12/2024🫡 heading out to see what I can clumsily report on the declaration of martial law in south korea 442612143
Reposted by sbrodoviczJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 03/12/2024A few important fact to remember: S. Korea lived under some form of military dictatorship from 1965-1988! Brazil lived under a military dictatorship from 1964-1985! Democracy is not an abstraction to these folk, it's a vulnerable thing that they want to protect. 7664401505
Reposted by sbrodoviczJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 03/12/2024The U.S. Constitution has many flaws, but some of our biggest problems aren't in the Constitution. It doesn't have a filibuster. It forbids default on the debt. It authorizes the Voting Rights Act. It bars insurrectionists from office. It makes no one immune from the law. 1329273
Reposted by sbrodoviczKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/11/2024I think the problem for Democrats is that a lot of people do not like Democrats or the party. 2723213
Reposted by sbrodoviczhaunted ghoulfriend👻🍬 @sliceofwife.bsky.social · 19/02/2024sorry I can’t tonight, I’m crawling into the soft hollow of a fig and laying all my eggs and dying 828142
Reposted by sbrodoviczJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Americans are losing the right to exercise state power to restrict the fundamental human rights of a tiny minority of marginalized people without being criticized for that online, and Jeremy Fucking Peters is on it. 1875379746
Reposted by sbrodoviczRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This echo chamber nonsense is predicated on the notion that bigotry is a valid perspective. It isn’t. Grow up! Think better! 773832708
Reposted by sbrodoviczMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/11/2024pro tip: don’t call something a “debate” when one side is just trying to defend their human rights and the other is trying to punish their existence. 222802707
Reposted by sbrodoviczJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I was in a meeting when Gaetz news came in. Colleague said a report about a second woman might have been what forced him out. I said, you sure that wasn't Hegseth, because I'd just heard about a second woman in that story. And he said, no Gaetz. But that's kind of where we are. 531795285
Reposted by sbrodoviczAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/11/2024i feel like democrats dont understand how malleable voters are and that theyll follow politicians who simply fight with the courage of their convictions 451436171
Reposted by sbrodoviczAugust J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 19/11/2024This Nancy Mace thing is going to be a defining moment for the Democratic Party. Mace is deliberately bullying another person, one of their colleagues. And if House Dems are too chickenshit to defend their own colleague over this open, blatant hate, what the hell is the point of them anymore. 284130722703
Reposted by sbrodoviczMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19/11/2024in 1999, rep. nancy mace was the first woman graduate of the citadel military college. she understands acutely what it’s like to break a barrier. for her to do this to incoming rep. sarah mcbride, the first trans member of congress, is particularly vile.thehill.comMace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restroomsRep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. The resolution, which would prohibit members, officer… 651093276
Reposted by sbrodoviczJoe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 19/11/2024To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations. Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.docs.google.comLocal Public-Facing Immigrant Support/Advocacy Groups 35045723476
Reposted by sbrodoviczKristen Panthagani, MD, PhD @kmpanthagani.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible. 12190482381
Reposted by sbrodoviczHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Seeing a lot of theories about why gaetz got the nomination that are various dimensions of chess and not the obvious "he told trump on the plane he would put taylor swift and mark cuban in jail" or something 945745
Reposted by sbrodoviczGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024This would render them traceable through the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program which (I suspect) is how Ken Paxton is finding doctors prescribing tesoterone to young trans men 16520260
Reposted by sbrodoviczBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/11/2024THREAD: I’m going to share this thread here to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, for all those who frequently ask me about it, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share it frequently if you think it will help. 🧵#EVS 125995451
Reposted by sbrodoviczElizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024and so it begins... www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...cjr.orgTrump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical CoverageLegal letter follows complaints aimed at CBS News, the Washington Post, and the Daily Beast. 24728921228
Reposted by sbrodoviczJoe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Actually this feels like good hive mind stuff. Who wants to mark Tom-Homan-as-border-czar day by dropping in the replies local immigrant advocacy/support organizations near you? 133598214
sbrodovicz @sbrodovicz.bsky.social · 14/11/2024My life strategy of not getting people, not being good at people, not caring about what people think because what am I supposed to do, is not working out well for my political party 000
Reposted by sbrodoviczAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Was there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting organizations). Voted no, of course - but I do want to report that the activism DID work and persuaded members. I thought it’d be a lonely NO vote, which we take often. It wasn’t. 951432294693
Reposted by sbrodoviczMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12/11/2024If you’ve been on Bluesky for a while and have a sense that this is a small community where you can say anything without blowback from fascists, be aware that the recent exodus from Twitter has put a new spotlight here. I know most people don’t care, but it’s good to be reminded this is all public. 724437799
Reposted by sbrodoviczMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/11/2024In my latest newsletter I wrote: "Concern over the existence and safety of trans people in public life had absolutely no impact on this election, and anyone saying otherwise is an asshole." I wanted to share a response I received (CW: anti-trans rhetoric) and how I replied. Zero tolerance policy. 591219225
Reposted by sbrodoviczMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Everything is bad except for Dogs 139720338947
Reposted by sbrodoviczMike Masnick @masnick.com · 10/11/2024Folks, beware of invading trolls. Report them, block them, use blocklists. Yelling at them is pointless. It's what they want. 863957881
Reposted by sbrodoviczStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 09/11/2024Democratic Justice Allison Riggs is trailing by just 0.14 percentage points in a crucial race for North Carolina’s Supreme Court with some votes left to count. You can volunteer here to help voters fix problems with their mail/provisional ballots to ensure they count www.mobilize.us/ncvictory202... 2209144
Reposted by sbrodoviczCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/11/2024Hey everyone, if you want to help cure ballots of Yadira Cariveo, she’s going to need it. The race is super close and has been going back and forth between the two candidates. brittanypettersen-com.dmailroute.net/x/d?c=435681...brittanypettersen-com.dmailroute.netCO-08 Adams County Ballot Cure Interest FormVolunteer signup form 5423427
