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Put this shit up in neon lights. One of the dentists at my dentist actually had a forty minute conversation with me in the lobby about the history of dental insurance, the politics of dentistry, and dental care which has led to our current fucked situation.

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In Maine, people never lose the right to vote because of a felony conviction, even while they’re incarcerated. Many incarcerated people are keen to vote in this year's election for governor, which could have big ramifications for criminal justice.

Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - BoltsMaine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process.boltsmag.org

I see mass deportations have ushered in a golden age of American prosperity, exactly as promised.

THREAD: Here's what happened in today's "We are exploiting peoples' legitimate fears around kids online safety to advance dangerous censorship and surveillance legislation" hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee... 🧵

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

okay but, this is the way we fight AI in everyday life we need to foster an atmosphere of disgust and repulsion of AI, like AI is like seeing a roach in a google review. Get up and leave the restaurant. "um, I just saw some AI stuff, I just... I dunno, it's gross haha. I'm good. thanks. Thank you"

i don't want your gift article i don't want your gift article i don't want your gift article i don't want your gift article i don't want your gift article i don't want your gift article i don't want...there are plenty of news sources that don't platform terfs

We've spent so much effort, for so long, to get this. And they lit so much money on fire. Imagine how much community organizing $60 million could have gotten in Michigan. But organized community wasn't the goal.

‘I wanted to hug whatever remained’: Gaza families’ 3-year wait for funeral https://aje.news/mfsd6v

The Marshall Project reports on an Illinois prison that has repeatedly failed to adequately respond to fires within the facility:

How An Illinois Prison Drove Desperate Men to Set Themselves on FireDesigned to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.www.themarshallproject.org

The Bolaño character who said that poems are homosexual, short stories are bisexual, and novels are heterosexual was wrong. I mean, everyone knows poems are gay and short stories are bi (novellas even more so - have you considered being a novel? one asks), but novels are just generally queer

So exhausted already by the meme that the "tells" of gen AI writing are when something is structurally aping the way a decent professional writer writes, rather than when it's meaningless word salad. (You will take my em dashes, sets of three, and lack of typos from my cold, dead hands.)

He is so good at this

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Covid-conscious people: The pandemic is ongoing. We want protections and accommodations "Realists": Ooh, an extremist. Sorry, Covid's not going anywhere CC: Right, so- R: So ignore it, weirdo! CC: We want our healthcare providers to wear masks R: You're living in a dreamworld, fairy princess

today is the last day of #DisabilityPrideMonth. if my autoimmune self can ask anything of you, reader—especially if: you are able bodied; you see yourself as caring for disabled rights—is to familiarize yourself w the disability advocacy that’s been happening these pandemic years, indeed, right now.

important work. sophie lewis on the centrality of the rape of palestinians to the zionist settler-colonial project:

No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film AdaptationPHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...theonion.com