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In the post-insurrection US, air travel remains safe if no one storms the flight deck

6 days ago annieli

One incident occurred just hours ago as a flight gets diverted to OKC because a…

FOX News and the GOP are Obsessively Attacking Kamala Harris – For Doing Her Job

1 week ago News Corpse

You really have to feel sorry for Fox News these days. They are having a…

The Threats to American Democracy

2 weeks ago LaFeminista

I don’t know if this statement has been diarized, my apologies, but it bears repeating…

Previous guy's an alien, “…because when you're a star they let you do it”

3 weeks ago annieli

Former President Trump ordered the Pentagon to release all of its information on “unidentified aerial phenomena”…

Adults in the US Are 60% Vaccinated, In Seven States Over 70% Have Received a Dose

4 weeks ago Mastergardener2k

The US and the world continue with efforts to contain Covid. While the rate of…

What are the odds of Facebook Oversight Board letting previous guy back on Wednesday

2 months ago annieli

Likely Trump will continue to be banned from Facebook, but just in case, it is…

What are the odds of Facebook Oversight Board letting previous guy back on Wednesday

2 months ago annieli

Likely Trump will continue to be banned from Facebook, but just in case, it is…

Minerva @ Midnight: people like Giuliani's records, they're not thinking about the first impeachment

2 months ago annieli

Remember when Trump said: “I know people that like the Confederate flag and they're not…

Vaccinated American Tourists Will Be Allowed in Europe

2 months ago News Corpse

Europe will start welcoming American tourists who can show they are fully vaccinated, currently 29%…

One Half of Adult Americans Are Vaccinated

2 months ago Mastergardener2k

As of today, 50% of US residents over the age of 18 have been vaccinated…

One-Half of Adult Americans Are Vaccinated

2 months ago Mastergardener2k

As of today, 50% of US residents over the age of 18 have been vaccinated…

Minerva @ Midnight: prosecuting the previous guy, former FedEx employee kills 8, plus Freedom Flies

2 months ago annieli

Do we really have the will to prosecute Trump for anything? Or will he escape…

Minerva @ Midnight: after previous guy's indictment, a trumpist jail-break in the offing?

2 months ago annieli

Previous guy colluded with Russia, led a Capitol insurrection, and is not rotting in a…

Minerva at Midnight: better sex under (democratic) socialism

2 months ago annieli

“As in the Times Op-Ed from which the book originated, the title refers to the…

Minerva @ Midnight: April Fools – Baylor U. conservatives think slavery was good

3 months ago annieli

Change as a rising tide seems to be falling short as history’s stream is not as…

AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Are carbon markets like papal indulgences

3 months ago annieli

Like Martin Luther objecting to Pope Leo X selling indulgences to raise money for a…

Minerva @ Midnight: fungible space and fungible time

3 months ago annieli

The stuck ship does tell us something about the fragility of global trade and the…

the Grand Hotel Abyss defunded and canceled by Trump's GQP culture war on massage spas

3 months ago annieli

The Atlanta spree killings are unfortunately a story with structural similarity to events elsewhere. How do…

Vaccinations Are Averaging More Than 2 Million a Day as Many States Widen Eligibility

3 months ago Mastergardener2k

More than 110 million Covid-19 vaccinations have taken place in the United States, of which…

Vaccinations Are Averaging More Than 2 Million a Day; Trump Finally Supports Vaccines

3 months ago Mastergardener2k

More than 110 million Covid-19 vaccinations have taken place in the United States, of which…

Vaccinations Kick into 2nd Gear at 2 Million a Day; Biden Gets 70% Approval for Covid Response

3 months ago Mastergardener2k

Vaccinations for Covid-19 have levelled up to more than 2 million a day likely helped…

Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: the Climate Crisis has weak carbon markets and lagging technology

4 months ago annieli

The sparse number of actual carbon capture and sequestration projects plus weak carbon markets amplify the…

human trafficking and Comfort Women at Harvard Law – call off your old, tired ethics

4 months ago annieli

Recovering memory and historical revisionism in sex work might be the sad product of many…

The Christophe de Margerie makes history in the Arctic; Jet stream collapse leads to mass starvation

4 months ago Pakalolo

The “Arctic is already under such threat from so many angles, and while production there…

no ifs, ands, or buts – Trump must be prosecuted ASAP. Senate Judiciary vote on Garland, March 1

4 months ago annieli

One hopes that after the farce of a Trump impeachment acquittal, that criminal proceedings begin in…

Illiberal Capitalism: In Vogue?: The Present?: The Future?

4 months ago LaFeminista

This is something I have been considering for a long time [10 years or so]…

AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Climate Crisis, negative emissions technologies, and financialization

5 months ago annieli

As Climate Crisis returns to the new US administration agenda, negative emissions technologies (NETs) may…

“uber-capitalism” in a neoliberal market of revenant bears tiptoeing through tulips

5 months ago annieli

The best explanation of short selling (as it applies to GameStop) that I've read pic.twitter.com/o9ZL5HqsKf…

Trump talked to associates about a new political party as he pardons Steve Bannon

5 months ago annieli

As Steve Bannon is pardoned for scamming border wall money, he’s likely the new operative…