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Margaret Yonco-Haines Jan 23, 2025

Mastodon Migration Jan 23, 2025

One of the less reported on factors in Trump's election is the prominent role of an ecosystem of male oriented podcasts and social media referred to as the 'manosphere' that targets young men, promotes toxic masculinity and hatred of women, and has been associated with radicalization and extreme acts of violence. This is a sociological crisis that deserves much more attention.

@taylorlorenz has a must read report on the manosphere's impact on the 2024 election:

https://www.usermag.co/p/how-youtubers-pushed-young-male-voters

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How YouTubers pushed young male voters to Trump (with receipts)

+ Gamergate 2.0, pocket cheese, NYT on The Rizzler, MrBeast is hiring, and a Twitter exec reveals why Vine *really* failed

User Mag

Margaret Yonco-Haines Mar 11, 2024

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.Mar 10, 2024

@GottaLaff @emptywheel And what makes it even worse is that Katie Britt supports the RAISE Act (which would cap the number of legal refugees (including refugees from sex trafficking) the US would accept) and the misnamed Asylum Abuse Reduction Act (which would require abused children to somehow find their way to a US embassy to do a telephone interview in order to even apply for asylum, then wait in Mexico while their case is reviewed).

It's pathological to say you want to help teenagers forced into sexual slavery while also using your power to make it harder for them to get help.

Margaret Yonco-Haines Feb 19, 2024

Andrea Junker

Feb 18, 2024

Here’s the deal: We stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential.

Margaret Yonco-Haines Nov 15, 2023

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Nov 14, 2023

Polling shows:
•66% of Americans & 80% of Democrats demand ceasefire—yet they aren’t being listened to.
•73% of Palestinians in Gaza demand peaceful resolution contrary to Hamas—yet they aren’t being listened to.
•76% of Israelis demand Netanyahu resign—yet they aren’t being listened to

John Oliver perhaps said it best in his last episode—we need new leadership if we expect peace and Justice to prevail over war and death.

Margaret Yonco-Haines Jul 23, 2023

Axios Jul 22, 2023

Women in states with abortion bans are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth, according to a report from the Gender Equity Policy Institute shared first with Axios.

https://t.co/ftWOFHLnH8

Report: Mothers in states with abortion bans nearly 3 times more likely to die

The report found that maternal mortality rates in states with bans was "significantly higher" than in supportive states.

Axios

Margaret Yonco-Haines Jul 15, 2023

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wet forest moon folklorist Jul 13, 2023

@chargrille from WGA’s strike pages:

Donate to support striking writers:

https://secure2.convio.net/afa/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20013a?df_id=2857&2857.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=F991A2FD89178FAF65945424FBC6FC3B

Buy WGA merch to support the union:

https://shop.worxprinting.coop/collections/writers-guild-of-america

Social media toolkit from WGA:

https://www.wgacontract2023.org/take-action/social-media-toolkit

#WGAStrike #WGAStrong

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Margaret Yonco-Haines Jul 2, 2023

Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 2, 2023

Judge Jackson recusing herself from the Harvard affirmative action case despite zero financial benefit to her staying on, & Alito, Thomas, & Barrett refusing to recuse themselves from numerous cases where they gained significant financial benefit, tells you everything you need to know about progressive integrity & conservative corruption. #ExpandTheCourt

Margaret Yonco-Haines Apr 17, 2023

Steve Herman Apr 17, 2023

DoJ is to hold a news conference 13:00 EST in Brooklyn, #NYC to announce arrests and charges in a “significant national security matter.”

Margaret Yonco-Haines Mar 4, 2023

Augie Ray Mar 4, 2023

Study of people who were NOT hospitalized after a diagnosis of #COVID19. One year after the diagnosis of COVID-19, 44.3% had at least one self-reported symptom: memory loss (13.6%), gloominess (8.6%), anosmia (7.9%), body pain (7.1%), ageusia (7%), headache (6.4%), and cough (3.6%). 40.7% reported some limitation, being 24.3% negligible functional limitation, 14.3% slight and 2.1% moderate according to the PCFS.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30674-0

Risk factors associated with limited functional status among out-of-hospital patients 30 days and one year after a diagnosis of COVID-19: a cohort study - Scientific Reports

Some people experience indefinitely persistent and disabling symptoms after acute COVID-19, even those who have not been hospitalized. The purpose of this study was to analyze the long-term health consequences at 30 days and one year among people who were not hospitalized after a diagnosis of COVID-19 and to analyze which variables predict limitations in functional status. This is a prospective cohort study with non-hospitalized adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the city of Londrina. After 30 days and one year of the acute symptoms of COVID-19, participants received the questionnaire through a social media that consisted of sociodemographic data and data on functionality through the Post-COVID Functional State Scale (PCFS)—the primary outcome of the study "presence of functional status limitation" was grouped into without functional status limitation (value: zero) and with functional limitation (value 1 to 4), fatigue through of the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and dyspnea using the modified Borg scale. In the statistical analysis, multivariable analysis was performed. Statistical significance was set to 5%. Of 140 individuals analyzed, 103 (73.6%) were female with a median age of 35.5 (27–46) years. One year after the diagnosis of COVID-19, 44.3% had at least one self-reported symptom: memory loss (13.6%), gloominess (8.6%), anosmia (7.9%), body pain (7.1%), ageusia (7%), headache (6.4%), and cough (3.6%). According to the FSS and modified Borg scale 42.9% reported fatigue and 18.6% reported dyspnea, respectively. As for functionality, 40.7% reported some limitation, being 24.3% negligible functional limitation, 14.3% slight and 2.1% moderate according to the PCFS. There was a univariate association between the presence of limitation in the functional status with the female sex, diagnosis of anxiety and depression, presence of persistent symptoms after one year, fatigue and dyspnea. In the multivariable analysis, the predictor variables for functional status limitation were female sex, diagnosis of anxiety/depression, presence of at least one persistent symptom and fatigue one year after the diagnosis of COVID-19. One year after the disease, the patients presented functional limitation according to the PCFS, even without hospitalization. Risk factors associated with functional limitation include female sex, presence of fatigue, anxiety and depression, and at least one persistent symptom after one year of COVID-19 diagnosis.

Nature

Margaret Yonco-Haines Mar 1, 2023

Robert Reich Feb 17, 2023

RT @greenhousenyt
Employment among the largest freight railroads has fallen by 28% since 2021 while railroads have increased the length of trains

So now we have longer, heavier freight trains with fewer workers on hand to make sure they operate safely. What could go wrong?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/16/ohio-train-crash-toxic-risk/

The Ohio train wreck shows toxic risk of valuing efficiency over safety

The sheer mass of such a long, heavy train would make any derailment more violent than that of a shorter, lighter train.

The Washington Post