Ride TheoryImmigrants take the jobs Americans don't want, like being married to Trump and Vance.
(Edit: Usha Vance was born in San Diego. Sorry.)
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Matt BlazeIt would be great if stories about presidential polls acknowledged that the Electoral College exists and while trends for the national popular vote are interesting, they aren't actually how the president is selected...
Keith DevlinRegardless of who wins in November, a nation for whom these poll-averages (WaPo, today) reflect the rationality and basic observational skills of the population (if they do) is, quite frankly, f***ed.
BroadwaybabytoThe mask ban in Nassau County, NY went into effect today. Itâs a dangerous, discriminatory and highly ableist ban that makes masking a criminal act.
The police will determine who is âsick enoughâ to wear a mask.
Everyone else? $1000 fine and/or jail.
Iâve written about mask bans in great detail in the past - Iâm strongly opposed to them. Legislators say theyâre designed to deter crime - when we know a medical mask does very little to obscure identity.
The reality is thereâs no evidence to suggest they will stop crime - however thereâs ample proof that they will deter high risk individuals from masking in public (or from being in public at all).
Invisible illnesses and disabilities are difficult for even doctors to understand - no one is going to feel comfortable letting a police officer determine if theyâre âdisabled enoughâ to not be breaking the law.
Bans like this increase the likelihood of harassment and violence against mask wearers - because people feel emboldened by the government effectively telling them that those who mask are âbadâ. We arenât bad - weâre just trying to survive.
My heart aches for everyone who wants and needs to protect their health in places that are enacting these bans - and I can only hope that if we keep getting loud and pushing back we can stop them from spreading.
Donât make the mistake of assuming it canât happen where you live - these bans can (and will) be enacted in more places if there isnât public outcry.
Medical tools should never be banned. Masks are a critical accessibility & public health tool. They help. They donât harm.
You know what does harm? Unmitigated covid spread. Ableism. Police profiling and law enforcement overreach. Anti-mask aggression. Bad policies and the refusal to pay attention to the science of airborne spread.
Nassau County just became more unsafe for everyone. Maskers and non maskers alike. Just like North Carolina before it⌠theyâve sent a very clear message that vulnerable people donât matter. Marginalized people donât matter. Ableism is alive and well.
If you want to read more about my thoughts on the North Carolina mask ban (and why medical exemptions are problematic and leave people behind)⌠I wrote an article on it here: https://www.disabledginger.com/p/north-carolina-passes-hb-237-and
You should also read the powerful TeenVogue article by Alice Wong on mask bans. I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to contribute - and I appreciate Teen Vogue being willing to tackle these critical subjects: https://www.teenvogue.com/story/mask-bans-disabled-people-protest
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidCautious #CovidIsNotOver #CleanAir #WearaMask #Disability #LongCovid #Ableism #Denial #CleanAir #Pandemic #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Eugenics #SafeHealthcare #N95 #Respirators #MasksWork #MaskUp #Spoonie #Discrimination #Dysautonomia #mecfs #pots #mcas #communitycare #wearamask #chronicillness #keepmasksinhealthcare #maskbans #NoMaskBans #UglyLaws
Adrian Riskin 
What would we do without the cops to keep us safe?!?
"From 2016 through 2022, 38 percent of all LAPD arrests and citations combined were of unhoused people, including nearly 100 percent of all citations and over 42 percent of all misdemeanor arrests."
âYou Have to Move!â
The 337-page report, ââYou Have to Move!â The Cruel and Ineffective Criminalization of Unhoused People in Los Angeles,â documents the experiences of people living on the streets and in vehicles, temporary shelters, and parks in Los Angeles, as they struggle to survive while facing criminalization and governmental failures to prioritize eviction prevention or access to permanent housing. Law enforcement and sanitation âsweepsâ force unhoused people out of public view, often wasting resources on temporary shelter and punishments that do not address the underlying needs. Tens of thousands of people are living in the streets of Los Angeles; death rates among the unhoused have skyrocketed.
Timnit Gebru (she/her)."Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia known as MBS, announced a growing presence in Silicon Valley by dining with investors Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and Altman, renting the entire Four Seasons Hotel."
*Shudder*
Cory Doctorowngl, I didn't realize just how toxic German anti-anti-semitism was until a German gentile called me - a Jew - an antisemite on the basis that criticizing the finance sector was "structurally antisemitic"
https://jewishcurrents.org/the-strange-logic-of-germanys-antisemitism-bureaucrats
Dan GillmorIn the annals of whiny, why-don't-presidential-candidates-talk-to-us-more journalism, this commentary at the New Yorker stands out.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/how-generic-can-kamala-harris-be
Hearing multiple (credible) stories of incredibly aggressive security checks of rooms by Hilton Resorts World this week, including someone forced to wait *in the hall* in a towel after being rousted from the shower.
This isn't security, this is just harassment. If they don't want our business, they shouldn't take our money.