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@ethicalpsycholo

Psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, activist. Boston.

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In South Burlington, Vermont, protesters are being tear-gassed by ICE and local police as they attempt to prevent a kidnapping.

11.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 1097 πŸ” 708 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 39
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I wonder is Joe Rogan regretting his endorsement.πŸ€”
#ProudBlue #Pinks

12.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0

I may be wrong, but it feels to me like reporters are giving Trump a lot more "Yeah, no, that's bullshit" responses now than they did just a few months ago.

11.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 3992 πŸ” 723 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 41
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I wish we didn’t have to pick up the tab for his mother’s refusal to hug him as a child.

12.03.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 2293 πŸ” 582 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 33
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β€˜The United States government is engaged in an active cover-up of the largest sex-trafficking and influence peddling scandal in our history, and Donald Trump is right at the center of it.’- House Oversight Democrat Rep. Stansbury

12.02.2026 05:53 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7
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Warren: "It is still the case that the Trump admin cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15m Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion a day to spent on bombing Iran."

10.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 3316 πŸ” 1100 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 42
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The Fate of the First Amendment The Defense Department announced is barring press photographers from the briefings it holds on the war in Iran.

When the President decides photojournalists can’t take pictures at Sec’y Hegseth’s Iran briefings, it’s not a small thing. We’re connecting the dots to the larger efforts to erode our 1st Amendment rights, just when we need them the most. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

12.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 647 πŸ” 211 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

Not beating the allegations that it's an admin obsessed with performative masculinity, with all of its attendant contradictions

11.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Pentagon reportedly tells Congress first week of Iran war cost more than $11.3 billion. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe The briefing appeared to be the most comprehensive assessment Congress had received so far amid mounting questions about the war, according to reports.

Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing that they estimated the cost of the war against Iran had exceeded $11.3 billion in the first six days, according to reports on the meeting.

12.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6
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Another hush money payment.

11.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 7467 πŸ” 3164 πŸ’¬ 231 πŸ“Œ 135
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Fears for women’s rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office JosΓ© Antonio Kast, who voted against legalising divorce in 2004, has pushed for return to total abortion ban

Chile's new president is extremely right-wing, Catholic, with Nazi roots. But women in Chile are strong and organized. β€œWomen are having abortions right now, they will be doing it tomorrow, and they will keep doing it – no rightwing government will stop that." - member of Con las Amigas y En La Casa

11.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 933 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 9
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Kids WILL DIE unnecessarily.
1/2

12.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ.. Chris Wright gave his counterparts in the Group of Seven nations the White House’s position Tuesday morning: A massive intervention in oil markets was premature ..

β€œ.. Less than two hours later, U.S. officials reversed their earlier position ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/ene...

11.03.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 318 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 13
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ICE Lawyer Who Told Judge She Was Overwhelmed Seeks New Role: Lawmaker

The ICE lawyer who admitted to a judge earlier this year that she as overwhelmed by the workload (drawing lots of headlines) is now running for Congress, challenging Ilhan Omar in the Dem primary. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

11.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 336 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 68

β€œBig Israeli bombs going off in Beirut, very loud and quite intense. Obviously time to go along with the major offensive in the south that is still not being reported on, but is definitely happening as I type.”
@ibishblog.bsky.social

11.03.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Six years ago WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Despite tens of millions of deaths, the world has not sufficiently addressed the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and we are more vulnerable to future pandemics due to anti-science officials leading government agencies around the world.

11.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 650 πŸ” 242 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 14
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 23903 πŸ” 5972 πŸ’¬ 1735 πŸ“Œ 634
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Samsung News U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds

U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds. More than 30 military members remained in hospitals Tuesday night with battle injuries from the Kuwait attack.
www.samsung-news.com/articles/VUw...

11.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The ADL is a hate organization. By their own criteria, the ADL has no place in public life.

11.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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$5.6 BILLION could save Healthcare for Millions of Americans

The money Trump's War of Choice that nobody wants .

It could cover extended subsidies for the 22 million on the Affordable Care Act

It could fund 110 thousand of Americans on Medicaid for a year
TRUMP TOLD YOU AMERICA FIRST

11.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

A felon real estate developer with a long history of bankrupcies?

11.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf β€” Guardian US Iranian officials warn of β€˜war of attrition’ and global economic chaos as energy supplies are throttled

Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf - The Guardian

apple.news/Amt_guG2EQ7G...

11.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This interview with the great @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social was a "wow" moment for me. Thanks, New York Times and David Marchese.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

I couldn't help noticing the question that seemed the most Times-like to me.

11.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 3168 πŸ” 824 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 52
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Back in August, we launched a Grammarly agent called Expert Review. The agent draws on publicly available information from third-party LLMs to surface writing suggestions inspired by the published… | ... Back in August, we launched a Grammarly agent called Expert Review. The agent draws on publicly available information from third-party LLMs to surface writing suggestions inspired by the published wor...

Grammarly is taking down its controversial impersonation feature, "Expert review," which literally tries to impersonate writers *without* their consent.

This corporate blunder is right up there with Ring’s intrusive AI-powered "Search Party" feature that uses smart cameras to locate πŸ™„ *lost dogs*.

11.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr’s pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say HHS calls MIT professor β€˜more than qualified’ for advisory panel and calls β€˜attacks’ on him β€˜politically motivated’

What the hell is a MATHEMATICIAN doing on the ACIP committee? ACIP is a joke.

This guy (with no biology background) gets to decide guidelines on vaccines.

Ideology over expertise.

πŸ§ͺ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

11.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 8
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Come on Senate!
#VoteNoOnSaveAct ⛔️

11.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 5

Republicans block TSA and FEMA funding.

11.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump claimed Iran hit their own elementary school. 170 children dead. Now Military Investigations show it was a US missile and failed intelligence.

Trump didn’t just lie he blamed the victims’ own country for his own mistake.

This is a war crime cover-up in real time.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

11.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

The White Supremacist regime wants to make sure that every college and university privileges white people.

11.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When voting rights are threatened, women show up The SAVE America Act has evoked a visceral reaction from many women who see it as a personal attack.

What makes the reaction to the SAVE America Act notable is how personal it feels. Millions of women suddenly have seen themselves in a policy. And when a group of people can picture their own voting rights being affected, they can be moved to act.

The latest from @errinhaines.bsky.social:

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