Why does USA use corn syrup instead of sugar? It's by design. "import quota for sugar that limits imports to keep the price as high as possible for American consumers" "US consumers and producers pay approximately three times the world price of sugar" aier.org/article/why-ke…

me: "It's important personally for me to stay alive and keep living." my body: "........sorry what? missed that, trying to do something really cool..." me: "Oh, what is it?" my body: "this thing called dying? anyway doing it now." [annoyingly dies]

John Oliver's brilliant take on why he's voting for Kamala Harris. And he featured Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman.

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Apparently all you need to do to get kicked off of this backwater excuse of a social site is to call Elon Musk the first lady? Huh.

The path ahead won’t be easy. It isn’t what we fought for. But it’s the path before us—and I believe in our ability to keep up the fight. Take the time you need. Foster new & old connections. Take social media breaks. And reach down deep to find the strength to keep going.

Women know that men don’t scheme to “dress like girls” to assault them. They do it every day in broad daylight. And the ones in power protect each other to keep it quiet. Just ask the House Ethics Committee. Or the President-elect of the United States. Leave women alone.

Trump finished this year’s election with a far weaker mandate than Biden or Obama: Trump in 2024: 49.8% Biden in 2020: 51.3% Obama in 2012: 51.1% Obama in 2008: 52.9% thenation.com/article/politi…

Trump's incoming FCC chair already putting TV networks on noticed they'll be punished for coverage Trump doesn't like. Trump use already violated his oath in term 1 by using public power to punish coverage he didn't like. Even more open now.

Word of the Day is ‘fudgelling’ (18th century: pretending to be extremely busy whilst not doing very much at all.

For every dollar someone in the top 1% received from Trump's 2017 tax cuts, a worker in the bottom 60% got less than one cent. Next year, Trump plans to give more tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. We must fight for a tax code that works for working people.

carefully, he's a hero

Hey Elizabeth Warren , this seems like a pretty solid election reform bill to borrow from down under. What do you think?

People are like "facts don't care about your feelings" when the feelings are "not wanting to be randomly set on fire"

This is what Elon Musk looked like before he took hormones, had a hair transplant and plastic surgery. All stuff that he wants banned for Trans people.

I'm sorry, republicans, you must use the name assigned to the gulf at birth.

The FDA has scrubbed from its website guidance on conducting medical trials with representative numbers of men/women and racial/ethnic minorities. these aren't symbolic issues. Drugs affect men/men, people with different genetic backgrounds differently. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/medical…

If Elon Musk is really serious about making government more efficient and saving taxpayers money—WITHOUT cutting key programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security—I’ve got a plan for that: masslive.com/news/2025/01/d…

The following pages have been removed from the CDC website. This used to be known as censorship. Not sure what the new word is.