Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

Surprised the far right snowflakes aren’t offended by Black Friday and demanding all Fridays matter

#COVID19 affects your brain--even without Long COVID.

No published study yet--this study is being presented at a conference, but: “Here, we noted gray matter alterations in both patients with long-COVID and those unimpaired after a COVID-19 infection. Interestingly, we not only noted widespread microstructural alterations in patients with long COVID, but also in those unimpaired after having contracted COVID-19.”

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1008223

By refusing to schedule a routine CIPA section 5 hearing, Aileen Cannon proves—once again—she is the best player on Trump’s legal defense team

Her pretrial rulings favored Trump, who appointed her

These were reversed by the conservative 11th Circuit with extreme language

She made constant errors on the 4 cases she presided over:
Closing jury selection to a defendant’s family
Forgetting to swear in the prospective jury pool

She won’t recuse herself. Remove her. 🇺🇸

Words simply cannot express just how bad the #studentloans management and processing are being handled. Between the Department of Education, MOHELA, and AidVantage, paperwork is constantly lost, misapplied, or just not acted on. When you contact agencies, they send you lengthy letters in the mail ignoring your actual issues. It's a complete mess.

Man why does it seem like every country has to elect their own right-wing nutjob to independently (re-)discover what a bad idea it is?

I have news for y’all: The “thermonuclear” lawsuit was not filed “the split second the court opens on Monday.”

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years. Donald Trump cheated on all three of his wives. Tell me which party is the one of family values.

-“Children have seen a staggering 22% increase in excess death

What that means is that the 43,249 projected excess deaths for 2023 will come not from old people dying, as before...

But from young people dying

COVID is becoming, like polio before it, a disease of the young” -Gregory Travis - November 18, 2024

From The Intellectualist at the hellsite, here's Senator Mike Braun [R-IN] saying he's open to SCOTUS changing settled law and depriving people of equal protection in** mixed racial marriages.**

Thus allowing states to reimplement old miscegenation laws, or banning so-called mixed racial marriages, requiring SCOTUS overturn *Loving v Virginia* in 1967.

These are confederate radicals.

#miscegenation #racism #marriage #politics #USpol #GOP #Republicans #Indianna #confederacy #civilrights

"If you don't like graffiti why don't you just look away like you do with the homeless"
Seen in Perth, Western Australia

You are only temporarily abled.

This is not a threat. It is a statement of fact.

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was

A close adviser to her husband
A diplomat, traveling to 7 Latin American countries in 13 days to strengthen ties
Urged peace talks between Sadat and Begin to be brokered at Camp David
Staunch advocate for mental health; lobbied for The Mental Health Systems Act
Married for 77 years; the longest married presidential couple

Rest in peace.

Republicans have NO plans to help the American people. Zero. Zilch. Nada. #RepublicansDontCare #VoteBlue #GOP #NoRepublicansEverAgain

Today's #NAAM 🧵 is on #CrisisPregnancyCenters , which are nothing more than fronts for the adoption industry.

I have an AI illness, so I have to have bloodwork done regularly. There was always a fake clinic (CPC) in the same strip center as the lab I always visit—this past wk, I noticed it’s closed. W00T! I did a happy dance in the parking lot. CPCs are truly contemptible, & I know that from experience. When I was a broke college student, I visited one for a preg test, not knowing +

#RosalynnCarter, former first lady and tireless humanitarian who advocated for mental health issues, dies at 96.
Carter devoted herself to several social causes in the course of her public life, including programs that supported health care resources, human rights, social justice and the needs of elderly people.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/rosalynn-carter-former-first-lady-dies-rcna62862

"Sunday 'Thankful for Vermin' Toons" https://bradblog.com/?p=14850 — This and more weak strongmen in @PDiddie's latest toons…

Wisconsin’s Legislative #Maps Are Bizarre, but Are They Illegal?
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Wisconsin’s #gerrymandering case has garnered national attention. But a little-explored aspect of the suit — the pervasive presence of “Swiss cheese” districts (see some examples below) — could have huge ramifications for the outcome.

#Wisconsin #Elections #Voting #Politics #News #Cheese #SwissCheese

https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-legislative-maps-bizarre-are-they-illegal?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post