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Main audience: everyone, then UK people, then USA people Mixed bag today, starting with blossoms & a whiff of good news in the UK. Then, if you have the backbone for it, more about the USA. Links to a couple … Continued

Main audience: USA people Contacting legislators may feel pointless, but it isn’t. It can sway them. And we only have a prayer of reclaiming government of, by and for the people if we make it clear that’s what many, many … Continued

Main audience: non-USA people, then USA people The USA situation has already deteriorated so much, most ways to resolve it aren’t usable any more. But there is one tool powerful enough, with low odds of bloodshed and very high probability … Continued

Main audience: anyone (first section) and USA people (other sections) If you rely on data or websites published by the USA’s federal government, I hope you downloaded a copy. A lot of it is disappearing. At the same time, resistance … Continued

Main audience: anyone We may not have come through our visit to the dentist completely unscathed. We may have gotten very light exposure to something no worse than a common cold. But it is not at all like flu or … Continued

Main audience: everyone The gilded class have made the biggest acquisition ever. The “workers” in the acquisition vehicle don’t realize that’s all they are. The good news for us and bad news for the gilded class is that acquisitions often … Continued

Main audience: everyone The world said *Never again* after the Holocaust, then let hideous massacres happen again in too many places. We are overdue to say *Never again* & mean it. Otherwise in 80 years our descendants will hold remembrance … Continued

Main audience: USA people and everyone affected by the USA (which means, um, everyone) It looks to me like no later than Saturday the USA reached a milestone in the authoritarian playbook. Not being swept along by it will take … Continued

We have a problem. H5N1 avian influenza is advancing toward human transmission and this week public health became even more crippled, less able to grapple with it. https://open.substack.com/pub/bonniehuval/p/facing-h5n1-with-crippled-public

Main audience: USA people USA Social Security Administration has cut SSI benefits which are generally for disabled people who have very low income. Message on SSA telephone line says the cut began 20 Jan 2025 (Inauguration Day). Click here to … Continued