A recent report published by an Iranian Armed Forces-affiliated website went as far as to state that “The root of the recent developments (protests since October 7th, 2023) in universities across the United States and Europe can be traced back to a letter written 10 years ago by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution. It is hoped that these movements will lead to profound transformations globally.”

Sniffing your own farts Iran.

Repubs will continue to sew fear of places like NY and California. People who have never been there will believe them. Cycle continues.

You use the chainsaw to open the lady and pluck out the baby? What a genius idea. This will save a lot of time. /s

Medical science consistently amazes me and is one of the few areas where there is often encouraging news.

I watched the videos last year, but going back through now, I found myself shocked all over.

Never heard of this, but I absolutely believe his nutso supporters committed domestic terrorism.

Goddamn it. I came back a day later and thought there might be real information. You have successfully troller me. Well done.

I see someone grew up in the 80s. I can’t even remember which show, I just recognize the jingle.

It’s pretty cool when your governor can send people to come get you. Come on, Ronnie. Let’s have some pudding, you little bitch. You’re out of power in 2027. Let’s dance.

So much mass. The thought of how much power is within that hulking body is mind boggling. I want to be friends with a lion.

Florida approved chaplains in schools. I wouldn’t take that as an acceptable form of mental health care. Luckily, the fine folks at the Satanic Temple have expressed interest in sending their own chaplains, so the plan has stalled out a bit.

The sheriff’s office said that it had informed the middle school in Jackson County that he had attended, but school officials there denied this week they were told of the threat.

Sheriff’s are quite possibly the most corrupt arm of law enforcement. I don’t believe him for a second.

Ms. Gray pleaded guilty in December to charges of criminal damage to property and “criminal trespass/family violence.” She was ordered to pay damages to a construction company where Mr. Gray had worked and was forbidden from having direct contact with her estranged husband, court records show.

So, you got him a professional who could help him start to sort and address his multiple needs, right? (The family had been evicted, so this is a rhetorical question to which the answer is almost surely, “they did not have the means to do so.”)

Ms. Gray pleaded guilty in December to charges of criminal damage to property and “criminal trespass/family violence.” She was ordered to pay damages to a construction company where Mr. Gray had worked and was forbidden from having direct contact with her estranged husband, court records show.

Oh, I’m beginning to think this kid didn’t have the best home life.

She had also been arrested in November on suspicion of possessing small amounts of methamphetamine, fentanyl and muscle relaxants, according to arrest warrants. But court records indicate that she was not charged with drug possession.

Fuckin’ shit.

I don’t think so. People keep throwing that acronym around but I suspect they didn’t read the article and find out that it was one normal picture of a high school-aged girl.

Fuck that. If the orange bad 2.0 happens I’m getting the fuck out. I started thinking about it during the pan, when it became evident how much I hate a third of our population. Then we got a reprieve and I decided to hang because I genuinely love where I live (Bay Area). But I’m ready to take off in the first couple months of 2025 if I need to. I’m not doing that shit again.

But I agree. Antagonize them endlessly.

Juries now have twice now awarded Carroll huge sums

Can we please pay someone to copy edit major publications? No? Fine.

It is unclear exactly how Four Women’s patient communications were allegedly compromised. A digital security analyst contracted by Four Women, Robert Knapp with Rapid7 in Texas, said in court filings that the “most likely points” through which the center allegedly accessed patient data are Klara and AthenaHealth, two third-party vendors that Four Women uses to communicate with patients and manage their data. Neither company responded to GBH News’ requests for comment.

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“I would love to hear from the app developers … I want to hear from tech people exactly what is happening,” Barnett said. “It’s actually quite rare that an app itself is so heavily compromised — like, technically speaking, that there’s some vulnerability that is being burned by some hackers.”

I doubt it’s anything so sophisticated. Probably purchasing targeted advertising and setting up front websites. It’s far easier to masquerade as another party than it is to steal their data.

But as the Ohio senator has oft proven to do, it was his suggestion that grandparents pitch in that, once again, gave the impression of being wildly out of touch.

I’ll just dig up their corpses, three of whom were dead before my birth. That’s gonna be great for a child’s development.

“One of the ways that you might be able to relieve a little bit of pressure on people who are paying so much for daycare is to make it so that grandma or grandpa wants to help out a little bit more,” Vance said at a Turning Point Action event in Mesa, Arizona, on Wednesday. “Or maybe there’s an aunt or uncle that wants to help out a little bit more. If that happens, you relieve some of the pressure on all the resources that we’re spending in daycare.”

My family lives 1600 miles from me. I’m sure they won’t mind making a trip to watch the kids for the afternoon so I can take a nap.

Repubs have no plans for the future outside of targeting their perceived enemies. This has been obvious for quite some time. Their constituents are completely misinformed and incapable of critical thought.

by the time my second alarm goes off, if i’m not already beginning to stir, i open my eyes and am absolutely ready to go. knowing that i can doze off again makes getting up and relocating on that first alarm much much easier, and i have come to deeply enjoy the dedicated peace and quiet of that early morning nap

I also have issues with insomnia (due to bi-polar) and frequently wake in the early morning and relocate to the sofa. I don’t know why this is helpful in getting back to sleep, but changing the venue, so to speak, helps me instantly fall back asleep.

Ravi didn’t know it, but he, like millions of Americans, was trapped in a “ghost network.” As some of those people have discovered, the providers listed in an insurer’s network have either retired or died. Many other providers have stopped accepting insurance — often because the companies made it excessively difficult for them to do so. Some just aren’t taking new patients. Insurers are often slow to remove them from directories, if they do so at all. It adds up to a bait and switch by insurance companies that leads customers to believe there are more options for care than actually exist.

I’m incredibly fortunate to be able to pay out-of-pocket for my psychiatric needs. I mean, the costs are very high but I receive great care from two providers (therapist and psychiatrist - one is for talking and the other is for meds). I was absolutely lost without them. I can’t imagine the horror of needing access and being denied. This bullshit system needs to be solved. The richest nation in human history should be able to take care of its people. We’re failing in the worst ways.

But, you know what? Let’s focus on the genitals of school children instead of fixing anything. That seems like a good idea. I fucking hate the right for blocking us from discussing anything that’s actually meaningful about changing society (I’m not saying trans rights aren’t meaningful; I’m saying they weren’t up for debate until they were a useful distraction from questioning power).