Basic Witch
Collector of crafts, reader, history nerd, lover of RPGs both tabletop and video game. Regrettably straight but happily married. Cis, but staunch ally.
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- Reposted by Basic WitchYou can get distracted by all the stuff that’s really bad and abhorrent and you might miss all the stuff that’s REALLY bad and abhorrent. It’s like a magician show in horror alley.
- Reposted by Basic Witchwhite supremacy and racial chauvinism remain the greatest technology invented for getting people to immiserate themselves for the benefit of the wealthy
- Reposted by Basic WitchIs it still a dog whistle if everyone can hear it, but you just kid yourself that they can't?
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- Reposted by Basic WitchRepublicans wanted you to be sleeping while we talked about what a bad deal their bill is for the people. Here's what you missed ⬇️
- Reposted by Basic WitchSharing so you can block it
- Reposted by Basic WitchIf as a politician you are complaining about Pride banning political parties I would strongly suggest you look within yourselves as to why this decision has had to be made, the rampant, and unrepentant, attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community for starters, before criticising those who have made it.
- Reposted by Basic WitchThis is great. Everyone in the House has to put their name next to a yes or no on impeachment (even if by proxy) and I look forward to every D who votes to table (ie kill) the resolution today explaining to the electorate over the next 18 months why they shouldn't be primaried
- Oooooooof. The one named after his aunt. Damn.
- Reposted by Basic WitchWe need public institutions—and the science journalism that covers them—to meet this moment with clarity, courage, and care. That includes getting the facts right.
- Reposted by Basic WitchI resigned because of a profound breakdown in governance, transparency, and accountability at the NSF—issues I felt obligated to bring to public attention.
- Reposted by Basic WitchScience Magazine gets it wrong. 🧵
- “Her departure, which she announced this morning in an essay in Time, is believed to be the first time in the agency’s 75-year history that a member of the 24-person board resigned over a policy disagreement with an administration” @policyhound.bsky.social on Alondra Nelson’s bombshell resignation 🧪
- Reposted by Basic Witch"Republicans are trying to kill your Medicaid and taking airplane bribes" is not a very hard message and yet, the democrats.
- Reposted by Basic Witch"Exaggeration"? If the Republican bill is passed as-is, then 13.7 million will lose health coverage. That's what CBO said, the result of 7.7m from the GOP bill, 4.2m from tax credits GOP isn't extending, and 1.8m from a Trump marketplace rule GOP isn't rescinding or modifying. 13.7m. It's a fact.
- In the first 15 minutes of the E&C markup, the number 13.7 million uninsured has already come up twice. It's an exaggeration of what the GOP bill would do. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
- Also I feel like @hankgreen.bsky.social would love this little science and history tidbit.
- As the child of a contractor, I have STRONG EMOTIONS about concrete, and this is HUGE. This has been a mystery for centuries. www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-k...
- This is kind of amazing, honestly! Big implications, too - does better concrete mean less overall is produced, less construction work to rebuild and upkeep? Greener all around?
- As the child of a contractor, I have STRONG EMOTIONS about concrete, and this is HUGE. This has been a mystery for centuries. www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-k...
- Reposted by Basic WitchThey used to breed boerboels for protection. Now they’re on the dinner menu.
- One you inflate?
- Reposted by Basic Witchgift link: wapo.st/3YLDNtL "More than 116,000 metric tons of food aid have been sitting in position along the aid corridors into Gaza, UNICEF & the World Food Program said, adding that it represents enough food to feed 1 million people for four months." Mass starvation is a choice.
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- Reposted by Basic Witchthis is great: “here’s how i took over my county’s democratic party from the inside”
- Reposted by Basic WitchDemocrats have been saying it for months And here it is-in black and white for all to see Republicans want to cut $715 billion from Medicaid Ripping away insurance from 13.7 million Americans Just to give billionaires like Elon Musk another tax break Don't Mess With Medicaid
- Reposted by Basic WitchFentanyl deaths are up by 50 percent in San Francisco after Mayor Lurie replaced harm reduction programs with police and prisons. It's almost like you put lives in danger when you treat a public health problem like it's a crime 48hills.org/2025/05/fent...
- Reposted by Basic WitchIn 2024, Biden signed into law a $105 billion measure designed to end a shortfall in air traffic controllers. In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them. So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.
- Reposted by Basic WitchThere is no argument anymore. There is no ethical LLM, there is no LLM "from the left" - this is a tool of technofascism propped up by technofascists.
- Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down! www.404media.co/republicans-...
- Reposted by Basic WitchQuestion for my reps: why should an industry that's stealing from me personally get preferential treatment by the US government?
- Reposted by Basic WitchThis is bullshit and anti-democratic and I'll be calling my reps. You can find your reps here if you want to call yours: reps.fyi
- 🚨NEWS: Amid dire warnings about artificial intelligence, Republicans are trying to sneak a line into their massive budget bill that would prevent states and cities from regulating or limiting Big Tech's deployment of AI in any way for at least a decade. www.levernews.com/gop-chooses-...
- Fitting, as that's what entrusting foreign policy decision making to AI will result in.
- Reposted by Basic WitchMy daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.
- Proud of them, honestly. When I do attend church on the rare occasion, it's an Episcopal one.
- How to piss off Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, and Northern Ireland in one fell swoop. Imperialist nonsense. What a disappointment Starmer turned out to be.
- Reposted by Basic WitchThe economic incentive to exploit women has become stronger in recent decades because of Baumol's cost disease. Automation/outsourcing lowered the cost of other goods/services but not care. So it's increasingly hard to meet care needs without cutting profit www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
- Reposted by Basic WitchWhy do they need unpaid labor? Because their goal is to maximize profits for billionaires. And care work is too labor-intensive to be profitable unless it's low-quality and/or deeply underpaid. But without care, society--and the economy--will grind to a halt. So they need care work done "free."
- Reposted by Basic WitchThey want more MOMS at home. And not just because they hate women. Their *economic* model depends on unpaid labor. And the most effective way to coerce unpaid labor is to create a second class of people and teach them that they're only "naturally" suited for labor they're forced to do for free.
- Reposted by Basic Witch3 months ago, I wrote this about centrist parties aping the far right, and how it's not just immoral, but suicidal. This is not secret knowledge. It's the most reliable effect in world politics. It's watching 40 guys getting killed by the same gorilla, one by one, and stepping up to take your turn.
- Reposted by Basic Witchpeople making fun of "girl math" meanwhile boy math has every country in the world in debt
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- Reposted by Basic WitchYes, this: "There's this idea that the future inevitably lies in space, that the future inevitably involves super-intelligent machines. There is nothing inevitable about those visions and a great deal of reason to doubt them."
- No, we are not going to live on other planets. Bullshit artists like Musk might as well be the leaders of death cults. arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
- Reposted by Basic WitchHe’s just marching through every warning in the Federalist Papers like it’s a checklist
- Reposted by Basic Witch“Many still consider”— bullshit!! It is a slur! This is not a real argument you have to give both sides to!
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- Reposted by Basic WitchStarting tomorrow, THERE ARE ELECTIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY EXCEPT FRIDAY. On Monday there is a ballot request deadline in CA and many town elections in MA. On Tuesday there are elections in DE, FL, IA, MA, MN, NE, NJ, OK and TN. On Wed there’s TN, Thurs has MA and Sat is MA and TN. 1/2
- Reposted by Basic WitchThe Los Angeles Police Department posts a net loss of $3.3 billion a year every year — and they don't even deliver a single piece of mail
- Reposted by Basic WitchThis piece is bonkers and you should read it. It's by @bryce.lol obv
- Some good olive oil tips in here! Also, “Backers are asked to believe that OpenAI is the most responsible guardian of The Dangerous Majick, while also understanding that the urgency of AI’s arms race frees it from all obligation to act responsibly.” www.ft.com/content/b180...
- Every day I think I've hit the lowest level of my disappointment in Fetterman, and every day he shows the new lows than can be achieved.
- Good, good.
- Reposted by Basic WitchThe cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
- Strong start from the new guy!
- Reposted by Basic WitchShe has been investigating UFOs, and just had Oliver Stone testify at her JFK hearing.
- Reposted by Basic WitchIf this isn’t an actual campaign slogan they’re crazy
- Reposted by Basic WitchOh my God oh my God Has anyone seen Rudy Giuliani? Has someone been feeding him? I haven’t seen him for months Oh Jeez we’re gonna find him in his condo and he’s eaten his own fingers or something aren’t we
- Reposted by Basic WitchTrump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus. As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold. I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.
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Öztürk released on bail. - Honestly, that's great news. Anything that increases comfort and ease of access for reproductive health is great, particularly gynecology.
- It's almost like vaccines are effective
- Reposted by Basic WitchTeens & 20-somethings think 30-40 year olds are uncool? Wow this is a brand new phenomenon.
- Reposted by Basic WitchReminder that wellness grifters like Trump’s new Surgeon General Casey Means spread misinformation about vaccines and health because it is extremely profitable for them to do so. (Chart by @epidemiologistkat.bsky.social)
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- Reposted by Basic WitchJERRY: they're all coping about the pope GEORGE: because the pope is woke? JERRY: because the pope is woke GEORGE: so... it's pope cope? JERRY: it's woke pope cope, George, woke pope cope!
