Jack Antonoff challenges the Ticketmaster/Live Nation monopoly:
“I’ve asked very simple things of the industry: Let artists opt-out of dynamic pricing. Stop taxing merch. Let artists sell tickets at a price they actually believe in… We know who’s making it impossible.” https://t.co/gVFDrdzB8N
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Feb 7, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
So we’re just casually bringing back child labor? Why 14? Why not let 12 year olds work the mines?
While we’re at it, lock the factory doors from the outside.
Pay attention: They’re trying to roll labor rights back to 1900. This is what they mean by “removing regulations.” https://t.co/grk0KiN49T
— Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis (@RevJacquiLewis)
Feb 7, 2023
from http://twitter.com/RevJacquiLewis
This might be the greatest self own in the history of the internet.
(That photo is a Democratic district in California) https://t.co/gMOCTMZE1I
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer)
Feb 7, 2023
from http://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer
The Biden White House is willing to brief trump administration officials about their total abject failure to protect the U.S. against Chinese spy balloons they missed on their watch. https://t.co/KdPw3Fb4U9
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote)
Feb 6, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote
I still am amazed at how dumb @RepMTG is https://t.co/IreKFJe8y2
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger)
Feb 2, 2023
from http://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger
Still think it’s a cool plot twist that Jennifer Aniston is vocally anti-cop!! https://t.co/Y9WJsw8Po6
— Casey Mink (@Casey_Mink)
Jan 30, 2023
from http://twitter.com/Casey_Mink
From an analysis of 42 studies in 15 countries, “students lost out on about 35% of a normal school year’s worth of learning” during the Covid pandemic
https://t.co/yYm4nLNTob @NatureHumBehav https://t.co/iUMwWDjDEY— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 30, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
NEW: Republicans are ready to wreck the U.S. economy to force you to work into your old age.
We’re demanding that Democrats sign a pledge to never vote to cut Social Security or Medicare under any circumstances.
We’ll be tracking who signs on. https://t.co/HlXEfIiEMV
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 30, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
It turns out that green energy isn’t just better for the planet, it’s also cheaper.
A new study shows that it’s less expensive to build entirely new solar panels or wind turbines and connect them to the grid than it is to keep operating U.S. coal plants.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 30, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is guaranteed lifetime health insurance.
The football players who put their bodies on the line to generate over $10 billion for the league, and often receive traumatic injuries, only get 5 years of insurance after retirement. https://t.co/6HEGqHNIt8
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 30, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
Me at 22: “I will say yes to anything if it ends up being a good story.”
Me at 42: “I will say no to anything if it means I don’t have to put on pants.”
— (((BrokeAssStuart))) (@BrokeAssStuart)
Jan 30, 2023
from http://twitter.com/BrokeAssStuart
The lowest-paid workers saw the biggest wage gains in 2022, new Labor Department data show.
“Restaurants and stores desperately needed employees, and workers had the power.” https://t.co/flbAzCD01U
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 29, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
Last year they spent $589M on stock repurchases while reporting a $559M loss.
Full story: https://t.co/f2CLTqvCEv
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 29, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
https://t.co/AFu7I2Yex8 https://t.co/gfQ3aZPdSr
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 29, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
Even now, as Humira’s patent is set to expire, AbbVie “will have a new way to make more money from the drug… Under legal settlements with rival manufacturers, AbbVie will earn royalties from the knockoff products that it delayed.”
Read the full story: https://t.co/KlwVFy8gLM
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 29, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
NEW: Pharma giant AbbVie made $114 BILLION IN 6 YEARS off a single drug, Humira, after it exploited the U.S. patent system to block competitors from making similar drugs, then used its monopoly control to raise the price of Humira to over $80,000 a year, the NY Times reports.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Jan 29, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS
This is beyond messed up https://t.co/BrbYDrAag1
— Fuck You I Quit (@fuckyouiquit)
Jan 29, 2023
from http://twitter.com/fuckyouiquit
30% increase in heart attacks among 25-44 year olds, and it’s only going to rise with reinfections.
Bloody hell:
https://t.co/b5lY75KLsq https://t.co/XT9Jn6H4dc— tern (@1goodtern)
Jan 29, 2023
from http://twitter.com/1goodtern
Too late https://t.co/O0vBFbApDi
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson)
Jan 27, 2023
from http://twitter.com/TheRickWilson
@MollyJongFast If pink Band-Aids were good enough for Jesus…
— Omar #BLM Sultan (@omarsultan)
Jan 27, 2023
from http://twitter.com/omarsultan
Chances this ends up on fox? 100 percent? https://t.co/XnDWHliyER
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast)
Jan 27, 2023
from http://twitter.com/MollyJongFast
Malicious compliance at its best. Reap what you sow. https://t.co/SZV6kpkRjY
— Fuck You I Quit (@fuckyouiquit)
Jan 27, 2023
from http://twitter.com/fuckyouiquit
please remain respectful and peaceful as we continue brutally murdering your people https://t.co/xo3UlMWvl7
— Mac (@GoodPoliticGuy)
Jan 26, 2023
from http://twitter.com/GoodPoliticGuy
In April 2016, I broke the story of Trump and Putin, using Russian open sources. Afterwards, I heard vague intimations that something was awry in the FBI in New York, specifically counter-intelligence and cyber. We now have a suggestion as to why. 0/20
— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder)
Jan 25, 2023
from http://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder
Oh ya? How’s that three day operation gone? #nafoarticle5 https://t.co/taHQzem0uh
— Adam Kinzinger #fella (@AdamKinzinger)
Jan 25, 2023
from http://twitter.com/AdamKinzinger
Unskilled labor is a myth https://t.co/uFuh2EGy5P
— Fuck You I Quit (@fuckyouiquit)
Jan 23, 2023
from http://twitter.com/fuckyouiquit
I’d like to report a murder https://t.co/g1ANnCLKHP
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer)
Jan 23, 2023
from http://twitter.com/Angry_Staffer
The fuck you I quit generation will save us all https://t.co/dOlJfrSLJf
— Fuck You I Quit (@fuckyouiquit)
Jan 23, 2023
from http://twitter.com/fuckyouiquit
“It was only when I was diagnosed with cancer myself that I could see just how great is the distance that separates patients from doctors, and how little doctors understand about what their patients are going through.”
https://t.co/yL2bVBo6Jn by @KieranSetiya @nytimesbooks https://t.co/MnxNTR5vS5— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 22, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol
“Coordinated cancer chaos,” an oxymoron?
What we’ve learned from spatial genomics, #3D reconstruction, and #AI is that cancer tissue is surprisingly spatially organized and patterned
https://t.co/oGzu8J8osu @CellCellPress @vanRheenen_Lab
based on paper below https://t.co/OLhkwp2a8y— Eric Topol (@EricTopol)
Jan 22, 2023
from http://twitter.com/EricTopol