Cath Sterner

Cath Sterner

@cathsterner.medsky.social

I'm neither team red nor team blue. I'm team worker. Sick of the powerful making everyone sick.

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A perfect example of word salad to pretend you're an expert when you actually have no clue what the answer is. Make shit up and scramble it has become the norm.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.

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Seems worth noting that ChatGPT Health failed to identify medical emergencies more than half the time in a recent study. The company that made that product just signed a deal with the "Department of War" and said trust us, it's all very safe and ethical.

theguardian.com‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergenciesStudy finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases
Dave Lee@davelee.me

Sam Altman says OpenAI has signed a deal with the DoD. Worded to sound different but on my first reading, “reflects them in law and policy” isn’t different to saying “any lawful use”

We really need to stop thinking govt spends the way we do. Govt doesn't use tax money. Govt issues the currency. Any priority can be funded. Taxes limit power. Super rich people are bad. We see that every day in America. Norway doesn't have that problem.

John Collins@logicallyjc.bsky.social

This one hits hard.

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Two adjacent headlines from Elon Musk's algorithm accidentally tell a story: People are mad that AI overlords are now pricing people out of housing, so the AI overlords are trying to buy the 2026 elections.

There's a real chance that the midterms will not be free and fair. If that happens America is truly dead.

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: During a rambling rehash of false assertions of voter fraud, President Donald Trump claimed that Republicans will never lose an election “for 50 years” if his allies in Congress pass the SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

They all keep doing it because not only does no one go to jail but penny-ante is right. Compared to the rest this is nothing.

David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social

I've been longing for good old-fashioned penny-ante corruption and Patel is giving it to me. I'll take "made his staffer go get him hand lotion" over "is deporting people with no criminal record to torture gulags" any day

This needs to be happening in every state. Stopping ICE is priority one.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

🔥 WATCH: “I feel much safer with undocumented immigrants than I EVER will with ICE agents!!!” Sheriff deputies descend on a WILSON COUNTY man as he spouts some hard truths in opposition to a rumored ICE detention center (which they have now backed off of)

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Guys I found the best Epstein Files email. The one that illuminates an elite class that's cocooned themselves into an unaccountable shell of wealth and privilege, fighting to protect their secrets and offenses. I could write a novel about this email. prospect.org/2026/02/17/e...

prospect.orgThe Quintessential Epstein Files Email - The American ProspectJeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.

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Yeah not only are these terrible, they bear little resemblance to other asks that party caucuses are making. I just got a Hispanic Caucus list of "non-negotiables" that has like 20 other things on it. The Senate Dems are squandering the moment in real time.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown: 1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants 2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents 3. No more masks & require bodycams There are *already* standards on much of this. The issue is DHS isn't following them!

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Their goal is not to actually do anything from a principled position. It's to figure out the best propaganda so they don't have to change a thing.

David Sirota@davidsirota.com

The Democrats have a problem that’s way bigger than whether or not people agree with their alleged positions at any given moment. The Democrats have a full-of-shit problem. sirota.substack.com/p/dems-credi...

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🚨NEWS: Trump just quietly deployed his regulators to try to help GOP donors block states from reducing credit card interest rates, according to documents reviewed by @levernews.com. Trump's intervention comes at the same moment he is telling voters he supports capping credit card interest rates.

levernews.comTrump’s Playing Both Sides Of The Credit Card FightTrump claims he wants to lower credit card interest rates. His regulators are doing the opposite.

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🚨NEWS: The Fed has quietly delivered nearly HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS of no-strings-attached bank bailouts in the last few months, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. The new bailouts are already 60% of the amount of the financial crisis TARP bailout. www.levernews.com/the-federal-...

levernews.comThe Federal Reserve’s $420 Billion Wall Street BailoutMassive, unprecedented payouts from the New York Federal Reserve could signal that big banks are seriously short on cash.

This is the crux of MAGA. He doesn't bother to lie about it, and because he doesn't, and shows absolutely no conscience about it, he implies it's OK.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off? Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.

Yep, it's just one more move in the never ending game of taking all the world's money.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

Make no mistake, this is about enriching his oil executive donors who want access to Venezuela’s oil—not about democracy or Maduro or narcotics. Meanwhile, they tell us we can’t afford healthcare at home. No war with Venezuela.

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Media is suddenly silent after years of reporting as though sexual assault is only a Muslim phenomenon. Where is the outrage??

WikiLeaks (automated mirror)@wikileaksrepeater.bsky.social

100% of Thai women working in Israeli agriculture report being sexually assaulted in Israel 654 of 654 surveyed A report by immigration experts Dr. Yahel Kurlander and Dr. Shahar Shoham said “the State of Israel has abandoned these women” and that filing a complaint can mean losing both job and home

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USA: For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued vaccine guidance that differs from U.S. government advice. "The AAP is “strongly recommending” COVID-19 shots for children 6 months–2 years, while shots for older kids are advised but left to parents."

cbsnews.comPediatrics group's COVID-19 vaccine recommendations differ from CDC adviceThe American Academy of Pediatrics and CDC have shared different recommendations for children getting COVID-19 vaccines. Here's what to know.

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Does anyone else dislike the taste of chicken now? It started about six months ago for me. I assume it's because of bird flu? I've never had COVID, so it's not a change in my taste or smell since everything else tastes the same as always.

Not to worry. The Democrats are probably working on another strongly worded letter right now.

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social

Trump announces he's taking over the DC police department to rescue the city from "crime, bloodshed, and bedlam." Violent crime in DC reached a 30 year low in 2024 and is down sharply again this year.

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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

propublica.orgA “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During MiscarriageA new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

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PFAS are everywhere and stubbornly stick around, but this research points to a practical, low-cost way to nudge them out: take gel-forming soluble fiber like psyllium or beta-glucan with meals to trap PFAS in the gut and send them out of the body www.earth.com/news/common-...

earth.comCommon dietary supplement could remove 'forever chemicals' from the bodyForever chemicals are everywhere, including inside your body. New research points to a shockingly simple PFAS removal solution: soluble fiber

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Replying to @peterhowitt.bsky.social

He said before he was killed: “All of this is happening because my coverage of the crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip harms them and damages their image in the world. They accuse me of being a terrorist because the occupation wants to assassinate me morally.” cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

cpj.orgIsrael kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect JournalistsNew York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

Stopping the mRNA vaccines and "shifting that funding toward safer, broader vaccine platforms that remain effective even as viruses mutate". Really? The Army vaccine for all variants disappeared in 2021. Probably because it would have been free. What others exist? mrdc.health.mil/index.cfm/me...

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kennedy is going to kill a lot of people

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.

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I need work, quickly. If you know of someone hiring in Portland or remotely, please let me know. I'm an experienced content marketer with recent graduate certificates in sustainability and energy policy & management. Temp & project work welcome. [Please, no lumberjack work; the axe was for show.]

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NEW: Bob Geldof lets rip over Gaza genocide. PRESENTER: "Isn’t it a bit unfair to say this is the Israelis as a whole?" GELDOF: "Stop it Trevor. If Israelis want to protest, get in your cars. Stuff your cars full of food & drive through that border. Let your own army stop you. Shame on you.”

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We are at a breaking point. If you have any proximity to power or influence or information — anywhere — and have anything you’d like to share regarding the war on Gaza, please reach out Signal: premthakker.35 prem@zeteonews . com Your anonymity will be protected

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If I were someone whose project is reviving the factional strength and electoral viability of centrist Dems, and if I was someone always banging on about meeting public opinion where it is, I think I would be counseling the centrist faction to actually be responsive to public opinion on Gaza.