Evan Morrison
Evan Morrison
@evanstruth.bsky.social
I care deeply about the wellbeing of my community. I'm also into art, sports and D&D. Working to end homelessness in Santa Cruz County at peoplefirstscc.org. Writing at evanstruth.com
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The 5-year cancer survival rate is up to 70% SIDS deaths have decreased by over 50% 89% decline in tornado deaths All thanks to federal investment in science and OUR tax dollars at work!
Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?
Goodness, this is illuminating newrepublic.com/article/2163...
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It's almost a joke at this point, but the entire story of Mamdani's mayorship really has been "it turns out we can just turn off the orphan grinding machine, the switch was right there the whole time."
New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin have reached a deal to abolish NYC's horse carriage industry — a critical breakthrough in a decadeslong, politically fraught effort to ban the tourist attraction. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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For me, the hardest thing about stories like the Cornell gang rape case isn’t reading the initial details—although that is hard. What’s even harder is when men online, especially the journalists and pundits, start trying to combat the feminist outrage by purposefully seeding doubt and victim-blaming
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"His genius is stock pumping" has a definitive ring to it apnews.com/article/elon...
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something for me to keep in mind when I encounter folks who are saying things I find abhorrent youtu.be/ElYYD7Wx2WE?...
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Even in Canada, chocolate is much different than the US www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/eu...
For when I inevitably find myself debating an Elon bro... healthpolicy-watch.news/the-human-co...
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once again I am asking for a democratic party that actually does what republicans claim they will do
Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."
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Sacramento's Disabled Veterans of America chapter received nearly $40K from the estate of a local woman. Then the DAV national headquarters’ general counsel told them the money wasn't theirs to keep. Published in partnership with @sacbee.com thewarhorse.org/disabled-vet...
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"If you’re worried about population collapse, then I have two solutions for you: attract many more immigrants, and figure out how to loosen the patriarchal bargain’s grip on the masculine imagination." publiccomment.blog/p/if-you-wan...
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a thorough dissection of how the @nytimes.com became a purveyor of anti-trans propaganda over the last 4 years www.thedissident.news/exclusive-ho...
the folks at @thebulwark.com boiled down Trump's approach to all problem solving so simply it made me laugh out loud 🤣 www.thebulwark.com/p/make-ameri...
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Replying to @grimalkina.bsky.social
I've been in a lot of workplaces where the dominant messaging about how we should all act was that competition is what delivers the sharpest knowledge work, and I'd bet a lot of you have heard this too. But the science of group problem-solving tells a different story
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Brilliant, but also so prescient it's sad theonion.com/bush-our-lon...
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When researchers asked LLMs whether they should switch between religions, LLMs tended to encourage becoming Catholic & shedding atheist & Jehovah's Witness identities. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22975
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It is impossible for me to imagine what my life would be like if I grew up in a society with UBI... but I am 100% sure it would be glorious www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...
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I found this interesting www.psypost.org/cognitive-di...
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c'mon guys we've had "an army marches on its stomach" for hundreds of years, did you already fuck up the greatest logistics machine in the world so bad they can't keep sailors fed
NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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We must also expect Israel to do everything in it's power to undermine this ceasefire
Iran has said that its military would halt its attacks across the Gulf if the US and Israeli attacks against it stop. Israel said it had identified a launch of missiles from Iran toward Israel after Trump announced the ceasefire. Follow our live updates: reut.rs/4bWpvxs
some interesting stuff on AI this morning futurism.com/artificial-i...
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