SFF writer, she/her, hearing loss, ally, grandmother-Covid and climate change, genocide and fascism - I'm against them.
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At this point, they'd have to pay me NOT to protest.
ALT Two people at the NovKings protest on 10/18/25
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
The dairy industry has tried to blame wild birds for spreading bird flu between their facilities.
It turns out they are the ones spreading it, by shipping cows to feedlots and slaughterhouses.
“Cattle movement consistently explained interstate viral spread more strongly than geographic proximity”
— Discussion, p. 18
“we found no evidence that wild birds contributed to the geographic spread of B3.13 among dairy cattle.”
— Discussion, p. 18
“each week of delay in policy implementation was associated with an additional median 11–12 infected counties per week”
— Counterfactual simulations, PDF p. 16
“Real-time effluent or wastewater monitoring could reduce detection times further still, potentially to days rather than weeks or months.”
— Discussion, p. 20.
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
💢 BREAKING: A sand dune has collapsed onto tents sheltering two Palestinian families in Gaza following heavy rainfall. The bodies of two children have already been brought to Nasser Hospital.
Israel and the @BoardOfPeace continue to block the entry of heavy machinery needed to rescue Palestinian families trapped in such disasters, while also blocking tents and mobile homes desperately needed for shelter.
Initial reports indicate that a sand dune has collapsed onto two families sheltering in a displacement camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, leaving several people trapped beneath the sand.
The incident occurred following heavy rainfall across the central Gaza Strip this evening. Civil Defense teams have been alerted and are being contacted to launch a rescue operation.
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
PLEASE GOD DONT TAKE AWAY MY PRIVATE INSURANCE, I LOVE MY $10,000 DEDUCTIBLE
“The majority of Democrats did not run on Medicare for All. You think Adam Hamilton got elected in KS by saying he wants to kick everyone off their private insurance?”
We should fight for universal healthcare. Not force a vote on a bill voters don't want.
More from @Lis_Smith:
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
New DNC line:
"You're racist if you call out the politician who supports apartheid".
You can't make this shit up.
CNN: Hakeem Jeffries responds to DSA supporters who chanted "You're next!" at victory party
"It was very interesting to me, as observed by others, that there was almost zero diversity in that crowd."
Link: edition.cnn.com/2026/11/08/p…
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
SNL’s *Jeffries* & *Schumer*:
“These young Democrats have the base energized. Perhaps it's time for us to step aside and pass the torch to the next generation… BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!” 😬
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Rep. @Justinjpearson giving @BernieSanders his flowers 💐 and echoing @AyannaPressley that “now is not the time for incrementalism… Dems have to use their power.” #MedicareForAll #EndTheWar #AbolishICE #RaiseTheWage #CutOffIsrael
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Damn… Los Angeles…
the people REALLY don’t want @SenSchumer & @RepJeffries
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
🔔 WOW — Super helpful tool from @pureshimon tracking which Dems have committed to not supporting @SenSchumer & @RepJeffries:
BOOKMARK & SHARE “THE RECORD”: the-record-congress.vercel.a…
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
“If you drop a bomb on a child, you’re dropping a bomb on Jesus… If you snatch a child from his family, you’re doing it to Jesus…”
Who else is excited to watch Major @Ojeda4America go to Congress and give these guys hell?
(From @hometown_holler)
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Exactly, @krystalball is right — When they call @jamestalarico a “moderate” as he preaches class warfare and taxing the billionaires (as Bernie has for years), what they’re really saying is progressive is mainstream
Welcome aboard!
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Israeli leaders and generals openly admitted what Gaza’s devastation makes horrifyingly clear: the goal was to make it uninhabitable.
To make Palestinian life impossible. To drive Palestinians from their homeland through ethnic cleansing.
This is no natural catastrophe. It is engineered devastation: destroying the conditions for survival to destroy the population itself.
Extermination by design—compounding the barbaric war crime by eradicating the means to survive. #GENOCIDE
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Voters do not see Schumer or Jeffries as "moderate leaders." They see them as part of a corrupt DC swamp that they voted against. That's why their approval rating is lower than Trump.
That's why Talarico has said we should have change and Turek hasn't committed to Schumer. They both know that voting for Schumer is going to make it tougher for them to win re-election.
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Since the midterms, I have gone from elation to despair, regarding Jeffries and Schumer. I needed to keep track of who’s supporting them and who’s against them, so I built something to keep track.
It’s called The Record.
the-record-congress.vercel.a…
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Jeffries needs 218 on the first ballot. If he doesn’t get it, alternatives will eventually start emerging. So the key for Jeffries now is to lock down 218 and the key for his opponents is to find the votes needed to block him. Will be in the ballpark of 40-45 no votes.
Since the midterms, I have gone from elation to despair, regarding Jeffries and Schumer. I needed to keep track of who’s supporting them and who’s against them, so I built something to keep track.
It’s called The Record.
the-record-congress.vercel.a…
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
The future is so bleak oh my god
Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI system that could rewrite what people say during livestreams in real time. It could change words depending on who's watching, taking into account their age, location, and language.
The idea is to clean up broadcasts by removing filler words, censoring swearing, or even replacing certain words.
The AI could also adjust the speaker's lip movements so viewers wouldn't notice anything had been changed.
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
Mass cancellation of data centers in South East Asia
🚨AIデータセンター、東南アジアで建設停止の連鎖🚨
11月7日、英紙が東南アジアのデータセンター建設ラッシュに急ブレーキがかかっていると報道
原因は電力・水不足。
各国政府が規制強化開始
🇹🇭 タイ：166件の建設・審査を一時停止
🇲🇾 マレーシア：州の電力消費の24%がデータセンター
水不足への懸念から一部施設の新規承認を禁止
🇮🇩 インドネシア：640MW級の巨大施設が工事停止
環境影響評価と建築許可の不備を理由に建設停止
🇸🇬 シンガポール：電力・水資源への負担から新規建設を制限。周辺国への投資拡大を促す一因となった。
東南アジアが電力と水不足で詰み始め
日本のデータセンター建設はどうなるん？
Susan M Wachtman retweeted
DHS arrest elderly woman at anti-ICE sit in protest—drag away by her pants.
She's visually impaired & needs cane to walk.
One officer can be heard saying:
"Take a leg, Jeff."
Then 2 officers lift her up & drag disabled woman inside.
"I’m defending the Constitution," she said.
The sit in occurred after a mock funeral procession & march of remembrance with roughly 200–300 people.
Participants carried cardboard coffins and tombstones.
They were marking more than 100 people they cited who died in ICE custody—or as a direct result of ICE enforcement actions since January 2025.
Incident occurred outside the ICE Law Enforcement Support Center in Williston, Vermont.
Nathaniel Maddison doesn't have an active account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.