← Summaries

Aaron's reposts on May 13 touched on several distinct threads in US politics and culture. He amplified Jamelle Bouie's observation that Republicans have begun treating the partisan character of a state as a kind of mystical mandate that excludes Democrats from any right to hold office within it — a framing connected to broader concerns about the GOP pushing Democrats toward "procedural Total War." He also reposted commentary on the Fifth Circuit's apparent willingness to invalidate the entire 2021–22 Congress over the quorum clause, which Bouie characterized as the courts simply being told their jurisdiction doesn't apply.

On public health, Aaron reposted a thread on RFK Jr.'s opposition to the vitamin K shot for newborns, sharing commentary that characterized the stance as eugenicist indifference to infant mortality. He also shared an interview with Mel Curth, the University of Oklahoma instructor who was targeted by Christian conservatives after grading a poorly written psychology paper, and who is now speaking out about what she describes as misinformation the university allowed to spread.

Rounding out his activity, Aaron reposted a thread on the practical use of Meta AR glasses for low-vision users, and a UK politics observation arguing that Britain's real problem isn't how quickly it cycles through prime ministers, but that it keeps selecting the wrong people for the role to begin with.