Derek Houck

Today, @wirecutter launched a paywall for the guides that our unit members write, edit, shoot, produce, fact check, and copy edit. We agree that our work is worth paying for! But the financial gains should be reflected in our members’ paychecks, not just the company’s coffers.

Take it from a bitch in management AND talent. There is no abusive, misogynist, sociopathic "genius" out there that CAN'T be replaced by an equally creative person who is not a living trash fire.

Hi if you live in California, PLEASE don't forget to vote!!

If the recall of Gavin Newsom succeeds, there is a non-zero chance that Stephen Miller will take Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. For godsake please vote no.

My mom broke down today. There were over 80 patients in the ER last night, understaffed, and today she had to hear family tell her COVID isn’t real and that feeling burnout makes you a terrible nurse. She just kept crying and said there’s no help to be seen

My mother didn’t have an activist bone in her body. Not one. But once, when I was visiting from school, she woke me up and told me to help her load up the truck with barn trash. Fuck, but okay, you don’t tell Mom no. She was quiet, but we got it loaded and she said, “C’mon”. 1/8

“Rat out your neighbors’ personal medical decisions and the state will reward you with $10,000” sounds a hell of a lot more Soviet than most of the things Republicans these days denounce as “communism."

Biden should send hire doctors under federal authority and send them to Texas to protect constitutional medical services at least until the Supreme Court bothers to figure out what the law may or may not be regarding BOUNTIES.

We need more information about the affects of CTE and how it impacts people's lives because Daffney wanted that to be something that needs to happen for people like her suffering

Based on the Texas Abortion Law and the Supreme Court refusing to act ... Democratic led State Legislatures should now be able to pass gun laws that will allow anyone to sue gun owners, gun shop owners, parents who allow their kids to have guns, and anyone who enables a shooting

If you are feeling enraged/overwhelmed by the news in Texas, here’s some do’s and don’ts from me, who is not an expert but who has been in the fight for a little while (THREAD).

End the filibuster. Expand the Supreme Court. Break the glass and pull the alarm because this is a fucking emergency.

I don't think most of you fully comprehend the horrors of what is about to happen in Texas to countless women. Nearly every woman I know who wanted to get pregnant in their 30s had miscarriages. Many at 12+ weeks. Heartbreaking. For 12+ week miscarriages Drs have to do D+E.

A quick note: Folks, this is not a "south" thing. I live in Ohio and if you don't think the GOP here isn't champing at the bit to do all the things the Texas GOP has just pulled, you need to adjust your thinking. This is where the GOP is right now, and they're going to get worse.

I am all rage and grief today with nowhere to put it so this is my story: last year I was 18 weeks into a very wanted pregnancy when I learned that the baby I was carrying had a catastrophic, fatal diagnosis—triploidy—and I had three “options” for moving forward.