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it looks like "going to the store and being reasonably sure your food won't kill you" is soon to be a Before Times thing
These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
April 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
it looks like "going to the store and being reasonably sure your food won't kill you" is soon to be a Before Times thing
Thanks, @wolfpacfive.bsky.social for the reminder this space exists.
April 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thanks, @wolfpacfive.bsky.social for the reminder this space exists.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disclosed that she had purchased between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on April 8 and 9, the day before and the day of President Trump’s announcement that he was pausing a sweeping set of global tariffs.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally
The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump’s pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disclosed that she had purchased between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on April 8 and 9, the day before and the day of President Trump’s announcement that he was pausing a sweeping set of global tariffs.
They were always going to take the money. Better to lose the money fighting back than lose it rolling over. As @celestepewter.bsky.social says: call your electeds (contact info at reps.fyi) and call or email your alma mater and tell them to stand up too.
Update: the administration is freezing funds.
1. Raise hell with your electeds.
2. As @pronounced-ing.bsky.social said: call your alma maters and demand that they also stand up to the administration.
Updated gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
1. Raise hell with your electeds.
2. As @pronounced-ing.bsky.social said: call your alma maters and demand that they also stand up to the administration.
Updated gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
April 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
MIT following Harvard's lead here
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Wiped out or fired up? ❤️🔥Thank you so much to @matteowong.bsky.social for writing about us!
18F, a team in the General Services Administration, was tailor-made for government efficiency and technology, writes @matteowong.bsky.social. Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency wiped it out.
DOGE Killed a Government-Efficiency Team
“It’s chaotic, and it feels like it’s chaotic on purpose.”
www.theatlantic.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wiped out or fired up? ❤️🔥Thank you so much to @matteowong.bsky.social for writing about us!
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The feeling is mutual 💕
As we have noted before, if you care about government efficiency and making it work better for the people, there are few offices better than the (former) USDS and @team18f.bsky.social.
We were always thrilled to work with them and we know the whole #AltGov family sends their love. 💕
We were always thrilled to work with them and we know the whole #AltGov family sends their love. 💕
18F: We are dedicated to the American public and we're not done yet
For over 11 years, 18F has been proudly serving the American people to make government technology work better. We are non-partisan civil servants. 18F has worked on hundreds of projects, all designed ...
18f.org
March 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The feeling is mutual 💕
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I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
February 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I was led to believe by R.E.M. that I would feel a lot better about this.
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More than 50 interviews with Democratic leaders revealed a party that is struggling to define what it stands for, what issues to prioritize and how to confront President Trump’s right-wing administration.
‘We Have No Coherent Message’: Democrats Struggle to Oppose Trump
More than 50 interviews with Democratic leaders revealed a party struggling to decide what it believes in, what issues to prioritize and how to confront an aggressive right-wing administration.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
More than 50 interviews with Democratic leaders revealed a party that is struggling to define what it stands for, what issues to prioritize and how to confront President Trump’s right-wing administration.
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Germany: 160,000 people protest against far-right party in Berlin
Germany: 160,000 people protest against far-right party in Berlin
The protests came after some parties voted alongside the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), over a non-binding resolution on immigration last week.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Germany: 160,000 people protest against far-right party in Berlin
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
I am also on Substack, but struggling to write publicly -- How do other writers get used to such personal exposure? I have a goal to publish an essay someday, need to cross that fear of "being seen."
January 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I am also on Substack, but struggling to write publicly -- How do other writers get used to such personal exposure? I have a goal to publish an essay someday, need to cross that fear of "being seen."
Joined here after leaving X last year... admittedly barely used Bluesky, but going to need some way to engage - and would like that to be off X or Meta. Let's see how this goes..
January 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Joined here after leaving X last year... admittedly barely used Bluesky, but going to need some way to engage - and would like that to be off X or Meta. Let's see how this goes..
grief is so annoying
February 5, 2024 at 1:52 PM
grief is so annoying
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Breaking News: A man whose violent attacks on the police on Jan. 6 were widely seen as the tipping point in the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob has been convicted of federal assault charges.
Man Convicted of Assaulting Police in Tipping Point on Jan. 6
Ryan Samsel, a Pennsylvania barber, was found guilty along with four co-defendants, but he was acquitted of trespassing on the Capitol grounds.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Breaking News: A man whose violent attacks on the police on Jan. 6 were widely seen as the tipping point in the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob has been convicted of federal assault charges.
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Big news today: StL Co. Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell is seeking to vacate Marcellus Williams' conviction. The MO AG thinks that revisiting wrongful convictions destabilizes the criminal legal system. So, yeah, expect the state to fight this.
theintercept.com/2024/01/29/m...
theintercept.com/2024/01/29/m...
St. Louis County Prosecutor Seeks to Vacate Death Penalty Conviction of Marcellus Williams
Citing crime scene DNA that didn’t match Marcellus Williams, Wesley Bell asked a Missouri court to review evidence of his innocence.
theintercept.com
January 29, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Big news today: StL Co. Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell is seeking to vacate Marcellus Williams' conviction. The MO AG thinks that revisiting wrongful convictions destabilizes the criminal legal system. So, yeah, expect the state to fight this.
theintercept.com/2024/01/29/m...
theintercept.com/2024/01/29/m...
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I don't know if anyone else gets anxious about phone calls but a little tip I've learned is: if there is a phone call that I don't want to make, before I start dialing the number, I carefully hold the phone in my hand & toss it gently into a lake. I hope this advice helps others.
December 18, 2023 at 7:52 PM
I don't know if anyone else gets anxious about phone calls but a little tip I've learned is: if there is a phone call that I don't want to make, before I start dialing the number, I carefully hold the phone in my hand & toss it gently into a lake. I hope this advice helps others.
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What in the actual, actual fuck
In a turnaround from 2020’s stay-at-home COVID protocols, students can now go to class even if they test positive, Oakland school district officials said
Oakland schools allow COVID-positive students to attend class
(KRON) — Thousands of students in the Oakland Unified School District are returning to their classrooms after winter break with less COVID-19 rules imposed by the district. OUSD announced new…
www.kron4.com
January 16, 2024 at 8:26 PM
What in the actual, actual fuck
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This woke nonsense is out of control. My baby nephew is telling people he’s a little teapot
January 20, 2024 at 6:09 PM
This woke nonsense is out of control. My baby nephew is telling people he’s a little teapot
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Apple to allow rival app stores on iPhones and iPads in EU
Apple to allow rival app stores on iPhones and iPads in EU
Users in the EU will soon be able to download apps from places other than the App Store.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Apple to allow rival app stores on iPhones and iPads in EU
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Gustav Klimt portrait found after almost 100 years
Gustav Klimt portrait found after almost 100 years
The 'Portrait of Fraulein Lieser' - last seen in public in 1925 - has been discovered in Vienna.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Gustav Klimt portrait found after almost 100 years
One of my “to do’s” is to change my relationship with my phone, so joining BlueSky was naturally a logical move.
January 25, 2024 at 11:44 PM
One of my “to do’s” is to change my relationship with my phone, so joining BlueSky was naturally a logical move.
I have never felt so much pressure around one post; my very first post on BlueSky.. A blank canvas.. What to do, what to say? Do I grab some paint and brush this thing red all over? Or just mark a soft placeholder in pencil, to be continued?
January 25, 2024 at 12:17 AM
I have never felt so much pressure around one post; my very first post on BlueSky.. A blank canvas.. What to do, what to say? Do I grab some paint and brush this thing red all over? Or just mark a soft placeholder in pencil, to be continued?