Troy Whitney
@atomicrpg.bsky.social
Creator of the Atomic RPG System. Play any kind of tabletop lore, story, genre, or whatever. Your imagination is the limit! https://atomicrpgsystem.com/
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Colorado schools have reported more than 200 incidents in recent weeks of laptops smoking, overheating and catching on fire that fire officials believe are connected to the viral “Chromebook Challenge.” https://trib.al/MwkBVXA
Hundreds of Colorado students are setting their computers on fire for viral challenge
Colorado schools have reported more than 200 incidents in recent weeks of laptops smoking and catching on fire that fire officials believe are connected to the viral “Chromebook Challenge.…
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May 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Colorado schools have reported more than 200 incidents in recent weeks of laptops smoking, overheating and catching on fire that fire officials believe are connected to the viral “Chromebook Challenge.” https://trib.al/MwkBVXA
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Tom Homan, one of the top officials behind the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, is facing questions after it was revealed he was paid by a private prison company that stands to profit from the government’s detention policies.
May 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Tom Homan, one of the top officials behind the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, is facing questions after it was revealed he was paid by a private prison company that stands to profit from the government’s detention policies.
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Do you double check your receipt when you buy groceries? Maybe you should.
Kroger stores in multiple states show a pattern of listing expired sale prices on the shelves and then ringing up regular prices at checkout, an investigation by the Guardian US, @thefern.org and @consumerreports.org found.
Kroger stores in multiple states show a pattern of listing expired sale prices on the shelves and then ringing up regular prices at checkout, an investigation by the Guardian US, @thefern.org and @consumerreports.org found.
‘Customers are being duped’: how murky grocery sales tactics are squeezing some Kroger shoppers
Kroger stores in multiple states have overcharged customers by listing expired sale tags and then ringing up regular prices – a practice that adds extra burdens on struggling US families
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Do you double check your receipt when you buy groceries? Maybe you should.
Kroger stores in multiple states show a pattern of listing expired sale prices on the shelves and then ringing up regular prices at checkout, an investigation by the Guardian US, @thefern.org and @consumerreports.org found.
Kroger stores in multiple states show a pattern of listing expired sale prices on the shelves and then ringing up regular prices at checkout, an investigation by the Guardian US, @thefern.org and @consumerreports.org found.
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Is it time to give up the idea that every young person has to go to college? Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/four-years-of-college-shouldnt-be
May 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is it time to give up the idea that every young person has to go to college? Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/four-years-of-college-shouldnt-be
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As Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill moves to the Senate, we must make it clear: There is nothing “beautiful” about giving huge tax breaks to billionaires while cutting health care, nutrition and education for working families.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
May 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
As Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill moves to the Senate, we must make it clear: There is nothing “beautiful” about giving huge tax breaks to billionaires while cutting health care, nutrition and education for working families.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
It is grossly immoral and, together, we must defeat it.
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The administration is planning to end the school's remaining contracts with the federal government.
Harvard President Says Trump's Attacks Are 'Perplexing'
The administration is planning to end the school's remaining contracts with the federal government.
www.huffpost.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The administration is planning to end the school's remaining contracts with the federal government.
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The US credit rating has been downgraded. But there’s an easy fix for our debt https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/us-credit-rating-debt-fix
The US credit rating has been downgraded. But there’s an easy fix for our debt | Robert Reich
Instead of cutting taxes on the richest Americans – who hold much of the country’s debt – simply raise them
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The US credit rating has been downgraded. But there’s an easy fix for our debt https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/us-credit-rating-debt-fix
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We can’t get into all the details just yet, things are still unfolding, but here’s what we can say: staff from Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) have been trying to assert more control inside federal agencies, especially within the Interior Department.
May 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We can’t get into all the details just yet, things are still unfolding, but here’s what we can say: staff from Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) have been trying to assert more control inside federal agencies, especially within the Interior Department.
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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
May 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
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We apologize for posting today we’ve been keeping things to a minimum. However, a situation is unfolding and we need one communication: Please follow the guidance coming from inside the house.
May 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We apologize for posting today we’ve been keeping things to a minimum. However, a situation is unfolding and we need one communication: Please follow the guidance coming from inside the house.
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
May 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
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Trump and Musk want you to feel powerless. But it's not true—listen to @sanders.senate.gov:
May 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump and Musk want you to feel powerless. But it's not true—listen to @sanders.senate.gov:
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Too many of my white friends are still doing risk analysis, still weighing the costs of expressing their new revelations, still concerned about what they will lose by speaking out.
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
White Friends, You Can't Be Woke and Silent
In my travels around this country, both in person and online, I meet lots of white people who fancy themselves woke.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Too many of my white friends are still doing risk analysis, still weighing the costs of expressing their new revelations, still concerned about what they will lose by speaking out.
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
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The Western Australia state government has announced a reparations program for survivors of the “Stolen Generations.”
This is a critical and long overdue step to providing justice.
This is a critical and long overdue step to providing justice.
Western Australia Announces Reparations for the ‘Stolen Generations’
On Tuesday, the Western Australia state government announced a new reparations program for the “Stolen Generations,” Indigenous children who were forcibly removed from their families under racist poli...
www.hrw.org
May 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Western Australia state government has announced a reparations program for survivors of the “Stolen Generations.”
This is a critical and long overdue step to providing justice.
This is a critical and long overdue step to providing justice.
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It's a bad look when you ban Maya Angelou but keep Mein Kampf.
May 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's a bad look when you ban Maya Angelou but keep Mein Kampf.
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Trump's team has launched an early and aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to maintain the GOP's tenuous grip on the House in 2026 — and avoid his third impeachment.
The plan, in 5 steps:
The plan, in 5 steps:
Trump's 5-step push to keep GOP control of the House in '26
Trump allies believe — with good reason — that a Democrat-controlled House would launch investigations of the president and move to impeach him.
www.axios.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Trump's team has launched an early and aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to maintain the GOP's tenuous grip on the House in 2026 — and avoid his third impeachment.
The plan, in 5 steps:
The plan, in 5 steps:
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Excited to join @bennet.senate.gov tonight in Centennial to update Coloradans on our work in Congress!
Tune into our social media channels for a livestream of the event.
Tune into our social media channels for a livestream of the event.
May 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Excited to join @bennet.senate.gov tonight in Centennial to update Coloradans on our work in Congress!
Tune into our social media channels for a livestream of the event.
Tune into our social media channels for a livestream of the event.
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BREAKING: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House
NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
BREAKING: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
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The steady stream of gaslighting propaganda, the legislative assaults on vulnerable people, and the clear mental instability of a leader whose sole intention is to seek a new moral bottom—we can't make peace with any of it.
No, none of this is normal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
No, none of this is normal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
Please, Don't Normalize This Madness
Something often happens to people exposed to repeated trauma.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The steady stream of gaslighting propaganda, the legislative assaults on vulnerable people, and the clear mental instability of a leader whose sole intention is to seek a new moral bottom—we can't make peace with any of it.
No, none of this is normal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
No, none of this is normal.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/please-don...
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Our current president is severely mentally unwell, and the media needs to cover it now.
May 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Our current president is severely mentally unwell, and the media needs to cover it now.
WTAF!?
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
bit.ly
May 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
WTAF!?
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We are seeing this in real time . . . 'flooding the zone with shit' as Steve Bannon taught them.
May 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We are seeing this in real time . . . 'flooding the zone with shit' as Steve Bannon taught them.
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The past few months have been tough, and we just want to say thank you. In the beginning, it felt like we were yelling into the wind, no one was listening. But then you all showed up. You raised your voices, shared the truth, and made the media pay attention.
May 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The past few months have been tough, and we just want to say thank you. In the beginning, it felt like we were yelling into the wind, no one was listening. But then you all showed up. You raised your voices, shared the truth, and made the media pay attention.
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A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.