Ray Collins
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The future has arrived - it's just not evenly distributed yet.
- William Gibson
Do you boogie-woogie? https://youtu.be/-y_YM1ikva0?feature=shared
- William Gibson
Do you boogie-woogie? https://youtu.be/-y_YM1ikva0?feature=shared
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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It’s not enough that Trump pay for his crimes. Every one of his Republican enablers must pay
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It’s not enough that Trump pay for his crimes. Every one of his Republican enablers must pay
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trump spent thanksgiving 2017 with epstein LOL
fuck it keep the government open this is tremendous content
fuck it keep the government open this is tremendous content
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
trump spent thanksgiving 2017 with epstein LOL
fuck it keep the government open this is tremendous content
fuck it keep the government open this is tremendous content
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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U.S. Roman Catholic bishops took aim at Trump immigration policies in a rare "special message" today, saying: "We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people."
U.S. Catholic bishops call for end to "dehumanizing rhetoric" on immigrants
Although it doesn't mention Trump by name, the bishops' "special message" marks a rare public reproach of his immigration policies.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops took aim at Trump immigration policies in a rare "special message" today, saying: "We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people."
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The City of Austin has lost three lawsuits centerering on its failure to provide required information when posting notices of council meetings. Now comes another challenge that warns that the notice of action on a revised City budget is deficient.
theaustinbulldog.org/lawyers-call...
theaustinbulldog.org/lawyers-call...
Lawyers call Austin Council’s budget meeting notice illegal - The Austin Bulldog
Attorneys Bill Aleshire and Rick Fine have warned the city of Austin that the notice of tomorrow’s City Council meeting does not comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act. In a letter delivered earlier ...
theaustinbulldog.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The City of Austin has lost three lawsuits centerering on its failure to provide required information when posting notices of council meetings. Now comes another challenge that warns that the notice of action on a revised City budget is deficient.
theaustinbulldog.org/lawyers-call...
theaustinbulldog.org/lawyers-call...
Today the city received a Texas Open Meetings Act violation warning and has cancelled tomorrow's budget work session. Jo Clifton has already written about that and some council history with TOMA for The Austin Bulldog. theaustinbulldog.org/lawyers-call...
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Today the city received a Texas Open Meetings Act violation warning and has cancelled tomorrow's budget work session. Jo Clifton has already written about that and some council history with TOMA for The Austin Bulldog. theaustinbulldog.org/lawyers-call...
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12/ Our system is broken, but it doesn’t have to be. Bold reforms—cutting prices, breaking up monopolies, and returning care to clinicians & communities—could finally put patients first.
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Love,
YLE & Hayden Rooke-Ley
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Love,
YLE & Hayden Rooke-Ley
5 ways our health care system has become utterly insane
A deep dive into the U.S. health care system: rising costs, corporate takeover, and why reform keeps failing.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
12/ Our system is broken, but it doesn’t have to be. Bold reforms—cutting prices, breaking up monopolies, and returning care to clinicians & communities—could finally put patients first.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/aca-health...
Love,
YLE & Hayden Rooke-Ley
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/aca-health...
Love,
YLE & Hayden Rooke-Ley
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With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty
Early data from the United Kingdom and Japan show that the H3N2 subclade K was represented in 90% of flu samples.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Photo: NIAID/ Flickr cc
Early data from the United Kingdom and Japan show that the H3N2 subclade K was represented in 90% of flu samples.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Photo: NIAID/ Flickr cc
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty
Early data from the United Kingdom and Japan show that the H3N2 subclade K was represented in 90% of flu samples.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Photo: NIAID/ Flickr cc
Early data from the United Kingdom and Japan show that the H3N2 subclade K was represented in 90% of flu samples.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...
Photo: NIAID/ Flickr cc
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Putting it all together
#Epstein
For @rawstory.com
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#Epstein
For @rawstory.com
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November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Putting it all together
#Epstein
For @rawstory.com
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#Epstein
For @rawstory.com
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JUST IN: Judge orders ICE to release 300+ detained immigrants
Judge demands ICE release 313 people held without warrants
The detainees are to be released on bond into a monitoring program by Nov. 21.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
JUST IN: Judge orders ICE to release 300+ detained immigrants
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November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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A president who pulled every lever, jiggled every handle, and applied every kind of pressure he could think of, up to and including inciting a riot, to prevent his successor from taking office deserves no benefit of the doubt. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security
Don’t underestimate how Trump and his allies will attempt to control the outcome of the midterms.
www.thebulwark.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A president who pulled every lever, jiggled every handle, and applied every kind of pressure he could think of, up to and including inciting a riot, to prevent his successor from taking office deserves no benefit of the doubt. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
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The Power of One Investigation
When no one else was asking questions, The Austin Bulldog was.
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Support the next investigation — donate today: the-austin-bulldog.fundjournalism.org/bulldog-supp...
When no one else was asking questions, The Austin Bulldog was.
Your giving is amplified into a 3X match by Raymond Gray, Gray Winston & Hart INN NewsMatch.
Support the next investigation — donate today: the-austin-bulldog.fundjournalism.org/bulldog-supp...
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Power of One Investigation
When no one else was asking questions, The Austin Bulldog was.
Your giving is amplified into a 3X match by Raymond Gray, Gray Winston & Hart INN NewsMatch.
Support the next investigation — donate today: the-austin-bulldog.fundjournalism.org/bulldog-supp...
When no one else was asking questions, The Austin Bulldog was.
Your giving is amplified into a 3X match by Raymond Gray, Gray Winston & Hart INN NewsMatch.
Support the next investigation — donate today: the-austin-bulldog.fundjournalism.org/bulldog-supp...
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“Honestly, it is pretty abhorrent that the city tried to make all of these arguments in the first place, but it’s great that the court reaffirmed that these are public records,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @404media.co.
Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone
A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“Honestly, it is pretty abhorrent that the city tried to make all of these arguments in the first place, but it’s great that the court reaffirmed that these are public records,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @404media.co.
State health department heads have previously shared similar optimism for the program, though industry stakeholders have noted it comes as providers are facing permanent cuts to federal Medicaid funding....
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cm...
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cm...
All 50 states submit applications for $50B Rural Health Transformation Program
All 50 states have filed their bids for a greater share of the five-year, $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program by Wednesday's deadline, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( | The ...
www.fiercehealthcare.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
State health department heads have previously shared similar optimism for the program, though industry stakeholders have noted it comes as providers are facing permanent cuts to federal Medicaid funding....
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cm...
www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/cm...
There are now 950 rural hospitals still offering labor and delivery services, which is 41% of the country’s 2,396 hospitals with rural classifications. /1 www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ru...
Rural hospitals' labor and delivery closures increased in 2025
More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the total number of closures since the end of 2020 to 116, according to the C | ...
www.fiercehealthcare.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There are now 950 rural hospitals still offering labor and delivery services, which is 41% of the country’s 2,396 hospitals with rural classifications. /1 www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ru...
You should quit social media for good
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You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You should quit social media for good
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That is, he could do these things if he were a completely different person. What he’s doing instead, being who he is, is trying to gaslight America, claiming that everything is wonderful. /1
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War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down.
Lying has worked for Trump in the past. Is this a lie too far?
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
That is, he could do these things if he were a completely different person. What he’s doing instead, being who he is, is trying to gaslight America, claiming that everything is wonderful. /1
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/war-is-pea...
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They can't afford future raises in the police contract OR the new firefighter contract. That's just reality. Those employees have received the lion's share of raises for years and they can't keep lavishing them w/ money while ignoring EMS and every other city priority. That's what this budget does.
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
They can't afford future raises in the police contract OR the new firefighter contract. That's just reality. Those employees have received the lion's share of raises for years and they can't keep lavishing them w/ money while ignoring EMS and every other city priority. That's what this budget does.
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Here are the proposed budget cuts from Prop Q failing, it's pretty rough. The idea that Kirk Watson says they shouldn't reopen the police contract given the scale of destruction that terrible decision is causing is straight-up governing malpractice. That's WHY they needed the tax increase!
www.austintexas.gov
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Here are the proposed budget cuts from Prop Q failing, it's pretty rough. The idea that Kirk Watson says they shouldn't reopen the police contract given the scale of destruction that terrible decision is causing is straight-up governing malpractice. That's WHY they needed the tax increase!
Wilson said that a return to engagement with international affairs was “inevitable”; the U.S. eventually would have to take up its “true part in the affairs of the world.”
Congress didn’t want to hear it.
Congress didn’t want to hear it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Wilson said that a return to engagement with international affairs was “inevitable”; the U.S. eventually would have to take up its “true part in the affairs of the world.”
Congress didn’t want to hear it.
Congress didn’t want to hear it.
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I had a weird experience at the dog park last week: Passed two guys who were walking together and talking about Trump and his "leadership style." Both younger; one a white guy, mid-20s, wearing a MAGA hat. The other a Hispanic guy, also young, walking slow with a cane. Thought they were buddies 1/
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Sticker Shock
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November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sticker Shock
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