Cybrarian Janet
@janetastevenson.bsky.social
Jazz vocalist, retired IT professional,
former journalist, law & medical librarian. Internet user since 1992. Happily married to my best friend.
former journalist, law & medical librarian. Internet user since 1992. Happily married to my best friend.
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
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Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
CBO says Trump’s BBB would screw the poor to help the rich. In 2027, the bottom 10 percent would lose the equivalent of 2 percent of their income largely because of the reduced benefits, while the tax cuts would provide the top 10 percent with a 4 percent increase to their income
May 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
CBO says Trump’s BBB would screw the poor to help the rich. In 2027, the bottom 10 percent would lose the equivalent of 2 percent of their income largely because of the reduced benefits, while the tax cuts would provide the top 10 percent with a 4 percent increase to their income
“The vital question Biden’s party faces is not about the former president. What must the Democrats know about themselves, and when will they know it?”
May 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“The vital question Biden’s party faces is not about the former president. What must the Democrats know about themselves, and when will they know it?”
May 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Uncivil service
open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
Uncivil service
How would you feel about the VA treating your cancer with a horse drug?
open.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Uncivil service
open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
Anonymous hacked the airline GlobalX at the center of President Donald Trump's campaign of deportations to an offshore detention center in El Salvador, a Reuters viewing of the airlines website showed on Monday. Manifests and flight logs have begun leaking.
Good work, what took you so long?
Good work, what took you so long?
May 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Anonymous hacked the airline GlobalX at the center of President Donald Trump's campaign of deportations to an offshore detention center in El Salvador, a Reuters viewing of the airlines website showed on Monday. Manifests and flight logs have begun leaking.
Good work, what took you so long?
Good work, what took you so long?
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One can only hope.
April 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
One can only hope.
The current US population is about 347,275,807. Last November, 77,302,580 voters created an authoritarian nightmare for immigrants and made our country look like a bunch of Nazis. Don’t believe the mandate lie.
April 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The current US population is about 347,275,807. Last November, 77,302,580 voters created an authoritarian nightmare for immigrants and made our country look like a bunch of Nazis. Don’t believe the mandate lie.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Irving Kristol famously said that neoconservatives were liberals who’d been “mugged by reality.” Maybe soon we’ll need a similar word for the right wingers who can’t stand to live in the world they helped build.- Michelle Goldberg
Irving Kristol famously said that neoconservatives were liberals who’d been “mugged by reality.” Maybe soon we’ll need a similar word for the right wingers who can’t stand to live in the world they helped build.- Michelle Goldberg
Opinion | The Vibe Shifts Against the Right
People who once found right-wing ideas scintillating are having second thoughts as they watch Trump put those ideas into practice.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
Irving Kristol famously said that neoconservatives were liberals who’d been “mugged by reality.” Maybe soon we’ll need a similar word for the right wingers who can’t stand to live in the world they helped build.- Michelle Goldberg
Irving Kristol famously said that neoconservatives were liberals who’d been “mugged by reality.” Maybe soon we’ll need a similar word for the right wingers who can’t stand to live in the world they helped build.- Michelle Goldberg
Maureen Dowd on Trump’s math skills.
April 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Maureen Dowd on Trump’s math skills.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/c...
Trump baby, “You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now.”
Trump baby, “You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now.”
China slaps 84% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods in response to Trump
China said tariffs on U.S. goods will rise to 84% from 34% starting on April 10.
www.cnbc.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/c...
Trump baby, “You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now.”
Trump baby, “You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now.”
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New reporting from Reuters laid out how DOGE's teenaged senior adviser in the State Department "once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent. www.rawstory.com/teenaged-dog...
Teenaged DOGE State Department adviser did tech support for a cybercrime ring: report
New reporting from Reuters laid out how DOGE's teenaged senior adviser in the State Department "once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalki...
www.rawstory.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New reporting from Reuters laid out how DOGE's teenaged senior adviser in the State Department "once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent. www.rawstory.com/teenaged-dog...
David French is a former JAG officer (army lawyer). Here is what he wrote today in the NYT about the Hegseth debacle in the article “The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Debacle. And why the careless secretary of defense should resign.”
March 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
David French is a former JAG officer (army lawyer). Here is what he wrote today in the NYT about the Hegseth debacle in the article “The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Debacle. And why the careless secretary of defense should resign.”
There was absolutely NO reason for Columbia University to cave to the Trump administration. Zero, zip, nada. They have enough money to easily replace a cut of $400 million. This in today’s NYT from the article “$15 Billion Is Enough to Fight a President”
by Charlie Eaton, an economic sociologist
by Charlie Eaton, an economic sociologist
March 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There was absolutely NO reason for Columbia University to cave to the Trump administration. Zero, zip, nada. They have enough money to easily replace a cut of $400 million. This in today’s NYT from the article “$15 Billion Is Enough to Fight a President”
by Charlie Eaton, an economic sociologist
by Charlie Eaton, an economic sociologist
If chimpanzees could speak and write English, this is probably what they would say on social media. From
r/LeopardsAteMyFace
r/LeopardsAteMyFace
March 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If chimpanzees could speak and write English, this is probably what they would say on social media. From
r/LeopardsAteMyFace
r/LeopardsAteMyFace
IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet.
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet.
The self employed have historically been among the worst about not paying taxes. And it’s not just general revenues, they will also be dodging FICA taxes, which are the source of Social Security payments.
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
#Voices4Victory
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts
Individuals were ‘wagering that auditors will not examine their accounts’ amid DOGE’s plans to downsize the IRS by nearly 20 percent ahead of tax filing season
www.the-independent.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The self employed have historically been among the worst about not paying taxes. And it’s not just general revenues, they will also be dodging FICA taxes, which are the source of Social Security payments.
And the intervention needs to include handcuffs.
March 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And the intervention needs to include handcuffs.
In the comments is a good sample letter to send to local officials demanding divestment by state retirement funds. If Tesla stock got low enough, there is even a possibility that X could be repossessed.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
Kill Tesla, Save The Country
Elon has a weak spot. Attack.
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In the comments is a good sample letter to send to local officials demanding divestment by state retirement funds. If Tesla stock got low enough, there is even a possibility that X could be repossessed.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...