@jbphoto.bsky.social
Photographer - sound guy - road tripper - knowledge collector - music lover - urban explorer - museum nerd.
I mostly post my photos on Instagram. @jbphotookc
I mostly post my photos on Instagram. @jbphotookc
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I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.
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Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
Researchers have been archiving government websites for months.
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
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Starbucks is scrapping a policy that had let anyone hang out at its cafes or use the restrooms without making a purchase: cnn.it/40x2N9v
January 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Starbucks is scrapping a policy that had let anyone hang out at its cafes or use the restrooms without making a purchase: cnn.it/40x2N9v
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Leading congressional Republicans say they want to place conditions on aid for California’s wildfire victims, trying to force the state to fix policies ranging from taxes to land management in exchange for billions of dollars in federal help to recover from a natural disaster.
Republicans say they want to put conditions on wildfire aid to California
California and other Democratic-controlled states would need to atone for “bad behavior” if they wanted federal assistance, one lawmaker said.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Leading congressional Republicans say they want to place conditions on aid for California’s wildfire victims, trying to force the state to fix policies ranging from taxes to land management in exchange for billions of dollars in federal help to recover from a natural disaster.
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JUST IN: Trudeau's decision after almost a decade in power, sets the stage for a succession fight to select a new prime minister.
Canada's Justin Trudeau says he will resign as party leader and prime minister
Trudeau's decision after almost a decade in power, sets the stage for a succession fight to select a new prime minister.
www.npr.org
January 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
JUST IN: Trudeau's decision after almost a decade in power, sets the stage for a succession fight to select a new prime minister.
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The DOJ is accusing the biggest pharmacy chain in the US is of "unlawfully dispensing massive quantities of opioids ... to fuel its own profits."
The suit alleges that CVS has knowingly filled dubious prescriptions for controlled substances for years.
abcnews.go.com/US/cvs-knowi...
The suit alleges that CVS has knowingly filled dubious prescriptions for controlled substances for years.
abcnews.go.com/US/cvs-knowi...
CVS knowingly dispensed 'massive' amount of invalid opioid prescriptions: DOJ lawsuit
CVS is accused of "unlawfully dispensing massive quantities of opioids ... to fuel its own profits," according to a civil lawsuit filed by the Justice Department.
abcnews.go.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The DOJ is accusing the biggest pharmacy chain in the US is of "unlawfully dispensing massive quantities of opioids ... to fuel its own profits."
The suit alleges that CVS has knowingly filled dubious prescriptions for controlled substances for years.
abcnews.go.com/US/cvs-knowi...
The suit alleges that CVS has knowingly filled dubious prescriptions for controlled substances for years.
abcnews.go.com/US/cvs-knowi...
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Apple will pay $95 million to people who were spied on by Siri
Apple will pay $95 million to people who were spied on by Siri
Users could get up to $20 per device.
buff.ly
January 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Apple will pay $95 million to people who were spied on by Siri
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I love that Apple is trying to do privacy-related services, but this just appeared at the bottom of my Settings screen over the holiday break when I wasn’t paying attention. It sends data about my private photos to Apple.
December 29, 2024 at 2:46 AM
I love that Apple is trying to do privacy-related services, but this just appeared at the bottom of my Settings screen over the holiday break when I wasn’t paying attention. It sends data about my private photos to Apple.
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Oh cool. 😬
Apple patent uses FRT with ‘body data’ so cameras can ID people without seeing faces | Biometric Update
The system described associates facial recognition with other body characteristics to recognize certain people even if their faces are not visible to the camera
www.biometricupdate.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Oh cool. 😬
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
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Trump isn't even in office yet & we're already talking about letting him bypass the Constitution as though that's a normal conversation to be having.
November 18, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Trump isn't even in office yet & we're already talking about letting him bypass the Constitution as though that's a normal conversation to be having.
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Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
University of Texas, MIT and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
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I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
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We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”
Hello! Where are all the museum friends on BlueSky?
November 17, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Hello! Where are all the museum friends on BlueSky?
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We solved so many problems so well that most people don’t know that they were ever problems, and so their base assumption is that this is the natural order of the world when it’s actually a fragile system held up by an expansive administrative state…which millions just voted to dismantle.
"We have a mandate to dismantle the regulatory state - and both the power and the will to do so,"
Is explicitly what they ran on and enough of the US has just always had clean water and safe food and some manor of workplace protection that they categorically do not understand what a threat that is.
Is explicitly what they ran on and enough of the US has just always had clean water and safe food and some manor of workplace protection that they categorically do not understand what a threat that is.
I really think most people don't appreciate the scale of what's coming.
November 10, 2024 at 11:13 PM
We solved so many problems so well that most people don’t know that they were ever problems, and so their base assumption is that this is the natural order of the world when it’s actually a fragile system held up by an expansive administrative state…which millions just voted to dismantle.
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Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
November 9, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay
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Just a reminder to support your local public libraries! Write letters of support. Use the library often & in many different ways. Show up to meetings.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
November 9, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Just a reminder to support your local public libraries! Write letters of support. Use the library often & in many different ways. Show up to meetings.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
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"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
October 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
"To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It's a way of life." - Henri Cartier-Bresson