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When I was your age, television was called books. - The Princess Bride
When I was your age, television was called books. - The Princess Bride
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“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
June 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”
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And one way to reduce such exposure .....
#CRBox w/ Clean Air Delivery rates greater than nearly all commercial HEPA air cleaners (both at high flow) for wildfire particles @ 1/3rd to 1/7th the initial cost and generally lower filter replacement cost. IT;s not rocket science, folks, and it works!
#CRBox w/ Clean Air Delivery rates greater than nearly all commercial HEPA air cleaners (both at high flow) for wildfire particles @ 1/3rd to 1/7th the initial cost and generally lower filter replacement cost. IT;s not rocket science, folks, and it works!
June 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
And one way to reduce such exposure .....
#CRBox w/ Clean Air Delivery rates greater than nearly all commercial HEPA air cleaners (both at high flow) for wildfire particles @ 1/3rd to 1/7th the initial cost and generally lower filter replacement cost. IT;s not rocket science, folks, and it works!
#CRBox w/ Clean Air Delivery rates greater than nearly all commercial HEPA air cleaners (both at high flow) for wildfire particles @ 1/3rd to 1/7th the initial cost and generally lower filter replacement cost. IT;s not rocket science, folks, and it works!
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1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.
June 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
1/ If accurate, this is almost certainly a conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of the military for domestic law enforcement, including the National Guard if they are federalized.
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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested
Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
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After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month.
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
May 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
After being hired to promote Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program, Deloitte Consulting priced reports about its own marketing performance at $300,000 a month.
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
A final report, which was due in February, could cost the state nearly half a million.
➡️ Read the full story: propub.li/3YOiJ66
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Hey, do you know what you call a guy who never admits a mistake, who becomes President of the United States by never admitting a mistake, who then convinces his entire presidential administration to never admit—let alone correct—any mistake, leading to innocents getting life sentences?
A sociopath.
A sociopath.
April 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hey, do you know what you call a guy who never admits a mistake, who becomes President of the United States by never admitting a mistake, who then convinces his entire presidential administration to never admit—let alone correct—any mistake, leading to innocents getting life sentences?
A sociopath.
A sociopath.
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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
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When the head of ICE starts talking about how great it would be to have Amazon Prime for shipping human beings to a concentration camp in El Salvador that no one ever leaves, you’ve gone way past “it could never happen here.”
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
michiganadvance.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
When the head of ICE starts talking about how great it would be to have Amazon Prime for shipping human beings to a concentration camp in El Salvador that no one ever leaves, you’ve gone way past “it could never happen here.”
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War hero schools a chickenhawk.
April 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
War hero schools a chickenhawk.
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
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We found the voter fraud!!!!!
NEWS
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard signed a sworn declaration stating that she was a resident of the State of Texas.
But then she voted in Hawaii.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard signed a sworn declaration stating that she was a resident of the State of Texas.
But then she voted in Hawaii.
Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii | CNN Politics
Election law experts said Gabbard’s vote, coupled with her claiming a homestead tax break on her Texas home, raises questions about whether she properly cast her ballot and illustrates the complexity ...
bit.ly
April 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We found the voter fraud!!!!!
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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“The study shows that putting the smartphone away may not be sufficient to reduce disruption and procrastination, or increase focus. The problem is not rooted within the device itself, but in the habits and routines that we have developed with our devices.”
Why Simply Putting Away Your Phone Won’t Help You Focus - Neuroscience News
A new study reveals that placing your smartphone out of reach doesn’t significantly reduce distraction or boost productivity.
neurosciencenews.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
“The study shows that putting the smartphone away may not be sufficient to reduce disruption and procrastination, or increase focus. The problem is not rooted within the device itself, but in the habits and routines that we have developed with our devices.”
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After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
March 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
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A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The real story is actually better
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/10...
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/10...
102-Year-Old Crosses 'Arrest' Off Her Bucket List
A 102-Year-Old Missourian was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car last Friday, but it wasn't for committing a crime.
abcnews.go.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The real story is actually better
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/10...
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/10...
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Thoughts on using LLMs for coding, which can often be difficult and unintuitive, and why "vibe coding" is a fantastic way to explore the capabilities of LLMs (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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March 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Thoughts on using LLMs for coding, which can often be difficult and unintuitive, and why "vibe coding" is a fantastic way to explore the capabilities of LLMs (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Not that it matters, but what Trump did with Musk and Tesla today is a clear violation of Title 5, Section 2635.702, of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: Use of public office for private gain.
GovInfo
Official Publications from the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
www.govinfo.gov
March 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Not that it matters, but what Trump did with Musk and Tesla today is a clear violation of Title 5, Section 2635.702, of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: Use of public office for private gain.
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The US installed 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technology in over two decades. That’s enough to power 8.5 million households. 🔌💡
electrek.co/2025/03/10/s...
electrek.co/2025/03/10/s...
Solar adds more new capacity to the US grid in 2024 than any energy source in 20 years
The US installed 50 GW of new solar capacity in 2024, the most new capacity added in a single year of any energy technology in over two decades.
electrek.co
March 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The US installed 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technology in over two decades. That’s enough to power 8.5 million households. 🔌💡
electrek.co/2025/03/10/s...
electrek.co/2025/03/10/s...
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Google unveils Gemma 3, the "world's best single-accelerator model", running on a single GPU, in 1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B sizes, and says it outperforms Llama-405B (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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March 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Google unveils Gemma 3, the "world's best single-accelerator model", running on a single GPU, in 1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B sizes, and says it outperforms Llama-405B (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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