Joy & Community
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UU, SMC, Aspiring WFPB, Southerner, Bar Member. Attempting to find joy while living under facist oligarchy thru reading romance, watching Brittish panel shows on YouTube, puzzling & building community.
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The Internet of Things ended up being the internet of unsupported products.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats
No more controlling these “smart” thermostats from a phone.
www.theverge.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Internet of Things ended up being the internet of unsupported products.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
Google is ending support for 1st & 2nd generation Nests and completely pulling out of Europe.
Imagine having to replace the thermostats in your home because of a reorg at some big tech meant it was no longer a priority.
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It's horrible that anyone is deported w/o due process but if you think this is the first time a US-born minor child has been sent to their deported parent's country of origin you have not been following American immigration policy. Mexico has an est. 80-100K US kids who were effectively deported.
April 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It's horrible that anyone is deported w/o due process but if you think this is the first time a US-born minor child has been sent to their deported parent's country of origin you have not been following American immigration policy. Mexico has an est. 80-100K US kids who were effectively deported.
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Quite the shift…
Effective Corporate Tax Rates
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
1950: 50%
2025: 13%
Top Marginal Tax Rates
1950: 91%
2025: 37%
If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.
April 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Quite the shift…
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It’s been reported that Trump prefers a PDB with lots of pictures. Seriously.
As president you have tens of thousands of people whose job is just gathering intelligence from around the world to make sure you have the best information possible. Imagine not even having the intellectual curiosity to just read the President’s Daily Brief, which I’m sure included this fact.
Reporter: There was a car bomb in Moscow this morning that killed a Russian general. Do you have any reaction to that?
Trump: Who killed what?
Reporter: A Russian general killed by a car bomb.
Trump: Well, you're just telling me that for the first time. Where did this take place?
Trump: Who killed what?
Reporter: A Russian general killed by a car bomb.
Trump: Well, you're just telling me that for the first time. Where did this take place?
April 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It’s been reported that Trump prefers a PDB with lots of pictures. Seriously.
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Yeah, I think there’s essentially no going back from the damage Trump has done. Even if he were removed tomorrow, America has proven it can be duped into electing a dangerously unstable person, and you can’t really make long term plans centered on an “ally” like that.
April 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yeah, I think there’s essentially no going back from the damage Trump has done. Even if he were removed tomorrow, America has proven it can be duped into electing a dangerously unstable person, and you can’t really make long term plans centered on an “ally” like that.
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I want to know if, based on recent reports, the prisoners are officially under El Salvadoran rule or can the US retrieve them.
“The Salvadoran president offered to turn the CECOT into an extension of the U.S. prison system in exchange for a payment of $20,000 per individual per year.”
The two presidents are basically slave traders in drag.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
The two presidents are basically slave traders in drag.
english.elpais.com/internationa...
How Bukele benefits from accepting US deportation flights: $20,000 per inmate a year and Trump’s favor
The controversial transfer of migrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador will bring its president more than just economic benefits, according to analysts
english.elpais.com
April 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I want to know if, based on recent reports, the prisoners are officially under El Salvadoran rule or can the US retrieve them.
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“The Center for Public Integrity, a thirty-six-year-old nonprofit newsroom in Washington, DC, that won acclaim for its investigations but has endured financial and organizational turmoil for much of the past decade, has ceased publishing” www.cjr.org/news/center-...
Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down
Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.
www.cjr.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“The Center for Public Integrity, a thirty-six-year-old nonprofit newsroom in Washington, DC, that won acclaim for its investigations but has endured financial and organizational turmoil for much of the past decade, has ceased publishing” www.cjr.org/news/center-...
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NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
The CDC Has Been Gutted
Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.
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“…destroy my influence” = tacit acknowledgment he has acquired the government.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
March 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“…destroy my influence” = tacit acknowledgment he has acquired the government.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
“…push negative propaganda about me” = they keep pointing out the stuff I say and do.
“They are evil” - anyone who opposes an oligarchy is evil.
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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
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What the fuck?
Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
February 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
What the fuck?
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One reason Donald Trump is going after USAID: Polls show Americans think foreign aid is about a quarter of the US budget.
It's actually ~1%.
Across the board there's a disconnect between actual gov't spending and perceptions of gov't spending.
From the Brookings Institution:
It's actually ~1%.
Across the board there's a disconnect between actual gov't spending and perceptions of gov't spending.
From the Brookings Institution:
February 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
One reason Donald Trump is going after USAID: Polls show Americans think foreign aid is about a quarter of the US budget.
It's actually ~1%.
Across the board there's a disconnect between actual gov't spending and perceptions of gov't spending.
From the Brookings Institution:
It's actually ~1%.
Across the board there's a disconnect between actual gov't spending and perceptions of gov't spending.
From the Brookings Institution:
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
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NEW: Someone at IRS just told me they were informed that if they accepted the Fork in the Road deferred resignation, they'd still have to work through May 15th because it's filing season.
So Musk lied. And what about filing season 2026? Are they just gonna cross that bridge when they come to it?
So Musk lied. And what about filing season 2026? Are they just gonna cross that bridge when they come to it?
February 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
NEW: Someone at IRS just told me they were informed that if they accepted the Fork in the Road deferred resignation, they'd still have to work through May 15th because it's filing season.
So Musk lied. And what about filing season 2026? Are they just gonna cross that bridge when they come to it?
So Musk lied. And what about filing season 2026? Are they just gonna cross that bridge when they come to it?
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We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
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Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
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Want to know what a federal funding freeze does? It takes money from families that just lost their home in a wildfire. It takes resources away from vets. It leaves 72M Americans without access to healthcare. Trump, Elon, & their billionaire buddies laugh their way to the bank while Americans suffer.
January 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Want to know what a federal funding freeze does? It takes money from families that just lost their home in a wildfire. It takes resources away from vets. It leaves 72M Americans without access to healthcare. Trump, Elon, & their billionaire buddies laugh their way to the bank while Americans suffer.
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A federal judge has called a 4pm conference in the emergency lawsuit brought by nonprofit groups to halt President Trump's federal aid freeze:
January 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A federal judge has called a 4pm conference in the emergency lawsuit brought by nonprofit groups to halt President Trump's federal aid freeze:
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Kaine: "The president has two Republican houses. If he wants to cut the budget, he's go majorities in both houses. He could just work with them to do it the lawful way...that he's not doing that means he doesn't have confidence that the GOP leadership will go along with the extremity of his actions"
January 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Kaine: "The president has two Republican houses. If he wants to cut the budget, he's go majorities in both houses. He could just work with them to do it the lawful way...that he's not doing that means he doesn't have confidence that the GOP leadership will go along with the extremity of his actions"
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
Store bought vegan sausage, kamut (an "ancient grain") and oven roasted veggies (onion, Brussel sprouts and mushrooms).
January 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Store bought vegan sausage, kamut (an "ancient grain") and oven roasted veggies (onion, Brussel sprouts and mushrooms).