Mitch D
@mitchd12146.bsky.social
progressive dude; mainly reposts for now
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Local government is making positive change, even when the state and federal government aren’t.
On the county board, I voted to allocate $2 million towards building a “Life and Workforce Readiness Center,” a project led by an area nonprofit to help youth find their passions and develop life skills!
On the county board, I voted to allocate $2 million towards building a “Life and Workforce Readiness Center,” a project led by an area nonprofit to help youth find their passions and develop life skills!
May 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Local government is making positive change, even when the state and federal government aren’t.
On the county board, I voted to allocate $2 million towards building a “Life and Workforce Readiness Center,” a project led by an area nonprofit to help youth find their passions and develop life skills!
On the county board, I voted to allocate $2 million towards building a “Life and Workforce Readiness Center,” a project led by an area nonprofit to help youth find their passions and develop life skills!
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"Work requirements" for Medicaid might sound good, but in practice they lead to more bureaucracy for worse coverage that drives up costs for everyone.
The GOP’s Big Medicaid Idea Was Tried Before—And Failed Badly
Arkansas and Georgia tried work requirements, and the results were not pretty.
open.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
"Work requirements" for Medicaid might sound good, but in practice they lead to more bureaucracy for worse coverage that drives up costs for everyone.
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Amidst devastating wildfires that have burned 50 square miles of forest and destroyed 150 structures, here's a story about a homeowner, a firefighter and a resilient chicken.
A wildfire torched 150 homes and 50 miles of forest, but it didn't kill Reba the chicken
Amidst devastating wildfires that have burned 50 square miles of forest and destroyed 150 structures, a story about a homeowner, a firefighter and a resilient chicken.
www.mprnews.org
May 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Amidst devastating wildfires that have burned 50 square miles of forest and destroyed 150 structures, here's a story about a homeowner, a firefighter and a resilient chicken.
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“The rigid polarization that has gripped our societies & eroded trust in each other & in governing institutions feeds the appeal of authoritarian strongmen.”
—Nathan Gardels
#democracy #politics #government
—Nathan Gardels
#democracy #politics #government
Government ‘With’ The People | NOEMA
Closing the gap between citizens’ deliberation and binding action.
www.noemamag.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“The rigid polarization that has gripped our societies & eroded trust in each other & in governing institutions feeds the appeal of authoritarian strongmen.”
—Nathan Gardels
#democracy #politics #government
—Nathan Gardels
#democracy #politics #government
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Epic Surf beta just dropped tonight. Deep AT Proto integration. Unifies social web around AT Proto, ActivityPub and RSS.
If all goes well with our existing beta testers we will start letting in new wave of folks this weekend and early next week.
For more details: techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/o...
If all goes well with our existing beta testers we will start letting in new wave of folks this weekend and early next week.
For more details: techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/o...
Open social web browser Surf integrates with Bluesky in latest beta | TechCrunch
Surf, the new app from Flipboard for browsing the open social web, is expanding its support for Bluesky's social network. On Monday, the company announced
techcrunch.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Epic Surf beta just dropped tonight. Deep AT Proto integration. Unifies social web around AT Proto, ActivityPub and RSS.
If all goes well with our existing beta testers we will start letting in new wave of folks this weekend and early next week.
For more details: techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/o...
If all goes well with our existing beta testers we will start letting in new wave of folks this weekend and early next week.
For more details: techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/o...
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
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To clarify as there is sometimes confusion around the advocacy of making our streets bicycle friendly.
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
To clarify as there is sometimes confusion around the advocacy of making our streets bicycle friendly.
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Trying to figure out the right balance of density, coverage, setbacks etc to create a type of Single-Stair-Urbanism that can work in and around existing Vancouver lots (33', 50', 66' x 122').
A hybrid between a euro perimeter block, and north american detached. 6 Storeys, 3 FSR, min 5' side yard.
A hybrid between a euro perimeter block, and north american detached. 6 Storeys, 3 FSR, min 5' side yard.
February 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Trying to figure out the right balance of density, coverage, setbacks etc to create a type of Single-Stair-Urbanism that can work in and around existing Vancouver lots (33', 50', 66' x 122').
A hybrid between a euro perimeter block, and north american detached. 6 Storeys, 3 FSR, min 5' side yard.
A hybrid between a euro perimeter block, and north american detached. 6 Storeys, 3 FSR, min 5' side yard.
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Just calling it like I see it.
February 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just calling it like I see it.
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If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🧪
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
If I were Canadian PM I would immediately:
1. Create a new $15B science fund
2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada
3. Immediate permanent residency
4. Citizenship after 2 years
Overnight a science superpower
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Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.
February 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Absolutely brutal scroll on Fox.
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Natalie Briscoe reflects on the "still small voice" that guides us toward love, justice, and interdependence. Cultivating this voice requires practice, intention, and community. Read more: bit.ly/4hsadQM 🎵 Hear "Voice Still and Small": bit.ly/40wwA0S #UU #BelovedCommunity #Hymns
![A graphic with a serene sky and landscape background. The top portion features a turquoise sky fading into soft clouds. Below, the landscape transitions into a warm, glowing horizon with golden tones resembling a sunrise or sunset. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) logo—a white flame encircled by a red background—appears prominently at the top. Centered on the graphic is a quote in black text:
"Our gift of a never-ending search for truth and meaning means that we are always looking for ways to attend to that [still, small] voice… and then act in accordance with it to create Beloved Community."
Below the quote, the attribution reads:
"- Natalie Briscoe, Lead, Southern UUA Region"
At the bottom of the graphic, "http://UUA.ORG " is displayed in bold white text.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:khrnkp6ud4p6da4tbfmca5c2/bafkreiaswm6q7zurfwuf7drwhgasmm3rd376ojwmt3ip7bqwgpxi4e4xfa@jpeg)
January 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Natalie Briscoe reflects on the "still small voice" that guides us toward love, justice, and interdependence. Cultivating this voice requires practice, intention, and community. Read more: bit.ly/4hsadQM 🎵 Hear "Voice Still and Small": bit.ly/40wwA0S #UU #BelovedCommunity #Hymns
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interesting video
youtu.be/8NfY2I75fdI?...
youtu.be/8NfY2I75fdI?...
BREAKING: KAMALA ROBBED OF 3,565,000 VOTES | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
interesting video
youtu.be/8NfY2I75fdI?...
youtu.be/8NfY2I75fdI?...
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President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances. nyti.ms/42ok5qL
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
President Trump on Tuesday granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace and a cult hero in the cryptocurrency and libertarian worlds. Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances. nyti.ms/42ok5qL
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It is not "hard," it is unconstitutional.
January 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It is not "hard," it is unconstitutional.
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After Elon Musk invested hundreds of millions of dollars to purchase the U.S. election and "install" a president he can easily control and manipulate, he is now attempting to influence Germany's upcoming parliamentary elections by endorsing the rightwing extremist AfD party. 1/
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December 30, 2024 at 11:36 PM
After Elon Musk invested hundreds of millions of dollars to purchase the U.S. election and "install" a president he can easily control and manipulate, he is now attempting to influence Germany's upcoming parliamentary elections by endorsing the rightwing extremist AfD party. 1/
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“The origins of these rules go back almost a century ago when urban planners across the country argued they needed tools to handle rapid urbanization and problems like congestion, pollution and overcrowding.”
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
How local rules fuel high housing costs in 11 Texas cities
Texas desperately needs more and denser housing to keep up with demand. But zoning restrictions get in the way, a Texas Tribune analysis found.
apps.texastribune.org
December 30, 2024 at 3:31 PM
“The origins of these rules go back almost a century ago when urban planners across the country argued they needed tools to handle rapid urbanization and problems like congestion, pollution and overcrowding.”
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
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we shouldn’t divide our cities like TV dinners with zoning. we should plan cities like salads and mix everything up
December 9, 2024 at 12:15 AM
we shouldn’t divide our cities like TV dinners with zoning. we should plan cities like salads and mix everything up
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A goat I drew at a punk bar 🌿
- Mechanical pencil & Micron Pen -
- Mechanical pencil & Micron Pen -
December 31, 2024 at 4:45 PM
A goat I drew at a punk bar 🌿
- Mechanical pencil & Micron Pen -
- Mechanical pencil & Micron Pen -
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UK patients unable to get dental care after ‘eye-watering’ rise in private fees
UK patients unable to get dental care after ‘eye-watering’ rise in private fees
Exclusive: warning that lack of NHS dentists and soaring cost of private work puts essential care out of reach for many
How soaring fees for private care are deepening England’s dentistry crisis
Private dentists are cashing in on the scarcity of NHS…
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2024 at 6:19 PM
UK patients unable to get dental care after ‘eye-watering’ rise in private fees
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the highlight of Ultimate Marvel has been the writing but Absolute DC is excelling in it’s art so far
October 25, 2024 at 6:57 PM
the highlight of Ultimate Marvel has been the writing but Absolute DC is excelling in it’s art so far
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Built by Jimmy Carter ❤️
December 31, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Built by Jimmy Carter ❤️
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unlike the other side, I am uninterested in tearing down society, spreading disinformation, and shredding public health to win power, so this is an uninteresting question to me.
“What might it look like to open the Democratic tent to vaccine-skeptical Americans, of which there are a growing number?”
We saw this in the early 2010s in crunchy Marin suburbs! It sucked! Measles came back!
We saw this in the early 2010s in crunchy Marin suburbs! It sucked! Measles came back!
December 31, 2024 at 5:47 PM
unlike the other side, I am uninterested in tearing down society, spreading disinformation, and shredding public health to win power, so this is an uninteresting question to me.