Nathan
@ncfromnc.bsky.social
Still a hopeful centrist at heart. Passionate about data, fairness, advocating to improve health care access, and eliminating food waste.
"Gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear." - Brian Gibb
"Gratitude and reciprocity are the doorway to true abundance, not power, money, or fear." - Brian Gibb
Disgusting - and it will continue for 3.5 more years because the congress is abdicating all their responsibility and the Supreme Court continues making the executive untouchable and more powerful.
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Disgusting - and it will continue for 3.5 more years because the congress is abdicating all their responsibility and the Supreme Court continues making the executive untouchable and more powerful.
Agree? Or is this an oversimplification and just one factor?
In all the reading I've done on how we got to where we are, and why Trumpism rose to where it is, I feel as if what's often missed are the two key reasons all this has happened. A thread. 1/
August 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Agree? Or is this an oversimplification and just one factor?
It's not like they are expensive or anything... Maybe the price of a used NY hot dog stand at most, right?! Right.... Oh....
May 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's not like they are expensive or anything... Maybe the price of a used NY hot dog stand at most, right?! Right.... Oh....
The Trump crime family is ever expanding.
Jaw-dropping behavior. He was the lead defendant in this case.
"Martin appeared to be 'deliberately interfering with a judicial proceeding with the intent to undermine the integrity of the outcome,' said Scott Cummings, a professor of legal ethics at UCLA School of Law. 'That’s not OK.'”
"Martin appeared to be 'deliberately interfering with a judicial proceeding with the intent to undermine the integrity of the outcome,' said Scott Cummings, a professor of legal ethics at UCLA School of Law. 'That’s not OK.'”
Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute.
We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5
We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5
April 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The Trump crime family is ever expanding.
This is why some liberals say that "the cruelty is the point."
Last October, ProPublica and @documented.net published secret recordings of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
"We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," he said.
"We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," he said.
“We Want the Bureaucrats to Be Traumatically Affected”
ProPublica and Documented obtained videos of two speeches delivered during invitation-only annual gatherings for the Center for Renewing America, a pro-Trump...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is why some liberals say that "the cruelty is the point."
Would be fascinating to see this "good for thee but not for me" difference for lots of issues to put this gap into the proper context.
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
April 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Would be fascinating to see this "good for thee but not for me" difference for lots of issues to put this gap into the proper context.
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Who could have foreseen this?
April 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Who could have foreseen this?
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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If you need the most blatant example that technology can't solve problems created by human nature - here you have it.
People have all the information at the tip of their fingers, yet they deliberately choose to stay uninformed and listen only to lies and propaganda.
Because those lies feel good!
People have all the information at the tip of their fingers, yet they deliberately choose to stay uninformed and listen only to lies and propaganda.
Because those lies feel good!
As a kid, when we got to a part in the history textbook that described how various illiberal regimes sold their narrative to the masses, I remember not really understanding how it could happen. It always seemed like the most obviously cartoonish bullshit imaginable. Still is.
March 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you need the most blatant example that technology can't solve problems created by human nature - here you have it.
People have all the information at the tip of their fingers, yet they deliberately choose to stay uninformed and listen only to lies and propaganda.
Because those lies feel good!
People have all the information at the tip of their fingers, yet they deliberately choose to stay uninformed and listen only to lies and propaganda.
Because those lies feel good!
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I needed this laugh.
March 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I needed this laugh.
Yes, most certainly the answer is yes.
Curious minds want to know: is there any way that Trump/Hegseth/Vance et al could blame this FUBAR on DEI?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Yes, most certainly the answer is yes.
Is this really what people want to have happen?
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Is this really what people want to have happen?
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Tally marks. Turns out people around the world count differently to five when taking notes. Source: buff.ly/jcjgrLX buff.ly/KhU4soR
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Tally marks. Turns out people around the world count differently to five when taking notes. Source: buff.ly/jcjgrLX buff.ly/KhU4soR
I've recently seen more widespread use of the words r*tard(ed) and p*ssy by from all appearances left leaning individuals. This is not the way.
March 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I've recently seen more widespread use of the words r*tard(ed) and p*ssy by from all appearances left leaning individuals. This is not the way.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Nixon awarded him the Medal of Honor in 1970.
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nixon awarded him the Medal of Honor in 1970.
Wouldn't surprise me if Putin or Orban had their hands on some piece of this, even though Trump is shitty enough for it to be his sole idea.
A strong statement from the head of Voice of America, who points out that Trump‘s move to silence this important journalistic entity will help the tyrannical governments of Russia, China, Iran, and other repressive states. This is not America First; this is the abandonment of democracy.
March 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Wouldn't surprise me if Putin or Orban had their hands on some piece of this, even though Trump is shitty enough for it to be his sole idea.
Obviously Trump supports Putin's invasion and takeover of Ukraine. He wants to do the same thing with Greenland and Canada.
March 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Obviously Trump supports Putin's invasion and takeover of Ukraine. He wants to do the same thing with Greenland and Canada.
Everyone who voted to confirm this lunatic should be charged with manslaughter. It's not like his views were a secret.
Hey, Senator Cassidy, what do you think of your vote for Kennedy now?
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Everyone who voted to confirm this lunatic should be charged with manslaughter. It's not like his views were a secret.
The goal is gutting "entitlements" to cut taxes (they say), and knowing that this will never happen, they are looking at alternatives. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/kil...
Killing Baby Boomers Will Save the United States Government Trillions
“Martin O’Malley, the former commissioner of the Social Security Administration, said the recent cuts made by tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Departme...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The goal is gutting "entitlements" to cut taxes (they say), and knowing that this will never happen, they are looking at alternatives. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/kil...
He's a very stable genius.
“Wow. Everything’s computer!”
- President of the United States 🇺🇸
- President of the United States 🇺🇸
Elon Musk explaining cars to Trump: "It's literally like a golf cart that goes really fast."
March 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
He's a very stable genius.
Two, not three.
Listen, this is a great ad that used to be done by Alex Trebek. Mr. Lawson could sell ice to an eskimo, and I love that two of three Ps are the same thing.
"I'm 80 and blind in one eye and was convicted of terrorism and I take thyroid pills. What's MY price?"|
"I'm 80 and blind in one eye and was convicted of terrorism and I take thyroid pills. What's MY price?"|
Fuck KARS for kidz
It’s worse than “What are the 3 Ps”
It’s worse than “What are the 3 Ps”
March 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Two, not three.