Kay
@osintyeti.bsky.social
Writer. Erstwhile activist. Avid lover of dead languages. PNW.
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I think the reason people are frustrated with Democratic leaders is that they expect these elected representatives to act like a real disaster is happening, which it is. Four-day weekends and bratwurst junkets in Munich kind of undercut that
February 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think the reason people are frustrated with Democratic leaders is that they expect these elected representatives to act like a real disaster is happening, which it is. Four-day weekends and bratwurst junkets in Munich kind of undercut that
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Accountability is not free. It costs money to train and build a professional non-political civil service that is not just in it for bribes.
It costs money to train and recruit for a court system that is independent and fair-minded.
But the public supporting this wrecking spree doesn’t see that.
It costs money to train and recruit for a court system that is independent and fair-minded.
But the public supporting this wrecking spree doesn’t see that.
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Accountability is not free. It costs money to train and build a professional non-political civil service that is not just in it for bribes.
It costs money to train and recruit for a court system that is independent and fair-minded.
But the public supporting this wrecking spree doesn’t see that.
It costs money to train and recruit for a court system that is independent and fair-minded.
But the public supporting this wrecking spree doesn’t see that.
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But this information asymmetry has allowed cynical corporate aligned politicians to develop a false narrative that the government is a failing “deep state” that must be destroyed.
That is not true.
The proof is obvious: People want to move here. And it’s not just because of our great shopping.
That is not true.
The proof is obvious: People want to move here. And it’s not just because of our great shopping.
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
But this information asymmetry has allowed cynical corporate aligned politicians to develop a false narrative that the government is a failing “deep state” that must be destroyed.
That is not true.
The proof is obvious: People want to move here. And it’s not just because of our great shopping.
That is not true.
The proof is obvious: People want to move here. And it’s not just because of our great shopping.
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Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
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A great teacher isn’t one who imparts the most facts. The best ones get you caught up in their love of the topic. Like you might not even be that into the topic, but either they got you into it or, if not, now you’re excited about the possibility of loving another topic, too.
February 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
A great teacher isn’t one who imparts the most facts. The best ones get you caught up in their love of the topic. Like you might not even be that into the topic, but either they got you into it or, if not, now you’re excited about the possibility of loving another topic, too.
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coworker: wow how’ve you been eva it’s been a while
THE GOVERNMENT’S OFFICIAL POLICY IS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME DON’T EXIST
LITERAL NAZIS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SSA DATABASE OF NAME CHANGES
ITS AMBIGUOUS IF MY VALID DRIVERS LICENSE IS FRAUD AND GROUNDS TO IMPRISON ME
me: fine
THE GOVERNMENT’S OFFICIAL POLICY IS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME DON’T EXIST
LITERAL NAZIS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SSA DATABASE OF NAME CHANGES
ITS AMBIGUOUS IF MY VALID DRIVERS LICENSE IS FRAUD AND GROUNDS TO IMPRISON ME
me: fine
February 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
coworker: wow how’ve you been eva it’s been a while
THE GOVERNMENT’S OFFICIAL POLICY IS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME DON’T EXIST
LITERAL NAZIS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SSA DATABASE OF NAME CHANGES
ITS AMBIGUOUS IF MY VALID DRIVERS LICENSE IS FRAUD AND GROUNDS TO IMPRISON ME
me: fine
THE GOVERNMENT’S OFFICIAL POLICY IS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME DON’T EXIST
LITERAL NAZIS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SSA DATABASE OF NAME CHANGES
ITS AMBIGUOUS IF MY VALID DRIVERS LICENSE IS FRAUD AND GROUNDS TO IMPRISON ME
me: fine
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Reminder:
If you feel like you're losing everything, remember that even trees lose their leaves every year but still stand tall and strong, knowing that eventually better days will come.
Stand tall and strong.
I'm proud of you
If you feel like you're losing everything, remember that even trees lose their leaves every year but still stand tall and strong, knowing that eventually better days will come.
Stand tall and strong.
I'm proud of you
February 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Reminder:
If you feel like you're losing everything, remember that even trees lose their leaves every year but still stand tall and strong, knowing that eventually better days will come.
Stand tall and strong.
I'm proud of you
If you feel like you're losing everything, remember that even trees lose their leaves every year but still stand tall and strong, knowing that eventually better days will come.
Stand tall and strong.
I'm proud of you
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If Democracy truly is dying in plain sight, then why have all of the living former presidents and vice-presidents been absolutely silent? Do they not care?
February 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If Democracy truly is dying in plain sight, then why have all of the living former presidents and vice-presidents been absolutely silent? Do they not care?
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Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
February 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Every 4 years, a team of libraries & research organizations work together to preserve material from U.S. government websites during the transition of administrations. 🗳️
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
Get the latest on the 2024/2025 End of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/06/u...
I know it's quite minor compared to his other crimes but I'm rather peeved that Thiel mined Lord of the Rings for names while completely missing any moral lesson from them. Does he look to Saruman as a role model?
February 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I know it's quite minor compared to his other crimes but I'm rather peeved that Thiel mined Lord of the Rings for names while completely missing any moral lesson from them. Does he look to Saruman as a role model?
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‘I was being groomed to rape’: The young men being taught to hate women by incel culture.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
‘I was being groomed to rape’: The young men being taught to hate women
Online ‘bubbles of hate’ are weaponising the insecurities of frustrated young males to create violent misogynists with extremist potential
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
‘I was being groomed to rape’: The young men being taught to hate women by incel culture.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
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Ask yourself: when is the last time I saw my lawmaker at a town hall? Not on TV. I'm talking you were in the same room as them.
When was the last time you actually spoke to them? Asked a question and heard an answer?
Maybe we need to bring back town halls.
When was the last time you actually spoke to them? Asked a question and heard an answer?
Maybe we need to bring back town halls.
February 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Ask yourself: when is the last time I saw my lawmaker at a town hall? Not on TV. I'm talking you were in the same room as them.
When was the last time you actually spoke to them? Asked a question and heard an answer?
Maybe we need to bring back town halls.
When was the last time you actually spoke to them? Asked a question and heard an answer?
Maybe we need to bring back town halls.
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Keep. Making. Art.
It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.
February 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Keep. Making. Art.
Well I wanted more open government tech. Not like this though.
Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Well I wanted more open government tech. Not like this though.
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I'm going back to using a typewriter
February 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I'm going back to using a typewriter
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I resent having to have so much anger in my heart all the time. Because it’s not my default. I’m a happy person by default.
February 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I resent having to have so much anger in my heart all the time. Because it’s not my default. I’m a happy person by default.
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My love for you is like a peregrine falcon. One more valentine from a past year.
February 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My love for you is like a peregrine falcon. One more valentine from a past year.
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In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.
Biden's EPA issued $20 billion in green grants. Now Trump's administration wants that money back
In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he'll try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.
apnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.
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NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! HANDS OFF MY MONEY, MUSK!
NEW: My office is hearing that DOGE is now at the IRS. That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America. And if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason.
February 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! HANDS OFF MY MONEY, MUSK!
The snow is beautiful today.
February 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The snow is beautiful today.
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Just to underscore the tension at DOJ at the moment, here's what one federal law enforcement official told me about the acting deputy attorney general:
"I, along with other career FBI and DOJ personnel that I’ve spoken with, really have one message for him and that is, “go fuck yourself, traitor.'"
"I, along with other career FBI and DOJ personnel that I’ve spoken with, really have one message for him and that is, “go fuck yourself, traitor.'"
Trump’s feared DOJ enforcer has a secret: He, too, investigated Jan. 6
The acting DOJ official behind a potential witch hunt against prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Capitol riot worked on Jan. 6 cases himself.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just to underscore the tension at DOJ at the moment, here's what one federal law enforcement official told me about the acting deputy attorney general:
"I, along with other career FBI and DOJ personnel that I’ve spoken with, really have one message for him and that is, “go fuck yourself, traitor.'"
"I, along with other career FBI and DOJ personnel that I’ve spoken with, really have one message for him and that is, “go fuck yourself, traitor.'"