It's Still a Biscuit
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Neurodiverse Nerd (he/him) interested in #Tolkien, #Transformers, #AFL, #Collingwood, Science, History, International Relations, Criminology, Psychology, and lots more. Feminist, anti-racist, anti-fascist.
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@wyden.senate.gov On behalf of my fellow OR CASA advocates: Why is CASA having federal grants terminated, and how exactly is a program that advocates for abused and neglected children not, ya know, "protecting American children"? Make it make sense please.
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National CASA/GAL federal funding terminated
Without these funds, the work of CASA/GAL programs across the country will be impacted along with more than 200,000 children...
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April 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@wyden.senate.gov On behalf of my fellow OR CASA advocates: Why is CASA having federal grants terminated, and how exactly is a program that advocates for abused and neglected children not, ya know, "protecting American children"? Make it make sense please.
nationalcasagal.org/national-cas...
nationalcasagal.org/national-cas...
Finished S2 of #RingsofPower over the weekend and I have to say I'm def. a firm fan of the show now. S2 was much stronger & mostly avoided the moments of weird/wobbly characterisation and plotting that marred S1. It was a pretty compelling "What If" alt universe version of the story. #Tolkien
February 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Finished S2 of #RingsofPower over the weekend and I have to say I'm def. a firm fan of the show now. S2 was much stronger & mostly avoided the moments of weird/wobbly characterisation and plotting that marred S1. It was a pretty compelling "What If" alt universe version of the story. #Tolkien
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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
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Every day is Christmas for Putin now.
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Every day is Christmas for Putin now.
It is at once frustratingly naive but also deeply affecting and endearing to see so many Americans distressed about and focusing on USAID being shut down, when that is just one element of their entire country being stolen from them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It is at once frustratingly naive but also deeply affecting and endearing to see so many Americans distressed about and focusing on USAID being shut down, when that is just one element of their entire country being stolen from them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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"The extent to which the United States is embroiled in a major political crisis would be obvious and apparent if these events were unfolding in another country."
Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article)
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"The extent to which the United States is embroiled in a major political crisis would be obvious and apparent if these events were unfolding in another country."
And you know we'll be too facile to not join in to show we're a loyal deputy
February 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
And you know we'll be too facile to not join in to show we're a loyal deputy
Young MAGA voters maybe didn't expect their faces to get eaten by leopards quite so fast
February 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Young MAGA voters maybe didn't expect their faces to get eaten by leopards quite so fast
I made some shitty memes re current events
February 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I made some shitty memes re current events
I can't remember a bigger "WTF??" moment in international politics than just now reading Trump's comment that the US will take over and ethnicly cleanse Gaza so he can build Atlantic City in the Holy Land. It's so on brand and yet so surreal.
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I can't remember a bigger "WTF??" moment in international politics than just now reading Trump's comment that the US will take over and ethnicly cleanse Gaza so he can build Atlantic City in the Holy Land. It's so on brand and yet so surreal.
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Here's a realistic plan. Until Musk is banned by the federal government:
1. Talking filibuster (the real kind)
2. Block every nominee for everything
3. No budget talks at all
4. Stunt pressers daily
Better than staff tweets. I like Chuck but this is a national emergency. Lie across the tracks.
1. Talking filibuster (the real kind)
2. Block every nominee for everything
3. No budget talks at all
4. Stunt pressers daily
Better than staff tweets. I like Chuck but this is a national emergency. Lie across the tracks.
By shutting down USAID, DOGE is doing the work of Russia and China at the expense of the United States.
It’s dangerous.
It’s against America’s interests.
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
It’s dangerous.
It’s against America’s interests.
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here's a realistic plan. Until Musk is banned by the federal government:
1. Talking filibuster (the real kind)
2. Block every nominee for everything
3. No budget talks at all
4. Stunt pressers daily
Better than staff tweets. I like Chuck but this is a national emergency. Lie across the tracks.
1. Talking filibuster (the real kind)
2. Block every nominee for everything
3. No budget talks at all
4. Stunt pressers daily
Better than staff tweets. I like Chuck but this is a national emergency. Lie across the tracks.
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People really out here acting like a genocide announces itself like
“Hello my honey hello my darling, I’m a Holocaust”
They don’t walk up to you and introduce themselves as “I am a genocide.”
You have to recognize the pattern and name it yourself. This is what Raphael Lemkin wanted us to do.
“Hello my honey hello my darling, I’m a Holocaust”
They don’t walk up to you and introduce themselves as “I am a genocide.”
You have to recognize the pattern and name it yourself. This is what Raphael Lemkin wanted us to do.
February 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
People really out here acting like a genocide announces itself like
“Hello my honey hello my darling, I’m a Holocaust”
They don’t walk up to you and introduce themselves as “I am a genocide.”
You have to recognize the pattern and name it yourself. This is what Raphael Lemkin wanted us to do.
“Hello my honey hello my darling, I’m a Holocaust”
They don’t walk up to you and introduce themselves as “I am a genocide.”
You have to recognize the pattern and name it yourself. This is what Raphael Lemkin wanted us to do.
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#DidYouKnow that Rumble and Frenzy once shot a movie? Unfortunately, "Dark Invasion" was a massive commercial and critical flop, and permanently soured Earth moviegoers on any future Cybertronian films!
tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_In...
tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_In...
February 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#DidYouKnow that Rumble and Frenzy once shot a movie? Unfortunately, "Dark Invasion" was a massive commercial and critical flop, and permanently soured Earth moviegoers on any future Cybertronian films!
tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_In...
tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_In...
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Democrats still acting like Trump and Musk care about the constitution. FMD. Wake the f*ck up.
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Democrats still acting like Trump and Musk care about the constitution. FMD. Wake the f*ck up.
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I suspect in many cases it was also because people couldn’t yet face the reality of what they were dealing with. And they didn’t want to be the outlier who jarred everyone’s world view (speaking as someone who ended up playing that role in quite a few interviews in spring 2020).
February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I suspect in many cases it was also because people couldn’t yet face the reality of what they were dealing with. And they didn’t want to be the outlier who jarred everyone’s world view (speaking as someone who ended up playing that role in quite a few interviews in spring 2020).
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Current events in the US bring back echoes of early COVID, when there was reluctance to call it a ‘pandemic’ or say the world was already in a really bad place. I suspect this reluctance was partly because people didn’t want to encourage fatalism, as if events were inevitable. But…
February 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Current events in the US bring back echoes of early COVID, when there was reluctance to call it a ‘pandemic’ or say the world was already in a really bad place. I suspect this reluctance was partly because people didn’t want to encourage fatalism, as if events were inevitable. But…
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It’s hard to moderate the rage. Too little feels like willful ignorance. Too much feels corrosive.
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It’s hard to moderate the rage. Too little feels like willful ignorance. Too much feels corrosive.
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If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
wrd.cm
February 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSN
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Our very minimal obligation as researchers is to stick to the evidence and insist on the truth.
If a government says that "there are no trans kids" or "there's no prejudice against trans ppl", it's up to us to answer "No. You're either wrong or lying, and you're hurting ppl in the process".
If a government says that "there are no trans kids" or "there's no prejudice against trans ppl", it's up to us to answer "No. You're either wrong or lying, and you're hurting ppl in the process".
Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan.
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
February 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Our very minimal obligation as researchers is to stick to the evidence and insist on the truth.
If a government says that "there are no trans kids" or "there's no prejudice against trans ppl", it's up to us to answer "No. You're either wrong or lying, and you're hurting ppl in the process".
If a government says that "there are no trans kids" or "there's no prejudice against trans ppl", it's up to us to answer "No. You're either wrong or lying, and you're hurting ppl in the process".
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When we elect criminals we will see crime
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
When we elect criminals we will see crime
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Scott Ritter dislikes the FBI because he is a twice convicted pedophile who got caught by the FBI twice.
February 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Scott Ritter dislikes the FBI because he is a twice convicted pedophile who got caught by the FBI twice.
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In the responses I see that people can't give up the belief that there must be a pattern or plan. What if these tariffs are just the result of a whim? A passing fancy?
Hope people soon understand that there is no "reason' for these tariffs.
February 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In the responses I see that people can't give up the belief that there must be a pattern or plan. What if these tariffs are just the result of a whim? A passing fancy?
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Musk has the keys to the country now. The only question is if we'll take them back.
February 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Musk has the keys to the country now. The only question is if we'll take them back.