Tony K
@tonyk65.bsky.social
Retired software developer. Interested in 3D printing, cats (and animals in general), history, programming, computers, and photography.
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"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
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Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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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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This is true.
Support trans and LGBTQ authors & artists while you still can. It is one way to support our voices while the government tries to silence us.
Support trans and LGBTQ authors & artists while you still can. It is one way to support our voices while the government tries to silence us.
for everyone else: buy trans literature & art NOW while you can.
there’s a non-zero chance that queer and *especially* trans voices wind up being temporarily silenced at some point over these next 4 years.
support trans people *now* while we can still ask for help & make incredible art in public.
there’s a non-zero chance that queer and *especially* trans voices wind up being temporarily silenced at some point over these next 4 years.
support trans people *now* while we can still ask for help & make incredible art in public.
Basic Issue Cis White Guys like me. Listen up.
No, this isn't an exaggeration in any way. Trans Erasure is going to be part of banning all porn (mentioning LGBTQ+ will be considered porn) and establishing a national firewall (information control).
No, this isn't an exaggeration in any way. Trans Erasure is going to be part of banning all porn (mentioning LGBTQ+ will be considered porn) and establishing a national firewall (information control).
January 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
This is true.
Support trans and LGBTQ authors & artists while you still can. It is one way to support our voices while the government tries to silence us.
Support trans and LGBTQ authors & artists while you still can. It is one way to support our voices while the government tries to silence us.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
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Most people don’t realize that this ‘100 mile border zone’ includes water (so all of Florida for instance). I used to hand out know-your-rights cards in my classes that @aclu.org sold in bundles. Now you can find online and print ⬇️
January 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Most people don’t realize that this ‘100 mile border zone’ includes water (so all of Florida for instance). I used to hand out know-your-rights cards in my classes that @aclu.org sold in bundles. Now you can find online and print ⬇️
Taken this morning looking east. The sky, especially on the right, is most interesting for 6:47AM.
January 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Taken this morning looking east. The sky, especially on the right, is most interesting for 6:47AM.
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Scientists are racing to develop a new mRNA vaccine to tackle bird flu before it mutates to human-to-human spread.
Scientists Are Racing to Develop a New Bird Flu Vaccine
The most promising approach uses mRNA.
time.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Scientists are racing to develop a new mRNA vaccine to tackle bird flu before it mutates to human-to-human spread.
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"The false report from Fox, which was attributed to anonymous sources, confused the public – and evidently Trump too. The misinformation is still circulating a day later – serving as a cautionary tale about the news ecosystem as the new year begins."
Trump falsely links New Orleans terror attack to migrants after erroneous Fox News report | CNN Business
An erroneous early Fox News report about the New Orleans terror attack is warping the political dialogue in the aftermath of the deadly rampage.
www.cnn.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"The false report from Fox, which was attributed to anonymous sources, confused the public – and evidently Trump too. The misinformation is still circulating a day later – serving as a cautionary tale about the news ecosystem as the new year begins."
"Moms For Liberty" is anything but about liberty. It is about silencing those people, thoughts, and ideas they disagree with. They are bullies.
It’s coordinated. Moms For Liberty is going after books telling immigrant children they belong
December 13, 2024 at 11:09 AM
"Moms For Liberty" is anything but about liberty. It is about silencing those people, thoughts, and ideas they disagree with. They are bullies.
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Cerberus, a private equity firm, buys a chain of hospitals, sells the land on which they sit, and charges them rent. The hospitals struggle and start cutting corners. Patients' care worsens, death rates climb. And Cerberus makes $790 million in profit.
Health care accounts for more than 17 per cent of the U.S. economy, or around $4.5 trillion dollars, but the revenues of just two companies—CVS/Aetna and UnitedHealth—account for nearly one in every seven dollars the nation spends on health care.
The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here
Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit.
www.newyorker.com
December 13, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Cerberus, a private equity firm, buys a chain of hospitals, sells the land on which they sit, and charges them rent. The hospitals struggle and start cutting corners. Patients' care worsens, death rates climb. And Cerberus makes $790 million in profit.
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Agrivoltaics works. It provides cheap clean energy and does not result in appreciable loss of agricultural land. Renewables enable multiple uses of land that are mutually beneficial.
Look at this terrifying scene: happy, healthy animals running through co-located wind and solar energy farm cranking out clean energy in a grassy field.
I can see now why people would rather have a field of oil pumps and pipelines instead 🤦♂️
#energysky #🔋 #⚡️job
I can see now why people would rather have a field of oil pumps and pipelines instead 🤦♂️
#energysky #🔋 #⚡️job
December 8, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Agrivoltaics works. It provides cheap clean energy and does not result in appreciable loss of agricultural land. Renewables enable multiple uses of land that are mutually beneficial.
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Check out this short of me trying celery for the first time!
Give it a like and subscribe if you haven't already on YouTube 😺find it in the linktree in bio
Give it a like and subscribe if you haven't already on YouTube 😺find it in the linktree in bio
Felix the Bengal Cat Tries CELERY
YouTube video by Felix the Bengal Cat
youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Check out this short of me trying celery for the first time!
Give it a like and subscribe if you haven't already on YouTube 😺find it in the linktree in bio
Give it a like and subscribe if you haven't already on YouTube 😺find it in the linktree in bio
Sadly still true, rape and sexual assault are not treated correctly in a lot of cases. The victims are victimized again by law enforcement, the legal system and sometimes their own families.
December 5, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Sadly still true, rape and sexual assault are not treated correctly in a lot of cases. The victims are victimized again by law enforcement, the legal system and sometimes their own families.
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Insurance companies should not be able to dictate things like this. They are not accounting for complications which happens. Health insurance needs to be fully restructured and their influence reduced in medical decisions.
December 5, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Insurance companies should not be able to dictate things like this. They are not accounting for complications which happens. Health insurance needs to be fully restructured and their influence reduced in medical decisions.
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12/04/2024
Gift bags should never have anything that makes noise or needs batteries.
https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16440
Gift bags should never have anything that makes noise or needs batteries.
https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16440
December 4, 2024 at 6:01 PM
12/04/2024
Gift bags should never have anything that makes noise or needs batteries.
https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16440
Gift bags should never have anything that makes noise or needs batteries.
https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16440
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We go now live to BREAKING CAT NEWS! www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...
Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 04, 2024 | GoComics.com
www.gocomics.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:02 PM
We go now live to BREAKING CAT NEWS! www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...
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Snowball Taggert, I’ll love you ‘til the day I die!
We go now live to BREAKING CAT NEWS! www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...
Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 04, 2024 | GoComics.com
www.gocomics.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Snowball Taggert, I’ll love you ‘til the day I die!
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Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
December 4, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.
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The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
December 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...