whyfly
@whyfly.bsky.social
Tech, Music, Psych, Lit, etc. Burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night. Once & future www true believer. Recently reanimated after near fatal event.
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We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.
July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.
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The Department of Justice is pretending it needed to talk to notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, when it is concealing thousands of documents about him that don’t lie. It’s a sick farce.
July 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Department of Justice is pretending it needed to talk to notorious liar Ghislaine Maxwell to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein, when it is concealing thousands of documents about him that don’t lie. It’s a sick farce.
A good pairing with the first reply: “You won't find life in your books and stories, Bilbo baggins. Life happens out there, in the world."
July 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A good pairing with the first reply: “You won't find life in your books and stories, Bilbo baggins. Life happens out there, in the world."
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If anyone out there still thought DOGE was "volunteering," game's up.
Taxpayers deserve to know how much $$$ the technofeudalists forced on DOL are being paid to steal sensitive data, fire federal workers and dismantle critical public services.
This is huge - and disgusting.
Taxpayers deserve to know how much $$$ the technofeudalists forced on DOL are being paid to steal sensitive data, fire federal workers and dismantle critical public services.
This is huge - and disgusting.
NEW: An unsigned interagency agreement calls for the Dept of Labor to reimburse the US DOGE Service up to **$1.3 million** for work done by four DOGE affiliates over 18 months.
Musk has previously stated that DOGE staffers would cost taxpayers nothing.
from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
Musk has previously stated that DOGE staffers would cost taxpayers nothing.
from me and @timmarchman.bsky.social:
US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission
The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies.
www.wired.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
If anyone out there still thought DOGE was "volunteering," game's up.
Taxpayers deserve to know how much $$$ the technofeudalists forced on DOL are being paid to steal sensitive data, fire federal workers and dismantle critical public services.
This is huge - and disgusting.
Taxpayers deserve to know how much $$$ the technofeudalists forced on DOL are being paid to steal sensitive data, fire federal workers and dismantle critical public services.
This is huge - and disgusting.
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This is Lola. She needs to be tucked in for bedtime, but has very tiny arms. So you can see why this is an emergency. 12/10
March 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This is Lola. She needs to be tucked in for bedtime, but has very tiny arms. So you can see why this is an emergency. 12/10
Sounds like a serious due process violation.
UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"
It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
April 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Sounds like a serious due process violation.
If you experience a problem w/ social security, go straight to the office of your congressional reps & senators. They should be ready to help partly because they work for you, but also because the Rs are cooperating w/ the Trump admin to actively damage social security (among other public services).
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you experience a problem w/ social security, go straight to the office of your congressional reps & senators. They should be ready to help partly because they work for you, but also because the Rs are cooperating w/ the Trump admin to actively damage social security (among other public services).
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There's a way to audit a government agency that actually works. What DOGE is doing is... not that.
‘It’s a Heist’: Real Federal Auditors Are Horrified by DOGE
WIRED talked to actual federal auditors about how government auditing works—and how DOGE is doing the opposite.
wrd.cm
March 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There's a way to audit a government agency that actually works. What DOGE is doing is... not that.
Lately I've been feeling bad about some of my personal security lapses, but I'm not "accidentally looping in journalists on foreign policy / military operations" bad.
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. 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 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lately I've been feeling bad about some of my personal security lapses, but I'm not "accidentally looping in journalists on foreign policy / military operations" bad.
Elephants are cool.
Baby shower 🚿
Tula and her mom Rose-Tu enjoyed a splash under a warm shower. Asian elephants can drink up to 50 gallons of water per day, and they often swim and play in it too!
Tula and her mom Rose-Tu enjoyed a splash under a warm shower. Asian elephants can drink up to 50 gallons of water per day, and they often swim and play in it too!
March 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Elephants are cool.
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An accurate first hand accounting of last night’s Maloy-Kennedy town hall. Wherein, @dcharrison.bsky.social admits he did some booing.
March 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
An accurate first hand accounting of last night’s Maloy-Kennedy town hall. Wherein, @dcharrison.bsky.social admits he did some booing.
Human Trafficking.
The Trump administration on Monday quietly rescinded an order that had blocked a major Dominican sugar producer with political ties to President Trump from shipping sugar to the U.S. because of allegations of forced labor at the company.
Trump Administration Lifts Ban on Sugar Company Central Romana Over Forced Labor
Labor groups said working conditions had not changed enough to warrant the removal. The company is partly owned by donors to President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Human Trafficking.
Without systematic commitment to accountability, tyranny is inevitable.
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Without systematic commitment to accountability, tyranny is inevitable.
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Haven't seen this reported anywhere but a judge overseeing Florida's attempt to age gate all social media pointed to the failure of D&D to make him worship Satan as a kid to suggest the state needs actual evidence, and not just vibes about a social media moral panic. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/j...
Judge Uses D&D’s Failure To Make Him Worship Satan To School Florida On Social Media Moral Panics
When Florida’s lawyers tried to defend the state’s social media age restriction law by claiming it’s “well known” that platforms harm children, they probably werenR…
www.techdirt.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Haven't seen this reported anywhere but a judge overseeing Florida's attempt to age gate all social media pointed to the failure of D&D to make him worship Satan as a kid to suggest the state needs actual evidence, and not just vibes about a social media moral panic. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/j...
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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…
propub.li
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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Best way to watch Severance is to just watch the odd numbered episodes and have a buddy watch just the even numbered ones and you're not allowed to talk to each other about them
March 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Best way to watch Severance is to just watch the odd numbered episodes and have a buddy watch just the even numbered ones and you're not allowed to talk to each other about them
Trumpcession moves fast y'all.
March 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Trumpcession moves fast y'all.
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I think the next administration should work for some kind of free trade agreement between the US, Canada, and Mexico, and get it ratified by all three governments so that we don't let some president come in and impose tariffs just because they feel like it. Has anyone ever thought of that before?
March 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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This on top of the data exfiltration ops Musk's staff has been doing.
US national security is now so compromised that it would be a bigger surprise if we ever recover independent strength than if we don't. Thanks Trump voters.
US national security is now so compromised that it would be a bigger surprise if we ever recover independent strength than if we don't. Thanks Trump voters.
THE US CYBERSECURITY SHIELD HAS BEEN TURNED OFF FOR RUSSIA
Let’s be clear about this, last week the United States on orders from SecDef Hegseth, has ceased monitoring, identifying, tracking, preventing or alerting anyone to Russian cyber attacks. No activity at all is permitted.
Nobody now even now
Let’s be clear about this, last week the United States on orders from SecDef Hegseth, has ceased monitoring, identifying, tracking, preventing or alerting anyone to Russian cyber attacks. No activity at all is permitted.
Nobody now even now
March 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This on top of the data exfiltration ops Musk's staff has been doing.
US national security is now so compromised that it would be a bigger surprise if we ever recover independent strength than if we don't. Thanks Trump voters.
US national security is now so compromised that it would be a bigger surprise if we ever recover independent strength than if we don't. Thanks Trump voters.
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Why are American taxpayers going to bail out scam artists losing money in the crypto markets?
We are going to borrow more money to pump it into the crypto market to enrich scammers and leeches who produce nothing of value for humanity?
We are going to borrow more money to pump it into the crypto market to enrich scammers and leeches who produce nothing of value for humanity?
March 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Why are American taxpayers going to bail out scam artists losing money in the crypto markets?
We are going to borrow more money to pump it into the crypto market to enrich scammers and leeches who produce nothing of value for humanity?
We are going to borrow more money to pump it into the crypto market to enrich scammers and leeches who produce nothing of value for humanity?
Is there a name for satire that hurts so more than it mirths?
Whether it's a rag-tag bunch of kids yelling "Wolverines" in Red Dawn or a senile president and his pretend-hillbilly VP yelling "surrender" in the White House, Americans have adopted different attitudes towards Russian aggression over the past few generations.
March 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Is there a name for satire that hurts so more than it mirths?
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Atlanta Fed forecasts a -2.8% GDP growth for this quarter.
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
Atlanta Fed model forecasts nearly -3% GDP growth in first quarter of this year
The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model updated on Monday.
bit.ly
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Atlanta Fed forecasts a -2.8% GDP growth for this quarter.
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.
bit.ly/3Ddsxim
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A 21st century USA that is hostile to multi-racial democracy, newcomers from other places, and religious pluralism...and which uses state power to advance the interests of a handful of corrupt white plutocrats, will look a lot like how most Southern states operated from the 1870s into the 1960s.
March 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A 21st century USA that is hostile to multi-racial democracy, newcomers from other places, and religious pluralism...and which uses state power to advance the interests of a handful of corrupt white plutocrats, will look a lot like how most Southern states operated from the 1870s into the 1960s.
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> Paying people to dig holes and fill them back up increases GDP, as it is currently measured, even
though that activity has no value.
Funny, he just described crypto mining.
though that activity has no value.
Funny, he just described crypto mining.
March 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
> Paying people to dig holes and fill them back up increases GDP, as it is currently measured, even
though that activity has no value.
Funny, he just described crypto mining.
though that activity has no value.
Funny, he just described crypto mining.