Andrea in Vermont
@avknits.bsky.social
Abolitionist, transracial adoptive mom of two adult sons, knitter, maker.
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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
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Rep Fallon wants you to blame folks on food stamps so you won’t fight back when Republicans slash safety nets.
He knows damn well food stamps have work requirements, and the real budget fix is closing tax loopholes for billionaires, not punishing the poor.
Have you noticed they’re gutting the IRS?
He knows damn well food stamps have work requirements, and the real budget fix is closing tax loopholes for billionaires, not punishing the poor.
Have you noticed they’re gutting the IRS?
February 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rep Fallon wants you to blame folks on food stamps so you won’t fight back when Republicans slash safety nets.
He knows damn well food stamps have work requirements, and the real budget fix is closing tax loopholes for billionaires, not punishing the poor.
Have you noticed they’re gutting the IRS?
He knows damn well food stamps have work requirements, and the real budget fix is closing tax loopholes for billionaires, not punishing the poor.
Have you noticed they’re gutting the IRS?
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"daddy, what did you do in the war"
son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet
we all did our part
son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet
we all did our part
February 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"daddy, what did you do in the war"
son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet
we all did our part
son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet
we all did our part
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DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
February 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
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Some people were pretty incredulous when we published this before the election www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports
Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Some people were pretty incredulous when we published this before the election www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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I mean... bsky.app/profile/weat...
To be clear: If there were to be large staffing reductions at NOAA and NWS—at appears is now indeed underway, with credible reports of larger further cuts on horizon—there will be people who die in extreme weather events & related disasters who would not have otherwise.
10/11
10/11
February 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I mean... bsky.app/profile/weat...
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At least 880 NOAA employees were fired today with hundreds more expected as soon as Friday. Right as there's:
🔥 a red flag warning for most of Nebraska and Iowa
🌪️ severe weather season picking up next week in the South
🔥🔥 "significant" wildfire potential for the Southwest and Southeast next month
🔥 a red flag warning for most of Nebraska and Iowa
🌪️ severe weather season picking up next week in the South
🔥🔥 "significant" wildfire potential for the Southwest and Southeast next month
At Least 880 Workers Were Fired at US Weather Agency
Hundreds of employees at the top US agency overseeing weather and climate research were fired as the Trump administration moves to shrink the size of the federal government.
www.bloomberg.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
At least 880 NOAA employees were fired today with hundreds more expected as soon as Friday. Right as there's:
🔥 a red flag warning for most of Nebraska and Iowa
🌪️ severe weather season picking up next week in the South
🔥🔥 "significant" wildfire potential for the Southwest and Southeast next month
🔥 a red flag warning for most of Nebraska and Iowa
🌪️ severe weather season picking up next week in the South
🔥🔥 "significant" wildfire potential for the Southwest and Southeast next month
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Male coaches and male athletic trainers have been far more harmful to female athletes than transgender athletes.
If you want to talk about the dangers to women in sports, talk about that.
If you want to talk about the dangers to women in sports, talk about that.
February 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Male coaches and male athletic trainers have been far more harmful to female athletes than transgender athletes.
If you want to talk about the dangers to women in sports, talk about that.
If you want to talk about the dangers to women in sports, talk about that.
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📌If Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer were coaches for some sports team, they would have been fired by now…
This has to be the meekest, non-response to a daily ass-kicking I have ever seen.
This has to be the meekest, non-response to a daily ass-kicking I have ever seen.
February 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📌If Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer were coaches for some sports team, they would have been fired by now…
This has to be the meekest, non-response to a daily ass-kicking I have ever seen.
This has to be the meekest, non-response to a daily ass-kicking I have ever seen.
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Here we go again. Massive tax cuts to the wealthy, well off and well connected.
And who pays the price? Pregnant women on Medicaid, children who rely on SNAP to eat...
And who pays the price? Pregnant women on Medicaid, children who rely on SNAP to eat...
February 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Here we go again. Massive tax cuts to the wealthy, well off and well connected.
And who pays the price? Pregnant women on Medicaid, children who rely on SNAP to eat...
And who pays the price? Pregnant women on Medicaid, children who rely on SNAP to eat...
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"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social
"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
open.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The increase to Musk's wealth since Trump was elected president three months ago is greater than all of the American aid given to Ukraine over the last three years."-- @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Medicaid pays for children's health care. It's half the budget of many children's hospitals.
Ths is going to harm kids. Lots of kids. To make rich people richer.
Ths is going to harm kids. Lots of kids. To make rich people richer.
February 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Medicaid pays for children's health care. It's half the budget of many children's hospitals.
Ths is going to harm kids. Lots of kids. To make rich people richer.
Ths is going to harm kids. Lots of kids. To make rich people richer.
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“It’s an entirely different political matter when you’re actually considering legislation that is going to negatively impact your constituents’ health care, your constituents’ schools, your constituents’ families. You’re playing with fire there.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social on tonight’s GOP budget vote
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“It’s an entirely different political matter when you’re actually considering legislation that is going to negatively impact your constituents’ health care, your constituents’ schools, your constituents’ families. You’re playing with fire there.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social on tonight’s GOP budget vote
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today i have reached murder hornet levels of don’t fuck with me
February 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
today i have reached murder hornet levels of don’t fuck with me
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MSNBC left casual racism behind and went competitive.
February 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
MSNBC left casual racism behind and went competitive.
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My 9 year-old daughter drew this tonight after 217 spineless Republicans voted to cut $880B in Medicaid in order to give tax breaks to the super rich.
How are you feeling?
How are you feeling?
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My 9 year-old daughter drew this tonight after 217 spineless Republicans voted to cut $880B in Medicaid in order to give tax breaks to the super rich.
How are you feeling?
How are you feeling?
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We dare Mike Johnson to give that answer at a town hall in front of his constituents
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
February 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We dare Mike Johnson to give that answer at a town hall in front of his constituents
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💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
February 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.
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Rep. Kevin Mullin with his walker and Rep Brittany Pettersen with babe in arms made it to House to vote. 🫡
February 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Rep. Kevin Mullin with his walker and Rep Brittany Pettersen with babe in arms made it to House to vote. 🫡
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WATCH Senator Andy Kim call out Trump and Musk
February 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
WATCH Senator Andy Kim call out Trump and Musk
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Elon Musk is now bragging about getting rid of the team that put together the 'Direct File' tax filing system, which allows citizens to easily file their taxes for free.
Direct File is a big target of the for-profit tax prep industry including corporations like Intuit and H&R Block.
Direct File is a big target of the for-profit tax prep industry including corporations like Intuit and H&R Block.
February 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Elon Musk is now bragging about getting rid of the team that put together the 'Direct File' tax filing system, which allows citizens to easily file their taxes for free.
Direct File is a big target of the for-profit tax prep industry including corporations like Intuit and H&R Block.
Direct File is a big target of the for-profit tax prep industry including corporations like Intuit and H&R Block.
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So now Fox News is saying that paying higher prices because of trumps tariffs is patriotic. Imagine if Fox News had said wearing a mask and getting the vaccine is patriotic; it literally could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
February 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So now Fox News is saying that paying higher prices because of trumps tariffs is patriotic. Imagine if Fox News had said wearing a mask and getting the vaccine is patriotic; it literally could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
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