BGav
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I honestly don’t know how we ever recover from this loss of institutional knowledge. There’s no reason to do this…we learn nothing from history.
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.
www.npr.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I honestly don’t know how we ever recover from this loss of institutional knowledge. There’s no reason to do this…we learn nothing from history.
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️
www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...
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Please help this shelter if you can!
"We are extremely overwhelmed with kittens right now and have very few staff members, even fewer volunteers and worst of all, not enough money for supplies.
We desperately need kitten food, wet &dry. We also need KMR milk replacement"
"We are extremely overwhelmed with kittens right now and have very few staff members, even fewer volunteers and worst of all, not enough money for supplies.
We desperately need kitten food, wet &dry. We also need KMR milk replacement"
June 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Please help this shelter if you can!
"We are extremely overwhelmed with kittens right now and have very few staff members, even fewer volunteers and worst of all, not enough money for supplies.
We desperately need kitten food, wet &dry. We also need KMR milk replacement"
"We are extremely overwhelmed with kittens right now and have very few staff members, even fewer volunteers and worst of all, not enough money for supplies.
We desperately need kitten food, wet &dry. We also need KMR milk replacement"
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Today’s Canadian painting is “Flower Border, Usher Farm, York Mills” painted by JEH MacDonald in 1915 or 1916. With gratitude and affection to all mothers on this special day.
May 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today’s Canadian painting is “Flower Border, Usher Farm, York Mills” painted by JEH MacDonald in 1915 or 1916. With gratitude and affection to all mothers on this special day.
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My painting TIDAL WETLANDS
April 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My painting TIDAL WETLANDS
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Sen. Durbin does what Bluesky demands, and instead of praise/thanks he gets dunked on more. It’s the way of (this tiny corner) of the world.
But don’t forget: he invented the whole notion of Dreamers/DACA, and (I just found out!) is the person responsible for banning smoking in all public spaces.
But don’t forget: he invented the whole notion of Dreamers/DACA, and (I just found out!) is the person responsible for banning smoking in all public spaces.
April 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sen. Durbin does what Bluesky demands, and instead of praise/thanks he gets dunked on more. It’s the way of (this tiny corner) of the world.
But don’t forget: he invented the whole notion of Dreamers/DACA, and (I just found out!) is the person responsible for banning smoking in all public spaces.
But don’t forget: he invented the whole notion of Dreamers/DACA, and (I just found out!) is the person responsible for banning smoking in all public spaces.
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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
![In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreie3gc6fndj7mtotijddm4eg264zgsqxpn4nbekb3xq5ubdmskvr6u@jpeg)
!["You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreiensu64iobo4ftuqeaighf2p5k745uzdnmhcecugsi4ec74dnqse4@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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Kristi Noem billed South Dakota taxpayers more than $640,000 in personal travel-related costs, including a six-day trip to Paris, a bear hunt in Canada, a trip to Houston for dental work to fix her smile, and a book tour. But she can afford a $50,000 Rolex for a prison porn photo op in El Salvador.
Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook
An Associated Press analysis of recently released travel records found more than $150,000 in expenses tied to Noem’s political and personal activity.
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kristi Noem billed South Dakota taxpayers more than $640,000 in personal travel-related costs, including a six-day trip to Paris, a bear hunt in Canada, a trip to Houston for dental work to fix her smile, and a book tour. But she can afford a $50,000 Rolex for a prison porn photo op in El Salvador.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will continue to revoke visas for “people that are supportive of movements that run counter to the foreign policy of the United States.”
This is new. And it doesn’t feel like freedom
This is new. And it doesn’t feel like freedom
March 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he will continue to revoke visas for “people that are supportive of movements that run counter to the foreign policy of the United States.”
This is new. And it doesn’t feel like freedom
This is new. And it doesn’t feel like freedom
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Most employees at US Institute of Peace mass-fired over late-night email
Most employees at US Institute of Peace mass-fired over late-night email
Congressionally created and funded thinktank taken over by ‘Doge’ seeks to prevent and resolve global conflicts
Most employees at the US Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded thinktank now taken over by Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency”, received email notices of their mass firing late Friday, the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing.
The emails, sent to personal accounts because most staff members had lost access to the organization’s system, began going out about 9pm, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fear of reprisal. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Most employees at US Institute of Peace mass-fired over late-night email
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Footage shows masked Ice agents detaining Tufts graduate student
Footage shows masked Ice agents detaining Tufts graduate student
Rumeysa Ozturk, Turkish national on a student visa, sent to Louisiana detention center over pro-Palestinian activism
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Footage shows masked Ice agents detaining Tufts graduate student
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New phone, Houthis
March 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New phone, Houthis
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The Trump administration has removed a longstanding directive from the civil rights era that explicitly prohibited federal contractors from allowing segregated facilities.
Trump Administration Dropped Policy Prohibiting Contractors From Having Segregated Facilities
The provision had been in place since the civil rights era.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The Trump administration has removed a longstanding directive from the civil rights era that explicitly prohibited federal contractors from allowing segregated facilities.
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Breaking News: The Trump administration fired nearly the entire civil rights branch of the Department of Homeland Security. The move guts the office responsible for oversight of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Trump Fires Nearly the Entire Civil Rights Branch of D.H.S.
The move guts the office responsible for oversight over President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration fired nearly the entire civil rights branch of the Department of Homeland Security. The move guts the office responsible for oversight of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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Social Security is financed through a dedicated payroll tax. Employers and employees each pay 6.2 % of wages up to the taxable maximum of $176,100 (in 2025), while the self-employed pay 12.4 % www.ssa.gov/news/press/f...
How is Social Security financed? | Press Office | SSA
How is Social Security financed?
www.ssa.gov
March 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Social Security is financed through a dedicated payroll tax. Employers and employees each pay 6.2 % of wages up to the taxable maximum of $176,100 (in 2025), while the self-employed pay 12.4 % www.ssa.gov/news/press/f...
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Harvard will offer free tuition for students whose families earn $200,000 and below, the university said on Monday, becoming the latest elite school to expand financial aid after the Supreme Court banned the use of racial preferences in college admissions. nyti.ms/3FKOcPz
March 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Harvard will offer free tuition for students whose families earn $200,000 and below, the university said on Monday, becoming the latest elite school to expand financial aid after the Supreme Court banned the use of racial preferences in college admissions. nyti.ms/3FKOcPz
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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"It’s hard to keep track of the cuts and chaos of this administration. But one thing that isn’t hard to see: The cuts will do little to help, and a lot to harm, everyday Americans," the CST Editorial Board writes.
Illinois farmers, schools and food banks will lose millions with USDA funding cuts
The latest USDA casualty: programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers are on the chopping block.
chicago.suntimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"It’s hard to keep track of the cuts and chaos of this administration. But one thing that isn’t hard to see: The cuts will do little to help, and a lot to harm, everyday Americans," the CST Editorial Board writes.
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2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs after President Trump’s order to open dams. But water experts say the water will not flow to Los Angeles, and that it's being wasted by being released during the wet winter season: cnn.it/3CyhEHy
2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs because of Trump’s order to open dams | CNN
There are two major problems with Trump’s order, water experts said: The water will not flow to Los Angeles, and it is being wasted by being released during the wet winter season.
cnn.it
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
2.2 billion gallons of water flowed out of California reservoirs after President Trump’s order to open dams. But water experts say the water will not flow to Los Angeles, and that it's being wasted by being released during the wet winter season: cnn.it/3CyhEHy