Colleen English Ross
@cenglishross.bsky.social
Technical Writer, wife, mom
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The Trump admin's claim that it was targeting criminal aliens was always bullshit, and it's just hard for me to believe that most Americans don't know that. And assuming they do, this signals just how broken our society has become—it's a sick game we're playing.
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Trump admin's claim that it was targeting criminal aliens was always bullshit, and it's just hard for me to believe that most Americans don't know that. And assuming they do, this signals just how broken our society has become—it's a sick game we're playing.
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Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
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Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN
Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN
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A robot is only an OTA away from a behavior change, good, bad, or weird.
Waymo robots have always violated some traffic laws. For >year they have been getting noticeably more aggressive as I've shown in a variety of videos. Apparently, on purpose per Ludwick who's been on this project for 15 years.
Waymo robots have always violated some traffic laws. For >year they have been getting noticeably more aggressive as I've shown in a variety of videos. Apparently, on purpose per Ludwick who's been on this project for 15 years.
“They’re bending traffic laws, getting impatient with pedestrians and embracing the idea that when it comes to city driving, politeness doesn’t pay… Waymo has been trying to make its cars “confidently assertive,” says Chris Ludwick, a senior director of product management with Waymo”
Self-driving Waymo cars are suddenly driving way mo like “an aggressive, New York taxi driver.”
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
A robot is only an OTA away from a behavior change, good, bad, or weird.
Waymo robots have always violated some traffic laws. For >year they have been getting noticeably more aggressive as I've shown in a variety of videos. Apparently, on purpose per Ludwick who's been on this project for 15 years.
Waymo robots have always violated some traffic laws. For >year they have been getting noticeably more aggressive as I've shown in a variety of videos. Apparently, on purpose per Ludwick who's been on this project for 15 years.
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They gobbled up all the info, destroyed so many agencies, and how did it help America and Trump's base?
It didn't.
It didn't.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They gobbled up all the info, destroyed so many agencies, and how did it help America and Trump's base?
It didn't.
It didn't.
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Trump’s DOGE Is Dead and We Won’t Miss It trib.al/sYWu3Ub
Trump’s DOGE Is Dead and We Won’t Miss It
RIP, Department of Government Efficiency.
trib.al
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Trump’s DOGE Is Dead and We Won’t Miss It trib.al/sYWu3Ub
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Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000.
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000.
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Trump calling for the execution of elected officials who urge soldiers to follow the Constitution? This is a sick and dangerous man who needs to be removed from
office.
office.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Trump calling for the execution of elected officials who urge soldiers to follow the Constitution? This is a sick and dangerous man who needs to be removed from
office.
office.
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A strategy that helped antiabortion activists in their quest to overturn Roe v. Wade could also work for campaign finance reform: enacting state "trigger laws" that challenge the legitimacy of Citizens United. bit.ly/3Xsczat
State Legislatures Can Push Back Against Citizens United
State lawmakers can fight the influence of big money in politics by passing trigger laws that would go into effect if the Supreme Court’s misguided ruling is reversed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A strategy that helped antiabortion activists in their quest to overturn Roe v. Wade could also work for campaign finance reform: enacting state "trigger laws" that challenge the legitimacy of Citizens United. bit.ly/3Xsczat
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Fun fact: over 20 years ago, Charles Rossotti--then IRS commissioner--estimated that the average American was paying an involuntary, undisclosed 15% surcharge on their income taxes because the ultra-rich were engaging in mass tax avoidance like this.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
For more on IRS: The agency is run by people who personally benefit from reversing IRS positions on tax enforcement, and have fired a huge chunk of its tax enforcement staff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
The I.R.S. Tried to Stop This Tax Dodge. Scott Bessent Used It Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Fun fact: over 20 years ago, Charles Rossotti--then IRS commissioner--estimated that the average American was paying an involuntary, undisclosed 15% surcharge on their income taxes because the ultra-rich were engaging in mass tax avoidance like this.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
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What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
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NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
🧵/
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🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done?
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[LUTE SOLO] 🎶
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[LUTE SOLO] 🎶
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done?
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[LUTE SOLO] 🎶
Thou art a pynke ponye girle
Yn the daunse at the clubbe!'
'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe
On the stage yn myne heeles
It ys wher Ich belonge:
Downe at the
Pynke Ponye Clubbe!
Ich shal keepe on daunsinge,
Downe yn West Hollywoode'
[LUTE SOLO] 🎶
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Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
nepc.colorado.edu
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
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Donald Trump wants to lend $20 billion of our money to bail out a political ally and his global investors before an election.
Oh, and Argentina just struck a major deal with China that crushes American soybean farmers already suffering from Trump's tariffs.
“America First.”
Oh, and Argentina just struck a major deal with China that crushes American soybean farmers already suffering from Trump's tariffs.
“America First.”
Bessent Says US in Talks With Argentina Over $20 Billion Lifeline
The US plans to extend a $20 billion swap line to Argentina and is ready to buy the country’s foreign bonds, providing much-needed financial support to President Javier Milei as he tries to regain inv...
www.bloomberg.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Donald Trump wants to lend $20 billion of our money to bail out a political ally and his global investors before an election.
Oh, and Argentina just struck a major deal with China that crushes American soybean farmers already suffering from Trump's tariffs.
“America First.”
Oh, and Argentina just struck a major deal with China that crushes American soybean farmers already suffering from Trump's tariffs.
“America First.”
Great. Pedestrians and cyclists will continue to die.
The Trump administration has canceled grants for street safety, pedestrian trails, and bike lanes in communities around the country. One official wrote that a project was canceled because it created "a road diet that is hostile to motor vehicles."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...
www.bloomberg.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Great. Pedestrians and cyclists will continue to die.
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An update on the president's extracurriculars. pbump.net/outofoffice/
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
An update on the president's extracurriculars. pbump.net/outofoffice/
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Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
September 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
Manson didn’t kill anyone himself. But he was responsible.
Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.
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The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The de minimis rule that allowed small packages worth less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs ended on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.
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This is a particularly heartbreaking consequence of the federal workforce cuts — Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is a particularly heartbreaking consequence of the federal workforce cuts — Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
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We won’t notice it at first
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr
August 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We won’t notice it at first
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr
Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected
Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year
But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths
All because of two men
Trump and RFK, Jr
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