Rach against the machine
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Messy bun, coffee, jiujitsu and watercolor flowers. My shirts always have a coffee stain.
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(4/3) We had the easiest fucking two-answer multiple-choice test in the history of tests, and we managed to fail it. It’s remarkable.
April 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
(4/3) We had the easiest fucking two-answer multiple-choice test in the history of tests, and we managed to fail it. It’s remarkable.
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Attending a conference where researchers in my field (studying online misinformation and manipulation) are commiserating over all of our canceled grants, all in service of this: so this man and his regime of propagandists and conspiracy theorists can dictate (un)reality without challenge.
This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
April 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Attending a conference where researchers in my field (studying online misinformation and manipulation) are commiserating over all of our canceled grants, all in service of this: so this man and his regime of propagandists and conspiracy theorists can dictate (un)reality without challenge.
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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We don’t if they were gang members, only that Trump’s DOJ says they were. But they’ve had no trials. They are “accused.” They are “alleged” to be members of a gang that Trump has named. And now they are vanished.
This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.
This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.
250 Venezuelans have been disappeared into one of the worst prisons in Central America based on Trump’s invocation of a law only used 3 times in our history - the last time resulted in the Japanese-American internment. These men have had no due process. It’s monstrous.
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First 250+ migrant gang members from US arrive in El Salvador — where they’ll be held in a notorious mega-prison
The US has flown more than 250 accused migrant gang members to El Salvador, where they were sent to a notorious mega-prison — in direct defiance of a federal judge’s ruling against the Trump admini…
nypost.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
We don’t if they were gang members, only that Trump’s DOJ says they were. But they’ve had no trials. They are “accused.” They are “alleged” to be members of a gang that Trump has named. And now they are vanished.
This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.
This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.
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On Friday, two boys stepped outside their Gaza City home — just for a moment, to find firewood for their evening meal.
But an Israeli drone found them first, firing the missile that killed them.
But an Israeli drone found them first, firing the missile that killed them.
Four boys killed by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza
A mother grieves as her sons, whom she had struggled to keep alive in the war, were killed during a truce, in which Israeli airstrikes continue.
nbcnews.to
March 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
On Friday, two boys stepped outside their Gaza City home — just for a moment, to find firewood for their evening meal.
But an Israeli drone found them first, firing the missile that killed them.
But an Israeli drone found them first, firing the missile that killed them.
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
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This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Real question. What is an “illegal protest”? Real question. He was convicted of a crime. Why hasn’t he been expelled?
March 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is not law. It couldn’t withstand legal scrutiny.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
Don’t comply in advance university presidents. General counsel, don’t panic. Do law, not vibes.
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Shorter Bezos: The Opinions section will now be my opinions only, but written by others because I am a shit writer. Who wants to be my new sock puppet??
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Shorter Bezos: The Opinions section will now be my opinions only, but written by others because I am a shit writer. Who wants to be my new sock puppet??
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Medicaid covers:
- 21% of Americans nationally
- 83 million low-income Americans
- 4 in 10 children
- 1 in 4 adults with disabilities
- Nearly 50% of kids with special needs
- 41% of births nationwide
- 5 in 8 nursing home residents
- 32% of people in Mike Johnson's home state
- 21% of Americans nationally
- 83 million low-income Americans
- 4 in 10 children
- 1 in 4 adults with disabilities
- Nearly 50% of kids with special needs
- 41% of births nationwide
- 5 in 8 nursing home residents
- 32% of people in Mike Johnson's home state
February 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Medicaid covers:
- 21% of Americans nationally
- 83 million low-income Americans
- 4 in 10 children
- 1 in 4 adults with disabilities
- Nearly 50% of kids with special needs
- 41% of births nationwide
- 5 in 8 nursing home residents
- 32% of people in Mike Johnson's home state
- 21% of Americans nationally
- 83 million low-income Americans
- 4 in 10 children
- 1 in 4 adults with disabilities
- Nearly 50% of kids with special needs
- 41% of births nationwide
- 5 in 8 nursing home residents
- 32% of people in Mike Johnson's home state
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
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The point here is Trump does not recognize order, laws, defined terms, accountability. It never mattered to him. And for that reason the Constitution is just a bunch of words to him as well. “I have an Article II that says I can do whatever I want.”
That’s why these suits are so important.
That’s why these suits are so important.
Trump: "Elon is to me a patriot. So, you know, you could call him an employee, you could call him a consultant, you could call him whatever you want."
February 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The point here is Trump does not recognize order, laws, defined terms, accountability. It never mattered to him. And for that reason the Constitution is just a bunch of words to him as well. “I have an Article II that says I can do whatever I want.”
That’s why these suits are so important.
That’s why these suits are so important.
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The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.
February 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.
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Historically, suddenly forcing massive numbers of highly educated and well paid people into unexpected mass unemployment has not led to *stability*
Again, there are literally not enough jobs to rapidly absorb all these displaced federal workers (who will also now be competing for non-government jobs with everyone else in the U.S.).
That’s a lot of pissed off former DOD workers desperately looking for jobs
February 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Historically, suddenly forcing massive numbers of highly educated and well paid people into unexpected mass unemployment has not led to *stability*
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U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.
February 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.
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Imagine you're just some 30-something guy who converts to one of the world's major religions and in less than a decade its spiritual leader is rebuking you in front of the entire world
That's how big a loser JD Vance is apnews.com/article/pope...
That's how big a loser JD Vance is apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance
Pope Francis has issued a major rebuke to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants. He warned that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal status deprive...
apnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Imagine you're just some 30-something guy who converts to one of the world's major religions and in less than a decade its spiritual leader is rebuking you in front of the entire world
That's how big a loser JD Vance is apnews.com/article/pope...
That's how big a loser JD Vance is apnews.com/article/pope...
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They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Pam Bondi Instructs Trump DOJ to Criminally Investigate Companies That Do DEI
Civil rights advocates may well file suit immediately against the Justice Department to secure an injunction.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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Absolutely NO to any budget that has any subsidies for any of Musk's companies.
NO to any budget that has any money for contracts with any of Musk's companies.
Pass it on.
NO to any budget that has any money for contracts with any of Musk's companies.
Pass it on.
February 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Absolutely NO to any budget that has any subsidies for any of Musk's companies.
NO to any budget that has any money for contracts with any of Musk's companies.
Pass it on.
NO to any budget that has any money for contracts with any of Musk's companies.
Pass it on.
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Congress must stop Trump and Elon's coup.
Call your elected leaders now: (202) 224-3121
Call your elected leaders now: (202) 224-3121
Stop Elon Musk’s Coup
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Congress must stop Trump and Elon's coup.
Call your elected leaders now: (202) 224-3121
Call your elected leaders now: (202) 224-3121
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Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
Alphabet guidelines no longer refer to not pursuing technologies that could ‘cause or are likely to cause overall harm’
The Google owner, Alphabet, has dropped its pledge not to use artificial intelligence for purposes such as developing weapons and…
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Google owner drops promise not to use AI for weapons
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I seem to remember telling the uncommitted voters that Trump would level Gaza.
February 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I seem to remember telling the uncommitted voters that Trump would level Gaza.
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It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s alarming that Elon Musk has access to government payment systems used to deliver Social Security and Medicare benefits.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.
He also drove out the senior career official at Treasury responsible for preventing a potential default on U.S. debt.
Congress must investigate.