Christopher Lee Donovan
@cldonovan.bsky.social
Artist guy Boston-ish
I work as a commercial retoucher mostly. I save all the leftover dirty pixels from my office job at the end of each weary week and smudge them across my own art. ♻️
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I work as a commercial retoucher mostly. I save all the leftover dirty pixels from my office job at the end of each weary week and smudge them across my own art. ♻️
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For that special someone #aprilfools #magaday
April 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For that special someone #aprilfools #magaday
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It’s not uncommon for foreigners to buy U.S. stock through a vehicle in the Cayman Islands, often to save money on taxes. But experts said it was strange for the party on the other side of a deal — the U.S. company — to prefer such an arrangement.
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How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is…
propub.li
March 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It’s not uncommon for foreigners to buy U.S. stock through a vehicle in the Cayman Islands, often to save money on taxes. But experts said it was strange for the party on the other side of a deal — the U.S. company — to prefer such an arrangement.
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Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Keep the Congressional switchboard number handy these days: (202) 224-3121
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The Trump administration wants to shut down all of Social Security over a ruling blocking 11 DOGE workers from sticking their fingers in your private data.
11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans.
This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.
11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans.
This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.
Federal judge pushes back on acting Social Security head over threat to close agency
Leland Dudek argued that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Trump administration wants to shut down all of Social Security over a ruling blocking 11 DOGE workers from sticking their fingers in your private data.
11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans.
This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.
11 DOGE workers. 73 million Americans.
This is illegal. If it happens, will force millions of seniors into poverty.
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Vivian Wilson (@thevivllainous.bsky.social) is extremely online; unlike Elon Musk, her father, she’s really good at it. “Most of [the right] have the charisma of a soaking bathrobe. I mean, it's not my fault that most of them don't know how to be funny. It's not that hard.” ⤵️
Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.
www.teenvogue.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Vivian Wilson (@thevivllainous.bsky.social) is extremely online; unlike Elon Musk, her father, she’s really good at it. “Most of [the right] have the charisma of a soaking bathrobe. I mean, it's not my fault that most of them don't know how to be funny. It's not that hard.” ⤵️
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
wrd.cm
March 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.
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Juraj Krajčík subscribed to at least 49 extremist Telegram chats and channels, many of them nodes in the Terrorgram network, before he killed two people at an LGBTQ+ bar. @propublica.org @acthompson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/tele...
How the Terrorgram Collective’s Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, int...
www.propublica.org
March 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Juraj Krajčík subscribed to at least 49 extremist Telegram chats and channels, many of them nodes in the Terrorgram network, before he killed two people at an LGBTQ+ bar. @propublica.org @acthompson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/tele...
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“I’d like to see him (Trump) sifting through spiny naiad in 120-degree weather looking for parasitic snails. He’s the one that goes golfing on the government dime. I don’t even know how to golf.” - Riley Rackliffe, aquatic ecologist at Lake Mead.
Nothing illustrates the depraved nature of the Trump cult better than how it’s convinced so many Americans to celebrate the suffering of their own family members.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I’d like to see him (Trump) sifting through spiny naiad in 120-degree weather looking for parasitic snails. He’s the one that goes golfing on the government dime. I don’t even know how to golf.” - Riley Rackliffe, aquatic ecologist at Lake Mead.
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SCOTUS may have ordered the government not to stiff its contractors.
But as @pemalevy.bsky.social warns, the decision also clearly showed that four of the justices fully believe that Trump and Musk should be able to unilaterally turn off congressionally-mandated spending.
But as @pemalevy.bsky.social warns, the decision also clearly showed that four of the justices fully believe that Trump and Musk should be able to unilaterally turn off congressionally-mandated spending.
Wednesday's ruling shows the Supreme Court is just one vote shy of making Trump and Musk kings
And four justices are joining in the assault on any judge who stands in their way.
www.motherjones.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
SCOTUS may have ordered the government not to stiff its contractors.
But as @pemalevy.bsky.social warns, the decision also clearly showed that four of the justices fully believe that Trump and Musk should be able to unilaterally turn off congressionally-mandated spending.
But as @pemalevy.bsky.social warns, the decision also clearly showed that four of the justices fully believe that Trump and Musk should be able to unilaterally turn off congressionally-mandated spending.
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NEW: On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students.
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
propub.li
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes him one of the country’s highest-earning superintendents.
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NEW VIDEO: President Trump is threatening to dissolve the leadership of the United States Postal Service and absorb the independent agency into his administration.
Paige and I explain why this would be a major threat to mail-in voting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Xn...
Paige and I explain why this would be a major threat to mail-in voting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Xn...
Trump Bid to Take Over USPS Could Threaten Mail Voting
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
NEW VIDEO: President Trump is threatening to dissolve the leadership of the United States Postal Service and absorb the independent agency into his administration.
Paige and I explain why this would be a major threat to mail-in voting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Xn...
Paige and I explain why this would be a major threat to mail-in voting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Xn...
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Some federal workers are going back to work.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
March 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Some federal workers are going back to work.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
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The stakes are just too high.
March 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The stakes are just too high.
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President Trump's orders and rhetoric are intended to chill dissent and censor views he dislikes.
Let's be clear: the government can't threaten funding to universities for simply doing their job to foster an environment of free speech and free inquiry.
Let's be clear: the government can't threaten funding to universities for simply doing their job to foster an environment of free speech and free inquiry.
Trump Threatens Schools in Dark Attack on First Amendment
Donald Trump is threatening schools that allow “illegal protests”—whatever that is.
newrepublic.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
President Trump's orders and rhetoric are intended to chill dissent and censor views he dislikes.
Let's be clear: the government can't threaten funding to universities for simply doing their job to foster an environment of free speech and free inquiry.
Let's be clear: the government can't threaten funding to universities for simply doing their job to foster an environment of free speech and free inquiry.
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Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)
Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)
In 1949, George Orwell received a curious letter from his former high school French teacher.
Orwell had just published his groundbreaking book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which received glowing reviews fro...
www.openculture.com
March 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949)
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The numbers get worse for these guys if you create a fake GDP along these lines. What happened here is Elon and Trump crashed the economy in less than two months and Elon’s now whining about macro indicators to cover his ass like a little bitch.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The numbers get worse for these guys if you create a fake GDP along these lines. What happened here is Elon and Trump crashed the economy in less than two months and Elon’s now whining about macro indicators to cover his ass like a little bitch.
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
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Department Of Education Sternly Announces It Is Counting To 3
Department Of Education Sternly Announces It Is Counting To 3
WASHINGTON—Insisting they were serious this time as they addressed all 340 million Americans, officials with the U.S. Department of Education sternly announced Thursday that they were counting to thre...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Department Of Education Sternly Announces It Is Counting To 3