Noblesse Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
@couldntbeme.bsky.social
Med student in PA
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I love to live by the sword and not read the second part of idioms
September 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I love to live by the sword and not read the second part of idioms
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I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm
June 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm
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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested
Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
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After sealing himself in an online warehouse of depression and alienation and loneliness and all the fascist thought that stems from those maladies, Elon Musk is making every effort to will dystopia into existence at no one's request.
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-cybertru...
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-cybertru...
The Cybertruck And Our Muskian Infection
Cybertruck owners are desperately seeking the inescapable hellscape Elon Musk has promised
bad-faith-times.ghost.io
May 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
After sealing himself in an online warehouse of depression and alienation and loneliness and all the fascist thought that stems from those maladies, Elon Musk is making every effort to will dystopia into existence at no one's request.
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-cybertru...
bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-cybertru...
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Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
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I started following this guy during Ever Given. Then he went in depth on the LA port crisis. Now I can just point to him instead of playing expert.
He also did a video on dark fleets that's good.
He also did a video on dark fleets that's good.
Are US Ports Empty and What Impact Does the Tariff Have on Global Shipping?
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
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April 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I started following this guy during Ever Given. Then he went in depth on the LA port crisis. Now I can just point to him instead of playing expert.
He also did a video on dark fleets that's good.
He also did a video on dark fleets that's good.
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You guys Elon Musk appointed the head of the IRS and President Trump didn’t even know about it.
April 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You guys Elon Musk appointed the head of the IRS and President Trump didn’t even know about it.
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I'm sure there will be many other justifications offered, in rapid succession. But it's wild to be heading into a self-induced recession behind more or less this reasoning.
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I'm sure there will be many other justifications offered, in rapid succession. But it's wild to be heading into a self-induced recession behind more or less this reasoning.
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So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
www.cambridge.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
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North Carolina ballot cure probably the easiest and most important thing to do right now — highly recommend
April 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
North Carolina ballot cure probably the easiest and most important thing to do right now — highly recommend
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Want to read ethically by ditching Audible/Amazon, Spotify, &c? 💙📚
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
Queer Liberation Library
Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering...
www.queerliberationlibrary.org
January 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Want to read ethically by ditching Audible/Amazon, Spotify, &c? 💙📚
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
1. Your local library needs support & has free physical & audiobooks
2. Queer Liberation Library: free digital library for US LBGTQ folks
3. Libro.fm: Audible but pays indie bookshops
4. Bookshop.org: physical books from indies
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"In a personalist dictatorship, the tyrant usually tries to destroy as many institutions as possible because they’re constraints on his power."
Marcel Dirsus on the rise and fall of tyrants
"The tyrant usually tries to destroy as many institutions as possible because they’re constraints on his power."
www.publicnotice.co
March 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"In a personalist dictatorship, the tyrant usually tries to destroy as many institutions as possible because they’re constraints on his power."
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USDOT has now deleted this webpage
USDOT just published a Climate Strategies that Work Playbook. Looks pretty good.
Topics covered include road pricing, parking reform, and transit system integration. For each one, USDOT summarizes research findings and suggests federal funding opportunities.
www.transportation.gov/climate-stra...
Topics covered include road pricing, parking reform, and transit system integration. For each one, USDOT summarizes research findings and suggests federal funding opportunities.
www.transportation.gov/climate-stra...
January 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
USDOT has now deleted this webpage
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January 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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It would be very good if we physically forced everyone on earth with a net worth of one million dollars or more to read this book and write a book report on it before being released from detention. #climatechange
January 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
It would be very good if we physically forced everyone on earth with a net worth of one million dollars or more to read this book and write a book report on it before being released from detention. #climatechange
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BREAKING:
It’s time to ramp up and get ready to save our healthcare.
Again.
Join a call tomorrow (Sunday) with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi!
We can’t lose this fight. Too many lives hang in the balance.
Details below! Pass it on.
It’s time to ramp up and get ready to save our healthcare.
Again.
Join a call tomorrow (Sunday) with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi!
We can’t lose this fight. Too many lives hang in the balance.
Details below! Pass it on.
Saving the ACA. (Again.)
Join a kickoff call on Sunday with Speaker Emerita Pelosi! We deserve more than a concept of a plan.
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
BREAKING:
It’s time to ramp up and get ready to save our healthcare.
Again.
Join a call tomorrow (Sunday) with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi!
We can’t lose this fight. Too many lives hang in the balance.
Details below! Pass it on.
It’s time to ramp up and get ready to save our healthcare.
Again.
Join a call tomorrow (Sunday) with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi!
We can’t lose this fight. Too many lives hang in the balance.
Details below! Pass it on.
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This is a terrific article about a "debate" that does the unthinkable: Investigates both sides's arguments on the merits and concludes that one side of the debate is wrong.
It can be done!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It can be done!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud?
Some researchers have cast doubt on the record of the celebrated supercentenarian.
www.newyorker.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is a terrific article about a "debate" that does the unthinkable: Investigates both sides's arguments on the merits and concludes that one side of the debate is wrong.
It can be done!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It can be done!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The North Carolina Supreme Court's conservative supermajority has blocked the certification of Justice Allison Riggs' narrow election victory. Riggs, a Democrat, narrowly beat Jefferson Griffin, a Republican; Griffin is now trying to overturn her victory in court. drive.google.com/file/d/1vlV5...
January 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The North Carolina Supreme Court's conservative supermajority has blocked the certification of Justice Allison Riggs' narrow election victory. Riggs, a Democrat, narrowly beat Jefferson Griffin, a Republican; Griffin is now trying to overturn her victory in court. drive.google.com/file/d/1vlV5...
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The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...