Daina
@daina-b.bsky.social
Latviete. 🇱🇻 🇺🇸
Reader, traveler, coffee snob.
Reader, traveler, coffee snob.
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."
[applause] 🙏🏼
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Any human mood can be described accurately by a Mark Rothko painting.
May 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Any human mood can be described accurately by a Mark Rothko painting.
Best cat & art Bluesky post!
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Best cat & art Bluesky post!
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Everybody has a plan until a cat falls asleep in their lap
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Everybody has a plan until a cat falls asleep in their lap
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Mandatory high school civics class that isn’t just like “how a bill becomes law” or whatever but also “how NOAA powers your phone’s weather app” and “NIH helped make your asthma inhaler”
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Mandatory high school civics class that isn’t just like “how a bill becomes law” or whatever but also “how NOAA powers your phone’s weather app” and “NIH helped make your asthma inhaler”
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The Soviet Union also used to falsify statistics
This is ominous. Commerce Secretary suggests new GDP calculations might deliberately exclude government spending to obscure impact of DOGE cuts.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
apnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The Soviet Union also used to falsify statistics
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Imagine if you go to the doctor in a healthy state & he says, we've got to perform emergency surgery. It turns out he's unlicensed to practice medicine & proceeds to lobotomize you, attaches leeches, drains your blood, & cuts off your foot. This is what the Trump administration is doing to America.
March 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Imagine if you go to the doctor in a healthy state & he says, we've got to perform emergency surgery. It turns out he's unlicensed to practice medicine & proceeds to lobotomize you, attaches leeches, drains your blood, & cuts off your foot. This is what the Trump administration is doing to America.
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‘Move fast and break things’ only works for people who have never had to clean up after themselves.
March 1, 2025 at 5:42 AM
‘Move fast and break things’ only works for people who have never had to clean up after themselves.
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In the meantime, my spouse suggested trying to find the most appropriate acronym for DOGE.
I'll start:
Demolition Of Governmental Enterprises
/fin
I'll start:
Demolition Of Governmental Enterprises
/fin
February 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In the meantime, my spouse suggested trying to find the most appropriate acronym for DOGE.
I'll start:
Demolition Of Governmental Enterprises
/fin
I'll start:
Demolition Of Governmental Enterprises
/fin
The New York Times predicts that Flow may win the Oscar. Right now I would particularly appreciate “the little guy” beating the big studio films.
February 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The New York Times predicts that Flow may win the Oscar. Right now I would particularly appreciate “the little guy” beating the big studio films.
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Last night, every single swing district Republican voted to cut Medicaid so they can shovel cash to their billionaire backers.
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks
indivisible.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Last night, every single swing district Republican voted to cut Medicaid so they can shovel cash to their billionaire backers.
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
If you’ve got an R representative, call now to let them know you’re furious: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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i think we should replace “how are you?” with “hey things are generally bad, how are you personally?” just to make things easier on everyone trying to answer in a way that doesn’t initially seem like you’re either delusional or complicit
February 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
i think we should replace “how are you?” with “hey things are generally bad, how are you personally?” just to make things easier on everyone trying to answer in a way that doesn’t initially seem like you’re either delusional or complicit
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Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
February 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
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Aside from everything else it's just kind of funny that the CFPB is way over there on the left, meaning "companies shouldn't be able to scam you and take your money" is largely antithetical to conservatism
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
February 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Aside from everything else it's just kind of funny that the CFPB is way over there on the left, meaning "companies shouldn't be able to scam you and take your money" is largely antithetical to conservatism
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Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
Democracy requires your courage.
So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.
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I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.
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The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk.
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
February 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
To the Europeans asking if Americans are protesting—yes, they are.
Protest in D.C. near the Capitol: #50501 #50501protests #TrumpMuskProtest
February 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
To the Europeans asking if Americans are protesting—yes, they are.
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
@gintszilbalodis.bsky.social More praise for your masterful film!
So, is Flow, the animated, Oscar-nominated Latvian movie, among the best climate change movies ever made? Probably?
February 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
@gintszilbalodis.bsky.social More praise for your masterful film!
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"Shadow cabinets" are well established in UK and elsewhere.
Main challenge for Dems is figuring out who would be the shadow ministers/Cabinet Secretaries.
But it's a necessary step.
Main challenge for Dems is figuring out who would be the shadow ministers/Cabinet Secretaries.
But it's a necessary step.
Idea going around: Democratic leadership could ASAP name an "alternate" HHS secretary--someone to provide public updates and health information. And "shadow" leaders for other depts too, with press conferences, policy initiatives, budgets, speeches.
February 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"Shadow cabinets" are well established in UK and elsewhere.
Main challenge for Dems is figuring out who would be the shadow ministers/Cabinet Secretaries.
But it's a necessary step.
Main challenge for Dems is figuring out who would be the shadow ministers/Cabinet Secretaries.
But it's a necessary step.
Good explainer…and depressing as hell.
Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Good explainer…and depressing as hell.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.