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tigerstooth.bsky.social
PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS!
SPREAD THE WORD!
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February 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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theonion.com
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...
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February 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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pkafka.bsky.social
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.

www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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soniashah.bsky.social
It's not mass deportation. Its the illusion of mass deportation.

Nearly 13,000 archived ICE press releases--some from decades ago--were timestamped to 24 January 2025, so that they now appear at the top of Google search results as recent headlines.
February 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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uprootproject.bsky.social
Uprooter @angelymercado.bsky.social's list of alternatives to FB Marketplace 🙏

mediamercado.substack.com/p/so-you-nee...
So You Need a FB Marketplace Alternative?
Here's a list of sites/apps for secondhand goods.
mediamercado.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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astra.bsky.social
Protest at the Treasury in DC Tuesday 5PM. Pass it on.
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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financialtimes.com
The world’s richest man boasted on his social media site X that he was 'rapidly shutting down . . . illegal payments' after a list of grants to Lutheran organisations was posted online. on.ft.com/42GPVPs
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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janiceselbie.bsky.social
Weirdly accurate in 2025
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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jamellebouie.net
remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards
quoproquid.bsky.social QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · Jan 29
robert f. kennedy jr. submits his application to harvard university. his application is, in its entirety, a single page with his name "Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

he is accepted immediately.
January 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Read, share, act.
January 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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mainelyjoe.bsky.social
I really feel this today.
January 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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techconnectify.bsky.social
Not to get all political on you but actually I do think you should be talking to people you know about this
rincewind.run Micah @rincewind.run · Jan 27
cool how Project 2025 went viral during the election, we were told Trump disavowed it and wouldn't do it, he got elected and started implementing it immediately and now we're being told "well this is what people voted for"

they very explicitly did not
molly.wiki Molly White @molly.wiki · Jan 27
The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
January 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Hi that was a coup last night in case no one mentioned that to you. The executive branch seized the power of the purse the Constitution gave to Congress, which is a pretty authoritarian / illegal consolidation of powers move. Time to go yell at your reps, the media, etc.
Hey friends! We're seeing a lot of terrible things. We're not able to cover all of them, but we felt this latest one is a really big deal and needs much more awareness. Our summary is this: It's an administrative coup. Trump has ordered tens of billions (maybe up to $3 trillion) of budget halted indefinitely in a blatantly illegal move. He's claiming power to halt and potentially redirect funding that's already been authorized by Congress — a classic authoritarian move. Here's what we know. And we're doing our best to catch up with this story, because it's moving fast. There's a memo from Matthew Vaeth, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget. (That's the same government entity who set-up the DEI "snitch" line, that's now been spammed by tens of thousands of our fellow residents.) In typical Trump-style, the memo gets its facts wrong. It claims in FY2024 the US government spent $10 trillion (actually it was $6.8 trillion). It says money should be used for the administration's priorities — "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve." (Again, it's very fact deficient.) The memo says a pause will begin at 5pm on January 28th where, "Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal." Anyone promised federal grants might have their money at risk, even states. This is Congressional directed spending and Trump is ordering people to not do it. This funding includes universities for education and research programs, nonprofits, local and tribal governments, disaster relief aid, e… So what can we do? It's been a lot. And the shock approach of this administration is to overwhelm us with nonsense and a state of paralysis. We continue to believe the best thing is to stay grounded and keep yourself sane amidst insanity. At this juncture, three actions we suggest that make sense to us: 1) Urge media to cover this story properly This is not "possibly illegal" — it's "patently illegal." You can read notes on that here. It's not "temporary" — it's "indefinite." There's no timetable for ending it. It's not just a memo — it's an administrative coup. 2) Urge your Representatives to act like this is a big deal If you know us, this isn't a knee-jerk action we suggest. We think this is a strategic because it's Congress that's being violated — their power is being directly undermined. 3) Continue to support ACLU and Democracy Forward These groups have been preparing litigation for some time. Unless Trump revokes this, this will certainly make its way through the courts. Our read is even the biased courts will have trouble swallowing this — so it may end up being shut down. Keep breathing. “Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again," Nelson Mandela. Warmly, - Choose Democracy
January 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
By erasing it, or trying to, they make it more memorable. The Internet is written in indelible ink.
January 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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erinkb.bsky.social
For all my #BookSky friends that are trying to move away from the Bezos infrastructure, just a reminder that Goodreads is owned by him through Nash Holdings.
Clicks are currency friends
@thestorygraph.com is a Black Woman founded company
www.womenwhocode.com/blog/world-b...
Women Who Code - Empowering women to excel in tech careers
Women Who Code is on a mission to empower diverse women to excel in technology careers. We support engineers, developers, data scientists, architects, designers and other technologists with the resour...
www.womenwhocode.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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nhannahjones.bsky.social
Trump's freezing of all civil rights cases at the DOJ is not part of an anti-DEI agenda, but an anti-civil rights agenda. DOJ was *founded* to protect Black rights during Reconstruction. That this difference is unclear speaks to the success of conservative propagandists and the failures of liberals.
January 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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jlkoepke.bsky.social
a plea to please get specific — the term DEI erases context.

• is testing to see if pulse oximeters work poorly for black Americans "DEI"? or is it making sure products work for everyone?
• is testing to see if lab PPE works poorly for women "DEI"? or is it making sure everyone in an ER is safe?
January 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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davewhamond.bsky.social
Hey, another great idea! Why don't we stop the FDA, the CDC and the NIH from sharing information about public health issues?
January 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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theonion.com
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
theonion.com/trump-c...
Trump Claims He Can Overrule Constitution With Executive Order Because Of Little-Known ‘No One Will Stop Me’ Loophole
January 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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steveve.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
in one of my favorite books of all time - JUNO & JULIET, an Irish romcom by Julian Gough - one character explains to another that constantly pretending to be an asshole as a joke is meaningfully indistinguishable from actually being an asshole, and I've thought about that every day for 24 years
January 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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agramuglia.bsky.social
Meta?

...oh, TikTok is going to die a very slow, painful death with them in charge....
kerrbear.bsky.social KerrBear @kerrbear.bsky.social · Jan 19
It would appear that Meta and TT are merging and the app had to go dark so Trump could appear to be the savior.
*FB creates a TT account today
* FB creates option to link TikTok account within the last 24 hours
* TT message thanks Trump (this message gives the game away)
* TT influencer party
January 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM