Fraintz (on a break)
@fraintz.bsky.social
I took up knitting to keep me off the internet for a bit
Able to solve captchas, but still learning to human. Just here for a good time, not for a long time.
GIS 🗺️ rocks 🪨 and water 💧
SF/horror/SFF enthusiast
She/her
Able to solve captchas, but still learning to human. Just here for a good time, not for a long time.
GIS 🗺️ rocks 🪨 and water 💧
SF/horror/SFF enthusiast
She/her
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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
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DOGE Nazis have illegally fired 600 workers from Bonneville Power Authority, a hugely important federal utility in the Northwest www.oregonlive.com/environment/...
At least 600 workers to leave BPA, spurring concerns about transmission grid
The Bonneville Power Administration, the region’s largest transmission grid operator, will lose at least 600 workers under President Donald Trump’s sweeping efforts to reduce the federal workforce.
www.oregonlive.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
DOGE Nazis have illegally fired 600 workers from Bonneville Power Authority, a hugely important federal utility in the Northwest www.oregonlive.com/environment/...
Crazy to me how years ago the “Amazon Key” that let drivers into your house to make deliveries was just “an April Fool’s joke” and now it’s an actual thing
February 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Crazy to me how years ago the “Amazon Key” that let drivers into your house to make deliveries was just “an April Fool’s joke” and now it’s an actual thing
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thinking about roads not taken a lot
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.
www.wired.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
thinking about roads not taken a lot
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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
Ooo she’s showing off tonight
February 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Ooo she’s showing off tonight
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Remember when a lady got fine $220,000 for torrenting a couple dozen songs?
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
”Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
arstechnica.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Remember when a lady got fine $220,000 for torrenting a couple dozen songs?
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Facebook torrented 81.7 TBs of books.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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USDA has announced this new bird flu spillover, but it hasn't posted the sequence & metadata. Researchers need that to determine around how long this went unnoticed -- and therefore uncontrolled.
It appears that we have a second, unique spillover of the bird flu into cattle in Nevada. The first spillover from wild birds into cows was in Texas, in late '23 or early last yr. Not good!
I'm waiting for verification from USDA.
agri.nv.gov/News/2025/Ne...
I'm waiting for verification from USDA.
agri.nv.gov/News/2025/Ne...
Nevada Department of Agriculture taking additional action to prevent the spread of avian influenza
agri.nv.gov
February 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
USDA has announced this new bird flu spillover, but it hasn't posted the sequence & metadata. Researchers need that to determine around how long this went unnoticed -- and therefore uncontrolled.
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“If the Trump administration and Musk’s operation unilaterally gut NOAA, this would be an illegal overreach of presidential authority that will be swiftly challenged in the courts."
Learn how dismantling NOAA would endanger lives, the US economy, and infrastructure: act.ucsusa.org/42JVDQH
Learn how dismantling NOAA would endanger lives, the US economy, and infrastructure: act.ucsusa.org/42JVDQH
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“If the Trump administration and Musk’s operation unilaterally gut NOAA, this would be an illegal overreach of presidential authority that will be swiftly challenged in the courts."
Learn how dismantling NOAA would endanger lives, the US economy, and infrastructure: act.ucsusa.org/42JVDQH
Learn how dismantling NOAA would endanger lives, the US economy, and infrastructure: act.ucsusa.org/42JVDQH
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The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
Workaround options for census data thread
Updates on US Census Data as of February 5:
According to the Census Bureau, all files on the public FTP server have been made publicly unavailable to comply with the President's executive orders.
They say they'll work to restore the files after they are reviewed and approved.
According to the Census Bureau, all files on the public FTP server have been made publicly unavailable to comply with the President's executive orders.
They say they'll work to restore the files after they are reviewed and approved.
February 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Workaround options for census data thread
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researching whether the tariffs will affect the 4 nations face-off
February 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
researching whether the tariffs will affect the 4 nations face-off
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Around 10 years ago I almost died because a road not built with climate change in mind was so wrecked it damaged the bus I was on. I knew that I would eventually write a story about how climate change is wrecking roads, and endangering lives. This is me trying to explain that. Gift lift.
These Roads Aren’t Built for Wilder Weather Driven by Climate Change
Important motorways across the world weren’t designed to withstand more extreme temperatures and rainfall.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Around 10 years ago I almost died because a road not built with climate change in mind was so wrecked it damaged the bus I was on. I knew that I would eventually write a story about how climate change is wrecking roads, and endangering lives. This is me trying to explain that. Gift lift.
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BREAKING: Acting @EPA Administrator James Payne has fired the agency's science advisors.
They will be replaced in order to, he says, "ensure that the agency receives scientific advice consistent with its legal obligations to advance our core mission," whatever that means.
They will be replaced in order to, he says, "ensure that the agency receives scientific advice consistent with its legal obligations to advance our core mission," whatever that means.
January 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
BREAKING: Acting @EPA Administrator James Payne has fired the agency's science advisors.
They will be replaced in order to, he says, "ensure that the agency receives scientific advice consistent with its legal obligations to advance our core mission," whatever that means.
They will be replaced in order to, he says, "ensure that the agency receives scientific advice consistent with its legal obligations to advance our core mission," whatever that means.
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Tell me I'm not the only one
January 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tell me I'm not the only one
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How right-wing media and Republican leaders turned a bishop's prayer into a campaign of intimidation www.readtpa.com/p/the-price-...
The Price of Speaking Up in Trump's America
A bishop asked the president to show mercy to immigrants and scared children. The response tells us everything about the next four years.
www.readtpa.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
How right-wing media and Republican leaders turned a bishop's prayer into a campaign of intimidation www.readtpa.com/p/the-price-...
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Every week, I check the CDC's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. This week for the first time in its 60 years it was not published on schedule. American healthcare workers all over the country are less informed about health crises that affect their patients. CDC led reports matter a 🧵
January 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Every week, I check the CDC's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. This week for the first time in its 60 years it was not published on schedule. American healthcare workers all over the country are less informed about health crises that affect their patients. CDC led reports matter a 🧵
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i’m just photoshopping muppets onto the cover of harper’s bazaar: thread
January 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
i’m just photoshopping muppets onto the cover of harper’s bazaar: thread
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Taps sign:
January 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Taps sign:
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I literally cannot read this in anything but the voice of Immortan Joe.
January 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I literally cannot read this in anything but the voice of Immortan Joe.
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Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
January 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
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so much intellectual output is just men talking to men about men and the work of men. i feel sorry for them; they have no conception of their own poverty of perspective
January 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
so much intellectual output is just men talking to men about men and the work of men. i feel sorry for them; they have no conception of their own poverty of perspective