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Installing bannisters on stairways will slow housebuilders' housebuilding. It will also slow the descent of homeowners who fall down their stairs, which is rather the point.
Installing solar panels on all new homes will slow housebuilding, industry warns
Ministers consult on plans to require almost all new properties to have rooftop renewables
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May 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Installing bannisters on stairways will slow housebuilders' housebuilding. It will also slow the descent of homeowners who fall down their stairs, which is rather the point.
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"You might have to suffer a bit" is the MAGA version of "Let them eat cake."
When a politician tells you it's your duty to sacrifice for THEIR principles, it's time to start building guillotines.
When a politician tells you it's your duty to sacrifice for THEIR principles, it's time to start building guillotines.
March 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"You might have to suffer a bit" is the MAGA version of "Let them eat cake."
When a politician tells you it's your duty to sacrifice for THEIR principles, it's time to start building guillotines.
When a politician tells you it's your duty to sacrifice for THEIR principles, it's time to start building guillotines.
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Good morning, beloved.
Humility will change the world.
You are not better than anybody.
But ain’t nobody better than you.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Humility will change the world.
You are not better than anybody.
But ain’t nobody better than you.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
March 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Humility will change the world.
You are not better than anybody.
But ain’t nobody better than you.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Humility will change the world.
You are not better than anybody.
But ain’t nobody better than you.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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Please enjoy this poem by James Tate.
March 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Please enjoy this poem by James Tate.
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DOOMERISM IS DEFEAT
CYNICISM IS SURRENDER
THIS CITY'S HEART IS STILL BEATING
CYNICISM IS SURRENDER
THIS CITY'S HEART IS STILL BEATING
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
DOOMERISM IS DEFEAT
CYNICISM IS SURRENDER
THIS CITY'S HEART IS STILL BEATING
CYNICISM IS SURRENDER
THIS CITY'S HEART IS STILL BEATING
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oh god it’s wonderful
to stay in bed
and drink too much coffee
and doomscroll compulsively
and love you so much
to stay in bed
and drink too much coffee
and doomscroll compulsively
and love you so much
February 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
oh god it’s wonderful
to stay in bed
and drink too much coffee
and doomscroll compulsively
and love you so much
to stay in bed
and drink too much coffee
and doomscroll compulsively
and love you so much
The first two I will hit, but the last…
Sometimes kindness has a longer trajectory. It may not be kind… right now.
But, you’ll get there. I have faith.
Sometimes kindness has a longer trajectory. It may not be kind… right now.
But, you’ll get there. I have faith.
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
The first two I will hit, but the last…
Sometimes kindness has a longer trajectory. It may not be kind… right now.
But, you’ll get there. I have faith.
Sometimes kindness has a longer trajectory. It may not be kind… right now.
But, you’ll get there. I have faith.
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I read about the good ol days, when people found rats in their canned food. I yearn for this taste adventure.
“Regulations, basically, should be default gone,” Musk said. “Not default there, default gone. And if it turns out that we missed the mark on a regulation, we can always add it back in.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
"If it's not possible now, it'll never be possible," Musk said of his proposal to simply ignore all federal regulation as a baseline.
www.huffpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I read about the good ol days, when people found rats in their canned food. I yearn for this taste adventure.
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Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
February 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.
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The White House is saying Canada misunderstood the tariffs as a trade war & it feels eerily similar to when men hit on women relentlessly- then act like they didn't mean it when women do not reciprocate. Huge "It was just a joke, it's not that serious" vibes. Canada did not misunderstand anything.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The White House is saying Canada misunderstood the tariffs as a trade war & it feels eerily similar to when men hit on women relentlessly- then act like they didn't mean it when women do not reciprocate. Huge "It was just a joke, it's not that serious" vibes. Canada did not misunderstand anything.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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For fucks sake. We didn’t lose because of the price of eggs. We lost because Republicans SAID it was the price of eggs. Now they’re dismantling government, stripping rights, starting trade wars and Dems are saying “look at the eggs!” Leaders lead! Stop chasing their bullshit! Focus and fight back!
February 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
For fucks sake. We didn’t lose because of the price of eggs. We lost because Republicans SAID it was the price of eggs. Now they’re dismantling government, stripping rights, starting trade wars and Dems are saying “look at the eggs!” Leaders lead! Stop chasing their bullshit! Focus and fight back!
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I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
February 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think Americans, blessed with relatively stable government for a long time, assume there is someone, some adult, who will step in and make things right before the President does anything REALLY bad.
There’s not.
There’s not.
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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Protests and protest organizing is being censored or suppressed in the US. The people who are supposedly anti-Trump but complain or denigrate anyone talking about protests are also helping the regime secure its grip. Now more than ever protests are needed to create solidarity & resistance networks.
February 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Protests and protest organizing is being censored or suppressed in the US. The people who are supposedly anti-Trump but complain or denigrate anyone talking about protests are also helping the regime secure its grip. Now more than ever protests are needed to create solidarity & resistance networks.
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Library Path Post
January 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Library Path Post
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One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
January 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.
Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙
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Trump just wanted the price of coffee to go up with the eggs and bacon to keep everything consistent.
January 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Trump just wanted the price of coffee to go up with the eggs and bacon to keep everything consistent.
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A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS
PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE.
youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...
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Very true.
But also the Cambridge Analytica scandal taught us that even seemingly inane, irrelevant data is a goldmine and dangerous in the wrong hands.
I feel the same about Tesco knowing I eat 6 packs of crisps in 1 sitting (maybe) but they spend a lot of time and money to get this info.
But also the Cambridge Analytica scandal taught us that even seemingly inane, irrelevant data is a goldmine and dangerous in the wrong hands.
I feel the same about Tesco knowing I eat 6 packs of crisps in 1 sitting (maybe) but they spend a lot of time and money to get this info.
January 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Very true.
But also the Cambridge Analytica scandal taught us that even seemingly inane, irrelevant data is a goldmine and dangerous in the wrong hands.
I feel the same about Tesco knowing I eat 6 packs of crisps in 1 sitting (maybe) but they spend a lot of time and money to get this info.
But also the Cambridge Analytica scandal taught us that even seemingly inane, irrelevant data is a goldmine and dangerous in the wrong hands.
I feel the same about Tesco knowing I eat 6 packs of crisps in 1 sitting (maybe) but they spend a lot of time and money to get this info.
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eating popcorn for breakfast because nothing matters
January 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
eating popcorn for breakfast because nothing matters
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In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
December 25, 2024 at 5:40 PM
In 1659, the the Puritans in Massachusetts enacted a law that declared that Christmas was sacrilege and exchanging of gifts, greetings, and wearing fine clothing on that day was Satanic. Anyone caught celebrating was fined 5 shillings. (About 5 days wages.)
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
The "War on Christmas" was an inside job.
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If you as a parent do not want your child to read about something, that is your job as a parent to oversee their reading. It should absolutely not affect what children who are not yours are reading.
December 4, 2024 at 10:14 PM
If you as a parent do not want your child to read about something, that is your job as a parent to oversee their reading. It should absolutely not affect what children who are not yours are reading.