Maggie
@girlnamedmaggie.bsky.social
I make stuff for the Capitals. NJ born & raised. Salt & vinegar chip enthusiast. Amateur roller skater. Thoughts are my own. 🗽 She/her
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NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
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virginia is practically the epicenter of trump's attacks on the federal government and if warner can't credibly perform opposition to the president then i think he's toast. the real question is whether there is a virginia democrat ambitious enough to throw caution to the wind and go after him.
May 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
virginia is practically the epicenter of trump's attacks on the federal government and if warner can't credibly perform opposition to the president then i think he's toast. the real question is whether there is a virginia democrat ambitious enough to throw caution to the wind and go after him.
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Apple defied a court order just so it could steal from app developers and jack up prices for users.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
Apple Failed to Open App Store to Competition, Judge Rules
Apple Inc. violated a court order requiring it to open up the App Store to third-party payment options and must stop charging commissions on purchases outside its software marketplace, a federal judge...
www.bloomberg.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Apple defied a court order just so it could steal from app developers and jack up prices for users.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
A federal judge called it an “obvious cover-up” and put a stop to it.
This is a huge win for app users, developers, and competition.
we even TOLD Y'ALL
*me, lying facedown on the bed, yelling into the mattress:
"WHY DO THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T FUCK AROUND ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT"
"WHY DO THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T FUCK AROUND ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT"
May 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
we even TOLD Y'ALL
God i hate/love nytpitchbot
Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.
May 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
God i hate/love nytpitchbot
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Big things happening this week in the Abrego Garcia case.
- By today, DOJ must "answer and respond to" outstanding discovery requests
- By Wednesday, Plaintiffs seek two additional depositions
- By Thursday, DOJ must respond to that request
- By Friday, the first round of depositions are completed
- By today, DOJ must "answer and respond to" outstanding discovery requests
- By Wednesday, Plaintiffs seek two additional depositions
- By Thursday, DOJ must respond to that request
- By Friday, the first round of depositions are completed
May 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Big things happening this week in the Abrego Garcia case.
- By today, DOJ must "answer and respond to" outstanding discovery requests
- By Wednesday, Plaintiffs seek two additional depositions
- By Thursday, DOJ must respond to that request
- By Friday, the first round of depositions are completed
- By today, DOJ must "answer and respond to" outstanding discovery requests
- By Wednesday, Plaintiffs seek two additional depositions
- By Thursday, DOJ must respond to that request
- By Friday, the first round of depositions are completed
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(🔐) Please understand that this is neither a stunt nor a casual conversation. It’s long, fully sourced, includes reams of hard data—among much else, on anticipated casualties—and takes into account the best intel we now have on Trump, Musk, and their political plans. I hope you’ll share this widely.
BREAKING NEWS: The Artificial Intelligence Elon Musk Funded Now Asserts That There Will More Likely Than Not Be a Second U.S. Civil War This Year or Next
In conversation with the only author who’s both a bestselling Trump biographer and bestselling Musk biographer, Grok finds a 70% chance of civil war. A transcript of the lengthy conversation is below.
sethabramson.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
(🔐) Please understand that this is neither a stunt nor a casual conversation. It’s long, fully sourced, includes reams of hard data—among much else, on anticipated casualties—and takes into account the best intel we now have on Trump, Musk, and their political plans. I hope you’ll share this widely.
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Donald Trump has ended USSS protection for both Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden.
Another clear signal that he himself never intends to be an ex-president, nor see his family be the family of an ex-president.
The number of such signals is growing exponentially by the week.
Another clear signal that he himself never intends to be an ex-president, nor see his family be the family of an ex-president.
The number of such signals is growing exponentially by the week.
March 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Donald Trump has ended USSS protection for both Hunter Biden and Ashley Biden.
Another clear signal that he himself never intends to be an ex-president, nor see his family be the family of an ex-president.
The number of such signals is growing exponentially by the week.
Another clear signal that he himself never intends to be an ex-president, nor see his family be the family of an ex-president.
The number of such signals is growing exponentially by the week.
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The Department of Justice was created in 1870 with an explicit mission to protect civil rights and enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
Leavitt: "We want to restore the Department of Justice to an institution that focuses on fighting law and order."
March 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Department of Justice was created in 1870 with an explicit mission to protect civil rights and enforce the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
The DOJ went after the Klan hard, securing thousands of indictments and 600+ convictions within the first year alone.
How about restoring *that* focus?
Quick someone tell @insymttv.bsky.social
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March 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Quick someone tell @insymttv.bsky.social
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It's actually extremely easy to understand why Joe Rogan would do this, but understanding it would require the ADL to ask larger questions about their new political allies on the Trumpist right, so instead they're going to pretend it's inexplicable.
March 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's actually extremely easy to understand why Joe Rogan would do this, but understanding it would require the ADL to ask larger questions about their new political allies on the Trumpist right, so instead they're going to pretend it's inexplicable.
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It's not just libraries & consumers—creators suffer too, trapped in exploitative licensing schemes.
🎸 @eve6.bsky.social Max Collins: "We get a million streams a month on Spotify... and make about $3,000. It’s a pretty sick deal…for the corporations.” popula.com/2022/08/11/o...
🎸 @eve6.bsky.social Max Collins: "We get a million streams a month on Spotify... and make about $3,000. It’s a pretty sick deal…for the corporations.” popula.com/2022/08/11/o...
Own Music! Own Books!
Owning media is now an act of countercultural defiance
popula.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's not just libraries & consumers—creators suffer too, trapped in exploitative licensing schemes.
🎸 @eve6.bsky.social Max Collins: "We get a million streams a month on Spotify... and make about $3,000. It’s a pretty sick deal…for the corporations.” popula.com/2022/08/11/o...
🎸 @eve6.bsky.social Max Collins: "We get a million streams a month on Spotify... and make about $3,000. It’s a pretty sick deal…for the corporations.” popula.com/2022/08/11/o...
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As librarian @siobhanh.bsky.social puts it: “The transition to subscription-only access... fundamentally undermines the ability of academic libraries to build collections that serve their specific institutional needs.” www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
OPINION: A librarian's summary of, and response to, the Clarivate announcement - UKSG
Siobhan Haimé takes a look at detail the Clarivate announcement and its practical (and possibly unintentional transformational) effects.
www.uksg.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As librarian @siobhanh.bsky.social puts it: “The transition to subscription-only access... fundamentally undermines the ability of academic libraries to build collections that serve their specific institutional needs.” www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...
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Libraries once bought books to own forever. Now, publishers push "subscription-only" models, making it impossible for libraries to build lasting collections. This hurts scholars, researchers, and the public. clarivate.com/news/clariva...
Clarivate Unveils Transformative Subscription-Based Access Strategy for Academia | Clarivate
New approach enables broad, simple and affordable access to trusted scholarly content for learning and research
clarivate.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Libraries once bought books to own forever. Now, publishers push "subscription-only" models, making it impossible for libraries to build lasting collections. This hurts scholars, researchers, and the public. clarivate.com/news/clariva...
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Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Wyden to FTC: Stop digital “bait-and-switch” sales | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w...
What's at stake? 🧵
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we’re five seconds from this
March 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
we’re five seconds from this
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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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