Grateful Padawan
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“…members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access…”
What kind of shady s**t is going on here??
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
What kind of shady s**t is going on here??
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“…members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access…”
What kind of shady s**t is going on here??
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
What kind of shady s**t is going on here??
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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April 15, 2025
April 15, 2025
A large crowd of protesters calling for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man the Trump administration sent to a notorious terrorist prison in El Salvador, milled around the courthouse ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
April 15, 2025
“Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am”
I can’t explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am”
April 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am”
I can’t explain, you would not understand.
This is not how I am”
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ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
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Today's Headlines
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today's Headlines
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Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.
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February 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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February 23, 2025
February 23, 2025
Something is shifting,” scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder posted on Bluesky yesterday.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
February 23, 2025
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While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
February 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
This darkness got to give.
February 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This darkness got to give.
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Just remember, the time between an apparent decisive victory (the destruction of the first Death Star) & an actual decisive victory (the destruction of the second Death Star) was 4 years, during which most of the time life sucked for everyone because the Empire was striking back all over the place.
February 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Just remember, the time between an apparent decisive victory (the destruction of the first Death Star) & an actual decisive victory (the destruction of the second Death Star) was 4 years, during which most of the time life sucked for everyone because the Empire was striking back all over the place.
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To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
nyer.cm
February 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
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February 17, 2025
February 17, 2025
Today is Presidents Day, a somewhat vague holiday placed in 1968 on the third Monday in February, near the date of George Washington’s birthday on February 22, 1732, but also traditionally including A...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
February 17, 2025
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Trey Anastasio Talks Phish’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination (and Why He’s Not Voting for His Own Band)
www.gq.com/story/trey-a...
#Entertainment #Music #Culture #Hollywood #Celebrities #TreyAnastasio #Phish #RockandRollHallofFame
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#Entertainment #Music #Culture #Hollywood #Celebrities #TreyAnastasio #Phish #RockandRollHallofFame
Trey Anastasio Talks Phish’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination (and Why He’s Not Voting for His Own Band)
Anastasio, a first-time nominee in Phish’s 41st year as a band, discusses what the honor means to him, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show, and how MJ Lenderman has ruined his life.
www.gq.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Trey Anastasio Talks Phish’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination (and Why He’s Not Voting for His Own Band)
www.gq.com/story/trey-a...
#Entertainment #Music #Culture #Hollywood #Celebrities #TreyAnastasio #Phish #RockandRollHallofFame
www.gq.com/story/trey-a...
#Entertainment #Music #Culture #Hollywood #Celebrities #TreyAnastasio #Phish #RockandRollHallofFame
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For the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, the only thing we can totally control, and therefore the only thing we should ever worry about, is our own judgment about what is good.
How to Be a Stoic
Born nearly two thousand years before Darwin and Freud, Epictetus seems to have anticipated a way out of their prisons.
nyer.cm
February 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
For the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, the only thing we can totally control, and therefore the only thing we should ever worry about, is our own judgment about what is good.
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February 16, 2025
February 16, 2025
The sixty-first Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading forum for talking about international security policy, took place from February 14 to February 16 this year.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
February 16, 2025
The right time to let go is always.
February 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The right time to let go is always.
Deep thoughts. Jack Handy.
February 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Deep thoughts. Jack Handy.
SNL 50 is the best event of 2025. It’s not even close.
February 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
SNL 50 is the best event of 2025. It’s not even close.
“We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.”
– Still Life With Woodpecker
– Still Life With Woodpecker
February 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“We are our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.”
– Still Life With Woodpecker
– Still Life With Woodpecker
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"The US administration are doing this above Zelensky's head... The b******s are gonna do this."
Nicholas Watt reports shock from senior UK defence figures, after Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin would begin talks to end the war in Ukraine "immediately".
#Newsnight
Nicholas Watt reports shock from senior UK defence figures, after Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin would begin talks to end the war in Ukraine "immediately".
#Newsnight
February 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"The US administration are doing this above Zelensky's head... The b******s are gonna do this."
Nicholas Watt reports shock from senior UK defence figures, after Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin would begin talks to end the war in Ukraine "immediately".
#Newsnight
Nicholas Watt reports shock from senior UK defence figures, after Donald Trump said he and Vladimir Putin would begin talks to end the war in Ukraine "immediately".
#Newsnight
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"They're celebrating in the Kremlin right now, they're popping Champagne."
Putin critic and financier, Bill Browder, says President Trump's announcement about the war in Ukraine is his 'worst nightmare' come true.
#Newsnight
Putin critic and financier, Bill Browder, says President Trump's announcement about the war in Ukraine is his 'worst nightmare' come true.
#Newsnight
February 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"They're celebrating in the Kremlin right now, they're popping Champagne."
Putin critic and financier, Bill Browder, says President Trump's announcement about the war in Ukraine is his 'worst nightmare' come true.
#Newsnight
Putin critic and financier, Bill Browder, says President Trump's announcement about the war in Ukraine is his 'worst nightmare' come true.
#Newsnight
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NEW: Despite Musk and Rubio’s statements, life-saving programs with USAID funds are NOT restarting. A funds transfer system is frozen. And a USAID official sent out an internal email obtained by @nytimes.com telling employees to halt applications to restart: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: Despite Musk and Rubio’s statements, life-saving programs with USAID funds are NOT restarting. A funds transfer system is frozen. And a USAID official sent out an internal email obtained by @nytimes.com telling employees to halt applications to restart: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...