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Áine Chláir Nic Bhuacháin
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Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
~ Seamus Heaney
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Republicans & Trump are planning to gut Medicaid, SNAP, & put an additional 10%-20% sales tax on nearly everything you buy so they can give MORE tax breaks to billionaires.

Republican economics: Tax breaks for the rich, paid for by working Americans.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
As Republican leaders look for ways to offset the costs of a new set of tax cuts, social safety net programs are under discussion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Reposted by Áine Chláir Nic Bhuacháin
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Reposted by Áine Chláir Nic Bhuacháin
Trump's not only going to allow a genocide in Palestine, and likely in Ukraine, but he's planning to start one here. Ironic.

He moved the embassy to Jerusalem to satisfy the evangelicals and hardliners in Israel. I can assure all the malcontents he will do whatever he can to make it worse.
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Should we be quietly making plans to move back to Ireland? Finally, I got an appointment with the Irish consulate in Austin after the first of the year.
November 18, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Reposted by Áine Chláir Nic Bhuacháin
Breaking News: A federal judge blocked a Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, in what is expected to be a long legal battle.
Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms
The ruling is likely the first in what could be a long legal fight for conservative Christian groups hoping to amplify public expressions of faith.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:27 PM
November 12, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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Scarlett Johansson says Sam Altman asked her to voice ChatGPT, she said no, and he used an imitation of her voice anyways. Perhaps this says something about his treatment of women and people in general
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Scarlett Johansson says she was 'shocked, angered' when she heard ChatGPT voice that sounded like her
The “Her” actor released a statement following OpenAI pulling its “Sky” voice from ChatGPT, which many people said sounded like her.
www.nbcnews.com
May 20, 2024 at 11:11 PM