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I continue to think this story deserves wall-to-wall coverage. (It's front page on WaPo right now, but the NYT's long story on this is now buried at the bottom of its US News section, and the LAT is running the AP story below "More Headlines" in its politics section.)
This is what its like to work in the Trump administration now. When a career official objected to declaring that living immigrants were dead on legal and ethical grounds, security guards went to his office and told him to leave.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead
A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency’s deaths database were ignored.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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A weekend boost. It's 1933, London. There has been a MURDER. The police cannot solve it, so they have given you the file. Can solve the case? There is a SEALED ENVELOPE IN THE BACK with the solution. September 16th--YOU ARE THE DETECTIVE.
In these weird and terrible times, it feels strange to announce things, but I made something I think will bring JOY! Do YOU want to solve a mystery? What if someone handed you the file with a sealed solution in the back...

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Cover reveal: 'You Are the Detective' takes readers on an interactive murder mystery
Ready to get your Sherlock on? Readers can figure out whodunit in the interactive mystery book "You Are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder."
www.usatoday.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Gosh, Wall Street was looking so chipper this morning.

FFS
April 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Reminder: If you’re using thumbprint or facial recognition, you can be forced to hand over or open your phone. You can’t be forced to open your phone if you’re using a passcode. A passcode requires a search warrant. The more you know.

#WeKeepUsSafe #Resistance #Resist #KnowYourRights
April 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Well, that should take care of it.
BREAKING: Senator Ron Wyden announces a bipartisan resolution to end Trump's global tariffs.
April 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES:

If you’re looking to get involved with volunteer efforts in LA, please check out this list provided by Mutual Aid LA:
LA Fires | IN PERSON Volunteer Opps
docs.google.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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if you were never on threads, please meet a brand doing it right. this lil cow in a cape is worth a follow, even if you’re a carnivore (shhh).
Social media strategy for 2025:
1. Be more unhinged on Bluesky
2. Somehow keep my job
3. Be less afraid when someone in the office asks "Do you run the Bluesky account?"
4. Promote our products at least once
5. Beyond Hot Italian Sausage
6. Already did number 5, nailed it
January 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Boosting this post from my pal Jeff Russo.

ATTN LA Music industry folks:

Musiccares is offering immediate financial assistance and food vouchers to anyone who has worked in the music biz for five years or longer.

Write to musiccaresrelief@musiccares.org or call 800-687-4227
January 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Then again, every Target is a mini-golf course if you have the equipment and believe in yourself.
December 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Remember, if you get one of my books as a gift, this allows me to slink into your house through the vents at some point in the next 365 days. See you soon!
December 25, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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If you live in New Jersey, please share this widely with your friends and family
December 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Jesus H. Roosevelt Fucking Christ
The fact that this dude's vote counts the same... 😒
November 27, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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No comedian is funnier than Shaq, on tv doing NBA commentary, openly admitting he doesn’t know who a player he’s commentating on is.
November 27, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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Was at the library today. They are just the best spaces: free and open to everyone, no questions or judgement. No wonder the fascists hate them.
November 24, 2024 at 4:29 AM
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I'm bringing my campaign against Stanley Cup culture to these Blue Skies.
a woman in a black dress is sitting in front of a candle and says i 'm a working woman .
ALT: a woman in a black dress is sitting in front of a candle and says i 'm a working woman .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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I was on three podcasts this week and I only made a dildo-related analogy on one of them. I feel this means the week was on balance a success and I deserve a second drink tonight.
November 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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Hamas leaders say they attacked Israel because they feared the Palestinian cause was slipping away and they needed to “change the equation.”

“I hope that the state of war with Israel will become permanent,” a Hamas leader told The New York Times.
Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War
Hamas leaders say they waged their Oct. 7 attack on Israel because they believed the Palestinian cause was slipping away, and that only violence could revive it.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2023 at 6:02 PM
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One of the best ideas the Jewish people ever had was to hit September and go: “You know what? We’ve had enough. Fuck it, it’s next year now.” Shana tova, everyone!
September 16, 2023 at 4:05 AM
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We’re all criticizing Lauren Boebert for giving an over the pants hand job in a theater, but honestly she deserves credit for being a Republican legislator who hooks up LIKE a teenager instead of WITH a teenager.
September 16, 2023 at 4:06 PM
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It is Bandcamp Friday. I just sent another $5,000 to the Haitian People’s Support Project and $2,500 to It Gets Better from releases on my label; the total is over $200K. Perhaps you would enjoy listening to and, even better, purchasing some music:

sparetherockrecords.bandcamp.com
Spare the Rock Records
Spare the Rock Records, formed in 2010, has released four impressively successful benefit albums . The label, founded by Bill Childs (producer and host of long-running family radio show Spare the Rock...
sparetherockrecords.bandcamp.com
September 1, 2023 at 3:35 PM
#Tradle #543 3/6
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oec.world/en/tradle
September 1, 2023 at 3:49 PM
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Maybe the funniest sentence to ever appear in a concession, especially given the clown car of weirdos on that debate stage:

“It was a privilege to come so close to appearing onstage with the other candidates at last week's first debate."
August 30, 2023 at 7:41 PM