John F. Buckley
@johnfbuckley.bsky.social
I'm not moving to Canada.
The clampdown continues.
The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The clampdown continues.
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A California city has passed a law targeting unhoused people that will ban camping on public property and make “aiding [or] abetting” encampments illegal – a provision that has caused worry among non-profits and advocates.
‘Poverty is not a crime’: outrage after California city passes law targeting homeless encampments
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A California city has passed a law targeting unhoused people that will ban camping on public property and make “aiding [or] abetting” encampments illegal – a provision that has caused worry among non-profits and advocates.
As Musk's cadre of twentysomethings harvests our personal information, I'm glad freezing accounts with the three big credit bureaus is free and easy. Experian and Equifax I did online in a minute or so, but I called TransUnion on the phone because their website was sluggish.
February 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
As Musk's cadre of twentysomethings harvests our personal information, I'm glad freezing accounts with the three big credit bureaus is free and easy. Experian and Equifax I did online in a minute or so, but I called TransUnion on the phone because their website was sluggish.
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A 100 metre-wide asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedures for the first time after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.
Asteroid spotted that has 1.3% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032
Asteroid 2024 YR4 rises to top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December by automated telescope in Chile
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A 100 metre-wide asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedures for the first time after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.
I appreciate Project Gutenberg. Here's a declassified WWII-era guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184...
Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States. Office of Strategic Services
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
www.gutenberg.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I appreciate Project Gutenberg. Here's a declassified WWII-era guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184...
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If anything, RFK, Jr. permanently ended impostor syndrome. After today, no one should ever feel unqualified for anything, ever.
January 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If anything, RFK, Jr. permanently ended impostor syndrome. After today, no one should ever feel unqualified for anything, ever.
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Absolute serial killer but sure. Let’s put him in charge of human lives.
January 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Absolute serial killer but sure. Let’s put him in charge of human lives.
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Without Mel Brooks hiring Lynch to make THE ELEPHANT MAN — on the strength of ERASERHEAD alone — he is very likely just a guy who made a weird film at AFI. That whole filmography you love doesn’t happen.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
January 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Without Mel Brooks hiring Lynch to make THE ELEPHANT MAN — on the strength of ERASERHEAD alone — he is very likely just a guy who made a weird film at AFI. That whole filmography you love doesn’t happen.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.