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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
If you don’t already read her every day, please at least read her today:
February 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you don’t already read her every day, please at least read her today:
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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The march of the anti-anti-fraud brigade …
I wonder how one possibly justifies any of these actions
February 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The march of the anti-anti-fraud brigade …
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Seriously, journalists do not have to validate a demonstrably false claim. The KKK is not a public safety organization. The 2020 election was not stolen. DOGE is not about efficiency. Do not repeat the lies.
February 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Seriously, journalists do not have to validate a demonstrably false claim. The KKK is not a public safety organization. The 2020 election was not stolen. DOGE is not about efficiency. Do not repeat the lies.
#knitting is comfort, therapy and joy — all embodied in this little bitty wisp of garter stitch, who knew. The famous Sophie but at worsted gauge in @kelbournewoolens.bsky.social Germantown.
#sophiescarf #petiteknit #knitsky
#sophiescarf #petiteknit #knitsky
February 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
#knitting is comfort, therapy and joy — all embodied in this little bitty wisp of garter stitch, who knew. The famous Sophie but at worsted gauge in @kelbournewoolens.bsky.social Germantown.
#sophiescarf #petiteknit #knitsky
#sophiescarf #petiteknit #knitsky
In case anyone actually wondered whether the GOP Congress would defend their own authority or dutifully roll over …
NEW: I just moved to subpoena Elon Musk to appear before the Oversight Committee to answer for his unlawful takeover of agencies across the government.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
Republicans blocked my motion without allowing any debate.
They will stop at nothing to cover up Elon Musk's lawlessness.
February 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In case anyone actually wondered whether the GOP Congress would defend their own authority or dutifully roll over …
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World's richest man ends America's modest aid to the world's poorest people.
I'm not a big believer in hell, but willing to make an exception
I'm not a big believer in hell, but willing to make an exception
February 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
World's richest man ends America's modest aid to the world's poorest people.
I'm not a big believer in hell, but willing to make an exception
I'm not a big believer in hell, but willing to make an exception
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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
Had such a nice time using the icon of the new @bookshop-org.bsky.social ebook app to bump the old one off my home screen 🙌
#booklover #booksky #ebooks
#booklover #booksky #ebooks
February 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Had such a nice time using the icon of the new @bookshop-org.bsky.social ebook app to bump the old one off my home screen 🙌
#booklover #booksky #ebooks
#booklover #booksky #ebooks
So happy to see this, despite/in light of the circumstances of its birth:
I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency
We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So happy to see this, despite/in light of the circumstances of its birth:
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If you have been unable to keep up with Trump's destruction of democracy and the US government in the last two weeks, here is a summary (with citations) by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
February 1, 2025
Throughout now-president Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, it was clear that his support was coming from three very different factions whose only shared ideology was a determination to destroy the federal...
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you have been unable to keep up with Trump's destruction of democracy and the US government in the last two weeks, here is a summary (with citations) by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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As long as a copy doesn’t end up on Hilary Clinton’s server then it’s totally fine.
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
As long as a copy doesn’t end up on Hilary Clinton’s server then it’s totally fine.
HV friends—
January 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
HV friends—
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The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly launched “curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. Careful, you could lose some hours in here… [kottke.org]
The Public Domain Image Archive
The Public Domain Review (a true gem of the web) has launched The Public Domain Image Archive, “a curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”.
While Th
kottke.org
January 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly launched “curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. Careful, you could lose some hours in here… [kottke.org]
Rearranged the app icons on my home screen so my thumb can’t unthinkingly tap the one I don’t want it tapping. Recommended.
January 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Rearranged the app icons on my home screen so my thumb can’t unthinkingly tap the one I don’t want it tapping. Recommended.
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I keep this quote in the front of my journal. Sharing it here today. “Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented—which is what fear and anxiety do to a person—into something whole.” —Louise Bourgeois, Artist (1911-2010)
January 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I keep this quote in the front of my journal. Sharing it here today. “Art is restoration: the idea is to repair the damages that are inflicted in life, to make something that is fragmented—which is what fear and anxiety do to a person—into something whole.” —Louise Bourgeois, Artist (1911-2010)
They say the first post is always the hardest 🤸♀️🤸♂️🤸
January 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
They say the first post is always the hardest 🤸♀️🤸♂️🤸