Kate
@kateflaim.bsky.social
Food lover, library lover, mother of 3, sometime journalist.
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they want us poor, sick and desperate
We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
they want us poor, sick and desperate
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I just walked out of the joint congressional address because Trump is lying to the American people.
No matter what Trump claimed in his address tonight, Americans can see the truth.
No matter what Trump claimed in his address tonight, Americans can see the truth.
March 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I just walked out of the joint congressional address because Trump is lying to the American people.
No matter what Trump claimed in his address tonight, Americans can see the truth.
No matter what Trump claimed in his address tonight, Americans can see the truth.
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Every single time this discourse resurfaces, it winds up being less about money and time and almost entirely about people hating the idea of leftovers
as someone on the zoomer/millennial boundary i feel there's a legit problem with people not knowing how to purchase groceries
January 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Every single time this discourse resurfaces, it winds up being less about money and time and almost entirely about people hating the idea of leftovers
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Hello Bookish Friends in Mass! The state legislature has been working on a bill to protect libraries from book bans! Maybe contact your reps to check in on it! (From @authorsabb.bsky.social ) malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2...
Bill S.2839
malegislature.gov
December 12, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Hello Bookish Friends in Mass! The state legislature has been working on a bill to protect libraries from book bans! Maybe contact your reps to check in on it! (From @authorsabb.bsky.social ) malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2...
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Are we supposed to refrain from pointing out that he has neither the legal authority to do any of this nor any coherent plan to bring it about? I’m not up on the latest politesse.
There goes every national park and wilderness area in the country
Trump announces that billionaires no longer have to comply with environmental regulations
December 11, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Are we supposed to refrain from pointing out that he has neither the legal authority to do any of this nor any coherent plan to bring it about? I’m not up on the latest politesse.
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Okay, now that we're thinking about Substack and both its cultural influence and its business model, can I walk you all through the economics? Because they make no sense, and we can use that to predict how things are going to go... (Caution:🧵)
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Okay, now that we're thinking about Substack and both its cultural influence and its business model, can I walk you all through the economics? Because they make no sense, and we can use that to predict how things are going to go... (Caution:🧵)
This was one thing that kept coming up for me during Ezra Klein’s frustrating podcast w Vivek R. a few weeks ago. Does he not understand the impact of simply the firing of so many people from solid dependable jobs, much less the general chaos that would ensue? (I mean...obviously he doesn’t. But…)
You may think firing federal employees is a DC problem but the person who delivers your mail is a federal employee. 85% of federal employees live outside the DC metro. In many places, they are around 10% or more of the local workforce. #giftlink
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
See where federal workers live in the U.S.
As a government shutdown looms, see where U.S. federal employees live. Only 15 percent of the 2.19 million federal employees work in the Washington metro area.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:59 AM
This was one thing that kept coming up for me during Ezra Klein’s frustrating podcast w Vivek R. a few weeks ago. Does he not understand the impact of simply the firing of so many people from solid dependable jobs, much less the general chaos that would ensue? (I mean...obviously he doesn’t. But…)
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I honestly don’t think Americans understand how much their day to day lives depend on federal civil servants and now is the time for professional commentators to write op-eds explaining
November 17, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I honestly don’t think Americans understand how much their day to day lives depend on federal civil servants and now is the time for professional commentators to write op-eds explaining
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The Daily opened today with the claim that Elon Musk was appointed to a new government agency. What is going on. @nytimes.com you need to do your job. This is not a government agency. That should be explained clearly, at the top.
November 13, 2024 at 1:40 PM
The Daily opened today with the claim that Elon Musk was appointed to a new government agency. What is going on. @nytimes.com you need to do your job. This is not a government agency. That should be explained clearly, at the top.
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My plea to reporters is to not call it the Department of Government Efficiency. It is not a Department. It is almost certainly going to a Federal Advisory Committee, and it is very important that reporters accurately convey that Vivek and Elon are working on an advisory committee.
November 13, 2024 at 1:19 AM
My plea to reporters is to not call it the Department of Government Efficiency. It is not a Department. It is almost certainly going to a Federal Advisory Committee, and it is very important that reporters accurately convey that Vivek and Elon are working on an advisory committee.
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there has to be a better way than sounding an alarm every single time a deranged trump-related story drops. it's unhealthy and unsustainable. we need to find a way to stay informed without spiking cortisol and without losing sight of the bigger picture. i'm just...not sure how.
November 12, 2024 at 10:23 PM
there has to be a better way than sounding an alarm every single time a deranged trump-related story drops. it's unhealthy and unsustainable. we need to find a way to stay informed without spiking cortisol and without losing sight of the bigger picture. i'm just...not sure how.
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The moderators should start by saying "No matter how much a candidate lies, we will not tell you the truth."
October 2, 2024 at 12:58 AM
The moderators should start by saying "No matter how much a candidate lies, we will not tell you the truth."