Keith Ivey
@kcivey.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
computer/politics geek, on steering committee of DC for Democracy, former cohost of DC Drinking Liberally. #DCPolitics #DCElections
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Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies.
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies.
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
I didn't really think spammers were bothering to make clone accounts of people on Mastodon, especially now, but they are.
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I didn't really think spammers were bothering to make clone accounts of people on Mastodon, especially now, but they are.
Fourteen people so far have filed statements of candidacy with the FEC to run for DC delegate:
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Angel Anthony Rios
Kinney Zalesne
Greg Maye
Brian Ready
Jerry McClairn Jr
Deirdre Brown
Gordon Chaffin
Robert Matthews
Gavin Solomon
Kelly Mikel Williams
Robert C White Jr
Jacque […]
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Angel Anthony Rios
Kinney Zalesne
Greg Maye
Brian Ready
Jerry McClairn Jr
Deirdre Brown
Gordon Chaffin
Robert Matthews
Gavin Solomon
Kelly Mikel Williams
Robert C White Jr
Jacque […]
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mastodon.social
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fourteen people so far have filed statements of candidacy with the FEC to run for DC delegate:
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Angel Anthony Rios
Kinney Zalesne
Greg Maye
Brian Ready
Jerry McClairn Jr
Deirdre Brown
Gordon Chaffin
Robert Matthews
Gavin Solomon
Kelly Mikel Williams
Robert C White Jr
Jacque […]
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Angel Anthony Rios
Kinney Zalesne
Greg Maye
Brian Ready
Jerry McClairn Jr
Deirdre Brown
Gordon Chaffin
Robert Matthews
Gavin Solomon
Kelly Mikel Williams
Robert C White Jr
Jacque […]
Someone registered with OCF yesterday for a new DC ballot initiative: Pro-Animal DC.
https://efiling.ocf.dc.gov/Disclosure/FilingHistory/16846
Here's their site: https://proanimaldc.org/
I'm not sure how much factory farming is happening in DC.
#dcelections
https://efiling.ocf.dc.gov/Disclosure/FilingHistory/16846
Here's their site: https://proanimaldc.org/
I'm not sure how much factory farming is happening in DC.
#dcelections
Statement of Candidacy Summary - Office of Campaign Finance
efiling.ocf.dc.gov
September 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Someone registered with OCF yesterday for a new DC ballot initiative: Pro-Animal DC.
https://efiling.ocf.dc.gov/Disclosure/FilingHistory/16846
Here's their site: https://proanimaldc.org/
I'm not sure how much factory farming is happening in DC.
#dcelections
https://efiling.ocf.dc.gov/Disclosure/FilingHistory/16846
Here's their site: https://proanimaldc.org/
I'm not sure how much factory farming is happening in DC.
#dcelections
"Earlier this year, the mayor indicated she would announce by June whether she’ll seek a fourth term, but June was three months ago, and Bowser still hasn’t said publicly what her plans are. When asked about it by reporters, she says that during these tumultuous times D.C. faces, it’s not the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Earlier this year, the mayor indicated she would announce by June whether she’ll seek a fourth term, but June was three months ago, and Bowser still hasn’t said publicly what her plans are. When asked about it by reporters, she says that during these tumultuous times D.C. faces, it’s not the […]
"The 37-year-old Instagram user from London who received the posts and asked to remain anonymous said: 'Over several days I was repeatedly served Meta adverts for Threads that exclusively featured parents’ images of their daughters in school uniform, some revealing their names. As a father, I […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"The 37-year-old Instagram user from London who received the posts and asked to remain anonymous said: 'Over several days I was repeatedly served Meta adverts for Threads that exclusively featured parents’ images of their daughters in school uniform, some revealing their names. As a father, I […]
Chairman Comer of the House Oversight Committee is calling in Mayor Bowser, Council Chairman Mendelson, and AG Schwalb next week to badger them about crime in DC.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-hearing-with-d-c-officials/ #dcpolitics
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-hearing-with-d-c-officials/ #dcpolitics
Chairman Comer Announces Hearing with D.C. Officials - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
September 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Chairman Comer of the House Oversight Committee is calling in Mayor Bowser, Council Chairman Mendelson, and AG Schwalb next week to badger them about crime in DC.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-hearing-with-d-c-officials/ #dcpolitics
https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-announces-hearing-with-d-c-officials/ #dcpolitics
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Wait. The same Clay Higgins who suggested Twitter execs would be investigated by the FBI and jailed for doing basic content moderation... is now demanding that social media accounts be banned for life?
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wait. The same Clay Higgins who suggested Twitter execs would be investigated by the FBI and jailed for doing basic content moderation... is now demanding that social media accounts be banned for life?
More deranged lies about DC from Trump, ending with a bit about forcing himself on Bowser.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lydipa4jog2m #freedc
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lydipa4jog2m #freedc
September 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
More deranged lies about DC from Trump, ending with a bit about forcing himself on Bowser.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lydipa4jog2m #freedc
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lydipa4jog2m #freedc
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Good morning!
This is your occasional depressing reminder that - in addition to all of the other horrible things - Musk, Trump, and some asshole who goes by "Big Balls" have certainly stolen our personal information - SSNs, addresses, birthdays, tax filings, health records, and all the rest.
1/?
This is your occasional depressing reminder that - in addition to all of the other horrible things - Musk, Trump, and some asshole who goes by "Big Balls" have certainly stolen our personal information - SSNs, addresses, birthdays, tax filings, health records, and all the rest.
1/?
A whistleblower has revealed that DOGE staffers uploaded millions of Americans' Social Security information to an unauthorized server.
The Trump administration's recklessness with our data should be a wake-up call that it's time to update our decades-old laws so that our privacy is truly protected.
The Trump administration's recklessness with our data should be a wake-up call that it's time to update our decades-old laws so that our privacy is truly protected.
DOGE mishandled your Social Security data. Here’s what that means.
A whistleblower alleges that staffers with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have exposed with Americans’ Social Security numbers.
www.msnbc.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good morning!
This is your occasional depressing reminder that - in addition to all of the other horrible things - Musk, Trump, and some asshole who goes by "Big Balls" have certainly stolen our personal information - SSNs, addresses, birthdays, tax filings, health records, and all the rest.
1/?
This is your occasional depressing reminder that - in addition to all of the other horrible things - Musk, Trump, and some asshole who goes by "Big Balls" have certainly stolen our personal information - SSNs, addresses, birthdays, tax filings, health records, and all the rest.
1/?
The Post says "it is unclear" whether the president can rename a department created by Congress.
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Post says "it is unclear" whether the president can rename a department created by Congress.
Florida continues to Florida.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-surgeon-general-says-state-will-eliminate-vaccine-mandates-rcna228835
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-surgeon-general-says-state-will-eliminate-vaccine-mandates-rcna228835
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Ellington Bridge is full of spotted lanternflies.
September 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Ellington Bridge is full of spotted lanternflies.
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ICE showed up and stopped all of the people fighting a wildfire from working until they showed identification. They then snatched two of the firefighters and no one knows where they are.
ICE won't say what their names are or why they were taken […]
ICE won't say what their names are or why they were taken […]
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sauropods.win
September 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
ICE showed up and stopped all of the people fighting a wildfire from working until they showed identification. They then snatched two of the firefighters and no one knows where they are.
ICE won't say what their names are or why they were taken […]
ICE won't say what their names are or why they were taken […]
Martha Raddatz repeatedly uses Bowser's statements against Wes Moore here, saying the occupation of DC is working, so why not expand it to other cities? The mayor has really undermined everyone who's arguing against the federal invasion.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lxpageq56k2n […]
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lxpageq56k2n […]
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mastodon.social
August 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Martha Raddatz repeatedly uses Bowser's statements against Wes Moore here, saying the occupation of DC is working, so why not expand it to other cities? The mayor has really undermined everyone who's arguing against the federal invasion.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lxpageq56k2n […]
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lxpageq56k2n […]
"In some states, pharmacists are forbidden to administer vaccines that are not recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel. […]
Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts […]
Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts […]
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mastodon.social
August 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"In some states, pharmacists are forbidden to administer vaccines that are not recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel. […]
Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts […]
Those states are Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts […]
A bunch of people in tonight's march were chanting "Recall Bowser!" and I 100% sympathize, but citywide recalls in DC are nearly impossible. Plus if by a miracle it succeeded, it would cut only a few months off her time in office, and Mendelson would become acting mayor. Better to devote that […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A bunch of people in tonight's march were chanting "Recall Bowser!" and I 100% sympathize, but citywide recalls in DC are nearly impossible. Plus if by a miracle it succeeded, it would cut only a few months off her time in office, and Mendelson would become acting mayor. Better to devote that […]
"'We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,' Bowser said at a press conference. 'The difference between this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents an 87% reduction in carjackings.'"
I had some vague hope the mayor […]
I had some vague hope the mayor […]
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mastodon.social
August 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"'We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,' Bowser said at a press conference. 'The difference between this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents an 87% reduction in carjackings.'"
I had some vague hope the mayor […]
I had some vague hope the mayor […]
"Police said the two men were wearing bulletproof vests and had some sort of badge around their necks.…
Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/men-impersonating-police-shot-bellnole-drive/285-931f39d1-2f01-4654-b56a-cc11abaaaf72
Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/men-impersonating-police-shot-bellnole-drive/285-931f39d1-2f01-4654-b56a-cc11abaaaf72
August 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Police said the two men were wearing bulletproof vests and had some sort of badge around their necks.…
Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/men-impersonating-police-shot-bellnole-drive/285-931f39d1-2f01-4654-b56a-cc11abaaaf72
Stringer noted that real officers do not wear ski masks."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/men-impersonating-police-shot-bellnole-drive/285-931f39d1-2f01-4654-b56a-cc11abaaaf72
We know what Trump policies are concealed under most of these phrases, but I'd like to know the administration's warped definitions for "elevate the Nation's HBCUS and Hispanic Serving Institutions", "support Tribal communities", and "support the economic development of Asian American […]
August 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We know what Trump policies are concealed under most of these phrases, but I'd like to know the administration's warped definitions for "elevate the Nation's HBCUS and Hispanic Serving Institutions", "support Tribal communities", and "support the economic development of Asian American […]
I apologize for complaining about how much Vance goes on vacation. He should go more often so that we don't have to hear his propaganda (though it is unfortunate for the inhabitants of the places he goes).
WELKER: Is this retribution?
JD VANCE: Well, who has said it looks a lot like retribution? A lot of people who tried to throw Donald Trump in prison for completely fake charges ... they're gonna find out that what we're doing is being very deliberate and driven by the national interest
JD VANCE: Well, who has said it looks a lot like retribution? A lot of people who tried to throw Donald Trump in prison for completely fake charges ... they're gonna find out that what we're doing is being very deliberate and driven by the national interest
August 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I apologize for complaining about how much Vance goes on vacation. He should go more often so that we don't have to hear his propaganda (though it is unfortunate for the inhabitants of the places he goes).
Wait, 9.8 points out of the proposed 12.9% increase in Kaiser health insurance premiums in DC is from increased profit margin?
https://disb.dc.gov/node/1780451
https://disb.dc.gov/node/1780451
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wait, 9.8 points out of the proposed 12.9% increase in Kaiser health insurance premiums in DC is from increased profit margin?
https://disb.dc.gov/node/1780451
https://disb.dc.gov/node/1780451
Trump's next step will be to appoint Irwin Mainway as head of the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
https://youtu.be/veMiNQifZcM
https://youtu.be/veMiNQifZcM
CPSC Withdraws Rules That Are Outdated, Fail to Advance Safety; New Leadership Focuses on Hazards That Pose Real Risks. Learn more: www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/New...
CPSC Withdraws Rules That Are Outdated, Fail to Advance Safety; New Leadership Focuses on Hazards That Pose Real Risks
CPSC Withdraws Rules That Are Outdated, Fail to Advance Safety; New Leadership Focuses on Hazards That Pose Real Risks
www.cpsc.gov
August 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump's next step will be to appoint Irwin Mainway as head of the Consumer Products Safety Commission.
https://youtu.be/veMiNQifZcM
https://youtu.be/veMiNQifZcM
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these people just fundamentally believe that only they have the legitimate right to political power www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-house-...
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
these people just fundamentally believe that only they have the legitimate right to political power www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-house-...