@kharpdittmar.bsky.social
I have made a grand total of...3 posts on this app that are not just re-posts. Somehow that has gained 47 followers? Go to the accounts I'm reposting from and leave me in peace randos 😂
July 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I have made a grand total of...3 posts on this app that are not just re-posts. Somehow that has gained 47 followers? Go to the accounts I'm reposting from and leave me in peace randos 😂
Deactivated and then reactivated this account. Happy to he here lurking! I don't have the energy for actual posting at this point so you're gonna see 95% reposts if you follow along.
Just wanted a space for when I tire of the metaverse ❤️
Just wanted a space for when I tire of the metaverse ❤️
June 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Deactivated and then reactivated this account. Happy to he here lurking! I don't have the energy for actual posting at this point so you're gonna see 95% reposts if you follow along.
Just wanted a space for when I tire of the metaverse ❤️
Just wanted a space for when I tire of the metaverse ❤️
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I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
June 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget
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One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
One of the benefits of reading a lot of history is that you realize how many people who were ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN they were doing a lot of good were, in fact, doing a lot of harm.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
Certainty is a hell of a drug. Certainty combined with fame/power is especially dangerous.
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When Trump and Musk tout how much money they're saving by gutting cancer research and Social Security services, know this:
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When Trump and Musk tout how much money they're saving by gutting cancer research and Social Security services, know this:
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.
None of their destruction is actually about saving money.
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This will directly cause hundreds of thousands of new and needless deaths from tuberculosis every year, and reverse decades of progress in fighting our deadliest infection. I'm just devastated.
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This will directly cause hundreds of thousands of new and needless deaths from tuberculosis every year, and reverse decades of progress in fighting our deadliest infection. I'm just devastated.
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The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
restoredcdc.org
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.
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Polluters get a free ride to pollute as US Supreme Court guts E.P.A.’s ability to enforce strict water quality standards under the Clean Water Act, with major implications for offshore Pollution regulation.
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/supreme...
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Ruling Weakens Water Protections, Raising Environmental Concerns
The Supreme Court’s latest ruling limits the E.P.A.’s power to enforce water quality laws, raising concerns over rising pollution levels
www.onegreenplanet.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Polluters get a free ride to pollute as US Supreme Court guts E.P.A.’s ability to enforce strict water quality standards under the Clean Water Act, with major implications for offshore Pollution regulation.
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/supreme...
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/supreme...
A little break from *gestures to everything*
I'm finding it increasingly troubling that I will be advertised a clothing item or outfit and think "that's cute, does it come in my size" ...only to click on it and learn it is for toddlers.
I'm finding it increasingly troubling that I will be advertised a clothing item or outfit and think "that's cute, does it come in my size" ...only to click on it and learn it is for toddlers.
March 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A little break from *gestures to everything*
I'm finding it increasingly troubling that I will be advertised a clothing item or outfit and think "that's cute, does it come in my size" ...only to click on it and learn it is for toddlers.
I'm finding it increasingly troubling that I will be advertised a clothing item or outfit and think "that's cute, does it come in my size" ...only to click on it and learn it is for toddlers.
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Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“People will die, but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
Does an entire generation of folks not remember the lessons of Captain Planet?? Fern Gully?? Once Upon A Forest???
February 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Does an entire generation of folks not remember the lessons of Captain Planet?? Fern Gully?? Once Upon A Forest???
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The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The FAA is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to overhaul the communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control and is awarding the work to Musk’s Starlink. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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With tired eyes and coffee breath, we all begin our Monday trudge that feels like death.
February 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
With tired eyes and coffee breath, we all begin our Monday trudge that feels like death.
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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
February 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.
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SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID
if I see one more post about how being a Hobbit is all about sitting around barefoot and eating potatoes I’m going to snap. it’s about toppling authoritarian regimes through self-sacrifice and love in action!!! get off your butt!!!!
(you can bring the potatoes with you though)
(you can bring the potatoes with you though)
February 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
SHE SAID WHAT SHE SAID
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Some action items for today!
February 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Some action items for today!
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Schoolhouse Rock is going to have to remake its cartoon on how a bill becomes a law.
February 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Schoolhouse Rock is going to have to remake its cartoon on how a bill becomes a law.
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We have to do three things right now, 1) block bad Trump admin actions, 2) build an opposition party that will win elections, 3) help people who need it. If an activism idea doesn’t do one of those, it’s not a good one.
February 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We have to do three things right now, 1) block bad Trump admin actions, 2) build an opposition party that will win elections, 3) help people who need it. If an activism idea doesn’t do one of those, it’s not a good one.