Knitting Knerd
@lilnayners.bsky.social
Frontend web engineer 💻 knitter 🧶 book lover 📚 tabletop gamer🐉musician 🎶 wife 💍 mama 👬 corgi mom 🐾
Things got incredibly more serious yesterday...
April 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Things got incredibly more serious yesterday...
I went to my first ever protest this weekend! If you did, too, I'm proud of you. If you couldn't, that's ok! It's not the only form of resistance. Listed below are things you can and should be doing as you're able. It feels good to get validation that the things I do matter. #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff
Here’s how to stay in the fight:
📱 Use the 5 Calls app or Resist Bot to contact your elected officials daily.
🎤 Demand town halls. Show up at their public appearances.
🚫 Boycott evil corporations.
🗣️ Talk to your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors.
🌳 Build community power.
#FiftyFiftyOne
📱 Use the 5 Calls app or Resist Bot to contact your elected officials daily.
🎤 Demand town halls. Show up at their public appearances.
🚫 Boycott evil corporations.
🗣️ Talk to your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors.
🌳 Build community power.
#FiftyFiftyOne
April 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I went to my first ever protest this weekend! If you did, too, I'm proud of you. If you couldn't, that's ok! It's not the only form of resistance. Listed below are things you can and should be doing as you're able. It feels good to get validation that the things I do matter. #FiftyFiftyOne #HandsOff
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Florida! Today is the day to go out and vote. These would be huge wins and put us on the path to flipping the House. Your vote matters!
#politicalrevolution #govote #florida #specialelection
#politicalrevolution #govote #florida #specialelection
April 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Florida! Today is the day to go out and vote. These would be huge wins and put us on the path to flipping the House. Your vote matters!
#politicalrevolution #govote #florida #specialelection
#politicalrevolution #govote #florida #specialelection
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Sometimes protesting means not buying something, or buying it elsewhere.
What they will not say is it's not just inflation, layoffs and a slowing economy. Consumers have closed their wallets because the Billionaire Broligarchs have openly waged war on us and our government. Your economic protests are WORKING!
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/14/d...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/14/d...
U.S. consumers are starting to crack as tariffs add to inflation, recession concerns
Airline and retail executives are bracing for a slowdown in demand amid concerns tariffs will cut down consumer spending.
www.cnbc.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sometimes protesting means not buying something, or buying it elsewhere.
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People are protesting and resisting.
If you aren’t seeing this on @cnn.com or whatever media platform you watch, that doesn’t mean that it’s not happening, it means you need a new media platform.
If you aren’t seeing this on @cnn.com or whatever media platform you watch, that doesn’t mean that it’s not happening, it means you need a new media platform.
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
People are protesting and resisting.
If you aren’t seeing this on @cnn.com or whatever media platform you watch, that doesn’t mean that it’s not happening, it means you need a new media platform.
If you aren’t seeing this on @cnn.com or whatever media platform you watch, that doesn’t mean that it’s not happening, it means you need a new media platform.
Our pretty corgi baby keeping watch 🥰
Keeping vigil over our street in her majestic way that she does everything. #corgycrew #corgisky #dogsofbluesky
March 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our pretty corgi baby keeping watch 🥰
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Breath when you need to, we've got you.
March 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Breath when you need to, we've got you.
Happy international corgi day from this beauty who also happened to turn 1 year old today! #corgi #corgicrew
March 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy international corgi day from this beauty who also happened to turn 1 year old today! #corgi #corgicrew
Democrats need to figure out a more aggressive tactic, because while they're playing chess by the rules, DOGE and the president are swiping all the pieces off the board and calling it winning before the damage can be mitigated. I don't know what it is they should do, but I hope they figure it out.
Repeat after me:
DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.
DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.
DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.
Keep that in mind as Democrats "debate" a continuing resolution "strategy." #ItsAlreadyShutdown
DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.
DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.
DOGE has already illegally shut down much of the government.
Keep that in mind as Democrats "debate" a continuing resolution "strategy." #ItsAlreadyShutdown
March 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Democrats need to figure out a more aggressive tactic, because while they're playing chess by the rules, DOGE and the president are swiping all the pieces off the board and calling it winning before the damage can be mitigated. I don't know what it is they should do, but I hope they figure it out.
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This is not okay, reach out to your Congresspeople today. Light up their phones and emails, attend their town halls if they're brave enough to still have them. This administration needs to be stopped by the governing branch that was put in place to stop them.
NOAA is an absolute mess, and it’ll be worse tomorrow. Please help us. There have already been over 1,000 terminations. It’s not just layoffs—Elon Musk and his staffers are trying to completely dismantle us. Today, there were tons of firings, and more are coming tomorrow.
February 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is not okay, reach out to your Congresspeople today. Light up their phones and emails, attend their town halls if they're brave enough to still have them. This administration needs to be stopped by the governing branch that was put in place to stop them.
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WaPo is 147 years old. It's basically an American institution. It's now been destroyed by a billionaire.
The Constitution is 236 years old It's now being trampled on by a billionaire.
The problem with unfettered capitalism is that it becomes authoritarian oligarchy.
The Constitution is 236 years old It's now being trampled on by a billionaire.
The problem with unfettered capitalism is that it becomes authoritarian oligarchy.
February 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
WaPo is 147 years old. It's basically an American institution. It's now been destroyed by a billionaire.
The Constitution is 236 years old It's now being trampled on by a billionaire.
The problem with unfettered capitalism is that it becomes authoritarian oligarchy.
The Constitution is 236 years old It's now being trampled on by a billionaire.
The problem with unfettered capitalism is that it becomes authoritarian oligarchy.
Then do something about it and rally your party to hold him and Musk accountable and stop confirming his cabinet! Your party has the majority, you have the power, use it! @lisamurkowski.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Then do something about it and rally your party to hold him and Musk accountable and stop confirming his cabinet! Your party has the majority, you have the power, use it! @lisamurkowski.bsky.social
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.
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In one of Elon’s outcries about fraud, he actually ended up cutting funding for cancer research. Despite initially denying it, he was later proven wrong. This incident highlights how little he actually understands about what he’s doing.
February 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In one of Elon’s outcries about fraud, he actually ended up cutting funding for cancer research. Despite initially denying it, he was later proven wrong. This incident highlights how little he actually understands about what he’s doing.
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A new government filing in federal court reveals that 25-year-old Marko Elez was never “intended” to have ‘read/write’ permissions on a payment system.
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A new government filing in federal court reveals that 25-year-old Marko Elez was never “intended” to have ‘read/write’ permissions on a payment system.
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As we’ve been calling out for weeks, they had more than just “read access.” The Treasury has now revoked the editing access that was “mistakenly” given to a musk staffer.
February 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As we’ve been calling out for weeks, they had more than just “read access.” The Treasury has now revoked the editing access that was “mistakenly” given to a musk staffer.
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They are angry that a judge restored a public website providing life-saving resources from the CDC, FDA, and HHS.
February 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
They are angry that a judge restored a public website providing life-saving resources from the CDC, FDA, and HHS.
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In a blistering statement, the American Bar Association describes "attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize" diversity initiatives as "wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself."
https://buff.ly/4bb7dqp
https://buff.ly/4bb7dqp
February 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In a blistering statement, the American Bar Association describes "attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize" diversity initiatives as "wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself."
https://buff.ly/4bb7dqp
https://buff.ly/4bb7dqp
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BREAKING: A federal judge has determined that the Trump administration is violating his order lifting the blanket spending freeze on federal grant programs.
He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has determined that the Trump administration is violating his order lifting the blanket spending freeze on federal grant programs.
He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He is orderin gthe administration to immediately unfreeze funds, including for NIH and the IRA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
So many of us saw this coming...he tried going after the Department of Education during his first term.
Trump is considering executive action to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education
February 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
So many of us saw this coming...he tried going after the Department of Education during his first term.
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Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.
February 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.
I've seen people relate personal stories already. Still think we were overreacting when we tried to warn everyone?
February 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I've seen people relate personal stories already. Still think we were overreacting when we tried to warn everyone?
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Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.