@lumpinmyoatmeal.bsky.social
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Today, a Utah court will hear a challenge to the state's congressional map. Voters argue that the map is a partisan gerrymander that favors Republicans, violating the state constitution.
🚨 League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today, a Utah court will hear a challenge to the state's congressional map. Voters argue that the map is a partisan gerrymander that favors Republicans, violating the state constitution.
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state’s rights
January 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
state’s rights
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I've just found the best hack. Swear in your search request. It's a great way to bypass the AI summary and make your search history look like you're chronically pissed off at everything!
January 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I've just found the best hack. Swear in your search request. It's a great way to bypass the AI summary and make your search history look like you're chronically pissed off at everything!
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Kind of sucks that we didn't at least get a Roaring Twenties before what's about to come
January 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Kind of sucks that we didn't at least get a Roaring Twenties before what's about to come
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While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.
The Navy's experimental underwater habitat
While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.
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Trump says he ordered the military to go into CA last night to “turn on the water.” CA responds.
January 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Trump says he ordered the military to go into CA last night to “turn on the water.” CA responds.
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75% of the people on food stamps are white and red states overindex on government aid. Sorry to everyone that didn't vote for this, but you're going to have to feed your neighbors if you can
freezing food stamps and WIC for almost 20 million white people in America.... I guess he's working on the groceries now...
January 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
75% of the people on food stamps are white and red states overindex on government aid. Sorry to everyone that didn't vote for this, but you're going to have to feed your neighbors if you can
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WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
December 17, 2024 at 3:58 AM
WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉
Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.
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We need to focus on how to feed clothe and house people as more are affected by cuts to social safety nets. I'd also be interested in organized strikes (nationwide) of taxes, stores, and media.
December 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
We need to focus on how to feed clothe and house people as more are affected by cuts to social safety nets. I'd also be interested in organized strikes (nationwide) of taxes, stores, and media.
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
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Everyone is welcomed...
December 2, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Everyone is welcomed...
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Fact: The Counting Crows lyric “it’s been a long December” was written halfway through the first day of December.
December 1, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Fact: The Counting Crows lyric “it’s been a long December” was written halfway through the first day of December.
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JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM
JOURNALISTS FLOCK TO BLUESKY
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
“We have posts exactly the same on Twitter & on Bluesky & Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
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Price of Januvia (diabetes drug):
🇺🇸 -＄6,000
🇨🇦 - $900
🇫🇷 - $200
Merck 2022 profits: $14.5 billion
CEO compensation: $52.5 million
See the problem here?
🇺🇸 -＄6,000
🇨🇦 - $900
🇫🇷 - $200
Merck 2022 profits: $14.5 billion
CEO compensation: $52.5 million
See the problem here?
November 28, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Price of Januvia (diabetes drug):
🇺🇸 -＄6,000
🇨🇦 - $900
🇫🇷 - $200
Merck 2022 profits: $14.5 billion
CEO compensation: $52.5 million
See the problem here?
🇺🇸 -＄6,000
🇨🇦 - $900
🇫🇷 - $200
Merck 2022 profits: $14.5 billion
CEO compensation: $52.5 million
See the problem here?
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Council funding to be redirected from England’s rich areas to most deprived
Council funding to be redirected from England’s rich areas to most deprived
Ministers will also consider local authority requests to raise council tax above threshold on case-by-case basis
Ministers have said they will redirect cash from wealthy areas to England’s most deprived town and cities, reversing a trend established…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Council funding to be redirected from England’s rich areas to most deprived