@marthawilliams.bsky.social
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This is part of the big manufacturing lie: that people can get jobs with no education or training just wielding screwdrivers.
Apple cannot make iPhones in the US without an army of tooling engineers, and we don’t even have the tooling engineers here to educate an army of tooling engineers.
Apple cannot make iPhones in the US without an army of tooling engineers, and we don’t even have the tooling engineers here to educate an army of tooling engineers.
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is part of the big manufacturing lie: that people can get jobs with no education or training just wielding screwdrivers.
Apple cannot make iPhones in the US without an army of tooling engineers, and we don’t even have the tooling engineers here to educate an army of tooling engineers.
Apple cannot make iPhones in the US without an army of tooling engineers, and we don’t even have the tooling engineers here to educate an army of tooling engineers.
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MeidasTouch Network keeps growing! We are excited to launch Meidas Health, led by Dr. @vinguptamd.bsky.social, to keep you updated on health risks caused by the Trump regime. Our first episode is available now on the MeidasTouch Podcast.
Introducing Meidas Health with Dr. Vin Gupta, Episode 1
Podcast Episode · The MeidasTouch Podcast · 03/30/2025 · 22m
podcasts.apple.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
MeidasTouch Network keeps growing! We are excited to launch Meidas Health, led by Dr. @vinguptamd.bsky.social, to keep you updated on health risks caused by the Trump regime. Our first episode is available now on the MeidasTouch Podcast.
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The worst norms of the extremely online took over the halls of power.
Instead of authority figures acting as a bulwark against reprehensible behavior, they recognized that this stuff captures attention and enthusiastically adopted it as a way to galvanize the base.
Instead of authority figures acting as a bulwark against reprehensible behavior, they recognized that this stuff captures attention and enthusiastically adopted it as a way to galvanize the base.
I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account
Welcome to the 4chan administration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The worst norms of the extremely online took over the halls of power.
Instead of authority figures acting as a bulwark against reprehensible behavior, they recognized that this stuff captures attention and enthusiastically adopted it as a way to galvanize the base.
Instead of authority figures acting as a bulwark against reprehensible behavior, they recognized that this stuff captures attention and enthusiastically adopted it as a way to galvanize the base.
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#OUTLANDER fans: Here's Part 2 of my series of posts about things I've discovered on re-reading GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE (Book 9). Hope you enjoy it! I'll post more of these observations in the coming weeks, as I make my way through the book.
www.outlandishobservations.com/2025/03/re-r...
www.outlandishobservations.com/2025/03/re-r...
Re-reading BEES (Part 2)
News, information, random musings, and occasional Deep Thoughts about Diana Gabaldon's books and the OUTLANDER TV series.
www.outlandishobservations.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#OUTLANDER fans: Here's Part 2 of my series of posts about things I've discovered on re-reading GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE (Book 9). Hope you enjoy it! I'll post more of these observations in the coming weeks, as I make my way through the book.
www.outlandishobservations.com/2025/03/re-r...
www.outlandishobservations.com/2025/03/re-r...
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with @wendyweiser.bsky.social on why Trump really wants 2024 to be the last free and fair election, and @mjsdc.bsky.social on what's coming to the Supreme Court
Think All This Gets Fixed With The Midterms? Think Again
The midterms will be too late to tackle Trump’s extraordinary attempt at restricting voting.
slate.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
with @wendyweiser.bsky.social on why Trump really wants 2024 to be the last free and fair election, and @mjsdc.bsky.social on what's coming to the Supreme Court
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
March 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have been hearing from people that they have been having issues accessing their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please share!
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BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
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Nearly every Republican in the Senate voted to overturn a Biden Admin rule that limited bank overdraft fees to $5.
This rule, initially established by the now gutted CFPB, was expected to save consumers $5 billion annually.
The GOP is the party of junk fees.
This rule, initially established by the now gutted CFPB, was expected to save consumers $5 billion annually.
The GOP is the party of junk fees.
March 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Nearly every Republican in the Senate voted to overturn a Biden Admin rule that limited bank overdraft fees to $5.
This rule, initially established by the now gutted CFPB, was expected to save consumers $5 billion annually.
The GOP is the party of junk fees.
This rule, initially established by the now gutted CFPB, was expected to save consumers $5 billion annually.
The GOP is the party of junk fees.
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Skadden: “Unlike Paul Weiss, we are proactively rolling over BEFORE Trump even targets us — AND we’re going to give Trump ONE HUNDRED MILLION dollars in pro bono services for his causes, rather than the paltry FORTY million to which Paul Weiss committed. So, as you can see, WE’RE NUMBER 1!!!”
March 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Skadden: “Unlike Paul Weiss, we are proactively rolling over BEFORE Trump even targets us — AND we’re going to give Trump ONE HUNDRED MILLION dollars in pro bono services for his causes, rather than the paltry FORTY million to which Paul Weiss committed. So, as you can see, WE’RE NUMBER 1!!!”
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March 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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“You’ve got to just band together and say an attack on one university is an attack on all universities.
And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“You’ve got to just band together and say an attack on one university is an attack on all universities.
And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
youtu.be/rPso1-N9O9s
Petey is a disruptor who has a Signal chat on unsecured unencrypted machines giving time and target information to a group without all having the necessary security clearances, including a random journalist. Brilliant. [that last is sarcasm]
Petey is a disruptor who has a Signal chat on unsecured unencrypted machines giving time and target information to a group without all having the necessary security clearances, including a random journalist. Brilliant. [that last is sarcasm]
Vice President JD Vance's first interview | Face the Nation
YouTube video by Face the Nation
youtu.be
March 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
youtu.be/rPso1-N9O9s
Petey is a disruptor who has a Signal chat on unsecured unencrypted machines giving time and target information to a group without all having the necessary security clearances, including a random journalist. Brilliant. [that last is sarcasm]
Petey is a disruptor who has a Signal chat on unsecured unencrypted machines giving time and target information to a group without all having the necessary security clearances, including a random journalist. Brilliant. [that last is sarcasm]
Layoffs at NOAA, which warns us about severe weather
Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses
Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments
Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...
The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.
Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses
Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments
Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...
The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.
March 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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People are taking things into their own hands
March 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People are taking things into their own hands
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
theconversation.com/if-fema-didn...
theconversation.com/if-fema-didn...
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
theconversation.com/if-fema-didn...
theconversation.com/if-fema-didn...
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Pete Hegseth said his wife “eats way more” than he does while he eats less, mainly “a lot of protein …and booze.”
January 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Pete Hegseth said his wife “eats way more” than he does while he eats less, mainly “a lot of protein …and booze.”
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Pete Hegseth talking about enjoying whiskey and how viewers can’t tell if the clear liquid in his glass is water or gin.
January 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pete Hegseth talking about enjoying whiskey and how viewers can’t tell if the clear liquid in his glass is water or gin.
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Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
January 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thank you for speaking truth to power through love, Rev Mariann Edgar Budde. The kind, just people of this world see you and appreciate you.
