Masimov
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Pistons. Lions. Wolverines. Pro-Mass Transit.
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Contributor: It's time to save the whales again
Contributor: It's time to save the whales again
The Marine Mammal Protection Act is just one of the keystone U.S. environmental laws under attack by the Trump administration.
www.latimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Contributor: It's time to save the whales again
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I love this lady. She's starting a series exposing who is helping to pay for alligator Alcatraz concentration camp.
July 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I love this lady. She's starting a series exposing who is helping to pay for alligator Alcatraz concentration camp.
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“The Trump administration has canceled $33 million worth of federal funds meant to help pay for earthquake retrofits in California.”
Then when buildings fall down and people die he’ll blame DEI and California “wokeness.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Then when buildings fall down and people die he’ll blame DEI and California “wokeness.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
California FEMA earthquake retrofit grants canceled, imperiling critical work, Schiff says
Sen. Adam Schiff is urging Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reinstate the earthquake retrofit funds, which would’ve been used to strengthen as many as 1,500 apartment buildings.
www.latimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The Trump administration has canceled $33 million worth of federal funds meant to help pay for earthquake retrofits in California.”
Then when buildings fall down and people die he’ll blame DEI and California “wokeness.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Then when buildings fall down and people die he’ll blame DEI and California “wokeness.”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Super proud of my Pistons. Heck of a season and thanks for giving us your all! #DetroitBasketball
May 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Super proud of my Pistons. Heck of a season and thanks for giving us your all! #DetroitBasketball
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UPDATE on @mayor.lacity.gov's budget cuts:
Check out these recent headlines about Karen Bass's disastrous budget. This is what happens when you give all of our money to LAPD!
Check out these recent headlines about Karen Bass's disastrous budget. This is what happens when you give all of our money to LAPD!
April 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
UPDATE on @mayor.lacity.gov's budget cuts:
Check out these recent headlines about Karen Bass's disastrous budget. This is what happens when you give all of our money to LAPD!
Check out these recent headlines about Karen Bass's disastrous budget. This is what happens when you give all of our money to LAPD!
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Chicken and dairy safety were dealt severe blows in the US this week. Be aware on what is being allowed in your food chain.
Stay woke!
apnews.com/article/poul...
Stay woke!
apnews.com/article/poul...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
apnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Chicken and dairy safety were dealt severe blows in the US this week. Be aware on what is being allowed in your food chain.
Stay woke!
apnews.com/article/poul...
Stay woke!
apnews.com/article/poul...
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One of the US’s greatest sins is tying healthcare to employment. This exacerbates the power imbalances that already exist between employer and employee. And reduces competition as many dont move jobs or start a new business in fear of losing of their work sponsored healthcare. #MedicareforAll
April 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
One of the US’s greatest sins is tying healthcare to employment. This exacerbates the power imbalances that already exist between employer and employee. And reduces competition as many dont move jobs or start a new business in fear of losing of their work sponsored healthcare. #MedicareforAll
Im super impressed by Cory Booker on the physical feat of it alone. I could never do it
April 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Im super impressed by Cory Booker on the physical feat of it alone. I could never do it
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Here's how it works:
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show
The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.
www.wired.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Here's how it works:
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
1. DOGE fires everybody at USIP.
2. A DOGE guy from GSA gets installed USIP's acting president.
3. That guy agrees to transfer USIP's $500 million headquarters back to GSA—for free.
www.wired.com/story/doge-t...
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“What we’re seeing is a wholesale abandonment of consumer protection, leaving people to fend for themselves when credit card companies, banks, payday lenders and payment apps violate the law,” said Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center.
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others —...
propub.li
March 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“What we’re seeing is a wholesale abandonment of consumer protection, leaving people to fend for themselves when credit card companies, banks, payday lenders and payment apps violate the law,” said Lauren Saunders of the National Consumer Law Center.
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The biggest, most enduring scandal of the last few days is Trump's attempt to use an Executive Order to seize control over elections. It will not work, but it is a sign of what comes next.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump Anti-Voting Order Draws Furious Pushback
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The biggest, most enduring scandal of the last few days is Trump's attempt to use an Executive Order to seize control over elections. It will not work, but it is a sign of what comes next.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“So they just really don’t care?” asked Anthony Olson, who endured nearly a decade of unnecessary chemotherapy after being misdiagnosed by Weiner. “It gives me the shakes. My heart’s racing, and I literally don’t know what to feel right now.”
With @montanafreepress.org
With @montanafreepress.org
The State Medical Board Has Evidence This Doctor Was Hurting Patients. It Renewed His License — Twice.
The Montana hospital that fired Dr. Thomas C. Weiner turned over thousands of pages of documents, but members of the board say they were unaware of them.
propub.li
March 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“So they just really don’t care?” asked Anthony Olson, who endured nearly a decade of unnecessary chemotherapy after being misdiagnosed by Weiner. “It gives me the shakes. My heart’s racing, and I literally don’t know what to feel right now.”
With @montanafreepress.org
With @montanafreepress.org
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DOGE cuts of USDA food imports inspectors might mean that food that isn’t inspected quickly enough ends up rotting, with cascading downstream effects including even higher grocery prices.
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
wrd.cm
March 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
DOGE cuts of USDA food imports inspectors might mean that food that isn’t inspected quickly enough ends up rotting, with cascading downstream effects including even higher grocery prices.
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Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Learning from an awe-inspiring immense ecosystem that has returned to life
Rewilding ecologist and author Eoghan Daltun visited Costa Rica to see first-hand how the country has managed over the last 30 years to reverse one of the worst deforestation rates in all Latin Americ...
www.irishexaminer.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing?
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
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So proud of how my Pistons are playing at this time in the season #goingtowork #pistons
February 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
So proud of how my Pistons are playing at this time in the season #goingtowork #pistons
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DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
DOGE recommended firing workers at:
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
-FDA, which oversees Neuralink
-FAA, which oversees SpaceX
-USAID, which probed Starlink
-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.
"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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A 10-year-old has a better plan for stopping plastic pollution than most politicians.
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
This simple solution stops pollution going into the sea
Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A 10-year-old has a better plan for stopping plastic pollution than most politicians.
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
Amaya Edwards discovered an Australian scheme that’s keeping rivers and oceans clean. So why hasn’t the UK adopted it?
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Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?
Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.
You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
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I'm just here to say for the 2nd week in a row, the CDC has not released its morbidly and mortality weekly report on schedule. Everyone who provides healthcare to patients in the US is less informed and less up to date as a direct result. This impacts negatively at the population level.
Every week, I check the CDC's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. This week for the first time in its 60 years it was not published on schedule. American healthcare workers all over the country are less informed about health crises that affect their patients. CDC led reports matter a 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I'm just here to say for the 2nd week in a row, the CDC has not released its morbidly and mortality weekly report on schedule. Everyone who provides healthcare to patients in the US is less informed and less up to date as a direct result. This impacts negatively at the population level.
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Protect the Porkies, Protect Lake Superior— Stop the Copperwood Mine!
chng.it
January 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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In 1850, the California government banned the controlled burning that Indigenous people had been doing for centuries. The practice controlled the forest density, scaled down undergrowth, and promoted fire-resistant species. It reduced the severity, mileage, and overall number of forest fires. 1/5
January 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In 1850, the California government banned the controlled burning that Indigenous people had been doing for centuries. The practice controlled the forest density, scaled down undergrowth, and promoted fire-resistant species. It reduced the severity, mileage, and overall number of forest fires. 1/5
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About a million people die every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Causes:
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’
As superbugs spread across the globe, death rates from antimicrobial resistance are set to double, says England’s former chief medical officer
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
About a million people die every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Causes:
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics
- 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock
- No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics
- no new antibiotic classes since 1980
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...