mediaseth
@mediaseth.bsky.social
Community media center director, former media lit. educator, photographer, live sound engineer, explorer of new social networks
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I love reading @mmasnick.bsky.social because he's always so on point, w appropriate snark, anger & exasperation. 'the things they’re doing are creating not just lasting damage, but real-time harms that can never be fixed...But Elon and the DOGE crew think it’s all just a laugh.' 🤬
Wrote about how you can't just "ooopsie" cutting off Ebola prevention funding (while noting, contrary to what Elon claimed, that he didn't actually restore it, immediately or not). Also, they fucked up way more than just that. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/27/h...
Hey Elon: You Don’t Just ‘Ooopsie’ The Destruction Of Ebola Prevention
Look, sometimes you make mistakes. Maybe you send an email to the wrong person. Maybe you accidentally buy the wrong kind of pasta sauce at the grocery store. Maybe you accidentally dismantle criti…
www.techdirt.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I love reading @mmasnick.bsky.social because he's always so on point, w appropriate snark, anger & exasperation. 'the things they’re doing are creating not just lasting damage, but real-time harms that can never be fixed...But Elon and the DOGE crew think it’s all just a laugh.' 🤬
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Around 40% of DOGE’s Cancelled Contracts Is Money That’s Already Been Spent gizmodo.com/around-40-of...
Around 40% of DOGE's Cancelled Contracts Is Money That's Already Been Spent
Musk's 'Wall of Receipts' includes a long list of contracts that have already been paid out and won't save the government, or the taxpayer, any money.
gizmodo.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Around 40% of DOGE’s Cancelled Contracts Is Money That’s Already Been Spent gizmodo.com/around-40-of...
If I put an "I *heart* the Gulf of Mexico" sticker on my car, will I be permanently banned from federal highways? Asking for @apnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If I put an "I *heart* the Gulf of Mexico" sticker on my car, will I be permanently banned from federal highways? Asking for @apnews.com
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Justin Trudeau: Master negotiator
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Justin Trudeau: Master negotiator
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Hey - the FBI Archive hasn't deleted the files on the 1972-74 civil rights investigation on the Trump Organization. Download while you can!
vault.fbi.gov/trump-manage...
vault.fbi.gov/trump-manage...
Trump Management Company
This release consists of FBI materials on an investigation conducted between 1972 and 1974 into allegations that the Trump Management Company had discriminated against applicants for apartment rentals...
vault.fbi.gov
January 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hey - the FBI Archive hasn't deleted the files on the 1972-74 civil rights investigation on the Trump Organization. Download while you can!
vault.fbi.gov/trump-manage...
vault.fbi.gov/trump-manage...
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
I didn't necessarily need a twitter replacement when all I used twitter for in the past was as a consumer complaint platform. I fizzled out on mastodon and on threads, but I need to keep a foot firmly planted somewhere that isn't meta these days ..
January 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I didn't necessarily need a twitter replacement when all I used twitter for in the past was as a consumer complaint platform. I fizzled out on mastodon and on threads, but I need to keep a foot firmly planted somewhere that isn't meta these days ..