MimiPick
@mimipick.bsky.social
Documentary filmmaking & communication strategies for social justice, with focus on Appalachia & rural issues. Director Appalshop Community Media Initiative & Making Connections News radio features/podcast.
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Banks have arranged more than $425 billion of financing for the companies most responsible for deforestation over the past decade.
Global Banks Step Up Financing to Companies Behind Deforestation
Banks have arranged more than $425 billion of financing for the companies most responsible for deforestation over the past decade.
bloom.bg
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Banks have arranged more than $425 billion of financing for the companies most responsible for deforestation over the past decade.
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times.
Coast Guard Reportedly Spent $172 Million On Private Jets For Kristi Noem’s Use
The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times.
www.forbes.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times.
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I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
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Everyone paying attention here, folks? Safety inspections of milk doesn't sounds like waste or fat to me. WTF?
April 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Everyone paying attention here, folks? Safety inspections of milk doesn't sounds like waste or fat to me. WTF?
Trump calls for more coal as his administration delays new black lung and safety protection for miners kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/09/t...
Trump calls for more coal as his administration delays new black lung protection for miners • Kentucky Lantern
New federal rule to limit coal miners’ exposure to silica dust — a leading cause of black lung disease — is being delayed from April 14 until August.
kentuckylantern.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trump calls for more coal as his administration delays new black lung and safety protection for miners kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/09/t...
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So we’re 75 days into trumps second term, people are protesting everywhere. Markets have had two days of absolutely apocalyptic losses. There are grad students being disappeared and a man with an autism awareness tattoo was sent to a super scary prison in El Salvador. They’ve cut cancer research..
April 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
So we’re 75 days into trumps second term, people are protesting everywhere. Markets have had two days of absolutely apocalyptic losses. There are grad students being disappeared and a man with an autism awareness tattoo was sent to a super scary prison in El Salvador. They’ve cut cancer research..
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Gods country is where Planes collide
Where measles no more need to hide
Where womens health meets bottoms rock
For worship of a small limp cock...
... i think i hear the Deliverance-mandolines
Where measles no more need to hide
Where womens health meets bottoms rock
For worship of a small limp cock...
... i think i hear the Deliverance-mandolines
March 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Gods country is where Planes collide
Where measles no more need to hide
Where womens health meets bottoms rock
For worship of a small limp cock...
... i think i hear the Deliverance-mandolines
Where measles no more need to hide
Where womens health meets bottoms rock
For worship of a small limp cock...
... i think i hear the Deliverance-mandolines
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BREAKING: Job losses spiked a whopping 245% in February.
This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.
This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.
Layoffs Hit Unbelievable High Thanks to Trump and Musk
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government have caused a record-breaking surge in layoffs.
newrepublic.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
BREAKING: Job losses spiked a whopping 245% in February.
This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.
This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.
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I wrote a long thread about this over on the hellsite a while back. We are rapidly entering a situation in which there are no credible official sources of data -- economic data, weather data, trade data -- and so it is going to be literally impossible to know what is happening.
1) Economic growth is slowing. So the Trump administration wants to redefine "economic growth" -- by removing government production from GDP.
This is a very dumb and ominous development. www.vox.com/politics/402...
This is a very dumb and ominous development. www.vox.com/politics/402...
Economic growth is slowing — so Trump wants to redefine “economic growth”
The White House is promising to manipulate economic data.
www.vox.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I wrote a long thread about this over on the hellsite a while back. We are rapidly entering a situation in which there are no credible official sources of data -- economic data, weather data, trade data -- and so it is going to be literally impossible to know what is happening.
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hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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In California, summer could be on the chopping block. Thousands of campsites and trails could close because of the government’s budget and staffing cuts, a forest service memo said.
Cuts Could Close Campsites and Trails in California, Forest Service Memo Says
A government spreadsheet lists thousands of campsites and trails that could shutter for the summer because of federal government staff reductions and budget freezes.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In California, summer could be on the chopping block. Thousands of campsites and trails could close because of the government’s budget and staffing cuts, a forest service memo said.
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🔥🔥🔥 I’m 80 years old. I decided to call #SocialSecurity
“If you are calling about a disability application due to staffing reductions, our average processing time for disability applications is 200 to 230 days.
The estimated hold time is greater than 120 minutes”
“If you are calling about a disability application due to staffing reductions, our average processing time for disability applications is 200 to 230 days.
The estimated hold time is greater than 120 minutes”
March 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
🔥🔥🔥 I’m 80 years old. I decided to call #SocialSecurity
“If you are calling about a disability application due to staffing reductions, our average processing time for disability applications is 200 to 230 days.
The estimated hold time is greater than 120 minutes”
“If you are calling about a disability application due to staffing reductions, our average processing time for disability applications is 200 to 230 days.
The estimated hold time is greater than 120 minutes”
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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE D’oh: Nuclear Waste Facility Edition
As DOGE continues it’s federal government wilding spree, purportedly searching for examples...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
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NEW: Did Elon just create a secret IT contracting vehicle at OPM to avoid Congressional and public oversight? We need to get more eyes on this so please share my latest (always free): www.muellershewrote.com/p/did-elon-j...
Did Elon Just Create a Secret IT Contracting Vehicle at OPM?
Why is no one talking about this?
www.muellershewrote.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
NEW: Did Elon just create a secret IT contracting vehicle at OPM to avoid Congressional and public oversight? We need to get more eyes on this so please share my latest (always free): www.muellershewrote.com/p/did-elon-j...
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The National Science Foundation has been given guidance from the Musk-Trump administration to pull grants with this very LONG list of keywords. As Prof. Saxbe points out, this is an assault on American science and academic freedom.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The National Science Foundation has been given guidance from the Musk-Trump administration to pull grants with this very LONG list of keywords. As Prof. Saxbe points out, this is an assault on American science and academic freedom.
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"The C.I.A. sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last 2 years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force, in a move that former officials say risked the list leaking to adversaries."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"The C.I.A. sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last 2 years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force, in a move that former officials say risked the list leaking to adversaries."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
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The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
“Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer
The Office of Personnel Management’s new general counsel has a history of racist and sexist social media posts.
www.pogo.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The federal government's new top HR attorney has said "Consent is probably modern society’s most pernicious fetish" and "Slaves owe us reparations," according to a new report from @pogo.org. www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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January 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Biden calling for the development of policies to lower drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
January 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Biden calling for the development of policies to lower drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
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Food for thought.
January 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Food for thought.