Mitchell Cable
@mlcable.bsky.social
Retired high school science teacher — physics, chemistry, astronomy. Passionate about astrophotography and exploring the night sky. Sharing starlight and stories at cosmicobservatory.com.
Tonight’s ABC News: flooding on the East Coast, tornadoes in the Midwest, tsunami in Alaska, Grand Canyon on fire, 100+° heat wave incoming, and a plane hijacked to draw attention to climate change. Honestly, that hijacking wasn’t necessary.
July 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Tonight’s ABC News: flooding on the East Coast, tornadoes in the Midwest, tsunami in Alaska, Grand Canyon on fire, 100+° heat wave incoming, and a plane hijacked to draw attention to climate change. Honestly, that hijacking wasn’t necessary.
A whistleblower says DOGE accessed NLRB systems, disabled security logs, and stole 10GB of sensitive labor data. Soon after, a Russian IP tried to log in using real credentials. Staff who tried to alert CISA were blocked—one was later threatened with a note and photo. www.reuters.com/technology/c...
Whistleblower org says DOGE may have caused 'significant cyber breach' at US labor watchdog
A whistleblower complaint says that Elon Musk's team of technologists may have been responsible for a "significant cybersecurity breach," likely of sensitive case files, at America's federal labor watchdog.
www.reuters.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A whistleblower says DOGE accessed NLRB systems, disabled security logs, and stole 10GB of sensitive labor data. Soon after, a Russian IP tried to log in using real credentials. Staff who tried to alert CISA were blocked—one was later threatened with a note and photo. www.reuters.com/technology/c...
The Social Security Administration is undergoing major budget cuts and is reportedly shifting all communications to Elon Musk’s platform, X. Be sure to keep hard copies of your documents. There’s a real risk that digital records could be lost or deleted during the transition.
April 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Social Security Administration is undergoing major budget cuts and is reportedly shifting all communications to Elon Musk’s platform, X. Be sure to keep hard copies of your documents. There’s a real risk that digital records could be lost or deleted during the transition.
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I hate to say this, and it gives me the chills just to think it, but CECOT is on (and not a short way down) the road to Auschwitz.
April 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I hate to say this, and it gives me the chills just to think it, but CECOT is on (and not a short way down) the road to Auschwitz.
Reposted by Mitchell Cable
In a functioning democracy, these comments alone would be grounds for impeachment.
Trump brags about his shakedown of major law firms: "We have a lot of law firms that have paid me a lot of money... they paid $100m on average... hopefully I won't need that many legal fees. I may. Who knows? After it ends. After I leave maybe I'll need it, but if I do it won't be very pleasant."
April 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In a functioning democracy, these comments alone would be grounds for impeachment.
When I was a kid, I watched a lot of war movies and could never understand how anyone could have stood with Hitler. Now, watching what’s happening in the U.S., I realize I never will.
April 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
When I was a kid, I watched a lot of war movies and could never understand how anyone could have stood with Hitler. Now, watching what’s happening in the U.S., I realize I never will.
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chat is this good when the president crashes the economy
The Guardian reports that people at the SSA, the agency that manages benefits for nearly 70 million Americans, worry that it’s in a “death spiral” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says
Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
chat is this good when the president crashes the economy
7 Examples of Government Spending That’s NOT Wasteful:
1. Public Education
2. Infrastructure
3. Public Health
4. Emergency Services
5. R&D
6. Environmental Protection
7. Social Security & Medicare
Most Wasteful? $2T to billionaires to erode democracy.
1. Public Education
2. Infrastructure
3. Public Health
4. Emergency Services
5. R&D
6. Environmental Protection
7. Social Security & Medicare
Most Wasteful? $2T to billionaires to erode democracy.
April 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
7 Examples of Government Spending That’s NOT Wasteful:
1. Public Education
2. Infrastructure
3. Public Health
4. Emergency Services
5. R&D
6. Environmental Protection
7. Social Security & Medicare
Most Wasteful? $2T to billionaires to erode democracy.
1. Public Education
2. Infrastructure
3. Public Health
4. Emergency Services
5. R&D
6. Environmental Protection
7. Social Security & Medicare
Most Wasteful? $2T to billionaires to erode democracy.
Activist Judge: A judge who can’t be bribed, intimidate, hoodwinked, corrupted or in any way fooled, tricked, persuaded or forced into rendering an unjust or unlawful decision.
April 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Activist Judge: A judge who can’t be bribed, intimidate, hoodwinked, corrupted or in any way fooled, tricked, persuaded or forced into rendering an unjust or unlawful decision.
Can anyone explain why masked law enforcement officers are being permitted to abduct people off the streets and imprison them without due process? Is this just another case of American exceptionalism, or will this disturbing chapter be quietly omitted from the history books?
March 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Can anyone explain why masked law enforcement officers are being permitted to abduct people off the streets and imprison them without due process? Is this just another case of American exceptionalism, or will this disturbing chapter be quietly omitted from the history books?
Does anyone remember this?
In 1994, Ukraine surrendered the world’s 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the U.S., and the U.K. (Budapest Memorandum). In 2014, Russia invaded Crimea, violating the deal. No real consequences.
#BudapestMemorandum #Geopolitics
In 1994, Ukraine surrendered the world’s 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the U.S., and the U.K. (Budapest Memorandum). In 2014, Russia invaded Crimea, violating the deal. No real consequences.
#BudapestMemorandum #Geopolitics
March 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Does anyone remember this?
In 1994, Ukraine surrendered the world’s 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the U.S., and the U.K. (Budapest Memorandum). In 2014, Russia invaded Crimea, violating the deal. No real consequences.
#BudapestMemorandum #Geopolitics
In 1994, Ukraine surrendered the world’s 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the U.S., and the U.K. (Budapest Memorandum). In 2014, Russia invaded Crimea, violating the deal. No real consequences.
#BudapestMemorandum #Geopolitics