Margie Purser
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JUST IN: Judge Hollander has issued a *second* letter today warning Social Security acting commissioner Dudek not to shut down all operations over her order barring DOGE's access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
JUST IN: Judge Hollander has issued a *second* letter today warning Social Security acting commissioner Dudek not to shut down all operations over her order barring DOGE's access to sensitive systems. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Historical erasure from the landscape is a critical part of authoritarian rule: the past is always contested. It is about to become even more of a battleground.
They're destroying civil rights history because they want to repeal the Civil Rights Act
www.alreporter.com/2025/03/06/h...
www.alreporter.com/2025/03/06/h...
Historic Montgomery Bus Station, Freedom Riders Museum part of DOGE-ordered sell-off
The building housing the historic Freedom Riders Museum appears to be part of a DOGE-ordered sell-off of federal properties.
www.alreporter.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Historical erasure from the landscape is a critical part of authoritarian rule: the past is always contested. It is about to become even more of a battleground.
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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
If you are asked to take a polygraph at work, consult an attorney first, and find out about your rights.
The DHS will use polygraphs to question employees about communications with the media or nonprofit organizations in an effort to root out members of the resistance.
February 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you are asked to take a polygraph at work, consult an attorney first, and find out about your rights.
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NEW: In recent months, Donald Trump asked advisers for a “list” of staff at the National Archives who he should purge, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Trump Has a 'List' of National Archives Staff to Fire as Revenge for Docs Scandal
President Donald Trump, still bitter about the FBI's raid of Mar-a-Lago, has asked for a "list" of National Archives staffers to fire.
www.rollingstone.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
NEW: In recent months, Donald Trump asked advisers for a “list” of staff at the National Archives who he should purge, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
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ah trump’s merit in action. only certain people can be meritorious
Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be.
February 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
ah trump’s merit in action. only certain people can be meritorious
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having border patrol raid school busses to terrorize children is far more harmful to your kids than a trans teenager in palo alto playing water polo
In case you wondered what depths our democracy has sunk to
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
having border patrol raid school busses to terrorize children is far more harmful to your kids than a trans teenager in palo alto playing water polo
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Notably, Wall Street is quiet, apparently preferring to keep favor with fascists than to raise the rather important objection that the world's richest person and his friends having early access to, and the ability to manipulate, U.S. economic releases will be catastrophic to our financial markets.
If Musk gets access to core economic data--and he may already have it--there will be no way to trust any of the numbers going forward.
We will have to guess at the truth, much as we do with the Russian and Chinese kleptocracies.
We will have to guess at the truth, much as we do with the Russian and Chinese kleptocracies.
If the markets were properly analyzing the situation, they’d realize that we will no longer have reliable economic stats - unemployment, inflation, trade #s are all going to be baked. Our economy has remained strong because of that data. Census data informs all of the funding and local spend…
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Notably, Wall Street is quiet, apparently preferring to keep favor with fascists than to raise the rather important objection that the world's richest person and his friends having early access to, and the ability to manipulate, U.S. economic releases will be catastrophic to our financial markets.
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The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
February 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The number of people surprised by the long list of words NSF is targeting makes me think many of you all have not seen this: www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
Okay this is funny. Figured as much.
February 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Okay this is funny. Figured as much.
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Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
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16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"finding common ground" with kleptocrats and fascists is like trying to forge a deep emotional bond with a running chainsaw
"It is very clear that, if there is a middle of all of this hot mess of division, Americans want us to work together when we can and find common ground," Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells the Opinion writer Michelle Cottle.
Opinion | Amy Klobuchar on How Democrats Can Combat America’s ‘Hot Mess of Division’
The Minnesota moderate has thoughts on how her party can move forward.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"finding common ground" with kleptocrats and fascists is like trying to forge a deep emotional bond with a running chainsaw
Absolutely agree: 'Fuck you, make me" = far superior. Buying my t-shirt now.
also: Fuck You, Make Me is in fact one of the oldest american traditions out there
Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
February 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Absolutely agree: 'Fuck you, make me" = far superior. Buying my t-shirt now.
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I can’t say more firmly to you:
If you are facing a threat of being fired or resign, you stay until fired.
If you don’t, you have the worst employment case and will have difficulty finding a lawyer.
The former is wrongful termination the latter is constructive discharge.
Get fired. No shame.
If you are facing a threat of being fired or resign, you stay until fired.
If you don’t, you have the worst employment case and will have difficulty finding a lawyer.
The former is wrongful termination the latter is constructive discharge.
Get fired. No shame.
February 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I can’t say more firmly to you:
If you are facing a threat of being fired or resign, you stay until fired.
If you don’t, you have the worst employment case and will have difficulty finding a lawyer.
The former is wrongful termination the latter is constructive discharge.
Get fired. No shame.
If you are facing a threat of being fired or resign, you stay until fired.
If you don’t, you have the worst employment case and will have difficulty finding a lawyer.
The former is wrongful termination the latter is constructive discharge.
Get fired. No shame.
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The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly launched “curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. Careful, you could lose some hours in here… [kottke.org]
The Public Domain Image Archive
The Public Domain Review (a true gem of the web) has launched The Public Domain Image Archive, “a curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”.
While Th
kottke.org
January 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Public Domain Image Archive is a newly launched “curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse”. Careful, you could lose some hours in here… [kottke.org]
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Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️
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We answered some questions about the Public Domain Image Archive for @itsnicethat.com.web.brid.gy, read the write up here: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/pub...
Inside the curated image collection spanning 2,000 years of visual history – that you can use for free
Hand-picked from digitised public collections and ready for reuse, the Public Domain Image Archive is the perfect antidote to AI.
www.itsnicethat.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We answered some questions about the Public Domain Image Archive for @itsnicethat.com.web.brid.gy, read the write up here: www.itsnicethat.com/articles/pub...
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Calling all LA- based archaeologists 📣
We are looking for folks to help with upcoming recoveries.
We are looking for folks to help with upcoming recoveries.
January 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Calling all LA- based archaeologists 📣
We are looking for folks to help with upcoming recoveries.
We are looking for folks to help with upcoming recoveries.
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Amplify the outrage. They want this moment to pass. We won’t let them. Keep the pressure up, share stories of the harm Trump’s freeze will cause, and make sure their name is always attached to it.
January 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Amplify the outrage. They want this moment to pass. We won’t let them. Keep the pressure up, share stories of the harm Trump’s freeze will cause, and make sure their name is always attached to it.
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The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
January 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...