Perched above the park
@parkperch.bsky.social
Christ follower, recognizing I'm imperfect and trying to improve but only through his spirit. Rejecting "Christian nationalism" and other human ideologies.
Does anybody know anything about two potentially propaganda feeds on Youtube: nick shirley and jdalmau? Seem to be part of the same network, and the comments are extremely censored (and maybe bot-generated).
March 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Does anybody know anything about two potentially propaganda feeds on Youtube: nick shirley and jdalmau? Seem to be part of the same network, and the comments are extremely censored (and maybe bot-generated).
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If you have a gas furnace and a central air conditioner, replace both with a heat pump. This also works if you have a central air conditioner and electric resistance heat. The switch will save money and reduce emissions substantially. Make sure you use an installer with experience, though.
March 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
If you have a gas furnace and a central air conditioner, replace both with a heat pump. This also works if you have a central air conditioner and electric resistance heat. The switch will save money and reduce emissions substantially. Make sure you use an installer with experience, though.
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"As a for-profit company, Amtrak fails ... spectacularly. As a government agency, created half a century ago to carry out a public purpose recognized in law and in Supreme Court rulings, it is a spectacular success worth celebrating, supporting, and building up."
Op-Ed: Amtrak Isn't Profitable — And That's Okay — Streetsblog USA
"As a for-profit company, Amtrak fails ... spectacularly. As a government agency, created half a century ago to carry out a public purpose recognized in law and in Supreme Court rulings, it is a…
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
"As a for-profit company, Amtrak fails ... spectacularly. As a government agency, created half a century ago to carry out a public purpose recognized in law and in Supreme Court rulings, it is a spectacular success worth celebrating, supporting, and building up."
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Democrats are dead wrong about the public's perception of this sort of thing. Most people don't see resistance to tyranny as annoying or dishonorable, they see it as strong. When Dems hold themselves to an imaginary higher standard, they look weak.
Exert. The. Power. You. Have.
Exert. The. Power. You. Have.
This is what throwing sand in the gears looks like…
More of this, please.
More of this, please.
February 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Democrats are dead wrong about the public's perception of this sort of thing. Most people don't see resistance to tyranny as annoying or dishonorable, they see it as strong. When Dems hold themselves to an imaginary higher standard, they look weak.
Exert. The. Power. You. Have.
Exert. The. Power. You. Have.
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but actually: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
but actually: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Their names: Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
February 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Their names: Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
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The second Trump administration is already a catastrophe for US democracy; an orgy of illegality, bulldozing of the administrative state, corporate capture of government, and raging bigotry. @marisakabas.bsky.social captures it in this clear-sighted report. www.thehandbasket.co/p/musk-frida...
February 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The second Trump administration is already a catastrophe for US democracy; an orgy of illegality, bulldozing of the administrative state, corporate capture of government, and raging bigotry. @marisakabas.bsky.social captures it in this clear-sighted report. www.thehandbasket.co/p/musk-frida...
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@kenmartin.bsky.social, however much is going on behind the scenes, the visible response from Dems as a whole - some exceptions - has been too quiet by several decibels. I would like to see consistent messaging on
1) The effect of tariffs. I got a 10% tariff on my heating oil now, at -9F.
2) This:
1) The effect of tariffs. I got a 10% tariff on my heating oil now, at -9F.
2) This:
February 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
@kenmartin.bsky.social, however much is going on behind the scenes, the visible response from Dems as a whole - some exceptions - has been too quiet by several decibels. I would like to see consistent messaging on
1) The effect of tariffs. I got a 10% tariff on my heating oil now, at -9F.
2) This:
1) The effect of tariffs. I got a 10% tariff on my heating oil now, at -9F.
2) This:
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
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The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
February 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
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Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
February 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Attn: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system!
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Exactly. I hope everyone is connecting the dots here.
I actually wish the media would stop using "DEI" and "diversity hiring" and just get to the essence of the thing and ask:
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
"Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?"
And see what happens.
REPORTER: Are you saying this crash was somehow was the result of diversity hiring?
TRUMP: It just could have been
TRUMP: It just could have been
January 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Exactly. I hope everyone is connecting the dots here.
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"Fascist and authoritarian governments are always more fragile than they let on," says @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. Trump is "using shock and awe" because rushing through as much as possible is "their only hope."
On the pod, Amanda is so good on Karoline Leavitt:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
On the pod, Amanda is so good on Karoline Leavitt:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
Trump Aide Karoline Leavitt’s Sleazy New Attack on Biden Is a Bad Omen
As Trump’s press secretary holds her first media briefing and viciously attacks Biden’s age, a shrewd observer of MAGA deconstructs the psychology behind her performance—and what it portends.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Fascist and authoritarian governments are always more fragile than they let on," says @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. Trump is "using shock and awe" because rushing through as much as possible is "their only hope."
On the pod, Amanda is so good on Karoline Leavitt:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
On the pod, Amanda is so good on Karoline Leavitt:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
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Think Trump's Tyranny Can't Be Opposed or Stopped? Think Again www.commondreams.org/opinion/soci...
Think Trump's Tyranny Can't Be Opposed or Stopped? Think Again | Common Dreams
Social Self-Defense means defending those who are threatened as a way both to defend them from injustice and to defend our common interest as people—as members of society.
www.commondreams.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Think Trump's Tyranny Can't Be Opposed or Stopped? Think Again www.commondreams.org/opinion/soci...
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⚡️ US suspends Ukrainian refugee program after Trump's immigration order.
US suspends Ukrainian refugee program after Trump's immigration order
"Due to the Jan. 20, 2025, Executive Order, Securing Our Borders, USCIS is pausing acceptance of Form I-134A, Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support, until we review all...
kyivindependent.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
⚡️ US suspends Ukrainian refugee program after Trump's immigration order.
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Just resharing this excellent diagram from TUMI (the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative). Cycling, pedestrians and buses are all very efficient ways to move people in cities. But nothing moves people more efficiently in a 3.5 metre wide lane than trains.
January 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Just resharing this excellent diagram from TUMI (the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative). Cycling, pedestrians and buses are all very efficient ways to move people in cities. But nothing moves people more efficiently in a 3.5 metre wide lane than trains.
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⚡️ 'Stupid, illogical' — Zelensky blasts Ukraine for relinquishing nuclear arms without strong security guarantees.
'Stupid, illogical' — Zelensky blasts Ukraine for relinquishing nuclear arms without strong security guarantees
"It was necessary to exchange (nuclear arms) for real security guarantees, and at the time, that was only NATO. And to be honest, today, it is only NATO," President Zelensky said in an interview with ...
kyivindependent.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
⚡️ 'Stupid, illogical' — Zelensky blasts Ukraine for relinquishing nuclear arms without strong security guarantees.
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Call your Democratic Senators tomorrow and tell them to put down their work on nominations until OMB withdraws its power grab on appropriations. No more nomines go through. None.
January 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Call your Democratic Senators tomorrow and tell them to put down their work on nominations until OMB withdraws its power grab on appropriations. No more nomines go through. None.
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Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
January 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
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🔴Nigel Farage Says He Is ‘Open to Anything’ When It Comes to Replacing NHS With ‘Insurance-Based Model’
It’s the latest hint that Reform UK would privatise the NHS
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/27/n...
It’s the latest hint that Reform UK would privatise the NHS
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/27/n...
Nigel Farage Says He Is 'Open to Anything' When It Comes to Replacing NHS With 'Insurance-Based Model'
It's the latest hint that Reform UK would privatise the NHS
bylinetimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🔴Nigel Farage Says He Is ‘Open to Anything’ When It Comes to Replacing NHS With ‘Insurance-Based Model’
It’s the latest hint that Reform UK would privatise the NHS
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/27/n...
It’s the latest hint that Reform UK would privatise the NHS
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/27/n...
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Terrifying stuff. Our current News and Journalism is mostly not fit for purpose. Byline Times should be coming into its own right now. People need to know who they can trust
“The latest research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University shows that, around the world, news consumers are turning to Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok rather than television, radio or newspapers”
theconversation.com/objectivity-...
theconversation.com/objectivity-...
Objectivity, independent media and news avoidance: the terms you need to know to understand news today
The way we get our news is changing fast.
theconversation.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Terrifying stuff. Our current News and Journalism is mostly not fit for purpose. Byline Times should be coming into its own right now. People need to know who they can trust
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That’s how fascism starts, destroy the independent knowledge base. We have experience with that here in Germany.
(Btw. I’m looking for a postdoc.)
(Btw. I’m looking for a postdoc.)
The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt.
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders
The National Science Foundation has cancelled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:12 AM
That’s how fascism starts, destroy the independent knowledge base. We have experience with that here in Germany.
(Btw. I’m looking for a postdoc.)
(Btw. I’m looking for a postdoc.)
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"Trump and his allies’ vision is an egregious abuse of real history and the new Constitution it forged in the 1860s. If they succeed, then Grant has surrendered to Lee at Appomattox."--David Blight 🗃️ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee
The attack on it is a violation of the nation’s post–Civil War rebirth.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"Trump and his allies’ vision is an egregious abuse of real history and the new Constitution it forged in the 1860s. If they succeed, then Grant has surrendered to Lee at Appomattox."--David Blight 🗃️ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.