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I mostly read, make soup, hangout with my dog in the desert and fight fascism. The power of one .
Interesting . I have my aunts and didn’t know it was the last metal machine
For #ThingThursday, this Singer 500A sewing machine, nicknamed “Rocketeer.” Apparently the last of the all-metal Singer sewing machines from the 1960s. Stylish and functional! I bought it the other day, and haven’t yet had the chance to try it out and see how functional.
April 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Interesting . I have my aunts and didn’t know it was the last metal machine
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An MS-13 leader knew key details of a secret deal that his gang allegedly made with the Salvadoran President—then the White House put him on a flight to El Salvador. Is the Trump Administration helping sweep away the case?
The Terrorism Suspect Trump Sent Back to Bukele
An MS-13 leader knew key details of a secret deal that his gang allegedly made with the Salvadoran President—then the White House put him on a flight to El Salvador.
www.newyorker.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
An MS-13 leader knew key details of a secret deal that his gang allegedly made with the Salvadoran President—then the White House put him on a flight to El Salvador. Is the Trump Administration helping sweep away the case?
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“I wanted to tell them, ‘Where are you going to take him? He is from here… I felt immense helplessness because I couldn’t do anything, and I am desperate to get my son out of there.” georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law • Georgia Recorder
Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his...
georgiarecorder.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“I wanted to tell them, ‘Where are you going to take him? He is from here… I felt immense helplessness because I couldn’t do anything, and I am desperate to get my son out of there.” georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/17/g...
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We can stop this bill in the Senate, where they will need seven Democratic votes to break the filibuster.
Rand Paul has suggested he will be no, John Fetterman has suggested he'll be a yes.
Call your senators and tell them to stand firm. Scripts and language here.
Rand Paul has suggested he will be no, John Fetterman has suggested he'll be a yes.
Call your senators and tell them to stand firm. Scripts and language here.
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We can stop this bill in the Senate, where they will need seven Democratic votes to break the filibuster.
Rand Paul has suggested he will be no, John Fetterman has suggested he'll be a yes.
Call your senators and tell them to stand firm. Scripts and language here.
Rand Paul has suggested he will be no, John Fetterman has suggested he'll be a yes.
Call your senators and tell them to stand firm. Scripts and language here.
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
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NEW: Trump’s USDA admits it "accidentally" fired "several" agency employees working on the federal response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak—and is now scrambling to undo the damage.
February 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NEW: Trump’s USDA admits it "accidentally" fired "several" agency employees working on the federal response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak—and is now scrambling to undo the damage.
Welcome Pete!
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Welcome Pete!
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PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch.
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
Stream PBS and PBS KIDS Free on Prime Video
PBS and Amazon announced that more than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS Channel will launch ad-free as a Prime Video FAST offering. This marks the…
www.pbs.org
January 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch.
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
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Putting things to the test on instagram.
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Putting things to the test on instagram.
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okay I will not have Starbucks from the 20th-24th just like I have not had Starbucks for the last several years
December 23, 2024 at 2:19 PM
okay I will not have Starbucks from the 20th-24th just like I have not had Starbucks for the last several years
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Watching doge learn about the federal government in real time is a fascinating adventure
December 7, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Watching doge learn about the federal government in real time is a fascinating adventure
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What is even going on?!
December 8, 2024 at 12:30 AM
What is even going on?!
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I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 AM
I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants
So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
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Lawhive raises $40M to go after ‘Main Street’ US lawyers
Lawhive raises $40M to go after ‘Main Street’ US lawyers
U.K.-based legal tech startup Lawhive, which allows small, ‘Main Street’ law firms to run their affairs through an AI-based SaaS platform, is on something of a tear. In April it raised an $11.9 million Seed round. It’s now raised a $40million in Series A…
tcrn.ch
December 5, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Lawhive raises $40M to go after ‘Main Street’ US lawyers
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I personally don’t celebrate gun wielding assassins in broad daylight under any circumstances.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
December 4, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I personally don’t celebrate gun wielding assassins in broad daylight under any circumstances.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
That being said: United HealthCare absolutely did try to kill me by trying to cut my chemotherapy dosage and I had to get my senator to intervene and it was one of the most traumatic weeks of my life.
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Meta, $META, joins Amazon, Google and others in turning to nuclear generation to fuel AI data centers.
It wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical U.S. nuclear plant has a capacity of 1 gigawatt.
It wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical U.S. nuclear plant has a capacity of 1 gigawatt.
December 3, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Meta, $META, joins Amazon, Google and others in turning to nuclear generation to fuel AI data centers.
It wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical U.S. nuclear plant has a capacity of 1 gigawatt.
It wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical U.S. nuclear plant has a capacity of 1 gigawatt.
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A Dazzling Light in Dance History: a new documentary about Loïe Fuller, whose "refulgent spectacles prompted a frenzy of glowing reviews, inspiring not only other dancers and choreographers, but artists like Toulouse-Lautrec and Rodin." hyperallergic.com/971707/a-daz...
A Dazzling Light in Dance History
When dancer Loïe Fuller’s spinning garment reflected the stage lights, it took on a life of its own, beguiling those in New York, Berlin, and Paris.
hyperallergic.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:02 AM
A Dazzling Light in Dance History: a new documentary about Loïe Fuller, whose "refulgent spectacles prompted a frenzy of glowing reviews, inspiring not only other dancers and choreographers, but artists like Toulouse-Lautrec and Rodin." hyperallergic.com/971707/a-daz...
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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Just a reminder that there’s an app available for your TV called PBS RETRO where you can watch all sorts of wonderful old pbs shows like Mr. Rogers and Reading Rainbow, you know, in case you might need that sort of energy right now
November 26, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Just a reminder that there’s an app available for your TV called PBS RETRO where you can watch all sorts of wonderful old pbs shows like Mr. Rogers and Reading Rainbow, you know, in case you might need that sort of energy right now
Great read
While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Benefits of an open network
emilyliu.me
November 25, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Great read
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What else is different than other platforms ? A complete firehose for academics, researchers and anyone !
Bluesky's firehose is a treasure trove of public data for researchers and developers, and it's completely free. Check out our developer docs: docs.bsky.app
November 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM
What else is different than other platforms ? A complete firehose for academics, researchers and anyone !
Pretty much me in a nutshell
November 23, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Pretty much me in a nutshell
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Aspiring restaurateurs with the cooking skills but without the capital to open a brick and mortar food business can now legally operate out of private home kitchens with a permit. That’s thanks to a new program operated by the LA County Department of Public Health.
LA now lets you legally serve food out of home restaurants
Permitting became effective November 1, and opens low barrier opportunities for aspiring restaurateurs.
lapublicpress.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Aspiring restaurateurs with the cooking skills but without the capital to open a brick and mortar food business can now legally operate out of private home kitchens with a permit. That’s thanks to a new program operated by the LA County Department of Public Health.