🍁🍂 Risswyn 🍂🍁
@risswyn.bsky.social
Fandom lurker 💙💚 Linguaphile 🇫🇷🇯🇵 Writer & editor ✍🏼
Dog mom 🐕 COVID conscious 😷 Eco emphatic 🌎 Pro contact 👽
Love is love 🏳️🌈 Trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (she/her)
Dog mom 🐕 COVID conscious 😷 Eco emphatic 🌎 Pro contact 👽
Love is love 🏳️🌈 Trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Free Palestine 🇵🇸 (she/her)
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Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
February 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Do you remember that time Pence tried to see Hamilton and the cast called him out.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
Or when McConnell was chased out of a resraurant and not allowed a peaceful meal.
Or when Cruz abandoned Texas during the deep freeze and we shamed him into going home.
That.
Do that.
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“What worries us the most are bacterial infections that can follow alongside influenza (and) get kids super, super sick. ... Flu itself and those complications can lead to death in children. ... Influenza is very scary.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
NC girl, 9, dies from flu complications as cases continue to spike across the US
Madeline Vernon woke up with a fever of 104.9 degrees the day before she died
www.independent.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“What worries us the most are bacterial infections that can follow alongside influenza (and) get kids super, super sick. ... Flu itself and those complications can lead to death in children. ... Influenza is very scary.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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"It was an unusual scene in the Oval Office. Elon Musk stood and held forth for a half hour to the assembled press corps, while Donald Trump sat at his desk, occasionally chiming in, but mostly looking up at Elon with what seemed to me to be increasing irritation."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
When President Musk Speaks, Donald Trump Listens
DOGE is in charge now.
www.thebulwark.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"It was an unusual scene in the Oval Office. Elon Musk stood and held forth for a half hour to the assembled press corps, while Donald Trump sat at his desk, occasionally chiming in, but mostly looking up at Elon with what seemed to me to be increasing irritation."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-presi...
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I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
February 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
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And that’s why we make it.
Even when it feels ‘unimportant’ or when the world is in shambles… because I know somebody, somewhere needs a fight song or a singalong… or to move they body and feel something deeply personal & real for a second. An escape. A reminder. A hug. A connection. 💜
Even when it feels ‘unimportant’ or when the world is in shambles… because I know somebody, somewhere needs a fight song or a singalong… or to move they body and feel something deeply personal & real for a second. An escape. A reminder. A hug. A connection. 💜
music sustains me :)
February 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And that’s why we make it.
Even when it feels ‘unimportant’ or when the world is in shambles… because I know somebody, somewhere needs a fight song or a singalong… or to move they body and feel something deeply personal & real for a second. An escape. A reminder. A hug. A connection. 💜
Even when it feels ‘unimportant’ or when the world is in shambles… because I know somebody, somewhere needs a fight song or a singalong… or to move they body and feel something deeply personal & real for a second. An escape. A reminder. A hug. A connection. 💜
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The hiring of thousands of federal firefighters has stalled amid a governmentwide freeze ordered by President Trump, just as agencies were beginning to ramp up staffing for the summer wildfire season, according to a firefighters’ union.
Firefighter Hiring Stalls at Federal Agencies After Trump’s Freeze
Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was beginning, a union said.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The hiring of thousands of federal firefighters has stalled amid a governmentwide freeze ordered by President Trump, just as agencies were beginning to ramp up staffing for the summer wildfire season, according to a firefighters’ union.
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but a week ago, the CSU closed 6 departments (among them, philosophy, women's and gender studies, and economics) and fired 46 tenure-line faculty at Sonoma State. One of those faculty studies AI ethics.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
“The rollout will cover 23 campuses of the largest public university system in the United States, enabling students to access personalized tutoring and study guides through the chatbot, while the faculty will be able to use it for administrative tasks.”
OpenAI targets higher education in the U.S. with ChatGPT rollout at California State University
Microsoft -backed OpenAI said on Tuesday it will roll out an education-specific version of its chatbot to about 500,000 students and faculty at California State University as it looks to expand its user base in the academic sector and counter competition from rivals like Alphabet .
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Not to put too fine a point on it, but a week ago, the CSU closed 6 departments (among them, philosophy, women's and gender studies, and economics) and fired 46 tenure-line faculty at Sonoma State. One of those faculty studies AI ethics.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
They fired the AI ethics professor. Then, this.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk do not care about your safety, they don't care about planes crashing, they don't care about patients dying, they don't care about immigrants being locked in concentration camps
They only care about money.
Every Dollar stolen from you, is one for them
They only care about money.
Every Dollar stolen from you, is one for them
February 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk do not care about your safety, they don't care about planes crashing, they don't care about patients dying, they don't care about immigrants being locked in concentration camps
They only care about money.
Every Dollar stolen from you, is one for them
They only care about money.
Every Dollar stolen from you, is one for them
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The end result of the "move fast and break things" brain rot
New from 404 Media: inside the gov meeting where Musk ally laid out plans for data sharing across gov/AI. We got audio. In the call an employee pushed back and said the plan would be “illegal.” Musk ally said “we should still push forward and see what we can do.” www.404media.co/things-are-g...
‘Things Are Going to Get Intense:’ How a Musk Ally Plans to Push AI on the Government
404 Media has obtained audio of a meeting held by Thomas Shedd, a Musk-associate who is now heading a team of government coders. In the call one employee pushed back and said one of the planned moves ...
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The end result of the "move fast and break things" brain rot
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Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
February 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
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Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
February 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
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At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
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By now you've seen a dozen headlines about a dubious COVID report from the Alberta government that's full of junk science.
If you click on any of them, let it be this one.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
If you click on any of them, let it be this one.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
A Canadian Province Released a COVID Report Full of Pseudoscience. Who Wrote It, and Why?
Donald Trump’s NIH pick was among the authors of a report that recommended discontinuing the use of COVID-19 vaccines.
substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
By now you've seen a dozen headlines about a dubious COVID report from the Alberta government that's full of junk science.
If you click on any of them, let it be this one.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
If you click on any of them, let it be this one.
My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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As someone with asthma, all I can say is Luigi.
The parents of a 22-year-old Wisconsin man who died after an asthma attack have filed a lawsuit against Walgreens and UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit manager after they said the price for his medication suddenly rose from $66 to $539.
22-Year-Old With Chronic Asthma Died After Inhaler Price Went From $66 to $539: Lawsuit
Cole Schmidtknecht's parents are now suing Walgreens and pharmacy benefit manager OptumRx.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As someone with asthma, all I can say is Luigi.
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Malicious compliance: Start misgendering the people who set this policy. I hope somebody involved has a name that doesn't say their gender obviously or points to the wrong one.
January 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Malicious compliance: Start misgendering the people who set this policy. I hope somebody involved has a name that doesn't say their gender obviously or points to the wrong one.
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.
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Pew Research estimates that 79% of hetero married women change their surname on marriage. Approx 69 mil American women no longer have a birth certificate that matches their legal name -- and that would, under this bill, disqualify them from voting.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
January 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Pew Research estimates that 79% of hetero married women change their surname on marriage. Approx 69 mil American women no longer have a birth certificate that matches their legal name -- and that would, under this bill, disqualify them from voting.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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New — The National Treasury Employees Union just sent out an urgent email to all members re: OPM guidance on deferred resignation.
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
January 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New — The National Treasury Employees Union just sent out an urgent email to all members re: OPM guidance on deferred resignation.
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
“Don't be fooled. Don't follow this OPM group's guidance. DO NOT RESIGN.”
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These are not large servers. In the range of 100-200gb of documents for both NIH and CDC.
If anyone wants to help archive and get uploaded to Internet Archive it would be a huge public service. 🙏
I've already archived LitCovid myself.
If anyone wants to help archive and get uploaded to Internet Archive it would be a huge public service. 🙏
I've already archived LitCovid myself.
This is NOT a drill. Someone sent a journalist a tip that the entire CDC website is going to go down soon.
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇
two men are sitting on a couch with the words just grab it take it
Alt: two men are sitting on a couch with the words just grab it take it
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
These are not large servers. In the range of 100-200gb of documents for both NIH and CDC.
If anyone wants to help archive and get uploaded to Internet Archive it would be a huge public service. 🙏
I've already archived LitCovid myself.
If anyone wants to help archive and get uploaded to Internet Archive it would be a huge public service. 🙏
I've already archived LitCovid myself.
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🚨🚨🚨ACTION ITEM FOR HEALTHCARE FOLX and anyone else who might be interested. #DoAThing #TagYourFavoriteDataHoarder
This is NOT a drill. Someone sent a journalist a tip that the entire CDC website is going to go down soon.
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇
two men are sitting on a couch with the words just grab it take it
Alt: two men are sitting on a couch with the words just grab it take it
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
🚨🚨🚨ACTION ITEM FOR HEALTHCARE FOLX and anyone else who might be interested. #DoAThing #TagYourFavoriteDataHoarder
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This is NOT a drill. Someone sent a journalist a tip that the entire CDC website is going to go down soon.
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇
two men are sitting on a couch with the words just grab it take it
Alt: two men are sitting on a couch with the words just grab it take it
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is NOT a drill. Someone sent a journalist a tip that the entire CDC website is going to go down soon.
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇
Also, NIH just shutdown the women's health page, so I'm not confident it'll stay up either.
If you want to archive any data from these sites, direct download links are below.👇