Mindy
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Into politics, education, music, books, science, baseball & hockey. MA in Ed Policy. Expert in college Financial Aid
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Well, this is fucked up and depressing.
Rolling Stone fired Alan Sepinwall, Status’ Oliver Darcy reports. That’s probably the end of my subscription.
September 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Well, this is fucked up and depressing.
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McGovern: "Now of course you don't want anybody to know what you're doing here. It's because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you...you are intentionally hiding what you are doing...that's what you guys think is big and beautiful: greed, corruption, & tax breaks for billionaires."
May 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
McGovern: "Now of course you don't want anybody to know what you're doing here. It's because you know this bill betrays the people who voted for you...you are intentionally hiding what you are doing...that's what you guys think is big and beautiful: greed, corruption, & tax breaks for billionaires."
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McGovern: "This is not a governing philosophy. It is a scam. I wasn't sent here to vote for trash. I can't understand why you'd choose a career of public service to do this -- to rip away the healthcare & food assistance of working & middle class Americans. Is that really what you came here to do?"
May 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
McGovern: "This is not a governing philosophy. It is a scam. I wasn't sent here to vote for trash. I can't understand why you'd choose a career of public service to do this -- to rip away the healthcare & food assistance of working & middle class Americans. Is that really what you came here to do?"
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McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."
May 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
McGovern: "You are literally taking food off kids' plates to buy Elon Musk another yacht. I guess he's getting a good return on his campaign donations ... this is not policy. This is theft."
Remember when we used to laugh at people who didn’t know basic shit about government? And them run them out of the government?
Those were good times.
Those were good times.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Remember when we used to laugh at people who didn’t know basic shit about government? And them run them out of the government?
Those were good times.
Those were good times.
There are very few things I’d want to do LESS than swim in water infested with E. coli bacteria
This is disgusting
This is disgusting
RFK Jr. celebrated on Sunday by taking shirtless selfies and swimming in an E. coli-ridden, sewage-infested creek where swimming, notably, has been banned by the National Park Service, thanks to the whole...poop water issue.
RFK Jr. Took His Grandkids for a Dip in a Sewage-Contaminated Creek For Mother’s Day
The National Park Service bans swimming in Rock Creek due to “high levels of bacteria.”
www.vanityfair.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
There are very few things I’d want to do LESS than swim in water infested with E. coli bacteria
This is disgusting
This is disgusting
@joshtpm.bsky.social I mean, this guy routinely says shit like this! How can you pick one dumbest thing?!
Trump: "I don’t think plastic is going to affect the shark as they are munching their way through the ocean.”
May 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social I mean, this guy routinely says shit like this! How can you pick one dumbest thing?!
I also had to go check this. I’m still not 100% sure this isn’t a parody account.
But, my god, man. Have some self-respect. This is so embarrassing and pathetic.
But, my god, man. Have some self-respect. This is so embarrassing and pathetic.
Despite seeing several people I totally trust say this was real I still felt I had to verify it with my own eyes. And having done so I still can't believe it's real.
April 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I also had to go check this. I’m still not 100% sure this isn’t a parody account.
But, my god, man. Have some self-respect. This is so embarrassing and pathetic.
But, my god, man. Have some self-respect. This is so embarrassing and pathetic.
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Even the language that vulnerable Republicans are using to soften how exactly they intend to enact sweeping cuts is coded. More here:
Republican Work Of Cutting Medicaid While Pretending They’re Not Begins In Earnest
During a widely covered weekend town hall at which New York Republican...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Even the language that vulnerable Republicans are using to soften how exactly they intend to enact sweeping cuts is coded. More here:
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There is an imminent threat to healthcare coverage for literally tens of millions of Americans, which is being posed by the budget resolution recently passed by House Republicans. From @charlesgaba.com
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
Republicans have decided which 21 million Americans should lose their healthcare.
As regular readers know, I've been a bit obsessed over the past month or so with generating pie charts which break out the total healthcare program enrollment for the entire population of all 435 U.S....
acasignups.net
April 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
There is an imminent threat to healthcare coverage for literally tens of millions of Americans, which is being posed by the budget resolution recently passed by House Republicans. From @charlesgaba.com
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
acasignups.net/25/04/27/rep...
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The level of criminal conduct here is hard to imagine www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret
Elon Musk’s DOGE allies have been spearheading a secret new communications project at Donald Trump’s Federal Aviation Administration.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The level of criminal conduct here is hard to imagine www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Absolutely correct. If they did this, Political
Media would be far more accurate in depicting what is really going on
Media would be far more accurate in depicting what is really going on
Just published! The Trump regime should be covered as a criminal enterprise presswatchers.org/2025/04/the-...
The Trump regime should be covered as a criminal enterprise | Press Watch
It’s not a one-off when he does something flatly illegal. It’s his M.O.
presswatchers.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Absolutely correct. If they did this, Political
Media would be far more accurate in depicting what is really going on
Media would be far more accurate in depicting what is really going on
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“He doesn’t even go here!”
LOL, she nailed it
LOL, she nailed it
It’s not complex. People can see with their eyes. He’s repellent to voters due to a toxic combination of exhausting amounts of cringe (see cheese head hat), desperate thirstiness (that fatal “hey, look at me mommy” vibe) and irritating arrogance (he’s not even from this school)
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“He doesn’t even go here!”
LOL, she nailed it
LOL, she nailed it
Counterpoint: We need MORE sports here. Bring all of Sports Twitter over here. That’s at least 80% of the remaining value of Twitter
Why are we talking sports here on BlueSky? Democracy is literally blowing up. We need to resist #resist
March 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Counterpoint: We need MORE sports here. Bring all of Sports Twitter over here. That’s at least 80% of the remaining value of Twitter
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Composer Maurice Ravel was born on 7 March 1875. His music is a magical, often witty and always gorgeously-crafted adventure. For me the work that perfectly sums up his art is Daphnis. If you were only allowed ONE single disc of Ravel, which would it be? Here’s mine. #Ravel150
March 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Composer Maurice Ravel was born on 7 March 1875. His music is a magical, often witty and always gorgeously-crafted adventure. For me the work that perfectly sums up his art is Daphnis. If you were only allowed ONE single disc of Ravel, which would it be? Here’s mine. #Ravel150
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“The only love affair I have ever had was with music.” Happy 150th, Maurice Ravel! 🥳🎉
Ten of my favourite Ravel works:
bachtrack.com/playlist-mau...
Ten of my favourite Ravel works:
bachtrack.com/playlist-mau...
Bachtrack top ten: Maurice Ravel
“I've written only one masterpiece. Unfortunately it has no music in it.” To which work was the self-critical Maurice Ravel referring and where does it come in our playlist of the dapper Frenchman’s t...
bachtrack.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“The only love affair I have ever had was with music.” Happy 150th, Maurice Ravel! 🥳🎉
Ten of my favourite Ravel works:
bachtrack.com/playlist-mau...
Ten of my favourite Ravel works:
bachtrack.com/playlist-mau...
Listened to this today. Absolutely gorgeous! Could have used a bit more passion from the choir, but the orchestra was superb. Beautiful recording
#NowSpinning Excited by this one! Pappano’s new Daphnis et Chloé. I have heard nothing about it yet, but it’s Pappano and the LSO. An orchestra with a clear pedigree in Ravel!
February 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Listened to this today. Absolutely gorgeous! Could have used a bit more passion from the choir, but the orchestra was superb. Beautiful recording
I have decided to restart reading “War and Peace” this year. I got about 200 pages into it in 2021. But I stopped when life re-started post-COVID. Gong to try to read at least 20 pages a day. Wondering if I should re-start even though I do remember what happened. #booksky
February 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I have decided to restart reading “War and Peace” this year. I got about 200 pages into it in 2021. But I stopped when life re-started post-COVID. Gong to try to read at least 20 pages a day. Wondering if I should re-start even though I do remember what happened. #booksky
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NEW: Marko Elez, Musk operative at Treasury, not only isn't limited to read only access (has admin privileges) but has already made extensive code changes to the Treasury Dept payment system. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NEW: Marko Elez, Musk operative at Treasury, not only isn't limited to read only access (has admin privileges) but has already made extensive code changes to the Treasury Dept payment system. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
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In Firefox you can disable Google AI overviews by creating a custom search engine.
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Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good
The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google’s AI Overview.
arstechnica.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In Firefox you can disable Google AI overviews by creating a custom search engine.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
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