Michelle Barklind
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March 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hi, we are an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible 👋🏻 With us, you select the independent bookshop you want to support (we have 3,000+ partners across the globe), and we share profits from your purchase with them.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
We're also employee-owned and a registered Social Purpose Corporation.
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SCOOP: AI scientists partnering with the government are now being told to remove ‘ideological bias’ from powerful models. “AI safety,” “responsible AI,” and “AI fairness” are no longer required skills. www.wired.com/story/ai-saf...
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models
A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”
www.wired.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
SCOOP: AI scientists partnering with the government are now being told to remove ‘ideological bias’ from powerful models. “AI safety,” “responsible AI,” and “AI fairness” are no longer required skills. www.wired.com/story/ai-saf...
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"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..."
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'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...
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These are bold and wild allegations from the FBI, which is moving to criminalize organizations like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA.
In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups.
In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups.
March 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
These are bold and wild allegations from the FBI, which is moving to criminalize organizations like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the EPA.
In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups.
In a court filing, Citibank disclosed that it had been directed by the FBI to freeze the bank accounts of these groups.
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The USDA cutting of a local food purchasing program will result in roughly $180,000 less funding coming into Whatcom County food banks for purchasing this year. And an unclear future for funding of another program could make matters worse.
Whatcom food banks will be hurt by loss of USDA funding | Cascadia Daily News
Federal government axes food purchasing program, additional food assistance funding in question
www.cascadiadaily.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The USDA cutting of a local food purchasing program will result in roughly $180,000 less funding coming into Whatcom County food banks for purchasing this year. And an unclear future for funding of another program could make matters worse.
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@firstfocus.bsky.social on how the Musk/Marocco war on 'woke' is exposing millions of children to neglect, exploitation and abuse. And this was always the real point. #saveforeignaid
firstfocus.org/update/doge-...
firstfocus.org/update/doge-...
DOGE and the White House Have Turned Their Backs on Orphans and Vulnerable Children | First Focus on Children
President Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have caused catastrophic harm to millions of vulnerable children globally by dismantling USAID and freezing critical aid prog...
firstfocus.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
@firstfocus.bsky.social on how the Musk/Marocco war on 'woke' is exposing millions of children to neglect, exploitation and abuse. And this was always the real point. #saveforeignaid
firstfocus.org/update/doge-...
firstfocus.org/update/doge-...
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Taking my Trump derangement syndrome to new heights. (Stay for the finale.) 🧹🫧💚🇺🇸 #NewVideo #DefyDemocracy #Parody
Defy Democracy - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
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March 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Taking my Trump derangement syndrome to new heights. (Stay for the finale.) 🧹🫧💚🇺🇸 #NewVideo #DefyDemocracy #Parody
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March 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus."
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
1. The Trump administration has crippled cancer and Alzheimer's research by imposing a freeze on all government credit cards at NIH.
An NIH source with direct knowledge tell Popular Information that scientific research has ground to halt because necessary supplies can no longer be purchased.
An NIH source with direct knowledge tell Popular Information that scientific research has ground to halt because necessary supplies can no longer be purchased.
Trump credit card freeze crippling cancer and Alzheimer's research
On February 26, President Trump issued an executive order expanding the power of the United States DOGE Service (DOGE), the government initiative controlled by Elon Musk.
popular.info
March 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"The White House can lie all they want about how they're not stopping cancer research," the NIH source said, "but they're stopping cancer research on [NIH's] Bethesda campus."
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
Can confirm. The many shifting rules and EOs and bans do seem designed to stop cancer research at #NIH.
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Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats.
One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”
One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Pete Hegseth just reportedly ordered the US military’s Cyber Command to “stand down” from all planning against Russia. Analysts have been ordered not to follow or report on Russian threats.
One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”
One inside source said, “Putin is on the inside now.”
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After we published a public audit on Saturday, Elon Musk’s DOGE deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” wiping out an additional $4 billion in so-called savings that the group had claimed to secure for U.S. taxpayers.
March 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
After we published a public audit on Saturday, Elon Musk’s DOGE deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” wiping out an additional $4 billion in so-called savings that the group had claimed to secure for U.S. taxpayers.
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"Jobs were also eliminated at the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center... and the tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii..."
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts.
Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Jobs were also eliminated at the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center... and the tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii..."
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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February 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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The chaos of Trump's first month in office is no accident. This gutting of the federal government and impounding of Congressionally allocated funds was laid out years ago by Russell Vought, Trump's OMB director and Project 2025 architect. Todd Beeton looked at his core beliefs for The Big Picture.
Trump Is Letting Russell Vought Go Wild
Vought's Project 2025 “unitary executive” theory has us headed toward a constitutional cliff
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The chaos of Trump's first month in office is no accident. This gutting of the federal government and impounding of Congressionally allocated funds was laid out years ago by Russell Vought, Trump's OMB director and Project 2025 architect. Todd Beeton looked at his core beliefs for The Big Picture.
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Hundreds of NOAA employees were laid off yesterday, escalating the Trump admin’s assault on federal workers. These cuts align with #Project2025’s goal of dismantling NOAA and privatizing key services—making weather data less accessible. UCS’s @marc-alessi.bsky.social explains why NOAA matters.
Protect NOAA
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
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February 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Hundreds of NOAA employees were laid off yesterday, escalating the Trump admin’s assault on federal workers. These cuts align with #Project2025’s goal of dismantling NOAA and privatizing key services—making weather data less accessible. UCS’s @marc-alessi.bsky.social explains why NOAA matters.
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Making the world deadlier, crueler, and more dangerous. It cost us almost nothing to help these people but we said F off because they’re not right-wing sex traffickers, I guess?
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World. Story by @stephanienolen.bsky.social Gift link nyti.ms/41yWNgN
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article)
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
nyti.ms
February 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Making the world deadlier, crueler, and more dangerous. It cost us almost nothing to help these people but we said F off because they’re not right-wing sex traffickers, I guess?
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This regime has a decidedly different interpretation than I do of what "great" is....
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This regime has a decidedly different interpretation than I do of what "great" is....
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Three volunteer programs coordinated through the U.S. Forest Service are likely to go by the wayside this year, with the firing of more than 30 employees at the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Long-time volunteers are mourning the dismantling of the programs that served to educate visitors.
Mass firings could turn Mount Baker hotspot into summer 'free-for-all,' volunteers warn | Cascadia Daily News
Three programs that educate visitors axed in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
www.cascadiadaily.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Three volunteer programs coordinated through the U.S. Forest Service are likely to go by the wayside this year, with the firing of more than 30 employees at the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Long-time volunteers are mourning the dismantling of the programs that served to educate visitors.
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
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More hits to #NIH:
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
More hits to #NIH:
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
"The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪
@jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org
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