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We only get the rights we are willing to fight for.
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February 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Whuf. This hits. (Found on Reddit)
February 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.

wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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WIRED has tracked thousands of US military & intel personnel coming & going from classified sites, incl. NSA hubs & nuclear vaults. We know where they sleep, what they eat, and which brothels they visit.

It's an ocean of blackmail & national secrets within reach of every spy agency in the world.
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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Exclusive BlueSky Competition: Win a £100 We Print Miniatures store voucher.

Like and Repost to enter. A winner will be selected at random on the 1st of November 2024!

Optional: Leave us a comment telling us about your hobby! We love to discover new hobby!
#Miniatures #Competition #Hobby #BlueSky
October 25, 2024 at 9:02 AM
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Today's car reading is #DeltaGreen #ImpossibleLandscapes, as my next game search goes on. DG is a masterpiece… #BooksandBrews
July 28, 2024 at 10:47 AM
July 15, 2024 at 3:01 PM
@shaneivey.bsky.social @drgonzo123.bsky.social @deltagreen.bsky.social

How difficult would it be to get the OG background pattern "schematic.jpg" for DG onto say... a polo or button down shirt?
June 2, 2024 at 10:42 AM
@azzageddi.bsky.social

Rate my professor is really something.
March 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
February 27, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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for every ten stories written about the latest flashpoint in the culture wars, there should be at least one written about how this looming supreme court chevron decision is going to turn the majority of federal regulatory agencies into the functional equivalent of decorative gourds
February 26, 2024 at 12:32 AM
The journalists who broke the Hasbro/Pinkerton Story, the Wyrmwood Rot story and more have launched a reader-supported TTRPG News website.

www.rascal.news/new-tabletop...
February 21, 2024 at 2:38 AM
@questauthority.bsky.social

Proudly announcing the Mecha-Dunford.
January 30, 2024 at 12:03 PM
"Luke, did I ever tell you about the time I was watching Sabine Wren put into Laser Jail by the Nightsisters from beyond the grave? I got a goast boner so hard my Jedi-jizz flew into hyperspace and made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. Then it collided with Nook-E-Wanga space station.
January 5, 2024 at 6:24 AM
November 27, 2023 at 9:09 AM
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“Oops”
It’s been clear for years that shoulder-fired rockets damage the brains of the people who fire them, but the Pentagon has resisted gathering data that would further confirm the extend of the harms, much less act to protect Americans in harm’s way, despite Congressional mandates. @wyden.senate.gov
November 26, 2023 at 7:42 PM
Modrons & Druid
October 25, 2023 at 8:29 AM
What's Up?
October 23, 2023 at 5:45 AM