Em Slaten
@themdash.bsky.social
Disaster nerd, rockhound, dendrophile, policy wonk. They/them. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
All my best to this FEMA employee, and may they succeed in their mission:
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Today, FEMA workers issued The Katrina Declaration, decrying how the Trump administration has weakened our nation’s ability to respond to disasters.
FEMA is the fourth agency to have workers craft a document calling out their leadership.
www.importantcontext.news/p/fema-worke...
FEMA is the fourth agency to have workers craft a document calling out their leadership.
www.importantcontext.news/p/fema-worke...
FEMA Workers Send “Katrina Declaration” To Congress
Over 180 workers have signed a document warning of impending disaster due to Trump administration cuts.
www.importantcontext.news
August 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today, FEMA workers issued The Katrina Declaration, decrying how the Trump administration has weakened our nation’s ability to respond to disasters.
FEMA is the fourth agency to have workers craft a document calling out their leadership.
www.importantcontext.news/p/fema-worke...
FEMA is the fourth agency to have workers craft a document calling out their leadership.
www.importantcontext.news/p/fema-worke...
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Lots of talk about TX and FL and their capacity to meet disaster needs as FEMA seeks to push responsibility for response and recovery to the state level. Since 2015, FEMA sent $6.6B to Texas for disasters and $13.2B to FL.
May 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Lots of talk about TX and FL and their capacity to meet disaster needs as FEMA seeks to push responsibility for response and recovery to the state level. Since 2015, FEMA sent $6.6B to Texas for disasters and $13.2B to FL.
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Sen. Cory Booker
@booker.senate.gov
filibustering for the American people until he physically can't anymore.
@booker.senate.gov
filibustering for the American people until he physically can't anymore.
April 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Sen. Cory Booker
@booker.senate.gov
filibustering for the American people until he physically can't anymore.
@booker.senate.gov
filibustering for the American people until he physically can't anymore.
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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
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Wait. What??
BREAKING: Trump's billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won't care if they don't get their Social Security checks — and that anyone who does complain is a fraudster.
March 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Wait. What??
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I am so fucking furious at Chuck Fucking Schumer
March 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I am so fucking furious at Chuck Fucking Schumer
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CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. He’s way past his best by date and I’m not talking about age, I’m talking about usefulness.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
March 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
CHUCK SCHUMER HAS TO GO. He’s way past his best by date and I’m not talking about age, I’m talking about usefulness.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
Senate Dems need to step up and have some courage.
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The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering it, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.
February 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering it, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.
Terrible news. The last couple weeks have been So Much that I spontaneously started journaling and I hate to say it, but it’s actually goddamn helping.
February 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Terrible news. The last couple weeks have been So Much that I spontaneously started journaling and I hate to say it, but it’s actually goddamn helping.
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Trump admin's memo to federal workers today vs. Elon Musk's memo to Twitter employees before laying off 80% of staff.
More on how Musk's fingerprints are all over this: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
More on how Musk's fingerprints are all over this: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
January 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Trump admin's memo to federal workers today vs. Elon Musk's memo to Twitter employees before laying off 80% of staff.
More on how Musk's fingerprints are all over this: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
More on how Musk's fingerprints are all over this: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-buyo...
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Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
January 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
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Did yis know that medieval knotwork ornament was often deployed as a form of spirit trap - an apotropaic device that worked by mesmerizing spirits so they would be drawn in and trapped in its maze-like interlacings? Yeah turns out that works on digital demons too
January 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did yis know that medieval knotwork ornament was often deployed as a form of spirit trap - an apotropaic device that worked by mesmerizing spirits so they would be drawn in and trapped in its maze-like interlacings? Yeah turns out that works on digital demons too
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so with altman bending at the knees does that mean that people will stop arguing with me when i point out that genAI is the ecocidal handmaiden of fascism
January 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
so with altman bending at the knees does that mean that people will stop arguing with me when i point out that genAI is the ecocidal handmaiden of fascism
I beg of you, do not teach your children to “actively listen” by making affirming noises/saying “yes, yep, absolutely, yeah.” Please. My auditory processing cannot.
January 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I beg of you, do not teach your children to “actively listen” by making affirming noises/saying “yes, yep, absolutely, yeah.” Please. My auditory processing cannot.
The Carrot weather app gives no fucks and I will forever be a happy paid customer.
January 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Carrot weather app gives no fucks and I will forever be a happy paid customer.
First dose of muscle relaxants let’s gooo. Fingers crossed for a pain free morning! #chronicpain
January 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
First dose of muscle relaxants let’s gooo. Fingers crossed for a pain free morning! #chronicpain
Anyone else on StoryGraph? I’m there by the same username, themdash
January 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Anyone else on StoryGraph? I’m there by the same username, themdash
Killer sky tonight, even in the light-polluted MD suburbs. Can you spot Mars and Jupiter?
January 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Killer sky tonight, even in the light-polluted MD suburbs. Can you spot Mars and Jupiter?
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WISDOM IS BACK!!!!
#birds
#birds
We're thankful to hear that Wisdom, the world's oldest banded bird, has returned to Midway Atoll for the breeding season AND has already laid an egg! At 74+ years old, Wisdom is changing our understanding of #seabird biology. Welcome back & congrats! #ornithology friendsofmidway.org/wisdom-was-s...
Wisdom was sighted near her usual nest site on Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) on November 26, 2024. Her new mate is now incubating their egg!
The oldest known banded bird in the wild, a Mōlī or Laysan albatross known as Wisdom and who is at least 74 years old, has once again mystified biologists. Being able to reproduce and develop an eg…
friendsofmidway.org
November 28, 2024 at 1:02 PM
WISDOM IS BACK!!!!
#birds
#birds
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in other "look at where this guy comes from" news, Elon Musk's father just did a lengthy podcast episode that opens with the host saying "I bet the last time you had this many black people in your house someone was trying to rob you"
youtu.be/KH1U5x8LXgs?...
youtu.be/KH1U5x8LXgs?...
EPISODE 613 | ERROL MUSK On Growing Up in SA, Elon Musk,Donald Trump,Dating Step Daughter,Ex Wife’s
YouTube video by MacG
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November 26, 2024 at 5:25 PM
in other "look at where this guy comes from" news, Elon Musk's father just did a lengthy podcast episode that opens with the host saying "I bet the last time you had this many black people in your house someone was trying to rob you"
youtu.be/KH1U5x8LXgs?...
youtu.be/KH1U5x8LXgs?...