traditionalgeek.bsky.social
K
@traditionalgeek.bsky.social
Artist, art teacher, mother, nerd.
One final walk as a family. One good sniff session in her neighborhood park. One final bowl of soft food. One final pup cup for the bestest puppy around. Rest easy and breathe better my bubbo puppo bubby dog. 🌈🪽
March 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Elon Musk just opened a giant battery-making factory in China, investing $200 million and creating thousands of overseas jobs.

Meanwhile, Trump has stopped investments in American battery manufacturing in NC, LA, SC and elsewhere.

Make WHO Great Again? 🤔
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Tesla opens Megapack battery factory in China amid nascent trade war
The opening of the $200 million Megapack battery plant in Shanghai highlights Elon Musk’s unusual position as Tesla CEO and Trump administration adviser.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Wash away the Monday mope. Share the good you experienced/saw today….
February 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Deborah Rutter was fired this week after a decade as president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

She says the center worked hard to expand its audience by broadening the programming, inviting "all manner of arts and artists to our stages. ... I pray that that can be sustained."
Former Kennedy Center president speaks out in first interview since her firing
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.
www.npr.org
February 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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To all impacted by this week’s reckless mass-terminations, a class action suit has been filed to stop unlawful terminations.

We stand with our federal workers and are fighting back! ✊

democracyforward.org/updates/fede...
Federal Workers File Class-Wide Complaint Challenging Mass Terminations with Office of Special Counsel - Democracy Forward
democracyforward.org
February 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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President Trump has taken executive action to destroy the few protections in place for ensuring that AI is safe and responsible.

Commonsense guardrails for federal deployment of AI are crucial to guaranteeing that innovation makes our lives better, not worse.
Trump's Efforts to Dismantle AI Protections, Explained | ACLU
President Donald Trump has swiftly removed Artificial Intelligence protections, exposing people to real-world harms.
www.aclu.org
February 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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URGENT: APDU urges you to contact your representatives, regardless of their party affiliation, and let them know that you, as a constituent, believe that the loss of public data is unacceptable.

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Contact lookup and sample script in 🧵
February 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I am trying my best to sift through all the news & updates about what is happening within our government. I am struggling to find how I can help. As a citizen who is concerned about the unethical moves being made by Trump and Musk- what can I do ? Open to constructive suggestions.
February 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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This is not normal.

No one elected Musk—but Trump is letting him raid classified material and people's private financial information. A billionaire with his own motives and foreign entanglements.

This is a dangerous, unprecedented power grab. apnews.com/article/doge...
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material to Elon Musk’s government-insp...
apnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Yes, I have seen the U.S. Department of Education’s Facebook page.

Have YOU read the press releases? Cause they’re worse.

www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
Press Releases | U.S. Department of EducationLock
www.ed.gov
February 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.

It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.

I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.

Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Trump sows chaos in federal workforce then says “resign within a week and I’ll give you 7 months severance.” Don’t fall for it!  Trump told innumerable contractors he’d pay—then stiffed them. He has no authority to promise severance pay. Wait him out!
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government
The Trump administration says it will begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and is warning of future downsizing.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Here is your self-care checklist for today and everyday! 💛🧡💚💙💜
January 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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If you are born in America, you are an American citizen. Period.

The executive order was blocked in court by a federal judge while lawsuits against it, including ours, continue.
January 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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One of the CDC's weekly health publications was not published on its regular schedule, and some data about flu and vaccinations wasn't updated.
Under communications freeze, CDC updates some important health data but not others
One of the CDC's weekly health publications was not published on its regular schedule, and some data about flu and vaccinations wasn't updated.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Trump ordered the Center for Disease Control to stop sending advisories to clinicians about public health threats, and ordered the National Center for Health Statistics to stop sending releases about disease trends, including increasing death totals. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Due to the format of this platform I most likely will not use this for family life updates. I am begrudgingly keeping Facebook due to privacy settings. Instead the focus will be on art, news, nerdy topics, education, and staying connected with friends. A mixture of interest sans family if you will.
January 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM