Valerie
@valeriejane.bsky.social
Happily retired teacher! Returned Peace Corps volunteer-Guatemala.
Average pickleball player, but I try hard.
Average pickleball player, but I try hard.
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Tesla rejected $60 million settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amount
Tesla rejected $60 million settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amount
The company was ordered to pay $243 million in punitive and compensatory damages by a Miami jury.
www.theverge.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Tesla rejected $60 million settlement in Autopilot case that ultimately cost it 4 times that amount
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Absolutely agree.
April 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Absolutely agree.
Trump just said egg prices were down 75 % and grocery prices were down. Somebody forgot to tell the grocery stores.
April 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump just said egg prices were down 75 % and grocery prices were down. Somebody forgot to tell the grocery stores.
Snoop Dog commercial about hate, and he sang at the hate leader’s inauguration. Wtf.
February 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Snoop Dog commercial about hate, and he sang at the hate leader’s inauguration. Wtf.
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Senator Ron Wyden at RFK Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearing for HHS Secretary:
"The nominee wrote a book saying that people had been mislead into believing that measles is a deadly disease."
He's unfit.
"The nominee wrote a book saying that people had been mislead into believing that measles is a deadly disease."
He's unfit.
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Senator Ron Wyden at RFK Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearing for HHS Secretary:
"The nominee wrote a book saying that people had been mislead into believing that measles is a deadly disease."
He's unfit.
"The nominee wrote a book saying that people had been mislead into believing that measles is a deadly disease."
He's unfit.
I’m sure trump is feeling personally attacked by all of these kind words about Carter.
January 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I’m sure trump is feeling personally attacked by all of these kind words about Carter.
I am getting a lot of new followers, for no apparent reason. I check to make sure they’re not porn bots or magats before following back. I immediately get messages from men. One says he wants to pay my debts and take care of me. Gross. I want political content and stuff that makes me laugh.
December 10, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I am getting a lot of new followers, for no apparent reason. I check to make sure they’re not porn bots or magats before following back. I immediately get messages from men. One says he wants to pay my debts and take care of me. Gross. I want political content and stuff that makes me laugh.