vincense
@vincense.bsky.social
he/they | propaganda arm of 𐀘𐀏𐀙𐀂 | honk mimimimimi
Reposted by vincense
My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.
February 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.
Reposted by vincense
Plainly unlawful and unconstitutional. No one can issue such an order; the President and his officers cannot simply ignore an entity created and funded by Congress.
Russell Vought just told CFPB to shut down @rmac.bsky.social & @stacycowley.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Plainly unlawful and unconstitutional. No one can issue such an order; the President and his officers cannot simply ignore an entity created and funded by Congress.
Reposted by vincense
"But maybe the biggest reason for Trump’s desire to kill the congestion charge is a phenomenon I identified the last time I wrote about this: the rage some Americans obviously feel at any suggestion that people should change their behavior for the common good."
Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Trump To New York: Drop Dead
Why he wants to kill a hugely successful policy
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"But maybe the biggest reason for Trump’s desire to kill the congestion charge is a phenomenon I identified the last time I wrote about this: the rage some Americans obviously feel at any suggestion that people should change their behavior for the common good."
Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Via @pkrugman.bsky.social
Reposted by vincense
Finally, some public leadership from a university president. More, please. Where are the leaders of the largest R1 research institutions most dependent on federal dollars?
From Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University: slate.com/life/2025/02...
Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out
Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.
slate.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Finally, some public leadership from a university president. More, please. Where are the leaders of the largest R1 research institutions most dependent on federal dollars?
Reposted by vincense
Does the Times regret its contributions to those attacks?
February 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Does the Times regret its contributions to those attacks?
Reposted by vincense
It is not "efficient" to operate a hospital in a town of 3,900 people in a county of 8,500 people across 9,000 square miles.
It is not "efficient" to provide emergency medical services in the most isolated national park in the Lower 48.
But people's lives depend on those "inefficiencies."
It is not "efficient" to provide emergency medical services in the most isolated national park in the Lower 48.
But people's lives depend on those "inefficiencies."
February 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It is not "efficient" to operate a hospital in a town of 3,900 people in a county of 8,500 people across 9,000 square miles.
It is not "efficient" to provide emergency medical services in the most isolated national park in the Lower 48.
But people's lives depend on those "inefficiencies."
It is not "efficient" to provide emergency medical services in the most isolated national park in the Lower 48.
But people's lives depend on those "inefficiencies."
Reposted by vincense
The CFPB is the reason that, when my bank "misplaced" my savings, I not only found out where the money was, but got a lengthy apology letter detailing all the steps that they took which resulted their mistake.
And just like that, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau homepage, consumerfinance.gov, is being erased. As of January 30, 2025, CFPB enforcement actions resulted in
$19.7 billion in consumer relief.
$19.7 billion in consumer relief.
February 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The CFPB is the reason that, when my bank "misplaced" my savings, I not only found out where the money was, but got a lengthy apology letter detailing all the steps that they took which resulted their mistake.
Reposted by vincense
"Employees of Heritage, the conservative think tank that produced the Project 2025 policy blueprint ... said they plan to use facial recognition software and a database of hacked usernames and passwords in order to identify contributors to the online encyclopedia, who mostly work under pseudonyms."
Scoop: I obtained a confidential presentation outlining how a major conservative think tanks plans to go after volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are "abusing their position" and promoting antisemitism
forward.com/news/686797/...
forward.com/news/686797/...
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.
forward.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Employees of Heritage, the conservative think tank that produced the Project 2025 policy blueprint ... said they plan to use facial recognition software and a database of hacked usernames and passwords in order to identify contributors to the online encyclopedia, who mostly work under pseudonyms."
Reposted by vincense
It's insane how eight years ago that North Carolina trans bathroom ban was so controversial that companies boycotted the state into a recession and now there's a bunch of "liberals" who think that it might not be such a bad idea
November 17, 2024 at 1:32 AM
It's insane how eight years ago that North Carolina trans bathroom ban was so controversial that companies boycotted the state into a recession and now there's a bunch of "liberals" who think that it might not be such a bad idea
Reposted by vincense
as a voter i’d actually love some common sense on transgender issues actually. nationalized healthcare, leaving us alone otherwise, things of this nature.
November 14, 2024 at 1:36 PM
as a voter i’d actually love some common sense on transgender issues actually. nationalized healthcare, leaving us alone otherwise, things of this nature.
Reposted by vincense
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake
November 13, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake
Don't look at the news
Don't look at the news
(Looks at the news)
Oh, for fuck's sake