Dan Wedge
@wedge-d.bsky.social
Human first, geek second, lover of 2-wheeled transportation.
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With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
April 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
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Another clear-eyed report from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social. If you are not subscribed to @status.news, you frankly are missing what is really happening to legacy media.
January 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Another clear-eyed report from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social. If you are not subscribed to @status.news, you frankly are missing what is really happening to legacy media.
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US educational system is an immense failure if some attention and memes gets you here.
And the old talking points aren't working anymore.
Anytime someone brings up the Uyghur people or Tiananmen or anything, American's are just like, "Gestures broadly to Palestine/War On Terror/Patriot Act/Climate Change/Oligarchs/Gerontocracy"
Anytime someone brings up the Uyghur people or Tiananmen or anything, American's are just like, "Gestures broadly to Palestine/War On Terror/Patriot Act/Climate Change/Oligarchs/Gerontocracy"
January 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
US educational system is an immense failure if some attention and memes gets you here.
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lol. also, the one RedNote onboarding doc that was in English had a teen mode announcement that was v interesting
January 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
lol. also, the one RedNote onboarding doc that was in English had a teen mode announcement that was v interesting
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I'm sorry but the Dems are ridiculously bad at their Hegspeth questions. IMO, if you want to prove someone is incompetent, you ask them the hardest strategic questions they will have to know to succeed at the job
January 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'm sorry but the Dems are ridiculously bad at their Hegspeth questions. IMO, if you want to prove someone is incompetent, you ask them the hardest strategic questions they will have to know to succeed at the job
Worth reading
I just finished a new essay about the origins of wokeness. I'm going to get flak from both the far right and the far left about it, so to save all our time I'll respond in advance to what I know they'll say.
January 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Worth reading
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Who is your celebrity “Birthday Twin” (born same day as you)? Answer with pic or gif only.
Mine is DON'T GIVE AWAY PII IN ANSWERS TO STUPID SOCIAL MEDIA PROMPTS dot gif
Mine is DON'T GIVE AWAY PII IN ANSWERS TO STUPID SOCIAL MEDIA PROMPTS dot gif
January 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Who is your celebrity “Birthday Twin” (born same day as you)? Answer with pic or gif only.
Mine is DON'T GIVE AWAY PII IN ANSWERS TO STUPID SOCIAL MEDIA PROMPTS dot gif
Mine is DON'T GIVE AWAY PII IN ANSWERS TO STUPID SOCIAL MEDIA PROMPTS dot gif
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(replying) Hey man your post should've been different. You should've used a different word or possibly expressed a totally different idea entirely. Preferably the one I would've used
January 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
(replying) Hey man your post should've been different. You should've used a different word or possibly expressed a totally different idea entirely. Preferably the one I would've used
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The right is extremely adept at confusing cancel culture with consequences culture or even just critique.
I've been saying for years now that the GOP considers any attempt to correct their lies as "censorship" and eventually it would lead to this.
More speech is now called censorship.
More speech is now called censorship.
January 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The right is extremely adept at confusing cancel culture with consequences culture or even just critique.
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Nice resource here...
🛟 medsky 😷 sociology idsky 🧭 🧪 science communication health policy
🛟 medsky 😷 sociology idsky 🧭 🧪 science communication health policy
Ever wonder about the basis for fear-mongering & conspiracy theories about mRNA vax? Wish you had a place to go when someone cites "proof"?
I've got you covered! In my latest @plos.org I buckle up for the waves of anti-vax muck likely to come in 2025. 1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/28/g...
I've got you covered! In my latest @plos.org I buckle up for the waves of anti-vax muck likely to come in 2025. 1/2
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/12/28/g...
Getting Ready for More mRNA Vaccine Fear-Mongering: A Compendium - Absolutely Maybe
Recently, I wrote about a depressingly successful campaign against the introduction of a next generation Covid vaccine in Japan. It is a…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
December 30, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Nice resource here...
🛟 medsky 😷 sociology idsky 🧭 🧪 science communication health policy
🛟 medsky 😷 sociology idsky 🧭 🧪 science communication health policy
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You’ve definitely heard of the Costco DEI story by now, but it’s even more beautiful when you know the full background.
The shareholders put together a list of proposals to run by the board. Proposal 4 reads: “SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING REPORT ON THE RISKS OF MAINTAINING DEI EFFORTS”
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The shareholders put together a list of proposals to run by the board. Proposal 4 reads: “SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING REPORT ON THE RISKS OF MAINTAINING DEI EFFORTS”
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December 28, 2024 at 1:20 AM
You’ve definitely heard of the Costco DEI story by now, but it’s even more beautiful when you know the full background.
The shareholders put together a list of proposals to run by the board. Proposal 4 reads: “SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING REPORT ON THE RISKS OF MAINTAINING DEI EFFORTS”
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The shareholders put together a list of proposals to run by the board. Proposal 4 reads: “SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING REPORT ON THE RISKS OF MAINTAINING DEI EFFORTS”
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Even worse - the article only says that RFK's nomination "sparked controversy because of Kennedy’s history of challenging the safety of vaccines and linking vaccination to autism." No indication those claims are bogus! None! I'm embarrassed for @politico.com and everyone there.
This argument is absurd. Would putting a flat earther in charge of NASA lead to "illuminating discussions about physics and astronomy"?
November 18, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Even worse - the article only says that RFK's nomination "sparked controversy because of Kennedy’s history of challenging the safety of vaccines and linking vaccination to autism." No indication those claims are bogus! None! I'm embarrassed for @politico.com and everyone there.
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The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
November 16, 2024 at 2:50 AM
The American public and the Senate Judiciary Committee deserve to see the Matt Gaetz report.
Repost if you agree.
Repost if you agree.
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