Whyauld
@whyauld.bsky.social
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“[Trump] is making us afraid to stand up for our own rights because we’re then going to be sent to El Salvador"
March 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“[Trump] is making us afraid to stand up for our own rights because we’re then going to be sent to El Salvador"
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There's a difference between performative outrage and passionate advocacy for human rights.
Tony Bisignano delivers on the latter.
Tony Bisignano delivers on the latter.
"Shame on you, Christians": Senator Tony Bisignano slams Republicans over anti-trans bill
YouTube video by Bleeding Heartland
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
There's a difference between performative outrage and passionate advocacy for human rights.
Tony Bisignano delivers on the latter.
Tony Bisignano delivers on the latter.
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The “just asking questions” crowd are going to hate when they hear what the scientific method is
March 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The “just asking questions” crowd are going to hate when they hear what the scientific method is
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I think it's even simpler: they *are* Nazis, and they're mocking the media who won't call them what they are, and they're mocking their current and future victims for their perceived helplessness
February 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I think it's even simpler: they *are* Nazis, and they're mocking the media who won't call them what they are, and they're mocking their current and future victims for their perceived helplessness
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Analyzing data published on DOGE's own website, the Associated Press found that 40 percent of DOGE's "savings" have not saved the government anything.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Amid chaos, new report reveals 40 percent of DOGE cuts won't save any money
The fails keep coming.
www.motherjones.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Analyzing data published on DOGE's own website, the Associated Press found that 40 percent of DOGE's "savings" have not saved the government anything.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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This week’s episode is McCutcheon v. FEC, where the Court held that aggregate limits on campaign donations are simply a bridge too far.
McCutcheon v. FEC
Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 02/25/2025 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This week’s episode is McCutcheon v. FEC, where the Court held that aggregate limits on campaign donations are simply a bridge too far.
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disturbing uptick in "we post tweets and talk about them." servile behavior tbh. bluesky is not the Greek chorus for the main character action of twitter, that's loser thinking, have some pride. twitter is dead. post bangers. thank you
February 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
disturbing uptick in "we post tweets and talk about them." servile behavior tbh. bluesky is not the Greek chorus for the main character action of twitter, that's loser thinking, have some pride. twitter is dead. post bangers. thank you
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BBC slammed for pulling film that 'humanised Palestinian children' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bbc-slammed-pulling-film-humanised-palestinian-children
BBC slammed for pulling film that 'humanised Palestinian children'
Britain's public broadcaster said it is 'conducting further due diligence'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
BBC slammed for pulling film that 'humanised Palestinian children' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bbc-slammed-pulling-film-humanised-palestinian-children
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This is why I keep talking about the last ten years as a metastasizing misinformation crisis. Why on EARTH would you think Trump would do anything thoughtfully or strategically? If the media is giving people this impression, it is lying to them
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
February 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is why I keep talking about the last ten years as a metastasizing misinformation crisis. Why on EARTH would you think Trump would do anything thoughtfully or strategically? If the media is giving people this impression, it is lying to them
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Sergey Lavrov, Russia's
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a 50+ year master of Russian diplomacy, strategy, and spycraft. Rubio, a politician. Had virtually no diplomatic training or experience. Cat, meet mouse.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a 50+ year master of Russian diplomacy, strategy, and spycraft. Rubio, a politician. Had virtually no diplomatic training or experience. Cat, meet mouse.
February 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a 50+ year master of Russian diplomacy, strategy, and spycraft. Rubio, a politician. Had virtually no diplomatic training or experience. Cat, meet mouse.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is a 50+ year master of Russian diplomacy, strategy, and spycraft. Rubio, a politician. Had virtually no diplomatic training or experience. Cat, meet mouse.
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i cannot stress enough that at the very least everyone in leadership needs to go. all of them. probably most electeds over 70 too. primary them all. while we're at it can we just drop the entirety of the ny dem party on a deserted island
February 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i cannot stress enough that at the very least everyone in leadership needs to go. all of them. probably most electeds over 70 too. primary them all. while we're at it can we just drop the entirety of the ny dem party on a deserted island
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What are Oregon Republican activists talking about in their Facebook groups on a Friday night, you might ask. Trump’s tariffs? Egg prices? Tax policy? Would you believe me if I said “The need for the FBI to look into Barack Obama’s birth certificate?”
February 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
What are Oregon Republican activists talking about in their Facebook groups on a Friday night, you might ask. Trump’s tariffs? Egg prices? Tax policy? Would you believe me if I said “The need for the FBI to look into Barack Obama’s birth certificate?”
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"would you please put that in writing" is how you pull off insubordination without actually being insubordinate. Very useful when you are getting sketchy (whatever 'sketchy' might mean) instructions from someone who might not want to take responsibility for it later.
signed, a former union steward.
signed, a former union steward.
Have you been asked, as a federal worker, to do something you don't want to do? But they won't put it in writing?
DON'T DO IT.
If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT.
Document, document, document.
Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document
DON'T DO IT.
If they're going to punish you? MAKE THEM PUT IT IN WRITING. ALL OF IT.
Document, document, document.
Act confused. Be confused! Go slow. Require clarity. Lots. Document
February 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"would you please put that in writing" is how you pull off insubordination without actually being insubordinate. Very useful when you are getting sketchy (whatever 'sketchy' might mean) instructions from someone who might not want to take responsibility for it later.
signed, a former union steward.
signed, a former union steward.
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Y'all are probably like, "why is he talking about the WI Supreme Court??"
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Y'all are probably like, "why is he talking about the WI Supreme Court??"
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
Because the world's most insufferable Nazi is weighing in on it and so is one of the far-right's best "get out the vote" people.
Some background🧵
The '23 WI SC race was the most expensive judicial race in US history.
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Slate [Feb 2] -- Purpose of Trump multiple Executive Orders is to "create Jim Crow for trans people" by "fully disenfranchising them from society on a scale not seen since Jim Crow" (e.g., the legal racial caste system mostly in South from Civil War to 1960s).
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
Donald Trump’s Executive Orders Aim to Create Jim Crow for Trans People
The Trump administration has dismissed public pleas for mercy for transgender youth and instead launched a full-scale attack against trans people.
slate.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Slate [Feb 2] -- Purpose of Trump multiple Executive Orders is to "create Jim Crow for trans people" by "fully disenfranchising them from society on a scale not seen since Jim Crow" (e.g., the legal racial caste system mostly in South from Civil War to 1960s).
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
[by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
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i have a very bad feeling party leadership is looping back around to their favorite play when things go bad, asking the republicans nicely to solve the problem for them, and then maybe following up with sternly worded letters when they don’t
Congress must take action to restore the rule of law.
February 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
i have a very bad feeling party leadership is looping back around to their favorite play when things go bad, asking the republicans nicely to solve the problem for them, and then maybe following up with sternly worded letters when they don’t
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Yes. Former Treasury and OMB officials explained to me in detail what sort of power Elon Musk has now been granted. They described it as akin to having his hands on a series of spigots that he can now turn on and off:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
February 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes. Former Treasury and OMB officials explained to me in detail what sort of power Elon Musk has now been granted. They described it as akin to having his hands on a series of spigots that he can now turn on and off:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
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Man I wonder what they're gonna do with all the people theyre arresting to meet their quotas if other countries don't take them. might have to concentrate them all in some area, maybe a camp of some kind
babe wake up the president is going to start a diplomatic war with Colombia
January 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Man I wonder what they're gonna do with all the people theyre arresting to meet their quotas if other countries don't take them. might have to concentrate them all in some area, maybe a camp of some kind
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This is my personal version of hell. Just so dystopian I can barely process it.
"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Opinion | AI Can Work for Us
A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is my personal version of hell. Just so dystopian I can barely process it.
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The things we are forced to manage through Gofundme as a human race are absurd — feeding people through a genocide as our taxes go to kill them, housing people through a fire as not enough of our taxes go to save them.
All in the world’s richest country.
All in the world’s richest country.
January 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The things we are forced to manage through Gofundme as a human race are absurd — feeding people through a genocide as our taxes go to kill them, housing people through a fire as not enough of our taxes go to save them.
All in the world’s richest country.
All in the world’s richest country.
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A former member of the Salem (Oregon) city council has started a new podcast on local politics that's really good. This episode, for example, does a deep dive into who funds the right wing Marion County Commissioners, landfills vs. trash incinerators, etc. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Marion County Commissioners and the Far Right Agenda
Podcast Episode · demobrats · 01/09/2025 · 1h 5m
podcasts.apple.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A former member of the Salem (Oregon) city council has started a new podcast on local politics that's really good. This episode, for example, does a deep dive into who funds the right wing Marion County Commissioners, landfills vs. trash incinerators, etc. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Hey @democrats.org there’s hope fam
Scientists Have Grown a Human Spine In a Lab
Well, almost.
www.popularmechanics.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Hey @democrats.org there’s hope fam