WhileRomeBurns
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WhileRomeBurns
@zfiddle.bsky.social
I do a lot of different things, to varying degrees of expertness. Cheese. Unrepentant cat lady. Likes to stay in touch, especially with reality, but you do you. (PS: If you contact or reply with $ requests, you’ll be ignored/blocked.)
June 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
June 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Bravo this sign.
June 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Truth in advertising
#caturday
June 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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My favorite #Wisconsin #NoKings sign/flag from today.

#wipolitics
June 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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From the MN state Capitol today (I’m just a visitor to the state), surrounded by people who had the courage to show up despite an assassin at large….
June 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Yesssssss… I love this 🙌🏼
June 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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To those fighting for democracy in LA: 🔟 PROTEST LESSONS from Hong Kong ’19

1️⃣ BE LIKE WATER. Flow, never freeze. One Telegram ping, dozens flood a location, form a blockade with debris, and disperse instantly. Re-emerge blocks away. Keep them chasing shadows. Spread them thin using multiple fronts.
June 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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June 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Big point that is being missed: without the insurrection act, the activated Guard troops are now federal army and cannot
Do law enforcement.

Period
June 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Wait, what now?
David Pogue: “I’m wondering what your thought is on the ban on foreign students, the proposal. I mean, you were one of those kids, right?”
Elon Musk: “Yeah. I mean, I think we wanna stick to, you know, the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as opposed to, you know, presidential policy"
Musk Fends Off Trump Questions in Tense Interview Exchange
The Tesla CEO bristled when asked about politics.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Now THIS
AND
Our lunatic HHS Secretary RFKJR wants to halt bird flu vaccine ...
This is happening here in Arizona, but I bet it's happening in lots of states
And for sure they don't want you to know
May 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
May 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
They always tell us who they are—I wonder if he ranted about sex crimes.
Zachary faces 60 felony charges. His victims were from age 12-17. The son of the senior pastor at Oakwood Church in Ypsilanti, Michigan. As a christian rock musician he was a frequent performer at many conservative gatherings, including the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
May 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Academic trolling, level Jillion and Fifty Nine
WOOT! This is true!

Way to go Harvard
May 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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The cruelty is the point.
May 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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I am really astounded at how calm everyone is about the GOP putting a 500 billion dollar cut for Medicare in the new tax bill.
May 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Oh my fucking god!! Read it!
May 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Less than 2 weeks until the official start of the hurricane season, FEMA has rescinded their strategic plan. But don't worry, it's been replaced with...

(checks notes)

Nothing.

An internal FEMA assessment acknowledges that the agency “is not ready” to handle catastrophic storms this summer.
FEMA Has Canceled Its 4-Year Strategic Plan Ahead of Hurricane Season
Multiple FEMA employees tell WIRED that they did not know of another time when a strategic plan was rescinded without another in place.
www.wired.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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The bill is still a mess but this is a win. Thank you, America. They heard you. House Republicans have dropped the provision that would’ve sold off 500,000 acres of public land in Utah and Nevada.
May 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Got that?
Cut taxes for tanning beds.

Thats what's more important.
May 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
May 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Read down the thread, because it’s hilarious. Go, Sen. Alsobrooks!
Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of?

RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times

Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.
May 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The DOJ memo approving Trump’s Qatari jet?

Written by Pam Bondi.

Her last job? Lobbying for Qatar.

efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
May 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM