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In one brilliant operation, Ukraine takes out one third of Russia’s strategic missile carrier aircraft capacity using 117 drones across 5 different Russian regions. This must be a surprise to Trump, who said Zelenskyy had no cards — you know, that Ukrainian President who does not even wear a […]

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DOGE will potentially cost the US government $135 billion this year alone due to firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave for thousands of employees, according to the Partnership for Public Service and acknowledged by Elon Musk’s Grok AI assistant.

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Multiple fires in central and northern Saskatchewan file:///private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile%20Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Downloads/Export/Export.png

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I’ve used up my #GiftArticle allotment for the month, so if someone has one left, please link it. As #ElonMusk became one of #Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies & donating about $275M to help him win the presidency, he was also using #drugs far more intensely than […]

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Trump’s FEMA thumbs nose at a state that backed him 3 times: ‘Gonna cost a lot’ https://www.rawstory.com/fema-north-carolina/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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The biggest sign that Trump may already be an elected autocrat. by @Dahlialith https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/trump-elected-autocrat-censorship-gaza-protesters.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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Over 700 and $1.7 billion in previously undisclosed grant terminations published by NIH – Grant Watch https://grant-watch.us/posts/700-new-terminations/ #NIH #Funding #Science #Research

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I am attending the NISAR Science Team meeting where we are discussing the plans for the satellite operations after launch and the exciting data that will be acquired. The banners for NISAR are posted at JPL. Launch date is not announced yet, but target is next month. Watch the NASA NISAR blog […]

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I have an idea for a program to promote businesses that are good for the environment because they help people repair things. Places like tailors, cobblers, electronics repair are all at risk of vanishing along with the skills required to do these things. Right at a moment when we should be […]

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“In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death. That’s happening now. In my country, they’re taking sadistic pleasure in the pain they inflict on loyal American workers.They have no concern or idea of what it means to be […]

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Jackson, Kentucky is on the North Fork of the Kentucky River, along which 40+ people—disproportionately children and elderly—died during 2022 floods likely exacerbated by extensive mountaintop removal coal mines (up to 25% of one sub-watershed). And, now, a deadly tornado in its forecast area. 🧵

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#DOGE has turned its attention to small, #independent entities NPR has identified close to 40 entities — inside, adjacent to & OUTSIDE of the #government — where DOGE & the #Trump admin have turned their attention in recent weeks. It's the latest example of how DOGE is attempting to expand its […]

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Alondra Nelson — of the #OSTP #NelsonMemo on #OpenAccess — just resigned her positions at the National Science Foundation (#NSF) and Library of Congress (#LOC). Read her resignation letter. https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/ "Even as the White House […]

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#Trump just defunded a program to provide high-speed #internet to rural areas, which are predominantly red. Why? It was called the Digital Equity Act. https://newrepublic.com/article/195097/angry-trump-kills-woke-program-and-accidentally-screws-maga-voters #BrainlessKeywordSearching #DEI #USPol […]

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I'm happy to announce a public list of public statements supporting research and higher education against threats from the #Trump administration. It includes projects tracking Trump admin actions on the same topics […]

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Todd Lyons was an issue in Shelly Joseph's prosecution (the judge charged in 2019) and he'll likely be one in Hannah Dugan's prosecution. Perhaps he should shut his yap about endangering those who guard the law? www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/27/s...

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Yes! Fascism is out of fashion! Danish construction company Tscherning returns their entire Tesla fleet of cars, because of “Elon Musk’s political commitment and the opinions he has publicly expressed” […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Detecting malicious Unicode in #curl https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/16/detecting-malicious-unicode/

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The web feels so broken. Subscription and login gates at every corner. Using Google on a phone now means being periodically quizzed on which of the buttons to press to not be redirected to the app store. Opening an Instagram link casually throws up a browser alert dialog because it tries to […]

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Back before satellites, to transmit radio over really long distances folks bounced it off the ionosphere - a layer of charged particles in the upper atmosphere. Unfortunately this layer only reflects radio waves with frequencies up to 30 megahertz. This limits the rate at which information can […]

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I learned so much from Rose on Twitter, back in the before times. This just breaks my heart to learn that she was fired from NASA after everything she's been through […]

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HT to myfriend @fawfulfan.bsky.social for this. It’s just a splendid discussion of something the Left doesn’t like to talk about in a balanced way, and the Right doesn’t have enough brain cells to talk about at all. Why I Stopped Being Anti-Woke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2QGME8KHzY

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PTI: Stoppage of firing and military action between India and Pakistan was worked out directly between the two countries.

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NPR story: A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, a Clinton appointee, came after a hearing Friday in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor unions […]

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It is critical that as many Americans as possible here want Congressman Menendez says about ICE’s treatment of members of Congress and the mayor of Newark today in New Jersey. His remarks begin at 1:02. https://youtu.be/CUjfHM8l1QQ

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“VOA is not to be the voice of left America nor the voice of right America,” said Steve Herman, chief national correspondent for VOA. “USAGM cannot dictate that] VOA run OAN content. It would be a violation of our fire wall and our charter, which are laws.” […]

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Decision by Kari Lake to have the far-right One America News supply content to air on the Voice of America “makes a mockery of the agency's history of independent non-partisan journalism," former USAGM Chief Financial Officer Grant Turner tells NPR […]

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The absolute disregard for anything alive. The lack of care for anything not immediately putting money in their pocket. The naked conflict of interest and regulatory capture. Paywall is now lifted. Law change protects vulnerable roads and mines from skinks, geckos and frogs - Newsroom […]

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