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Tomorrow at 7pm ET, Broadway history will be made — with an urgent message. George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” recounts journalist Edward R. Murrow confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy over rampant government censorship in the 1950s. This is the first broadcast of a live Broadway show.

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So pooped. What a week! Ready for the weekend

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The beetles and a flattened salsify. Thanks for putting up with me. I guess this is what getting old(er) has done to me.

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Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up. "Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons" Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division

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I learned so much talking to ProPublica for this story. It's a telling window into how Trump/DOGE are using AI to shrink the government and the consequences. And even though this use is particularly ham-handed, it's a good example of the limitations of the technology more generally.🧵 @propublica.org

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Today’s best blep unsurprisingly came from a harbor seal 🦑🦊🌿

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Anyway, anybody need some new pictures of my dog?

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And not only lose the laws on the books, but cut off the ability of states to experiment with different approaches to mitigating the harms of AI that affect their residents. This should be unthinkable. Tech companies can too easily kill federal legislation. The states are our main hope here.

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At least 8 people — 6 adults and 2 children — have been detained at Denver’s federal immigration court since last Thursday as authorities have stepped up their presence, advocates say // Story by @meganululani.bsky.social

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The Morning Monty flashes his murder mittens and readies himself for mayhem.

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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

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Dandelions Rejoicing Richard Calver 1989

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Every time I hear “women are too emotional to be President/CEO/Commander-in-Chief/etc.” I’ll think of these guys and laugh to tears

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A plague a’ both houses!

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Current status #grasslands 🌿

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First rule of owl detecting: whenever you find some interesting looking scat on the ground, always look up. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

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New, from me: The Trump administration is already making it easier for partisan political appointees to fire career civil servants. A new policy will also allow them to politicize who is hired into the civil service. The spoils system returns! 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-politi...

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SCOTUS opinions out at 10 a.m. ET tomorrow

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Have not read the full opinion here, but when it starts out this way, I have a sense of where it's going... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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🧵 PBS and NPR have 45 days to salvage their federal funding — starting now. Trump's unusual "rescission" request has been sent to Congress, starting a 45-day clock for Congress to either approve or ignore the proposal.

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10/10 great legwarmers

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Trump has so paralyzed the federal agencies responsible for protecting civil servants’ rights that federal employees may now be able to win relief directly from courts instead, the 4th Circuit rules. A very good decision for the independent civil service. knightcolumbia.org/documents/9m...

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HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

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Let’s talk for a moment about some of the more subtle ways that the press acts as a mouthpiece for law enforcement. Actor Jonathan Joss was shot to death on Sunday. I don’t know what happened; I wasn’t there. But his husband said a homophobic neighbor shot him as part of an explicit hate crime. /1

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Hello from Camp Krissy today

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GEO Group appeals, arguing government immunity because it's a private contractor. buff.ly/pjQOoiS #AuroraCO #GEOICE #CoPolitics #NoPaywall

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Should we make sure he knows about fire season

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the universe wishes you a very happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈🌌

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Just a girl and her best rock 🪨

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My next train has a SOFA.

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An undocumented man from Honduras, who has lived on Tucson’s south side for more than a decade, narrowly avoided being picked up by immigration agents who initially claimed to be

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Closeups from the afternoon walk.

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Pretty wild to make your entire case about how immigrants are lawless freeloaders, but having to go to their workplaces and court hearings to arrest them.

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Good morning! 🪶

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This morning we drove to Bozeman Pride for @zoandbehold.bsky.social to speak, then went down to Yellowstone and saw incredible sights. Then, on the drive back to Missoula at 1AM, the heavens erupted. Naked eye visible aurora. The northern lights told us Happy Pride :)

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since its #Caturday and all, I want you to know that yes: Lucy got her morning walk, and afterward I snuck up behind my husband to take this pic while he was tickling her (which she looooves)

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The accurate way to describe what is happening here is that Meta is ending privacy and integrity risk assessment reviews.

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Checking in on an old friend in Uptown today.

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Doin’ the funky green heron. Shiawassee NWR May 30, 2023

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Thanks to Chris Hansen and @kylec.bsky.social from 9 News for the coverage of the Blake and Market lanes. I didn't realize that DOTI spent 28% of the original installation cost in ripping up the post from in between the Zicla blocks. In the name of aesthetics only?! www.9news.com/video/news/l...

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Also I am just delighted by how GOOD the Murderbot adaptation has been? The writing is funny and sweet and pacey and all of the things the original Murderbot is.

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We could protect the crown jewels of our national heritage. Or we could do this. Lowest staffing in modern history': National Park Service short thousands of seasonal employees www.sfgate.com/national-par... #publiclands #nationalparks

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