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I spent a decade on and off reporting on one of the executive orders that Trump revoked on Tuesday: Executive Order 11246, signed by LBJ in 1965. Because of that, I took a minute and wrote down some thoughts to explain just how awful this is — and how ahistorical Trump’s claims are.

submitted 144 days ago • 17 comments

NEW: After some agencies tempered the language of the DEIA snitch email, OPM is now testing a government wide distribution system so they can circumvent agency chiefs and threaten employees directly. They had to send a 2nd email assuring folks the first wasn’t a phishing scam.

submitted 144 days ago • 172 comments

See, they're subject to the jurisdiction of laws we like, but not the laws we don't like.

submitted 144 days ago • 23 comments

NEW: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover in right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. This is his story, by @josh-kaplan.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

submitted 164 days ago • 34 comments

God’s nipples can only get so erect.

submitted 171 days ago • 126 comments

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

submitted 181 days ago • 1141 comments

I love bacon too, ok? I just don’t think making it cheap again is more important than, you know, protecting human rights.

submitted 184 days ago • 296 comments

Started looking at legislation that @warren.senate.gov and @joshhawley.bsky.social offered to reform PBMs. Definitely resolves some important points. But I it ignores just how smart the big PBMs are. It also ignores that there are 25 plus Pass Through PBMs that do the right thing for sponsors

submitted 187 days ago • 208 comments

Grace - Gator Days

submitted 189 days ago • 21 comments

Hi I'm new to BlueSky. My name is Krispy, is nice to be here. I'm currently working on a project to try and make #Prey (2006) to be playable in doom 3 krispy-the-goat.itch.io/prey-2006 Release this as-is with limited support due to some problems, but contributions are open. #open-source #doom3

submitted 197 days ago • 7 comments

I would write something witty about how thankful I am for my friends and family and everything else but I am stuffed more than the bird, so I'll just have to say I wish everyone a happy and conflict free Thanksgiving.

submitted 200 days ago • 0 comments