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submitted 41 days ago • 951 comments

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

submitted 48 days ago • 870 comments

This little girl is not afraid of Dragon You can find the Kaskaskia Dragon, named for the local hardware store, off of US Highway 40 in Vandalia, IL. If you get a token from the liquor store across the street you can make it breathe fire #BlueSkyArtShow #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforSilver #roadtrip

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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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They can put up a fence, but that won’t keep me from seeing the clouds and the sky! Oh, or seeing those buildings over there, and a few trees. Also, the cloud might look like a thing, but that would be telling.

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

I mean, the warning wasn't wrong. #proofOfCat

submitted 56 days ago • 117 comments

Carl Sagan on Astrology

submitted 55 days ago • 165 comments

Introduced my neighbor to a saying from my late Irish grandmother for these light-drizzle days, “‘Tis a soft day, thanks be to God.” — (Remembering it being said in her thick brogue is mandatory for me)

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submitted 62 days ago • 589 comments

With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free. (Published 2019)

submitted 72 days ago • 47 comments

Historians of white supremacy passing the flame to historians of the Great Depression in the world's saddest Olympic torch relay.

submitted 86 days ago • 70 comments

US Education Department will fire 50% of its workforce.

submitted 108 days ago • 301 comments

Nice showing from lots of folks at Philly’s Stand Up for Science rally. Seemed to be plenty of real scientists and researchers in the crowd (not just pedestrian science-appreciators like myself). #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

I think it's important to remember, with everything extremely fucked up and dumb right now, that at the root of it, fuck fuck fucking fucking fuck.

submitted 115 days ago • 398 comments

I'm still seeing comments saying, "I don't need the NWS! My weather app is better!" Folks don't understand that that cool app is just a parasite that feeds almost entirely off NWS data. The ignorance is stunning.

submitted 116 days ago • 53 comments

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

submitted 117 days ago • 660 comments

A lot of people are going to die from this

submitted 118 days ago • 1203 comments

Trump White House staffers were seen loading around 15 boxes of documents onto the rear of Air Force One. Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized from Trump's Florida home in 2022.

submitted 119 days ago • 407 comments

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

submitted 133 days ago • 534 comments

Thursday: Trump officials fire hundreds at the National Nuclear Security Administration Friday: moved to hire them back “Sources told CNN the officials did not seem to know this agency oversees America’s nuclear weapons.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

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We have received hundreds of tips from readers. Many have helped us identify the people helping Musk, who has not been elected to any office, force out government employees and shutter federal offices. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/elon...

submitted 135 days ago • 18 comments

Double whammy win for Moscow today.

submitted 135 days ago • 30 comments

wizard interview

submitted 145 days ago • 13 comments

A federal employee who works on intel matters says Elon Musk's DOGE team was at the Defense Intel Agency over the weekend. Today, some DIA leaders were asked to send a full list of personnel to OPM who they think worked on anything related to DEI. Including Intel people undercover or embedded.

submitted 137 days ago • 31 comments

Please please PLEASE don’t share headlines without a source, especially stuff that can cause a panic. Thanks!

submitted 137 days ago • 19 comments

Great point.

submitted 138 days ago • 1199 comments

Odd symmetry; and sadly correct. Fails to take into account that there would be tons of unintended consequences that the United States would spend tons of money and another 20 years mopping up.

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky

submitted 145 days ago • 47 comments

For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost. www.latimes.com/environment/...

submitted 147 days ago • 354 comments

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

submitted 147 days ago • 3538 comments

Brian Eno and David Byrne's album My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts was released on February 1, 1981

submitted 147 days ago • 6 comments