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Today, Walmart joins all the retailers forced to raise their prices because of the Trump Tariffs. The Truth in Tariffs Act, my bill with @schumer.senate.gov, will show families just how much the Trump Tariff is costing us. Let's make Trump's national sales tax transparent.

submitted 3 days ago • 49 comments

JUST TO CLARIFY…👇 Gotta love BETTY, because she ‘tells it like it is!’ ❤️✨

submitted 21 days ago • 220 comments

The Regime says they want to get rid of “waste, fraud, and abuse” while they toss critical long-standing studies that you, the taxpayer, paid for into the trash. The PRAMS study is essential for understanding maternal and child health.

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

If only we could have foreseen this... This level of neglect and blatant disregard for human life, particularly in a highly--if inequitably--resourced environment is an outrage. #HealthIsAHumanRight

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Opinion: Britain’s food supply is precarious – and Trump’s chaos is spreading. I have a plan. Do you? By George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

submitted 81 days ago • 105 comments

Impeach.

submitted 80 days ago • 332 comments

TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout

submitted 80 days ago • 2279 comments

Yep. Also, fu, Trump, Musk & DOGE.

submitted 81 days ago • 6 comments

Look at this leader. Lift her up.

submitted 82 days ago • 242 comments

I'm in. February 28, 2025!

submitted 91 days ago • 330 comments

On Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 (Presidents’ Day), coordinated protests will occur in all 50 states at or near each state’s capitol (and some city halls) to peacefully oppose the Trump Administration’s actions and “Project 2025” agenda. Find details for your state ⬇️🪧

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

Share widely!

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Insane contradictory rules. You MUST address how your grant has an impact on society. If you do, the grant will be cancelled. Soviet level censorship clothed in a web of obfuscation!

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Crazy idea but could some US senator call the Sec of the Treasury and ask him what the fuck is going on? @corybooker.com, you voted for him. You and the 14 other Dems who also did need to get answers @wyden.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov must also given their key roles

submitted 105 days ago • 44 comments

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

submitted 105 days ago • 163 comments

Wow. Worth a read…

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Now is the time to archive the gov data and webpages that you depend on for your research. They may not be there in the future. #AcademicSky #LibrarySky #CommSky 1) blog.pagefreezer.com/how-to-archi... 2) archive.org 3) archive-it.org

submitted 163 days ago • 3 comments

Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era

submitted 108 days ago • 324 comments

The RFK Jr. confirmation hearing has been scheduled for 1/29/25. The nomination is on shaky ground. Here's the call to action: Reach Out To Your Senators and Urge Them To Oppose RFK Jr's nomination to be HHS Secretary Here's how to do that, step-by-step:

submitted 115 days ago • 48 comments

Been thinking about this cartoon. For no reason. Really. It's from 1889 -- during the Gilded Age.

submitted 118 days ago • 67 comments

The freeze of the NIH is just the latest culmination of the right's long war on science, education, and democracy. Here are some of my ideas for what I think scientists can do about it. 🧪 conservechange.medium.com/five-things-...

submitted 115 days ago • 18 comments

Just a heads up. It’s going to get worse. Stop relying on the corporate media who failed to warn you, only to reap the profits from the shitshow now. They wanted this for you. Get your news here. With swearing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

submitted 116 days ago • 185 comments

All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.

submitted 116 days ago • 600 comments

1. From morning EST to evening PST, I receive an email roughly once every three minutes. Overnight the pace slows, but not all that much. If I did nothing but read email and reply 12 hours a day I could probably keep up. A once-wonderful productivity technology is killing any hope of productivity.

submitted 128 days ago • 51 comments

A firefighting aircraft called a “Super Scooper ” was grounded on Thursday after it was struck by a civilian drone while flying over the Palisades Fire near the Pacific Coast. The Super Scooper aircraft sustained wing damage and remains grounded and out of service. That’s one less aircraft to…

submitted 128 days ago • 363 comments

Important Thread:

submitted 133 days ago • 9 comments

New post on The 100% CI! We unravel a series of mysterious research misconduct cases that can be traced back to a single villain striking from the shadow: Rogue RA www.the100.ci/2024/12/18/r...

submitted 151 days ago • 2 comments

Is it okay to start sentences with a number now?? I mean, the actual number…not spelled-out. Asking for an irritated, paper-grading friend…

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments