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madeingermany.bsky.social
Things I’m into: All things IT (also professionally), social and environmental justice/volunteering/activism, cooking, baking, eating, music (listening, singing, string instruments), fantasy books, audio-books, PC gaming, parenting, Germany, Seattle WA
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A former D.C. police lieutenant convicted of leaking information about a police investigation to the leader of the Proud Boys group on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, was sentenced Friday to 18 months behind bars.

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Oh, @theonion.com, never change

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Reps. James Talarico (D-Austin) on a bill that would mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms that was going through the House on Sat & Sun. "You're saying that you'd rather tell people to follow the Ten Commandments than follow it [the 4th Commandment] yourself."

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What could go wrong? #FuckingAI seems to tell people with serious issues they are really onto something...

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Welcome to Costco, I love you. #idiocracy

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Your reminder that Humboldt Fog cheese, Humboldt County, CA, the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti),and the Humboldt Current that allows wine grapes to grow in Chile are all named for an 18th C gay scientist whose love letters were all burned and who left his entire estate to his “valet.” 🏳️‍🌈

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Three men sit in a cell in El Salvador. The first asks the second why he has been imprisoned. He replies, "Because I criticized Elon Musk." The first man responds, "But I am here for praising Musk!" They ask the third man who has been sitting quietly in the back. He answers, "I AM Elon Musk".

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Whoa:

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Senate Democrats warn Trump plan to wipe out public broadcasting funding will shut down stations, eliminate essential services. But House GOP scheduled to vote to clawback $1.1 billion next week.

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Seems like I find a new Tesla anti-Musk bumper sticker every week 🤣 This one says: I support clean energy not white supremacy Not buying a new car is indeed very good for the environment.

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Documenting the corruption that is Musk. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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ABC just called the operation to recover the million bees that got loose as a "sting" operation

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The typical behavior of innocent people: Sneaking provisions into an unrelated bill that makes legal prosecution impossible Via www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Dale Chihuly’s “art” is tacky and bad.

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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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“No children are dying on my watch.” That's what Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Wednesday ...

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I know @jessdbateman.bsky.social was looking for bill ideas. Here’s one: ban cities from doing this to further slow down and raise costs for building Sound Transit rail projects.

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I'm sorry, I truly just misheard your self-care recommendation, but nevertheless, I'm very much enjoying my Ska day youtu.be/Mxq63Uq9kGY?...

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Editors, please assign a deep dive piece on the grave damage musk & doge have done to the United States, rather than how he’s feeling about it.

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Curby enshrined on Rob Saka's wikipedia page haha en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Saka

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Trump responded angrily toward a reporter in the White House after she told him that Wall Street investors are using a new acronym, TACO, to describe the ongoing tariff turmoil caused by Trump. The acronym stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out” & was reportedly coined by a Financial Times columnist.

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There are only a few States who don't reduce their min wage for Tipped Workers: www.dol.gov/agencies/whd... I think there should be 0 exceptions to the minimum wage and it should be a livable wage, so we can do away with the mandatory tips.

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Plastics recycling is a greenwashing scam by the petrochemical industry to let them keep poisoning us. Remember, all of us now have a plastic spoon in our brains.

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Now that I'm a regular at Pike Place Market, I'm doing a butter croissant taste test. Today's competitors: La Parisienne (Belltown, left) and Three Girls Bakery (Pike Place Market, right).

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"Foreigners studying and working here are not damaging the United States. A virulently nativist administration is what’s damaging the United States." www.thebulwark.com/p/a-permanen...

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