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A very gay good bye to all of these companies

federal cuts are hitting veterans especially hard •Eroding federal workforce •Gutting VA medical care •Destaffing the suicide hotline •Losing research •Cuts Medicaid www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

This is Henry. He brings his emotional support duck to his hydrotherapy sessions. They get along swimmingly. 13/10

In the immediate hours after a hurricane rocks a community, you want to know that help is on the way. The last thing you can think about is when you might have a meal. We know that a warm meal provides hope. ⬇️ #ChefsForTheWorld Read more here: wck.org/news/hurricane-season-25

🐍📰 The Ultimate Guide to Django Redirects In this detailed guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about HTTP redirects in Django. All the way from the low-level details of the HTTP protocol to the high-level way of dealing with them. #python

Musk calls Trump's tax-cut and spending bill 'a disgusting abomination' reut.rs/447SHfZ

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NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities. By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

Japan has introduced AI-powered drones to accelerate reforestation efforts, planting forests up to 10 times faster than traditional methods.

Here is an otter learning to get your day off to the right start.

NEW: A 2023 investigation by @wpln.bsky.social and ProPublica found that Richard L. Bean was illegally locking kids up alone in cells. A new scandal has forced his resignation. By @paigepfleger.bsky.social

can’t work both ways

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

Alaska Bluesky, I need your help locating my missing teen. Missing sinceWed night in Eagle River. Call 911 & use Case #25-16312 if you see her. Thank you 🙏🏼 #missingchild #runaway #alaska #anchorage #alaskabluesky

SERIOUS QUESTION: What is going on with all these “officers” in tactical gear for a routine traffic stop—with no clear identification? They seem like imposters. And what’s up with that ball cap?

South African factory conditions deteriorate further, Absa PMI shows reut.rs/4jyezXr

Doctor Who regenerates as Ncuti Gatwa leaves and Billie Piper returns reut.rs/45zrfK9

Just to be clear -

RIP

BE LOVE

Thou shalt NOT claim to care about 'government overreach' whilst setting up a government database on everyone in the entire country.

🐍📰 Django Migrations: A Primer In this tutorial, you’ll get comfortable with Django migrations and learn how to create database tables without writing any SQL, how to automatically modify your database after you changed your models, and more. #python

A good boy going to work

NEW: We obtained DHS data that shows the US knew only 32 of the 238 Venezuelans deported to a prison in El Salvador in March were convicted of US crimes, only 6 of those violent. Trump called them “savages,” “monsters” and "the worst of the worst.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

BREAKING: The United Nations World Food Program said ‘hordes of hungry people’ broke into one of the agency's warehouses in central Gaza and initial reports indicated that two people had died and several more were injured reut.rs/4mwYOTr

Jess is a The Cure fan

Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women. ‘Conditions are so bad that there have been several cases of suicide...The women can spend years locked up, unable to leave without the permission of their family or a male guardian.’ www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)

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Argentine soccer icon Juan Ramon Veron 'La Buja' dies at 81 reut.rs/3HeLwuz

Last chance to grab “Python Testing with pytest” at 40% off with code SPRING2025. Expires June 3, 2025. pragprog.com/titles/bopyt... #python #pytest

You just know he's going to blow it all on squeaky toys & catnip.

A law enacted #OTD in 1908 gave county probate officials jurisdiction of American Indian "minors and incompetents." Andrea Seielstad @us.theconversation.com wrote about how Oklahoma officials immediately used the law to steal Osage land — especially where there was oil. loom.ly/Z2umBik

This is genius. If I’m understanding correctly, metadata is handled by a DuckDB compatible SQL database and the actual data is handled by an open file format of your choice. You can perform familiar SQL queries and DDL, on highly scalable open format data files. Well done! #databs #dataengineering

Today's capitalists:

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#mentalhealthawareness

Happy Birthday to Siouxsie Sioux, born on this day in 1957, London, England Siouxsie And The Banshees (with Robert Smith) - Spellbound (Live at Royal Albert Hall 1983) #punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #siouxsiesioux #history #punkrockhistory #otd

This is beyond terrifying www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.

The blueberry season has started in Maricopa CA. Workers are out in the fields harvesting this sweet fruit for a minimum wage. #WeFeedYou La temporada de arándanos ha comenzado en Maricopa CA. Los trabajadores están en los campos cosechando esta dulce fruta por un salario mínimo. #SoyEsencial

Memorial Day began on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, SC, when formerly enslaved people honored 257 Union soldiers buried in a mass grave. They reburied the bodies properly, then held a parade of 10,000, led by 2,800 Black children, to thank those who fought for their freedom.