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FinTech attorney. Principal at Middlebrook LLC. Interests: prepaid cards, payments, earned wage access, civil rights, Native American and Inuit art, old photographs, chipmunks.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

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June 5, 2025 will go down in history as The Night of Long Tweets

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Author Edmund White has died at age 85. Famed novelist, essayist, teacher and wit. Dubbed “the godfather of queer lit.” Author of “A Boy’s Own Story,” “States of Desire,” a biography of Jene Genet and coauthor of “The Joy of Gay Sex.” Cofounder Gay Men’s Health Crisis. Gift link to NYT obit.

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Bartlesville, OK, the little town I grew up in has become quite evil. Just passed an ordinance fining homeless people for sleeping in a park. Was proposed by the Unsheltered Homeless task force. They claim it fosters dignity and compassion. What horrible, horrible people. ktul.com/news/local/c...

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SNAP recipients can buy tortillas, ground beef, onions, cilantro and salsa with their benefits without fear of states turning their personal info over to the Feds — cuz it’s TACO TUESDAY in the Trump Administration.

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Was watching the History Channel’s Kevin Costner’s The West tonight. They showed an image of Cynthia Ann Parker. Looks like a crappy painting. Then I noticed in the lower corner it says “digital generated image.” I didn’t realize the history Channel is passing off AI generated images.

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UnitedHealth announced it has hired Sen. Joni Ernst as its new spokesperson. She will do a series of “We’re all going to die” television and social media spots, promoting the health care company’s new slogan.

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Gift Link to NYT article on Musk’s heavy use of illegal drugs: ketamine, ecstasy, adderall, ambien, psychedelic mushrooms. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

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The Hill reports: “Republican introduces bill to rename DC Metro the ‘Trump Train,’ ‘WMAGA’” Although if you were going to name a rail system after Trump, I think the better name would be the “Chump Train.” thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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Killer whale becomes mom for first time. See her ‘little pumpkin’ swim off Washington Read more at: www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/w...

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I just got back to Brooklyn from Canada. I saw some orcas. One was a little baby. Here is some orca video content. That is my contribution to the Great BlueSky Discourse.

submitted 10 days ago • 19 comments

En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.

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