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a democratic mayor was abducted by ICE and chuck schumer is posting with the gusto of a guy who didn’t know guac was extra at chipotle

submitted 24 days ago • 64 comments

Can't break heat records if they defend the national weather service I guess (It is 94F right now, which the record stands at 95F for this day in history 😭)

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Stude gives the best hugs in the world, cannot recommend more. Take them up on it at next smash event you are at 11/10

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

This is a recipe for financially ruining U.S. research universities: 1) Vastly and rapidly reduce funding for research and infrastructure; 2) Scare international students, whose tuition helps fund PhD students (as TAs), away. These folks know exactly what they're doing.

submitted 54 days ago • 16 comments

Linda McMahon is really leaning into that “no more education” message.

submitted 54 days ago • 44 comments

once we oust this current trump administration we will have to force democratic politicians to treat everyone in his administration like the hague treated germany post WW2

submitted 54 days ago • 120 comments

The only endgame move will be to nationalize X, Starlink, and SpaceX.

submitted 53 days ago • 3 comments

Me: imma just gonna take a quick hop over to the target next door to get a soda Denver:

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Delayed reaction question on the #nintendodirect but why in the world is Wario driving a car and not driving his motorbike

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

tbh #NintendoDirect had some actually nice things that would be great... If they work. It's the "Is this going to be DS->3DS or Wii->Wii U?" question that will really answer whether it is actually worth it at all...

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

ggs vancouver

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

what do y'all put down now when you get asked for your handle on a form? People always presume it should be a nazitter handle. I just went with "@IDontFundFascists" but was considering just @bluesky:toby.earth" for a more.. appropriate answer. I think there definitely are more clever answers too..

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

VIP ticket holders will receive an extra half hour in the ball pit

submitted 99 days ago • 60 comments

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

submitted 99 days ago • 2134 comments

Does anyone know of efforts to back up the NSF's Public Access Repository? It's a database of research papers and articles funded by the NSF. It will go down tomorrow for "updates". Here's the link: par.nsf.gov. Didn't see anything and am worried this went under the radar. @altnps.bsky.social

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing

submitted 120 days ago • 592 comments

None of this is legal.

submitted 120 days ago • 135 comments

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

submitted 120 days ago • 1537 comments

@theatlanticpr.bsky.social - I think the cover photo for "Shamed Onto Death Row" might need some adjustments for the "Latest" page. Unless it's intentional because the article is talking about a woman who was impacted by sexism, obviously. That would be hilarious. I certainly did a double-take.

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Every time the news (looking at you NPR) says "Can Elon legally do that?" in a headline rather than explicitly saying that it is not legal and raising an alarm that Trump et team are explicitly doing these actions to be able to challenge them in court to actually gain the legal power to do this.

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump is responsible for the deaths of 65 dead Americans killed in last night's plane/Blackhawk collision after firing 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head, and 3,000 air traffic controllers just 8 days ago.

submitted 124 days ago • 103 comments

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

submitted 124 days ago • 1393 comments

If a Democrat fired 100 FAA employees and put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers 8 days before an airport plane crash, there would be a right-wing and media frenzy for weeks.

submitted 124 days ago • 287 comments

fun fact: fully 20% of active, registered voters cannot vote in New York's primaries because they're not with a party

submitted 125 days ago • 13 comments

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains." “We want to put them in trauma.” www.propublica.org/article/vide...

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Thinking about how this @theophite.bsky.social post is repeating itself but with the US government

submitted 125 days ago • 10 comments

If by “gasping in outrage” you mean methodically fighting back and blocking a repeal of birthright citizenship and the impoundment of federal grants in less than a day apiece” then sure.

submitted 125 days ago • 200 comments

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 125 days ago • 1260 comments

@matteowong.bsky.social just read your article in The Atlantic about Reddit and am equally unhappy by Reddit Answers. However, I am surprised that reddit managed to make a search chatpot when they have never made a functional search bar. 😅 Answers is bad and it's not cause of the Iranian yogurt

submitted 124 days ago • 1 comment

So, where can I find the back channels chatting about the NIH & NSF grant funding freezes? Seems like the gag order is working as the administration expected on not having official statements going out. As a grad student, pretty worried about funding right about now.

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments