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I hate gas-powered leaf blowers and can’t see the logic in just blowing leaves around. I also dislike anyone telling local government, what they can’t do. The way to support the oil and gas industries is to just give them subsidies, like they currently receive. flsenate.gov/PublishedCon...

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In the latest from #Hatewatch, we name Trump personnel, from Cabinet members to staffers, who have expressed a variety of racist, misogynistic and bigoted ideas, or who have ties to racist activists. These people have the power to shape the nation’s policies. Read more here: www.splcenter.org/re...

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I vote creators of LLMs be held responsible for their products.

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thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-... Why StarWars new generation is no more feasible, and no less dangerous than the previous scams

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I found this conversation about AI threats and possibilities to be very interesting. Echo Chambers of One: Companion AI and the Future of Human Connection open.substack.com/pub/centerfo...

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News: RFK Jr is refusing to come to an autism roundtable hosted by @autisticadvocacy.org, @awnnetwork.org, @aapd-disability.bsky.social, @thearcus.bsky.social, @nacdd.bsky.social, and more. You know, disability organizations that actually hire autistic people. www.aapd.com/autism-round...

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Jewish students who support Palestinian rights tell Al Jazeera that accusations of anti-Semitism are being weaponised.

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I learned a new word, “mobification”.

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Check out this article from The Palm Beach Post: Trump pardons Palm Beach Gardens tax cheat two weeks after judge sentenced him to prison www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/t...

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#Autism advocates are pushing back after U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that kids on the spectrum will never have a job, play baseball, go on a date and more.

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But lying on an immigration form will get you disappeared

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Long sad history of Electronic Health Record systems...

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holy shit THE VILLAGES

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One of your investments did not lose a dime today… SOCIAL SECURITY. And remember, it’s the one they want to get rid of… Paying ATTENTION, yet?!

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Can we start referring to Presidential “executive actions” as decrees, like we do for Putin?

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“By now, we would have a search and rescue team of hundreds of people on the ground in Myanmar. Now we’re told, ‘We may be able to send three people there." Read @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's Q&A with the former head of USAID's Myanmar mission—and what happens when the US turns it back on relief.

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Tragedy of the commons

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Administration “error” can't be undone cuz ‘Trump’s “primacy in foreign affairs” outweighs the interests of Abrego Garcia and his family.’

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Breaking: Read the Signal messages. theatln.tc/XISUWloF

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After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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If, like me, you get a sense of security when you see your bank's FDIC logo, this OIG report might concern you. www.fdicoig.gov/sites/defaul...

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The 'Threat to Democracy' Is Over www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-threat...

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President Donald Trump is directing his education secretary to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a step advocates say would have serious implications for students with #disabilities. #SpecialEducation

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War on disabled continues

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A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...

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Our digital producer @samveep.bsky.social went to Palo Alto for a Tesla Protest. There were quite a few, well, signs that the community was upset. Take a look:

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Pregnant pigs, voting rights, marijuana: Legislature looks to add more roadblocks to direct democracy www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/03/16/p...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...

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Liliana Orth celebrated the birthday of a lifetime recently when her favorite place — her local Aldi grocery store — hosted a surprise party for her. #disabilities #autism

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latest White House scandal

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