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Life is cheap in 2025. https://newrepublic.com/post/190964/faa-report-dc-plane-crash-staffing-indictment-trump

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Keep 'em coming Via Kyle Cheney: BREAKING: Fed judge in #California ordered OPM to rescind memos calling for mass terminat of probationary employees, saying agency overstepped legal authority & must inform other agencies it lacked authority to issue such a directive ..said he can't stop […]

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I've progressively lowering my Amazon consumption. IT was easier than I thought. For stuff I buy regularly, I went to the sellers' websites and bought from there. The prices are roughly the same as Amazon, sometimes lower. All the merchants offer coupons for signing up for their emails or for […]

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I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.

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I just found out about this & it’s starting soon. #DEI #BOYCOTT PLAN Phase One 24 hr ECONOMIC BLACKOUT on FRIDAY FEB 28, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM. This is the first step to counter attacks DEI. Do not make any purchases. Do not shop online, or in-store […] [Original post on masto.ai]

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In 2022, roughly half of traffic fatalities were unbelted. Seat belt compliance is pretty good, about 92%, but half of the deaths are from that 8% who defeat the safety measures. #trafficdeaths #trafficdeath #darwinaward #safety #driving #darwin #autodarwinate […]

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That was fast: #bluesky might have taken its first step towards US govt related censorship: https://www.404media.co/bluesky-deletes-ai-protest-video-of-trump-sucking-musks-toes-calls-it-non-consensual-explicit-material/ Anyway, good that bs is decentralized, so you can just switch to another s […]

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Russian "Z-bloggers" are now working from a new instruction. It boils down to: We don’t really need those territories and resources, they're just causing us losses..." (see the translation of one such post below). So, it seems that today, the "Russian special […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Come from Ka$h Patel's complaint about his "dingy" office, stay for the unsurprising news that FBI Agents are worried about pursuing corruption or RU counterintelligence cases. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/27/p...

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https://archive.is/g2SHk <=== https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/opinion/covid-fifth-anniversary.html #COVID #medicine #PublicHealth

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Oh wow, that business jet pilot at Midway was warned NINE TIMES to stop before the runway. Tragedy only averted because those SWA pilots were absolutely on top of their game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h04cF4cJDJc #aviation #nearmiss #midway

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In the Nuclear Command & Control System, the STRATCOM commander advises the President, then follows his direct orders. There is no human being between these individuals. Not the secretary of defense, not the chair of the Joint Chiefs, not the veep. #nukewar #war […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/25/brewing-tea-removes-heavy-metals-water-study #health #lead #tea #toxins #heavymetals

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/msnbc-layoffs-rachel-maddow

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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/diedsuddenly-was-bs-why-did-we-believe-it-2025a10004rc #medicine #COVID #COVID19 #disinformation #desinformatya #fakenews

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/anti-trump-conservative-summit-threat-constitution

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"Move fast and break things" only works for the people who've never had to clean up after themselves.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzvxso_EBTM&t=3s #JohnOliver #TV #60Minutes

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https://bikeportland.org/2025/02/24/city-councilor-says-some-streets-should-be-repurposed-to-save-money-and-address-climate-change-392918 #pdx #portlandOR #portlandoregon @streets #roads #PBOT

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The Emperor Has No Clothes, even if he has rockets #musk #LoneSkum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0PKfYcAdNs

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Three years of Russian disinformation documented thanks to France24 #disinformation #desinformatya #russia #fakenews https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250224-war-in-ukraine-3-years-of-russia-s-disinformation-machine

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https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musks-ai-day-tesla-bot-is-just-a-guy-in-a-bodysuit-2021-8 #musk #ai #tesla #fraud #robot

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https://archive.is/wejh2 <=== Gotta wonder if the Orange Mange wants a repeat; would explain why he picked Worm Brain to lead Health & Human Services. https://fortune.com/2025/02/19/americans-died-covid-social-security/ #SocialSecurity #medicare #medicaid #health #RFK

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Why in the seven battleground states were Kamala votes missing from ballots that otherwise went Democrat? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G8fu50VRXo #Election2024 #election #vote

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/22/europe/russia-wounded-troops-frontline-latam-intl/index.html #ukraine #russia #UkraineWar

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Spending isn't a “conspiracy” just because Musk doesn’t know how to read usaspending.gov. A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it. A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it. -- Senator Patty […]

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Tonight, on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, #Mastodon and #PixelFed got a call out for not falling in line with Trump and as an alternative to Meta products. #USPol

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-parasite-class/

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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/19/trump-first-moscow-trip-215842/ #trump #kgb #kompromat #russia #Putin

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It’s not the first time Kanal has clashed with the police union since taking office just two months ago. He sent ripples through the public safety bureaus and the unions that represent their workforces in Jan when he asked city officials to explore what budget cuts across the public safety […]

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Live longer with less salt. I found it easy. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/salt-substitutes-cut-risk-stroke-recurrence-death-2025a10002w9 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/this-tipping-point-slash-salt-our-diet-2025a100049w […]

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https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/montavilla-oak-street-village-open-soon-offering-shelter/283-467446d3-334e-43d6-9a44-d758c4e8cfd0 #portlandOR #portlandoregon #pdx

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/23/moldova-former-soviet-republic-kremlin-putin

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It’s not hyperbole to say that American science is being destroyed before our eyes. https://wapo.st/4hOuZed

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Around a dozen current & former federal workers are behind a new website created outlet to share anonymous stories and technical expertise about #DOGE dismantling of government agencies. “We the Builders” aims to be a secure outlet for #government workers to share how their workplaces are being […]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChHfgdB8vQ #musk #tesla #cybertruck

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45% drop in Canadians crossing into USA since #Trump inauguration. Fewer B.C. residents travelling south into Washington state, data suggests #canada #bc #tariffs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fewer-canadians-travelling-southbound-1.7465260

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I’m sure this is nothing to be concerned about, right? https://cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-exposes-once-secret-government

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German Foreign Minister Baerbock threatens the U.S. with a severing of ties over Trump’s remarks on Zelensky and Ukraine. "We will increase pressure on the Americans to make them realize they have a lot to lose if they stop supporting Europe's liberal […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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More on the unprecedented purge of top military officers by Trump and Hegseth. Note the firing of the three senior judge advocates general. JAG would have been a voice against, for example, military force against U.S. citizens - the sort of counsel Trump and Hegseth would prefer not to have […]

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Trump fires the entire US military leadership, replacing experienced 4 star generals with lower rank Trump loyalists. Putin must be celebrating every day this year. #RussiaFirst https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/politics/trump-fires-top-us-general-cq-brown/index.html

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Firing America’s senior military leadership overnight and replacing them with party loyalists is definitely dictatorship stuff, if anyone is under a rock right now.

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