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The top story on WaPo right now deserves its spot: "Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding." "Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth" […]

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Via Rupar: Elizabeth Warren: "Our best strategy is to make sure everybody knows exactly what the Republicans are trying to do, and that is they want to give literally trillions of dollars in tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires, and they want to pay for it on the backs of seniors who are […]

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#PSA for those of you who have been (or will be) fired from the federal government or some other job: If you have kids in college whom you're paying tuition for, contact the financial aid office and ask if there is anything they can do to reduce your financial burden for the current semester […]

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There's a jazz guitarist busking in the 14th Street station on the A train, and he is using a streaming service to play his backing tracks, including ads playing between songs. Even subway buskers are becoming enshittified!

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1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism. Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records. This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity. Subscribe to support my journalism.

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A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...

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Not shocked Not awed. Not caving. Not scared. Not blinking. Not packing it in. Not coming to heel. Not building bridges. Not extending grace. Not asking permission. Not accepting the lies. Not quitting. Ever. #RMOL

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IQ is the SAT score for people who enjoyed high school

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On one of thos train cars where 3 people are playing their own music. One of ‘em is guitar man

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Some folks find it confusing that there's a survival game called Rust and a programming language called Rust, but there's an easy way to remember. If you get into Rust and there's a bunch of naked people running around killing each other with rocks, that's the programming language.

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if gen AI was the game changer to business that everyone says it is, there wouldn't be so many books and PDFs and white papers and playbooks for business leaders to help them convince their employees to use gen AI

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Miss Yvvone! https://www.vulture.com/article/lynne-marie-stewart-pee-wees-playhouse-its-always-sunny-dead.html?origSession=D231212g8f5WeVux%2B5yyoRIwfHWifqnDDtmrv9v8PT5qQcWJNM%3D😭

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As Elon demands justifications from all federal workers (including many who are not Executive Branch employees), remember that if he paid his taxes, it'd pay for 677K federal jobs.

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Ashamed to say i live in #queens but i’ve never taken the subway & bus to #LGA (usually because luggage). But, doing it today & it’s so easy (&the bus is free!)

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This: www.donotpanic.news/p/how-influe... #Covid #Capitalism #Leftism

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Seen in the 6 station.

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Everyone’s so critical of Elon Musk today but I think he should keep combining ketamine and chainsaws, you’re doing great my man

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it's not a normal day when you nearly say aloud, oh, so Big Balls is 19?

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Do the Oathkeepers and Proud Boys get sent after #MikePence now? How does this nonsense work?

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CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library. Context: www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

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From @MeidasTouch #USFS #wildfires #ForestService #Politics #USpol

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‘“The status quo is that Congestion Pricing continues, and unless and until a court orders otherwise, Plaintiffs will continue to operate the Program as required by New York law,” the MTA’s lawsuit states.’ Fuck yeah :mta: #nyc […]

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Oooof.. :sad_cat: 😟 Currently I am still over €440 min short for the server & media storage bills :AAAAAA: Please, if you can think about donating to help me pay these bills https://paypal.me/stuxOS https://patreon.com/mstdn https://ko-fi.com/mstdn https://bunq.me/stuxhost […]

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Here's one more action, bc I realized that Chair of the House Ag Committee's district (appropriately) includes State College. If you're at Penn State, plan a trip to one of his offices to ask him he's not holding a hearing on USDA firing people in charge of bird flu. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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You can depend on the brilliant Molly White to have the most detailed, most contextual, and altogether best coverage of the endlessly corrupt cryptocurrency "industry" and its affinity for scumbag politicians. Read her latest on Trump, Milei and the slimy crypto profiteers […]

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Here's my action of the day for anyone in Texas. These are the agencies that the Commerce Committee, headed by your very own Teddy Cancun, oversees. He's the guy w/oversight authority over Sean Duffy's cuts to FAA (and failures to respond to plane crashes). Think of creative ways to lobby him!

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i have a cat on my lap that is making typing and not just RTing hard. but it is really disconcerting to see the ground game for project 2025. to be fair to the rest of us, we don't have the funding to do this & people spent their time actually trying to do governance instead of teaching […]

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Did you know: in prep for 45's admin, Project 2025 trained people, now in almost every federal agency's leadership, how to not take notes or write things down so they wouldn't be subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests or subpoenas? Well, now you know they were trained in how to […]

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Trump on civil servants working from home: “Nobody’s going to work from a home. They’re going to be going out. They’re going to play tennis. They’re going to play golf. They’re going to do a lot of things. They’re not working.” Trump 1.0 - 293 golf days, $150m to taxpayers Trump 2.0 - $10.7m

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It's not "saving," and especially not "waste." Media is doing such a disservice by falling for that canard. Saving by eliminating waste means same (or better) benefits for less money. These are illegal payment stops with downsides. Like "saving" money by not getting your kids' necessary medication.

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I really don't understand why pundits don't understand this. MANY of you have better platforms than any Democrat this side of AOC. If you spend all your time whining (some more) about Democrats, then you are being just as feckless, you are giving the GOP just as much of a pass, as the Dems are.

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Happy to see a modern article on my favorite historical #housing reform: the great 1920 #AlSmith law of #NYC , which supported the creation of the many 1920s homes that are still popular there, though terribly pricey today […]

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Today! 👇🏼

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Still getting over the disappointment that tomorrow won't be a snow day (even an online-only day would have been nice!)

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For anyone who doubts whether social media can be good, i guess i should note that i have scheduled my first dose of a shingles vaccine thanks to seeing @APBBlue and @PamelaBarroway discussing it. Thanks guys! I mean, uh, thanks 😕

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