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Don't mess with the Quakers when it comes to protecting marginalized people. It's our whole deal. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...

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The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.

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If my father said "we should go to Fort Knox to check on the gold, someone might have stolen the gold" we'd be having a conversation about whether he should still be allowed to drive.

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"In 2024, the Chinese military flew a record-shattering 3,075 flights into Taiwan’s self-declared air defense identification Zone (ADIZ)—an 81 percent increase from 2023" www.csis.org/analysis/chi...

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New: A default password shipped with a widely used access control system is exposing remote access to dozens of apartment buildings across the US & Canada, per a researcher. Hirsch, which makes the system, won't fix the bug and says it's up to buildings to remediate. techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/a...

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Who Goes Nazi? by Dorothy Thompson, 1941 "It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi. By now, I think I know." harpers.org/archive/...

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Dear manager, this week I acheived these goals. 1: I wrote a bullet point. 2: I wrote a second, equally clever bullet point. 3: Building on prior successful bullet points, I developed and implemented a third bullet point. 4: I drafted, edited and published a 4th bullet. 5: Egged a cybertruck

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if you're reading this 50 years from now I need you to know that this series of world events isn't as dumb as it probably seems, it's actually much, much dumber than you can possibly imagine

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Now I can share the big news: I’m heading to The New York Times next month to cover economic policy In the meantime, send me tips on Signal: tonyromm.62 And thanks for reading yall www.nytco.com/press/tony-r...

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Our German supporters made us realize we made a mistake, and we want to acknowledge it. Germany, you’re in our thoughts. While we’re relieved that AfD was defeated, we understand this is not a moment for celebration. There is still much work ahead, and we stand in solidarity with you.

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The US Attorney for Washington DC refers to US Justice Department Attorneys as “President Trump’s lawyers.”

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In case it wasn’t clear before, the U.S. is officially aligned with Russia

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His followers are like, “Surely there must be some mistake, he said only THEIR lives would be ruined. I’d better message the president and let him know.” We’re in the denial and bargaining stage folks.

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Well, I for one, am very pleased to learn that I’m qualified to lead every federal government agency.

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New account from insiders at USAID alleges Musk's two 20-something DOGE coders shut down every part of the agency in defiance of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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I'm looking to see if the cuts & chaos at CDC and NIH have affected any clinical trials or research for drugs for the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or other serious diseases. If you know anything, please contact me at DavidCorn.99 at Signal. Or if you have any other good stories.

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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Cogito Ergo Sum - A Bit of Security for February 24, 2025 Can we use the body as an analogy for cybersecurity? Listen to this - youtu.be/uocWIaYlxWI #cybersecuritytips #securityengineering #securityanalogy #cybertrust #BitofSec

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Hints and tips for home users - A Bit of Security for 2/12/2025 Here are a few good ideas that will make your home computing a bit safer. Listen to this - youtu.be/yQdnc8mf7yU Let me know what you think! #cybersecuritytips #phishing #homesecurity #stophackers #BitofSec

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What is Quantum IA? Part II 2/4/2025 Let’s dig a bit more into the possible meaning of Quantum Artificial Intelligence Listen to this - youtu.be/oFYNp65TKI8 #cybersecuritytips #QAI #quantumAI #AI #buzzwordbullshit #BitofSec

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“Actually it’s good that a bunch of teenagers are unilaterally firing thousands of government employees because they have ChatGPT” i can’t get over how unfathomably stupid the average SF venture capitalist is

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btw my signal is @ mollytaft.76 for folks who want to speak to a climate reporter :) niche but especially interested if anyone has intel into the future of ccs programs/45Q and 45Z

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A group of uncleared, unvetted, civilians have gained access to all of my federal records including military personnel, retirement and disability. They are reportedly feeding them into AI. I want them arrested and charged with federal crimes. Right fucking now! How is this even a discussion?

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Resources to contact your US Reps, Senate, House, Congress to take action against the current coup and important issues: 1. Find, call reps with message templates: 5calls.org 2. E-mail, call, sign petitions with templates: www.aclu.org/action 3. Find your reps: www.house.gov/representati...

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My post got a million views on twitter but can't share it in one piece here because of the space limitation. PLEASE READ AND SHARE

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ARREST ELON MUSK

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Tomorrow, when the House is back in session, Democrats will be introducing legislation to prevent unlawful access to the Department of Treasury payment system that contains highly confidential and personal information. CALL you Reps today to support this!

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Knowing the names of the an unelected oligarch’s underlings who are destroying the government from within is a crime now, apparently.

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People are getting up off the mat.

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Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.

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For the love of all that is good in this world do NOT buy books from Amazon. Cancel your Amazon accounts. Go to the Library (in person or online ebooks!) and support local bookstores instead. Please #BookSky don’t be ambivalent

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If you are LGBTQ at the CDC/NIH/NSF/etc. or your research intersects with LGBTQ folks and you want to speak with a journalist-- Or if you are a researcher on climate at CDC/NSF/EPA-- email me at [email protected] or signal me at hcarnell.58.

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@chrislhayes.bsky.social recently said, “We’re in this weird period between the lightning and the thunder. People haven’t yet gotten their wits about them, and the administration is taking advantage of that by attempting this blitzkrieg to mow everyone down…”

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Not one American voted for the person who is laying waste to the federal government and hijacking the secure data of US citizens. I just wanted to lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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NEW: NSA whistleblower Tom Drake takes stock as a security apparatus that frivolously prosecuted him for espionage stands back so the minions of an unelected billionaire can force access to classified information and undermine Constitutional government. This is its Uvalde moment.

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Just one group…only one managed to collect $182 million from romance scams. Thats’s just the money that’s known about. How many groups are out there, how many people have been ripped off?

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I enrolled in law school in Aug '16, so I got a front seat to the derangement that a "emoluments expert" or constitutional law scholar underwent in those years. It's just kinda wild to have the realization "oh, a whole lot of people are Richard Painter now"

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“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.” - Ezra Klein

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"We’ve put together some of the brightest legal minds America, Germany, and Argentina have ever produced, and they’ve concluded that there’s no reason to worry about the current situation resulting in any sort of constitutional crisis." theonion.com/think-tank-c....

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A list of companies that support DEI. Thank goodness I can still shop at my favorite grocery store. Follow @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social for more DEI employer of the day posts. #TakingAction #Resist www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...

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Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz: "If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers." BOOM!

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Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

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