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Update on the Texas Measles outbreak: Cases doubled this week, with 48 known infections now, most in patients are under the age of 17. All of the cases are believed to have occurred in unvaccinated individuals, with 13 people hospitalized www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...

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“To put it frankly, without our team ... pilots would quite literally be flying blind."

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Astonishing crowd inside Manhattan Criminal Court two hours before Luigi Mangione’s follow-up appearance. Organized chaos, people are in cordoned-off gaggles down the full length of the hall, chatting casually. Feels reminiscent of fans waiting for a concert ticket line to open.

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Becoming more glad by the day that I have been working to exit cloud services for awhile. Local storage of everything you use the corporate cloud for is possible with a personal cloud system. It takes time and requires new tools and maybe the hardest part, new habits.

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"What is the importance of these high global temperatures and the acceleration of global warming? Along with growing impacts on society and ecosystems caused by increasing climate extremes, our main concern is the danger of passing the point of no return when the warming induces shutdown of the

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“Trump fires federal workers who help fight forest fires weeks after historic LA blazes” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... - @usatoday.com #uspoli #wildfires

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Building is an ADU is still surprisingly expensive and complicated across California… worrying about being defrauded by your contractor should not be part of the process. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

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Continued high interest rates, uncertainty about labor & materials... it all equals higher construction costs and fewer projects started. Construction is a very slow moving industry, which means we need policy solutions now to provide tomorrow's housing. www.businessinsider.com/rent-going-u...

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we're in so much trouble

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This week on The Energy Show, Solar Rights Alliance Executive Director Dave Rosenfeld breaks down the real cause of rising electric rates (it’s not rooftop solar) and shares actionable ways you can reclaim control over your energy bill. Thanks to host Barry Cinnamon! youtu.be/gJZv49wBqBM

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‘The US Is Doing Russia’s Work’ Say Ecstatic Propagandists Putin’s mouthpieces are in a lather of excitement over the US administration’s willingness to make a deal to their liking. My latest for @cepa.org: cepa.org/article/the-...

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov boasts that Trump's information comes straight from Putin after their 1 1/2 hour long phone call, as well as the preceding 3 1/2 hour long conversation between Putin and Trump's buddy Steve Witkoff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyeY...

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The fact of the matter is that America, as embodied by this administration, is no longer allies with our traditional allies. That is over. America's allies are now Putin, the AfD, Viktor Orban, and other far-right, fascist regimes.

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What I cannot understand is why the American establishment and its institutions are folding so quickly. What are you people so afraid of? You never even had gulags.

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All living ex-POTUS, generals, judges, etcetera, need to formulate a plan to combat Trump/Musk because Republicans are collaborators & Democrats are feckless. Do it yesterday. www.citizen.org/article/trum... and www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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So far 2025's theme seems to be: Mediocre White Man About To Make His Privilege Your Problem

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Books we need to read again.

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Whoever recommended listening to Radio 4's Cabin Pressure (starring Roger Allam and Benedict Cumberbatch), thanks!! It's really helped me laugh during all this madness. Season 1 is on BBC Sounds, and other seasons can be found online.

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If you wonder how countries slip into dictatorship, it’s like this. Amidst another flurry of news, an official adds at the end that Trump has signed an Executive Order saying that “only the President or Attorney General can speak for the US…as to what the law is.” What?! 👀

submitted 4 days ago • 136 comments

Tired: Asking the Supreme Court to overrule Humphrey's Executor Wired: Deeming the Supreme Court irrelevant and simply ignoring Humphrey's Executor (and plenty of other things)

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"The concessions that Trump and his team have floated sound like a Kremlin wish list: Russia gets to keep all of the Ukrainian territory it illegally seized by force. The United States will not provide Ukraine with security guarantees, much less allow it into NATO." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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The US is becoming so dangerous I’m worried about visiting next month

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Read FEMA Quietly Eases Rules Meant to Protect Buildings in Flood, a TNYT gift article. Trump, on his first day back in the White House, again revoked, illegally, the executive order calling for a federal flood standard. TruMpuke's going to kill Americans. Stop him. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/c...

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They don't want immigration judges because they don't want immigration.

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The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC. Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices. @rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Mass firings hit Medicare, Obamacare, Medical Device Safety Testers talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/job-c...

submitted 6 days ago • 46 comments

Laying off thousands of IRS agents will worsen budget deficits. I understand the IRS is deeply unpopular, but the more we encourage tax evasion among high-earners and corporations, the more they'll eventually need to raise your taxes to plug the gap. washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Hello I would like millions of dollars of private funding to start a climate/energy justice social science think tank that also serves as a refuge for displaced federal workers to double as a brain drain prevention outfit so we can help rebuild a better country when this all comes crashing down, thx

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

I keep asking "the what if?" questions. I wanted to wargame it to a possible inevitability--people street protesting--and this excellent article about autogolpe or "self-coup" did it for me. Be sure to read to the end or cut to the end (16 paragraphs down). www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-a-coup/

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Insane.

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A new Florida law provides for any law enforcement officer who assists in the arrest of a person in the state illegally to receive a $1,000 bonus. It turns out you can act as a bounty hunter even while wearing the uniform of the state. @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social:

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If a woman had 13 kids by four different men, used ketamine and spent all her time running a shadow presidency, I’m not sure our society would celebrate her.

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