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Failure to plan on your part doesn't necessitate an emergency on mine. / People can change anything they want to, & that means everything in the 🌎. J. Strummer
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Following Trump’s new Executive Order re: the S.F. Presidio, here’s a shareable link to an unrolled version of my highly sourced thread about the Tech Bros’ plan to build a “Freedom City” in the Presidio. The MSM has yet to connect these dots, & it’s driving me crazy! skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...

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Fry those servers and use a crap ton of energy in the process for imaginary money, but yeah waste fraud and abuse don't apply to them

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How Hitler seized power: 1. Create a crisis. 2. Demonize opponents. 3. Declare a state of emergency. 4. Undermine elections. 5. Make the rule of law irrelevant. 6. Rule by decree. If America falls it will be because of the people who didn’t pay attention.

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Vets are less than 2% of the population, so reducing their benefits doesn't save much in the scheme of things. It sure does piss off a lot of folks though.

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Federal judge Angel Kelly has extended her hold on the NIH's overhead cut. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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While many of you are likely yelling "GO USA" or "GO CANADA!" I'm yelling "GO literally any elected member of congress and the rule of law, please, anyone or a single check or a solitary balance or—

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Big business strategies aren’t just for big companies—small businesses can use them too! If you limit your mindset to being 'just a small company,' you’ll stay that way. Think big, act big, and watch your business grow!

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From NIH Office of Research on Women's Health webpage Sex as a Biological Variable tab "Historic document published prior to January 20, 2025" It looks like we are headed back to the good old days when women were consider to be small men for the purposes of research...

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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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I wish so much that we could get as many Democrats in Congress as possible to refer to the Gulf this way, repeatedly getting it into the official record.

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Took a call first thing this morning from a client who lost their pet to a splenic tumor that burst. 10 years with this family providing care. Also the third client in a year that has lost their pet to the same thing. I am NOT ok with this trend. #petcarepro

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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data. What earthly reason would justify this? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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PSA: All of David Lynch's features have just dropped at archive dot org, including Industrial Symphony No 1, Hotel Room, and the Duran Duran concert

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bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/s...

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My latest on Substack: Trump WH harassment of the Associated Press cannot stand. open.substack.com/pub/jimacost...

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If you read one thing today read our latest piece we just posted. This one is a very important one. Please consider reading and sharing it with your friends, family, and neighbors. And as always, please share your thoughts and ideas. I am also going to post all of the text here as a thread. 1/

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So you can just say you work at DOGE and pillage anything from our documents you want. The law truly doesn't exist anymore! Cool!

submitted 7 days ago • 1272 comments

Pay attention people they're coming for everyone

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Is it me, or is eBay down?

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Oh, and Peter Gabriel turns 75 today, so there's that.

submitted 8 days ago • 112 comments

I swear, every morning I get up thinking, "I'm gonna take a shower before I go to work," it's the day I have staff call outs that derail my schedule!

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Give her what she really wants this Valentine’s Day - Reproductive rights, an ancient tome of curses, the souls of her enemies, and pockets in every dress.

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