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Busy as the proverbial. Curious about all sorts of things. Never give up, never surrender.
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submitted 4 days ago • 1372 comments

We agree.

submitted 6 days ago • 471 comments

All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.

submitted 7 days ago • 60 comments

"These are not faceless agencies just taking your taxpayer money and sending it on fire. They're providing real value and service to you and your community": Eric Berger of @spacecitywx.bsky.social on potential DOGE cuts at NOAA. www.chron.com/gulf-coast/a...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

submitted 7 days ago • 2110 comments

If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

submitted 11 days ago • 235 comments

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submitted 13 days ago • 243 comments

If you're mad and find yourself yelling that you want someone launched into the Sun, take a moment, calm yourself, and remember that it takes a lot less Delta v to launch them out of the Solar System instead. You can be mad, but that's no excuse to be inefficient with propellant.

submitted 20 days ago • 69 comments

Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.

submitted 20 days ago • 236 comments

Tip from @snowjob.bsky.social If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov" The national archives is still doing its job for now.

submitted 31 days ago • 97 comments

If people want to help and are able to donate to help those affected by these LA fires, here are places they can donate: friendsindeedpas.org/donate-to-fr... cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterreli... www.directrelief.org/emergency/ca... www.pledge.to/ccfwildfirer... www.globalgiving.org/projects/cal...

submitted 45 days ago • 123 comments

A tale in three images.

submitted 46 days ago • 69 comments

The AfD/Musk-supporting terrorist who attacked the German Christmas market planned his atrocity in full view on TwitterX over the course of a year. He was reported multiple times, but TwitterX did nothing to take him down or report him to authorities.

submitted 64 days ago • 134 comments