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Former Marylander, once Chicagoan, current Evanstonian, always Coloradan, but every now and then you can catch my original Texas drawl. Discovering joy in a new place.
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Bringing this energy into the new week, and remembering it took thousands to millions of us each doing our small part. Time to forge ahead.

I finally pulled the plug on X, you can exclusively find me here and on other platforms

🔥🔥 Must read. Is the US now a mafia state? As a native New Jerseyan (thus by definition I know a bit about this subject😉), I note that @phillipspobrien.bsky.social makes a very compelling case. Sit-downs, threats-the comparison is sadly quite a good one. Bright shining city on a hill, no more.

I like that my mid-range financial decisions now include considerations like "will money be worth anything"

The tragedy of our universities in deep recession is that, for all the caveats, they produce exactly that connectivity, that sense of place, that attachment and even love that everyone is saying they want. You'll miss it all once it's gone.

State capacity is logging on => (Most of the payroll spending is via contractors)

today in reposting good news:

Kennedy Center ticket sales dropped roughly 50 percent week-over-week after Trump announced his takeover www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Breaking addition to tonight's story:

Gary Larson, The Far Side.

This guy now has access to the Waco files, and I am trying to wrap my head around the idea that he is supposed to lead BOTH agencies.

Federal judges and vice admirals are definitely people you want to annoy with spam emails from Big Balls.

They fired the full timers who implement the lamprey control program and froze the ability to hire temp workers who dose the streams that actually control lampreys. Welcome back to the Great lakes, lampreys.

100000000% THIS Remember Mitch McConnell's strategy was to use unchallenged seats on school boards, city councils, etc to build a foundation of extreme right-wing power. Progressives need to do the same. This is why I donate to @runforsomething.net monthly. If you're willing, they'll help you run.

This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

Protesting a republican congressperson works. @bkindivisible.bsky.social

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me whenever i share a gift link on bluesky

Humans care for the rich, robots are forced on the poor. The neoliberal fantasy of the oligarchs is coming to fruition by the way of austerity measures and spending cuts. Why pay for actual human support if a robot can tick the checkbox.

Lol no

This is excellent

yeah I bet

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Dear OPM FOIA staff - Remember to preserve all of these email responses, as we will be submitting FOIA requests for this consolidated compilation of information on what the entire federal government did last week. Thx - FOIA community

A new bat #coronavirus discovered in China is causing alarm. The virus has capacity to spread to humans & is similar to the one behind the #Covid pandemic. It's called HKU5CoV2 & was found by the team led by virus hunter Shi Zhengli—Batwoman—for her work in bat caves www.newsweek.com/new-coronavi...

The kids today have no idea

The utter stupidity of this is mind altering. THIS is why they built an illegal email system outside of OPM so they could send things like this. I can’t even imagine. I *WISH* I could say this was deliberate attempt to effectively insulting & break the morale of employees.

No rule against this as far as I know.

I don't have an email address, but in the last week I've worked 6 days on 5 routes serving more than 10,000 people, delivering more than 700 tracked items and more than 10,000 pieces of mail, all while you did ketamine shots with a 19 year old edgelord named Big Ballz and ignored child support pleas

My #haskell report from last night: “They came for Haskell because they know Haskell is hope for Indian Country,” Angel Ahtone Elizarraras, president of HINU’s student government, said at a packed rally filled students, faculty and Lawrence community members. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

It is insanely obvious that Elon Musk is illegally exercising the powers of a principal officer of the United States in violation of the appointments clause

Nice Saturday morning thread

Another dataset I like is from the National Atmospheric Deposition Program, which has maps of the US that show we fixed the acid rain problem by implementing stricter emission controls on power plants. nadp.slh.wisc.edu/maps-data/nt...

SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

On 22 February 1943, three young Germans, members of the White Rose Society -- Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst -- were guillotined by the Nazis for distributing leaflets speaking out against the crimes of the Third Reich. Their bravery, and their cause, will not be forgotten.