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to the stars through difficulties. writer and close reader.
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things i am wondering about — i live in a gop congressional district but i feel this vote on the Save Act is going to be a loyalty test for gop congresspeople … yet some might (might?) see howbit could harm voting …

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thinking about how Hibert Humphrey nested the quest for civil rights within the need to move beyond “states’ rights.” Now, in 2025, a state’s rights seem ever more vital to retaining civil rights! ironic, interesting, mind-bending, things are moving fast

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Hidden (to me) history of 1948. Democratic convention speech by Hubert Humphrey — “when ciivil rights won the White House”! Good hour of radio history www.mprnews.org/episode/2024...

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

having memories of reading about GOP antagonism toward Post Office for offering decent benefite to workers (iirc), and for saddling it with a requirement to “break even” —

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acknowledging the history and existence of black people in america is not dei; it is not diversity; it is describing what is in front of you.

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i have been worrying about this one so much, 😢😢😢

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#goals for New York State (we already do okay, but could really do more, imo)

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Seven BYU law professors co-write op-ed calling out Trump’s disregard for Constitutional separation of powers and Napoleonic assertion that he is above the law: www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...

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Noodling with the cover of Computer Lib by Ted Nelson (1974)...

submitted 331 days ago • 1 comment

Periodic reminder: (From Computer Lib / Dream Machines by Ted Nelson, 1974.)

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A fuller version of a very influential idea and quotation:: "Information wants to be free ... and it wants to be very expensive." -- Stewart Brand, c. 1970 (source: What the Dormouse Said, by John Markoff)

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So I opened a recent email from the "acting commissioner" of Social Security much more quickly than I would have in months' past! In the linked letter, Lee Dudek explains more about how DOGE interacts with SS (he says they have "READ" access only -- anyhow, newsworthy www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

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