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THIS

THIS

Excellent analogy

My 12 y/o son was willfully ignorant of politics until he calculated the potential cost of a Switch 2 with tariffs. Now he is radicalized.

Tired: touch the stove Wired: hit the circuit breaker

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

Was explaining to David (11) the tariff stuff and what a tariff is and he was like “you mean like what started the revolutionary war?” And I was like; yes exactly.

Same

Absolutely brutal to read on paper; but spot on. Thank you for writing the truth @hacks4pancakes.com

"Israeli officials complained privately to U.S. officials that Waltz’s texts became public." "The identity of a person in Yemen who was supplying information in real-time about the strikes would likely be carefully protected." As in highly classified. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

I don’t think foreign adversaries can hack Signal either, but they can definitely hack normal consumer devices that run Signal, and social engineer their way into Signal groups

My Kingdom and more for anyone to realize that awarding yourself a government contract is not a conflict of interest. It's corruption. When the bank teller takes the money out of the cash drawer and puts it in his pocket that's not a conflict of interest either.

18 U.S.C. § 793(f) makes it a federal crime to for people entrusted with information related to the national defense to, with gross negligence, disclose it to others in violation of that trust.

23andMe is going under. Californians have the right to delete their genetic data before it's turned over to next party buying the assets. If you have a 23andMe account, go log in to download whatever reports you want to save, then follow these instructions to delete your data.

Next.js dropped a CVSS 9.1 authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-29927) over the weekend. This flaw is trivially exploitable by sending the header `x-middleware-subrequest: true`. Over 300k hits in Shodan, find more at:

INCREDIBLE Ruling! Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus. Trans military members may continue to serve.

Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them. There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More of this!

Harold Lovre (R-South Dakota), criticizing Truman’s seizure of the steel mills and defending Congress’s ability to define executive power by statute.

As usual, Thomas Pornin's papers are a joy to read: this time it's about the challenges of writing constant-time code for cryptographic implementations. eprint.iacr.org/2025/435

In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.

THIS

Honestly, I had forgotten. We’ve been paying for the erosion of rights since immediately following Sept 11 election on. This is exactly what people warned about then.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

That Oval Office debacle today solidified two things: 1. The US is not a trusted ally 2. Zelensky is a hero

Federal power only goes so far. State governors and legislatures have wide authority over local law enforcement, schools, health and how cities and counties handle immigration.

Your regular reminder McConnell could have taken care of this in January 2021

Bunch people accused me of misinformation saying they’re targeting the disease not the people with the disease. I’d like to ask: you think autism and ADHD and neurodivergence is a disease? And why exactly (and how exactly) do you think it’s ok to reduce the number of people with these conditions?

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

from @queerchameleon.bsky.social (I think!)

“But people will eventually accept it, even if it’s unpopular” is a comment I saw so many times this morning. That’s what we call a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is your moment. Galvanize and organize people who are unhappy. Don’t make them feel helpless to stop it by saying no one will stop it.

Matthew's thread here is important.

New @lhn.bsky.social story: DOGE’s cuts included the guy responsible for keeping veterans’ data safe online “I believe that his abrupt firing puts the security of veterans services at risk,” one person says

We nee more of this. We need more current and former federal workers to contribute to an honest record about what is happening in the current administration's supposed hunt for efficiency.

Farmers express concerns about chaos from Trump tariffs and budget cuts; GOP electeds fail to show up via @henry-redman.bsky.social wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

“The 24 hour Economic Blackout as our first initial act, we turn it off. For one day we show them who really holds the power,” said the People’s Union Founder John “J” Schwarz, in a statement sent to the AFRO. “Corporations and banks only care about their bottom line.”

They have the votes to impeach and convict him So they are not helpless They are complicit

Please stop shaming federal workers for their decisions to stay and fight or resign in protest. You don't know their lives or what they have the privilege of doing. It's like yelling at a rape survivor for not reporting.

Yes to all of this, and: there’s no savings from laying these folks off because CONGRESS PASSED A SPENDING BILL TO PAY THEM and there’s no constitutional mechanism that lets the executive take back what Congress tells it to spend!