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Hi #RFKJr 👉🏼9 states report #measles cases as outbreaks grow “One of the most contagious viruses in the world is spreading around the United States. So far in 2025 there have been three distinct measles outbreaks and at least 164 cases reported to CDC coming from 9 states” […]

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[Democrats stand united; anti-trans bill cloture vote FAILS in Senate] Holy shit, team. That thing I told you to do? Last week? The anti-trans bill, and the attempt to cut off debate, and how we had to stop it here or we wouldn’t, because then it could pass with only Republican votes so we […]

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As I've been saying, they're making Congress obsolete. Which every GOP MOC should be screaming about, but nooooo. NYT: "Secretary of State Marco #Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion in weapons to Israel, the second time in a month that the Trump […]

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We must accept that the United States will be absent from all major #climate & #biodiversity summits for the foreseeable future. In fact, I'd argue that the U.S. is now positioning itself on the opposing side. Some say “We cannot do it without the US” I strongly disagree. While their absence […]

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“If Steve Bannon can call himself a Leninist, then leftists can call themselves Friedmanites.” - @pluralistic, 🔥

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Some words the U.S. military is dropping from its vocabulary: dignity, respect, history. https://www.tpr.org/military-veterans-issues/2025-02-28/u-s-military-removes-words-history-respect-dignity-from-digital-presence-as-part-of-dei-review

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Must read “bitcoin and other #crypto assets are once again demonstrating that they are among some of the first assets to decline among broader economic uncertainty…people are selling off risky assets like crypto in hopes of better weathering the economic storm on the horizon… #bitcoin ETFs […]

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This is the most important comment I have heard this week — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians […] Europe, if there is something we lack today, it is not economic or demographic power, but […]

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pssst kids! NYC DOE wifi blocks facebook, X and instagram… (as they absolutely SHOULD!) but not the fediverse and mastodon. 😉 #badinfluence #goodInfluence #socialmedia #fediverse #nyc #education

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Mark Cuban: "If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or […]

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Since they are definitely going to try to kill Social Security, it is worth mentioning that it is one of the most successful poverty reduction programs of all time.

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Notice: The American Medical Association has a YouTube page. They are posting daily updates on bird flu & other outbreaks since the CDC can't. https://m.youtube.com/AmerMedicalAssn

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BREAKING NEWS 🚨 After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels. Haltbakk has called on other European companies to […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Don't ever tell me pressure doesn't work. Every little bit counts. Via Alex Berg: Fox News sic] reported that [#JDVance had to move to an “undisclosed location” due to protests at the Vermont resort where he’s skiing this weekend. For inflicting misery on the world and here at home in America […]

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Switching from Big Tech is not always easy. You get used to their ways and they make it hard to switch. Are you ready to make the switch? Are you ready to help your friends make the switch? There are alternatives. One of them is @Vivaldi, the browser company I co-founded in 2012. I invite […]

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Top bloke 👏🏻 https://variety.com/2025/politics/columns/paul-feig-donates-queer-youth-organizations-1236323013/

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Must be March #BloomScrolling

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Keep ‘em coming “Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday at national parks from California to Maine to protest the #Trump administration’s firing of at least 1,000 National Park Service employees last month.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/us/national-parks-trump-protests.html

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“DOGE presses to check federal benefits payments against IRS tax records Officials with #Musk’s group say they want to search for fraud. Privacy law bars the IRS from disclosing tax information to other parts of the government.” […]

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Hmm, Boston had their own full band with a trombone line today... nobody buying Teslas at THAT dealership, either. #tesla #politics #uspol #protests #swasticar #teslatakedown https://bsky.app/profile/childpsychmdact.bsky.social/post/3ljdwcsmjrc2k

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In case you missed the news... "former French PM says the US is no longer an ally of Europe – but has joined Russia and China as an ‘illiberal superpower’" #MAGA #USA #NEWS #Ukraine #NATO #EU #War #UN #France #China #BRICS […]

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Can we please stop referring to Trump as a mere “petulant child” throwing a “tantrum”? He’s an elderly thug, a felon, who isn’t “stomping off” back to his gilded bedroom, but back to dark rooms for meetings with Putin. He’s a wannabe dictator who is nearly there. He’s changed the damn world […]

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There is something really repulsive about the fact that Fox News and CNN are now having long debates about the clothes Zelenskyy wore to The White House, and whether it was a problem, he did not wear a tie. It must be really awkward for all US servicemen and women who know what it takes to […]

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Resistance can be as simple as using certain terms: "online video" instead of "YouTube video". "online search" instead of "Google Search" (or "do a search" instead of "google it".) "music playlist" instead of "Spotify playlist". Do not give these company any free advertising by using their […]

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What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a […]

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As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President. I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH. /1

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*This search-engine seems interesting. It only indexes non-commercial sites. https://marginalia-search.com

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It only takes 1 person. Pressure works. Protests work. “Instead, Schwarz’s call rapidly spread online. His video has been shared more than 700K times on Instagram & viewed 8.5 mil times. Celebrities such as Stephen King, Bette Midler and Mark Ruffalo have encouraged people to participate […]

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NPR: A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know An organization is calling for a national boycott in the form of an "economic blackout" on Friday, urging Americans not to shop for 24 hours. This movement, spearheaded by The People's Union USA, a grassroots […]

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A measles outbreak in Texas has led to the U.S.'s first confirmed measles death in a decade, spreading in unvaccinated rural communities. Research shows that measles weakens immune memory, increasing vulnerability to other diseases. Despite clear risks, anti-vaccine rhetoric persists […]

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Why am I utterly unsurprised by this? Not by cops abusing access privileges, or even by other cops busting them, but by their dismal failure to tackle cybercrime that isn't right under their collective nose while the Home Office idiotically does the equivalent of trying to ban lockable front […]

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The randomness of the firings and the callousness of the process is incredibly demoralizing to all Federal workers. I saw this first hand at my office: managers now have to waste time each day deciphering and responding to data calls and justifications, while at rhe same time trying to keep […]

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Protest at the Indiana Dunes National Park on March 1 #indiana #HoosierMast #protest

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"Elon Musk, Apartheid, and America’s New Boycott Movement: If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s." (by Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones): https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-apartheid-boycott-tesla-doge-trump/ #TeslaTaksdown

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PSA: remember kids, if something does not work in Firefox, then it works in Firefox in a tracksuit made of Chrome's skin. (As in change the UA.) #Firefox #Chrome #web #googlesucks

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Tough day. Dems (still) Get Stuff Done. #democracy #Democrats #FightFascism #FightEverywhere #NoTrump

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I have to say it is a special kind of hell to have watched all of this anti-trans rhetoric and legislation build up for the last 5 years in states and to report on it today. It feels like a nonstop hose of the worst things imaginable. There are dozens of stories I still haven’t gotten to.

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if you dislike public health policy guided by imperfect science, just wait until you get public health policy guided by no science

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I just found out about this & it’s starting soon. #DEI #BOYCOTT PLAN Phase One 24 hr ECONOMIC BLACKOUT on FRIDAY FEB 28, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM. This is the first step to counter attacks DEI. Do not make any purchases. Do not shop online, or in-store […] [Original post on masto.ai]

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Today I saw these old style #camellias while walking in downtown #BatonRouge #Louisiana. I was struck by the rose like flowers. I thought they would be a good topic for #bloomscrolling. Since they are cultivated, they probably are #gardening material as […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

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Soon sick and hungry Americans will be more numerous and more visible all over America. That will be the consequence of the Republican Fascist budget.

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Keep ‘em coming “GenBioPro, the largest manufacturer of abortion pills in the U.S., is seeking to join a legal fight over access to the medication with the #Trump Administration. The move was a significant offensive action on an issue seen as a vanguard in the fight over access to #abortion.” […]

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Budgets are value statements. 📉 Republicans: $4.5 TRILLION in tax cuts for the ultra-rich Massive cuts to healthcare, food assistance & education $5 TRILLION added to the national debt 📈 Democrats (2021 budget): Universal pre-K Lower healthcare & childcare costs Tax credits to cut childhood […]

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"To evade taxes"=euphemism. You can evade syphilis. But tax evasion is theft out of greed, high treason against society, what parasites do! It is absolutely disgusting and illogical that tax fraud is treated like a trivial offense. This must stop if #democracy is to survive. #safedemocracy, #resist!

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'Never felt more betrayed': Red-state Army vet rages after Elon Musk fires him three times https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-doge-2671215172/

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This march in support of #NYC congestion pricing—and against Trump's grubby overreach, trying to kill it—is happening today, 3 PM Midtown. This might become the first protest I attend in-person this year. @samuelsantaella https://masto.nyc/@samuelsantaella/114043855192250099

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