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dontmakemoi.bsky.social
Dog dad/wrangler/butler, software engineer, malcontent. Sometimes Crass. Former polisci guy. In a blue dot in TN.
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As a kid, I visited my dad in the hospital before he died of pancreatic cancer. Three years ago, I held my husband’s hand as he died of pancreatic cancer. People are doing the same right now all over the country. F#ck RFK jr and the ignoramus running the NIH.
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Striking stat from @kellycnbc.bsky.social on this: The rise in treasury yields since Trump’s tariffs were announced leads to an increase in US debt interest payments that is larger than all the DOGE savings.
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Yikes! And *phew*.
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Nothing like hiking to the bottom in the summer and having that mist blown onto you.
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Tells you everything you need to know about hiring Booz Allen to consult on security.
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That's the spirit! Honestly at times I'm as bad as new grandparents on a plane.
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Yep, we finally tried hard enough.
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There's been too much of the "look forward, not backward" approach the last couple of decades.
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Warren, from earlier — “This is the system that makes sure that your grandpa gets his social security check on time. This is the system that makes sure that your mom's doctor gets paid for her Medicare exam. Elon Musk wants the power to turn that on, to turn that off, as Elon Musk decides.”
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This one too, from @cathygellis.bsky.social
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Let me tell you about the time I made Zuck sweat. On a stage. In a hoodie. In Austin.