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Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

submitted 7 days ago • 578 comments

Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.

submitted 13 days ago • 367 comments

Dear Democratic Party: why are you not screaming this from every rooftop? Why are you not holding press conferences with these poor fired people - putting a face on what the richest man is destroying?

submitted 15 days ago • 288 comments

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

submitted 15 days ago • 386 comments

I moved across the country, uprooting my family, for the promise of a stable future and the chance to serve the country and make weather forecasts better. I don’t even know what else to say.

submitted 17 days ago • 64 comments

WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt. We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered. Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.

submitted 27 days ago • 136 comments

Let's all say it out loud. These people are fascists & this is a fascist take-over of the United States. You can couch your words more carefully, but the speed and ferocity of what is happening now is part-and-parcel of a coup. The GOP in Congress has surrendered. The Dems are out of their depth. 1/

submitted 30 days ago • 128 comments

The Trump administration defunded medical research today. Friends in the media it’s not anymore complicated than this. Report it as such

submitted 39 days ago • 19 comments

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post” — Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos

submitted 58 days ago • 334 comments

Bollards > Trucks. There are enough angry, violent men in the world that it makes sense to always have bollards around places that large numbers of pedestrians will gather. So if you're going to upgrade your bollards, please don't remove the old bollards weeks before you install the new ones.

submitted 60 days ago • 12 comments

You can obsessively watch cable news not telling you anything all day, or you can work to make the results you want happen.

submitted 117 days ago • 6 comments

My lone election post is this: To beg, beg, BEG journos to remember that as soon as a state’s polls close, it has MADE its choice. There is no “closing the gap,” or “gaining ground.” That sort of horserace framing plays DIRECTLY into Trump’s conspiracy-addled hands. Do. Not. Do. That!

submitted 118 days ago • 7 comments

🧵Next week, you will see people using something called Benford's Law to try to prove election fraud. ⛔️These people are wrong⛔️ I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/

submitted 120 days ago • 72 comments

New: Nevaeh Crain should be celebrating her birthday today. At 6 months pregnant, the Texas teen went to two ERs in 12 hours, returning home worse each time. On her third trip, a doctor insisted on 2 ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise” before moving her to the ICU. Hours later, Nevaeh died.

submitted 121 days ago • 18 comments

Forget op-ed endorsements, what are journalists doing to get ready for when their pro-fascist owners refuse to acknowledge a winning vote for Harris on election night?

submitted 124 days ago • 17 comments

Miscarriage shouldn't be a death sentence. www.propublica.org/article/joss...

submitted 123 days ago • 4 comments

I was not aware of this. "ballot curing was the difference in the 2020 presidential election in both Georgia and Wisconsin. It can also make the difference in congressional races, state legislative races, and especially in local races". It's done by volunteers, on the phone; see the link for orgs

submitted 124 days ago • 19 comments

I’m just saying, you could be watching the shitshow at MSG or you could be writing get out the vote letters. (Like me.)

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submitted 128 days ago • 69 comments

Trump has hacked the media by lying so relentlessly and egregiously that whoppers that could be career-ending for other politicians don’t even rouse our fact-checkers. He claims American towns are occupied by migrants in every one of his speeches and it elicits yawns. We need to wake the fuck up.

submitted 129 days ago • 30 comments

Breaking news! The biggest known prime number just got bigger. It has just been confirmed that 2^136,279,841 - 1 is prime. www.mersenne.org/primes/?pres...

submitted 132 days ago • 3 comments

How the NY Post covers a cyclist killed in their own backyard vs how the post covers a fender bender 600 miles away when it allows them to play into this week’s racist panic.

submitted 169 days ago • 22 comments

Randall Munroe, welcome to The War on Cars.

submitted 524 days ago • 1 comment

QwiXster

submitted 587 days ago • 1 comment

Apropos of nothing, a reminder of JFK’s successful Harvard application essay

submitted 612 days ago • 29 comments

I found it hard to find people I know on here. What I recommend: hunt down a connected friend or two and then scan their following list.

submitted 669 days ago • 0 comments