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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

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Let's think about this for a minute. If the government lowers taxes, where will Musky Musky get his handouts in the form of "government contracts"? It seems like arguing for smaller government works against his self interest, no?

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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

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Damn

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In case you missed that list of DOGE emails to send all the spam to, car warranties, loan applications and any other creative ideas you have. Just remember to use an anonymous email if sending them a direct message. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Last night, we turned our clocks ahead one hour but MAGA left theirs set to Germany 1938.

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To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately - Ackoff/Emery

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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...

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Oh myyy

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It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉

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Donold and the right now want everyone to “shut up about egg prices” after promising THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN to lower egg prices on day one.

submitted 3 days ago • 342 comments

I had to bring this here because it’s so good

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why don’t ya make like a perspective drawing and vanish at some point?

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It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.

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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

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This content appeared as a full-page paid advertisement in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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Tonight’s SOTU preview

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Yeah, ya think? "They are there to make sure we handle and store these materials in a way that avoids a nuclear chain reaction from occurring..... Losing these folks is concerning.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 263 comments

New favorite word for my general feelings.

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Trump didn't win 50% of the popular vote. The GOP has slim margins in both the House and Senate. His approval ratings are tanking. He does not have a mandate. Do not let him gaslight you into believing he is all powerful. He's not.

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Raising chickens is more expensive than grocery store eggs, but also, bird flu is endemic in wildlife at the moment. Asking people to do this with zero safety precautions or knowledge is a great way to get more people infected and raise the chance that we get a human transmissible version.

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Guys, you all know what to do here but this is a wee reminder.💞🧑‍🦼💞

submitted 7 days ago • 227 comments

I just caught this! We were a question, what an honor!! I'm completely geeking out

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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937

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I'm not sure which of you need to hear this, but: If you push yourself to your limits and burn out for a company, you are trading years of your future productivity for minor gains in the present. Burning out will _fuck you up_, it's like brain fog or depression, and it takes years to recover

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Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.

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Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

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There are good people out there.

submitted 9 days ago • 357 comments

“It’s like switching to a Mercedes so people won’t call you a Nazi” — Alanis Morissette

submitted 8 days ago • 107 comments

Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.

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Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

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Democracy dies in primer… #bezos

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Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad

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We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment. Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online?

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Breaking character: I saw someone say you have to spend more time explaining to people IRL why doge sucks. So what would be your 480 character elevator pitch about why it sucks?

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18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.

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Musk plans to fire 7,000 Social Security Administration employees while calling Social Security “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” However, Americans have paid into the system their entire working lives!

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Sunday Times.

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This is honestly bonkers - the kind of beautiful, inspired, vaccine-based science they are trying to shut down. Cancer therapies are OVERWHELMINGLY POPULAR among pretty much all demographics. Because cancer FUCKING SUCKS.

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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT? Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.

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18F's website has been removed. Hours after the staff was laid off, the whole damn site is gone, including hundreds of blog entries and essential resources. The entire De-risking Guide that I wrote, vanished from the internet.

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