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submitted 14 days ago • 1175 comments

BREAKING: A second child has reportedly died from measles in the growing Texas outbreak. The death was an unvaccinated 8-year-old girl with no known underlying health conditions. As of Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services said 481 cases of measles had been confirmed.

submitted 14 days ago • 40 comments

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

submitted 15 days ago • 288 comments

Police are investigating a report of fake ICE agents targeting a Ukrainian grocery store. An SUV with an “ICE” decal circled Sunday—then bolted when security showed up. These impostors are appearing nationwide,, preying on people already living in fear— in the shadows. It’s calculated and cruel.

submitted 32 days ago • 808 comments

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

submitted 46 days ago • 1283 comments

If you're wondering about the vibe in Canada right now, I just got served this ad for a brewhouse that is just a portrait of the White House being burned down. No text, just a bigass picture of the White House burning and a link directly to their menu lolol

submitted 47 days ago • 897 comments

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.

submitted 47 days ago • 1170 comments

You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.

submitted 50 days ago • 502 comments

Vermont showed up—protesting JD Vance at his vacation spot after he brought shame on this country. Vance had to be moved to an undisclosed location. Dude constantly trashes blue states but thought it was a good idea to vacation in one. Maybe next time, pick a red state—or better yet, Russia!

submitted 50 days ago • 524 comments

Wow…

submitted 50 days ago • 911 comments

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

submitted 50 days ago • 3299 comments

SSA employee to me re: 50% staff reduction: "Can say unequivocally that such deep cuts to SSA, which is already at historically low staffing, will cause significant to extreme degradation of services, very likely including checks missed and individuals dying before their claims can be processed."

submitted 53 days ago • 120 comments

Attention working-class Americans: Republicans’ new budget does NOT include no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, or no tax on Social Security. Instead it protects tax handouts for billionaires and makes way for the largest Medicaid cut in history.

submitted 54 days ago • 292 comments

💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders. Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.

submitted 54 days ago • 671 comments

Hochul’s move here is profoundly racist and dehumanizing. Defining Palestinian studies as fundamentally antisemitic means defining Palestinians as something to be erased. It is genocidal. This is also an unacceptable attack on academic freedom. The governor should have no say in faculty hiring.

submitted 54 days ago • 41 comments

Musk & DOGE are now f*cking with the Social Security Administration. 🚨 IMPORTANT: If you or a loved one experience delayed SS payments or difficulty accessing SSDI services, CALL THE PEOPLE’S HOTLINE! Tell your story. ☎️ 503-212-4600 ☎️ Pass it on:

submitted 57 days ago • 72 comments

New — Social Security Administration (SSA) probationary employees were told today that they have eight hours to agree to be reassigned to a field office, tele-service center or payment center and waive all rights to appeal reassignment, or they will be fired, agency source tells me.

submitted 59 days ago • 67 comments

I've seen power users who post a lot on Bluesky forget to add alt-text. I know new habits are hard, but taking a few extra seconds to add alt-text to images increases accessibility for many other users and the site's experience overall. Please make a consistent effort to add alt-text to images.

submitted 60 days ago • 18 comments

“At least Russia has elections” Russia frequently jails and kills any opposition to Putin, who has been in power since 1999. If you like dictatorships, that’s fine. Just admit that. Don’t insult anyone’s intelligence—including your own—by claiming Russia has real elections.

submitted 60 days ago • 708 comments

Oh, look. The House GOP Budget reflects all the evil cuts to Medicaid they said they'd do in Project 2025. Maybe take them literally and seriously.

submitted 60 days ago • 113 comments

This should terrify all of us

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Protect your kitties and all of us! Also, we never wear shoes inside, and you may want to soak your soles in bleach water in a boot tray.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Los Angeles peeps—spread the word about ICE. We won’t know for sure until it happens, but better safe than sorry. Be prepared.

submitted 61 days ago • 221 comments

The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.

submitted 63 days ago • 66 comments

let me strongly recommend the flu shot to whoever hasn't gotten one for this season. i just had a terrible bout with the flu that almost certainly would have been WAY worse had i not been vaccinated

submitted 63 days ago • 1256 comments

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

submitted 63 days ago • 981 comments

We got a Costco membership for the first time in our lives today. They asked why & I said because treat your workers well, you value diversity, & you didn’t cave in to authoritarian demands. He said: “We’ve been getting lots of folks saying that, thanks for joining.” Who needs a gallon of ketchup?

submitted 64 days ago • 2165 comments

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 64 days ago • 2214 comments

Also don't buy a bunch the day before in preparation. Spread out your purchases.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.

submitted 65 days ago • 1064 comments

Genuine question does your phone not pull text for you? I have a Samsung. If I do a screen cap of an image with text it will pull the text from that image for me that I can copy. It takes 20 seconds. I'm struggling to understand the reluctance to properly alt text

submitted 65 days ago • 36 comments

NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

submitted 65 days ago • 408 comments

Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.

submitted 67 days ago • 829 comments

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

submitted 69 days ago • 921 comments

is the goal merit or is the goal segregation?

submitted 69 days ago • 1406 comments

i know i'm harping on alt-text but the resistance to it legit doesn't make sense to me. beyond the hey-for-accessibility-reasons that we should do it, from a selfish perspective i truly don't get why someone would choose to limit their own reach (esp bc @alt-text.bsky.social can do it for you!)

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

Guys…

submitted 69 days ago • 134 comments

You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.