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Avid reader and traveller. Enjoy history, science fiction and technology. Licensed in various radio technologies (with more on the way). Published numerous articles and several unpublished books (yeah, I'm working on that). Enjoy eating food I plant myself
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And this guy was a Trump guy! A sign of more and deeper shit to come. Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Exporting gas only increases prices at home; it doesn’t lower them. Surprise. Trump Aims to Boost Gas Exports. It’ll Probably Increase Your Electricity Bill. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is no joke. New deputy FBI director Dan Bongino previously called for imprisoning Democrats www.npr.org/2025/03/03/n...

Between the Nazi now the Deputy Director of the FBI and Elon Musk stealing personal information, it may be time to plan ahead and keep yourself less of a target - and be ready to Resist. 4 ways to protect your personal data from Musk's DOGE www.fastcompany.com/91285695/4-w...

News not readily seen in the United States media. Aerial view of London anti-Trump protest www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-4...

More examples of mismanagement from a so-called "genius of business". Musk wants retired air traffic controllers to resume work, but it's not so easy www.axios.com/2025/02/27/m...

Some things you just can't teach a computer to do. www.wsj.com/tech/larry-e...

The coup has failed: the USPS stays as is. prospect.org/politics/202...

Meanwhile in Canada,... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

And,... here we go: into the next pandemic. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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If you want to understand the importance of free speech, ask Alexei Navalny. Except you can’t.       - John Grace from "The Politics Sketch"

"There always comes a time in history when anyone who dares to say that two and two make four is punished by death." ~Albert Camus, The Plague (1947)

Trump’s new passport rules are trapping transgender Americans in bureaucratic limbo www.vox.com/politics/399...

I'm getting sick. This is very real. 17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs www.forbes.com/sites/peterg...

missouriindependent.com/2025/02/11/r... FAFO! Sorry, MAGA, you voted for this.

What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.

As Elon Musk Continues To Repeat Lies About Who And What USAID Funded, Turns Out, It Funded Elon Musk www.techdirt.com/2025/02/10/a...

You can’t make this up. Ye's website is selling swastika shirts after boosting its profile with Super Bowl ad www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

In New Jersey, gubernatorial candidates debated. One of them said they'll install a "DOGE-like program in New Jersey". They were booed down big time and word has gotten around about them to where they're gonna have a hard time getting any place without somebody mocking them.

Google works to seek favor from Trump and plays up ICE activities when, in fact, ICE is not doing a whole lot because people are actually stopping them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The Heritage Foundation - the creeps pushing Project 2025 and loyal to Trump - have been busy making up listing of minority Federal em ploys to target and remove for 'DEI violations'. We're past open "concepts": it's now open targeting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump's appointee as Director of Counterintelligence is really a big piece of shit right wing white nationalist who actively seeks to go after 'Antifa' and other 'left wing national organizations. The Nazi's are really here and attaining real power. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

While some of you were inspecting genitals in the bathrooms, this happened.

NYT: Breaking News: Cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu, indicating that the virus may pose a more persistent risk to people than thought.