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Third room being floored. We are almost done with carpeted areas. Next up is the living room.

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Oh fuck, what a grift. J6 terrorists sue a DOJ controlled by Trump; Trump orders DOJ lawyers to settle for an undisclosed amount, both sides agree to an NDA. This can happen dozens, hundreds of times. Just an ingenious way to funnel tax dollars to far-right terrorist groups.

submitted 1 day ago • 74 comments

Thousands of constituents have reached out to Washington's congressional delegation in a two-week span regarding actions at the federal level.

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"Most of DOGE’s money, records show, has come in the form of payments from other federal agencies made possible by a nearly century-old law called the Economy Act. To steer those funds to the new department, the Trump administration has treated DOGE as if it were a federal agency."

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Let's see how the intrepid Elon inspired team at DOGE - the folks who are currently examining your tax records - are doing! Today they put up their their idea of "open data" which they call a "Wall of Receipts". And look here - two cancelled DEIA contracts for $9,999,999. Wow, they saved $20M! 1/

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

Department of Education FAFSA changes are open for public comment. The changes include requiring trans students to misgender themselves and removes the nonbinary option on forms. Note: comment period is 60 days, and comments are publicly visible. Form here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

submitted 6 days ago • 66 comments

Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

submitted 5 days ago • 845 comments

It seems like this needs to be said. Greed is bad.

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When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted. Yet somehow Musk isn't.

submitted 8 days ago • 561 comments

This is a bad bad take. Yes, praise people for doing the ethical thing. Rewarding virtue is pretty much the only sure way to get more of it

submitted 9 days ago • 28 comments

The fun part of creating data, is finding systemic mistakes! It's fun right?! Now I get to go back and fix things that I wasn't smart enough to foresee from the beginning.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

My son just asked about the difference between “up on” and “upon.” Interesting to think about the differences in semantics caused by that space.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

This is the most important message of the week. This is what's at stake. Trump, the Republicans, and Musk now seek to destroy all independent sources of information — media, journalism, gov't agencies, universities. "Elon can be defeated, [but] establishment pundits will be the enemy here." Yes.

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

I have contacted my federal representatives @pattymurray.bsky.social @cantwell.senate.gov and @repricklarsen.bsky.social expressing my strong opposition to the undemocratic activity of Elon Musk and Donald Trump. I want to hear back from each of them.

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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

submitted 20 days ago • 1309 comments

Holy hell, this @questlove.bsky.social edit is mind-blowing.

submitted 26 days ago • 68 comments

Working on the flooring and somebody is feeling neglected.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Since the election, I have been turning down almost all the invitations I get as a press critic. Main reason: the enormity of what's happened to us eludes the language of the invite. Better to give it three months and see if that changes. I made an exception here. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

submitted 27 days ago • 25 comments

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

submitted 32 days ago • 787 comments

Rampell on Trump coin: If you're the Saudi government, you no longer need to pretend to stay at a Trump hotel in order to give money to Donald Trump.

submitted 33 days ago • 180 comments

The weekend project is turning out pretty good. 1 bedroom has been re-floored, and no contractors were required.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Two new positions open at @cascadiadaily.com: Audience Engagement #Editor, Health Care & Public Health #Reporter. These are an expansion of CDN's newsroom. (You read that right. Newsroom. Expansion.) Details at the link. Roles are based in Bellingham, WA. A lovely corner of the Pacific Northwest.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

On the last day of Hanukkah, let's talk about the end of the Hasmonean dynasty. This is typically dated to the end of the 1st BCE. Herod married the Hasmonean Mariamne, had two children with her, but would come to kill all three. Thus ended the dynasty. Or did it...? 🧵1/13

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

Keeping the Christmas Eve tradition of gifting a new book, and reading in front of the “fire”.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Time for the best Christmas movie

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

I finished my annotation of Sentences across the Deuterocanonical books today.

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

I can’t tell you the last time I looked in a commentary and found a good description of the language issue I was chasing. koine-greek.com/2024/12/12/f...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

New research uses computational linguistics to map words for emotion used alongside words for body parts in cuneiform texts from 934-612 BCE. Fascinating method and findings. Where in the body did people feel or express fear, joy, pride, sadness, shame, and more? www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

submitted 71 days ago • 3 comments

2 Macc 1:9 καὶ νῦν ἵνα ἄγητε τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς σκηνοπηγίας τοῦ Χασελεὺ μηνός here is the introduction of a subordinate content clause without a verb. I need to look for more νῦν ἵνα 's.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

We're really pleased with how this second edition of /Greek prepositions in the New Testament: A cognitive-functional description/ is turning out for print! Headed toward proofreading now.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

A huge part of the problem is that American healthcare doesn’t present costs ahead of time or out in the open. Being able to compare would actually be a step forward.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

submitted 80 days ago • 4654 comments

"Across Texas, residency applications in ob-gyn dropped significantly. Data from the Gender Equity Policy Institute revealed a fifty-six-per-cent spike in maternal deaths in the state between 2019 and 2022." www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

submitted 88 days ago • 64 comments

Damn powerful piece.

submitted 87 days ago • 3 comments