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I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies. There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.

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Worse, I think it may meet definitions of terrorism. It certainly shares striking similarities in terms of intention (to cause a sense of fear and helplessness) and effect (massive disruption and harm, including injury and death), and even means (destruction of institutions).

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

The Medicaid programs of 27 states don’t have the word “Medicaid” in their name, perhaps out of politeness. Much as my students in Arizona would occasionally discover to their surprise that they were Protestants, quite a few people might soon find out—once it goes away—that they’re on Medicaid.

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Elon Musk said DOGE made a mistake by cutting USAID’s Ebola prevention but it had been “restored.” That’s not true, current and former officials told me and @johnphudson.bsky.social. “There have been no efforts to ‘turn on’” Ebola prevention, said Nidhi Bouri, who oversaw team until January.

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The richest man in the world has parasitically imposed himself on the federal government to insist that all employees generate content for his language-processing machine, conscripted the administrative state as monkeys at typewriters, all under penalty of dismissal should they refuse.

submitted 5 days ago • 14 comments

It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids

submitted 9 days ago • 42 comments

Married women who have changed their names — get a passport now if you can. Even if you never plan to travel out of the country. If this trash passes — it is my understanding that a passport in your married name is sufficient ID for voting.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Thank you to @meganhunt.bsky.social for trying to fix this. Everyone should have an identity. www.wowt.com/2025/02/20/f...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

today's free social media advice for sitting legislators: you gotta stop logging on to say "this is unacceptable" unless you are prepared with a CALL TO ACTION or to tell us what YOU are CURRENTLY doing about it. saying "this is bad" but louder helps nobody.

submitted 12 days ago • 27 comments

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

submitted 17 days ago • 1151 comments

I think the correct thing is for state governments to pass legislation to seize federal employment taxes to make up the promised shortfall and put them directly to their own coffers.

submitted 18 days ago • 62 comments

The CFPB has: ✅Returned $21 billion to Americans ✅Eliminated junk fees ✅Banned medical debt from credit reports ✅Capped banking overdraft fees at $5 Trump and Elon are dismantling it to help out their rich buddies — the same CEOs and executives the CFPB works to hold accountable.

submitted 18 days ago • 14 comments

Why aren’t Democrats doing interviews with patients enrolled in the cancer trials that Musk just cut funding for?

submitted 21 days ago • 104 comments

This is an incredible story magazine.atavist.com/there-will-b...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

I hate everything about this www.allure.com/story/sophie...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

YES "Any official, including the president, who chooses to blame everything from plane crashes to wildfires on non-White, non-male people should be asked whether they believe that desegregation is to blame. Whether they believe resegregation is the answer."

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

I think what's being done to trans people in this country is a FUCKING SCANDAL. It's absolutely an attempt at eradicating trans people from public life and ALL OF US must refuse this. Everyone. Stop being a loser mealy mouth person. This is bullshit. You should say so in all the places you inhabit.

submitted 24 days ago • 114 comments

Depressing, interesting The Future Is Too Easy - defector.com/the-future-i...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The job of congress isn't to come on here and tell us stuff, that's the media's job. Your job is to tell us what you're going to DO about it.

submitted 29 days ago • 570 comments

We must prepare to set down the hotdog brothers ✊🚫🌭

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023

submitted 32 days ago • 250 comments

A three-year old, his mother, and his grandmother were speaking Spanish while shopping in Milwaukee. They’re U.S. citizens from Puerto Rico but were taken by ICE. Once in detention, the mother was able to produce ID and birth certificates proving citizenship: www.telemundopr.com/programas/di...

submitted 32 days ago • 100 comments

this is inaccurate, the offer isn't severance, it's for them to remain on the job and continue working through this time period

submitted 32 days ago • 8 comments

I’m not a lawyer yet, but my advice as a layperson to any federal employees is this: do not take this deal. There’s no money approved for the severance packages they’re offering and a very good chance you’d be left without either a job or a severance package.

submitted 32 days ago • 12 comments

my art is imperfect, let's keep it that way. fuck AI

submitted 36 days ago • 20 comments

every example of how AI could be useful is like “if you were eating cereal, AI could tell you what cereal you were eating”

submitted 35 days ago • 181 comments

Congrats. You played yourself.

submitted 36 days ago • 491 comments

I need to teach a class: How to Recognize Ai pictures of Food. A lot of you are reposting fake food that defies the laws of physics and chemistry.

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

please don't share AI generated images just because you agree with their political message

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments