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It crossed my mind this morning that I have multiple Vietnam vet uncles, at least one of whom would take the idea of skeletonizing those fucks quite literally, given what he endured (was forced to be a "tunnel rat") & how all of them were treated when they made it home

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2 of my clueless non-maga boomer relatives seemed to have reactivated part of their 1960s protester selves when I told them that it wasn't just my job at risk, but also their social security & medicare.

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State AGs are looking for federal workers who have just been illegally fired to stand as litigants in a new lawsuit trying to freeze further action by DOGE. DM me if that’s you and you’re interested and you’re live in one of the following states: NM, AZ, CA, CT, MD, MI, MN, NV, OR, WA, RI, or VT.

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

This is just to say I have fired the bureaucrats throughout your government Even the ones that were probably keeping planes in the air Forgive me I am not very smart So efficiency Much savings

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I have seen people calling for federal worker strikes. Understandable! However, that’s not possible. Here’s an explainer. www.govexec.com/management/2...

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He can however be made a pauper by the state, and must.

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I want to make a little reading list for these fuckass Yankee dandies about what historically happens when you pick a fight with Canada (war crimes. War crimes happen.)

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submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

An explainer of why we aren’t seeing these stories swamping conventional media spaces. Basic issue boils down to people are scared, and responsible members of Congress are asking if it’s okay to share their story. They’re getting mostly Nos

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

submitted 6 days ago • 186 comments

#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.

submitted 6 days ago • 302 comments

I must be a total deviant. Only the "wrong" ones interest me

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This is a long but absolutely beautiful read. A much needed reminder of how long time and history actually are and a reassurance that there is almost everywhere in this world something solid and beautiful; the work of human hands etched into metal and plastic aresluna.org/the-hardest-...

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How to take away women’s right to vote without ending the nineteenth amendment

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So someone asked me to retell the story of the old lady that told me about killing her husband. Are we ready for a trip back in time to 1999? Some of you already know this story, but if you don't it is a wild ride. Apply all appropriate trigger warnings!

submitted 9 days ago • 83 comments

New — I did a brief history of the ‘Fork in the Road’ email to show how Musk screwed up by treating federal workers like fucking idiots, and how the pressure to resign is about breaking morale more than culling the workforce.

submitted 15 days ago • 69 comments

it really is appropriate to view this as potentially the biggest privacy and cybersecurity scandal in American history

submitted 19 days ago • 103 comments

concur. until it dies on it's own accord, no one can pry my iPhone mini out of my hands! hoping for a return of minis, especially if the current hideously-large phones become too expensive to make/sell

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And so it begins, coffee lovers. The Trump Taxes are hitting coffee, starting with Colombia. A 25% tariff could drive retail prices up by 50%, with potential ripple effects on coffees from other regions. Brace for higher costs—and don’t forget who’s behind these increases. #CoffeeFeed

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We are. Yesterday we dug up our never-used global entry cards to store in our work travel gear because they show citizenship & we'd rather have to replace those than our passports P2 has a white-enough name (but not white-enough face) for this admin while I have neither (just the phone voice)

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Looking at the first week of the new administration, it certainly seems like the theme of this new administration is going to be "there is a reason you don't do that." There's a reason you don't appoint violent alcoholics to run the department of defense...

submitted 27 days ago • 15 comments

The irony of the manosphere is its ideas about masculinity, styling, grooming, and social conduct are almost universally repellant to women. The central premise of its sales pitch is a black hole. I am not sure how this isn’t clearer to more young men.

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We’re watching the Lisa Frank documentary, Glitter and Greed. And it’s fun, but it’s making me remember how I didn’t much like Lisa Frank stuff as a kid, but preferred this other artist who did a lot of dolphins and whales. And so I figured out who that was www.lassenart.com#art

submitted 51 days ago • 25 comments

honestly thought this happened on the leeward side given how terrifying close and violent certain explosions felt. hope the only ones who died were the exact dumbasses who bought those illegal aerials.

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Me writing: every one of these observations is indispensable Me editing: omg shut UP

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

a word I learned far too late in life (via fanfic rather than English majoring)

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On Thursday the 2024 issue of @theneweuropean.bsky.social comes out and they have given me the platform to explain why Gisèle Pelicot is my hero and how she radically changed the conversation about shame and sexual assault It is my proudest writing. app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/10/26/v...

submitted 74 days ago • 66 comments

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

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there’s a lot of funny slang specific to the historic industrial facility where I work. today I unabashedly use one: “dropping anchor” (the act of reducing all productivity to the bare minimum, or none, in response to being utterly OVER IT)

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

very glad to see mine on this list (Hirono and Schatz)

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