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Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA): “A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."

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So this week I was in SF. Visited the Presidio and saw there was an exhibit on Japanese Exclusion at the Officers' Club, so we went in. My teen has been learning about Fred Korematsu in civics, and I want him to understand this history. The exhibit was powerful. But--

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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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Increasingly feels like the story of our age: The comfortable and bored affluent, in a degrading media environment, opting for chaos just to feel something. Not the whole story, but certainly part of it.

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Thinking you should decide who to promote based on an answer to an email explains a lot about the problems with his business model & products

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Does anybody know the story behind this? #Screenwriting #scriptsky

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For anyone interested in #archaeology I've created an 'Archaeologists of UK & Europe' starter pack of archaeologists, researchers, and institutions. If anyone suited would like to be included, reach out #uk #europe #history #skytorians #histsky #medieval #prehistory go.bsky.app/9rhAGCa

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DOJ, NASA, FBI among government entities telling staff, according to various reports, not to reply to Musk email asking them what they did last week. Effectively, a moment of chaos. Created on purpose. As federal employees get conflicting orders. Disruption seems to be the goal.

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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

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“I can exist on cornflakes and community if it means that my soul is intact.” 💪🏻🔥

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How to change a swastika that cant be removed

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Local elections are happening now all over the country and it’s an easy way we can take action. Donate. Spread word. Volunteer. Ask people to run for open seats. Help people register to vote. We need action & allies at all levels of government. We’ll not only build community but also a deeper bench.

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hello fellow followers of #scriptsky - want to know how i write action scenes and what it takes to make them pop? here’s my handy guide/tutorial/essay! okbjgm.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/...

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Russia started this war by brutally invading a sovereign democracy and claiming innocent lives. You will not rewrite history. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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This is such a great organization to support, if you have work clothes to donate.

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Is Donald Trump going to respond to Musk’s email and report on what he did last week? To help, I’ve gone ahead and done it for him. A thread:

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They look like books, but they're lanterns, lighters, flasks and more.

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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It is almost impossible to explain the sheer insanity of Elon Musk apparently having the capability to email the entire federal government evidently without getting approval from anyone—and, apparently, against the wishes of most Cabinet departments.

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What's "going to happen" for which military lawyers will be a "roadblock?"

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it’s wild how clear it is that most people don’t want this slop by how companies feel the need to bury the way to turn it off completely

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Based

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‘It shouldn’t be such a fight’: the drama school supporting working-class actors

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BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

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Musk's whole deal is to pretend that no one knew how government bureaucracy worked before, like it was this big mystery box, and it's exactly that combo of stupidity and arrogance that pervades silicon valley and leads to them reinventing a city bus and thinking they're Isaac Newton

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Six years ago today 🌿 Agave deserti, our Desert Agave, blooming in Anza-Borrego #nativeplants. These flowers were way above my head on a long, thick stalk. 😎

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Putting his country first.

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Kennedy Center reeling from 'stunning' ticket sales collapse after Trump takeover: report www.rawstory.com/trump-kenned...

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Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times. “In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”

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“We fired all the guards at the bank so they’re not roadblocks to anything that happens.”

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Eldritch AF

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Oh.

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Dear Manager: 1. I've been to Nice & the isle of Greece While I sipped champagne on a yacht 2. I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo/showed 'em what I've got 3. I've been undressed by kings & I've seen some things That a woman ain't s'posed to see 4. I've been to paradise, but 5. I've never been to me

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

submitted 15 hours ago • 96 comments

Counterintuitive, but interesting…

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“To me, it’s like saying, I burned your house down on Saturday, what household chores did you do this week?”

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from linkedin! this is an open casting call for disabled people who would like to play a role in a movie about the 504 Sit In. no acting experience necessary check out the roles here: app.castittalent.com/Radical

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Accidents down 55% and injuries down 51% since nyc congestion pricing (!!!) www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/22/c...

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Why would you fire the top lawyers in the armed services at night on a Friday? That's the part you should be freaking out about.

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Where are the Democrats but also Where are the churches Where are the celebrities Where are the NGOs Where are the Universities Where are professional groups like AMA Where are the athletes Where are the unions What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future

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"We the Builders" US government employees have launched a new website to push back against DOGE's reckless and maligned attacks on the civil service. www.wethebuilders.org

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Wow…I had to double, triple check to make sure this tweet from Senator Smith was real. Rare to see a US Senator tweet like this. Not complaining, just surprising.

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Support the artist: deadder.substack.com

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