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The National Weather Service is THE ONLY source of weather data in the US. Every weather app, local broadcaster, and weather forecast map is based on NWS data from NOAA. This is a ridiculously stupid own goal for the US that will disrupt all kinds of social and economic activity, and endanger lives.

submitted 17 hours ago • 40 comments

If you live in a Blue State, the most important thing you can do individually for America is get on your city council and focus entirely on building more housing. Many people in Red States will find their lives untenable very soon and need somewhere to flee to.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

You should be able to rent this at Menards for $19.99.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Trickle-down economics remains one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated on the American people

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

These are the kinds of headlines where the potential harm is so astronomical I kind of can’t conceptualize it so I just try not to.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

submitted 13 days ago • 544 comments

Chock full of great data, and a link to the full report. What's not to like, right? 👍 Main takeaway for me is solid underwriting, over the last fifteen years, puts the market in a good position to weather almost any headwind. #housing #realestate open.substack.com/pub/calculat...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk is locking government workers out of computer systems at U.S. agencies. This unelected freak is burning down our government. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 27 days ago • 67 comments

Fed source to me re: this news: “ten alarm fire”

submitted 28 days ago • 124 comments

Trying to steer public money to private and religious schools. We all knew it was coming, but…😡 “to expand educational choice and support families who choose educational alternatives to governmental entities, including private and faith-based options.”

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

The Sony stereo components I bought in 1990.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

submitted 34 days ago • 728 comments

This makes me very sad. My hometown is closing neighborhood libraries and neighborhood schools. The walkable childhood I had is no longer there for today's kids.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Oh, Florida. Send us your tired, your women with brains.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

My first principle for the new year: When it comes to issues involving democracy, I do not seek compromise with Republicans. There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

submitted 58 days ago • 374 comments

If you have no conscience or soul, the easiest and quickest way to make a bunch of money in this country is to move to a state like Florida, open a “charter school“, collect a check from the state, close it after a year, and repeat.

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

The city of New Orleans uses the Mississippi River as drinking water. Our current governor begged the state to remove funding from the city of New Orleans to fix the pumps and the decaying sewage and water system UNTIL the DA agrees to prosecute women for abortions. www.essence.com/news/louisia...

submitted 59 days ago • 192 comments

Just when you've purged these people from your immediate consciousness-- there they are again. Doesn't Bob want to retire to Florida with all the cops that got PTSD disability settlements?

submitted 59 days ago • 3 comments

Reshare this far and wide. Contact your friends, your old roommate, your ex. Ask your grandma. Get them to write in! MNDOT is saying that an 8 lane freeway is a better environment for bikes and pedestrians than a bike trail and transit route that would rival the Midtown Greenway.

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

As we move into the holidays, please remember: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids, talking about books, making books central to everything you do. Never stop changing their lives! #literacy #EduSky #books

submitted 71 days ago • 117 comments

Boo! The authority hopes to develop the parcel for light industrial use. (Gift link)

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Give her what she really wants this holiday season. Death to the patriarchy, bodily autonomy, and real pockets in every dress and pair of pants.

submitted 73 days ago • 95 comments

Commentary: Who do Ohio lawmakers represent in the fracking free-for-all carving up acres of our state parks and public land for oil and gas money? They sure as heck don’t represent the people. Public resistance to fracking in Ohio State Parks is almost universal

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

33 cases of Pertussis in MN in 2023 2,324 cases so far in 2024

submitted 76 days ago • 7 comments

I spent a lot of time talking to these sheriffs and understanding what they think (and why people support them). I think we need to stop seeing Mack as the source of the ideology. It's widespread and goes beyond him as a figure (plus he loves courting media). bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

submitted 76 days ago • 7 comments

i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...

submitted 77 days ago • 2856 comments

Fucking hell.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Just when you think you understand how evil United Healthcare is, you find another corner of the industry they can quietly destroy & then profit.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

submitted 80 days ago • 794 comments

Uhhhh hard to understate how radical this is!!!! Really reshapes our whole concept of rights!! And freedom!!! Ha ha ha!!! I’m laughing!!! Cause I have to!!!!

submitted 85 days ago • 24 comments

Cops are selling machine guns to gun runners. ICE "lost" $100 million worth of guns and ammo.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

"Using sampling data from the Minnesota Dept. of Ag., Mineau found that over a 12-year period, 95% of flowing-water sites had at least one neonic chemical, and 87% of the sites showed a mixture of two or more neonic chemicals. 90% of neonic pollution in Minnesota comes from agricultural uses."

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Leonard Peltier is still in federal prison. He is 80 years old.

submitted 88 days ago • 11 comments