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Nate Silver has to believe that Nate Silver and people like Nate Silver are geniuses who deserve everything they got because otherwise he’s just one of a couple hundred guys who did some interesting stuff with baseball statistics and then claimed he was a data genius so could cover all fields.

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All across the country, civil servants who worked in the federal government for a public good are risking their jobs to pushback against the Trump Administration. Here are some of their stories.

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Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

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Coke is often used as a a positive case study of an organization that did diversity right (after a bruising loss in an anti-discrimination suit). Conservatives claim to be free marketers, but by forcing companies to end anti-discrimination policies, they put bigotry over profits.

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LITERALLY EVERY FBI DIRECTOR HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

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NEW: While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for the agency they operate — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to some $40 million, ProPublica found.

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I work in homelessness/housing in the Midwest, the reality is that my state has been hit hard by factors that have increased homelessness and my town was genuinely addressing the issue and reducing numbers. I have no doubt that the work I’ve done and my community has done will largely be erased.

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A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.

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New and devastating reporting from my colleagues showing just how dangerous it has become to be pregnant and in Texas after the state banned abortion. Please read and share: www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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is this bad?

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I feel just so worried about so much, there are multiple crises happening with work stuff and who knows when funding there may be cut. I’m just tired of fighting for such small gains

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I wish some of the biggest accounts here on Bluesky would use alt text more. It really doesn't take that much time to do. Here's a link to a quick explainer. www.zdnet.com/article/how-...

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Probably not the best way to respond right now to criticisms…

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Toxic positivity culture really convinces abled people that disabled people are valued and celebrated by our society. Meanwhile, disabled people know that the instant we are the slightest bit inconvenient that we’ll be discarded and the response will be nothing more than a shrug.

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i think bluesky is not meeting the moment head on. they should immediately institute a verification policy for news agencies and reporters. it's needed here

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Last night @60minutes.bsky.social opened an otherwise superb segment on Germany’s approach to online hate speech by saying “in the U.S., most of what’s said on online [social media] platforms is protected by the First Amendment.” No.The First Amend protects us against GOVT infringements on speech.

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Please, lefty/progressive people, learn to facilitate meetings and discern whether you need them or not.

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Got another vaccine today. Collect them all before they become illegal.

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It blows my mind that Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird casts herself as the savior trying to protect “critical classroom accommodations for kids.” She’s suing to make Section 504 unenforceable in every context. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/16/b...

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#ICYMI: The directive, which continues the Trump administration's efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.

submitted 7 days ago • 62 comments

Richest guy in the world is doing this

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Pro tip: if ur trying to find waste fraud and abuse , hire auditors not junior web developers

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It’s okay to hate your oppressors. It’s not problematic. It’s not immoral. It’s not you being like them. It’s not even bad for your soul. It’s actually awesome. Allow yourself to hate actually.

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So the US is now kidnapping whole families and trafficking them to random countries that the US has coerced into imprisoning them for some unspecified period of time

submitted 7 days ago • 164 comments

What dictators say. But why shouldn't Trump believe this? The SCOTUS conservatives said he can't be prosecuted for any official act that breaks the law.

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if journalism is supposed to be one of the institutions that safeguards a free society then journalists should be opponents of autocratic takeovers, brian.

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I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

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The hits just keep on coming, if you're a Russian spy Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

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NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

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This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

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Would be a lot nicer if the Post hadn't spent the last half decade trying to exterminate us Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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this would even have been a big scandal in the previous trump administration. we will see how much that's still true

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.

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this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to

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Fuck it. Pride month is cancelled 2025 is time for Queer Wrath month instead.

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I'm done with the commentators who keep saying this is "approaching" a "constitutional crisis" etc... It's bullshit. The crisis is here and more than that this is an administrative coup d'etat. The people refusing to be honest don't want to land the plane because they don't want to say what's next.

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Interesting to see former #NHPoli governor Chris Sununu make this claim given that at $146K he made more than most professors in New Hampshire and also left politics because he wanted to make more money, which he is doing by shitting on civil servants on CNN www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIIP...

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Zelda with the cuddles on this snow day

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This is really well-done in-depth explainer about why shuttering the CFPB hurts ordinary Americans (and is illegal) www.freep.com/story/money/...

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Cruz wants to cancel 20 NSF grants awarded to Cornell b/c they are "woke", by which he means they study marginalized populations or include them in activities. Largest by far ($9M) is infrastructure grant to improve science ed in rural NY -- so, mostly low-income white kids whose parents voted GOP.

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Hearing that @indivisible.org and @moveon.org are pissing off house dems by mobilizing their constituents to call them too much is frankly the single best endorsement I've ever heard for a political action groups.

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