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"It is so important because it is “a choke point for all agencies,” said Steven Schooner, a George Washington University law...professor who specializes in government contracting. “They can, in effect, stop all civilian agencies from purchasing, period. That’s everything.” apnews.com/article/doge...

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1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump. You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans. The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults. Subscribe to support my reporting.

submitted 3 days ago • 62 comments

Simple neuroscience-based hack for anxiety: 🌿go & be in a place with plants & trees for 15 mins 🌳You'll inhale plant oils(phytoncides) from foliage 📉your stress hormone(cortisol) will drop significantly Many of our brain pathways evolved to motivate us to forage for plants-they're still very active

submitted 3 days ago • 138 comments

DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

submitted 3 days ago • 564 comments

One of the reasons I’m struggling to inhabit the current historical era is that I along with many others have been saying that US prisons are torture chambers for decades and most people don’t mind this in the least. I’m not sure who will be moved to close prisons now.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

Science does not work like this. The only way you can set a timeline is if you have rigged the results in advance.

submitted 7 days ago • 1532 comments

The federal immigration authorities will be allowed to open office space at the Rikers Island jail complex for criminal investigations, according to an executive order issued on Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams’s administration.

submitted 8 days ago • 53 comments

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

submitted 9 days ago • 2271 comments

move slowly and build things

submitted 11 days ago • 20 comments

Men assess their own capacity to work a factory job with the same accuracy that they assess their chance of beating Serena Williams at tennis.

submitted 10 days ago • 66 comments

💰 Oh look — Elon just took another $6 BILLION in taxpayer funds for SpaceX www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article...

submitted 10 days ago • 74 comments

This is last night AFTER the damning @60Minutes report. He wants American prisoners there. Believe him.

submitted 11 days ago • 57 comments

1/ Trump has gutted the Admin. for Community Living (ACL), a lifeline for 2,500+ orgs. Its grants supported local Independent Living Centers, dev. disabilities councils, respite care & more—helping people with disabilities & older adults live independently. www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/04/03/h...

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments

I keep telling my academic friends to turn their books into short pamphlets and to hand those out for free in their communities. I excerpted a chapter from a friend's book last year, made it into a zine, and so far I've distributed 400 hard copies and it's also available for digital download.

submitted 12 days ago • 74 comments

LFG

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I’m just gonna keep saying it… I think a tax strike is absolutely the way to go. Change your withholdings! No more free loans to the gov’t. No more cash for oligarchs and cop cities and bombing children. They’re cutting services AND the IRS ability to enforce.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

1. In a proclamation issued yesterday, Trump declared allowing transgender youth to transition "child abuse." He then called for swift punishment of "abuse," with transgender care being his main example. This is the latest escalation in attacks on trans youth. Subscribe to support my journalism.

submitted 14 days ago • 62 comments

It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.

submitted 15 days ago • 44 comments

Revealed preferences theory suggests that Wall Street executives value their ability to call their subordinates gay at approximately 8 trillion dollars

submitted 15 days ago • 47 comments

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submitted 16 days ago • 300 comments

To Senator @booker.senate.gov : Yes! This is great! More, more, more of this! Take ownership of your agency and take action! The respect of the people must be earned. Gov’t officials CAN confess to messing up and do differently from this moment on. LFG!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments