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“The values of The Post do not need changing. The paper’s duty will remain to its readers and not to the private interests of its owners.” — Jeff Bezos, 8/5/13

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RIP, WaPo. Just the saddest screenshots to get. An absolute abandonment of the principles of accountability of the powerful, justice, democracy, human rights, and accurate information that previously animated the section in favor of a white male billionaire’s self-interested agenda.

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This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them. They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!

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it’s just so easy to forget how many people lost their visions of their own futures in the last month, and so few of us talk about the almost incalculable toll that puts on human life

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How things feel

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“Within the span of 90 minutes on Tuesday morning, two airplanes, at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport and at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, were forced to abort landings to avoid collisions, federal aviation officials said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

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So House Republicans voted on a budget tonight that would cut ~$800B+ from Medicaid. Among other things, but it’s important to understand how much that will hurt every single one of us. (Spoiler: they know all of this - but they hate you.)

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TNR Certification Workshop Saturday, March 1, 2025 | 2:00-4:30 PM mailchi.mp/communitycat...

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“My real worry is that very soon we’ll start to see homeless service agencies that go belly up, & there will be formerly homeless people that are served by these programs who are getting forced back onto the streets,” says NHLP @shamusroller.bsky.social. We need to protect tenants & save our homes.

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Learn about Bear Den Cat Santuary San Antonio TX www.ksat.com/video/sa-liv...

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It's okay to create, live, & enjoy a life the people around you don't understand. For trauma survivors in recovery, it's actually kind of essential to live a life the people around us growing up can't (or wouldn't) understand-- or approve of.

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For my first @spitfirenews.com piece, I investigated the tactics used to make stories and information disappear on social media platforms like Reddit. This piece is about Blake Lively, but it’s also about how to manipulate the masses about anything. spitfirenews.com/p/the-blake-...

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All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

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While you weren't looking, Trump rolled back Biden's ethics rules prohibiting executive branch employees from accepting major gifts from lobbyists. So much for "drain the swamp."

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I will never apologize for a post

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Obey

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I'm so tired of wasting water and energy for AI summaries that are so, so, wrong. Just straight up wrong. If you want to search on Google and avoid the AI, use the konami code: udm14.com

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Residual feelings are still feelings

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In actual fact, the Eagles haven’t yet been invited to the White House following their Superbowl victory this year, so they haven’t made a public decision whether to skip it or not. This is what google news on the topic looks like right now. All based on smoke.

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NEW: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.

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Ungoverned content monetization like this was one of Meta’s contributions to the genocide in Myanmar. They paid scammy third parties who overwhelmed real news orgs and published hoaxes and genocidal content for clicks. www.technologyreview.com/2021/11/20/1...

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You did not "owe" your parents an easy child rearing experience, and their difficulties being parents were not your fault. Life is complex & can be sh*tty, but that is truly not your burden to carry.

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In the face of expected push back at the federal level, state and local entities are leading the way in the fight against climate change.

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It is Black History Month and each day this month I am sharing stories from Canada's Black history. Today it is the story of Jeremiah Jones. He fought for Canada during the First World War but it took a century for him to receive recognition for his bravery. 🧵1/6

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On this day in 1916, Molly Kool was born in Alma, New Brunswick. She became one of the first registered female sea captains in North America and Canada's first female Master Mariner. Let's learn more about her life! 🧵1/8

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(CNBC) - The Trump administration’s purge of federal workers may ultimately amount to the biggest job cut in U.S. history, which is likely to have ramifications for the economy, especially at the local level, according to economists. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/23/h...

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A Sleepy Black Cat design Sleepy Kiki. By me www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3494...

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Once, an old bear found a girl weeping in a churchyard, close to his cottage. He took her home & tucked her up, & fed her cloudberries & plain cake & let her sleep for days & days under cold linen sheets & feather eiderdowns, & he didn't speak, not one word, unless she wanted to.

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Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. That may change. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/... via @nbcnews

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Multiple reports of drivers doing spontaneous sieg heil salutes at protesters today, including in one case from someone I know personally. What is being normalized is monstrous and dangerous; every day we step closer to the abyss

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Heads-up y'all. The dehumanization continues

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Food Safety (USA): This is serious! Sysco recalls Frozen Supplemental Shakes after 11 dead from Listeria monocytogenes. As of Feb. 21, 38 cases reported from 21 states, 37 hospitalized & 11 deaths. FDA food recall notice #foodsafety #FoodRecall fda.gov/food/outbrea...

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There was once a rabbit who dreamt of wild adventure, of liners sailing to Brazil, carrot fields in Norfolk, creameries in Normandy. I have a small life, he said. But before he died, he looked up at his beloved human & he realised that a life of love is never slight, not at all.

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“Walkable neighborhoods have now become a luxury good. In the 🇺🇸 you cannot rent in a walkable neighborhood unless you’re affluent, and it dovetails with the fallacious idea that walkable neighborhoods are elitist. @dieworkwear.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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AMA YouTube page.

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Science (and science policy, and conservation) friends, I need your help! We are collecting specific, clear examples of harms caused by the Trump administration's attacks on science, to be included in an open letter. Can be links to news stories/social media posts. 🧪🦑🌎 #SciComm #SciPol

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BREAKING: Associated Press is suing the Trump administration for violating the First Amendment. This is what needs done at every turn. Resist. Fight back. Well done AP👏

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NWS Seattle has issued a flood watch for the counties of Grays Harbor, King, Lewis, Piece, Skagit, Snohomish, and Thurston ahead of an atmospheric river that will move through the region this weekend into next week. The watch is in effect from Sunday evening until early Wednesday morning. #wawx

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USGS says that earthquake was 5.1 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

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