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The Washington State Library in Tumwater and the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library in Seattle will close to the public on July 1 due to a lack of state funding. State libraries will also eliminate 12 jobs due to the financial pressure. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...

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The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

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And this is why studying humanities is important, as it provides a framework for understanding current events.

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This is your health on MAGA.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

An important piece on the downward spiral when good people stop noticing or caring about what’s happening. @hartmannreport.com

submitted 2 days ago • 30 comments

South Florida meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social told his viewers live on air that he can no longer accurately predict hurricane season, due to federal government cuts.

submitted 2 days ago • 108 comments

The ship is named after a gay rights icon. One official told me that the timing of the decision - amid Pride Month - is not an accident.

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if you represent or work for a hospital who gets investigated by the FBI, i want to talk to you. my signal is in my bio.

submitted 4 days ago • 45 comments

All, if you haven't seen it already: HHS has canceled funding for the Moderna bird flu vaccine. Please call your reps.

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

An ode to Seattle A passerby, needing to discard their iced coffee cup, Found my cans, empty, sitting by the curb: Recycling, garbage, compost, Separated the cup, straw, and lid into the correct bins. An environmentally-conscious trash thief. Never change, Seattle.

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When I was awarded my first federal research grant in 2003, only 25% of these grants went to women. By the time I retired in 2024, it was 40%. I doubt these data will be published or even collected for the next 4 years, and I expect that when we see them, there will be reversal of this progress.

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Here's a picture that a @kuow.org photographer took in Seattle yesterday, showing the ICE officers masked up in the hallways as they waited to arrest people coming out of their hearings.

submitted 15 days ago • 841 comments

Great news! I'm told a few moments ago US Institute of Peace Board Chair Amb. George Moose went to the USIP building where he and legal counsel were able to retake possession after the recent court decision. They were accompanied by a small team securing the building and assessing maintenance needs.

submitted 16 days ago • 123 comments

Under its new leadership — who spread misinformation throughout the pandemic — the FDA announced it will limit all Covid vaccines to adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions. Covid continues to spread and cause harm. This an anti-science move that will kill more Americans.

submitted 17 days ago • 71 comments

Elon Musk doesn't care about efficiency, and here's the proof: I called for an investigation into Musk's cuts at the IRS. Because he fired so many staff that audit wealthy tax cheats, we could lose $323 BILLION in tax revenue over the next decade. Nothing efficient about that.

submitted 16 days ago • 67 comments

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

submitted 17 days ago • 166 comments

You can avoid it as much as you want. But this is at the root.

submitted 17 days ago • 229 comments

What is the freaking deal with people sitting by the window on planes who never open the window shade?! Don’t they want to see the sights when landing?! Or not want to be surprised by the bump when the plane lands?! Or another aircraft heading towards the plane?! (Or is this just me?!)

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Pure evil, racist and hateful.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Peering into the week ahead #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #Siamese #Snowshoe #AdoptDon’tShop

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Since I administered the WH emoluments rules, let me explain why this is forbidden Trump expressed interest in it before it was offered He is going to use & benefit from it a while in office And he's going to keep using it after he leaves! Functionally, it's a gift to him & so it's illegal

submitted 26 days ago • 486 comments

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

submitted 28 days ago • 705 comments

Phew!

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I will never get why the culture warriors and ammosexuals of this world want to PREVENT people from fighting for this country.

submitted 31 days ago • 79 comments

I really don't have any words about this story. It's just so deeply upsetting. Fuck the women who decided to police the bathroom and fuck the guard for doing this.

submitted 31 days ago • 19 comments

Well, I had an interesting Sunday night, how 'bout you?

submitted 33 days ago • 1733 comments

More evidence that RFK Jr. and Makary are not going to permit the FDA to approve new COVID19 vaccines for the US this fall. This is unconscionable. People will die because of this. www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-cov...

submitted 38 days ago • 137 comments

“(This) tracker details the minimum amount of federal funding the Committees believe the administration is currently freezing, cancelling, or fighting in court to block.”

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In Trump's first 100 days, he alienated us from our allies, crashed the stock market, decimated U.S. cancer research, expelled American toddlers, lost the Canadian election by proxy, and threatened your Social Security checks. But at least he focused on the important stuff.

submitted 38 days ago • 307 comments

Please help us correct misinformation! Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans". We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community. Find out more @ translifeline.org

submitted 39 days ago • 32 comments

File under Things I Learned Today: carnivorous caterpillars exist

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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.

submitted 42 days ago • 435 comments

Women’s Health Initiative funding slashed because of course they fucking did

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Forget Luigi Mangione! My hero is Kristi Noem’s purse thief (in front of Secret Service protection, no less)!

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