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(he/him) Retired Global Sr. tech manager, & inveterate news junkie. Everyone is my friend until they firmly prove otherwise. Active on social media since the '80's @[email protected] formerly @tarkloon @ birdsite Ego tantum loquor
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Since we can't Trust Public Health Advice from Trump's Administration anymore please keep this SCIAM article & visual guide on when to get vaccinated pinned as a favorite in your browsers. Please share widely. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

stand for good stuff talk trash dont hide win

Followers: When I say "We" I don't mean it in the royal sense, and I don't have a mouse in my shirt pocket - I mean it factually in the sense that we, as a country, like it or not, now rendition immigrants, no matter how much most of us disagree with that idea.

Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself.

Renditioning immigrants is now a thing we do. SCOTUS clears the path for Trump's network of global gulags And the MAGA justices are burning down the judiciary in the process. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-thir...

I hope Ackerman is right and that Islamophobia is not such a potent political force as it was. This Is The Beginning of The End of The 9/11 Era www.forever-wars.com/this-is-the-...

CDC’s once-revered vaccine panel now a “farce”—calls grow to scrap meeting The panel is scheduled to meet Wednesday with an anti-vaccine agenda. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Update to this post–now a manager has been fired over this. The library closed for a few days to handle the staff disruption. What an absolutely unnecessary mess, all facilitated by a handful of local bigots. www.theblacksheartimes.com/article/6692...

Impeach

Seth Meyers: Trump Drops F-Bomb After Israel-Iran Ceasefire Violations, Wants Nobel Peace Prize #blogpost

No president has had such an extended honeymoon with the press. Trump's trade wars are unpopular, Trump's real wars are unpopular, Trump's bigotry against working immigrants is unpopular, Trump's Cuts to U.S. safety net programs are unpopular, bu the press still thing he's peachy, not impeachy.

I wonder if the Democratic establishment will take the right lesson from tonight, which is not to run a horrible human being with terrible policies who hates Democrats

Ready for receding jobs and increasing prices? Trumpflation setting in Layoffs from Trump’s tariffs ripple across auto-parts industry www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/l...

The U.S. is on the brink of losing measles elimination status — 1,200+ cases, 3 deaths, and falling vaccination rates. A preventable disease, back with a vengeance. Sixty years of progress slipping away. www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/u... #BlueSky #MedSky #SciSky #IDSky #NurseSky #EMSky #PedsSky

So a guy who was a senior official at the DOJ, and whose countenance radiates pure evil, told other officials they needed to ignore judges and rulings and tell them “fuck you,” and now he wants to be a federal judge? Seems problematic. Wonder how many Democrats will vote yea?

Sorry had to delete a skeet after I noted the substack link.

I know I've been on my pad too long when I start touching the screen of my plain vanilla computer monitor with my fingers and expect it to react.

"Surrendering to Trump's tyranny only invites more of it."

I said what I said: "The Trump Admin has undertaken a radical restructuring [of Social Security &] claim it won’t cause damage [to] customer service. If they really believe they can serve a growing customer base w/fewer staff, they should put up or shut up." www.marketwatch.com/story/how-lo...

Ready for receding jobs and increasing prices? Trumpflation setting in Layoffs from Trump’s tariffs ripple across auto-parts industry www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/24/l...

France orders Tesla to end ‘deceptive commercial practices www.courthousenews.com/france-order...

Ready for receding jobs and increasing prices? Trumpflation setting in US first-quarter foreign direct investment falls sharply amid tariff uncertainty www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Canon has joined many of its peers in increasing prices in the United States, with many products now costing several hundred dollars more than before. petapixel.com/2025/06/23/c...

New York Gov. Says State Will Build New Nuclear Power Plant www.powermag.com/new-york-gov...

In Texas under the law just passed, this guy would get to keep his gun if he has one: 'No certain evidence' fugitive father accused of killing his three daughters is alive, authorities say www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Texans Say Wifebeaters Have Rights and You can't Take their Guns. Texas Senate passes bill banning governmental entities from enforcing red flag gun laws www.kvue.com/article/news...

Kansas fire marshal issues reminder to check local rules now that fireworks can be sold for 18 days | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg

1. Donald is embarrassed by shoddy military birthday parade. 2. Donald's bill in Congress is wildly unpopular. 3. Donald's ICE kidnappings are wildly unpopular. 4. To distract, Donald bombs Iran. 5. This is wildly unpopular too. 6. So Donald declares ceasefire. 7. Iran/Israel ignore Donald.

Seth Meyers: Trump Illegally Bombs Iran, Floats Regime Change, Then Claims Ceasefire; Vance Flails littlegreenfootballs.com/article/5470...

Judge blocks Trump’s termination of UC research grants www.courthousenews.com/judge-blocks...

Medicaid cuts in Trump’s bill could devastate Staten Island hospital, staff warn www.silive.com/politics/202...

It could not be more obvious that there was never any cease-fire, but as usual the New York Times launders his insanity and pretends otherwise.

I think this is his 2nd time this term "Rep Al Green (D-Texas) filed an article of #impeachment against #Trump on Tue, accusing pres of failing to notify or seek authorization from Congress before US launched strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend" #Iran thehill.com/homenews/hou...

Who is Zohran Mamdani? Challenger neck and neck with former Gov. Cuomo in NYC mayor race www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Something to keep an eye on, will be interested to see what size audience this draws.

As Trump's DHS breaks down guardrails and policy restrictions between law enforcement agencies he's building Big Brother's database to watch us all.

Trump's goons are raiding state databases so they can know all about you... The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by states www.npr.org/2025/06/24/n...

From Public Notice The Roberts Court exists to give legal cover to bigots The majority decision in US v. Skrmetti is the latest example. www.publicnotice.co/p/skrmetti-r...

Big news for our public lands—Republican attempts to sell off our public lands using reconciliation do NOT pass the Byrd Rule. The Parliamentarian also finds their sneaky attempts to undermine NEPA and mandatory oil and gas leasing and permitting schemes don’t fly. This is a huge win!

At some point we’re going to need to realize that the Republican Party may (or may not) have been the loyal opposition to our founding values at one time, but they have become a deeply malevolent force that needs to be defeated if we’re to have any hope of continuing as a free democratic society.

It's Arpaio's cruel tent prison, but in the Florida swamps instead of Arizona. With Republicans the cruelty is the point.

Not to be a doomer or anything, but these evil decisions are going to keep coming for decades.

Congratulations to John Roberts, who will now surely displace Taney as the most scathingly hated Chief Justice in the history books, and to the Roberts Court, which m will go down as the one that probably did the most of any to destroy what is good about this country

Supreme Court Confirms: The only people free in the U.S. are white, christian, and registered Republican.

“FLORIDA is building a detention facility nicknamed ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on an airfield in the Everglades to help Trump with its immigration crackdown… large tents, etc. will cost around $450 million a year…” Their cruelty is big business. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/u...

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