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Math nerd, social justice bard, will talk your ear off about the effects of capitalism in a post-scarcity economy. Not sure what I’ll use this account for yet. Possibly math. You have been warned. Any pronouns.
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DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America. Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

submitted 1 day ago • 1297 comments

I checked out an audiobook from one of the apps my library subscribes to, and I unfortunately didn’t vet it in advance. It’s read by AI, and it’s…absolutely awful as a result. The first line of the book is “Who’s a good dog?” AI does not know what it is to talk to a good dog. It’s inhuman.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Thing I’ll Miss from WFH #1: Pain-free days Chronic pain has been my default since I was a child due to a few disabilities. It got worse in my 20s, and I thought it was downhill from there. Then, to my surprise, I got better. Why? Because I started working from home. #disability #remotework 1/?

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Highly disappointed that @governor.ca.gov has been intimidated into bringing state workers back into the office almost full time. I can only assume he has been forced to give into threats by the federal government, because RTO has no benefits to him or to the state. I thought he was stronger. 1/?

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.

submitted 7 days ago • 769 comments

An outbreak of a deadly but unidentified illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been making news. While the symptoms are closely related to other hemorrhagic viruses like Ebola and Marburg, samples have tested negative for those diseases. apnews.com/article/cong...

submitted 12 days ago • 35 comments

"One person's 'annoying' is another person's 'inspiring and heroic'." --Leslie Knope. Good morning and welcome to another day of fighting misinformation and supporting democracy! #publichealth #goodmorning #parksandrec

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

Egg prices are up 53% compared to last year and the spread of bird flu is a major reason why. How has Trump responded? By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.

submitted 19 days ago • 202 comments

Please be careful out there on the roads today, my car just swerved into bookstore parking lot out of nowhere

submitted 19 days ago • 26 comments

Wonder if Elon could survive a week on the salary we make. While he burns through $8 million a day, the working class struggles—yet he paints us as the enemy.

submitted 20 days ago • 252 comments

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 20 days ago • 2285 comments

I fear they’re coming for ALL school vaccine mandates next. Including measles, mumps and rubella.

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