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a problem that I think about a lot is that regular voters understand what it means to be an employee, and why it's important that they're treated well when they're employees, but once you talk about state workers they immediately view themselves as the boss

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It's literally just Hundreds of Beavers

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We need to learn from this. "The rent is top damn high" guy should be secretary of HUD.

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Although we are not federally funded for this summer, WE WILL STILL RUN The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) in 2025. We remain committed to the work that needs to be done and will continue to meet people where they are. 1/4 nsurp.org

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this is the kind of thought you probably want to keep to yourself TBH

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I'm sure very few people know about this. Inmates in 43 states are charged a per diem cost for "room and board" ranging between $40 to hundreds of dollars. In some states you owe for every day of your original sentence EVEN IF YOU GET OUT EARLY. www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...

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Elon Musk's latest weird little OPM email was a clear compliance test and an excuse to troll federal workers. As one of them told me, succinctly, "I can’t help but think about how much time and energy has been wasted over this pointless fucking email.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots. If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼‍🔬🧑‍🔬

submitted 18 hours ago • 8 comments

🗡️🗡️🗡️

submitted 104 days ago • 34 comments

I've been screaming this for years.

submitted 11 hours ago • 44 comments

There are cookie monsters everywhere for those with eyes to see.

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i often think about how eons before cookie monster was conceived, or indeed before there were minds capable of conceiving, cookie monster was already there, waiting

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I can’t compete with this

submitted 20 hours ago • 347 comments

What is "mild" kidney failure? Like just one kidney or???

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Reuters: “National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in violation of labor contracts, according to a U.S. lawmaker and an employee at the NSF, a U.S. federal agency that funds science research.” www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Infectious Disease Society of America issues a statement on the political interference with the CDC vaccine information and the advisory committee on immunisation www.idsociety.org/news--public...

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One of my best friends is from a sleepy, wealthy small town in the south-west of Germany. He said, so many of my parents’ neighbours are rich and bored, with little to complain about, and they’ve radicalised themselves at dinner parties and online. In their aimlessness, they’ve bonded over hate.

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 2 days ago • 125 comments

the rise of the fascist nerds was anticipated by Ellen Ullman's 1995 essay "Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life."

submitted 2 days ago • 35 comments

I have to stop making TMNT logos

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Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit

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my dad was a diabetic who was uninsured for most of his adult life and often couldn’t get the meds and treatments he needed to control his disease. we never voted the same way. but that doesn’t mean he deserved to die at 67. some of you sound just as broken as the people you want to beat.

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand

submitted 1 day ago • 133 comments

“The US is only capable of incremental change” is a wild take this month.

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Also, just trying like giving something a real effort, expending money and political capital... That makes doing the hard thing easier even if you don't succeed. You've built alliances. Relationships. Muscle memory. Just saying you're trying while not trying does the opposite.

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See a knight, post a knight ⚔️

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I’m aware there’s various technical, sensible excuses for why the Biden admin kept letting the Boer blatantly violate the law. At this point, I don’t fucking care. I know stopping Musk before the election would have been HARD. If we’d done the HARD thing, we wouldn’t be in this dark place.

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BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

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Brilliant but devastating editorial in the Financial Times. “In the past 10 days, he [Trump] has all but incinerated 80 years of postwar American leadership. If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. America has turned.”

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Which makes it all the more important for Hochul to remove him. Now. “America” isn’t entirely a thing. Our federalism still persists, even amidst … all this. State and local Dems can make it clear—to other Americans and foreigners—that they will still fight corruption risks like this.

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CALIFORNIA: Rep. @JayObernolte (R) becomes the latest to hear from the people 🇺🇸 🔥 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGZ0d7B...

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Science doesn't really function well operating in authoritarian environments, if you can't openly share information and network, social media is just propaganda. Basically, scientists are usually the first to leave the "Nazi bars" and they have quickly decamped to bluer skies. Thanks @bsky.app

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It's such an unfair question that cannot be answered to that maniacs satisfaction.

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The technical geniuses at DOGE strike again

submitted 1 day ago • 65 comments

companies listening to what people say they want instead of making art and just giving them something has been ruinous for games, movies and more for the last 10-15 years

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Any talk you hear from the current administration about making the US more competitive in science and technology is utter bullshit. What they are doing is sabotaging our country for years if not decades to come.

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For those at the back…

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Real fun times at the barracks

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One of the nice things about the furries I hang out around is that if they have a dollar in the bank account they'll give you 50 cents. They're such good people. compared to my ghetto friends when I got money "What do you mean you won't buy us 5 large pizzas? cheapass.."

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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This x10000000000 “In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.” www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

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