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These layoffs may include people who tried to roll out safety guidelines for AI oh and also people who worked w/Musk's AI competitors. Remind me who is keeping and visualizing the master list of Elon's conflicts?

You know this is 100% going to happen…

Louis DeJoy, the Postmaster General, has signaled to the USPS board that it’s time to find his replacement for the 250-year-old postal service. Looks like DeJoy believes he’s successfully trashed the system. Don’t be surprised if his successor is equally disastrous. www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-lo...

Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

Can a lawyer help me understand how reneging on hundreds of grants to local agencies and illegally firing tens of thousands of people while attacking local institutions for having too many Black employees does not constitute “imminent harm” to states? What’s the threshold that isn’t being met here?

In 2024, The New Republic and Proof wrote a ton about Yarvin. Now—thankfully—everyone is interested. He's the leader of a cult at least one of the three co-presidents is in, along with the VP and a top lieutenant of yet another co-president. America needs to know how dangerous these cultists are.

I'm probably pissing in the wind, but I have little time off because of the holiday, so I'd like to offer a thread arguing against an ugly, ugly habit rising on Bluesky: Screenshots of articles without links. Stop it. Just fucking stop it.

"Every peer needs to save webpages, buy books, hoard as much as they can until the fascists and authoritarians are removed from power." rejserin.medium.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

democracy dies not with a bang but with a paywall

“AI for everyone” (with the exception of some cases) means surveillance, tracking, manipulation, loss of agency & choice, for the many and more power, money and influence to AI developers and vendors

BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.

A New York City doctor said he will continue providing gender-affirming treatments to his patients younger than 19 despite President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to ban such care.

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

our hugely over-valued, energy-sucking bullshit machines still curiously can't do the basics

Elon is expected to turn DOGE's budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents. New, from @heathervogell.bsky.social @propublica.org

OSHA investigations rely on confidential information provided by workers, and the names of those workers are always protected. If you knew your name would not be kept secret, you’d certainly have second thoughts about complaining to #OSHA. Terrific essay by @epress.bsky.social @newyorker.com

Millions of families rely on the Department of Education to help them achieve the American Dream. They need answers about whether an unelected billionaire now has access to some of their most sensitive personal information. I’m going to stay on this.

In response to President Donald Trump’s continued musing about acquiring Greenland from Denmark, Danish citizens have launched their own effort to purchase California from the U.S. trib.al/1Z9JDFD

Why do Trump and his billionaire bankrollers want to “delete” the CFPB? Fewer watchdogs means more opportunities for you to get scammed — leading to more money for them.

My latest on the situation at NOAA w/ @weathersullivan.bsky.social. More to come! Here's how to reach me: Call or text on the free Signal app: lgrosen.03 Email: lrosenthal21[at]bloomberg.net Submit a tip: www.bloomberg.com/tips/ www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps with water management and the climate.

WSJ, last 48 hours:

This is how you do it. Thank you, @tupelopress.bsky.social!!!

How dumb is this?

How a Trans Lawmaker Fired Back After Being Misgendered by a Trump Ally on House Floor www.thedailybeast.co... Ruthless Republican addresses transgender congresswoman Sarah McBride as 'the gentleman' in awkward floor session www.dailymail.co.uk/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

from a decade of comms experience my advice is to just call them cuts. they are making huge cuts to ALL the research on medicines we use every day, and cures for diseases like cancer. 1) keep it simple 2) keep it brief 3) make it actionable

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will now host the important medical data the CDC no longer provides, on their website. Link below: 👇🏼 www.acog.org

Across Massachusetts, the leaders of environmental nonprofits are reeling from the chaos of an on-again-off-again freeze on federal funding stemming from President Trump’s executive actions.

This October tweet by @whstancil.bsky.social holds up

"All the archived Ice press releases soaring to the top of Google search results were marked with the same timestamp and read: “Updated: 01/24/2025”. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Medicaid/MassHealth is under threat right now from Congress! It is critical that you tell your Congressmembers to speak out and defend, not de-fund, access to health care. Join the National Day of Action on Feb. 6th to protect Medicaid: act.healthcareforall.com/_B0HAZPG706u... #Massachusetts

The state agency that investigates allegations of discrimination, which often stem from workplace or housing disputes, saw a 15% increase in new filings last year. It's the highest number of submissions since 2008.

This whole story is horrific, and exactly what the demonisation of trans people and trans kids leads too. The targeting of women & girls who do not conform to gender stereotypes. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Jan. 6 defendant says Trump’s blanket pardon covers conspiracy to kill FBI agents “If he had wanted it to apply to just the actions of January 6th he would have said so,” Edward Kelley argued in a motion for dismissal and release from custody.

Linking directly: www.openculture.com/2025/02/carl...

I need the big accounts to use alt text for accessibility reasons and also cause I cannot read small writing in a photo of a document

DoJ leadership instructs Acting FBI Director to provide names of FBI employees who had been assigned to investigate Jan 6 insurrectionists. They'll lose their jobs for doing their jobs, as is happening throughout the USG these days. www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-age...

We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.

Been nice knowing y'all

Just a reminder that Musk couldn’t get a top level security clearance. And he was under investigation for violating the terms of the clearance he did have. Now he has your Social Security number, your tax returns, and is unilaterally deciding who the government does and does not pay.

I really don’t think it’s happenstance that pretty much every remaining institutional safeguard broke down within 15 years of Citizens United

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984