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NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny

Which one is giving the news conference?

Senator Murphy lays out exactly what is on the line. "  There was a promise made to finance this tax cut with two trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid, poor kids, poor families, Medicare, seniors in this country." Hands Off Our Medicaid!

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Dear @Doge If there is nothing to hide. Hide nothing

Does Elan even have security clearance?

BREAKING: AOC blames crash on Trump / Elon “I represent LGA Airport as well as workers for JFK. Trump gutted the Aviation Safety committee last week. Air traffic controllers, already understaffed, got Trump’s “buyout” this wk with a 1 wk ultimatum to decide. It’s not DEI - it’s him. And Elon too.”

Has Donald Trump ever paid a contractor? Do not resign preemptively cause you will not see a check.

Marching orders from Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny.

Now playing in the background

Krugman says the editors at the Times editorial page were increasingly trying to water down his columns and arguments www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...

Join me virtually on Monday (Jan 27th) at 12pm EST/18:00 CET at @jchampionsconf.bsky.social as I talk about #testdrivendevelopment and how easy it can be! @Quarkus.io

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

Um.. is this the last free social network?

Angertainment is a great way to describe the emotional experience most social media platforms are optimizing for.

Was listening to a bit of the interview with Paul Frazee. The AT protocol sounds very interesting. I’m both concerned about AI’s effect on developers but at the same time I see humans building amazing *ish and my anxiety evaporates. #devlife

Not trying to advocate RTO but I went into the office today, did my work and left. Haven’t opened my laptop all evening and won’t until the morning. It feels like nostalgia #devlife

My toxic *nix trait is that I will keep hitting the up ⬆️ key 30 times before I retype a bash command #linuxthreads #devlife

2025 is going to be wild!

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

BREATHE! “Just remember: when you’re feeling lost or alone, just breathe.” – Unknown

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder: we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now. the climate crisis is here, all around us

Wow

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Realize what @RickCarusoLA is trying to do... hint, it's not help YOU. Don't fall for the okedoke. The LA fire budget was INCREASED by 50M, not cut by 17! #RunTelDat! x.com/lappl/status...

Some helpful info and resources. Stay safe.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

I’m reading a poem everyday for the next for years. #poems “The world slowed its spin in awe of love like cars slowing for an accident but instead of a fire there was just you and I kissing on a bridge in June.” - ATTICUS

1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox General Mills Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

The 48 House Democrats who voted alongside all 216 Republicans to enable the detention of undocumented immigrants who are arrested (*not necessarily convicted*) for things like shoplifting:

48 more fake democrats to get expel from the party

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge

Well.. McDonald’s was never healthy for me anyway. Won’t be a loss

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge