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Every governor should be doing this. Right now.

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She came here as a toddler, and would have been eligible for DACA if the program was not ended. Now she is in ICE detention because she took a right turn on a red light. Her father is in the same detention center, arrested for a traffic violation two weeks prior. newschannel9.com/news/local/f...

Robot Hallucinations Unless you've been living under a rock, you will be aware that the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, is embroiled in a massive scandal. Turns out the programming team used ChatGPT to vet people who'd applied to be on programming for potential issues. This was received…

Somebuggy has chewed a curvy little path in this leaf 🌿 #SmallWonders

UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Revisit this story from our series "America's Mental Barrier," a 2025 Pulitzer finalist. (Published Nov. 2024)

Not to be too pro technocrat, but it is astounding how much this country depended on the selflessness of like a few hundred thousand highly educated public servants who, for peanuts, made sure our food and medicine and environment etc were safe. And in return these servants were demonized.

It’s not new anymore, but this real time, this succinct, it’s just pure poison.

If you hear a doctor talk this way about nurses, that they can’t be experts and no doctor with dignity would think they can, get a new doctor. If you hear a lawyer talk this way about paralegals, get a new lawyer. If you hear a former lawyer talk this way, maybe that helps explain the “former”.

If she were a dude, I’d assume “entrepreneurship and Instagram” was a euphemism for “got accused of sexual harassment.”

Just gonna echo this and say that no matter how annoyed you are at a video essay with bad takes in it, you have to be REAL FUCKING CAREFUL what kinds of backlash you participate in, especially against any kind of marginalized person, because bigots always use backlash as cover for HORRIBLE abuse.

Let's not do the whole Melania is missing thing again, please. She's not Princess Toadstool hidden away in Koopa Tower. I know some folks really need the white lady to be an innocent victim in all this, but she's not. She's stood by his side all along and helped spread the racist birther lie.

Elmo post that he got laid off on LinkedIn is bleaker than I was ready for... but, also, an excellent way to bring attention to this.

for so long the existence of other minds has been a source of mystery and distress. what if there was a better way, a way we could transact with nonbeings who have zero interiority, and mirror verbiage back to us on demand? and what if we could burn acres of trees to do it? well

Y'all. There was not another Hornet that fell over the side today. There was one that was shot down in a friendly fire incident in December, the one that fell off the elevator last week, and then the landing accident yesterday. Those are the three.

whuh huh

my cat: me: did you know that you're perfect? and that i love you? and that you're perfect?

“DOGE doesn’t care what we do and will treat us the same as all other agencies: with contempt,” an Energy Information Administration staffer emailed her bosses this year. “Shame on you for falling in line and giving up without any perceptible effort to fight.” By @peterelkind.bsky.social

NEA Grantees with Terminated Grants or Withdrawn Funding: You have 7 calendar days to appeal, so for those receiving their letters late yesterday (May 2), you have until Friday, May 9 to appeal. We have put together a how-to guide drawing from available resources including @jasonrhody.bsky.social

we launched a new version of our tips page for federal employees today. www.propublica.org/tips/federal...

Very important to keep your fighter aircraft properly hydrated or they WILL seek out water on their own, like this MiG-29

NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 🧵

on this date eight years ago, Tom Holland wowed Zendaya on Lip Sync Battle with his cultural critique of impervious surface stormwater runoff.

DIDN'T TAKE LONG. This is what you call "committing to the bit."

Piers Morgan is a POS but man is this interview wild - based on the way her tone changes I don't think she realized the implications of what she said until after she said it. If you look closely you can see her realize she is absolutely cooked in real time.

Actors are not asking for anything unreasonable with AI protections. We have protections in every other area. Employers for television, film, animation, & commercials agree actors deserve AI protections. The few companies we’re striking against are the only ones in the industry who don’t agree.

A 98 year old World War 2 veteran, returned to his tank to destroy one last Nazi car. He has a message for Elon Musk, Tesla, Putin, Trump and the international regressive movement. We crushed fascism before, and we'll crush it again, so let's go shall we? #3E #teslatakedown

they're girlfriends,,, #pixelart

hell ya

Musk staffer Conor Fennessy drafted a list targeting dozens of National Park Service grants for elimination including several aimed at protecting public lands from climate change.

There it is…

You're laughing? Terrible people voted for a terrible person and are facing consequences for it and you're laughing?!?

A victory for Rümeysa Öztürk! She will be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont while her case is heard—including a hearing for potential release on bail this Friday. FULL OPINION: ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...

from last year #dungeonmeshi

If you ever use AI to send me a text or personal email, all you're getting in response is the Curse of Ra

Your calls are working. Let’s keep the pressure up — if you’re represented by a Republican, tell them to reject Trump’s tax scam and massive giveaways to billionaires that stick everyday Americans with the bill: act.indivisible.org/...

Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.

Nobody would or should ever compare steel workers or coal miners to voice actors, they’re entirely different But it is important to be clear - when workers go on strike, no matter the job, it IS expected that they will be hated for it. That’s the commonality. And it is evident.

So my girlfriend is an amazing stop motion animator, and she recently did a medieval cat themed bumper for Adult Swim! Sharing it here because she only has Instagram and I think everyone needs to see her animations. She's so freaking talented, y'alls. PLEASE go follow her!

When asked if the United States should have a military parade to show off its might, President Eisenhower responded: “Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak.”