Tim Dooley
            
            @tdooley.bsky.social
          
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          Now: public safety policy for Oregon Counties
Then: policing manager & data nerd, firefighter / EMT
MPA & MCJ from UCCS
      
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              Tim Dooley
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              · Jun 12
        
        
        
            Federal cuts threaten Oregon’s disaster response ahead of wildfire season
            The Trump administration hasn’t renewed a critical grant that helps fund local disaster response, leaving Oregon counties and tribal governments vulnerable ahead of a potentially active wildfire seaso...
          
            
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      When I was little, I believed that adult people in charge of stuff were all really smart, because they wouldn't be in charge of stuff if they weren't; like, you couldn't be stupid and still have responsibilities. And while I have been wrong about many things in my life, I was wrongest about that.
    
        
      As SNAP hangs in the balance for nearly 42 million people, misinformation is rampant. Myths of laziness and fraud persist when we should be talking about too low wages for workers, income inequality, and our threadbare social safety net.
In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
      
          In this guest post, Adam Chandler sorts fact from fiction:
SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more
          Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.
        
          
          www.thehandbasket.co
        
      
  
        
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      1/ Listen: the people who can’t afford ACA hikes or are getting kicked off Medicare are the priority. But…last year my company saw a 17% increase in healthcare costs. This year we are projecting 20%. 
Every year for idk a decade has been at least 10%
  Every year for idk a decade has been at least 10%
      What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
    
  
          
              Tim Dooley
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              · Oct 3
        
        
          
      Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
      
          "My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
          Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
        
          
          www.theguardian.com
        
      
  
          
              Tim Dooley
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              Tim Dooley
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