appletea
@apple-leaf.bsky.social
3N, she/her bisexual
Just trying to survive in a sea of brain rot
Just trying to survive in a sea of brain rot
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appletea
@apple-leaf.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Looking for ppl to follow or be moots with on this new platform
Interests:
- anime (really into slice of life/food anime)
- stardew valley
- pets (dogs, cats, w.e.)
- drawing/arts
- memes
- weird humor
- kpop (reasonable ppl please lol)
- books/reading
- cooking
No minors please!
Interests:
- anime (really into slice of life/food anime)
- stardew valley
- pets (dogs, cats, w.e.)
- drawing/arts
- memes
- weird humor
- kpop (reasonable ppl please lol)
- books/reading
- cooking
No minors please!
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“Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.”
Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial-recognition cameras - The Washington Post apple.news/ARSUkSWxqQSG...
Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras — The Washington Post
Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.
apple.news
May 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.”
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Apologies for yelling, but—
SCOTUS COULDN’T DO ITS JOB BECAUSE TOO MANY JUSTICES HAVE BOOK DEALS WITH A PARTY IN A CASE
SCOTUS COULDN’T DO ITS JOB BECAUSE TOO MANY JUSTICES HAVE BOOK DEALS WITH A PARTY IN A CASE
Supreme Court Ethics: Ta-Nehisi Coates Case Won’t Be Heard Due To Recusals
The case involves the publisher behind many of the justices’ books.
www.forbes.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Apologies for yelling, but—
SCOTUS COULDN’T DO ITS JOB BECAUSE TOO MANY JUSTICES HAVE BOOK DEALS WITH A PARTY IN A CASE
SCOTUS COULDN’T DO ITS JOB BECAUSE TOO MANY JUSTICES HAVE BOOK DEALS WITH A PARTY IN A CASE
May 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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in so much news coverage there’s still this sense of propriety and decorum in the face of an outright assault on our civil and human rights. i just want to remind journalists that your politeness will not save you—so you might as well say what you really mean.
April 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
in so much news coverage there’s still this sense of propriety and decorum in the face of an outright assault on our civil and human rights. i just want to remind journalists that your politeness will not save you—so you might as well say what you really mean.
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Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials.
But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year.
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year.
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across…
propub.li
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials.
But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year.
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year.
By @reneedudley.bsky.social
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“Federal law under 26 U.S.C. § 6103 is unambiguous: Tax returns and related information must remain confidential. These privacy protections weren’t created arbitrarily—they were enacted in 1976 as a direct response to the Nixon administration’s abuse of IRS records to target political opponents.”
When DHS requests ITIN tax data: Why every American should be concerned
In recent weeks, an unprecedented threat to taxpayer privacy emerged, warranting the attention of every American who values the rule of law and economic stability. The Department of Homeland Security ...
unidosus.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Federal law under 26 U.S.C. § 6103 is unambiguous: Tax returns and related information must remain confidential. These privacy protections weren’t created arbitrarily—they were enacted in 1976 as a direct response to the Nixon administration’s abuse of IRS records to target political opponents.”
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The Fulbright Foreign Student Program invites graduate students from abroad to come study in the US and guarantees funding for them to do so paid in a monthly stipend. Yesterday, some FFSP scholars received notification that they're only getting a week of their stipend.
March 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program invites graduate students from abroad to come study in the US and guarantees funding for them to do so paid in a monthly stipend. Yesterday, some FFSP scholars received notification that they're only getting a week of their stipend.
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The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
February 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.
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This is amazing. Harvard has amassed a 16TB collection covering more than 311K datasets and a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov - with ongoing updates. lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is amazing. Harvard has amassed a 16TB collection covering more than 311K datasets and a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov - with ongoing updates. lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
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Last week, the head of UNC-Chapel Hill’s cancer center sounded calm about potential cuts to NIH grants. Cancer research has bipartisan support, and “uncertainty in federal funding is not new,” he said.
These week, he sounded a little less sure.
www.theassemblync.com/newsletter/t...
These week, he sounded a little less sure.
www.theassemblync.com/newsletter/t...
February 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Last week, the head of UNC-Chapel Hill’s cancer center sounded calm about potential cuts to NIH grants. Cancer research has bipartisan support, and “uncertainty in federal funding is not new,” he said.
These week, he sounded a little less sure.
www.theassemblync.com/newsletter/t...
These week, he sounded a little less sure.
www.theassemblync.com/newsletter/t...
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NIH is NOT INVOLVED in setting indirect cost rates. These negotiations are done either by a completely separate office within the Department of Health and Human Services, or by an office in the Office of Naval Research, depending on the institution.
The summary: ~27% of total grant money goes to overhead, pretty consistently.
Interesting question:
When did it start, and why? It seems like NIH is complicit since they’re all still essentially 27%, what drove the policy?
Interesting question:
When did it start, and why? It seems like NIH is complicit since they’re all still essentially 27%, what drove the policy?
But, certainly, this must be the elitist blue state institutions ripping off the taxpayers.
Colored coding the graph for states where Trump won (red) or Harris won (blue) doesn’t support that narrative.
19/n
Colored coding the graph for states where Trump won (red) or Harris won (blue) doesn’t support that narrative.
19/n
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NIH is NOT INVOLVED in setting indirect cost rates. These negotiations are done either by a completely separate office within the Department of Health and Human Services, or by an office in the Office of Naval Research, depending on the institution.
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[you are here, crying in the shower before work]
February 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
[you are here, crying in the shower before work]
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Why would you make your narrator unreliable. I trusted you and purchased this book and this is how you repay me
February 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Why would you make your narrator unreliable. I trusted you and purchased this book and this is how you repay me
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The 1979 legal challenge to dumping garbage on Black Houston, 1990 Dumping in Dixie, and 1994 Clinton EJ Exec Order were not about Affirmative Action. Biden's 2023 EJ Exec. Order was not DEI. Equal access to clean air & water and safe environments to live are RIGHTS of all Americans, not DEI.
January 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The 1979 legal challenge to dumping garbage on Black Houston, 1990 Dumping in Dixie, and 1994 Clinton EJ Exec Order were not about Affirmative Action. Biden's 2023 EJ Exec. Order was not DEI. Equal access to clean air & water and safe environments to live are RIGHTS of all Americans, not DEI.
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Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide
January 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide
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You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
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I put together this starter pack of sociologists (and adjacent scholars) who study race and ethnicity.
If you would like to be added, just let me know in the replies!
go.bsky.app/GbS4DAs
If you would like to be added, just let me know in the replies!
go.bsky.app/GbS4DAs
October 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I put together this starter pack of sociologists (and adjacent scholars) who study race and ethnicity.
If you would like to be added, just let me know in the replies!
go.bsky.app/GbS4DAs
If you would like to be added, just let me know in the replies!
go.bsky.app/GbS4DAs
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once again thinking about the fact that this is all just OUT THERE and we can only see it through the eyes of telescopes
November 13, 2024 at 6:45 PM
once again thinking about the fact that this is all just OUT THERE and we can only see it through the eyes of telescopes