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Darwin Woodka
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Mayor-elect Katie Wilson just announced her transition team, with 61 members overseeing different policy areas. Transition teams are largely an expression of values and policy focus, although I expect some of these folks will end up in the administration. publicola.com/wp-content/u...
publicola.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Mayor-elect Katie Wilson just announced her transition team, with 61 members overseeing different policy areas. Transition teams are largely an expression of values and policy focus, although I expect some of these folks will end up in the administration. publicola.com/wp-content/u...
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This is the most eye-opening piece I have read that explains the economic conditions in which I and many of my peers find ourselves.
Signed,
Payer of $52k+ annually in childcare for the last 3 years
Signed,
Payer of $52k+ annually in childcare for the last 3 years
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is the most eye-opening piece I have read that explains the economic conditions in which I and many of my peers find ourselves.
Signed,
Payer of $52k+ annually in childcare for the last 3 years
Signed,
Payer of $52k+ annually in childcare for the last 3 years
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We don’t know yet why they were shot, and I truly hope they will be OK, but one thing is certain - If Donald hadn’t been treating our National Guard like his f-n show ponies, these two Guardsman would likely be with their families right now and not lying in a hospital in critical condition. 🤬
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We don’t know yet why they were shot, and I truly hope they will be OK, but one thing is certain - If Donald hadn’t been treating our National Guard like his f-n show ponies, these two Guardsman would likely be with their families right now and not lying in a hospital in critical condition. 🤬
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wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
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Why not both?
Jeffries: This is only going to end in one of two ways. Either Republicans are going to agree to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits before December 31st of this year, or the American people are going to throw Republicans out of office because of their failure to make life better.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Why not both?
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Other, more serious countries etc. etc.
If we had a functional justice system, Donald Trump would be in prison right now.
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Other, more serious countries etc. etc.
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CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
CDC website altered at Robert F. Kennedy's behest to reflect his belief that "all events depicted in the film Ghostbusters really happened."
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Some in the Leavitt family reportedly pushed her to self-deport after she was detained—back to a country where she has no home, and hardly speaks the language.
Family of Leavitt’s Nephew Blasts Her for Ignoring ICE Detention
The mother, currently held by ICE in Louisiana, has been in the U.S. since she was a child—and a member of the Leavitt family for over a decade, her sister claims.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Some in the Leavitt family reportedly pushed her to self-deport after she was detained—back to a country where she has no home, and hardly speaks the language.
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I get told pretty often something along the lines of real artists want the world to have our art, and like…yeah. I give away/trade a lot of art because that makes me happy, and I would do that a lot more if I DIDN’T HAVE TO PAY FOR HEALTHCARE. These people just want to skip the step where we eat 😒
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I get told pretty often something along the lines of real artists want the world to have our art, and like…yeah. I give away/trade a lot of art because that makes me happy, and I would do that a lot more if I DIDN’T HAVE TO PAY FOR HEALTHCARE. These people just want to skip the step where we eat 😒
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Causing massive harm to millions of Americans is an explicit Republican Party goal.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) privately pushed President Donald Trump to stand down from his plan to offer a compromise extending Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Mike Johnson kneecapped Trump's plan to compromise on health care with Dems: WSJ
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) privately pushed President Donald Trump to stand down from his plan to offer a compromise extending Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.Johnson reportedly told Trump that there weren't enough votes for such a prop...
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Causing massive harm to millions of Americans is an explicit Republican Party goal.
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In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
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THIS 👉👉👉
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
THIS 👉👉👉
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Russia won’t make any concessions in a so-called peace deal.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Russia won’t make any concessions in a so-called peace deal.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
Deputy FM Ryabkov claims that all possible concessions were already made by Putin “in Anchorage, Alaska.” Everything else is off the table, they won’t discuss it publicly and will continue pushing to achieve all declared goals.
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Now offering remedial training for the USDA Secretary
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Now offering remedial training for the USDA Secretary
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Hard to explain how soul crushing it is to try to grade this stuff fairly when you are mandated to use this tech in class and it produces garbage. I don’t like holding the students responsible for doing what they’re told, and it’s dumb that we aren’t able to do normal assignments anymore 🙁
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hard to explain how soul crushing it is to try to grade this stuff fairly when you are mandated to use this tech in class and it produces garbage. I don’t like holding the students responsible for doing what they’re told, and it’s dumb that we aren’t able to do normal assignments anymore 🙁
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Canva and Grammarly have sucked all the life and interestingness out of submitted work. It all looks the same: flat templates that simulate professional feel with nothing spontaneous in the mix. This same-ifying technology has prioritized speed and scale so much it made everything feel drab.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Canva and Grammarly have sucked all the life and interestingness out of submitted work. It all looks the same: flat templates that simulate professional feel with nothing spontaneous in the mix. This same-ifying technology has prioritized speed and scale so much it made everything feel drab.
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👀
NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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We will owe a deep moral debt, to be paid over generations, for the horrors this regime has inflicted.
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We will owe a deep moral debt, to be paid over generations, for the horrors this regime has inflicted.
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Is the Trump admin using ICE to settle family disputes?
This is fucked up.
This is fucked up.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Is the Trump admin using ICE to settle family disputes?
This is fucked up.
This is fucked up.
Agreed. I miss comfortable cafe seating, my old gripe of the day as well. Also, STOP RUNNING THE A/C AT FREEZING TEMPS ALL YEAR LONG
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
My petty gripe: bar stools – have we not suffered enough?
Why must every cafe, pub, restaurant or event insist on having its patrons cosplay as babies in highchairs? Bar stools are a bonafide torture device
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Agreed. I miss comfortable cafe seating, my old gripe of the day as well. Also, STOP RUNNING THE A/C AT FREEZING TEMPS ALL YEAR LONG
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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We’re experiencing the worst measles outbreak in years. And it’s in no small part because Sec. Kennedy is casting doubt on vaccines.
This kind of reckless rhetoric has consequences.
Especially when it’s coming from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
This kind of reckless rhetoric has consequences.
Especially when it’s coming from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
We’re experiencing the worst measles outbreak in years. And it’s in no small part because Sec. Kennedy is casting doubt on vaccines.
This kind of reckless rhetoric has consequences.
Especially when it’s coming from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
This kind of reckless rhetoric has consequences.
Especially when it’s coming from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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HP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts reut.rs/4p1bvqa
HP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts
HP Inc said on Tuesday it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028 as part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence to speed up product development, improve customer satisfaction and boost productivity.
reut.rs
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
HP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts reut.rs/4p1bvqa
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea