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A few things Trump just made more expensive for you:

Gas
Cars
TVs
iPhones
Xboxes
Avocados
Strawberries
Furniture
Power tools
Modelo
Refrigerators
Microwaves
Clothes
Bananas
Tequila
Maple syrup
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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So to recap:

Elon's cronies have locked everyone else out of the OPM database that holds the PERSONAL INFORMATION OF EVERY SINGLE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE and are attempting to commandeer the highly sensitive system that controls the UNITED STATES TREASURY'S CHECKING ACCOUNT.
January 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
January 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.
January 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Dr. Paul Offit from last week's Roundtable on Vaccines:

"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
January 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Yes scientists and doctors can get it right !
I was skeptical at first, but Bluesky really is a fantastic platform for scientists who want to engage in broader public conversations.

Thank you @bsky.app and @jay.bsky.team for this amazing resource!
January 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Congrats. You played yourself.
January 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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The Raiders are turning their attention to former Seahawks Super Bowl-winning coach Pete Carroll with hopes he’ll be their new HC, per me and @tompelissero.bsky.social

The two sides are in negotiations. Attempting to change the culture in Las Vegas, the Raiders target one of the best.
January 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.
NOW: More than 98% of #Costco shareholders have just rejected an anti-DEI measure

The attempt to force Costco to audit their #DEI work was by an anti-inclusion lobby group:

"The proponent's broader agenda is not reducing risk for the Company but abolition of diversity initiatives." - Costco Board
January 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Costco shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal as other U.S. companies retreat from their diversity policies
Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back
Costco has claimed victory in pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any business risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion ...
apnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.

Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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um
January 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Trump hated TikTok (because China) until it helped him win an election (as even he acknowledges) and now he’s going to save it and take a victory lap. So he’ll have X, TikTok, Insta, and Facebook all working on his behalf. That’s a big difference between now and 2017.
January 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
United States of Amnesia.
January 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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*looks directly at U.S. universities and their comms people*
January 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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How it started. How it’s going
January 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Direct hit on the Sunset Fire in Hollywood. 🎯

Nice work, @lafd.bsky.social #LAFD c/o @nbcla.bsky.social 👨🏼‍🚒
January 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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The Chiefs secondary is vulnerable to explosives. Herbert missed there but they can be had.
December 9, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: Juan Soto is said to have agreed to a 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets, making him baseball’s highest-paid player.
Juan Soto to join New York Mets on 15-year, $765 million megadeal: Source
Soto, still just 26 years old, becomes the highest-paid player in baseball, eclipsing the contract of Shohei Ohtani.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:14 AM
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Kendrick at New Ho King eating fried rice with dip sauce and a blammy:
December 3, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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I came onto Bluesky an hour ago, and the first two things I saw were posts providing useful context for understanding the imposition of martial law in South Korea—the exact kind of thing that Twitter used to be so useful for in a developing crisis.
December 3, 2024 at 3:19 PM
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November 21, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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November 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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