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Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA):
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
February 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA):
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
“A program is not waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world. It is not fraud just because he doesn’t like it."
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Republican senators are traitors to the international order that has kept this country safe for the better part of eighty years. They are traitors to their own constituents. They are traitors to everything that has actually made America great.
Republicans Stab Ukraine in the Back
A week which will live in infamy
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Republican senators are traitors to the international order that has kept this country safe for the better part of eighty years. They are traitors to their own constituents. They are traitors to everything that has actually made America great.
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HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.
February 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
HHS has ordered CDC to stop its influenza vaccine “Wild to Mild” media campaign. This is an award-winning campaign that effectively explains how influenza vaccine may not prevent infection but does decrease illness severity. We are currently having one of the worst influenza seasons in 15 years.
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Love how gritty and chewed up Murderbot’s armor gets in the second promo image: I’m really looking forward to this.
February 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Love how gritty and chewed up Murderbot’s armor gets in the second promo image: I’m really looking forward to this.
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The response was entirely positive, so let the Nazi Punch of the Day begin. It seems appropriate to start with a classic. This is from Captain America Comics #1. The cover date was March 1941, but from what I've read, it was on the shelves several months earlier.
#NPD #NaziPunching
#NPD #NaziPunching
February 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The response was entirely positive, so let the Nazi Punch of the Day begin. It seems appropriate to start with a classic. This is from Captain America Comics #1. The cover date was March 1941, but from what I've read, it was on the shelves several months earlier.
#NPD #NaziPunching
#NPD #NaziPunching
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To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips.
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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canada.ca/en/public-he...
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a true king in Texas 👑👑👑
January 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
a true king in Texas 👑👑👑
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The Riddle Master of Hed was amazing when I first read it at 13. At 57, it’s heartbreaking genius, and I don’t know that anyone has written anything better in the fantasy genre. If I write anything that’s half as good I will have entirely justified my existence. McKillip was a treasure.
January 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The Riddle Master of Hed was amazing when I first read it at 13. At 57, it’s heartbreaking genius, and I don’t know that anyone has written anything better in the fantasy genre. If I write anything that’s half as good I will have entirely justified my existence. McKillip was a treasure.
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Okay, this is pretty great. I didn’t realize how much friction it was to look up each phone number until this app had them ready to go, one after another. Plus it tells you how many other people used the app to call about the issue (14,700 on the federal funding freeze alone!)
Okay, I cannot recommend 5calls.org enough. Enter your address and it will find all your reps (federal and state). AND give you a list of issues to call about AND which reps to call about each of them AND a little script for each, in case it's helpful. They have an app, too.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Okay, this is pretty great. I didn’t realize how much friction it was to look up each phone number until this app had them ready to go, one after another. Plus it tells you how many other people used the app to call about the issue (14,700 on the federal funding freeze alone!)
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PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch.
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
Stream PBS and PBS KIDS Free on Prime Video
PBS and Amazon announced that more than 150 local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS Channel will launch ad-free as a Prime Video FAST offering. This marks the…
www.pbs.org
January 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
PBS is now live on Prime — ad-free — and you don't need a subscription to watch.
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
This marks the first time this programming will be available *free* on a major streaming service.
Channels include PBS Drama, Documentaries, Kids + live feeds for 150 local stations
www.pbs.org/articles/str... #TVSky
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As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
January 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
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When Galileo was forced to recant his claim that Earth revolved around the sun, he's alleged to have said, "Eppur si muove," which means "Still it moves."
Because the ignorant proclamations of petty, power-hungry tyrants can't change the truth.
(This is a post about the validity of trans people.)
Because the ignorant proclamations of petty, power-hungry tyrants can't change the truth.
(This is a post about the validity of trans people.)
January 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When Galileo was forced to recant his claim that Earth revolved around the sun, he's alleged to have said, "Eppur si muove," which means "Still it moves."
Because the ignorant proclamations of petty, power-hungry tyrants can't change the truth.
(This is a post about the validity of trans people.)
Because the ignorant proclamations of petty, power-hungry tyrants can't change the truth.
(This is a post about the validity of trans people.)
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I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge the best tik tok video of all time youtu.be/7ZWaWrvJ7nA?...
Star Trek: Tik Tok
YouTube video by MissSheenie
youtu.be
January 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge the best tik tok video of all time youtu.be/7ZWaWrvJ7nA?...
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To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...
Oh come ON now. This new JWST image is just ASTOUNDING.
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
January 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...
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This, by Matthew Boroson, is pretty convincing. I knew exactly none of it before reading the original post on Facebook.
January 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This, by Matthew Boroson, is pretty convincing. I knew exactly none of it before reading the original post on Facebook.
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January 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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It's an excellent time for a quick look at a network of 32 content farm accounts that have been attempting to build an audience through "fun" image posts (and good old-fashioned bulk following), apparently in order to sell random crap on Amazon.
January 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It's an excellent time for a quick look at a network of 32 content farm accounts that have been attempting to build an audience through "fun" image posts (and good old-fashioned bulk following), apparently in order to sell random crap on Amazon.
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Hello, your body is long.
January 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hello, your body is long.
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y’all remember when adorno said that intolerance of ambiguity is indicative of an authoritarian mindset?
i think about that a *lot.*
i think about that a *lot.*
January 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
y’all remember when adorno said that intolerance of ambiguity is indicative of an authoritarian mindset?
i think about that a *lot.*
i think about that a *lot.*
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You can tell bot farms have invaded Bluesky by the amount of new followers with the template of "attractive women with no posts and profiles saying they are single and loving life" I've gotten in the past few weeks. Hope they don't ruin this place.
January 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
You can tell bot farms have invaded Bluesky by the amount of new followers with the template of "attractive women with no posts and profiles saying they are single and loving life" I've gotten in the past few weeks. Hope they don't ruin this place.
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Exactly this emotion
December 30, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Exactly this emotion
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Saying you’re using AI to create art is like saying you’re using DoorDash to cook.
December 19, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Saying you’re using AI to create art is like saying you’re using DoorDash to cook.
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"Raising the Stones" by Sherri Tepper, which I actually have rarely gifted because it's been out of print for years in the US (there's a UK version one can find if one looks). In the US there's no ebook version either, nor audio anywhere. I only rarely meet people who have read it, which is a shame.
Hey, pals:
What’s the book (fiction or non-) that you think of as your secret? Ie, nobody knows how astounding it is but you? Sure sign: you’ve bought multiple copies to give away. Two of mine: “The Mezzanine” by @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social and “Golden Gate” by Vikram Seth. What’s yours?
What’s the book (fiction or non-) that you think of as your secret? Ie, nobody knows how astounding it is but you? Sure sign: you’ve bought multiple copies to give away. Two of mine: “The Mezzanine” by @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social and “Golden Gate” by Vikram Seth. What’s yours?
December 29, 2024 at 12:33 PM
"Raising the Stones" by Sherri Tepper, which I actually have rarely gifted because it's been out of print for years in the US (there's a UK version one can find if one looks). In the US there's no ebook version either, nor audio anywhere. I only rarely meet people who have read it, which is a shame.
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“I’d come out as transgender through a Texas Observer essay, begun living full-time as a woman, and started gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy all at once in March of last year. I’m not normally so wont to jump into the deep end, but there’s no discreet way to transition in a small town.”
My Happy, Normal, Trans Life in the Heart of Texas
While I struggle with the hateful rhetoric and policy of our state's leaders, my community has mostly accepted me with surprising ease.
www.texasobserver.org
December 18, 2024 at 5:05 PM
“I’d come out as transgender through a Texas Observer essay, begun living full-time as a woman, and started gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy all at once in March of last year. I’m not normally so wont to jump into the deep end, but there’s no discreet way to transition in a small town.”
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Even if we live to be 100 years old, our entire lifetime is just a blink of an eye compared to Earth's 4.5 billion years of existence. Why waste our precious time on negativity and hating our fellow travellers who share this brief journey with us? Let's find joy instead.
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Even if we live to be 100 years old, our entire lifetime is just a blink of an eye compared to Earth's 4.5 billion years of existence. Why waste our precious time on negativity and hating our fellow travellers who share this brief journey with us? Let's find joy instead.