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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 6h

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT

"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

www.bloomberg.com

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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 5h

felt very old talking to college students about the AWS outage, where i learned that basically everything — from your textbooks, to your class materials, to your professors' contact info and office hours — is housed on the cloud these days:

The AWS Outage Was a Nightmare for College Students

The outage impacted online learning platform Canvas, which is used by half of college students across the US, leaving many unable to access course materials or contact professors.

www.wired.com

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 8h

A reminder all: GO TO JURY DUTY WHEN YOU ARE SUMMONED

Yes it is disruptive of schedules but these days, juries need you

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 7h

Ma anch'io sono per la stagione della luce

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 7h

Ah, non avevi colto il riferimento a "Risvegli"

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Hassnae @hassnae.bsky.social · 7h

De SGP vindt 'leven' alleen belangrijk als het nog ongeboren is en ze er geen verantwoordelijkheid voor hoeven te dragen. www.linda.nl/column/hassn...

'Wat krijg je als je 50 mannen en 0 vrouwen op een kieslijst zet? Het korte antwoord is de SGP'

De SGP zet vijftig mannen en geen enkele vrouw op de kieslijst. Een partij die over vrouwen praat, maar ze nooit aan tafel laat zitten.

www.linda.nl

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 7h

Uh oh, ti sei risvegliata? 😉

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

WOW. A third of ICE recruits can’t pass a fitness test that I do multiple times a week, and I’m a 51 year old woke cat lady with a nose ring who loves a soy latte.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 23h

Lecturing active soldiers about being too fat while dropping standards so low for the ICE deportation force that a third of their recruits can't handle the easiest PT test I've ever heard of www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

More than a third have failed so far, four officials told me, impeding the agency’s plan to hire, train, and deploy 10,000 deportation officers by January. To pass, recruits must do 15 push-ups and 32 sit-ups, and run 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
“It’s pathetic,” one career ICE official told me, adding that before now, a typical class of 40 recruits had only a couple of candidates fail, because the screening process was more rigorous.

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 8d

Unconscionable. The state just told clergy it’s fine to protect abusers if they confess in the right room.

Children deserve safety, not religious loopholes.

Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 10d

Washington officials caved.

Priests who hear confessions of child abuse no longer have to report them to law enforcement.

Religious leaders fought to protect predators over children—and they got what they wanted.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/after-sett...

After settlement, Catholic priests in Washington can keep sex predators' confessions secret

Years of effort to safeguard children were undone by religious leaders who worship secrecy more than justice

www.friendlyatheist.com

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 9h

A pensare male... 😎

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Mitì Vigliero @mitivigliero.bsky.social · 11h

#ElleKappa su #Repubblica

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European News @eunews.social · 13h

Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo reportedly agree to satellite merger

The three companies have reportedly reached a framework deal that will allow them to create “Project Bromo,” a satellite manufacturing company to compete with rivals in China and the United States, notably Elon Musk’s Starlink.

Airbus, Thales and Leonardo reportedly agree to satellite merger

The reported merger comes as Elon Musk’s Starlink marked its 10,000 satellite launch into orbit

www.euronews.com

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 15h

Oh, scioperano anche qua eh, ma non così spesso. Però i treni si fermano per le foglie sulle rotaie, ché sdrucciolano sennò

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 15h

Quelle che se ci entri poi sei woke tutta la vita?

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Philip Stockbrugger @philipstock.bsky.social · 16h

Se pensate che le tifoserie infestate da fascisti siano una vera minaccia, è perché non avete ancora visto le temibilissime curve woke.

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Sissì, comenò. @steeqaatsy.bsky.social · 15h

Vediamo quanto ci vorrà per:
- l'appartenenza politica non conta (in questo caso, NdR), si tratta di delinquenti a prescindere
- non diamo retta al tam tam sui social, dobbiamo verificare
- EH ALLORA I VIOLENTIH COMPAGNIH???
- silenzio in attesa di altro su cui soffiare il vento della propaganda

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OldAmigan @nixen.bsky.social · 15h

Buongiorno, anch'io in treno oggi, ma qui niente scioperi

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