bonvivantnessa
@bonvivantnessa.bsky.social
Caterer, sommelier, queen of restaurant operations, organizer of kick-ass gala events, philanthropically inclined, mom of teenage girls 😱
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BREAKING: A world-renowned space scientist was detained, interrogated, labeled a threat, and deported—not for a crime, for private messages criticizing Trump’s science cuts. The U.S. is now punishing intellectuals for thought crimes. This is fascism at the border.
www.newsweek.com/french-scien...
www.newsweek.com/french-scien...
March 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
BREAKING: A world-renowned space scientist was detained, interrogated, labeled a threat, and deported—not for a crime, for private messages criticizing Trump’s science cuts. The U.S. is now punishing intellectuals for thought crimes. This is fascism at the border.
www.newsweek.com/french-scien...
www.newsweek.com/french-scien...
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Perfectly captured.
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Perfectly captured.
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We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits
February 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits
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The Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, Black pioneer pilots honored for their service during World War II. Also halted, teaching the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were essential in ferrying warplanes…
January 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, Black pioneer pilots honored for their service during World War II. Also halted, teaching the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were essential in ferrying warplanes…
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Oh, Canada! 🇨🇦
Life Expectancy:
🇨🇦 82.6
🇺🇸: 78.4
Infant Deaths/1,000:
🇨🇦 3.7
🇺🇸: 5.2
Deaths from No Insurance:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 68,000
Ozempic Price:
🇨🇦 $155
🇺🇸: $998
Uninsured:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 85M
Admin Costs:
🇨🇦 $196
🇺🇸: $1,055
Education:
🇨🇦 57% post-sec
🇺🇸: 45%
Canada Forever!
Life Expectancy:
🇨🇦 82.6
🇺🇸: 78.4
Infant Deaths/1,000:
🇨🇦 3.7
🇺🇸: 5.2
Deaths from No Insurance:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 68,000
Ozempic Price:
🇨🇦 $155
🇺🇸: $998
Uninsured:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 85M
Admin Costs:
🇨🇦 $196
🇺🇸: $1,055
Education:
🇨🇦 57% post-sec
🇺🇸: 45%
Canada Forever!
January 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Oh, Canada! 🇨🇦
Life Expectancy:
🇨🇦 82.6
🇺🇸: 78.4
Infant Deaths/1,000:
🇨🇦 3.7
🇺🇸: 5.2
Deaths from No Insurance:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 68,000
Ozempic Price:
🇨🇦 $155
🇺🇸: $998
Uninsured:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 85M
Admin Costs:
🇨🇦 $196
🇺🇸: $1,055
Education:
🇨🇦 57% post-sec
🇺🇸: 45%
Canada Forever!
Life Expectancy:
🇨🇦 82.6
🇺🇸: 78.4
Infant Deaths/1,000:
🇨🇦 3.7
🇺🇸: 5.2
Deaths from No Insurance:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 68,000
Ozempic Price:
🇨🇦 $155
🇺🇸: $998
Uninsured:
🇨🇦 0
🇺🇸: 85M
Admin Costs:
🇨🇦 $196
🇺🇸: $1,055
Education:
🇨🇦 57% post-sec
🇺🇸: 45%
Canada Forever!
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Don't give up - do something. A great list for civic minded Americans, from @protectdemocracy.org
open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
How *you* can protect democracy
29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect our system of government
open.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Don't give up - do something. A great list for civic minded Americans, from @protectdemocracy.org
open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
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“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”
AI doesn’t just require tons of electric power. It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
It also guzzles enormous sums of water.
fortune.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
“In order to shoot off one email per week for a year, ChatGPT would use up 27 liters of water, or about one-and-a-half jugs… that means if one in 10 U.S. residents—16 million people—asked ChatGPT to write an email a week, it’d cost more than 435 million liters of water.”
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Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.
January 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.
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The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
www.usatoday.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.
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Here’s how Acosta signed off his show earlier today.
Some final thoughts on today’s show… on the free press in America. The free press is only “crumbling” if we the people allow that to happen. Watch:
January 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Here’s how Acosta signed off his show earlier today.
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Sexual assault survivor and veteran, Joni Ernst, is a go for alleged rapist, drunk, and white nationalist Pete Hegseth.
January 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Sexual assault survivor and veteran, Joni Ernst, is a go for alleged rapist, drunk, and white nationalist Pete Hegseth.
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Joni Ernst refuses to meet with the woman who accused Pete Hegseth of rape, then says she hasn't "seen anything convincing" about the accusation.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Avoid all moral responsibility using this one weird trick!"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Avoid all moral responsibility using this one weird trick!"
January 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Joni Ernst refuses to meet with the woman who accused Pete Hegseth of rape, then says she hasn't "seen anything convincing" about the accusation.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Avoid all moral responsibility using this one weird trick!"
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Avoid all moral responsibility using this one weird trick!"
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Brits ripping Elon to shreds on his meddling in their politics….no lies detected!
Via @PoliticsJOE_UK/TikTok
Via @PoliticsJOE_UK/TikTok
January 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Brits ripping Elon to shreds on his meddling in their politics….no lies detected!
Via @PoliticsJOE_UK/TikTok
Via @PoliticsJOE_UK/TikTok
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@laist.com dives into the science behind the claim that the brush clearance would have 'significantly mitigated' the destruction and losses.
Fact check: Could brush clearance have prevented the Palisades Fire?
LAist dives into the science behind the claim that the brush clearance would have 'significantly mitigated' the destruction and losses.
laist.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@laist.com dives into the science behind the claim that the brush clearance would have 'significantly mitigated' the destruction and losses.
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People affected by the #LAFires may be eligible to book an emergency stay through Airbnb [dot]org. This includes people displaced and relief workers helping in an official capacity.
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
January 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
People affected by the #LAFires may be eligible to book an emergency stay through Airbnb [dot]org. This includes people displaced and relief workers helping in an official capacity.
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
If you or someone you know needs support, fill out 211 LA’s intake form here: care.211cs.org/public-surve...
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Private Equity strikes again.
The classic PE story:
1️⃣ - Quality dropped
2️⃣ - Prices went up
3️⃣ - Community/customer feedback ignored
Maybe it's time for MEC's 3 million shareholders in 1077 Holdings Co-operative to buy it back.
📖 In City News | vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/m...
The classic PE story:
1️⃣ - Quality dropped
2️⃣ - Prices went up
3️⃣ - Community/customer feedback ignored
Maybe it's time for MEC's 3 million shareholders in 1077 Holdings Co-operative to buy it back.
📖 In City News | vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/m...
January 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Private Equity strikes again.
The classic PE story:
1️⃣ - Quality dropped
2️⃣ - Prices went up
3️⃣ - Community/customer feedback ignored
Maybe it's time for MEC's 3 million shareholders in 1077 Holdings Co-operative to buy it back.
📖 In City News | vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/m...
The classic PE story:
1️⃣ - Quality dropped
2️⃣ - Prices went up
3️⃣ - Community/customer feedback ignored
Maybe it's time for MEC's 3 million shareholders in 1077 Holdings Co-operative to buy it back.
📖 In City News | vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/01/10/m...
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🧵 I live in Los Angeles. We have not had to evacuate and are safe, but like many people here, I have friends who have lost everything. I realize I can't combat the firehose (see what I did there?) of bullshit spewing about this disaster from internet and media sources, but I'll say this:
January 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🧵 I live in Los Angeles. We have not had to evacuate and are safe, but like many people here, I have friends who have lost everything. I realize I can't combat the firehose (see what I did there?) of bullshit spewing about this disaster from internet and media sources, but I'll say this:
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Seeing Chip Carter's beautiful eulogy is reminding me of a fancy-people thing that I never learned until well into adulthood.
Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad.
Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather.
Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.
Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad.
Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather.
Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Seeing Chip Carter's beautiful eulogy is reminding me of a fancy-people thing that I never learned until well into adulthood.
Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad.
Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather.
Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.
Chip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad.
Skip is a nickname for a guy named after his grandfather.
Trip is a nickname for a guy named after his dad AND grandfather.