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Proficient in: Reading books, eating bacon, detecting BS. Facts > fiction.
Palate cleanser for the week...
Thread of ship's cats enjoying their tiny hammocks. This is the "Kitten mascot of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle at the time of the Suez Expedition, 1956" 🧵 www.facebook.com/iwm.north/ph...
March 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Palate cleanser for the week...
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Trump v. Biden v. Trump s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
March 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Trump v. Biden v. Trump s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
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"[O]ver half (55 percent) of American adults oppose eliminating the U.S. Department of Education." www.newamerica.org/education-po...
March 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"[O]ver half (55 percent) of American adults oppose eliminating the U.S. Department of Education." www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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It's Women's History Month! All March, we're highlighting women who've taken valuable steps for technology, privacy, security, and free expression for us all. We encourage you to learn more, get inspired by their accomplishments, and tell us about women in tech that you admire.
March 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It's Women's History Month! All March, we're highlighting women who've taken valuable steps for technology, privacy, security, and free expression for us all. We encourage you to learn more, get inspired by their accomplishments, and tell us about women in tech that you admire.
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Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)
While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…
www.techdirt.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wrote up something about Techdirt's recent coverage, and why (whether we like it or not) we need to be a "democracy blog" now, rather than just a "tech" blog (not that we've ever been just a tech blog).
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
This story is *the* story and it impacts everything else.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
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It’s time
TAX THE CHURCHES
TAX THE RICH
REMOVE THE CAP FROM SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
HANDS OFF OF SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND SNAP
AGREE? ✋
TAX THE RICH
REMOVE THE CAP FROM SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
HANDS OFF OF SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND SNAP
AGREE? ✋
February 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It’s time
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happy friday! just leaving this here...
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
happy friday! just leaving this here...
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A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers—and connect them with journalists who can tell their stories. www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
Whisper Networking
A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers.
www.cjr.org
February 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A nonprofit, Psst, aims to help whistleblowers build strength in numbers—and connect them with journalists who can tell their stories. www.cjr.org/politics/whi...
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“The goal of Trump--like all autocrats and dictators--is to make you feel that “resistance is futile,” but history shows that people standing up to that leader has inspired others to do the same.”
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talks with @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talks with @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
Authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat: It's time to take our country back from Trump/Musk—and here is how.
Resistance is not futile!
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“The goal of Trump--like all autocrats and dictators--is to make you feel that “resistance is futile,” but history shows that people standing up to that leader has inspired others to do the same.”
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talks with @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social talks with @deanobeidallah.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deanobei...
This is fantastic
February 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is fantastic
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Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 14, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Giving infectious disease research a break, as promised by the MAHA agenda.
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Let's break down what exactly this Executive Order is *really* saying.
Fortunately, I speak fluent anti-vax grifterese & can translate.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data abou...
www.propublica.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social
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AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
www.aera.net
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
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It's a neat way to stumble upon interesting information randomly, learn new things, and spend spare moments of boredom without reaching for an algorithmically addictive social media app.
Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.
arstechnica.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's a neat way to stumble upon interesting information randomly, learn new things, and spend spare moments of boredom without reaching for an algorithmically addictive social media app.
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Sens. Schumer and Peters have just launched an online portal for whistleblowers to submit complaints in an effort to oversee the Trump administration: www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers
Whistleblowers | Senate Democratic Leadership
Senate Democratic Leadership
www.democrats.senate.gov
February 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sens. Schumer and Peters have just launched an online portal for whistleblowers to submit complaints in an effort to oversee the Trump administration: www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers
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What you need to know to get ready for the week ahead open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
February 9, 2025
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What you need to know to get ready for the week ahead open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Share your best examples of effectively mocking authoritarians.
It's time we stop feeling "shock and awe" at these bullies and start laughing in their faces.
Authoritarians thrive on fear and control, but nothing deflates their power faster than ridicule.
1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/laughter-n...
It's time we stop feeling "shock and awe" at these bullies and start laughing in their faces.
Authoritarians thrive on fear and control, but nothing deflates their power faster than ridicule.
1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/laughter-n...
Laughter, Not Obedience: The Power of Mockery Against Authoritarianism
Authoritarians thrive on anger but crumble under ridicule. Their power relies on compliance; mockery strips it away.
open.substack.com
February 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Share your best examples of effectively mocking authoritarians.
It's time we stop feeling "shock and awe" at these bullies and start laughing in their faces.
Authoritarians thrive on fear and control, but nothing deflates their power faster than ridicule.
1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/laughter-n...
It's time we stop feeling "shock and awe" at these bullies and start laughing in their faces.
Authoritarians thrive on fear and control, but nothing deflates their power faster than ridicule.
1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/laughter-n...
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I'm holding a citizen meeting in West Hartford to talk about what I'm doing and what people can do to fight back against Trump's seizure of government for the billionaire class.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
February 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm holding a citizen meeting in West Hartford to talk about what I'm doing and what people can do to fight back against Trump's seizure of government for the billionaire class.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
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In this town it was tradition: usurp Congress, force thousands of federal workers to quit, and let 21-year-old incels put the U.S. dollar on the blockchain. Now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
February 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In this town it was tradition: usurp Congress, force thousands of federal workers to quit, and let 21-year-old incels put the U.S. dollar on the blockchain. Now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Resources for civil servants, centralized from a variety of sources: www.civilservicestrong.org/resources
Resources for Civil Servants | Civil Service Strong
People, organizations, and communities across the country are joining together to ensure our civil servants have resources if they are targeted or attacked. Check back as resources come online and for...
www.civilservicestrong.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Resources for civil servants, centralized from a variety of sources: www.civilservicestrong.org/resources
More of this, please.
An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging:
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal.
2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.
February 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
More of this, please.
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NOW would be a great time to have a VERY PUBLIC and VERY LOUD response from Congressional Democrats on Elon Musk's unchecked takeover of our federal government...
February 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NOW would be a great time to have a VERY PUBLIC and VERY LOUD response from Congressional Democrats on Elon Musk's unchecked takeover of our federal government...
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Musk is unelected and hasn’t been confirmed by the Senate to any official position. His aides are not government employees.
What the hell is going on here? Oligarchy is a big understatement at this point.
What the hell is going on here? Oligarchy is a big understatement at this point.
New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say 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 9:40 PM
Musk is unelected and hasn’t been confirmed by the Senate to any official position. His aides are not government employees.
What the hell is going on here? Oligarchy is a big understatement at this point.
What the hell is going on here? Oligarchy is a big understatement at this point.