mariah
@callthewind.bsky.social
if i can't dance, i don't want to be part of your revolution
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Ellis tells Bovino she wants to see him, in person, every day at 4:30 p.m. until the preliminary injunction hearing set for 11/5.
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ellis tells Bovino she wants to see him, in person, every day at 4:30 p.m. until the preliminary injunction hearing set for 11/5.
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But if you take control of the federal spigot —what was previously apolitical plumbing—you can do just that.
You don’t need to move a whole bureaucracy or deal with lawyers. Elon and his team just turn it off. Law doesn’t play into it at all. 8/x
You don’t need to move a whole bureaucracy or deal with lawyers. Elon and his team just turn it off. Law doesn’t play into it at all. 8/x
February 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
But if you take control of the federal spigot —what was previously apolitical plumbing—you can do just that.
You don’t need to move a whole bureaucracy or deal with lawyers. Elon and his team just turn it off. Law doesn’t play into it at all. 8/x
You don’t need to move a whole bureaucracy or deal with lawyers. Elon and his team just turn it off. Law doesn’t play into it at all. 8/x
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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
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Thread. The decision to obey or to resist rests with all of us. There are no sidelines.
What folks are getting a tough lesson in right now: Institutions are people. They are not abstract forces that exist as firewalls or safeguards. They are just people who play a role and who perhaps have abided by norms, but whose decisions minute to minute shape the role those institutions play.
February 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thread. The decision to obey or to resist rests with all of us. There are no sidelines.
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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
February 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
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it is honestly kind of striking to me that the founders were basically on target re: “things that could end our republic”
well, the founders’ nightmare of a foreign born subversive with no inherent loyalty to america grabbing power now looks very relevant. however they didn’t predict he would be a dope fiend too
February 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
it is honestly kind of striking to me that the founders were basically on target re: “things that could end our republic”
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It's unfortunate that the history of the Civil Rights movement has been rewritten as "We marched peacefully until our enemies grew a conscience".
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
February 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's unfortunate that the history of the Civil Rights movement has been rewritten as "We marched peacefully until our enemies grew a conscience".
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
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As someone from the Balkans I regret to inform you that the tolerance of the average public for being utterly brutalized by their government(s) for the most fantastical and asinine reasons is far greater than you may anticipate. Sectarianism is a hell of a drug, alas.
January 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
As someone from the Balkans I regret to inform you that the tolerance of the average public for being utterly brutalized by their government(s) for the most fantastical and asinine reasons is far greater than you may anticipate. Sectarianism is a hell of a drug, alas.
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hmm, where can i bet on the odds of a catastrophic economic collapse this year?
To continue this thread, note this WSJ piece from December that says Trump may abolish FDIC and instead have deposits insured by…the Treasury Dept. Meaning if there’s a run on the banks and you want your funds covered, you’ll need to go through Elon www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators
The advisers have asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
hmm, where can i bet on the odds of a catastrophic economic collapse this year?
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To continue this thread, note this WSJ piece from December that says Trump may abolish FDIC and instead have deposits insured by…the Treasury Dept. Meaning if there’s a run on the banks and you want your funds covered, you’ll need to go through Elon www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators
The advisers have asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
To continue this thread, note this WSJ piece from December that says Trump may abolish FDIC and instead have deposits insured by…the Treasury Dept. Meaning if there’s a run on the banks and you want your funds covered, you’ll need to go through Elon www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
Minutes ago, the Trump admin revoked the sensitive locations policy that prevented ICE from carrying out enforcement arrests inside churches, hospitals, and schools.
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are
it's funny because as a history nerd (and multi-racial jew) i am very much not surprised by the how or why we've gotten to the place we're at politically in the us, but i am kinda surprised by just how lame our fascists are.
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
it's funny because as a history nerd (and multi-racial jew) i am very much not surprised by the how or why we've gotten to the place we're at politically in the us, but i am kinda surprised by just how lame our fascists are.
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Wonder who the CEO is
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Wonder who the CEO is
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she believes this is true because she doesn’t believe that trans people exist, making it impossible to discriminate against them
Hearing Amy Coney Barrett say there's no history of du jour discrimination against trans people is MIND BOGGLING when I had to sue the state of Illinois for the right to be a lawyer whilst trans
December 4, 2024 at 4:13 PM
she believes this is true because she doesn’t believe that trans people exist, making it impossible to discriminate against them
my court call lasted for four hours today 🙃
December 2, 2024 at 11:43 PM
my court call lasted for four hours today 🙃
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If you are not a target, your daily life doesn't change, and most people care about their daily lives. Fascists don't need to make everyone a supporter, convincing many to be silent bystanders is enough.
December 1, 2024 at 10:00 PM
If you are not a target, your daily life doesn't change, and most people care about their daily lives. Fascists don't need to make everyone a supporter, convincing many to be silent bystanders is enough.
i must confess i find the discourse around dis-inviting trump supporters from thanksgiving a bit amusing, because my immediate family stopped having joint holidays with the (conservative) side of my dad's family in 2004 when one of my uncle's thanked god for re-electing bush 😭
November 29, 2024 at 6:08 PM
i must confess i find the discourse around dis-inviting trump supporters from thanksgiving a bit amusing, because my immediate family stopped having joint holidays with the (conservative) side of my dad's family in 2004 when one of my uncle's thanked god for re-electing bush 😭
this coming from a former prosecutor and pioneer of the (overbroad) use the rico statute gives me a great deal of schadenfreude.
'I can't pay my bills,' Rudy Giuliani says in courtroom outburst
'I can't pay my bills,' Rudy Giuliani says in courtroom outburst
Rudy Giuliani was rebuked by a federal judge on Tuesday after the former New York City mayor interrupted a court hearing, pleading he could not pay his bills because two Georgia election workers to whom he owes $148 million have tied up his assets.
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:14 PM
this coming from a former prosecutor and pioneer of the (overbroad) use the rico statute gives me a great deal of schadenfreude.
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Beyoncé is expected to be named the Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century by Billboard.
November 26, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Beyoncé is expected to be named the Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century by Billboard.
a pending [redacted] presidency, and me getting back into running...time is truly a flat circle.
November 26, 2024 at 6:27 PM
a pending [redacted] presidency, and me getting back into running...time is truly a flat circle.
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Kendrick Lamar beat Drake in a rap battle so thoroughly that Drake called the police.
I will never stop laughing about this!
I will never stop laughing about this!
November 25, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Kendrick Lamar beat Drake in a rap battle so thoroughly that Drake called the police.
I will never stop laughing about this!
I will never stop laughing about this!
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Some lists of bad actors to block (click subscribe, then select block). Didn't create these, but I block 'em all! Up to you how you want to handle!
MAGA
Right Wing Propaganda
Far right
NFT/AI/Crypto
More NFT/AI/Crypto
British Bigots
Nazis
Content Scrapers
MAGA
Right Wing Propaganda
Far right
NFT/AI/Crypto
More NFT/AI/Crypto
British Bigots
Nazis
Content Scrapers
November 14, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Some lists of bad actors to block (click subscribe, then select block). Didn't create these, but I block 'em all! Up to you how you want to handle!
MAGA
Right Wing Propaganda
Far right
NFT/AI/Crypto
More NFT/AI/Crypto
British Bigots
Nazis
Content Scrapers
MAGA
Right Wing Propaganda
Far right
NFT/AI/Crypto
More NFT/AI/Crypto
British Bigots
Nazis
Content Scrapers
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Bewildering non-skating fans on a regular basis
My husband was like, “The men are menning? What does that mean?” 😄
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Bewildering non-skating fans on a regular basis
i think it's time for another re-watch of the untamed
November 16, 2024 at 11:47 PM
i think it's time for another re-watch of the untamed