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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Spurned U.S. Attorney Clings to Job by Being Appointed His Own Assistant
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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The U.S. spends A LOT of money on golf, and not just for Donald Trump's trips to the links...
Read @nickturse.bsky.social's story: interc.pt/4kQBQWa
📹 @jordanuhl.com
Read @nickturse.bsky.social's story: interc.pt/4kQBQWa
📹 @jordanuhl.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The U.S. spends A LOT of money on golf, and not just for Donald Trump's trips to the links...
Read @nickturse.bsky.social's story: interc.pt/4kQBQWa
📹 @jordanuhl.com
Read @nickturse.bsky.social's story: interc.pt/4kQBQWa
📹 @jordanuhl.com
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🧵I've posted previously about how institutional capture by disordered discourse works, and I want to highlight this post from DOD Rapid Response to show what it looks like in action, and what it tells us.
It’s a textbook example of Stage 5: Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
It’s a textbook example of Stage 5: Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
March 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🧵I've posted previously about how institutional capture by disordered discourse works, and I want to highlight this post from DOD Rapid Response to show what it looks like in action, and what it tells us.
It’s a textbook example of Stage 5: Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
It’s a textbook example of Stage 5: Entrenchment & Epistemic Closure.
bsky.app/profile/elio...
“Ida Beav Wells”? This is the news we need right now.
Meet Ida Beav Wells, Chicago's 'Remarkably Rotund' Beaver
As beaver sightings become more common along the Chicago River, one possibly pregnant beaver captivated Chicagoans. Her name is now Ida Beav Wells — and she has two kits.
blockclubchicago.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“Ida Beav Wells”? This is the news we need right now.
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U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
apnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I am on a mission today to repost this comparison gif.
January 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am on a mission today to repost this comparison gif.
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seeing one of those robot delivery carts roll past a homeless person is a little TOO dystopian for me like i think we are solving all the wrong problems right now
January 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
seeing one of those robot delivery carts roll past a homeless person is a little TOO dystopian for me like i think we are solving all the wrong problems right now
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I spoke to @mscribe.bsky.social @theguardian.com about the H5N1 case in BC.
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
More and more human cases are occurring, along with mutations that indicate further human adaptation.
We need to treat these cases like a warning, because that is what they are.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans
Scientists are racing to understand what a hospitalized teen’s case of bird flu may mean for future outbreaks
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Not great.