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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options to get you started. www.wired.com/story/the-pr...
The Privacy-Friendly Tech to Replace Your US-Based Email, Browser, and Search
Thanks to drastic policy changes in the US and Big Tech’s embrace of the second Trump administration, many people are moving their digital lives abroad. Here are a few options to get you started.
www.wired.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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So that's what Big Balls did with the terabytes of data he stole from the National Labor Relations Board a few weeks ago.
On Friday ICE agents stopped a bus in Albion, NY. They had a list of names, and took 14 people into custody

Those workers—and their employer—happened to be involved in one of the most crucial labor struggles in the state in recent memory

My latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a UFW official about an ICE raid in New York.
theintercept.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Feel "FREE" to Share...
May 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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May 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.

Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I was thinking that none of those numbers made sense, but holy fuck this is insane
April 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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The so-called "SAVE Act" is a terrible voter suppression bill that would silence the voices of millions of eligible voters.

Call your Member of Congress today and urge them to vote NO on the SAVE Act: 833-346-1779
March 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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This man does not drop f bombs lightly.

When he does, you best listen.
March 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Amazing exhibit at Amherst Biltmore Estate.
March 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Fortunately, and for now, Japan is a net buyer of US treasuries.
www.barrons.com/articles/tre...
March 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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From “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

#skybrary #skybrarians #booksky
March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE D’oh: Nuclear Waste Facility Edition
As DOGE continues it’s federal government wilding spree, purportedly searching for examples...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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March 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Medicaid covers...

-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total

Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. 

"Party of family values."
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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looking forward to this
March 2, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Atl Botanical Feb 2025
February 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Coyotes leaving scraps. Pyrs scent training pays off.
February 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
January 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM