Ambs
@emberallis.bsky.social
Artist, dog lover, figure skater, yogi.
Black Lives Matter. Trans Lives Matter. RESIST.
Black Lives Matter. Trans Lives Matter. RESIST.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
March 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
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“‘Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.’”
- JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
February 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“‘Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.’”
- JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
- JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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This. We give elected Dems a lot of guff, but this one is not the Dems' fault. Dems in the House held the line and did all they could.
Anyone saying the Democrats got their wallets inspected on the vote is, frankly, being either stupid or a wrecker, or both. The GOP flipped their own people. The Dems got their own reps back into the chamber, at least one limping out of a hospital bed, another with her newborn, and they were united.
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This. We give elected Dems a lot of guff, but this one is not the Dems' fault. Dems in the House held the line and did all they could.
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With another set of news headlines about political elites using “””Roman salutes””” I just want to note that the Nazi salute means “I want to murder your family” and the n-word means “I want to lynch you.” That’s what they mean, they make me righteously angry, and I won’t let anybody minimize them.
February 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
With another set of news headlines about political elites using “””Roman salutes””” I just want to note that the Nazi salute means “I want to murder your family” and the n-word means “I want to lynch you.” That’s what they mean, they make me righteously angry, and I won’t let anybody minimize them.
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This is exactly right - and it is both outrageous and frightening that it needs to be said.
To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.
February 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is exactly right - and it is both outrageous and frightening that it needs to be said.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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The lawsuits that come out of this clusterfuck if they do start terminating civil servants for their responses or nonresponses are going to consume DOJ’s personnel for the rest of time
Federal workers in limbo. Employees at HHS getting emails telling them to justify their jobs and NIH instructing workers to hold off before responding. Obtained from a source familiar.
February 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The lawsuits that come out of this clusterfuck if they do start terminating civil servants for their responses or nonresponses are going to consume DOJ’s personnel for the rest of time
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Special delivery sketchbook page.
February 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Special delivery sketchbook page.
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USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.
February 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.
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You look like you could use a little smile from Jar Jar. ☺️
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
You look like you could use a little smile from Jar Jar. ☺️
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i think half of "talent" is just a person happening to have fun doing whatever it is they're supposedly talented at, and not hating it. i was "talented" at art at age 3 but if i'd stopped drawing at age 3 because i found it tedious or unrewarding, i'd probably pretty much draw like a 3-year-old now
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
i think half of "talent" is just a person happening to have fun doing whatever it is they're supposedly talented at, and not hating it. i was "talented" at art at age 3 but if i'd stopped drawing at age 3 because i found it tedious or unrewarding, i'd probably pretty much draw like a 3-year-old now
February 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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No amount of executive orders can make us cease to exist.
February 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
No amount of executive orders can make us cease to exist.
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3. The Trump administration has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to indefinitely postpone a public meeting of its vaccine advisory panel, a key forum for discussing vaccine safety and effectiveness.
February 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
3. The Trump administration has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to indefinitely postpone a public meeting of its vaccine advisory panel, a key forum for discussing vaccine safety and effectiveness.
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2. Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and bring the independent mail agency under his administration’s control.
February 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
2. Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and bring the independent mail agency under his administration’s control.
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Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
February 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Three updates:
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.
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This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them.
They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!
They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!
February 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is your reminder to download your kindle books onto a device where you can keep hold of them if Amazon decides to remove them.
They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!
They'll be removing that option on the 26th of this month. 5 days. So back up your library!