Lola R
@heyitslolar.bsky.social
Vashon based writer and documentary maker. Mama to Hamish who’s currently at Hampshire College. Lifelong liberal and ready to do what’s needed at this critical moment in time
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February 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Just so we all understand, the point to this is to privatize weather forecasting. You'll have to pay for weather forecasts. Private companies like starlink will own the weather satellites. There will be no long-term research on improving forecasts
This reckless decision will cost lives.
NWS is a lifeline for families from hurricanes & severe storms. It provides crucial local forecasts we use every day. Slashing its workforce cripples its ability to protect communities.
My neighbors deserve better—this is an outright attack on public safety.
NWS is a lifeline for families from hurricanes & severe storms. It provides crucial local forecasts we use every day. Slashing its workforce cripples its ability to protect communities.
My neighbors deserve better—this is an outright attack on public safety.
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just so we all understand, the point to this is to privatize weather forecasting. You'll have to pay for weather forecasts. Private companies like starlink will own the weather satellites. There will be no long-term research on improving forecasts
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1/ The nascent Tesla boycott movement got me thinking back to the 80s anti-apartheid movement. How it took off and literally changed the world.
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
1/ The nascent Tesla boycott movement got me thinking back to the 80s anti-apartheid movement. How it took off and literally changed the world.
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
If the South African apartheid regime could be brought down, perhaps one South African oligarch could be? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"The point of this wasn’t efficiency. The point of this was to be cruel."
We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
www.nbcnews.com/specials/fed... w/ @rebeccashabad.bsky.social @allansmith.bsky.social @garretthaake.bsky.social @newsjul.bsky.social
We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
www.nbcnews.com/specials/fed... w/ @rebeccashabad.bsky.social @allansmith.bsky.social @garretthaake.bsky.social @newsjul.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"The point of this wasn’t efficiency. The point of this was to be cruel."
We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
www.nbcnews.com/specials/fed... w/ @rebeccashabad.bsky.social @allansmith.bsky.social @garretthaake.bsky.social @newsjul.bsky.social
We talked to federal workers about the toll being fired has taken on their lives
www.nbcnews.com/specials/fed... w/ @rebeccashabad.bsky.social @allansmith.bsky.social @garretthaake.bsky.social @newsjul.bsky.social
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Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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“A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through … a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a ‘profile in courage’ award.”
Enrique Tarrio follows and insults officers who defended US Capitol on January 6
Ex-leader of far-right Proud Boys trails group through lobby of Washington hotel, engaging officer Michael Fanone
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“A video shared by Tarrio on social media on Saturday showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell, through … a Washington hotel that was hosting the Principles First summit, a conference where one of the officers received a ‘profile in courage’ award.”
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This was always about rich people not wanting to pay taxes
February 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This was always about rich people not wanting to pay taxes
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We are watching a criminal RICO enterprise in real time.
⚠️ DOGE staffer Edward Coristine was fired for leaking info from a data-security firm. He later bragged he retained access to the firm’s system.
He was also on law enforcement radar for communicating in an online chat room with an alleged hacker under investigation.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
He was also on law enforcement radar for communicating in an online chat room with an alleged hacker under investigation.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We are watching a criminal RICO enterprise in real time.
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That's the Absolute TRUTH!!
February 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
That's the Absolute TRUTH!!
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A very Northwest photo. The Vashon ferry waits for orcas to pass, taken by Noelle Morris
February 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A very Northwest photo. The Vashon ferry waits for orcas to pass, taken by Noelle Morris
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Damn.
This is an outrage, even for Florida.
This is an outrage, even for Florida.
Manatees- amazing creatures. Humans love watching them. Gentle mammals
And now the National Wildlife Refuge has lost half of its staff that maintains this site.
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
And now the National Wildlife Refuge has lost half of its staff that maintains this site.
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
These park rangers oversaw Florida’s only manatee refuge. Then they were fired.
The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce are impacting the only national refuge created specifically for threatened manatees.
www.tampabay.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Damn.
This is an outrage, even for Florida.
This is an outrage, even for Florida.
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Seems like this email could severely backfire, in that it demonstrates the utter toothlessness of DOGE’s absurd directives. The question that kills DOGE has always been “Wait, are you the boss of me? Says what law?” and now Elon is forcing a lot of people to ask it.
NEW — The National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 282 just emailed its ~8,000 employee members strongly advising them NOT to reply to the “What did you do last week?” email from OPM/Musk.
February 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Seems like this email could severely backfire, in that it demonstrates the utter toothlessness of DOGE’s absurd directives. The question that kills DOGE has always been “Wait, are you the boss of me? Says what law?” and now Elon is forcing a lot of people to ask it.
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Good. It's a trap. Trump's desire is for him to "win" and Ukraine to "lose." He cannot be trusted, and he is not negotiating in good faith.
❗️ Ukraine rejects the U.S. demand for a $500 billion fund, calling it unjustified, as actual aid amounts to only $90 billion, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations are delayed due to disputed terms that Zelensky refuses to approve.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Ukraine Opposes US Demand For $500 Billion Fund in Minerals Deal
Ukraine has pushed back against US demands for a $500 billion fund that would be part of a deal to give Washington a cut of the country’s mineral wealth, a Ukrainian official familiar with talks said.
www.bloomberg.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Good. It's a trap. Trump's desire is for him to "win" and Ukraine to "lose." He cannot be trusted, and he is not negotiating in good faith.
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Seattle voters approved funding for a social housing agency
February 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Seattle voters approved funding for a social housing agency
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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.
February 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.
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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...
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There you have it.
Good morning tribe. What shades of awful will this administration unleash? It's like the cereal box prize nobody wanted or asked for.....
February 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
There you have it.
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💙 🏔️ 🐳 Fri, Feb 21: Sometimes magic happens!
For weeks we've been trying to manifest gray whale CRC2440 Tahoma; is today a magical day?
If you see any of the grays, orcas, or other cetaceans who inhabit inland Puget Sound please add a note.
📸 CRC2440 Tahoma by @saramontourlewis.com 07/2022
#PSWS
For weeks we've been trying to manifest gray whale CRC2440 Tahoma; is today a magical day?
If you see any of the grays, orcas, or other cetaceans who inhabit inland Puget Sound please add a note.
📸 CRC2440 Tahoma by @saramontourlewis.com 07/2022
#PSWS
February 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
💙 🏔️ 🐳 Fri, Feb 21: Sometimes magic happens!
For weeks we've been trying to manifest gray whale CRC2440 Tahoma; is today a magical day?
If you see any of the grays, orcas, or other cetaceans who inhabit inland Puget Sound please add a note.
📸 CRC2440 Tahoma by @saramontourlewis.com 07/2022
#PSWS
For weeks we've been trying to manifest gray whale CRC2440 Tahoma; is today a magical day?
If you see any of the grays, orcas, or other cetaceans who inhabit inland Puget Sound please add a note.
📸 CRC2440 Tahoma by @saramontourlewis.com 07/2022
#PSWS
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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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Technology Review's reporting on science and technology is world class. Everything they write is worth reading.
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
www.technologyreview.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Technology Review's reporting on science and technology is world class. Everything they write is worth reading.
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