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April 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm attending Greater Andover Indivisible's event, “Massachusetts Strong: Building a Blue Wall to Protect Our Liberties” - sign up n www.mobilize.us/indivisibleg...
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Thousands of Agriculture Department employees who were fired last month must be reinstated in their old positions for at least 45 days, a board that handles federal worker disputes ordered on Wednesday.
Trump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 USDA Workers
The fired employees were on probationary status, swept up in the administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the federal work force in part by targeting those types of workers.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Thousands of Agriculture Department employees who were fired last month must be reinstated in their old positions for at least 45 days, a board that handles federal worker disputes ordered on Wednesday.
Speak up
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or soon we will be…Forever Shut up.
Deepest apologies to our beloved northern family Canada 🇨🇦
& Show up
or soon we will be…Forever Shut up.
Deepest apologies to our beloved northern family Canada 🇨🇦
March 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Speak up
& Show up
or soon we will be…Forever Shut up.
Deepest apologies to our beloved northern family Canada 🇨🇦
& Show up
or soon we will be…Forever Shut up.
Deepest apologies to our beloved northern family Canada 🇨🇦
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Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
March 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
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The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr
March 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr
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February 26, 2025
February 26, 2025
This morning, Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought and Office of Personnel Management acting director Charles Ezell sent a memo to the heads of departments and agencies.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
February 26, 2025
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A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.
Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE
We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.
www.theverge.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.
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The dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came as part of a broader shakeup that has rattled national security officials, who fear they could be next, report @shaneharris.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social: theatln.tc/fPpdXnEs
Trump’s Military Purge Has Washington Asking ‘Who’s Next?’
The dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came as part of a broader shakeup throughout the military’s senior ranks.
theatln.tc
February 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came as part of a broader shakeup that has rattled national security officials, who fear they could be next, report @shaneharris.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social: theatln.tc/fPpdXnEs
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NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In
Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
www.propublica.org
February 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.
Trump admin ordered the Department of Justice to freeze its civil rights division which is tasked with enforcing voting, election and anti-discrimination laws. The division will not be able to pursue new cases, indictments or settlements.
Trump Freezes DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Take it from former Republicans: Dems need to fight like Republicans. Grill Trump nominees hard. Tulsi Gabbard is a massive threat to our natl security.
What question do YOU think the committee must ask Tulsi? Let us know, we're emailing the best questions to members directly.
What question do YOU think the committee must ask Tulsi? Let us know, we're emailing the best questions to members directly.
January 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Take it from former Republicans: Dems need to fight like Republicans. Grill Trump nominees hard. Tulsi Gabbard is a massive threat to our natl security.
What question do YOU think the committee must ask Tulsi? Let us know, we're emailing the best questions to members directly.
What question do YOU think the committee must ask Tulsi? Let us know, we're emailing the best questions to members directly.
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Trump admin ordered the Department of Justice to freeze its civil rights division which is tasked with enforcing voting, election and anti-discrimination laws. The division will not be able to pursue new cases, indictments or settlements.
Trump Freezes DOJ’s Civil Rights Division
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump admin ordered the Department of Justice to freeze its civil rights division which is tasked with enforcing voting, election and anti-discrimination laws. The division will not be able to pursue new cases, indictments or settlements.
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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The problem is there are myriad huge negative externalities of taking this approach - not least of which is that you need to keep building massive data centers, which require the consumption of extraordinary amounts of resources. 6/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The problem is there are myriad huge negative externalities of taking this approach - not least of which is that you need to keep building massive data centers, which require the consumption of extraordinary amounts of resources. 6/
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Many journalists have written extensively about those externalities.
When these massive data centers come to town, they distort power supplies (per @bloomberg.com’s @leonardonclt.bsky.social, @naurtorious.bsky.social,
@andretartar.bsky.social)… 7/
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
When these massive data centers come to town, they distort power supplies (per @bloomberg.com’s @leonardonclt.bsky.social, @naurtorious.bsky.social,
@andretartar.bsky.social)… 7/
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse
There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Many journalists have written extensively about those externalities.
When these massive data centers come to town, they distort power supplies (per @bloomberg.com’s @leonardonclt.bsky.social, @naurtorious.bsky.social,
@andretartar.bsky.social)… 7/
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
When these massive data centers come to town, they distort power supplies (per @bloomberg.com’s @leonardonclt.bsky.social, @naurtorious.bsky.social,
@andretartar.bsky.social)… 7/
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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…they take up drinking water - yes, drinking water, because of the water quality required to cool these facilities - which threatens to hike water prices for families… 8/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
AI Is Taking Water From the Desert
New data centers are springing up every week. Can the Earth sustain them?
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
…they take up drinking water - yes, drinking water, because of the water quality required to cool these facilities - which threatens to hike water prices for families… 8/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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No one “accidentally” Nazi salutes.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
January 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
No one “accidentally” Nazi salutes.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.
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Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
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GOOD NEWS: Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have received Rudy Giuliani's watch collection, a ring, and his vintage Lauren Bacall Mercedes Benz! (Finally.) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/u...
Georgia Poll Workers Defamed by Giuliani Receive Some of His Assets
A watch collection, a ring and a vintage Mercedes-Benz belonging to the former Trump lawyer were delivered nearly a year after he was ordered to pay $148 million to the workers he had spread lies abou...
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:42 AM
GOOD NEWS: Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have received Rudy Giuliani's watch collection, a ring, and his vintage Lauren Bacall Mercedes Benz! (Finally.) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/u...