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Jade Sam
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Be you. For you. Like you. #USAF 🪖
Let's start a new week with some exercise
January 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Pretty good description of how Doggie is set up to corrupt government procurement and make billionaires and big corporations richer. That’s before you even get to regulation.
www.anildash.com//2025/01/04/...
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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inventing a machine to make art for you is like building a robot to fuck your wife
These people are your enemies
January 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved @bsky.app , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥.
January 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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California has deployed 400 incarcerated firefighters to fight the LA blaze. They make $26 over 24-hr shift.

“We’re doing this heroic, crucial work, but many ppl inside cannot support their family, can barely afford hygiene supplies. Nobody is saving money,” Amika Mota, former firefighter, told me
‘Essential’: nearly 400 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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There are 52,000+ unsheltered people in Los Angeles facing toxic air and fire hazards. Winds are destroying tents and structures. City says it’s made available *135 hotel vouchers.* Advocates say they can’t access them

“It feels like you’re breathing in lead + you can see what you’re breathing in”
Wildfires bring pollution hazards for unhoused people in LA: ‘Like breathing in lead’
As officials urge people to stay indoors, those experiencing homelessness struggle to shield themselves from toxic air
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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As a seasoned DC reporter, I know Trump can't fulfill his campaign promise to lower grocery prices upon taking office. Here's why I'm going to drop that topic and only ask him about Greenland, as he wants me to.
January 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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As President you aren't supposed to make money while you are in office. He made money while in office during his first term. Of course none of this matters and Ill have to do aviation/military posts to make up for putting this here.America is his biggest grift. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...
Trump Blurs Lines in $20 Billion Data Center Announcement and Other Deals
Even before the start of the new administration, there has been repeated blurring of lines between the federal government efforts and Trump family businesses.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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"Lup lup lup..."

That draining beer can tells you all you need to know.

SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING #23, one of my all-time favorite sequences from our run. Script Alan Moore, pencilled by me.
January 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks
BREAKING NEWS: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM | GLAAD
Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate ...
glaad.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New Year Vac 🎉
January 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM