Kristopher
@jaguar31.bsky.social
Attorney.
Liberal.
Peaceful as long as you let me be.
Trans dude, which is just a regular dude with more penises than some. Given the power they've been demonstrated to have, should give me an advantage. I promise to use it for good.
Watching.
Liberal.
Peaceful as long as you let me be.
Trans dude, which is just a regular dude with more penises than some. Given the power they've been demonstrated to have, should give me an advantage. I promise to use it for good.
Watching.
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www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... losing jobs again
Layoffs hit contractors and small businesses as Trump cuts take effect
Private-sector employers and nonprofits are starting to lay off workers as a result of the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts and funding freezes.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... losing jobs again
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
ALL the way off.
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
ALL the way off.
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"if Musk’s team has been granted security clearances, as the White House insists, it would most likely be with minimal to no vetting, a process that usually takes months..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt
A judge ruled Saturday that the activities of Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting effort risk “the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information” and render them “more vulnerable than before to...
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"if Musk’s team has been granted security clearances, as the White House insists, it would most likely be with minimal to no vetting, a process that usually takes months..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Issues w/NFL culture are not new. But swapping END RACISM w/CHOOSE LOVE is pretty low on my list of beefs, b/c 1. it's not even a new slogan in THAT campaign. And 2. since trans ppl have been directly attacked in MULTIPLE exec orders, more breadth shouldn't be a bad thing
thegrio.com/2022/09/09/n...
thegrio.com/2022/09/09/n...
NFL teams can choose 7 slogans for helmets including 'End Racism,' 'Stop Hate'
NFL teams will stencil “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” in end zones for the third straight season as part of the league’s Inspire Change social justice initiative. Players can also choose one of...
thegrio.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Issues w/NFL culture are not new. But swapping END RACISM w/CHOOSE LOVE is pretty low on my list of beefs, b/c 1. it's not even a new slogan in THAT campaign. And 2. since trans ppl have been directly attacked in MULTIPLE exec orders, more breadth shouldn't be a bad thing
thegrio.com/2022/09/09/n...
thegrio.com/2022/09/09/n...
Why are responses to everything new cabinet heads do, "But s/he SAID s/he wouldn't....!" It's certainly NO mystery how they got power, is it? Democrats' and Republicans' reactions to everything are 100% predictable, have never changed, and apparently are still not going to. #notnormal #enablingact
February 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Why are responses to everything new cabinet heads do, "But s/he SAID s/he wouldn't....!" It's certainly NO mystery how they got power, is it? Democrats' and Republicans' reactions to everything are 100% predictable, have never changed, and apparently are still not going to. #notnormal #enablingact
We know about USAID & the accessing private personnel data b/c staff made them force their way in. DO NOT GO QUIETLY. I’ve said before, if you’re “fired” out of nowhere, w/o due process, DO NOT JUST GO. MAKE THEM DRAG YOU OUT. REVEAL them.
You get nowhere by being agreeable.
You get nowhere by being agreeable.
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We know about USAID & the accessing private personnel data b/c staff made them force their way in. DO NOT GO QUIETLY. I’ve said before, if you’re “fired” out of nowhere, w/o due process, DO NOT JUST GO. MAKE THEM DRAG YOU OUT. REVEAL them.
You get nowhere by being agreeable.
You get nowhere by being agreeable.
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A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
READ THE ORDERS. KNOW WHAT IS COMING AND HOW *QUICKLY*. YOU CANNOT AFFIRD TO JUST SIT AND HOPE.
And for the love of everything holy, STOP LEAVING when you’re “fired” by someone with no authority to fire you!! (Minimally!!)
And for the love of everything holy, STOP LEAVING when you’re “fired” by someone with no authority to fire you!! (Minimally!!)
February 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
READ THE ORDERS. KNOW WHAT IS COMING AND HOW *QUICKLY*. YOU CANNOT AFFIRD TO JUST SIT AND HOPE.
And for the love of everything holy, STOP LEAVING when you’re “fired” by someone with no authority to fire you!! (Minimally!!)
And for the love of everything holy, STOP LEAVING when you’re “fired” by someone with no authority to fire you!! (Minimally!!)
Canada, world, I am so, so sorry. I voted differently. I made calls, railed, was disregarded, as so many of us were & continue to be, making excuses for those who wanted THIS, nothing more innocent. I hope you treat us exactly the way we treated Germany after the last human failure of this scale.
February 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Canada, world, I am so, so sorry. I voted differently. I made calls, railed, was disregarded, as so many of us were & continue to be, making excuses for those who wanted THIS, nothing more innocent. I hope you treat us exactly the way we treated Germany after the last human failure of this scale.
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Musk, Trump & Our Money
Trump ousted a top Treasury official for blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team access to the system that pays Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds, and federal contracts.
They’re not just coming for government waste—they’re coming for our money.
Trump ousted a top Treasury official for blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team access to the system that pays Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds, and federal contracts.
They’re not just coming for government waste—they’re coming for our money.
February 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Musk, Trump & Our Money
Trump ousted a top Treasury official for blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team access to the system that pays Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds, and federal contracts.
They’re not just coming for government waste—they’re coming for our money.
Trump ousted a top Treasury official for blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team access to the system that pays Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds, and federal contracts.
They’re not just coming for government waste—they’re coming for our money.
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Learn more about Jim Crow’s relationship to the Nazis’ plan.
www.law.nyu.edu/sites/defaul...
www.law.nyu.edu/sites/defaul...
www.law.nyu.edu
February 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Learn more about Jim Crow’s relationship to the Nazis’ plan.
www.law.nyu.edu/sites/defaul...
www.law.nyu.edu/sites/defaul...
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Trudeau starts by speaking directly to Americans. This will raise costs for *you*.
February 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Trudeau starts by speaking directly to Americans. This will raise costs for *you*.
I feel so bad for what our electorate has done to them, as well as to us. To the world. And if we’re the monster in this version, who’s going to stop us? I don’t think many people consider that.
There's such a tone of sadness to the CBC reporting right now. Adrienne Arsenault says, “I feel like the whole country, all of us, are getting both a history lesson and a politics lesson and an economics lesson and a lesson in heartache.”
February 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I feel so bad for what our electorate has done to them, as well as to us. To the world. And if we’re the monster in this version, who’s going to stop us? I don’t think many people consider that.
The problem is that it’s everybody’s job to foresee and prevent. How many times have we trotted out #neveragain and done/allowed it AGAIN. It’s what we do.
February 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The problem is that it’s everybody’s job to foresee and prevent. How many times have we trotted out #neveragain and done/allowed it AGAIN. It’s what we do.
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
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I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
February 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period.
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt.
But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are
I don’t like the word “bitch,” but by god, if it ever FIT somebody better than it does her, I haven’t seen it.
RFK Jr’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan says she is done playing nice and threatens to finance primary challengers against any Republican or Democratic senator who votes against him.
January 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I don’t like the word “bitch,” but by god, if it ever FIT somebody better than it does her, I haven’t seen it.
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RFK Jr’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan says she is done playing nice and threatens to finance primary challengers against any Republican or Democratic senator who votes against him.
January 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
RFK Jr’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan says she is done playing nice and threatens to finance primary challengers against any Republican or Democratic senator who votes against him.
Thank you, President Carter.
How many habitat builds has the pending Idiot in Chief participated in?
Too high a bar?
Ok. Can the pending Idiot in Chief spell "habitat"?
Or still too high? Since said Idiot can't even minimally comprehend the overall BADNESS of threatening to annex our closest ally.
How many habitat builds has the pending Idiot in Chief participated in?
Too high a bar?
Ok. Can the pending Idiot in Chief spell "habitat"?
Or still too high? Since said Idiot can't even minimally comprehend the overall BADNESS of threatening to annex our closest ally.
December 30, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Thank you, President Carter.
How many habitat builds has the pending Idiot in Chief participated in?
Too high a bar?
Ok. Can the pending Idiot in Chief spell "habitat"?
Or still too high? Since said Idiot can't even minimally comprehend the overall BADNESS of threatening to annex our closest ally.
How many habitat builds has the pending Idiot in Chief participated in?
Too high a bar?
Ok. Can the pending Idiot in Chief spell "habitat"?
Or still too high? Since said Idiot can't even minimally comprehend the overall BADNESS of threatening to annex our closest ally.
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I'm very tired of being told what I want and don't want and believe and don't believe according to pollsters who did not ask me. I believe in our our courts, our media, our institutions, Affirmative Action, "DEI" (it's good unless you're a bigot, full stop). 1/5
December 17, 2024 at 10:44 PM
I'm very tired of being told what I want and don't want and believe and don't believe according to pollsters who did not ask me. I believe in our our courts, our media, our institutions, Affirmative Action, "DEI" (it's good unless you're a bigot, full stop). 1/5
"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. ...Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately." -Elie Wiesel, Nobel Acceptance Speech, 12/10/86
December 17, 2024 at 10:32 PM
"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. ...Our lives no longer belong to us alone; they belong to all those who need us desperately." -Elie Wiesel, Nobel Acceptance Speech, 12/10/86