Jonah
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I don't know anything, I don't even know what I don't know.
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April 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
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Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?
Fuck ALL the way off.
Fuck ALL the way off.
April 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Gun registry? No. Autism registry? Yes?
Fuck ALL the way off.
Fuck ALL the way off.
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i think everyone needs to stop framing whats going on as “bending the knee” and what’s really happening which is “they’re finally feel free to do what they’ve always wanted to do”
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
i think everyone needs to stop framing whats going on as “bending the knee” and what’s really happening which is “they’re finally feel free to do what they’ve always wanted to do”
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”?
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
February 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”?
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"?
Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.
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The regime’s take on power:
If you don’t like the law, don’t follow it.
If a court orders you to stop violating the law, just say the court is acting illegally & ignore it.
If the media call you out, threaten to sue & imprison them.
This is how democracies die. We can’t normalize these traitors.
If you don’t like the law, don’t follow it.
If a court orders you to stop violating the law, just say the court is acting illegally & ignore it.
If the media call you out, threaten to sue & imprison them.
This is how democracies die. We can’t normalize these traitors.
February 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The regime’s take on power:
If you don’t like the law, don’t follow it.
If a court orders you to stop violating the law, just say the court is acting illegally & ignore it.
If the media call you out, threaten to sue & imprison them.
This is how democracies die. We can’t normalize these traitors.
If you don’t like the law, don’t follow it.
If a court orders you to stop violating the law, just say the court is acting illegally & ignore it.
If the media call you out, threaten to sue & imprison them.
This is how democracies die. We can’t normalize these traitors.
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“As President Donald Trump vows a crackdown on federal “waste, fraud and abuse,” his nascent administration has already awarded tens of millions to a company that the Department of Justice is investigating for potentially ripping off several government bureaus.” www.notus.org/donald-trump...
The Trump Administration Has Already Directed Tens of Millions to a Company Under DOJ Investigation
FBI agents raided Carahsoft’s headquarters in September as they looked into allegations that the company was part of a price-fixing scheme to overcharge the government. Since Trump took office, Carahs...
www.notus.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“As President Donald Trump vows a crackdown on federal “waste, fraud and abuse,” his nascent administration has already awarded tens of millions to a company that the Department of Justice is investigating for potentially ripping off several government bureaus.” www.notus.org/donald-trump...
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Next up in Trump & Musk’s federal gov’t demolition derby: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which protects consumers from scams by banks & other financial institutions.
They truly don’t care whether corporations scam us out of money.
CA does care & we’ll continue to work to protect consumers.
They truly don’t care whether corporations scam us out of money.
CA does care & we’ll continue to work to protect consumers.
February 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Next up in Trump & Musk’s federal gov’t demolition derby: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which protects consumers from scams by banks & other financial institutions.
They truly don’t care whether corporations scam us out of money.
CA does care & we’ll continue to work to protect consumers.
They truly don’t care whether corporations scam us out of money.
CA does care & we’ll continue to work to protect consumers.
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Even if you take out the cancellations NJT blames on Amtrak, it's still cancelling trains at like 7-8x the rate of either MTA railroad. This holds for the diesel branches serving Hoboken, too, which are independent of the Amtrak system.
Fulop also had specific, plausible ideas on how to fund improvements to NJ Transit, and the state's new "corporate transit fee" was a proposal in one of Fulop's policy papers. Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill blamed Amtrak for NJ Transit's problems. That's fine, up to a point... (7/8)
February 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Even if you take out the cancellations NJT blames on Amtrak, it's still cancelling trains at like 7-8x the rate of either MTA railroad. This holds for the diesel branches serving Hoboken, too, which are independent of the Amtrak system.
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There are some infosec folks who are playing semantics or splitting hairs or saying ‘let’s wait and see’ in defense of what the DOGE workers are doing. If they witnessed such sloppy cybersecurity in any corporate environment, they would be screaming bloody murder. Why the double standard? Why?
February 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
There are some infosec folks who are playing semantics or splitting hairs or saying ‘let’s wait and see’ in defense of what the DOGE workers are doing. If they witnessed such sloppy cybersecurity in any corporate environment, they would be screaming bloody murder. Why the double standard? Why?
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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 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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.
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
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The White House has to "check back" about whether or not they just shut off the program that funds health care for 2 million Arizonans?
I can tell you the answer: Arizona's Medicaid payment portal has been turned off.
This is absurd.
I can tell you the answer: Arizona's Medicaid payment portal has been turned off.
This is absurd.
January 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The White House has to "check back" about whether or not they just shut off the program that funds health care for 2 million Arizonans?
I can tell you the answer: Arizona's Medicaid payment portal has been turned off.
This is absurd.
I can tell you the answer: Arizona's Medicaid payment portal has been turned off.
This is absurd.
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Once upon a time I was a nerd rocker...and I made albums produced by a guy named Schmed. He was such a tremendous talent and I learned so god damn much from him. It was so fun and so silly and he made my dreams come true.
Everybody, think of Schmed a bit for me today. I'm so sad he's gone.
Everybody, think of Schmed a bit for me today. I'm so sad he's gone.
January 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Once upon a time I was a nerd rocker...and I made albums produced by a guy named Schmed. He was such a tremendous talent and I learned so god damn much from him. It was so fun and so silly and he made my dreams come true.
Everybody, think of Schmed a bit for me today. I'm so sad he's gone.
Everybody, think of Schmed a bit for me today. I'm so sad he's gone.
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I just issued an executive order barring opportunist speculators from taking advantage of LA firestorm victims with unsolicited cash offers to buy their properties.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.
January 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I just issued an executive order barring opportunist speculators from taking advantage of LA firestorm victims with unsolicited cash offers to buy their properties.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
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Duckworth: How many nations are in ASEAN?
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
January 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Duckworth: How many nations are in ASEAN?
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
Hegseth: We have allies in South Korea, Japan, and Australia
Duckworth: None of those countries are in ASEAN
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Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Trump, her office said in a statement on Tuesday. She also declined to attend the funeral of Jimmy Carter last week, which would have put her seated next to Trump.
Michelle Obama Will Skip Trump’s Inauguration
Mrs. Obama also declined to attend the funeral of Jimmy Carter last week, which would have put her face-to-face with Mr. Trump.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Trump, her office said in a statement on Tuesday. She also declined to attend the funeral of Jimmy Carter last week, which would have put her seated next to Trump.
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Human progress is so fast but also so. fucking. slow.
January 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Human progress is so fast but also so. fucking. slow.
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It’s not a weird turn, it’s a logical response to police failing over & over again to be effective & reliable partners on traffic safety initiatives. At some point advocates had to stop wasting time trying to shift the police culture & instead focus elsewhere.
🚨 In @theatlantic.com today, I argue the safe streets movement has taken a weird turn. Under the banner Vision Zero, not only is there just one acceptable solution—costly road redesign—but reformers now dismiss the importance of enforcement. Expedient, but deadly.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reckless Driving Isn’t Just a Design Problem
Road-safety activists convinced themselves that law enforcement was unnecessary.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s not a weird turn, it’s a logical response to police failing over & over again to be effective & reliable partners on traffic safety initiatives. At some point advocates had to stop wasting time trying to shift the police culture & instead focus elsewhere.
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I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill.
January 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill.
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I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.