Karen Ellingson 🫘📎
@kcellingson.bsky.social
choose kindness; genealogist; science teacher & nuclear engineer; Michigan alum Go Blue! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FamilyTree 🫘 📎
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My forensic and military genealogist friends are still facing roadblocks to their research at NARA due to the shutdown, fired archivists, and archivists quitting (who would want to work with Trump as your boss). I never thought I’d see an administration so anti veterans. Or so anti-genealogy.
Their job is to **identify American soldiers** killed in combat and Trump has told them to stand down and stop their work.
"Forensic genealogists who help identify U.S. soldiers killed in combat were told to pause their efforts..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"Forensic genealogists who help identify U.S. soldiers killed in combat were told to pause their efforts..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
DOGE’s $1 spending card limit touches everything from military research to trash pickup
The crackdown on routine expenses is part of a campaign by the president and Elon Musk to reset the scope and mission of America’s sprawling bureaucracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My forensic and military genealogist friends are still facing roadblocks to their research at NARA due to the shutdown, fired archivists, and archivists quitting (who would want to work with Trump as your boss). I never thought I’d see an administration so anti veterans. Or so anti-genealogy.
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Iceland has classified the collapse of a major Atlantic current system as a national security threat, citing new scientific warnings that such a change could radically alter the country’s climate and economy. The risk represents an existential challenge that demands a coordinated, top-level response
Iceland declares ocean-current instability a national security risk
Iceland has classified the potential collapse of a major Atlantic current system as a national security threat, citing new scientific warnings that such a change could radically alter the country’s cl...
www.dagens.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Iceland has classified the collapse of a major Atlantic current system as a national security threat, citing new scientific warnings that such a change could radically alter the country’s climate and economy. The risk represents an existential challenge that demands a coordinated, top-level response
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As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As long as NYT is asking “Did women ruin the workplace” can they also ask:
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
•Did men ruin safe workplaces?
•Did men ruin domestic safety?
•Did men ruin public safety?
•Did men ruin global peace?
Or is a clear “YES” to all these questions just too difficult for fragile men to accept—so NYT avoids it?🤔
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The market’s AI run-up yields two plausible stories:
1) A genuine productivity revolution that lifts living standards;
2) A classic overhype that ends like 2000.
Surely the right stance isn’t certainty; it’s humility, diversification, and an eye on the long run.
1) A genuine productivity revolution that lifts living standards;
2) A classic overhype that ends like 2000.
Surely the right stance isn’t certainty; it’s humility, diversification, and an eye on the long run.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The market’s AI run-up yields two plausible stories:
1) A genuine productivity revolution that lifts living standards;
2) A classic overhype that ends like 2000.
Surely the right stance isn’t certainty; it’s humility, diversification, and an eye on the long run.
1) A genuine productivity revolution that lifts living standards;
2) A classic overhype that ends like 2000.
Surely the right stance isn’t certainty; it’s humility, diversification, and an eye on the long run.
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I wrote this now to warning everyone about what to expect next from Trump and the GOP and how we can fight back. I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I wrote this now to warning everyone about what to expect next from Trump and the GOP and how we can fight back. I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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Meet the 37 private donors for Trump’s ballroom—many of whom have ongoing governmental contracts or regulatory cases.
It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.
It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.
Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks | Fortune
The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.
fortune.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Meet the 37 private donors for Trump’s ballroom—many of whom have ongoing governmental contracts or regulatory cases.
It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.
It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.
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"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”
Gov. Andy Beshear
Gov. Andy Beshear
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There have now been four legal challenges to California's redistricting law. All have failed spectacularly. Three have been dismissed by courts prior to California even filing a response. The fourth was rejected after a California filed a simple motion to dismiss.
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There have now been four legal challenges to California's redistricting law. All have failed spectacularly. Three have been dismissed by courts prior to California even filing a response. The fourth was rejected after a California filed a simple motion to dismiss.
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What a sad small person Bari is.
Bari Weiss makes a clean sweep, firing all women, Blacks and Hispanics in high-profile positions at CBS News. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Gayle King expected to depart ‘CBS Mornings’ in latest restructure: report
King, who has fronted the broadcaster’s morning show for over a decade, is expected to step down from her anchor role on next year, according to a report
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What a sad small person Bari is.
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Wy does anybody pay attention to what Kim Kardashian says about the moon landings? Fashion/style? Sure. The attention economy? Sure. But c'mon...
October 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wy does anybody pay attention to what Kim Kardashian says about the moon landings? Fashion/style? Sure. The attention economy? Sure. But c'mon...
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This really illustrates Trump’s lack of interest in both history and character, and his commitment to the enshittification of everything. This looks like what people imagine a “rich” hotel bathroom is, while simultaneously echoing one of those bath fitter things on TV they do in an afternoon.
sure, you might not be able to eat or go to the doctor, but check out how nice Trump's new marble shitter is
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I realize there are a lot of other things to worry about, but it's very weird to me when Democrats use homophobia or transphobia to insult Republicans. When it happens, all I can think is: huh, you wanted to slam that politician and the first insult that came to mind was... that. It's weird.
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I realize there are a lot of other things to worry about, but it's very weird to me when Democrats use homophobia or transphobia to insult Republicans. When it happens, all I can think is: huh, you wanted to slam that politician and the first insult that came to mind was... that. It's weird.
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A lot is happening right now. Make a note to yourself to remember, heading into the midterm elections in a year, that GOP senators & reps asking you to vote for them were willing to starve their constituents—your friends, family, maybe even you—for Trump.
Judges rule that Trump must fund SNAP immediately. Now the question remains, will Trump simply ignore the courts like he's prone to do? This is the biggest lever the GOP has to try and force Dems to cave on extending ACA subsidies and they're hammering on it like a child with a noisy new toy.
Live updates: Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during the shutdown, judges rule
Two federal judges ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, during the government shutdown.
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A lot is happening right now. Make a note to yourself to remember, heading into the midterm elections in a year, that GOP senators & reps asking you to vote for them were willing to starve their constituents—your friends, family, maybe even you—for Trump.
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Do they think they can do this indefinitely? Or are they just waiting until all the incriminating evidence has been disappeared?
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Do they think they can do this indefinitely? Or are they just waiting until all the incriminating evidence has been disappeared?
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Don’t raise children who never face consequences.
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Don’t raise children who never face consequences.
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They're happy to give up their current power to Trump, but not their future power to Democrats.
I wonder how many of them he's blackmailing?
I wonder how many of them he's blackmailing?
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
They're happy to give up their current power to Trump, but not their future power to Democrats.
I wonder how many of them he's blackmailing?
I wonder how many of them he's blackmailing?
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As much as I hate that his area of expertise is so relevant, I encourage people to consider following @atomicanalyst.bsky.social and to read this thread as a reminder of the uniquely destructive power of nuclear weapons:
At this moment in 1952 (7:14:59 AM November 1, local time), the United States tested the first true (albeit undeliverable, weighing a massive 82 tons) hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll. The 10.4-Megaton MIKE explosion vaporized Elugelab Island, leaving behind a crater 1.2 miles wide and 164 feet deep.
Ivy Mike Countdown and detonation
YouTube video by atomcentral
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October 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
As much as I hate that his area of expertise is so relevant, I encourage people to consider following @atomicanalyst.bsky.social and to read this thread as a reminder of the uniquely destructive power of nuclear weapons:
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Remember when we saw video of big plastic bags being tossed out of the Lincoln bathroom window?
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Remember when we saw video of big plastic bags being tossed out of the Lincoln bathroom window?
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Oh, please, lectures about how “no one should aspire for large segments of the population to depend on government handouts,” when billionaires get the biggest government handouts of all?
Opinion | What the SNAP fight is really about
Food stamps are a way to feed hungry kids, not a political bargaining chip or an engine for growth.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Oh, please, lectures about how “no one should aspire for large segments of the population to depend on government handouts,” when billionaires get the biggest government handouts of all?
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If republicans are able-bodied and getting government assistance, they should be subject to a work requirement, no?
The US House of Representatives committee calendar for October 2025
It's .... quite something
It's .... quite something
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If republicans are able-bodied and getting government assistance, they should be subject to a work requirement, no?
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This crap may give MAGA Bondi her jollies, but it obviously stinks with court and staff — not good. Most DOJs want judges’ trust.
Judge says prosecutors who were placed on leave ‘did a truly excellent job’
Two federal prosecutors were placed on leave hours after describing Jan. 6 as an attack by “a mob of rioters.”
www.politico.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This crap may give MAGA Bondi her jollies, but it obviously stinks with court and staff — not good. Most DOJs want judges’ trust.
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I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.
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Kristi Noem is lying. Again.
Facts.
Facts.
Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Kristi Noem is lying. Again.
Facts.
Facts.
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