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Law firms did not strike a "truce" with Trump. They capitulated to an authoritarian. Some, like Skadden, sought out these deals before they even faced any sanction from the Trump regime.
The law students standing up are brave. The law firms they are protesting are cowards.
The law students standing up are brave. The law firms they are protesting are cowards.
April 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Law firms did not strike a "truce" with Trump. They capitulated to an authoritarian. Some, like Skadden, sought out these deals before they even faced any sanction from the Trump regime.
The law students standing up are brave. The law firms they are protesting are cowards.
The law students standing up are brave. The law firms they are protesting are cowards.
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Major shoutout to local National Weather Service offices who have issued literally hundreds and hundreds of tornado / severe thunderstorm / flood warnings in just the past 36 hours alone. Most offices are doing this amid staff shortages.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
April 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Major shoutout to local National Weather Service offices who have issued literally hundreds and hundreds of tornado / severe thunderstorm / flood warnings in just the past 36 hours alone. Most offices are doing this amid staff shortages.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
SPC / WPC teams doing amazing work, too.
Scientists matter.
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I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
February 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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We are less safe with Trump/Musk/Vance
A freeze on the hiring and onboarding of thousands of federal firefighters could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells @nbcnews.com.
Hiring freeze of firefighters could be 'deadly,' Forest Service captain warns
Capt. Ben McLane said stalled onboarding of seasonal employees will force the system to operate at a diminished capacity as the wildfire season heats up.
www.nbcnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We are less safe with Trump/Musk/Vance
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In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children.
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
Measles outbreak in Texas rises to at least 58 cases — the state's worst in over 30 years
A measles outbreak in Texas has led to 58 confirmed cases, making it the state's worst in over 30 years — and local health officials say additional cases are likely to occur.
www.cbsnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children.
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
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TOMORROW (WED): Rallies are being held across the country to protest the funding cuts to science and the illegal firing of federal workers.
Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare.
Details: labor4highered.org
Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare.
Details: labor4highered.org
February 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
TOMORROW (WED): Rallies are being held across the country to protest the funding cuts to science and the illegal firing of federal workers.
Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare.
Details: labor4highered.org
Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare.
Details: labor4highered.org
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📢 Veterans & Military Families
PLEASE use this form 👇🏾
votevets.org/doge-tipline
Share YOUR story.
@votevets.org will ensure that your information remains confidential
#BlueSkyVets
#Voices4Victory
PLEASE use this form 👇🏾
votevets.org/doge-tipline
Share YOUR story.
@votevets.org will ensure that your information remains confidential
#BlueSkyVets
#Voices4Victory
February 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
📢 Veterans & Military Families
PLEASE use this form 👇🏾
votevets.org/doge-tipline
Share YOUR story.
@votevets.org will ensure that your information remains confidential
#BlueSkyVets
#Voices4Victory
PLEASE use this form 👇🏾
votevets.org/doge-tipline
Share YOUR story.
@votevets.org will ensure that your information remains confidential
#BlueSkyVets
#Voices4Victory
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No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits
Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.
wrd.cm
February 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.
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All over today. This is NYC.
February 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
All over today. This is NYC.
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I always get people to ask it a question they know the answer to. A musical friend, who had been really impressed with LLM answers to topics he wasn't expert in, completely lost faith in it after reading an answer on musical theory. Difference was simply he knew it was wrong.
February 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I always get people to ask it a question they know the answer to. A musical friend, who had been really impressed with LLM answers to topics he wasn't expert in, completely lost faith in it after reading an answer on musical theory. Difference was simply he knew it was wrong.
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this is how you can tell somebody doesn't know what they're doing
LLMs produce unusable, wrong "answers" a significant chunk of the time.
even highly educated people are painfully gullible. all you gotta do is animate the text like it's typing and these suckers slurp it down like mommy's milk
LLMs produce unusable, wrong "answers" a significant chunk of the time.
even highly educated people are painfully gullible. all you gotta do is animate the text like it's typing and these suckers slurp it down like mommy's milk
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
this is how you can tell somebody doesn't know what they're doing
LLMs produce unusable, wrong "answers" a significant chunk of the time.
even highly educated people are painfully gullible. all you gotta do is animate the text like it's typing and these suckers slurp it down like mommy's milk
LLMs produce unusable, wrong "answers" a significant chunk of the time.
even highly educated people are painfully gullible. all you gotta do is animate the text like it's typing and these suckers slurp it down like mommy's milk
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Seeing people get up to nonsense like this - like not to get all corny, but honest to God - reminds me that people are worth fighting for lmao.
In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.
February 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Seeing people get up to nonsense like this - like not to get all corny, but honest to God - reminds me that people are worth fighting for lmao.
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The move comes just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Trump fires several hundred FAA employees
The move comes just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
www.oregonlive.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The move comes just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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This kind of ends of it. The MSM will not even let citizens pay to speak out against a private citizen who has taken over our government and is firing thousands of workers who live within 100 miles of the paper’s city.
Bowing and scraping it’s way into irrelevance.
Bowing and scraping it’s way into irrelevance.
The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.
Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk
The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad, which would have covered the front and back pages of some Tuesday editions.
nyti.ms
February 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This kind of ends of it. The MSM will not even let citizens pay to speak out against a private citizen who has taken over our government and is firing thousands of workers who live within 100 miles of the paper’s city.
Bowing and scraping it’s way into irrelevance.
Bowing and scraping it’s way into irrelevance.
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If this comes to pass, it would be a huge blow to Long Covid advocacy.
Derek Lowe at Science writes that he's heard that every NIH institute director has been asked to resign by the #musk administration.
The new NIAID director seems really good & responsive to #LongCovid patients as I recently wrote in a feature article...turns out she may spend very little time […]
The new NIAID director seems really good & responsive to #LongCovid patients as I recently wrote in a feature article...turns out she may spend very little time […]
Original post on sciencemastodon.com
sciencemastodon.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If this comes to pass, it would be a huge blow to Long Covid advocacy.
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Tom Homan asks "where is the line of impeedment?" I'm not sure what he's trying to say, but I'm certain that AOC telling people what their rights are does not meet the standard of criminal impeedyness necessary to open an investigation.
Tom Homan confirms on Fox News that he's asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Tom Homan asks "where is the line of impeedment?" I'm not sure what he's trying to say, but I'm certain that AOC telling people what their rights are does not meet the standard of criminal impeedyness necessary to open an investigation.
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Can we just please stop firing federal aviation employees until we can figure out what is going on?
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
February 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Can we just please stop firing federal aviation employees until we can figure out what is going on?
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
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I'm probably going to get in trouble pointing this out--but Jeffries and Schumer take money from very powerful lobbies that are determined to prevent Americans from protesting, which is why the response on college campuses turned violent and were denigrated by certain Democratic politicians.
Please don't say that no one is doing anything. We're waiting for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov to catch up with their constituents.
Union Square rally.
February 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm probably going to get in trouble pointing this out--but Jeffries and Schumer take money from very powerful lobbies that are determined to prevent Americans from protesting, which is why the response on college campuses turned violent and were denigrated by certain Democratic politicians.
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Today in DC
Big, growing crowd just west of the U.S. Capitol protesting Trump, Musk and DOGE on President’s Day. “Hey Congress, grow a spine,” they shout, gathering for a rally around the reflecting pool.
February 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today in DC
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Four deputies to New York mayor resign in fallout over dropped corruption charges
Four deputies to New York mayor resign in fallout over dropped corruption charges
Departures follow justice department shelving charges widely seen as reward for Eric Adams helping Trump administration
Four deputies to New York’s mayor, Eric Adams, resigned on Monday as the growing chaos following a justice department request to drop…
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Four deputies to New York mayor resign in fallout over dropped corruption charges
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The Washington Post sinks even lower.
Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Washington Post sinks even lower.
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People in tech talk about the idea of a “10x programmer” — someone whose work is worth that of 10 others. I get the impression Musk etc think they can apply it all over the federal workforce but like… there’s no such thing as a 10x ATC navigational aid maintenance worker. Some jobs just need people.
Abruptly firing people who work in air traffic control is like murdering your own soldiers in the middle of a war.
Even if you think things now aren’t working as efficiently as they should there’s no clear path to recovering from this; it’s just a really extremely foolish and dangerous thing to do.
Even if you think things now aren’t working as efficiently as they should there’s no clear path to recovering from this; it’s just a really extremely foolish and dangerous thing to do.
On the heels of multiple airplane disasters, including one less than a month ago that killed 67 people, and after years of warnings about our understaffed air traffic control system, Trump has begun firing hundreds of FAA air traffic control workers.
apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge...
February 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
People in tech talk about the idea of a “10x programmer” — someone whose work is worth that of 10 others. I get the impression Musk etc think they can apply it all over the federal workforce but like… there’s no such thing as a 10x ATC navigational aid maintenance worker. Some jobs just need people.
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“If the official charged w protecting whistleblowers from retaliation was himself utterly vulnerable to retaliation & removal…then the OSC’s whistleblower protection purpose might fail when it is most needed.” apple.news/ArW6hvvMNSnm...
What to know about Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court — CNN
President Donald Trump is heading to the Supreme Court for the first time in his second term, using an emergency appeal to call on the justices to let him fire the head of a government ethics watchdog...
apple.news
February 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“If the official charged w protecting whistleblowers from retaliation was himself utterly vulnerable to retaliation & removal…then the OSC’s whistleblower protection purpose might fail when it is most needed.” apple.news/ArW6hvvMNSnm...