@rainonthewater07.bsky.social
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people have a weird “beggars can’t be choosers” attitude here, but quite literally if you want housing provision to be an effective intervention it needs to be done in a way that makes it easier, not harder, for people to get access to the services they need to get ahead
May 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
people have a weird “beggars can’t be choosers” attitude here, but quite literally if you want housing provision to be an effective intervention it needs to be done in a way that makes it easier, not harder, for people to get access to the services they need to get ahead
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IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
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So many layers of corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So many layers of corruption.
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This episode is bought to you by the letters: F D T
May 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This episode is bought to you by the letters: F D T
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Your regular reminder that Elon Musk has called us "the parasite class" while he continues to take billions of our taxpayer money. So who is the parasite sucking the life blood out of America?
May 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Your regular reminder that Elon Musk has called us "the parasite class" while he continues to take billions of our taxpayer money. So who is the parasite sucking the life blood out of America?
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You guys know they change their names when they become Pope, right, so we'd never get Pope Pizzaballa. They'd change it to something boring, like Pope Lasagna Jones.
May 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You guys know they change their names when they become Pope, right, so we'd never get Pope Pizzaballa. They'd change it to something boring, like Pope Lasagna Jones.
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a clinic for 300 children with HIV doesn't know where to get drugs to keep them alive. This is the situation right now.
But also the situation is: people are giving money to pay for those drugs
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
But also the situation is: people are giving money to pay for those drugs
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
Supply Chains Break and Hospitals Shutter After USAID Freeze - Christianity Today
Christian donations can only do so much to fill the gap when facilities grapple with layoffs, scarce drugs, and unanswered questions.
www.christianitytoday.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
a clinic for 300 children with HIV doesn't know where to get drugs to keep them alive. This is the situation right now.
But also the situation is: people are giving money to pay for those drugs
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
But also the situation is: people are giving money to pay for those drugs
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...
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@rbreich.bsky.social:
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
February 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@rbreich.bsky.social:
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
“For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.
For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.
Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.
It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”
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In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
February 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial in an emergency.🧵
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Forever pissed that I have to be Aware and Informed instead of reading science fiction and fantasy and writing stories.
I'm a children's literature critic, not an expert on government!
(Not a fan of this timeline. At all.)
I'm a children's literature critic, not an expert on government!
(Not a fan of this timeline. At all.)
February 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Forever pissed that I have to be Aware and Informed instead of reading science fiction and fantasy and writing stories.
I'm a children's literature critic, not an expert on government!
(Not a fan of this timeline. At all.)
I'm a children's literature critic, not an expert on government!
(Not a fan of this timeline. At all.)
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You can take the boy out of apartheid but can you take apartheid out of the boy?
February 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You can take the boy out of apartheid but can you take apartheid out of the boy?
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JFK on why he founded USAID.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
JFK on why he founded USAID.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
“The economic collapse of those free but less-developed nations which now stand poised between sustained growth and economic chaos would be disastrous to our national security, harmful to our comparative prosperity and offensive to our conscience”.
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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
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Shutting down USAID is not about efficiency—it’s about undermining America’s global leadership. USAID counters extremism, fights diseases, and creates more markets for U.S. exports. This is reckless and dangerous.
February 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Shutting down USAID is not about efficiency—it’s about undermining America’s global leadership. USAID counters extremism, fights diseases, and creates more markets for U.S. exports. This is reckless and dangerous.
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Jesuit Priest 👇🏽
February 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jesuit Priest 👇🏽
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Untitled Goose Game DLC: D.C. edition.
Your task list includes:
1. Honk teenagers and billionaires out of the treasury
2. Deposit the illegal backup drives in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
3. ???
4. Save democracy.
Your task list includes:
1. Honk teenagers and billionaires out of the treasury
2. Deposit the illegal backup drives in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
3. ???
4. Save democracy.
February 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Untitled Goose Game DLC: D.C. edition.
Your task list includes:
1. Honk teenagers and billionaires out of the treasury
2. Deposit the illegal backup drives in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
3. ???
4. Save democracy.
Your task list includes:
1. Honk teenagers and billionaires out of the treasury
2. Deposit the illegal backup drives in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
3. ???
4. Save democracy.
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I still remember way back before Musk was illegally destroying US foreign aid that time when he claimed he’d give $6B to the UK WFP if they could tell him how it would solve world hunger & then he ignored the response & gave $5.7B to his own charity & no one ever found out where it went from there
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I still remember way back before Musk was illegally destroying US foreign aid that time when he claimed he’d give $6B to the UK WFP if they could tell him how it would solve world hunger & then he ignored the response & gave $5.7B to his own charity & no one ever found out where it went from there
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(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
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Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today in US History: On Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, granted black men the right to vote. It was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869. Black Americans were set free by the 13th amendment. The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Man some days you just want to build a cabin and just live off the land. And also the cabin has WiFi and a PS5.
January 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Man some days you just want to build a cabin and just live off the land. And also the cabin has WiFi and a PS5.
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just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.
January 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
just stumbled on a real jaw-dropper of a line in an essay -- “The corollary of being interested in a great range of things is to have sympathy with a great range of outlooks” -- and that, my friends, is why reading is so important.