Trump: "The US will take over the Gaza Strip."

Some workers at the General Services Administration received an email today telling them to "seriously consider" the "Fork in the Road" offer ahead of coming cuts. The email came from a Trump appointee whose previous gigs were in "restructuring" and private equity.

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I know we can’t run around on fire every time Trump says something but he appears to have just announced the new US policy on Gaza which is to take ownership of it, ethnically cleanse it of the 1.8 million Palestinians there and maintain a long term ownership stake as it’s “developed.”

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social My wife and I were at your book event tonight in San Francisco. What is your thought about the participant democracy enabled by the app “5 Calls”?

Breaking News: Donald Trump’s legal team found evidence that a top adviser asked for fees to promote potential appointees for administration jobs.

One of my grandsons has been airlifted to a hospital in Fargo with heart issues. The whole family was sick with a virus last week, and yesterday he was having chest pain and difficulty breathing. Please send thoughts, prayers, juju, etc.

Walmart, the world’s largest private employer, said it will roll back initiatives aimed at enhancing DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, at the workplace, as such programs face growing legal scrutiny and conservative backlash.

Americans paid private tax preparers nearly $850 million in fees for special-purpose bank accounts to receive their tax refunds in the most recent tax year. The IRS gave no warnings about the surcharges, according to a new government report.

You are not going to believe it when I tell you the first example that this NYT article uses to encourage not being confrontational over transgender rights is that we were too confrontational towards...

JK Rowling.

The woman who openly denies trans people were ever targeted in the Holocaust.

I had to cover an overnight shift last night, after a full day of social interactions and a lot of walking/standing.

Today I am physically and emotionally exhausted.

Some days are easier than others.

Dysphoria is big today. Some days the struggle is more difficult to manage than others. Most of the time I can shove it down and bury it. Today I cannot.

First day, first post. Looking to follow folks. Interested in Queer issues, dogs (and other pets), science-y stuff, human rights, and democracy with a lower-case d. Fully professed member of the Russian River Sisters (www.rrsisters.org). Druid.