Siobhan
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Cutting 35,000 jobs at the VA won’t improve the quality or efficiency of health care for veterans – but it will worsen existing problems. This is the fundamentally wrong approach to delivering the best possible care to our veterans.
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Cutting 35,000 jobs at the VA won’t improve the quality or efficiency of health care for veterans – but it will worsen existing problems. This is the fundamentally wrong approach to delivering the best possible care to our veterans.
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Going to have to work a little harder tonight to find joy.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Going to have to work a little harder tonight to find joy.
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"Bores, in a statement to CNBC, fired back: 'I am someone with a master’s in computer science, two patents, and nearly a decade working in tech. If they are scared of people who understand their business regulating their business, they are telling on themselves.'" <-- quite a clap back.
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Bores, in a statement to CNBC, fired back: 'I am someone with a master’s in computer science, two patents, and nearly a decade working in tech. If they are scared of people who understand their business regulating their business, they are telling on themselves.'" <-- quite a clap back.
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Big tech players, once again, trying to spend away regulation... "Leading the Future is backed by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale, AI search engine company Perplexity, SV Angel founder Ron Conway [and others]..." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/a... via @cnbc.com
AI industry-backed super PAC targets New York Democrat in opening shot of midterms
The AI-friendly Trump administration was reportedly frustrated with the super PAC, Leading the Future, over its affiliation with Democratic operatives.
www.cnbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Big tech players, once again, trying to spend away regulation... "Leading the Future is backed by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz, Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale, AI search engine company Perplexity, SV Angel founder Ron Conway [and others]..." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/a... via @cnbc.com
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In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.
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The shutdown is fun for Trump because he gets to throw lavish Gatsby-themed parties for his millionaire friends AND invent new and innovative ways to hurt poor people.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The shutdown is fun for Trump because he gets to throw lavish Gatsby-themed parties for his millionaire friends AND invent new and innovative ways to hurt poor people.
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New Column: Chew on this. The nation's capital, one of the most Democratic cities in America, no longer has a liberal newspaper. The techbro takeover of the mainstream media is a crisis rich liberals must wake up and address. newrepublic.com/article/2025... via @newrepublic.com
The Washington Post Has Become
Right Wing Even Faster Than I Thought
It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?
newrepublic.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New Column: Chew on this. The nation's capital, one of the most Democratic cities in America, no longer has a liberal newspaper. The techbro takeover of the mainstream media is a crisis rich liberals must wake up and address. newrepublic.com/article/2025... via @newrepublic.com
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This Day in Labor History: October 31, 1978. President Jimmy Carter signed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Let's talk about this important piece of legislation that extended civil rights and worker rights!
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This Day in Labor History: October 31, 1978. President Jimmy Carter signed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Let's talk about this important piece of legislation that extended civil rights and worker rights!
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five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
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Trump gutted USAID, stopping critical lifesaving assistance around the world, in order to save money, and is now putting more than that much money into interfering in Argentina's domestic politics by bailing out the ruling party.
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump gutted USAID, stopping critical lifesaving assistance around the world, in order to save money, and is now putting more than that much money into interfering in Argentina's domestic politics by bailing out the ruling party.
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Why are we equating protests with death threats? And why is a member of the bar unable to differentiate between first amendment rights and illegal actions? www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-con...
As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares "I'm not afraid"
In an interview with CBS News, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said of the Supreme Court's emergency orders in the Trump cases, "This isn't the final decision."
www.cbsnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Why are we equating protests with death threats? And why is a member of the bar unable to differentiate between first amendment rights and illegal actions? www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-con...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
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Sometimes I think the real "peace dividend" since the end of the cold war was that a whole generation of analysts grew up underestimating the power of ideology, memory and emotion, and now they cannot recognize a huge cultural shift when it is staring them in the face.
The "soft stuff"matters.
The "soft stuff"matters.
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sometimes I think the real "peace dividend" since the end of the cold war was that a whole generation of analysts grew up underestimating the power of ideology, memory and emotion, and now they cannot recognize a huge cultural shift when it is staring them in the face.
The "soft stuff"matters.
The "soft stuff"matters.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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ned flanders confirmed as just speaking sumerian
![1.6 Sumerian and Akkadian
1.6.1
To express the plural in Sumero- and Akkadograms, the Sumerian plural endings MEŠ and HI.A (as well as occasionally DIDLI [written AŠ.AŠ] or DIDLI.HI.A) are used: LUGAL "king" and LUGAL.MEŠ "kings" GU, "ox" and GUHI.A "oxen" URU "town, city" and URU.(DIDLI.)HI.A "towns," DINGIR. DIDLI "gods." Sometimes a double Sumerogram is used: KUR.KUR "lands" next to KUR "land."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mos47hews7judujlkej3g42s/bafkreihz35s5mu5ljffjw7pcyn3g7gef5kthp6dfh4ppzgusm2iqha6rfe@jpeg)
August 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ned flanders confirmed as just speaking sumerian
It's almost like when your money isolates you from the rest of humanity you stop thinking of other humans or the consequences of your actions.
Original post deleted, so here we are
Original post deleted, so here we are
"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it.
AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's almost like when your money isolates you from the rest of humanity you stop thinking of other humans or the consequences of your actions.
Original post deleted, so here we are
Original post deleted, so here we are
Made the mistake of reading Tom's "21st Century Yokel" in a very quiet, very public place. The first time I bark laughed at a description of his father I got a hairy eyeball. The second time, a strong glare.
I've learned my lesson and will avoid reading 1983 in quiet public places.
I've learned my lesson and will avoid reading 1983 in quiet public places.
... I can just be an author again, who works hard on books, probably doesn't make much money from them, but is not in danger of seriously damaging his own physical and mental health in the process.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
1983
Benji is an imaginative eight-year-old boy, living with his parents in a mining village in Nottinghamshire amidst the spoil heaps and chip shops that characteri
blackwells.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Made the mistake of reading Tom's "21st Century Yokel" in a very quiet, very public place. The first time I bark laughed at a description of his father I got a hairy eyeball. The second time, a strong glare.
I've learned my lesson and will avoid reading 1983 in quiet public places.
I've learned my lesson and will avoid reading 1983 in quiet public places.
Did saying "I'm sorry" when you screwed up morph into a sign of weakness at some point?
Not talking about world events to be clear (although it still applies)
Not talking about world events to be clear (although it still applies)
August 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Did saying "I'm sorry" when you screwed up morph into a sign of weakness at some point?
Not talking about world events to be clear (although it still applies)
Not talking about world events to be clear (although it still applies)
Am I reading this wrong or are they aiming to make all health care data accessible to tech firms to develop apps? Why don't I see any coverage of this in the bigger newspapers? What a nightmare (among many, granted) in the making.
www.techtarget.com/searchhealth...
www.techtarget.com/searchhealth...
Tech giants, providers back CMS health tech ecosystem initiative | TechTarget
Learn about new CMS-led efforts to establish an interoperability framework and increase the availability of personalized health tools.
www.techtarget.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Am I reading this wrong or are they aiming to make all health care data accessible to tech firms to develop apps? Why don't I see any coverage of this in the bigger newspapers? What a nightmare (among many, granted) in the making.
www.techtarget.com/searchhealth...
www.techtarget.com/searchhealth...
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I think it's time to be skeptical of any jobs numbers going forward...
August 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I think it's time to be skeptical of any jobs numbers going forward...
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Not only is today’s employment report uniquely bad, but revisions to the prior months show that, on average, we have seen 35k net new jobs created for the last 3 months:
JAN: +111K
FEB: +102K
MAR: +120K
APR: +158K
MAY: +19K
JUN: +14K
JUL: +73K
No way to put lipstick on this pig.
JAN: +111K
FEB: +102K
MAR: +120K
APR: +158K
MAY: +19K
JUN: +14K
JUL: +73K
No way to put lipstick on this pig.
August 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not only is today’s employment report uniquely bad, but revisions to the prior months show that, on average, we have seen 35k net new jobs created for the last 3 months:
JAN: +111K
FEB: +102K
MAR: +120K
APR: +158K
MAY: +19K
JUN: +14K
JUL: +73K
No way to put lipstick on this pig.
JAN: +111K
FEB: +102K
MAR: +120K
APR: +158K
MAY: +19K
JUN: +14K
JUL: +73K
No way to put lipstick on this pig.