so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it.
I'm receiving reports from Indiana something is seriously wrong.
Hospitals are filling up with flu A patients on ventilators.
The ICU is overflowing, forcing critically ill patients into the Progressive Care Unit (PCU).
if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
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Instagram and Facebook, which blocked news links in Canada, are hosting hundreds of scam ads pretending to be from news outlets ahead of Canadian elections (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)
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audio of the airport authority during the crash. I am always impressed by the ability of the people doing this job to maintain calm in moments like this.
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
Putting this out there.
I don't "follow back" everyone that follows me. I'll do a quick check to see if they look like a bot or of their profile is all about whatever crypto scheme they're on.
Much of what's wrong with political culture right now is that tech guys with engineering degrees decided to fancy themselves astute philosophers uncovering new insights, but they are in fact bad at philosophy and so taken in by arguments that don't withstand even modestly sophisticated scrutiny.
So far today whole cleaning and wrapping I've watched Elf, 8-bit Christmas and Fatman with Batman Returns, Polar Express, and Krampus on deck.
Suggestions for tomorrow?
#christmassky
CNN convened a panel of transgender youth to get their thoughts on the Supreme Court and the 2024 election.
10-year-old Violet: "My self is not an opinion. It is a fact."
MONTHS AFTER Joe said he would not pardon Hunter, Trump won the election & appointed a man as FBI Director who has spent the last 4 years on every right-wing podcast ranting that he was going to go after Hunter. Obsessed with him. Were you aware of that, critics? Not relevant?
The Tariff Act of 1930 was designed for protectionist trade. It imposed high tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods which led to retaliatory tariffs from other countries.
Why am I telling you this?
In case you're ever asked "what were the key contributors to the Great Depression?"
The mo' you know
The moral of the story, kids: It’s fine to try to stop the peaceful transfer of power and incite a mob to storm the Capitol and do all you can to overturn an election as long as you run again and win 🇺🇸
When we were children, we were taught that no matter how you reached, no matter much wealth and power you accumulated, you were not above the law.
We can no longer teach our children that.
And that's really fucking tragic.
So torn on whether or not to finally grab a PS5. There's 2 (maaaaybe 3) games I want to play that are exclusive. The rest is cross platform and I already have an Xbox.
#gaming
Such a sad day. Some of my favorite memories programming have been with basic (or an offshoot) and all of the conversations on what is now considered the old internet.