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Some of the scary stuff from the administration has been straight up lies - Musk claimed he 'deleted' the IRS free filing program, but users are reporting it's still up and working. If you were going to use it, maybe go ahead and get started now. Meanwhile, from Ezra Klein: youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s?...

Unlike Elon Musk and the DOGE, we know what it’s like to actually work for a living. And we’re not going to let one unaccountable billionaire rig the government for himself. That’s where we come in. We’re the Department of People Who Work for a Living. deptofpeoplewhowork.org

I needed to take a break. Doomscrolling is a terrible way to get through a pregnancy. Now I'm back, calling my senators and congressional representative, about to reach out to the state AG office. If you haven't installed #5calls I highly recommend it.

Also true of the American revolution and the US Civil War - looots of losses and retreating, 'make them fight for every inch of ground' tactics. Check the thread - defeating an enemy on your home turf is a long slog, but it can be done.

This is how you do it...

I haven't been posting but I open this app at least once a day to replay this tiktok for my kid. He's obsessed. He quotes it to other kids, now he got a bunch of little kids running around 'mustaaaaaaaard!'

If you see this, post an anime character that starts with your first initial and pass it on. Kyouya Ootori

I've spent all day zillow-scrolling to see if we can afford to move our child into a better rated school district before he starts kindergarten. I don't even need a 8-9/10, but I'd like to get him out of 2s and 3s.

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends: 1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration; 2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you; 3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

TIL that in 1843 the artist George Catlin accompanied 14 Báxoje (Iowa) on a tour of Britain, and they were so horrified by the poverty they saw everywhere that when some clerics asked to talk to them about sending missionairies among the Báxoje their leader Neumonya really let them have it.

very, very sympathetic to this argument from @ryanlcooper.com prospect.org/politics/202...

Just came across this in another thread

Boosting this signal. I used Spot On when I was tracking my ovulation because it didn't share my data with anyone ever, but it's a big buggy. Any other suggestions for a tracking app that doesn't share with the state?

Sorry to public defender post, but: it's wild to watch people hop on a name given by the cops and do a little dox feasting.

It was a murder, but not a crime.

The way he zips into another dimension, 😆.

I want a walkable neighborhood so bad 😭

I hope this man is on an island somewhere with a bag of real money and a drink. Also hoping we keep seeing this Benny Hill theme shit from the nypd

#booksky

Did you think the revolution was going to be a tea party?

When are corporations going to understand the Streisand effect?

I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage. Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy

I liveskyed the 2024 Martial Law Declaration of Korea. This is the thread.

Texas and Georgia are blocking the review and release of information on the deaths of pregnant women from abortion bans. The GOP knows the stories of pregnant women dying preventable deaths sounds bad. So they're making sure you never hear about them.

Thank you for sharing this in real time!

This is the energy. All this pearl clutching, 'you're going to give Trump an excuse to break norms', moral high ground bs is over. The high ground didn't win the election, so now it's time to batten down and protect who and what you can.

I'm honestly furious about this. I hope all those norms and procedures keep Democrats and the DoJ cozy until the hatchet comes for them.

Attacking Republicans for being fascist without holding them to the rule of law? These attacks slide off the backs of average Americans like water off a duck. If it was that bad you should have arrested them. Now we have to have arguments on inflation with politicians that shouldn't be in the room.

The way January 6th has been prosecuted makes it look like any riot in the US - the rubes that went are in prison, even some of the planners. But the members of Congress that gave them guided tours are still in office, and that biggest boogieman Trump faced no consequences at all.

I don't think the fascist line of attack is working against Republicans. Ime uninformed voters don't notice or care. Because honestly, if January 6th was that bad, why didn't any of the participating politicians go to prison for it? Or even, why weren't any of them banned from running again?

This is an absolute MUST READ from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social No fairytales. Truth. Straight. No chaser. open.substack.com/pub/sarahken...

Pasteurization is an astoundingly cheap, effective public health measure that prevents thousands of deaths per year, but go off. I'm just mad I can't quarantine these people - they put everyone around them at risk.

MUSTARDDDDDD #blacksky

No thank you. Here for the ratio and to let you know this is some bullshit.

I want to see Wicked because I love the stage show and am theater-kid adjacent. I don't want to see Wicked because I hate Cynthia Erivo and don't want to see her succeed even if she put in the work. Idk which side is gonna win out on this.

I came here specifically for #blacksky and didn't do the thing right lol #addtoBlacksky

I voted for a competent, boring administration bc I prefer Hollywood drama to political drama. Presidents on the left, Don't Worry Darling/Wicked/It Ends With Us press drama on the right. Is that so hard, America???