Rebecca

Rebecca

@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

Gen-X cheesehead, survivor, '24 college grad. Enjoys geekery, history, museums, deep discussions & juvenile humor. All opinions my own.

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Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

How many Scaramuccis is that?

PBS News@pbsnews.org

Katie Zacharia is departing as White House press secretary, a person familiar with the matter said Friday, after a short and rocky tenure that was defined by questions about her professional background and lack of polish in fielding questions from journalists. https://to.pbs.org/3VFxSrE

pbs.orgWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaving the job after Trump casts doubtKatie Zacharia is departing as White House press secretary, a person familiar with the matter said Friday, after a short and rocky tenure that was defined by questions about her professional backgroun...

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly
@rtodkelly.bsky.social

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"

Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

Straight out of a disaster movie. Good lord.

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social

NEW: This must one of the most violent natural disasters ever recorded. This is the immigration centre on Nepal’s border at 11am, this morning (Aug 26). That is a seven-storey building about to be obliterated in seconds. (🎥 NDTV)

Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

🧵

Rebecca Nagle@rebeccanagle.bsky.social

The Trump administration is trying to gut one of the strongest laws protecting tribal sacred sites, burial grounds, and ancestral lands. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has worked since 1966. Now a handpicked Council voted to rewrite it..in one week. Here's what at stake.👇

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Angus Johnston
@angus.bsky.social

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

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PBS News
@pbsnews.org

Artificial intelligence is fueling stock market highs, but it is also igniting fierce local debates about the costs of the data centers that power AI. https://to.pbs.org/4b1nXl4

to.pbs.orgJanesville, once a symbol of the Great Recession, becomes AI data center battlegroundArtificial intelligence is fueling stock market highs, economic growth and a construction boom across the country. But it is also igniting fierce local debates about the benefits, the costs and whethe...

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Robert Downen
@robertdownen.bsky.social

Have not seen it pointed out enough that the Trump admin's targeting of the Smithsonian is being influenced by David Barton, the debunked amateur historian and Christian nationalist activist who has spent decades peddling claims that church-state separation is a myth.

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social

David Barton, the self-described "amateur historian" whose debunked work has been central to mainstreaming claims that the US was founded as a Christian nation, says he and his son have been directly involved in the Trump administration's efforts to stop "woke propaganda" at the Smithsonian.

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Just Another Apocryphal Mess
@apocryphalmess.bsky.social

I swear, "a pope from Chicago excommunicates a Nazi-adjacent sect" is like a cut scene from The Blues Brothers

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: The Vatican excommunicates bishops from a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that consecrated them without Pope Leo's consent.

bit.lyVatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops and invalidates sacramentsThe Vatican has responded aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent.
Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

Gross.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

The Trump administration is hosting an all-day prayer festival on the National Mall on Sunday that organizers say will reflect the country’s Christian origins and, they hope, spark “a movement of renewal” in America.

washingtonpost.comWhite House aims to link U.S. history and Christianity in 9-hour prayer festivalPete Hegseth, Marco Rubio and Mike Johnson will speak at the event, which centers on the idea that the founders wanted the U.S. to be explicitly Christian.
Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

As a Wisconsinite, I feel this on many levels. 🧀🦡

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

Oreo is a rescue badger (Taxidea taxus) at the Northwest Wildlife Sanctuary in Oak Harbor, WA. www.northwestwildlifesanctuary.com She's being offered her favorite snack: cheese, to lure her from the safety of her dark void. Audio on for badger hissing. 🦡❤️🧀

Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only— Rome Twin Peaks Mad Men Peaky Blinders Whose Line is it Anyway? (Early seasons) Handmaid's Tale (1st 3 seasons) West Wing Muppet Show Pee-Wee's Playhouse Andor MST3K Deadwood The Tick (animated) Severance The Tudors -Surely forgetting many

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Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

I'm thankful to have graduated college right before the AI checkers became necessary - I'm pretty sure I would have had this issue.

Mike Masnick@masnick.com

Hmm. I just took a ~1500 word piece that I wrote word by word the old fashioned way like the actual writer I am, and ran it through an AI checker just to see what it said, and it highlighted 13 separate phrases that it thinks were likely AI generated. *sigh* This seems bad.

Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

This is not good

NPR@npr.org

The Trump administration asserts that a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.

n.prWho owns presidential records? Trump's Justice Department says it's himThe Trump administration asserts that a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.
Rebecca
@rsquaredwi.bsky.social

Yet another reason to be disappointed in Americans.

David H. Montgomery@dhmontgomery.com

A shocking new poll result: Many Americans somehow don't have a favorite dinosaur. And only 6% give the correct answer (triceratops). Check out YouGov's new polling on Americans and dinosaurs: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/whats-your...