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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.
This Friday, where will you be?
standupforscience2025.org
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
I’m sure it’ll work out great this time!
"Wall Street is once again creating and selling securities backed by everything—the more creative the better...Data-center bonds are backed by lease payments from companies that rent out computing capacity."
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
i am reading an analysis of john yoo’s work justifying unilateral presidential authority over foreign affairs when he was in the bush OLC, and i am once again struck by shoddy dishonesty of his output! he moves as close as you can to just making stuff up without fully crossing the line.
See, the thing is, Zelensky refused to tug his forelock to Trump. Or to grovel.
I hope Brazil will make history tonight.
I wrote about why the most important Oscar nominee is the movie about how living under authoritarian rule can feel surprisingly normal.
This is a Maned Wolf. However, it is neither a fox nor a wolf.
Fun fact: They emit a smell that smells exactly like weed
The hotel body wash is sage-scented so now I smell like a Thanksgiving turkey, how is your morning going
On the plane yesterday, sat next to a European couple living in the US, and the topic of whether they were thinking of returning to Europe came up. One of them noted they felt safer here because "you have oceans." But the general agreement was that right now there's probably nowhere truly safe.
Follow me on TikTok if you want videos that are a little sillier and a little more informative 🫶 tiktok.com/@lukevenechuk?_t=ZT-8uLjm4yg2Vm&_r=1
Show Robert Downey Jr standing next to Conan, you cowards.
None of his business even if his jobs is as Trumpy toady www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
I accidentally let my MMR vaccine lapse because I’ve had a new job and insurance every eighteen months for the last forever, I went to Topanga Canyon one time for like three hours, all outdoors time, and got rubella
A thing I wish more people knew is that measles is basically the most contagious disease in the world
Something I removed from my latest video which I now regret removing was the fact that YouTube uploaders can choose to prevent a video from appearing in the Subscriptions feed.
If we uncheck "Publish to subscriptions feed and notify subscribers" during the upload process... it won't go to subs.
Create a new asset class. Give it to politicians. Force their citizens to buy it.
What a shame. Now we have US tax payers propping up cryptocurrencies. This is one of the biggest grifts of all time.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru....
An fellowship to support Blacksky members in attending #ATmosphereConf
Amazing!
Interrupting your Oscars viewing with an important announcement.
The Umoya Fellowship is an initiative by @lmaepa.bsky.social to support Blackskyers in attending the ATmosphere Conf in Seattle, WA, on March 22-23, 2025
This fellowship will award two community members /w 💸 to attend the conference
The NYT reports that due to pressure from the Trump administration, the Mexican drug cartels haven't felt this much stress in years, with leaders going into hiding and shutting down fentanyl labs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/w...