Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ? It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone. If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.
This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
@aoc.bsky.social Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
Had a conversation with a non political person whose buddy works for the forest service and was 10 months into his job supplying hard to reach parts of a national forest and was fired. The guy talking to me was like “I don’t really think my buddy’s $50,000 salary is gonna balance the budget.”
most people know someone who works for the federal government in some capacity and even the assholes who think all federal employees are moochers tend to make a personal exception for their buddy Jim everyone is going to hear stories of how cruel and capricious this is
They’re cutting Medicaid
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs? MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
had a thought that if apple were to release a traditional ipod it would sell like hotcakes
Nature's most beautiful animal !🐯
Birds sleeping sound on dried sunflowers!
In my video about this I made the case that knowing there’s a 3% chance an asteroid will hit us is amazing news because at any other point in history we would have no idea at all. But it also sucks: modern life is too full of things to worry about that, previously, we just wouldn’t know existed.
What we need is a tax system that severely punishes companies for being anything more than modestly profitable
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Doing stand up again after a 10 year break has been thrilling, and I couldn’t be happier to record a brand new stand up comedy special for Hulu. My second one ever? First in 12 years! www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
The expectation that there will be fewer jobs out there 6 months in the future just surged to its highest level in over a decade
I personally supervised the transfer of this edition.
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bari weiss once again proving that she believes in absolutely nothing. also, in the piece itself, hanania says that all of this is a reaction to "wokeness." it's a great example of how backlash narratives can work to obscure agency.
Think I’ll pass on the piece in which a racist creep explains why a major party embracing the Nazi salute really isn’t a big deal.
Flu infections are the highest they’ve been in nearly 30 years, and flu deaths this winter have surpassed COVID deaths. In today’s episode, we dig  into some viral trends. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/3Qxzk9y
Here are some nice mushrooms
A top down view of a dense colony of turkey tail mushrooms growing on the side of a snow covered log. Their wavy brown and tan shelves are like ruffled feathers on a hen’s back

All photos by me
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This is the second entry, and already shaping up to be our last, as all relevant release blockers have been dealt with! While we prepare for the stable release—no more than a week’s time from now—let’s enjoy one last roundup of changes. godotengine.org/article/rele...
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I called around to try to figure out why platforms are resisting a push to make them verify kids' ages — which feels like the most privacy-preserving way to address a lot of child safety issues. Here's what I learned: www.platformer.news/app-store-ag...