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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 3h

Considering everyone who is exempt or excepted is only to be doing "mission critical" work there is definitely going to be cuts that affect critical services

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3h

U.S. budget chief signals massive layoffs: Budget Director Russell Vought said the government is planning layoffs that could exceed 10,000 workers as part of federal cost-cutting measures. Vought cautions on critical services: He warned that the administration aims to avoid

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 3h

that's all DOGE was

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 10h

Wow!!

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 19h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10h

Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 9h

Utility rates and insurance premiums are sleeper political issues until they explode.

Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Data centers are "shaping up to be the mother of all political issues...pretty much everyone pays electric rates, & under Trump they’re starting to skyrocket...he’s simultaneously accelerating demand w/ his support for data center buildout, & constricting supply by shutting down cheap solar & wind."

Hey Grok, What's a Waste of Energy?

AI amidst the climate emergency

billmckibben.substack.com

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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 1d

Even the animals aren’t safe….

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 18h

Split your lungs with blood and thunder
When you see the white whale
Break your backs and crack your oars men
If you wish to prevail
This ivory leg is what propels me
Harpoons thrust in the sky
Aim directly for his crooked brow
And look him straight in the eye
White whale, holy grail

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 21h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Southland Conference @southlandsports.bsky.social · 20h

There’s only one thing left to do.

Closest gas stations to every Southland Football stadium ⛽️

They don’t call us the Gas Tank League for nothing 😉

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Grim Howldgson @timhodgson.bsky.social · 20h

i cannot get over that these fucking cowards were and are the same piss diaper whiny-ass titty babies caterwauling about masks in 2020

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 20h

Federal agents deployed tear gas in Albany Park Sunday as residents chased off agents who were trying to detain a neighbor. blockclubchi.co/4h6gHG2

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 20h

I’m not surprised because I expected this esp from this turdsucker. I have little faith that the government will ever get back to work like it did before this shutdown. This is part of the gameplan of Project 2025.

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Bort @senatorgiggity.bsky.social · 23h

Yeah that data in private hands wouldn't be an issue whatsoever

Reuters @reuters.com · 23h

Dating app Grindr confirms receiving go-private interest from shareholders reut.rs/3LbnbHN

Dating app Grindr confirms receiving go-private interest from shareholders

Grindr on Tuesday confirmed that its board had received a letter from shareholders Ray Zage and James Lu stating an interest in exploring the possibility of taking the dating app private.

reut.rs

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

saying he has a vagina neck is an insult to vaginas

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

The show was great! Incredible scenery. Kinda made me want to be a Polynesian man

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

you and me both, buddy. NGL, starting to freak out a little bit

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

AI bubble popping, housing market crash, car market crash. This is going to be the best collapse ever

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/lqFzx8skcQc?...

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The planet is grappling with a “new reality” as it reaches the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible climate tipping points: the widespread death of coral reefs, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists across the world. https://cnn.it/42EJdJ4

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

I know he did Man vs Food and dieted between seasons but there’s some irony, maybe karmic, that Adam Richman, who told a fat person to kill themselves, is now pretty fucking fat.

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not starting that yet!

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

Turang should’ve let it hit him. You got to in that situation.

Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck

a man in a white shirt and tie sitting at a desk

ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie sitting at a desk

media.tenor.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

An agreement is worthless if one party can just break it immediately without consequences.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, a good explainer of Dems' other shutdown demand, via @citizencohn.bsky.social. It's about trying to make it harder for the Trump admin to continue unilaterally (and illegally) cutting funding for government programs substack.com/home/post/p-...

The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government

It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.

substack.com

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

Blake Snell is in another dimension right now

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Couillon @diabsoule.bsky.social · 1d

WOW WOW WOW WOW!!! What just happened?!

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