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🇵🇭🇺🇸 👾🖖🏽 siya/he/him; gringo filipino in ALX/NoVA, PhD ekomomista, marine veteran; Vallejo born; #UCSC 🍌🐌, SF State🐊, UC Berkeley🐻. #NAFO 🇺🇦 🇹🇼, #FTTB, #DubNation, #NorCal, & #COYS. personal acct; skeets,likes,reposts are not views of employer or 🇺🇸 govt

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p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 25d

You can’t go wrong by saying “BOTH” for a lot of stuff you’re seeing here in the 🇺🇸 now

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26d

This is either engineered to create mass chaos in the cruelest possible fashion, or is a consequence of complete incompetence. I suspect both, though by different people in the chain of command leading to this executive order.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 20h

Article One of the United States Constitution, not in effect

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 22h

we’re already at 10 migration fleets?

p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 1d

you have it recorded or is it available to stream again?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

briefly interrupting my shame posting to tap one of the other signs: a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

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Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.

Trump’s claim that National Guard members beat child gang members on the streets of Washington was disputed even by the military.

theintercept.com

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p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 1d

here on bluesky for DA POPE content

(can’t wait for his basketball takes)

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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CFPB Union @nteu335.bsky.social · 1d

And it will get even worse if Trump & Vought get to fire our staff and starve the agency of funds. Call Congress and tell them to restore our funds. Hat tip to @consumerfed.bsky.social & @borrowerjustice.bsky.social.

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In Eight Months, Trump’s CFPB Has Let More Than 40 Lawbreakers Off the Hook · Consumer Federation of America

An updated memo from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and Protect Borrowers reveals that the Trump-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has quietly dismissed or rolled back 42…

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

We need more D’Angelo posts

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Squall @squallleonhart.gay · 2d

ALL THE WRONG PEOPLE KEEP DYING 😭😭😭

D’Angelo, Neo-Soul Pioneer and ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel)’ Singer, Dies at 51

Legendary R&B singer D'Angelo, who released three albums throughout his career, has died. He was 51.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 2d

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p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 2d

giant sucking sound of fees, commissions, and charges to the asset managers, me thinks

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Nic Duquette @nicduquette.bsky.social · 4d

The push by private equity and private credit firms to get their product into retirement accounts is so laughable. There is already a way to tap into the capital in 401ks — take your companies public!

www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

Wall Street Is Pushing Private Assets Into 401(k)s. We Asked Whether Anyone Wants Them.

Survey by Harris Poll on behalf of WSJ finds that only 10% of respondents are dissatisfied with their 401(k) investment offerings; yet many Americans are persuadable.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 2d

lol this post showed up on my feed right after yours (great acct btw). fighting cocks errrywhere

Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 2d

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "Get the fuck out of my timeline"

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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 2d

@repnikema.bsky.social TY for supporting federal workers + public services. Paul Osadebe & Palmer Heenan were fired for exposing civil rights & fair housing violations inside Housing & Urban Development. Federal workers exist to protect women + victims of civil rights abuses. Reinstate them.

Two men in suits carrying backpacks hug. One has a grim expression. The men were just fired from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for exposing the violation of fair housing and civil rights policies.

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 3d

It is, quite literally, *his job* to know whether the executive branch is implementing the programs and spending Congress authorized. This isn't pretending he doesn't know what awful thing Trump said. This is his Constitutional obligation that he is now derelict from fulfilling.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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The EDU Ledger @theeduledger.bsky.social · 3d

Views | In his latest op-ed for The EDU Ledger, Dr. Keith Curry (@iamkeithcurry.bsky.social) shares a motivational call to action for higher education leaders to embrace bold, collaborative, and student-centered solutions.

Unapologetic Leadership: Yeah, Uh-Huh, You Know- What it is Maroon and Gray

Practitioners and policymakers must stop engaging in the same old, same old because that’s how you yield the same results. I am done with people saying, “This is how we’ve always done it” or “this is ...

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 4d

if you watch these shorts you can see that tactical clothing and gear is essentially a guilty pleasure for men to have the same level of accessories as women

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Polish Army wz.93 Loadout 🇵🇱 #shorts

YouTube video by TrueMobster

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p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 4d

must be why these equipment systems have names like MOLLE and ALICE here in the 🇺🇸

p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 4d

avoiding hamstring or other injury risks on non-essential activities, perhaps?

p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 4d

This is 20th in the league, relegation two divisions down bad. All the points came from the Jets kicker and defense!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 4d

raise your hand if you know about Kessler syndrome from watching the anime series PLANETES 🖐️

IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 6d

Low Earth orbit is filling up. Not just with #satellites, but also with dangerous, tumbling debris. As they collide, they multiply. If we do nothing, satellites will crash, creating chaos on Earth below. Meet the people trying to prevent this disaster. spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-synd...

p.a.lapid, phd 🎃👻💀🪦 @palapid.bsky.social · 4d

exactly what I think of when I see articles on space debris

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 5d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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