Franko
@intentionalone.bsky.social
Musician, Dancer, Dog Lover, Dad. LGBTQ-IA+ friendly. BIPOC. I play in a few Celtic bands (Mostly trad Irish and Scottish in main band) and fill in with a few more. + a jazz band. Portland, OR. USA. He/Him
#FreePalestine
#EndGenocide
#BLM
#StopAsianHate
#FreePalestine
#EndGenocide
#BLM
#StopAsianHate
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Goods Unite Us app to see what companies support whom. Website and app for your device.
www.goodsuniteus.com
www.goodsuniteus.com
Home - Goods Unite Us
At Goods Unite Us, we run political background checks on thousands of brands and companies so you can put your money where your vote is.
www.goodsuniteus.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Goods Unite Us app to see what companies support whom. Website and app for your device.
www.goodsuniteus.com
www.goodsuniteus.com
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The State Department's procurement forecast for 2025 included a $400 million contract for "Armored Tesla (Production Units)."
The State Department is planning to buy $400 million worth of armored Teslas
The State Department's procurement forecast for 2025 included a $400 million contract for "Armored Tesla (Production Units)."
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The State Department's procurement forecast for 2025 included a $400 million contract for "Armored Tesla (Production Units)."
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JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Human brain samples contain an entire spoon's worth of nanoplastics, study says.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/h...
"The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.48% by weight," Campen said.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/h...
"The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.48% by weight," Campen said.
February 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Human brain samples contain an entire spoon's worth of nanoplastics, study says.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/h...
"The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.48% by weight," Campen said.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/h...
"The concentrations we saw in the brain tissue of normal individuals, who had an average age of around 45 or 50 years old, were 4,800 micrograms per gram, or 0.48% by weight," Campen said.
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I've been largely quiet on this hoping it would fade away or more information would be unearthed, but since it's all over the place, I need to say my piece. I'm not attending & I don't recommend participating.
To be clear, I hope this is wildly successful and they are safe. But I'm worried. A🧵 (1/)
To be clear, I hope this is wildly successful and they are safe. But I'm worried. A🧵 (1/)
February 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I've been largely quiet on this hoping it would fade away or more information would be unearthed, but since it's all over the place, I need to say my piece. I'm not attending & I don't recommend participating.
To be clear, I hope this is wildly successful and they are safe. But I'm worried. A🧵 (1/)
To be clear, I hope this is wildly successful and they are safe. But I'm worried. A🧵 (1/)
"Evidence from whole genome sequencing of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover"
www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
February 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"Evidence from whole genome sequencing of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover"
www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
www.ajicjournal.org/article/S019...
How you can help
This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility
We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests
This is "We Have Rights: When Documenting ICE Arrests" by MediaTank on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
How you can help
Pssst. Here's where you can find CDC data up until the blackout started.
ah cool, an archive of all CDC data before they tampered with it
CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Pssst. Here's where you can find CDC data up until the blackout started.
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NEW: Two top security officials at USAID were put on admin leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Musk’s DOGE to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement, multiple sources familiar told CNN www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NEW: Two top security officials at USAID were put on admin leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Musk’s DOGE to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement, multiple sources familiar told CNN www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
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Someone tell Schumer that the OPM is being taken over by college students protesting a genocide so we can actually see some urgency from the opposition party
February 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Someone tell Schumer that the OPM is being taken over by college students protesting a genocide so we can actually see some urgency from the opposition party
‘Disgusting’: New Orleans archbishop condemned over food bank firings
Ousted leaders say Gregory Aymond removed them after they refused to fund sexual abuse lawsuit settlements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ousted leaders say Gregory Aymond removed them after they refused to fund sexual abuse lawsuit settlements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Disgusting’: New Orleans archbishop condemned over food bank firings
Ousted leaders say Gregory Aymond removed them after they refused to fund sexual abuse lawsuit settlements
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
‘Disgusting’: New Orleans archbishop condemned over food bank firings
Ousted leaders say Gregory Aymond removed them after they refused to fund sexual abuse lawsuit settlements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ousted leaders say Gregory Aymond removed them after they refused to fund sexual abuse lawsuit settlements.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We need something to happen in the USA. This style or revolutionary French style.
Massive rally in Berlin against against far-right fascism. 🙌🙏💪👏👊👇
January 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We need something to happen in the USA. This style or revolutionary French style.
Food safety a joke. More accommodationing for Highly Pathological Avian Influenza to run rampant. No problem if we get no results due to NOT testing, AMIRITE?????
/SARCASMING SO HARD NOW
/SARCASMING SO HARD NOW
Exclusive: Security agents escorted the inspector general of the US Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/3WFljtY
Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House
Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
reut.rs
January 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Food safety a joke. More accommodationing for Highly Pathological Avian Influenza to run rampant. No problem if we get no results due to NOT testing, AMIRITE?????
/SARCASMING SO HARD NOW
/SARCASMING SO HARD NOW
"A memo from the White House budget office is calling for a spending freeze on federal assistance by 5 p.m. Tuesday, which could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants."
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
Trump administration orders federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants and more aid
The freeze could have wide-ranging implications, with the White House noting that $3 trillion was spent in 2024 on federal assistance programs.
www.cbsnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"A memo from the White House budget office is calling for a spending freeze on federal assistance by 5 p.m. Tuesday, which could affect everything from aid to nonprofits, universities, small business loans and state and local government grants."
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
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drag our asses ccp — we have long had it coming
For people who need villains to wear shirts saying “I’m the villain,” here you go.
Top AI Investor Says Goal Is to Crash Human Wages
AI totally "crashing" everyone's wages is a necessary stepping stone towards a better future, argues billionaire Marcus Andreessen.
futurism.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
drag our asses ccp — we have long had it coming
This is absurd. Why the fuck should the US governments desire take precedent over something like this in international waters?
Google Maps will change the name of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post reut.rs/40yWz7J
Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US users
Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.
reut.rs
January 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This is absurd. Why the fuck should the US governments desire take precedent over something like this in international waters?
Safer ways to feed the birds.... Feed the birds......
Also reminder that if you draw birds to places where dogs, cats, and humans walk, you are inviting diseases to jump the species.
www.homesandgardens.com/gardens/bird...
#AvianFlu
#H5N1
#HPAI
#PDX
#Dogs
#Cats
Also reminder that if you draw birds to places where dogs, cats, and humans walk, you are inviting diseases to jump the species.
www.homesandgardens.com/gardens/bird...
#AvianFlu
#H5N1
#HPAI
#PDX
#Dogs
#Cats
Bird feeder alternatives – wildlife experts reveal creative and safe ways to feed birds during the avian flu outbreak
With rising cases of bird flu across North America, some states are recommending taking traditional bird feeders down
www.homesandgardens.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Hint to Dems: "they are going to kill you" counts as a kitchen table issue to voters
if any Democrats besides AOC want to weigh in about the misrule that's already been prevalent over this first week that'd be pretty cool
January 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Hint to Dems: "they are going to kill you" counts as a kitchen table issue to voters
"When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, following a presidential election of a candidate whose slogan is “Make America Great Again”— her intentions weren’t to prophesize...."
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Octavia Butler Wanted to Prevent Disaster in Los Angeles. Instead, She Predicted It
Many have called Butler a prophet for her futuristic prediction on L.A. fires in her novel 'Parable of the Sower,' but her fans see a deeper meaning.
www.rollingstone.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, following a presidential election of a candidate whose slogan is “Make America Great Again”— her intentions weren’t to prophesize...."
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
The Trump administration has just authorized Department of Justice officers (Bureau of Prisons, ATF, US Marshals, DEA etc.), who have not traditionally had such authority, to enforce immigration law, effectively multiplying available federal agents for deportation.
January 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tennessee, why you gotta be such an incubator for hate and violence???
#Nashville
#Nazi
#Neo-Nazi
#GoyimDefenseLeague
#Nashville
#Nazi
#Neo-Nazi
#GoyimDefenseLeague
Latest school shooter:
"...Henderson wrote he "was ashamed to be Black.
He was anti-Semitic in his writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer.
Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke,..."
"...Henderson wrote he "was ashamed to be Black.
He was anti-Semitic in his writings and posted a flyer from the Goyim Defense League, which is a neo-Nazi white supremacy group that visited Nashville this summer.
Candance Owens influenced me above all each time she spoke,..."
January 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Tennessee, why you gotta be such an incubator for hate and violence???
#Nashville
#Nazi
#Neo-Nazi
#GoyimDefenseLeague
#Nashville
#Nazi
#Neo-Nazi
#GoyimDefenseLeague
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to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
January 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country