Bích Ngọc Cao
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Democratic legislators need to learn organizing from whales www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Two killer whales are hunting great white sharks — to eat their livers
Two killer whales have killed dozens — if not hundreds — of sharks, including the vaunted great whites, with an ease that has stunned marine biologists.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Democratic legislators need to learn organizing from whales www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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February 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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*Four* National Magazine Award nominations for @motherjones.com, for
• General excellence
• Podcasting
• Profile
• Reporting
And, on top of that, two design nominations for
• Best still illustration
Couldn't be prouder of our crew!
www.asme.media/asme-announc...
• General excellence
• Podcasting
• Profile
• Reporting
And, on top of that, two design nominations for
• Best still illustration
Couldn't be prouder of our crew!
www.asme.media/asme-announc...
ASME ANNOUNCES NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2025 FINALISTS
www.asme.media
February 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
*Four* National Magazine Award nominations for @motherjones.com, for
• General excellence
• Podcasting
• Profile
• Reporting
And, on top of that, two design nominations for
• Best still illustration
Couldn't be prouder of our crew!
www.asme.media/asme-announc...
• General excellence
• Podcasting
• Profile
• Reporting
And, on top of that, two design nominations for
• Best still illustration
Couldn't be prouder of our crew!
www.asme.media/asme-announc...
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The Senate has officially confirmed RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
As @davidcorn.bsky.social wrote last month, this is the appointment that "could be the most dangerous act of Trump’s presidency."
As @davidcorn.bsky.social wrote last month, this is the appointment that "could be the most dangerous act of Trump’s presidency."
The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The depth of his extremism has not been fully conveyed to the public.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Senate has officially confirmed RFK Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
As @davidcorn.bsky.social wrote last month, this is the appointment that "could be the most dangerous act of Trump’s presidency."
As @davidcorn.bsky.social wrote last month, this is the appointment that "could be the most dangerous act of Trump’s presidency."
Mitch McConnell wants to be a hero now that he’s irrelevant. Let’s remember that he bears massive blame in creating this mess. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Mitch McConnell Could Have Stopped This
Just one Republican senator opposed the confirmation of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.
slate.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Mitch McConnell wants to be a hero now that he’s irrelevant. Let’s remember that he bears massive blame in creating this mess. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Here are the Dems who voted for Scott Bessent as Secretary of Treasury. Who just handed it over to Space Karen Musk 🤬
February 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here are the Dems who voted for Scott Bessent as Secretary of Treasury. Who just handed it over to Space Karen Musk 🤬
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
For Americans looking to flee: One fun thing that I realized during my trip to India last year is that nearly 100% of their population speaks English, with stunning fluency. Air quality can be horrifying around Delhi in the winter, but not so bad in the rest of the country.
February 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For Americans looking to flee: One fun thing that I realized during my trip to India last year is that nearly 100% of their population speaks English, with stunning fluency. Air quality can be horrifying around Delhi in the winter, but not so bad in the rest of the country.
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JUST IN:
"Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials."
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
"Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials."
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
JUST IN:
"Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials."
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
"Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials."
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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This is a huge red flag for a crucial, non-political federal agency.
Unlike NHTSA, NTSB has pulled no punches asserting that Tesla Autopilot is dangerously designed. Musk once hung up on the NTSB Chair: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Unlike NHTSA, NTSB has pulled no punches asserting that Tesla Autopilot is dangerously designed. Musk once hung up on the NTSB Chair: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
February 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is a huge red flag for a crucial, non-political federal agency.
Unlike NHTSA, NTSB has pulled no punches asserting that Tesla Autopilot is dangerously designed. Musk once hung up on the NTSB Chair: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Unlike NHTSA, NTSB has pulled no punches asserting that Tesla Autopilot is dangerously designed. Musk once hung up on the NTSB Chair: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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sources tell me you should handcuff yourself to the entrance of the treasury building so the media covers the government takeover from your pov instead of elon musk's
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
February 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
sources tell me you should handcuff yourself to the entrance of the treasury building so the media covers the government takeover from your pov instead of elon musk's
For liberals still driving Teslas, what’s your breaking point?
January 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
For liberals still driving Teslas, what’s your breaking point?
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Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion
December 25, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Just read the response from Costco to shareholders requesting it back down from DEI. It was glorious. It begins "Our Board has considered this proposal and believes … an enterprise rooted in respect and inclusion is appropriate and necessary." and gets better. A happy investor #diversityandinclusion
To be fair, the Dallas Express did notice. Their original reporting broke this story.
This is an incredible testament to the loss of local news coverage. A congresswoman disappeared for six months and no one noticed.
A U.S. Congresswoman disappeared for the last six months of her term. Nobody noticed.
Turns out she's in a memory care unit, & her staff (and apparently other people?) covered it up (though she was somehow propped up for an event a month ago?)
WILD story
Turns out she's in a memory care unit, & her staff (and apparently other people?) covered it up (though she was somehow propped up for an event a month ago?)
WILD story
December 22, 2024 at 9:45 PM
To be fair, the Dallas Express did notice. Their original reporting broke this story.
Excuse me, what? Our LA Deputy Mayor for Public Safety is being investigated for allegedly making a bomb threat against City Hall? www.latimes.com/california/s...
FBI agents search home of L.A. deputy mayor over City Hall bomb threat
The FBI searched the home of Deputy Mayor Brian Williams while looking into a bomb threat he 'allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year,' said a spokesperson for Mayor Karen Bass.
www.latimes.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Excuse me, what? Our LA Deputy Mayor for Public Safety is being investigated for allegedly making a bomb threat against City Hall? www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Given that they lost the White House, the Senate, AND failed to recapture the House, you could reasonably think the Democrats would try a different strategy than their usual gerontocratic approach. And when AOC launched a bid for a key congressional post, it looked like there was a chance.
Nope.
Nope.
Gerry Connolly beats AOC in race for key Democratic congressional post
So much for generational change.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Given that they lost the White House, the Senate, AND failed to recapture the House, you could reasonably think the Democrats would try a different strategy than their usual gerontocratic approach. And when AOC launched a bid for a key congressional post, it looked like there was a chance.
Nope.
Nope.
In short, people have terrible memories and are cranky about what’s happening today no matter what is actually happening www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Analysis | America’s best decade, according to data
When pollsters asked Americans when America had the best economy, most moral society or best music, one variable best predicted their answers. It wasn’t race, gender or politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
In short, people have terrible memories and are cranky about what’s happening today no matter what is actually happening www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Relevant: hundreds of millions(!) of pieces of fast fashion clothing items get dumped in Ghana every year. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
December 16, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Relevant: hundreds of millions(!) of pieces of fast fashion clothing items get dumped in Ghana every year. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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New: Trump is talking behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago about privatizing the Postal Service, sources say, citing financial losses
Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses
Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2024 at 4:21 PM
New: Trump is talking behind closed doors at Mar-a-Lago about privatizing the Postal Service, sources say, citing financial losses
Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Could remake one of the oldest institutions in all of American government
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
December 14, 2024 at 3:06 AM
“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain.
Trump is flooding the zone with so many unqualified people that it’s hard to keep track of them all. Weird detail on a supposed billionaire: “Mr. Boulos’s stake, according to securities filings, is worth $1.53.” Less than two dollars, not $1.53 billion. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
Trump’s Pick as Mideast Adviser, Massad Boulos, Is a Truck Salesman
The lore around Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, is that he is a billionaire dealmaker. Records show otherwise.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Trump is flooding the zone with so many unqualified people that it’s hard to keep track of them all. Weird detail on a supposed billionaire: “Mr. Boulos’s stake, according to securities filings, is worth $1.53.” Less than two dollars, not $1.53 billion. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/w...
Wow, oligarchs are even ruining go-karts. @clarajeffery.bsky.social I didn’t see this coming www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
These preteen go-kart drivers are spending millions for a shot at F1 racing
Parents are spending millions on karting for their kids, hoping it will eventually catapult them into F1 racing. It’s a mad, mad world. And we go inside.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Wow, oligarchs are even ruining go-karts. @clarajeffery.bsky.social I didn’t see this coming www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Shame on the LA City Council for continuing the same old segregationist policies of the past. Leaving 72% of our city zoned only for single-family homes will only exacerbate our current housing and homelessness crisis. We need fair and equitable housing for all. laist.com/news/housing...
Facing need for more housing, LA's City Council votes to keep new apartments away from homeowners
The city needs to rezone for more than a quarter-million new homes. Elected leaders decided to block new housing in single-family neighborhoods.
laist.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Shame on the LA City Council for continuing the same old segregationist policies of the past. Leaving 72% of our city zoned only for single-family homes will only exacerbate our current housing and homelessness crisis. We need fair and equitable housing for all. laist.com/news/housing...