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Diverse 42 yr. legal career History geek, over-hill-and-dale bike commuter. Hugely enjoy cooking every day.
DEI is civil rights - still the law.
Diverse 42 yr. legal career History geek, over-hill-and-dale bike commuter. Hugely enjoy cooking every day.
DEI is civil rights - still the law.
Pinned
Who let the dogs out? 😂
This made my day. I hope it brightens yours. 🫶🏻
This made my day. I hope it brightens yours. 🫶🏻
It was me. I let the dogs out.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Defending ourselves from ourselves
Additional U.S. Marines being sent to Haiti to defend the embassy from gang attacks face a grim reality: They're increasingly being targeted by American-made, military-grade firearms.
Gangs wielding American guns await US Marines heading to Haiti
www.stripes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Defending ourselves from ourselves
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Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Next year, Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will hand $67 BILLION of YOUR taxpayer dollars over to corporations for a single tax break.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
Why? To "incentivize" research these companies did years ago.
Let that sink in. YOUR money being used to boost Amazon's profits even more.
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“It’s classic, textbook propaganda.”
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“It’s classic, textbook propaganda.”
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Why do they have mansions while too many people have only the streets.
Here’s a hot take: I don’t want to see lawmakers posting holiday pictures from their mansions — I don’t care which party.
Keep that shit to yourself.
Keep that shit to yourself.
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Why do they have mansions while too many people have only the streets.
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
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The Pentagon: “Completely false.”
The documents: “Read again.”
The truth?
It’s darker than the headlines say.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
The documents: “Read again.”
The truth?
It’s darker than the headlines say.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Pentagon: “Completely false.”
The documents: “Read again.”
The truth?
It’s darker than the headlines say.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
The documents: “Read again.”
The truth?
It’s darker than the headlines say.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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![picture of beautiful hispanic or latino woman [White people can see Big Foot, Loch Ness Ness Monster, aliens, Jesus in toast... l... But can't see a fascist dictatorship developing before their very eyes]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreiei5b2m4bfoz6g4joefqox4kn74gx75qjnch5gjfq654v6bbtyuru@jpeg)
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Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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I know it’s an unfair comparison but could you imagine Pres Biden or Pres Obama standing still; showing no concern if someone fainted around them?
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I know it’s an unfair comparison but could you imagine Pres Biden or Pres Obama standing still; showing no concern if someone fainted around them?
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
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Let's see how it's working out for them...
Oh.
Oh.
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Let's see how it's working out for them...
Oh.
Oh.
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Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
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Another one bites the dust...
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX) announces he will NOT seek re-election
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another one bites the dust...
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A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team.
Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
(Published June 2025)
Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
(Published June 2025)
A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.
A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team.
Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
(Published June 2025)
Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
(Published June 2025)
If anyone said this of US airspace, would we consider it an act of war?
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If anyone said this of US airspace, would we consider it an act of war?
On 26 January 1943, Dudley Morton, commanding USS Wahoo, ordered the machine gunning of 20 lifeboats and hundreds of survivors in the water. Morton had misidentified the survivors as solely Japanese; in fact, they were mainly Indian POWs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On 26 January 1943, Dudley Morton, commanding USS Wahoo, ordered the machine gunning of 20 lifeboats and hundreds of survivors in the water. Morton had misidentified the survivors as solely Japanese; in fact, they were mainly Indian POWs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
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An OpenAI safety research leader who helped shape ChatGPT’s responses to users experiencing mental health crises announced her departure from the company internally last month, WIRED has learned.
A Research Leader Behind ChatGPT’s Mental Health Work Is Leaving OpenAI
The model policy team leads core parts of AI safety research, including how ChatGPT responds to users in crisis.
wrd.cm
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
An OpenAI safety research leader who helped shape ChatGPT’s responses to users experiencing mental health crises announced her departure from the company internally last month, WIRED has learned.
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Oh, CONGRESS is on it?
Was Barney Fife not available?
Was Barney Fife not available?
Senate Armed Services Committee responds to news stories about the alleged double tap strike:
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Oh, CONGRESS is on it?
Was Barney Fife not available?
Was Barney Fife not available?
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From my Cato colleagues in February: "We find that all immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis... Noncitizens were 7.3 percent of the population and consumed just 3.5 percent of all welfare and entitlement benefits."
Immigrants Used Less Welfare than Native-Born Americans in 2022
Rather than reaching toward expensive mass deportations as a solution to fiscal issues, the more free-market, libertarian, and fiscally responsible solution is to build a higher wall around the welfar...
www.cato.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
From my Cato colleagues in February: "We find that all immigrants consumed 21 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native-born Americans on a per capita basis... Noncitizens were 7.3 percent of the population and consumed just 3.5 percent of all welfare and entitlement benefits."