valOrie p'O
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ARTIST, lifelong student of the philosophical nature of being, INFP, non-pretentious, latibulating introvert, atheist, vegan, pro D, knitting is meditation, tendancy to overthink, my '85 Westfalia is NOT "For Sale"
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Got some grievances to yell into the void???? @altairforce.altgov.info is hosting a space for you to do that 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
#FestivusForTheRestofUs
#FestivusForTheRestofUs
Ah..the airing of the grievances! Please feel free to use this space to air yours!
Just in time for festivus
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Got some grievances to yell into the void???? @altairforce.altgov.info is hosting a space for you to do that 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
#FestivusForTheRestofUs
#FestivusForTheRestofUs
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In California, we’re doing things with people — not to people — in an effort to make government more efficient and deliver real results for people.
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In California, we’re doing things with people — not to people — in an effort to make government more efficient and deliver real results for people.
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"'Palantir's software is operationally involved in every war zone, in almost every component of the U.S. government, and people in the U.S. government have seen it in action for a long time,' Karp said.”
“The deal is valued at $448 million.”
www.axios.com/2025/12/09/n...
“The deal is valued at $448 million.”
www.axios.com/2025/12/09/n...
Navy unveils "ShipOS" with Palantir to speed up shipbuilding
"This is, essentially, doing predictive work on supply chain management," CEO Alex Karp told reporters.
www.axios.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"'Palantir's software is operationally involved in every war zone, in almost every component of the U.S. government, and people in the U.S. government have seen it in action for a long time,' Karp said.”
“The deal is valued at $448 million.”
www.axios.com/2025/12/09/n...
“The deal is valued at $448 million.”
www.axios.com/2025/12/09/n...
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The Constitution protects our right to be judged by a jury of our peers.
Our legal experts break down why this right is foundational to our democracy.
Our legal experts break down why this right is foundational to our democracy.
Your Questions Answered: How Jury Duty Protects Your Rights | ACLU
Equally important, but less revered than voting; jury service is a powerful tool for holding the government accountable. ACLU experts answer your questions about jury service.
www.aclu.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Constitution protects our right to be judged by a jury of our peers.
Our legal experts break down why this right is foundational to our democracy.
Our legal experts break down why this right is foundational to our democracy.
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A new bill in Puerto Rico could severely limit its transparency law.
That’s a move in the wrong direction, especially as the territory is playing an increasing role in U.S. military plans.
That’s a move in the wrong direction, especially as the territory is playing an increasing role in U.S. military plans.
Puerto Rico may roll back transparency just when it matters the most
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón should reject SB 63, a new bill that rewrites the territory’s public records law for the worse
freedom.press
December 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A new bill in Puerto Rico could severely limit its transparency law.
That’s a move in the wrong direction, especially as the territory is playing an increasing role in U.S. military plans.
That’s a move in the wrong direction, especially as the territory is playing an increasing role in U.S. military plans.
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Mandatory social media disclosure and surveillance “has not proven effective at finding terrorists and other bad guys,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @NYTimes.com. “But it has chilled the free speech and invaded the privacy of innocent travelers” and Americans, too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize 5 Years of Social Media History for Foreign Tourists
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would be required to share five years’ worth of social media.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Mandatory social media disclosure and surveillance “has not proven effective at finding terrorists and other bad guys,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @NYTimes.com. “But it has chilled the free speech and invaded the privacy of innocent travelers” and Americans, too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/...
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"The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency—started the contract with Palantir at the end of October, and is paying the data analytics company to implement “Phase 0” of a “vetting of wedding-based schemes,” or “VOWS” platform."
fortune.com/2025/12/09/p...
fortune.com/2025/12/09/p...
New contract shows Palantir is working on a tech platform for another federal agency that works with ICE | Fortune
The contract language suggests the new relationship aims to root out fraud including “wedding-based schemes” in immigration services applications.
fortune.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency—started the contract with Palantir at the end of October, and is paying the data analytics company to implement “Phase 0” of a “vetting of wedding-based schemes,” or “VOWS” platform."
fortune.com/2025/12/09/p...
fortune.com/2025/12/09/p...
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"Maintaining the reliability and reach of the mail is not only a matter of efficiency or fairness. It is a condition for maintaining one of the nation’s quietest but most consequential health infrastructures." #usps #usmailnotforsale
How USPS network changes threaten prescription drug access for vulnerable populations | Brookings
New research shows how proposed USPS changes in rural areas may interrupt medication schedules and undermine public health.
www.brookings.edu
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Maintaining the reliability and reach of the mail is not only a matter of efficiency or fairness. It is a condition for maintaining one of the nation’s quietest but most consequential health infrastructures." #usps #usmailnotforsale
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✅ ✅ Two more towns have protected their communities from warrantless government surveillance.
Elected officials across the country should follow their lead and prevent Flock from tracking us as we go about our daily lives.
Elected officials across the country should follow their lead and prevent Flock from tracking us as we go about our daily lives.
Eugene and Springfield both announce end of Flock camera usage
The announcements, issued in separate press releases, come after months of public pushback.
www.opb.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
✅ ✅ Two more towns have protected their communities from warrantless government surveillance.
Elected officials across the country should follow their lead and prevent Flock from tracking us as we go about our daily lives.
Elected officials across the country should follow their lead and prevent Flock from tracking us as we go about our daily lives.
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Help us teach the next generation of journalists critical digital security skills with our J-school curriculum.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Help us teach the next generation of journalists critical digital security skills with our J-school curriculum.
Support us by donating this holiday season:
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CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
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www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
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It’s official: All of the Epstein, Maxwell secret grand jury docs will now be released
It’s official: All of the Epstein, Maxwell secret grand jury docs will now be released
A third judge granted DOJ’s request to unseal the materials.
dlvr.it
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s official: All of the Epstein, Maxwell secret grand jury docs will now be released
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Another W for democracy.
Another L for the rule of Don.
Another L for the rule of Don.
December 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Another W for democracy.
Another L for the rule of Don.
Another L for the rule of Don.
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Under international law, executing people outside a genuine armed conflict is an extrajudicial killing. Nothing about these strikes meets the legal threshold for war. But if we don't hold the president to account, a war is exactly what we may get.
Stop Trump's Murder Spree and We Could Also Stop a War With Venezuela
Under international law, executing people outside a genuine armed conflict is an extrajudicial killing. Nothing about these strikes meets the legal threshold for war. But if we don't hold the president to account, a war is exactly what we may get.
www.commondreams.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Under international law, executing people outside a genuine armed conflict is an extrajudicial killing. Nothing about these strikes meets the legal threshold for war. But if we don't hold the president to account, a war is exactly what we may get.
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A measure of the market's confidence in Trump's decisions:
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A measure of the market's confidence in Trump's decisions:
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
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The most expansive model of 287(g) partnership between state and local law enforcement and ICE is also the fastest-growing.
Dive into the data on the program ICE is counting on to meet its aggressive goals with this fantastic analysis by Andrew Thrasher: maxwellcommons.substack.com/p/everything...
Dive into the data on the program ICE is counting on to meet its aggressive goals with this fantastic analysis by Andrew Thrasher: maxwellcommons.substack.com/p/everything...
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The most expansive model of 287(g) partnership between state and local law enforcement and ICE is also the fastest-growing.
Dive into the data on the program ICE is counting on to meet its aggressive goals with this fantastic analysis by Andrew Thrasher: maxwellcommons.substack.com/p/everything...
Dive into the data on the program ICE is counting on to meet its aggressive goals with this fantastic analysis by Andrew Thrasher: maxwellcommons.substack.com/p/everything...
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Helpful tips for reporters from Poynter, especially in the Trump era when this is increasingly common.
(Example: tried to interview Kari Lake at the Kennedy Center. She began with a series of insults, invited a nearby conservative reporter to denounce us too, and then got an aide to record us.)
(Example: tried to interview Kari Lake at the Kennedy Center. She began with a series of insults, invited a nearby conservative reporter to denounce us too, and then got an aide to record us.)
Sooner or later, most journalists will face a moment when someone in power makes them the story, writes Poynter’s senior vice president and ethics chair Kelly McBride.
How should journalists respond to personal attacks from powerful people? Here are some tips: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
How should journalists respond to personal attacks from powerful people? Here are some tips: www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
When powerful people bully the press, they’re really trying to silence the public - Poynter
What looks like a personal attack is often an intimidation tactic aimed at the entire press and the people it serves
www.poynter.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Helpful tips for reporters from Poynter, especially in the Trump era when this is increasingly common.
(Example: tried to interview Kari Lake at the Kennedy Center. She began with a series of insults, invited a nearby conservative reporter to denounce us too, and then got an aide to record us.)
(Example: tried to interview Kari Lake at the Kennedy Center. She began with a series of insults, invited a nearby conservative reporter to denounce us too, and then got an aide to record us.)
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Bishop Vanessa M Brown and Bishop Yvette A. Flunder are two superheroes in life, in service, and in ministry. What an honor to learn from them. Come be in the convo tonight at 8pm ET.
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Bishop Vanessa M Brown and Bishop Yvette A. Flunder are two superheroes in life, in service, and in ministry. What an honor to learn from them. Come be in the convo tonight at 8pm ET.
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Adopt far-right policies to stop the far right gaining influence - continues to be the stupidest idea in European politics today.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Adopt far-right policies to stop the far right gaining influence - continues to be the stupidest idea in European politics today.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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You cannot "out far right" the far right. If you adopt one policy they want, they will always have more (and darker) policies to push. So, what then? You just keep following them down the path towards more human rights abuses and eventually atrocity crimes?
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
You cannot "out far right" the far right. If you adopt one policy they want, they will always have more (and darker) policies to push. So, what then? You just keep following them down the path towards more human rights abuses and eventually atrocity crimes?
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The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
No US government website can be trusted for science information.
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Today is the global day of solidarity with Starbucks workers. Follow @iufasia-pacific.bsky.social on here and @iufglobal on other platforms. They're small platforms with big solidarity content, give them some love! #NoContractNoCoffee
US Starbucks baristas are on strike — and we’re, FSPM Yogyakarta Region, standing with them. We support their fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting. #NoContractNoCoffee @sbworkersunited.bsky.social seiu.co/NoStarbucks
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today is the global day of solidarity with Starbucks workers. Follow @iufasia-pacific.bsky.social on here and @iufglobal on other platforms. They're small platforms with big solidarity content, give them some love! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Big Tech's rollout of AI data centers is happening behind closed doors & putting communities at risk.
While Big Tech lines its pockets, working people are facing higher electricity bills, and polluted air & water.
Our new policy guide helps elected officials protect consumers.
While Big Tech lines its pockets, working people are facing higher electricity bills, and polluted air & water.
Our new policy guide helps elected officials protect consumers.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Big Tech's rollout of AI data centers is happening behind closed doors & putting communities at risk.
While Big Tech lines its pockets, working people are facing higher electricity bills, and polluted air & water.
Our new policy guide helps elected officials protect consumers.
While Big Tech lines its pockets, working people are facing higher electricity bills, and polluted air & water.
Our new policy guide helps elected officials protect consumers.
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🔴🎥 Happening now: The Senate HELP Committee is holding a hearing on the path forward for retirement in the United States, and Alliance Executive Director Richard Fiesta is a witness. Follow along for updates!
Watch live: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/the-future-of-retirement
Watch live: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/the-future-of-retirement
The Future of Retirement | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Full Committee Hearing on December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
www.help.senate.gov
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
🔴🎥 Happening now: The Senate HELP Committee is holding a hearing on the path forward for retirement in the United States, and Alliance Executive Director Richard Fiesta is a witness. Follow along for updates!
Watch live: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/the-future-of-retirement
Watch live: https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/the-future-of-retirement
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In a series of lawsuits, Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments, and Berkshire were accused of failing to keep their tech out of Russian-made weapons used in Ukraine (Bloomberg)
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December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In a series of lawsuits, Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments, and Berkshire were accused of failing to keep their tech out of Russian-made weapons used in Ukraine (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink