WhatRWeDoingHere
@voteblue4vr.bsky.social
Lifelong liberal, eclectic creative, eternally optimistic realist, avid reader, movie lover.
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The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
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Behold the greatest economy in the history of the world
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Behold the greatest economy in the history of the world
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Here is the link to the ACIP livestream if you want to follow along with the goat rodeo.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpth...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpth...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - December 4, 2025 - Day 1 of 2
YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
m.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Here is the link to the ACIP livestream if you want to follow along with the goat rodeo.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpth...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpth...
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House GOP Accuses Truman Scholarship of Liberal Bias as Dems Talk College Costs
Republicans held a hearing airing accusations that the prestigious program heavily favors left-leaning candidates. No one from the scholarship foundation was invited.
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Republicans held a hearing airing accusations that the prestigious program heavily favors left-leaning candidates. No one from the scholarship foundation was invited.
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
House Republicans Accuse Truman Scholarship of Liberal Bias
Republicans held a hearing airing accusations that the prestigious program heavily favors left-leaning candidates. No one from the scholarship foundation was invited.
www.insidehighered.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
House GOP Accuses Truman Scholarship of Liberal Bias as Dems Talk College Costs
Republicans held a hearing airing accusations that the prestigious program heavily favors left-leaning candidates. No one from the scholarship foundation was invited.
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Republicans held a hearing airing accusations that the prestigious program heavily favors left-leaning candidates. No one from the scholarship foundation was invited.
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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It’s only right that AI firms that trawl Wikipedia should be required to pay for the privilege. The large-scale trawling is costing Wikipedia $$$. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Wikipedia seeks more AI licensing deals similar to Google tie-up, co-founder Wales says
It's a bid to help the firm monetize AI companies' heavy reliance on its content.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s only right that AI firms that trawl Wikipedia should be required to pay for the privilege. The large-scale trawling is costing Wikipedia $$$. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Whoops bsky.app/profile/carl...
Real wages (after inflation) were growing at 2.0% last year. Now it’s 0.8% — “clearly playing into what the majority of American households would define as an affordability crisis.”
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December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Whoops bsky.app/profile/carl...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump has weaponized the pardon as a tool of executive lawbreaking and misconduct,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
“Trump has weaponized the pardon as a tool of executive lawbreaking and misconduct,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
Opinion | Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most
In the right hands, the pardon power is too strong. In the wrong hands, it is disastrous.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Trump has weaponized the pardon as a tool of executive lawbreaking and misconduct,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
“Trump has weaponized the pardon as a tool of executive lawbreaking and misconduct,” our columnist Jamelle Bouie writes.
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🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
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As the U.S. doubles down on gas powered vehicles, the world will quickly move to smarter choices.
I read this week how one of the top marketing people at GM was still talking about range anxiety.
I read this week how one of the top marketing people at GM was still talking about range anxiety.
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
As the U.S. doubles down on gas powered vehicles, the world will quickly move to smarter choices.
I read this week how one of the top marketing people at GM was still talking about range anxiety.
I read this week how one of the top marketing people at GM was still talking about range anxiety.
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Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.
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Bellingcat has pieced together a detailed view of a crisis that has left much of Mali in the dark. Learn how the attacks behind the fuel shortages brought daily life to a halt here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Bellingcat has pieced together a detailed view of a crisis that has left much of Mali in the dark. Learn how the attacks behind the fuel shortages brought daily life to a halt here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
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Remember when I said RFK Jr doesn’t have to say he’s banning vaccines to effectively make them disappear, and that you should—after consulting a medical pro—consider getting all the vaccines you think you might need over the next 5 years?
Well, Walker, who knows of what he speaks, might agree.
Well, Walker, who knows of what he speaks, might agree.
It may get significantly more difficult over the next three years to get vaccines in the United States.
Which is shocking and devastating.
People will die.
Which is shocking and devastating.
People will die.
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Remember when I said RFK Jr doesn’t have to say he’s banning vaccines to effectively make them disappear, and that you should—after consulting a medical pro—consider getting all the vaccines you think you might need over the next 5 years?
Well, Walker, who knows of what he speaks, might agree.
Well, Walker, who knows of what he speaks, might agree.
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💸Russia is draining their National Wealth Fund more to prop up their collapsing economy.
Last MONTH, they sold 2.7B rubles in gold and foreign currency. This month, it's 5.6B rubles PER DAY.
That Wealth Fund spending pause ended quickly. Seems things are worse than expected.📉
Last MONTH, they sold 2.7B rubles in gold and foreign currency. This month, it's 5.6B rubles PER DAY.
That Wealth Fund spending pause ended quickly. Seems things are worse than expected.📉
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
💸Russia is draining their National Wealth Fund more to prop up their collapsing economy.
Last MONTH, they sold 2.7B rubles in gold and foreign currency. This month, it's 5.6B rubles PER DAY.
That Wealth Fund spending pause ended quickly. Seems things are worse than expected.📉
Last MONTH, they sold 2.7B rubles in gold and foreign currency. This month, it's 5.6B rubles PER DAY.
That Wealth Fund spending pause ended quickly. Seems things are worse than expected.📉
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"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states," George Packer writes, by "erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence":
Condemning Millions for One Man’s Crime
The sanctity of the individual is an essential Western value.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states," George Packer writes, by "erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence":
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Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
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Past work in content moderation or in tackling misinformation and disinformation could be grounds for rejection.
US will expand social media, work history vetting for H-1B visas
Past work in content moderation or in tackling misinformation and disinformation could be grounds for rejection.
bit.ly
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Past work in content moderation or in tackling misinformation and disinformation could be grounds for rejection.
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Lawrence O’Donnell reveals more about the Epstein files. Some of the children were as young as 11 yrs old.
It is important to keep our focus on those files until they are released to the public unredacted, sans the victims' identities.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtube.com/watch?v=YZIr...
It is important to keep our focus on those files until they are released to the public unredacted, sans the victims' identities.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtube.com/watch?v=YZIr...
Lawrence: Trump heightens insanity of war-mongering as Epstein island images released
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Lawrence O’Donnell reveals more about the Epstein files. Some of the children were as young as 11 yrs old.
It is important to keep our focus on those files until they are released to the public unredacted, sans the victims' identities.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtube.com/watch?v=YZIr...
It is important to keep our focus on those files until they are released to the public unredacted, sans the victims' identities.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
youtube.com/watch?v=YZIr...
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Bingo. That's what grinds my gears about making this into an "oh no data centers" problem.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
I'm willing to bet every ag heavy state has stories like this, and it never gets the national coverage it should.
Our Dirty Water: Nebraska’s nitrate problem is growing worse. It’s likely harming our kids. - Flatwater Free Press
Nebraska's nitrate level has doubled in the past four decades. Despite this, state and local governments have taken little action to regulate the farming practices that lead to nitrate seeping into ou...
flatwaterfreepress.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Bingo. That's what grinds my gears about making this into an "oh no data centers" problem.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
That implies that it's new, & restricted to where there are data centers. Absolutely not the case. This is bog standard for rural areas with a lot of livestock, & has been for decades.
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Pretty scathing take down of Hillary Clinton's obsession with the idea that TikTok is the only reason for pro Palestinian sentiment— by an Israeli Jew in Haaretz
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok for Gaza 'propaganda.' She can't see her own complicity
By Boiling Down Backlash Against Israel to a Social Media Problem, Clinton and Her Allies Seem to Have Forgotten They're Still in an Echo Chamber That They Built With Their Own Hands and Words
www.haaretz.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Pretty scathing take down of Hillary Clinton's obsession with the idea that TikTok is the only reason for pro Palestinian sentiment— by an Israeli Jew in Haaretz
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
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subscribe to the handbasket, a one-person operation that produced both of these stories in one day.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
subscribe to the handbasket, a one-person operation that produced both of these stories in one day.
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The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
11 Senate Democrats just voted to advance the nomination of a Federal Society judge who used to defend banks and payday lenders:
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
Durbin
Gallego
Hassan
Hirono
Kaine
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Reed
Rosen
Whitehouse
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The President of the United States is trying to throw Mark Kelly in prison and Mark Kelly's response is to confirm judges who have committed to putting him in prison
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Congrats to the new Senior Fellow at the Riley Gaines Institute for Advanced Fake Aggrievement, with joint appointment at the Mediocre White Girl Wingnut Welfare Foundation
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Congrats to the new Senior Fellow at the Riley Gaines Institute for Advanced Fake Aggrievement, with joint appointment at the Mediocre White Girl Wingnut Welfare Foundation
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This gets a repost because these numbers are infuriating: There are over 20,000 homeless families -- families -- and 35,000 children now sheltered in the city of New York, one of the richest in the world. If you too are now angry at this, maybe take a moment and do a small, decent thing with that:
Our Holiday Toy Drive for 2025 is on now! Let’s spread the joy this season with something as simple as a gift for a child in need. Your gift – whether it’s a stuffed animal, a book, or a game – isn’t just a toy. It’s proof that someone cares. www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/event/holida...
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This gets a repost because these numbers are infuriating: There are over 20,000 homeless families -- families -- and 35,000 children now sheltered in the city of New York, one of the richest in the world. If you too are now angry at this, maybe take a moment and do a small, decent thing with that:
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Much is being made, including by me, of how these mooks stood there grinning as Trump spewed a steady stream of vile racism appalling even for him. But watch Antonio Filosa, the Italian CEO of Stellantis (formerly Chrysler)
For sanity, mute the sound, then scroll to 1:40 and watch him.
For sanity, mute the sound, then scroll to 1:40 and watch him.
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Much is being made, including by me, of how these mooks stood there grinning as Trump spewed a steady stream of vile racism appalling even for him. But watch Antonio Filosa, the Italian CEO of Stellantis (formerly Chrysler)
For sanity, mute the sound, then scroll to 1:40 and watch him.
For sanity, mute the sound, then scroll to 1:40 and watch him.