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A poet, wrapped in an enigma, wrapped in chenille.
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NEW— "A lot of children have passed the point of no return...The gut lining has started to auto-digest & will no longer [absorb] water or nutrition. Death is imminent for 1000s"
An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us:
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...
An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us:
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...
‘Past The Point Of No Return’: Doctor Describes How Starvation In Gaza Is Driving Mass Death
"In August and September, there are probably still going to be ... large numbers of deaths because children have already passed the tipping point," Mark Brauner, who volunteered in Gaza last month, to...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
NEW— "A lot of children have passed the point of no return...The gut lining has started to auto-digest & will no longer [absorb] water or nutrition. Death is imminent for 1000s"
An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us:
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...
An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us:
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...
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"In a small house, the tide of objects / is driven by you."
"Interior with collection of tie tacks" by @jeanneobbard.bsky.social
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"Interior with collection of tie tacks" by @jeanneobbard.bsky.social
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Interior with collection of tie tacks
by Jeanne Obbard
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June 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"In a small house, the tide of objects / is driven by you."
"Interior with collection of tie tacks" by @jeanneobbard.bsky.social
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"Interior with collection of tie tacks" by @jeanneobbard.bsky.social
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“I am disrupting business as usual,” Booker told TPM. “I am not allowing us to just carry on with the expected order of the Senate.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
Inside Cory Booker’s Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor
A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m....
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“I am disrupting business as usual,” Booker told TPM. “I am not allowing us to just carry on with the expected order of the Senate.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-...
Regret to inform you that it's the end of Women's History month and I have made zero history
April 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Regret to inform you that it's the end of Women's History month and I have made zero history
This is why it's very important to get your niche memes right the first time
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This is why it's very important to get your niche memes right the first time
What's funny is I made this prior to the episode where she actually says it to him
March 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What's funny is I made this prior to the episode where she actually says it to him
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Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
THE INSIDE STORY:
THE INSIDE STORY:
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Elon Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
THE INSIDE STORY:
THE INSIDE STORY:
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
Every product becoming more and more heavily scented while more and more people develop fragrance sensitivities is just very late stage something
March 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every product becoming more and more heavily scented while more and more people develop fragrance sensitivities is just very late stage something
Leopards.
The Dallas Fed's Manufacturing Activity Index records comments every month from its respondents (factories in southern NM, TX, and northern LA). These typically run pretty far to the right of the WSJ Editorial page. Anyhow, here's what they're saying this month:
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![February 24, 2025
Comments from survey respondents
These comments are from respondents’ completed surveys and have been edited for publication.
Chemical manufacturing
The dynamic tariff situation is one for us to follow and seek to understand. The approach to improve export tariffs for U.S. companies seeking to deliver goods in foreign countries is good, and we believe the current tactic of reciprocal tariffs could drive improvement for U.S. export competitiveness.
Tariff threats and uncertainty are extremely disruptive.
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
Keep lowering interest rates, please.
The overall effects of administrative change have stalled consumer and customer spending.
We are uncertain as to the full impact of tariffs related to our business. We procure parts from overseas. We have lost business opportunities for production of goods that goes to other countries as a result of tariffs. We may see new opportunities for products built elsewhere for companies who wish to shift manufacturing to the U.S. to avoid tariffs. There is much uncertainty at the moment as to how this will shake out.
With some of the new Buy America changes and tariffs incoming, we are looking at closing the business.
We are seeing broad signals of demand cyclically recovering. Personal electronics, communications equipment and enterprise business are now several quarters into a cyclical recovery. We are seeing industrial and automotive inventories cleaned out, and our revenues are returning to consumption.
Fabricated metal product manufacturing
We are starting to see old requests for quotations starting to receive purchase orders. We are still having issues filling positions.
We are still in a low-volume period but are holding steady as we’ve flexed down capacity and costs accordingly.
Food manufacturing
President Trump’s freeze on government contracts has had a dramatic impact on us. USAID [United States Agency for International Development] is our major customer. That as…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreidab44c624nghp4nt57pydbnfn6nk6tl62nuhybbmq2ni7inx5kdm@jpeg)
![Miscellaneous manufacturing
Sales volumes have been trending downward in the last 28 months. We have cut hours to 36 per week, and it is not enough to get profitable. Next week, we are cutting further to 32 hours and laying off three people. The uncertainty in tariff threats and general chaos of another Trump presidency is weighing heavy on our business. All customers are decreasing or pushing out orders—taking a wait-and-see posture. Automotive OEM [original equipment manufacturer] and aftermarket represents 72 percent of our sales. The outlook from automotive OEM is that production should begin to pick up in second quarter 2025, but no firm increases have been promised. The outlook is bleak.
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
It is very hard to plan. Interest rates? Tariffs? Wow.
Paper manufacturing
Currently it is very slow, and we started reduced production hours in the plant. Orders are also very slow. A price increase in the industry has been delayed 30 days due to softness.
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
Customers, vendors and ourselves are all trying to get ahead of anticipated global trade challenges. It is stressing capacities, especially with production personnel.
Primary metal manufacturing
The proposed 25 percent tariffs on steel imports will directly and favorably improve the bottom line as a domestic steel manufacturer. However, uncertainty is sky high.
It is A Tale of Two Cities. February was down compared with January, but our outlook remains positive due to the 25 percent Section 232 tariff on aluminum. This tariff is expected to slow the influx of foreign aluminum from Mexico and other countries. Currently, a significant amount of aluminum is being dumped into the U.S. market, with many countries subsidizing their exports to gain a competitive edge. The bottom line: If the tariffs remain in place, they will benefit our industry. However, if they are reversed, many companies in our sector will struggle to survive.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Leopards.
I'm not pro-irony in place of sincerity and effort, but at the same time the pitchbot is the only thing keeping me going. What can I say I contain multitudes
Opinion | Trump’s new tone
March 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I'm not pro-irony in place of sincerity and effort, but at the same time the pitchbot is the only thing keeping me going. What can I say I contain multitudes
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None of this is normal
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
None of this is normal
It's unclear if they will pick the strains or not. I am pretty scared though... many of us need those shots.
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It's unclear if they will pick the strains or not. I am pretty scared though... many of us need those shots.
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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
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Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!
March 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!
So the thing is, Zelenskyy has been only wearing military clothes since the war started. He was an entertainer and it's an intentional choice, I assume to a) signal his allegiance with Ukrainian troops b) signal that his country is in a state of emergency.
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So the thing is, Zelenskyy has been only wearing military clothes since the war started. He was an entertainer and it's an intentional choice, I assume to a) signal his allegiance with Ukrainian troops b) signal that his country is in a state of emergency.
Look at this beautiful creature 😭 we don't deserve the world
March 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Look at this beautiful creature 😭 we don't deserve the world
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Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Worth noting that when the war started Zelensky’s English was very shaky and he’s clearly spent a ton of time improving it for exactly this purpose.
I feel like this is Elon living up to his family's N@zi dreams of eugenically doing away with every non-white person
U.S. Terminates Fundind Around the World www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h... "People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I feel like this is Elon living up to his family's N@zi dreams of eugenically doing away with every non-white person
Babe are you okay you've barely touched your fear for the fate of the republic today
February 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Babe are you okay you've barely touched your fear for the fate of the republic today
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
For a person who is pretty good at words, I am exceptionally bad at word games and it is my secret shame
February 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
For a person who is pretty good at words, I am exceptionally bad at word games and it is my secret shame
Hear me out but I'm starting to think Nate is not a high IQ people
February 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hear me out but I'm starting to think Nate is not a high IQ people
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Nazi salutes are having a moment. Our critic weighs in.
Steve Bannon’s offered precise form worthy of 1930s Germany, but Elon Musk’s honored the drug-fueled mania of the original Nazis.
Steve Bannon’s offered precise form worthy of 1930s Germany, but Elon Musk’s honored the drug-fueled mania of the original Nazis.
February 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Nazi salutes are having a moment. Our critic weighs in.
Steve Bannon’s offered precise form worthy of 1930s Germany, but Elon Musk’s honored the drug-fueled mania of the original Nazis.
Steve Bannon’s offered precise form worthy of 1930s Germany, but Elon Musk’s honored the drug-fueled mania of the original Nazis.
White Lotus theme song has changed and I don’t think Mike White realizes just how little it will take to push his core audience of white liberals over the edge
I need a wellness check
I need a wellness check
February 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
White Lotus theme song has changed and I don’t think Mike White realizes just how little it will take to push his core audience of white liberals over the edge
I need a wellness check
I need a wellness check