Mike Toth
@miketoth.bsky.social
Fantasy Football, Excel geek. Remote Worker, Grognard.
Be kind, be accepting, be better
Be kind, be accepting, be better
@muellershewrote.com Might you know someone? Alfredo is a great person and deserves getting pointed in the right direction.
For those asking: “How can I help?”
We will need legal counsel.
I usually try to do everything on my own, but I cant imagine that finding affordable and effective legal counsel will be easy. If you have any recommendations, I’ll gladly take them.
Shoot me a DM 📩
We will need legal counsel.
I usually try to do everything on my own, but I cant imagine that finding affordable and effective legal counsel will be easy. If you have any recommendations, I’ll gladly take them.
Shoot me a DM 📩
I can’t believe I’m writing this…
This morning, a family member was taken away by ICE.
We have no idea where this person is being taken to, if we’ll ever see them again, or how they’ll be able to restart in a new random country with nothing to their name.
This morning, a family member was taken away by ICE.
We have no idea where this person is being taken to, if we’ll ever see them again, or how they’ll be able to restart in a new random country with nothing to their name.
August 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@muellershewrote.com Might you know someone? Alfredo is a great person and deserves getting pointed in the right direction.
Bestball fans... Doing a BB10 Superflex and 26 QBs have been taken. There is a team in this league that has not taken a QB yet. Haven't done much SF, anyone seen this before?
May 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Bestball fans... Doing a BB10 Superflex and 26 QBs have been taken. There is a team in this league that has not taken a QB yet. Haven't done much SF, anyone seen this before?
@annaecook.bsky.social Like this?
CEO: I think I did a harassment
GC: You what
CEO: Like one of those harassment sex things you do the really long power points about
GC: Okay. Okay. Let’s talk about it
CEO: But I think it’s okay
GC: I have to ask you why you think that
CEO: I did it against an AI
GC: you the what
CEO: the hot AI
GC: You what
CEO: Like one of those harassment sex things you do the really long power points about
GC: Okay. Okay. Let’s talk about it
CEO: But I think it’s okay
GC: I have to ask you why you think that
CEO: I did it against an AI
GC: you the what
CEO: the hot AI
April 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@annaecook.bsky.social Like this?
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“This is the Vichy moment. It’s a classic collaborationist dilemma. You can have preserved your school but you live in a sea of authoritarianism.” Wesleyan University President Michael Roth in @economist.com
Donald Trump is battling America’s elite universities—and winning
The Ivy League sees little point in fighting the federal government in court
economist.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“This is the Vichy moment. It’s a classic collaborationist dilemma. You can have preserved your school but you live in a sea of authoritarianism.” Wesleyan University President Michael Roth in @economist.com
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once again: you’re bound to find wild (and untrue) things if you analyze data that you do not understand
Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems (Gift Article)
His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
once again: you’re bound to find wild (and untrue) things if you analyze data that you do not understand
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Excited to announce I've begun the process of building out my first set of courses: 'WCAG for Designers'. If you're interested in learning how to understand and apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as a designer, feel free to drop a follow or sign up for updates at shellelittle.com
Shell Little
Senior Accessibility Specialist, Inclusive Design Leader, and international keynote speaker.
shellelittle.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excited to announce I've begun the process of building out my first set of courses: 'WCAG for Designers'. If you're interested in learning how to understand and apply the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as a designer, feel free to drop a follow or sign up for updates at shellelittle.com
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What's worse? That the president and his "advisors" do not understand basic economics or that they do not care. Or is it that they do not understand that they do not understand and do not care that they do not understand that they do not understand or care? open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
The A to Z of Trump's Tariff Travesty
I wrote it like a primer so maybe our Dear Leader will understand it
open.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What's worse? That the president and his "advisors" do not understand basic economics or that they do not care. Or is it that they do not understand that they do not understand and do not care that they do not understand that they do not understand or care? open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
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Closely inspecting the list of tariffs/countries posted by the White House, Trump did not put tariffs on Russia. Ukraine's tariff is 10%, the EU's is 20%, and every American ally is on the list. But not Russia.
April 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Closely inspecting the list of tariffs/countries posted by the White House, Trump did not put tariffs on Russia. Ukraine's tariff is 10%, the EU's is 20%, and every American ally is on the list. But not Russia.
Internet gold
March 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Internet gold
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We have a paper out this morning on the risk of significant damage to Social Security from actions taken by the Trump Administration and DOGE.
Here’s a summary 🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/soc...
Here’s a summary 🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/soc...
Trump Administration, DOGE Activities Risk SSA Operations and Security of Personal Data | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Trump Administration — including Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency — has taken actions that risk creating unprecedented delays, degraded customer service, and unnecessary barri...
www.cbpp.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We have a paper out this morning on the risk of significant damage to Social Security from actions taken by the Trump Administration and DOGE.
Here’s a summary 🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/soc...
Here’s a summary 🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/soc...
Reposted by Mike Toth
Reposted by Mike Toth
The Trump regime is threatening to shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a court ruling blocking DOGE from further infiltrating the agency.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
Social Security Says DOGE Ruling Could Force Agency to Shut Down
The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries caught in the middle of the legal battle.
www.bloomberg.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Trump regime is threatening to shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a court ruling blocking DOGE from further infiltrating the agency.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
If your Social Security check is late or doesn't arrive at all, remember who is to blame.
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Cartoon by Kevin Necessary www.kevinnecessary.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Cartoon by Kevin Necessary www.kevinnecessary.com
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I'm trying to think of a coherent defense for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging the public to buy a specific stock tied to the president's top campaign donor.
Nothing is coming to mind. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Nothing is coming to mind. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Why is Trump’s Commerce secretary urging the public to buy Tesla stock?
Howard Lutnick told a national television audience to buy a specific stock tied to the sitting president’s top campaign donor.
www.msnbc.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm trying to think of a coherent defense for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging the public to buy a specific stock tied to the president's top campaign donor.
Nothing is coming to mind. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Nothing is coming to mind. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death
Anti-vaccine influencers see the child’s death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories.
www.nbcnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
How the anti-vaccine movement weaponized a 6-year-old’s measles death
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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I’ll repeat — if the goal ISN’T to specifically and deliberately weaken and isolate the United States as quickly as possible, how would a plan to do that look any different than what they are doing?
New in PN: Trump moves to destroy Columbia University
"It’s another corrupt quid pro quo like the one behind Trump’s 'perfect phone call' to Zelenskyy. Here, Columbia only gets federal funding if it agrees to violate the constitutional rights of both faculty and students on Trump's behalf."
"It’s another corrupt quid pro quo like the one behind Trump’s 'perfect phone call' to Zelenskyy. Here, Columbia only gets federal funding if it agrees to violate the constitutional rights of both faculty and students on Trump's behalf."
Trump moves to destroy Columbia University
It's his latest corrupt quid pro quo.
www.publicnotice.co
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I’ll repeat — if the goal ISN’T to specifically and deliberately weaken and isolate the United States as quickly as possible, how would a plan to do that look any different than what they are doing?
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
@covertshores.bsky.social DDG-56 John S McCain sailed to Portland on 2/10/25 and has remained there. Any idea what it might be doing there? Sort of wondering if the ship is being renamed...
March 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@covertshores.bsky.social DDG-56 John S McCain sailed to Portland on 2/10/25 and has remained there. Any idea what it might be doing there? Sort of wondering if the ship is being renamed...
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mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Reposted by Mike Toth
Reposted by Mike Toth
Is it a coincidence that the president would just happen to set the world’s richest man loose inside all of the government’s computers—allowing him access to everything the government knows about you—at the same moment he could be preparing to impose martial law?
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is it a coincidence that the president would just happen to set the world’s richest man loose inside all of the government’s computers—allowing him access to everything the government knows about you—at the same moment he could be preparing to impose martial law?
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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A study of solar farms in East Anglia in the United Kingdom has shown that they host nearly three times more birds than surrounding croplands. Solar sites maintaining diverse habitats, uncut grass, and hedgerows create vital refuges for declining farmland species. buff.ly/4hTbmBC
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Well-managed solar farms can boost wildlife - Cambridge study
Findings by the RSPB and Cambridge University find solar farms can contribute to and aid biodiversity.
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A study of solar farms in East Anglia in the United Kingdom has shown that they host nearly three times more birds than surrounding croplands. Solar sites maintaining diverse habitats, uncut grass, and hedgerows create vital refuges for declining farmland species. buff.ly/4hTbmBC
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Hey fellow Coasties...
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hey fellow Coasties...