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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
February 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Remember the day Elon bragged with an infantile giggle about putting USAID into the "wood chipper". just your bog standard sociopath marauding through our world.
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi 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 3:39 AM
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X to pay Donald Trump $10m to settle lawsuit over Capitol attack – report
X to pay Donald Trump $10m to settle lawsuit over Capitol attack – report
President brought suit under X’s previous leadership after he was banned from platform following January 6 riot Elon Musk’s social media platform X will pay Donald Trump $10m to settle a lawsuit the president filed after he was banned from the platform…
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Badass level 10
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Members of the Cyber Safety Review Board were informed they have been dismissed pursuant to a DHS order disbanding all advisory committees.

The board had been in the middle of probing the Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms, a review that now is in limbo and possibly terminated.
January 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Correct
Kinda feels like a whole lotta people found out for the first time today that there's a very large, very vibrant progressive wing of Christianity (and religion in general).
January 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Fallout from the inauguration yesterday: after Elon's notorious hand gesture, several large subreddits either have banned or are considering bans for links to X.com. So far I've seen r/pcgaming, r/marvelsnap, and r/liverpoolfc (shown below)
January 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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The Biden administration has carved out a loophole for itself so the TikTok ban won't apply to certain government staff, according to a document signed by Secretary of State Blinken and leaked to me:
Biden Administration Quietly Carves TikTok Ban Loophole for Itself, Leaked Document Shows
TikTok ban for thee but not for me
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill"

www.404media.co/meta-deletes...
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.
www.404media.co
January 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Hard to overstate just how much of the tech industry’s horrifically dystopian present grew right out of its transparently misogynistic past
January 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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thank you LAFD, today illustrates why a great man once said “nobody ever made a song called ‘fuck the fire department’”
January 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Tate announcing he wants to be British PM at the same time as growing anger towards grooming gangs is an interesting strategy...
January 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The plane crash on Sunday is the first major test for South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, who was appointed the interim leader on Friday. The country is deep into a political crisis after two impeachments of leaders in two weeks.
South Korea’s Acting President Has Only Been in Office Since Friday
After two impeachments of leaders in two weeks, the country is deep into a political crisis.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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Very much enjoying the puzzle game “The Rise of the Golden Idol”; and especially fond of whatever Gaeilgoir/GAA fan on the development team, slyly suggested the sport played in the fictional country be called “Peil”.
December 23, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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“First group of children arrive from Palestine to receive life-saving healthcare in Ireland”

The project is being coordinated between Ireland, the WHO, heath services in Egypt and leaders in Palestine. Sick children are evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, up to 2,300 so far, and later brought to Dublin
First group of children arrive from Palestine to receive life-saving healthcare in Ireland
Eight children arrived at Dublin Airport yesterday evening, with eight carers and 11 siblings.
www.thejournal.ie
December 21, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 7:30 AM
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Musk broke Congress faster than he broke Twitter
December 20, 2024 at 6:21 PM
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Highly commended for Innovation of the Year are the Reach data unit inc @dubasfisher.bsky.social Cullen Willis, Paul Gallagher, @richardceault.bsky.social #BritishJournalismAwards
December 12, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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Winner of Online Video Journalism is the Mirror team of Tom Pettifor, Matthew Young and Daniel Dove for their video report on Jill Dando’s murder #BritishJournalismAwards
December 12, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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I’m so tired
December 12, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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🏳️‍🌈 We started @wearequeeraf.com as a response to the bad practices we saw while working in gay media and mainstream media newsrooms.

This is how we're modelling the change we want to see, changing the media and helping thousands understand the LGBTQIA+ news 🧵👇
December 10, 2024 at 11:09 AM