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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has seen in decades. By @audreydutton.bsky.social

I'm getting to the point where I'm thinking about dyeing my temples, so only others see my greys. I'm low maintenance, so that may never happen. In the meantime, I'm working my part angles.

The goal post will always be moved. When your parents used to say, "you gotta be twice as good to get half as much...." it never stopped being true. I dont wanna hear about meritocracy or "DEI."

This made me cry, so now it’s your turn! You’re welcome!

The world's 10 richest people (nearly all from the U.S.) are collectively $500 billion richer this year thanks to growth in stocks tied to AI. Meanwhile, data centers are sucking up communities’ water and electricity. AI is making the rich even richer while everyone else pays the price.

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On my own

Night owl

So far, I have traveled to six places this year, one for the first time. Home is where my heart is, but not my fave. Enjoyed the public transit in London and Chicago, but I think New Orleans may be my favorite.

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When he misses I’ll let you know .

This isn’t true, but it is true that slaveowners routinely enslaved and sold their children.

To know the women in our lives that are alive and well today were given rights during their lifetime to literally buy a house or get a cc is mind blowing Knowing those women and now us are having rights stripped away again during our lifetime is even more mind blowing

The S stands for SUPPLEMENTAL. Military members' families and veterans' families use SNAP, a lot of kids' families use SNAP benefits, and many elders use SNAP programs of some sort. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Measles was eliminated in the US in 2000. Gone, with the exception of international travelers bringing it back in and causing small outbreaks. But now it's roaring back — it's incredibly contagious — thanks to guess who. Guess who! Yup. Anti-vaxxers.

People are claiming that this actually only takes 10 seconds. Try it out and see :)

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

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ICE can't do its work without its agents and apparently it can't get agents without lowering the bar to become one so yes it is newsworthy that this is in fact what is happening and the fact that it's happening is also an indicator of exactly how brazen the order to disregard the law is

Hate the preview photo here, but I like to share things.

WATCH — @abbydphillip: “Today an ICE officer’s weapon discharged and shot a U.S. marshal and a suspect because they were using the weapon to bang on the window.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

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During Thanksgiving and holidays, people want to do food drives where they collect canned goods etc... and I really would love to offer that food banks need MONEY so if you can collect and donate MONEY please do that. They can then use those funds to purchase what's needed AT DISCOUNTS.

OMG😭

Might need to sample some brownies to be sure, but it's either B2X or C2X.

Incredible cover of "Crusin" by D'Angelo.. original by Smokey Robinson. Rest easy, D'Angelo 🥹💔🕊

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

youtu.be/EQq-KwgolxE?... 😢

do you guys ever think about how in a better world José Andres could just like. have some restaurants. and instead he’s consistently doing the work we’re supposed to have governments for

This one needed alt text because I was so confused about what's in the rice. Upon zooming in, I'm horrified that it may be chicken.

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

The sadly hilarious thing about this is that the protests are publicity for her book. They do nothing to hold anyone accountable, these tickets are not cheap and coverage of the disruptions is selling her book. This is not just ineffective, it's actually counter productive.

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

Early last year, Seattle signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using rooms as shelter space at the Civic Hotel and other buildings. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there. By @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social, with @kuow.org

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE “Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law. They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

What a complicated question for someone raised on Coming to America. Did I know this actor's name back then? No. Did he give an unforgettable performance I definitely remembered with the rest of that classic? Yes.

Those AI pics and videos don’t make y’all spirits itch?

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf. King Lear #ShakespeareSunday

I need potatoes. Maybe mashed, maybe fried. Maybe even roasted. But I need potatoes today.

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,