Nerdy Gardener Dad

Hello! The account for #Pantry206, a mutual aid effort in #Seattle has been created! We are a collective of individuals from Western Washington working together to help & care for our communities!

We have fundraising & item donation drives to make a positive impact!

#Hello #StreetMedic #MAV

SPD reports 1.5 miles of protestors in Seattle, and not 1 report of property damage.

Proud of us!

Way to show up Seattle!

That man might literally start a war if that happened.

What's truly unhinged is watching conservative media attack this speech and try to twist and reframe it. If you search for the full speech on YouTube, all you'll find is Megyn Kelly spewing incoherent vitriol to try to take Scott down.

This is honestly *chefs kiss*

Hovering over a user icon should show who they were verified by. A key part of a web of trust is traceability - I don't trust everyone you trust, but I do trust some of them. If I can see who did the verification, I get to decide my trust level. SSL infrastructure has this; cert chains are visible.

Old man's war or redshirts. 😍

Oh my God it's @hankgreen.bsky.social in @scalzi.com 's thread. Could this get any more exciting? 🤩

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This pretty much cuts to the heart of the problem, doesn't it?

Some people are having trouble getting to the press release from the CFPB -- here it is

If you can head to CFPB, do so NOW! Fight back against this powergrab from DOGE. ⬇️

DM me please

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
#resist

I am calling to urge Nick Brown to take immediate action against Elon Musk and his employees for their illegal and unconstitutional takeover of the OPM, the US treasury, social security, medicare and medicaid, and whatever federal agency they've forced their way into since this phone call began. This unlawful seizure of government infrastructure has given Musk and his associates unauthorized access to both private citizen data and confidential federal data. It is a breach of all common sense data retention, archival, and cybersecurity standards and applicable laws governing oversight and records retention. This may very well be remembered as the largest cybersecurity incident in history. I am calling to ask that Nick Brown use his full authority to investigate and criminally prosecute elon musk and his associates for their illegal actions. This is not solely a federal issue - our Washington state laws regarding privacy, financial security, and data integrity have been blatantly violated. Nick Brown received my vote based on his promises to protect consumers and democracy. I was pleased to see his announcement today regarding protecting gender affirming care. I would like to see him take equally aggressive action to protect our data. Thank you for your time.

My script for calling my states attorney general as part of my daily call routine. I encourage you to adapt it for your own needs!

The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.

New: We spoke to government IT employees/contractors about DOGE. Their warnings were dire. The people who maintain the systems that keep the country working are terrified. "This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history—at least that’s publicly known."

Senate Republicans just confirmed Russ Vought to manage our nation's budget.

Vought is an extremist who has made clear he'll ignore our nation's laws, cut funding that helps people across the country & give Trump unprecedented & unconstitutional power. There will be consequences.

@murray.senate.gov Thank you for opposing the confirmation of Russell Vought! This is one of the most dangerous nominations yet! #rejectproject2025 #whenwefightwewin

They will all be sacrificial lambs before this is over. Musk will feed them into the wood chipper one by one to protect himself.

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Pam Bondi and the Musk administration are DISBANDING the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force—the team that protects our elections from foreign interference. Who benefits? Not the American people. Just the corrupt elite rigging the system in broad daylight!!

James Madison wrote of the necessity of the separation of powers:
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive & judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

They didn’t even try to hide it. FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, and Pam Bondi’s first move is to dismantle the team that stops foreign election interference. Why? Because they know exactly how they got “elected.” The 2024 election was compromised and I’ll DIE ON THAT HILL!

Called both Chu and Moore this morning and in a VM, thanked them for fighting back. Then I told them, time to get down to OPM and evict the Musk minions working there. #HandsOffOurData #HandsOffOurMoney #6TrillionYouCantHaveIt

Sorry for the shaky video, but the music is too good not to share!

#rejectproject2025 #whenwefightwewin

So............ I have to teach about the U.S. Constitution today to an introductory level class.

How on earth am I supposed to pretend everything is just working normally?

Answer: I'm not going to pretend. I'm telling it like it is.

THIS IS IT. The special general elections for Florida’s 1st & 6th Congressional Districts are on APRIL 1, 2025. If we flip these seats, we can STOP Project 2025. No excuses! Mark your calendars! Show up!

I was so proud to stand up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk and Project2025 with 1000 fellow patriots at #50501 yesterday! This is a start. We have to fight!

It may take time and struggle, but when we fight, we win!