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#nokings in rural upstate NY. Oneonta, you did good.

Right - it’s Sunday.

Libraries' summer reading program in jeopardy due to federal cuts The New York State Library is canceling grants as it prepares for major cuts in federal funding.

It feels like the walls are closing in.
In three months, the new administration has destroyed so many lives, and I recognize my privilege when I say this one hits home for me.
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Why are tens of thousands of people boycotting this little-known airline? Around 30,000 people have signed a petition to boycott the small airline after Avelo made a deal with ICE to carry out deportation flights.

If your company can’t get paying customers from point a to point b in a timely and comfortable manner, you can meet your bottom line by becoming a tool of fascism. Go American capitalism! www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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My future husband sent me lunchtime links in emails from work. Mostly from The Awl and Jalopnik and the Morning News, I think.

smdh so hard I need a Tylenol now

Family Friday sign party tomorrow, we have paint n cardboard, stay tuned

Maybe y’all should shut it down. Seriously, is there no mechanism to hit the brakes with all the executive insanity? ICE DISAPPEARED A PERSON IN OUR STATE. Tell me how this isn’t an emergency.

My small dairy farm is open to any and all subsidies just sayen

I miss that! But I also live in middle of nowhere so parking is less of an issue

Trump Imposes Tariffs on Remote Islands Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up in the trade war.

Reciprocal tariffs on penguins seems like a crucial component of any economic plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/b...

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Well then, pitter patter …

I woke up trying so hard to remember the ingredients to the dessert sushi rolls I was making in my dream but now all that is left is an echo of doubt that nori would be good with something sweet. Is dessert sushi real?

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies.

In Denmark:

- Health care and college are free.  

- The starting wage is $22/hr.

- Paid parental leave is 1 year.

- Paid vacation is 6 weeks.  

- All workers get pensions.

Did you just find out about this story, senator?

So let me get this straight—Trump’s nat sec adviser added a JOURNALIST to a group chat on classified Yemen strike plans?? This isn’t a group project, it’s national security.

They screamed “Lock her up” over emails, but leaking war plans is cool now? Make it make sense.

Didn’t the robber barons at least build a library or two?

As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.

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Some head banging to go with your hand wringing

Medicaid administers health insurance for every foster kid in my state.

DOGE's death blow to education studies Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data

Well thats just great hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Heather Cox Richardson pronounces it « doggy » and I think we should too.

'Hate will never prevail.' Residents confront group displaying swastika flags near I-75 "The protest, while very offensive, was not unlawful," a press release from the Evendale Police Department said.

Here’s a feel good story about citizens pushing back against nazis in their town. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...

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