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I deleted several posts about a Times story because they violated Times social media standards.

Also note that the color of your swimsuit matters for visibility in emergencies www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/h...

Indeed, our book is apparently too dangerous for the kids.

L'enfer... c'est les autres.

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

Three million Americans marched today. Here’s why we wrote about one American who didn’t.

i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.

Twitch Twitch is the world

The Supreme Court hears a big case TODAY that could affect billions in funding for schools and libraries. To learn more about what's at stake, join me live at 9:45 am ET: twitch.tv/BrainFungi

I'll explain the case, then we'll listen to arguments in real time. Then, @bergmayer.net joins to discuss.

I think the amazing thing in the US is that people forget that law is willed into being by the people as they comply with it on a daily basis. It does not exist on its own. It is not like the laws of physics. It is a merely human thing

A look back at Voice of America, as the Trump administration shutters the broadcaster The Trump administration is gutting an agency that funds Voice of America. For decades, the broadcaster reached audiences in countries that often offered no other free media -- including China.

A story I did of memories of secretly listening to Voice of America in mainland China… a massive legacy.
www.npr.org/2025/03/18/n...

Had strong sense at least the timing of Trump's illegal shuttering of Voice of America was triggered by his annoyance at a question from a VOA journo. Source flags to me that the EO was so hastily put together they literally forgot to complete the last sentence. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

It seems I've also been placed on leave, just like the rest of my VOA colleagues.

Truth is, I can't know for sure, because when I woke up this morning in Seoul, I'd already been locked out of all VOA-related systems and accounts.

since she was 8 months old
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

News: "Bloody Saturday" for Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international networks

Mass indefinite suspensions at Voice of America, Radio/TV Marti

Federal contracts severed for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia & more

My NPR story

www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

Frodo don’t destroy the ring, you’ll just be playing into their hands by reacting at all imho

an accessibility nightmare!

I... thought this was satire

One of the core beliefs I've adopted in the last few years is that we generally underrate how goofy and stupid the American past was and that being attentive to that helps us see continuities with the present. It's actually not obvious we live in dumber times. Every day tests this belief anew.

YouTube video by Nicholas O'Brien Bundle of Joy ― Gameplay Trailer

I recently got feedback on my game trailer from folks checking out Bundle of Joy for the first time during Next Fest and I'm considering redoing it.

I acknowledge that it's fast-paced, but I wanted to try to simulate the stress in the game a bit.

Wondering what y'all think:
youtu.be/7nPlMKl8EAE

China sees an opportunity as the U.S. cuts aid to groups around the world The Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal government have indefinitely cut off funding to human rights groups abroad. Some in China see these cuts as an opportunity to muscle in.

U.S. federal downsizing has meant also nearly decimating funding to human rights groups focusing on China. I found that’s opened up space for PRC reps to make overtures to these groups, offering money and access in exchange for… silence. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

I for one would accept a return to the monocrisis

This one contract is roughly twice the annual budget of the National Endowment for the Arts.

no more egg

When the entire field of astronomy uses bias frames and biases (aka images where no light falls on the detector, taken for calibration)

We are so screwed

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

Musk saying he’s shutting down illegal money launderers and it’s Lutheran Social Services

Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down

Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?

Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks:

"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

it's hard to read the chart in the screenshot but what this moron is actually complaining about isn't "DEI" staff, it's special education teachers. these ghouls are coming for people with disabilities and they aren't even shy about it.

I think this is where the abbreviation VIP reaches its maximum grossness.

According to US officials speaking to the newspaper, three American soldiers are dead tonight, but none of them were very important people.

It’s a sickening thing to say when you think about it. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...