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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

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Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

Thank you! Turns out i had a severe medication allergy that triggered secondary contact allergies, so I was breaking out in hives that were hidden in my hair

If Stefano from Days Of Our Lives travelled back to the Old West

Taking the medications that keep me alive

'Oh Rascal Children of Gaza'

By Palestinian poet and playwright Khaled Juma
- Al-Shaboura.

Written during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in Operation Protective Edge August 2014, that killed 547 Palestinian children, wounded 3,374 children and permanently disabled 1,000 children.

#Palestine

YouTube video by burt Assassin Lookalike Responds to xQc

i responded to one of the biggest streamers in the world. featuring @kenklippenstein.bsky.social

And means testing for disability benefits keeps many disabled people in poverty, so we already know it sucks

Bishop Mariann Budde: In the name of our G-d, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives. And, the people, the people who pick our crops, and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants. Who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants. And work the night shifts in hospitals. They, they may not be citizens, or have the proper documentation. But the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals.They pay taxes and are good neighbors. [Clip ends. Ten seconds were cut to fit Bluesky 60 sec. requirements.] Transcript continued: They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwaras and temples. [clip ends]

Sermon, National Prayer Service
21 January 2025

Bishop Mariann Budde:

In the name of our G-d, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican and independent families, some who fear for their lives.

It is such a pleasure to see Trump and his gang be forced to listen to a sermon asking for mercy for queer children and the many people working in hard jobs in America.

What courage Bishop Budde has to speak this directly to him. (A transcript is in the following post.)

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YouTube video by The Sumaira Foundation Aging with Autoimmune Diseases

#ICYMI - Have you ever wondered what it's like to age with autoimmune diseases?

Dr. Amanda Piquet, the Céline Dion Foundation Endowed Chair in Autoimmune Neurology at Uni of Colorado, discusses how aging manifests for patients living with autoimmune diseases.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGkc...

Trans Health Legal Fund - Repro Legal Defense Fund Our judicial system has tried to convince us that we don’t have ownership over our bodies. We know better. In partnership with the Transgender Law Center, we are launching the Trans Health Legal Fund....

Transgender Law Center and @reprolegalfund.bsky.social’s Trans Health Legal Fund offers financial support for trans people facing investigation, arrest, or prosecution for seeking gender-affirming care. Share with your community, and apply here: reprolegaldefensefund.org/trans-health...

Looks like hell is about to freeze over

And the nihilism to fascism pipeline is swift

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.

Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.

A thread.

UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months | TechCrunch Following its ransomware attack, Change Healthcare used website code to hide the data breach notice from search engines.

New: Change Healthcare's breach last year affects over 100 million Americans whose health data was stolen.

But for months, Change has hidden its official data breach notice from search engines, making it far more difficult for anyone searching the web to find it.

techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/u...

... which part of your skin?

Double bear face

MeToo didn't go far enough, especially if you read THAT recent article in Vulture

On January 20, let’s all be Michelle. Don’t watch the inauguration. Instead, tune into MLK Day programming.

The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.

A great write-up on the incarcerated firefighter program in California & the folks in prison helping out with the fires in LA.

Appreciate The Marshall Project for reaching out to me. All too often, folks write about fire camps without talking to people who’ve been to fire camps. Not the case here.

It's a variation on the classic "I'm uncomfortable being exposed for my horribleness. Let's target the people exposing me."

Not a single one of them has a shred of self-awareness. Staying woke was always a heads-up that people are trying to exploit you or worse. So if they oppose people being aware of exploitation, that reveals a lot more about them than they realise

A reminder for people evacuating Hollywood that Metro is fare free. If you’re taking transit to get to safety I’d love to hear from you

Exclusive: The Ghosts of Grenfell: No penalties for UK firms that used deadly building material When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were wrapped in flammable cladding, the government vowed the building contractors responsible would pay for their negligence.

When the Grenfell Tower blaze led to revelations that high-rise public housing across Britain were wrapped in flammable cladding, the government vowed those responsible would pay. Seven years on, the companies have largely escaped financial liability reut.rs/3BY7wYa

I'd do pretty well in the Percy Jackson universe because I have a degree in Ancient Greek