David

I’m familiar, by the way, with the argument that we just aren’t appreciating the NYT’s subtlety here; that it’s actually a searing indictment of this group of elites, just in a “show me, don’t tell me” kind of way. That take relies on ignoring that it’s in the New York Times.
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Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems The agreement came in response to a lawsuit accusing Treasury of committing an "unlawful action" by giving private info to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.

A first tiny step reining in the DOGEbros
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

No one there will miss his charming personally.

So now the Trump administration is going to pay to relocate 1.8 million Gazans and pay to rebuild their homes (which we paid to bomb)? That's his plan, according to Rubio? Looks like DOGE is looking in the wrong place.

Murphy: "The reality is this could get dystopian very quickly. If you were to start speaking ill of Elon Musk on social media, Musk might be able to stop or delay your tax refund, or your mom's Social Security benefit, in part because we have no window into what's happening at Treasury right now."

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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.

Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?

If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.

Guess Trump didn't kill enough people during COVID.

Just another dumb thing he saw on Fox as the cause of the catastrophe, so they can blame anything but climate change.

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social

Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

BREAKING: Trump whines like a baby after the bishop calls him out during a sermon at the National Cathedral to "have mercy" on marginalized people.

“Not too exciting, was it? I didn’t think it was a good service, no. Thank you very much. They can do, they can do much better,” Trump complained.

Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a visionary leader whose steadfast commitment to justice, equality, & nonviolence has left an enduring mark on our world.

As I reflect on his spirit today, I'm reminded to prepare for the realities that lie ahead! #MLKDay

Radon xkcd.com/3037

Media and digital literacy are key to disrupting disinformation.

--clapping back/arguing just helps to amplify bad faith accounts & false material

--don't share "funny" disinfo to dunk on it; some will still believe it

--BLOCK, REPORT, and tell others to do same *without* sharing disinfo content

Musk, being the very definition of a globalist, would know.

Countries Refuse to Be Bullied by Depraved Wannabe Dictator Trump It's not 2017

Countries Refuse to Be Bullied by Depraved Wannabe Dictator Trump

Since there is so much awful coverage in corporate media, the reports of how world leaders responded have been buried or ignored altogether. So I wanted to put it all in one place for everyone.

Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the Trump administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation’s judicial system.

Leopards would surely never eat MY face!

Chief Justice John Roberts sounds alarm over potential defiance of court rulings abcnews.go.com/Politics/chi...

Exactly. If Spanky ever expresses some sudden, bizarre opinion or policy, it means someone told him about it or he saw it on TV.

Opinion | What's really behind Trump's Greenland obsession The president-elect's desire to acquire the Danish territory reportedly came from the most predictable, and ridiculous, of sources.

A billionaire friend reportedly told Trump he should try to buy Greenland years ago and he’s been holding onto that dumb idea for years, no matter how many times Denmark and Greenland say no or how many people tell him it’s a dumb idea

CNN confirmed on-air just now that top Trump aides are furiously calling journalists to insist that Elon Musk has been following the orders of Trump rather than the other way around. As predicted, Trump is horrified and enraged at the idea that Musk is now seen as the President of the United States.

Finally, a nomination we can collectively laugh at without having to worry about the end of civilization.

The Campaign Against Avowed Reveals The Bigotry That Fuels The Anti-Woke In its crusade against Obsidian's action-RPG, the 'anti-DEI' mob has given the game away

kotaku.com/avowed-micro...

Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE

BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”

We're Going To Need Steam Control Steam will be released, one way or another.  It’s something American elites need to learn now. Not in the next presidential cycle and not when the Democrats – the only party remotely interested in of...

I wrote about the outpouring of anger seen after the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and America’s need for steam control

bad-faith-times.ghost.io/were-going-t...

I would simply not be less moral than David Frum

They eat borax?

LibsofTikTok quickly climbing the most blocked accounts on BSky 🫡

clearsky.app

And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.

I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.

Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)

Bluesky boom worries Chinese media | Semafor State outlets, which put considerable resources into amassing millions of followers on Elon Musk’s social media platform, have recently seen their growth plateau.

www.semafor.com/article/11/2...