Come on, Laurie. It was a variety show masquerading as a sci fi...

*ducks*

YouTube video by Robert Reich The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)

Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off?

Well, they may already be doing that thanks to a shady tactic called “surveillance pricing.”

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains what we can do about it. youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?...

~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline.

That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.

Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.

The first Democratic governor who sends their state troopers into an ICE field office to free someone ICE has kidnapped is going to be president in four years.

THIS. THIS. 100X THIS ⬇️

Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

Does Wiley go absolutely nuts about them like my dog does?

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death. Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

If you don’t get your child vaccinated against measles, it can put them at a high risk of this serious infection, which can lead to severe complications or even death.

Make sure your child’s measles vaccination is up to date.

If it really was about bang for your buck...

Elon and Trump are dismantling the government because they think government is poison to a struggling economy.

HAVE THEY EVER HEARD OF ‘THE NEW DEAL’?

My husband ran a successful business and used our local rural post office daily. My elderly neighbor’s meds come through the rural post office.

The post office is one of the only places left open in my rural community. Losing it could quite literally kill my town and my neighbors.

The algorithm chose the shows for you. All hail the algorithm 🧟‍♂️

Economic anxiety rebooted

This content appeared as a full-page paid advertisement in today’s edition of The New York Times.

NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.

www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...

It's night-time on Mars, so you know what that means… Jiffy-pop and Yahtzee! LOL JK just cold darkness.

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go

Da, Komrade. Truly, this is the beginning of a great leap forward. If anyone wants to organize an "illegal protest" at CMU (where I teach), I'm in.

I frickin' LOVE this. Affordance > eye candy

It has to be said. Musk is evil, and I'm choosing my words carefully. Many rich people use their money to save people's lives. Musk uses his to accumulate power, which he then uses to ensure that children die.

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There's a DELIGHTFUL opportunity to engage in some clandestine passive-aggressive shenanigans...

Last week - "Hi Floyd, do you want to buy <spammy service>?"

Today - "Hi Floyd, following up on last week's email. Still don't want to buy <spammy service>?"

Next year - "Hi Floyd, following up on last year's email. Want some <spammy service>?"

Over the last four years, many working class Americans with limited means faced unexpected medical bills, auto repairs & higher grocery bills. One company set up an innovative solution by creating a platform to allow borrowers & lenders to connect for loans at no interest, with borrowers able to tip the lender and also donate to keep the platform going. Shockingly, the CFPB tried to destroy this company, SoLo, which incurred millions in legal fees and had to lay off 30% of its workforce. It was wrong and we dismissed the case. More to come but the weaponization of "consumer protection" must end. Followed by community note: SoLo advertised "zero-interest loans," but "almost all of SoLo’s loans carry an equivalent annual percentage rate of over 36% APR, and many loans carry an APR in excess of 300%, with some over 1,000%."

This is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns.

100% of his salary is paid by WA state.

Elon fired him. Share his story.

Current situation in Yosemite National Park

Just talked to a friend who works for the DoE and had 2 papers censored for violating an EO. One because it uses “toxicity” (about chemical leakage into drinking wells) & the other for “diversity” (as in “microbial diversity”).

We are at Soviet-level stupidity censorship.

Trump wants to be a dictator and so far he’s nailed the first syllable

This is how it’s done.

So they told us what they were going to do to ALL of us. Here is a tracker on their progress in destroying our country:
www.project2025.observer