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L.A. is a Mexican-American city. The majority of the population is made up of racial and ethnic minorities. We are all happy living together and really do not want to see our friends, neighbors and families being terrorized by federal robo-cops. This is bullshit.

About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.

4 year old quote of the day. "Babies can only pick up mice. I'm strong and could pick up a whole case of beer!"

To be clear, he has not, to my knowledge, ever picked up a case of beer.

once again I have to invoke the specter of Ronald Wilson Reagan, who is in Hell now. under Reagan, the term "government spending" was effectively demonized. fuck you, Reaganite ghouls! spending money, on its people and their needs, is the function of government! public works are good! say so!

The stakes are just too high.

F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.

“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"

Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Hi Soybean

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

BREAKING: New restrictions prohibit CDC from publishing with WHO on disease research.

I swore off Amazon and Target for local stores and have no interest in going back

Please read—this is becoming serious!

If you’re at home today, not spending money, and feeling bored, you might be wondering, “What could I do?” Well, task one: you can make random reports on this website: enddei.ed.gov

a tabby and white cat is pictured sitting on her haunches, looking directly at the camera. Behind her is her is the blue and gold Ukrainian flag.

Have courage
Stand up to bullies
Be like President Zelenskyy

This is great. (Better put together than my emails and calls to her, though covering some of the same ground I try to cover.)

"The cuts... echo the Silicon Valley mantra of “move fast and break things.” That attitude can work for an app trying to keep users entertained. But when parts of the federal government break — say, health care or safety functions — people can die".

i really really want the Minneapolis Police Department to experience budget tieout every year like each & every Minneapolis Public School experiences every fucking spring. the choices we have to make are depraved.

if we funded schools like we funded cops, WE WOULDN’T NEED COPS!!

This is your periodic reminder that if you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, AJC, ChiTrib, LA Times, Star Tribune, and much more all the way back to the 80s. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule!

Disclaimer: Listing is not the same as endorsement. I'm just attempting to compile what I see in an attempt to make things more accessible.

I know this calendar is far from exhaustive. If you know of something that I should add, shoot me a message.

I've created a calendar to track advocacy/protest events and meetings in the twin cities. Please feel free to utilize and share.

When available, I've listed organizers and links to websites.
shorturl.at/3DkKg

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Hi Soybean!

Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Musk is pouring $1.5 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race.

Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded. The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

4 year old is anxious about asteroids after learning about the dinosaurs, & I've spent a lot of time reassuring him the chance of the planet being hit by an asteroid is almost nothing, & that we have the technology to handle it if one comes close.

In unrelated news: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/s...

Currently all decisions in my household are put to vote in a tribunal of 20 stuffed cats- but I think the system is rigged because the results always seem to be exactly in line with whatever the 4 year old wants.

To be clear- adorable when my preschooler does it. Less adorable in the federal gov.

It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.

They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.

Me: I remember that I loved My Little Ponies when I was your age

4 year old: Oh! Like in that song Pink Pony Club!

The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?