Melissa “Cancel Student Debt” Byrne

So HBO has feelings on robber barrons.

I don't think enough good things can be said about the people who worked hard to build the political pressure for his and everyone else's release, including senator van hollen. otoh there is no bottom to my contempt for the people who were urging the opposite course of action

Feel this in my bones.

Seeing lots of

"oh, another strongly worded letter" 🥱

You know what's far worse than "just" a letter?

Silence

Why do lawyers use their antiseptic « theory » name as tho it is a real thing as opposed a long term campaign to erode democracy?

They want to defund financial aid for poor Americans

More like the end (of post jim crow america)

I am a labor economist who studies education policy

Today in my tiny world:

Commissioner of labor statistics fired bc president did not like jobs data

Staff at education science agency terminated

Need new consultants— ones who dont lie about a candidates values.

He is a Manhattan institute awardee

It's important to note that this is illegal, but it's ALSO important to recognize that it doesn't matter when a lawless executive branch physically controls the U.S. Treasury

@brandonfriedman.bsky.social are rich people going to buy a ballroom at the wh and then give up access to it via an election?

Just sayin'.

Hegseth's own mother accused him of abusing women. Even his top spokesman and right-hand man, Sean Parnell, lost custody of his kids after a judge found his wife's claims of choking and abuse credible. She testified "he called her a 'whore' and other obscenities while pinning her down."

Wasnt there an article on how SV delivery apps was making everyone fearful of the world

The Dept of Ed is treating the scotus ruling as a national law.

They only want rich white nepo babies

The Acolyte A profile of one DOGEr tells us much about a broader movement

New, from me: Luke Farritor joined DOGE, answering the call of his "biggest hero" Elon Musk.

His story reveals how the combination of know-nothing libertarianism combined with the political power of Silicon Valley is destroying our government. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doges-will...

All bc folks fell for right wing slop

Cortez Mastos owes america an apology for doing aipac’s dirty work.

Someone needs to snitch tag the Pope on this

Scientists analyze 76 million radio telescope images, find Starlink satellite interference 'where no signals are supposed to be present' A new survey analyzed the effect of Starlink satellite emissions on 76 million radio telescope images.

Elon Musk ruined something else you weren't even thinking about:

"Astronomers have long voiced concerns about Starlink's satellite constellation interfering with observations of the universe, and a new survey by Curtin University confirms those fears."

Come home was the 24 strategy

So he is super oligarchy?

lol

No Democrat should support military assistance for a government that is starving an entire population. This should not be a close call or some agonizing debate.

Google failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake severity The tech giant said only 469 serious warnings were sent out ahead of the 7.8 magnitude quake.

“Wait,” I said, before clicking the link. “What does Google have to do with earthquake emergency alerts in Turkey?”

spoiler alert the answer is “giving us all a haunting glimpse into the privatization of science and emergency management”

I beg beg beg for academics to get public comms training.

I wonder how much of this is to prevent future endorsements of dems

It was amusing and also I fully endorse affluent people running wedding venues and rehabbing old Castles. So many ways rich people can amuse themselves unlike Musk and his besties.