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Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

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Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

I want to send an email to our local leaders, but I need a little help making the information clear. Are there any samples that I could use?

The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple Users The Financial Times reports that the U.K. is once again demanding that Apple create a backdoor into its encrypted backup services. The only change since the last time they demanded this is that the

Apple must continue to refuse the demand to create a backdoor into iCloud. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I really want an updated AppleTV! A Wi-Fi router would be nice too.

I need to rewatch #RWBY. ❤️

I still haven’t gotten over Pyrrha! 😭

Comic. [Two people hiking up mountain] PERSON 1: Okay, we’re nearing the next downhill segment I’ll put in the order. ...Confirming start and end points… Submitted! [water slide being dropped from above by drones] PERSON 2 with long hair: Look, here it comes! [Waterslide positioned on downhill slope of mountain with both people riding down] BOTH: Wheeee [Waterslide carried back into the air] [Both people continuing to hike up next slope] [caption] On-demand waterslide delivery has really improved the whole hiking experience.

Hiking

xkcd.com/3147/

I really wish that Bluesky had a laughing emoji reaction!

Jesus Houdini Christ, this is great.

Sounds like they’re a bit desperate for customers.

I wanted to create bitchabyss.com; a site to let you vent without consequences. It would even respond with an apology.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

YouTube video by More Perfect Union This surveillance company has been making secret deals with towns across the U.S.

www.youtube.com/shorts/0T7GW...
Flock Security Cameras need to be banned everywhere!

Fuck Flock Security!

Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Commentary: That $1-trillion Tesla pay package for Elon Musk isn't as bad as you think. It's worse Tesla says it set difficult targets for Musk to collect his $1-trillion pay. But the goals have been tweaked to make it easier.

www.latimes.com/business/sto... This is a great look at what the $1 trillion pay package actually requires.

Here’s what you’d pay under the Billionaires Income Tax Act: Is your net worth more than 1 billion or have you had income above $100 million in 3 consecutive years? No - you pay nothing Yes - you and less than 1000 other wealthy Americans will now pay tax on all your income every year like all other Americans already do

If you're wondering whether you should vehemently defend billionaires who don't care if you live or die from having to pay a Billionaires Income tax today, here's a handy flowchart.

You're welcome.

Woohoo! They are covering half-shaft assemblies now. That’s honestly my biggest concern as a MX owner.

Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For If you live in Mississippi, you may have noticed that you are no longer able to log into your Bluesky or Dreamwidth accounts from within the state. That’s because, in a chilling early warning sign

Bluesky and Dreamwidth blocked all Mississippi users from using their services because Mississippi’s oppressive age verification mandate makes it impossible for smaller platforms to comply. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I really like One Piece.

After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign Former CDC scientist Demetre Daskalakis left his post, citing political interference and a lack of science in decision-making at the agency.

“When you see that folks aren’t listening to scientists, not listening to experts, but are rather trying to make decisions without science, that’s when harm begins,” says Demetre Daskalakis, who recently resigned from the CDC.

Tesla Launches Charging MultiPass Tesla has launched their MultiPass feature that allows owners to charge seamlessly at third-party chargers.… Read More

Tesla Launches Charging MultiPass

Was just thinking about how quickly pop culture references made it into early rap music because it was structured around singles rather than LPs.

And that made me realize how rap prefigured online media: rapid releases by independent producers, with samples & break beats functioning as hyperlinks.

The Supreme Court just ruled that ICE can target people based on their race.

Can we get a “Fuck ICE” in the chat?

😂

GitHub - FrameworkComputer/Framework-Desktop: Documentation for the Mainboard and printable mechanical parts in the Framework Desktop Documentation for the Mainboard and printable mechanical parts in the Framework Desktop - FrameworkComputer/Framework-Desktop

WooHoo! They are providing STL files for 3D printing parts! github.com/FrameworkCom...

We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files.

Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing.

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