Christine Mayall

Rockwell Kent (1882–1971)
May, North Greenland, 1935-37

A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...

WIRED continues to lead the reporting on what's happening inside the US government right now.

A 25-year-old Musk acolyte now has admin privileges over the code that controls Social Security payments, tax returns, and more.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

…that his sole motivation for visiting the Nazi death camp was to exploit the experience as a photo-op.

Following the tour, Gray turned to Facebook to post scathing assessments of Musk — whom she described as something “worse” than an antisemite.

In fact, Gray said Elon Musk is a “sociopath,…

Perfect.

Looking for leaders!

Neo-Nazi Ryan Sanchez is LARPing as an emergency worker in LA.....but donation links go to his personal Cash App account

Here he is is on Santa Monica pier with fellow groypers Cristobal Burke, Colton Buss, and Eugene Kacherov (as IDed by @chadloder.bsky.social)

www.wired.com/story/far-ri...

L.A. wildfires destroy Black community birthed from Civil Rights era Charred Altadena, California had high Black homeownership rate

Octavia Butler called it.

www.axios.com/2025/01/13/w...

remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity

LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.

Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.

I love metaphor

Exactly

Charles Burchfield, "Winter Landscape with Trees", 1916, Watercolor on paper, 11" x 20"

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

This is truly the best legal advice we can give.

Is Jeff Bezos optimistic about mass deportation and a war on vaccines? Asking for the rest of us.

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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.

To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

Books.

When buying books for gifts this holiday season, please don't buy from Amazon. Please shop at your local independent bookstore/bookseller. Ask for recommendations. If they don't have a particular book in stock, ask them to order it.

Support creatives, local businesses, and your community.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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