Trae Winter

A Lawsuit Threatens the Disability Protections I've Known My Whole Life Attorneys general from 17 states have argued Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be declared unconstitutional

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I didn't think they could get uglier. I stand corrected.

She’s a good girl.

Man with a beard and a knit cap in a car with a large, 117 pound fluffy dog sitting behind him.

Good day with my best friend.

Picks & Shovels: Marty Hench at the dawn of enshittification The standalone origin story of Marty "Red Team Blues" Hench (read by Wil Wheaton), a tale of weird PCs and tech's first enshittifiers

I think Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy) has figured out how to support authors instead of finance Amazon. Looking forward to the new book.

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YouTube video by Adam Conover The Secret Reason the Dems Keep Losing

Required viewing for the Democratic Party, or whatever will effectively replace them.

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*RFK Jr. Big thumbs. Small screen keyboard.

He’d better be careful around RDK Jr.!

Hitting a heart for this seems wrong. I am not sure what I “horrified and sickened, and supportive of the poster but not the contents of the video post” emoji looks like.

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...

Also, if you appreciate manga, the “resuscitated corpse” of a Gen-X’er recommends 2001 Nights highly.

As an official “old dude” now, I remember Battleship Yamato, & Robotech with extreme fondness and Akira as mind blowing. As someone “of a certain age” who hasn’t been in the genre for a long time, recommendations on good entry points would be greatly appreciated.

Religious people.

What a great idea!!!

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 thought this could be useful.

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

I am so sorry. I cannot imagine what that is like. No one should have to go through that.

Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN Business When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ...

To all of my friends who are civil servants (in the VERY literal meaning of that term), stay safe.

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Favorite holiday record. It got me into jazz.

SoulCycle. Pro-tip. Thanks.
You do good work. It is appreciated.

How do you stay motivated? How do you expose yourself to so much dark stuff without becoming dark?

Asking for a friend, because I’m fine. Yep. Nothing to see here.

You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???

Top Trump Aide Accused of Asking for Money to ‘Promote’ Potential Appointees President-elect Donald J. Trump ordered the investigation by his legal team into Boris Epshteyn, a powerful figure in the transition. Mr. Epshteyn denies the allegations.

To the surprise of no one.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/u...

Cop29: UN chair ‘so sick’ of Saudi Arabia’s defence of fossil fuels – as it happened Former climate minister for Canada reacts after Saudi delegation said it ‘will not accept any text that targets any specific sectors, including fossil fuels’

“Standing still is retreat and the world will rightly judge us very harshly if this is the outcome.”
-The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Milliband, warns delegates

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Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride responds to Capitol Hill bathroom ban Following statement from Mike Johnson, McBride says: ‘I’m not here to fight about bathrooms, I’m here to … bring down costs facing families’

Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride posts defiant response to bathroom ban

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Opinion: I can’t forgive the people who won’t admit my partner, Brian Sicknick, was a hero | CNN Sandra Garza met Sicknick in 2008, bonded over blueberry pancakes, past military experience and a passion for helping others. His death, after defending the Capitol Jan. 6, left her drowning in grief,...

Required reading.
I am very sad and ashamed.

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