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A graphic illustrating the everyday costs from the tariff executive order. BASIC ESSENTIALS + TRUMP TAX HIKES GROCERIES: FRUITS, VEGGIES, COFFEE, MEAT, ETC. +25% tax CLOTHING, SHOES, TOYS AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS: +46% tax CARS AND GAS: *INSURANCE, REPAIRS, PARTS +25% tax PHONES,ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES: +54% tax HOUSING: LABOR, LUMBER, BUILDING MATERIALS +25% tax = $4,200 more per year* ___ *Average cost increase per year per household, Yale Budget Lab

A graphic illustrating the everyday costs from the tariff executive order. BASIC ESSENTIALS + TRUMP TAX HIKES GROCERIES: FRUITS, VEGGIES, COFFEE, MEAT, ETC. +25% tax CLOTHING, SHOES, TOYS AND BEAUTY PRODUCTS: +46% tax CARS AND GAS: *INSURANCE, REPAIRS, PARTS +25% tax PHONES,ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES: +54% tax HOUSING: LABOR, LUMBER, BUILDING MATERIALS +25% tax = $4,200 more per year* ___ *Average cost increase per year per household, Yale Budget Lab

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04.04.2025 20:34 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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Why Canadians Are Better Than Americans at Protesting Trump Right Now A unified movement like “Buy Canadian” is hard to find in America.

Gift article:

05.04.2025 04:28 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

10.03.2025 13:33 — 👍 8842    🔁 2806    💬 189    📌 153
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

09.03.2025 13:11 — 👍 32997    🔁 8349    💬 444    📌 418

There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.

03.03.2025 14:58 — 👍 18850    🔁 6519    💬 1136    📌 729
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No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's first female chief, last week without any clear explanation -- part of a purge of top uniformed leadership that included the Joint...

NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership

This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny

01.03.2025 23:31 — 👍 30837    🔁 10850    💬 1056    📌 619
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Opinion | Will They Come for PubMed Next? Here's what we lose if the administration takes away this invaluable resource

PubMed has been down for at least 11 hours and we are EXTREMELY concerned. We hope it’s mere incompetence and not an official action. If any of our followers have media events today, please mention it.

02.03.2025 13:37 — 👍 1731    🔁 486    💬 96    📌 46

The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze has led the National Parks Service to cancel job offers for seasonal employees. We are concerned this could leave our parks understaffed during the busy summer season, which sees over 100 million visitors annually.

25.01.2025 23:10 — 👍 6069    🔁 1004    💬 187    📌 72

Life is pretty grim right now. Here's my #starterpack of writers, historians and institutes sharing quirky medical and science content that might serve as a welcome distraction. Make your corner of the world weird and wonderful. Never stop learning.

go.bsky.app/3DuVT6Z

25.01.2025 22:48 — 👍 2174    🔁 481    💬 111    📌 30

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