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A ripoff

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I didn’t know quite how bad the firings of senior female staff were in the U.S. military. Then I read this article. Informative. Chilling. Mordant.

So *go to the library now*.

This is not an answer to "I don't wanna pay for a periodical." It's the *solution* to not paying for a periodical.

Exactly

There are many quality outlets that provide free news. I grant that crap is always free, but you can be informed easily enough without spending money.

Oh yes

So…in 2011 the Justice Department confessed error to the Supreme Court that it had misrepresented the factual basis underlying the rationale presented to the Court to justify Japanese internment. As in, that is the official position of the U.S. government. Are they going to retract that, too?

Luv Ya Blue!

A gentle reminder:

I don’t watch FOX News
for the same reason
I don’t eat out of the toilet.

More than 11 million
NO KINGS protestors
and FOX lies again.
Sad…

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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Workday gets contract from US agency behind DOGE's staff cuts without competitive tender The federal HR agency at the heart of billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk's efforts to slash the federal workforce says it has awarded a contract for a new cloud-based HR platform to Workday without seeking bids from rivals.

So, if I’m reading this right: They gutted the office that runs the government’s award-winning, in-house HR and staffing software, and now they’ve inked a sole-source, no-bid contract so that a private company on proprietary software can do what the office of civil servants did on in-house software

Seven Things to Know About the American Pope Pope Leo XIV is here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And he's all out of bubblegum.

I have SO MUCH to say about our #ResistancePope. www.thebulwark.com/p/seven-thin...

Gosplan - Wikipedia

State Planning Committee of the USSR (Gosplan)

Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosplan

“Hanging Shirt” cotton/polyester weave on plastic and metal; wooden railing, State sidewalk detour. #whyisthishere

“Heart-shaped Cheerio” Cheerio on pavement, State Office Sidewalk. #whyisthishere

I know there’s a LOT going on in the world right now, but I really need someone to solve this end of the peanut jar problem:

If we didn’t laugh, we’d cry. @theonion.com

Another Gift From Trump to the World’s Dictators Russia and China are surely thrilled by the president’s decision to close Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Marti, and Radio Free Asia.

The Kremlin and other autocracies have long ached to see Voice of America and Radio Liberty destroyed, but even in their most fevered dreams, they could never have imagined that the Americans would do the dirty work themselves.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Cannot possible. Sigh… the war against illiteracy in this country is the one we’ve lost.

Orange. Temporary construction ramp handrail post. Capitol Complex. #whyisthishere

I’m pretty sure SS knew my aunt was dead before the funeral home picked her body up from the hospital.

I highly recommend this book published in 2021. It's an important read. Especially now.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social

It Was an Ambush Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.

Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show

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Fired Park Rangers Try to ‘Open Some Hearts’ on Social Media Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about their firings and share their love of the National Park Service.

The National Park Service fired many of its park rangers as part of a reduction in the federal work force. Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about the cuts and share their love of the Park Service.

“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”

Anne Marie Hochhalter, Paralyzed in Columbine Shooting, Dies at 43 Fiercely independent, she publicly discussed the long-term effects of gun violence and spoke of forgiveness.

Anne Marie Hochhalter, who spoke publicly about the long-lasting effects of gun violence after she was paralyzed in the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado, was found dead on Sunday at her home. She was 43.

Crude oil prices fall as traders await Canada, Mexico tariffs Oil prices fell for a second consecutive week as traders awaited the imposition of tariffs on Canada and Mexico and wondered if oil imports would be exempt

I’m from Midland, Texas. The Permian Basin’s economy not only depends on production of Texas Intermediate Crude but refining other types of oil from Canada. This has caused the oil industry to go into financial panic. I’m gifting a Midland Reporter Telegram Article.

www.mrt.com/business/oil...

That's just grim. But I suppose these are the times we live in.