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Massachusetts Strong: Building a Blue Wall to Protect Our Liberties · Greater Andover Indivisible Come learn about actions you can take to fortify our blue state from the chaos at the federal level and inspire others to do the same. ## Join us for a panel discussion featuring: - MA State Represe...

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@jonathanpienews.bsky.social Johnathan. Why give the current face of Treason any space here? Please don’t feed the ego that is bent on dismantling our democracy.

@jonathanpienews.bsky.social Johnathan. Why give the current face of Treason any space here? You are feeding an ego that bent on dismantling our country.

Trump Administration Told to Reinstate Nearly 6,000 USDA Workers The fired employees were on probationary status, swept up in the administration’s push to rapidly reduce the size of the federal work force in part by targeting those types of workers.

Thousands of Agriculture Department employees who were fired last month must be reinstated in their old positions for at least 45 days, a board that handles federal worker disputes ordered on Wednesday.

Where are you? This is no time for your silence #clinton #bush #obama #biden #harris #gore ….

Where are you? This is no time for your silence
#clinton #bush #obama #biden #harris #gore ….

Speak up
& Show up
or soon we will be…Forever Shut up.

Deepest apologies to our beloved northern family Canada 🇨🇦

Graffiti beneath Calgary’ Centre Street bridge. #yyc

Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking

The TL is bleak but Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, donated her Tesla to @npr

February 26, 2025 This morning, Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought and Office of Personnel Management acting director Charles Ezell sent a memo to the heads of departments and agencies.

February 26, 2025

Federal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGE We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.

A new website created by about a dozen federal employees, called “We the Builders,” aims to be a secure outlet for government workers to share stories about how their workplaces are being impacted by DOGE, and a place to explain the real-world impact of its access to government tech systems.

Trump’s Military Purge Has Washington Asking ‘Who’s Next?’ The dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came as part of a broader shakeup throughout the military’s senior ranks.

The dismissal of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff came as part of a broader shakeup that has rattled national security officials, who fear they could be next, report @shaneharris.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social: theatln.tc/fPpdXnEs

Anxiety Mounts Among Social Security Recipients as DOGE Troops Settle In Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources Ukraine's access to SpaceX-owned Starlink was brought up in talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials after Ukrainian President Zelenskiy turned down an initial proposal from U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent.

www.reuters.com/business/us-...

Take it from former Republicans: Dems need to fight like Republicans. Grill Trump nominees hard. Tulsi Gabbard is a massive threat to our natl security.

What question do YOU think the committee must ask Tulsi? Let us know, we're emailing the best questions to members directly.

Trump Freezes DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Read more here.

Trump admin ordered the Department of Justice to freeze its civil rights division which is tasked with enforcing voting, election and anti-discrimination laws. The division will not be able to pursue new cases, indictments or settlements.

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

The problem is there are myriad huge negative externalities of taking this approach - not least of which is that you need to keep building massive data centers, which require the consumption of extraordinary amounts of resources. 6/

AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas

Many journalists have written extensively about those externalities.

When these massive data centers come to town, they distort power supplies (per @bloomberg.com’s @leonardonclt.bsky.social, @naurtorious.bsky.social,
@andretartar.bsky.social)… 7/

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Is Taking Water From the Desert New data centers are springing up every week. Can the Earth sustain them?

…they take up drinking water - yes, drinking water, because of the water quality required to cool these facilities - which threatens to hike water prices for families… 8/

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

No one “accidentally” Nazi salutes.

Not once.
Sure as shit not twice.

Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.

Georgia Poll Workers Defamed by Giuliani Receive Some of His Assets A watch collection, a ring and a vintage Mercedes-Benz belonging to the former Trump lawyer were delivered nearly a year after he was ordered to pay $148 million to the workers he had spread lies abou...

GOOD NEWS: Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss have received Rudy Giuliani's watch collection, a ring, and his vintage Lauren Bacall Mercedes Benz! (Finally.) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/u...

Keep your eye on (Follow)Jack E. Smith as he winds the 2 cases down and quits ….
Ending the two federal cases could allow Smith to deliver a final report detailing his findings to Attorney General Merrick Garland before Trump becomes the 47th president.

“Concepts of a health plan”

Appoints an antivaxxer nutcase to health and human services lol.

Good luck America it was nice knowing you.

This gave me goosebumps.

“My 18-year-old daughter was at Starbucks, alone, the other night.

A man came up to her and started talking to her.

A barista handed her “an extra hot chocolate someone forgot to pick up.”

How grateful I am for people who look out for other people!”

We need each other.