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“Miller is running the administration.”

On our latest episode, @scaramucci.bsky.social tells @karaswisher.bsky.social who's really in charge at the White House.

I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.

Not really the best sign when newspapers are having to run this infographic to explain to Americans what the paramilitary government force is gassing them with

One problem with advocating for censoring unwanted political content on TikTok is that you might get your way

i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app

DFL Party Statement on Trump and Bondi's Attempt to Extort Our State Voter Rolls "Donald Trump and Pam Bondi are demanding access to Minnesotans’ voter rolls in exchange for relieving us from the federal siege we are under," said DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom. "Let us be direct: Fuck off."

We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered

There are so many families in this city who are now one to two months behind on rent. We are trying our best with gofundme’s and various pooled resources but this would be so helpful, especially for the many families who don’t know who to ask or how to find the resources that are out there

“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.

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@pkrugman.bsky.social I love your newsletter, but please stop hosting it on Substack. Their "neutral" stance on Nazis leaves a horrible taste in my mouth.

www.usermag.co/p/substack-s...

Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) .@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database

This thread is incredible.

Arthur A. Allen A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

I, for one, would love a Arthur A. Allen trading card.

servicetoamericamedals.org/honorees/art...

I'm a bit fuzzy on what a good game mechanic would be in order to highlight things like engineering acumen or systems design.

#JonStewart #WeeklyShow #Podcast #Government #MichaelLewis #Games

The "faceless bureaucrats" who do the thankless hard work and never get any real recognition. It might help humanize government workers to a public which apparently has no idea what government does.

Then I saw this story about how they made these trading cards in Japan.

www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainmen...

... and it occurred to me that someone should make a trading card game for all the government workers in the US.

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Who Is Government? Storytime with Michael Lewis | The Weekly Show

I listened to Jon Stewart interview Michael Lewis about his new book the other day.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=79_n...

In the book, it extolls the amazing government workers who are currently demonized by the right wing media. It's yet another reason to be angry about DOGE and the cuts.

Wait.
Just found out that the CEO of Gumroad now works at DOGE? And that he saved up loads of money 'cause he fired everyone and replaced them with AI?
I'm leaving the platform as soon as I get my money. Jesus christ.

tedium.co/2025/04/06/g...

Add it to other words the Brits haven't got to yet!

Razour.
Majour.
Conductour.
Boa constrictour.
Transistour.
Microprocessour!

Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.

“Unless you are using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard), email is not end-to-end encrypted, and the contents of a message can be intercepted and read at many points, including on Google’s email servers,” EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told @washingtonpost.com.

I don’t do this often and promise not to make a habit of it, but just this once: WE TRIED TO WARN YOU!!!!!

Perhaps RFK Jr's heritage as an old baseball glove counts as their version of "diversity"

If you happen to renew your passport successfully and manage to change your gender marker, please for the love of god don't post about it online.

honk honk?

If you want people in the Fediverse (e.g., Mastodon) to be able to see your posts, just follow @ap.brid.gy and your posts will appear there.

More info here: fed.brid.gy

Ah, my Fediverse --> Bluesky bridge is worky now.

now to see if i can follow some folks from bsky over on #Mastodon...

Our gas water heater died, so we replaced it with a hybrid heat pump water heater. This 50 gal. unit from Bradford White has an efficiency of 344% when operated in heat pump mode, which is how we will be using it. Now the only gas appliance we are using is the gas backup furnace. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 +...

Forum software NodeBB joins the fediverse | TechCrunch Before there was social media, there were internet forums. Millions of forum sites continue to operate, which is why it's notable that one top forum

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/forum-software-nodebb-joins-the-fediverse/
Niiice #nodebb #fediverse #fedi

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