Five years ago we all suddenly started hearing the word 'furlough' everywhere.
Now it's 'tarriff'.
In 2030 it'll be 'sexbot'.
In 2035 It'll be 'uprising'.
In 2040 it'll be 'robodaddy'.
In 2045 it'll be 'pentaterm president'.
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"Here's the rule the House just passed for taking up its budget resolution -- with a provision🚨preventing any House member from filing a disapproval resolution on Trump's tariffs through Sept. 30.
See #6. They're insulating Trump's tariffs from being canceled by themselves."
-J Bendery
Johnson is ensuring a deep recession!
#Tariffs #Trumpcession #Stagflation #Sabotage #Recession #Republicans #Resolution #Resist #USPol
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"I know this reads like a bunch of procedural jargon.
In normal speak, what is happening here is the House is getting ready to vote to begin debate on its budget resolution -- and when it does, it is also voting to BAR ITSELF from taking action to stop Trump's tariffs.
Dems seizing on this provision being tucked into the rule for the budget res:
🚨“A vote for this rule is a vote for Trump’s tariffs," says Rep D Beyer.
-J Bendery
#Resolution #Budget #Sabotage #Tariffs #Trump #Republican #USPol
Tesla Canada says its shady $43 million incentive grab was a misunderstanding - EUROPE SAYS
Tesla has sent a response to Transport Canada about its sudden incentive cash grab from March, stating that this is standard process and suggesting that theEUROPE SAYS
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We have received many questions about Trump potentially invoking the Insurrection Act, which gives the president broad power to deploy the military within our country.
Elected officials, organizers, and everyday Americans should be ready to respond quickly and effectively if Trump takes this dangerous step. https://indivisible.org/resource/could-trump-invoke-insurrection-act-what-know-and-how-prepare
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since he gives a shit about the judicial system. by the time, judges intervene, the damage has already been done.
isn‘t it a great time (so great, the greates time, no time has been greater, it can be seen from space, it‘s huge) to be alive today?
Man, I haven't watched local broadcast TV in a very long while. But, I'm stuck in a place with no wifi and only a TV connected to an antenna.
Best I can tell, what passes for local "news" these days is a series of feel-good stories about fundraisers for food banks, community healthcare and social services, etc. without ever mentioning the root causes of our social safety net deficit.
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"#ICE director says #deportations should be run like ‘#Amazon Prime for human beings’"
Jesus fucking Christ
The #sadism has no bottom. #Dehumanization is the gleeful loudly announced goal
All of the bigots and morons out there will love it or not care
None of this is going to end well, there is some really scary shit coming
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/ice-todd-lyons-deporation-amazon
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I just really want to put emphasis on the fact that ICE's current methods are basically human trafficking and he's talking about making that into a business. That's called "slave trade."
It's an international crime against humanity.
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"It’s wrong to call these supersized vehicles sport utility vehicles (SUVs): a large proportion of them are not used for anything sportier than a supermarket run. Rather, we seem to have crossed over into emotional support vehicle (ESV) territory. A lot of the tanks I see on the road appear to serve no other purpose than making their owner feel better about their insecurities."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/please-for-the-love-of-god-stop-buying-supersized-cars
Please, for the love of God, stop buying supersized cars
Why would anyone want a car that’s too big for parking spaces, or that’s a menace to other road users? Arwa Mahdawi has a theoryArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
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Hunting street-level cell phone surveillance with Rayhunter
Things are scary in the US right now. ICE is disappearing students for protesting genocide and kidnapping innocent people off the streets to enslave in El Salvador.Micah Lee (micahflee)
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@bob_zim yeah. Seen it. in the writeup by @micahflee ...
I just hope to find any that ain't #NetLock'd / #SimLock'd to #Verizon and that these support more than #US-#LTE bands...
- Not shure if it needs a valid #SIM or just an #ICCID + #Ki on a #SIM to get going (cuz in #Germany it's hard [imported #SIM] to illegal [domestic SIMs] to get an anonymous SIM since 07/2017.
I just wish @eff wouldn't expect everyone to use #centralized, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider services like @signalapp in the age of #CloudAct, cuz neither I nor anyone I'd trust would submit #PII to them like a #PhoneNumer as a matter of principle!
Seriously, #Signal fans are just #cultists who are unwilling to even consider the possibility that @signalapp as a #VCmoneyBurningParty isn't sustainable or that @Mer__edith and her predecessor, #Shitcoin-#Scam - shilling #CryptoBro #Moxie ain't their best friends and would happily risk jail for them.
- I may sound like Hans Bühler at this point, but Signal has a stench that is very much reminiscent of #ANØM & #CryptoAG!
I #ToldYaSo and when the evidence is there, I do expect public apologies from every single one of you shills that live on a "#TrustMeBro!" mentality believing every advertising lie!
- Teach kids proper #TechLiteracy instead and get gud at it. Do a @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth / @cryptoparty@chaos.social / #CryptoParty and use real #E2EE like #PGP/MIME & #XMPP+#OMEMO FFS!
If Signal was actually secure, it would be used by every single "Darknet Drug Lord"!
- But guess why they'd rather teach stuff like #OfflinePGP method instead?
Because #ComSec requires #OpSec, #InfoSec & #ITsec!
So, you want to be a darknet drug lord... : nachash@observers.net : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
You've decided that you're bored with your cookie-cutter life of workingat a no-name startup, getting paid in stock options and empty promises.You want a taste...Internet Archive
Sadly there's only 1 listing on eBay willing to ship to #Germany...
Verizon Speed Handy Hotspot 4G LTE Connect bis Zu 10 Wi-Fi Aktiviert Geräte | eBay
Verizon Speed Mobile Hotspot | 4G LTE | Verbinden Sie bis zu 10 Wi-Fi-fähige Geräte |.eBay
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so this from someone working at the Office of Personnel Management is everything i knew was going to happen, not because of #Project2025.
the tech coup was only possible due to the secrecy surrounding Peter Thiel’s Palantir raid of USGOV data under the guise of their ICE contract.
BIDEN NEVER DISCLOSED ALL THE “SERVICES” PALANTIR PROVIDED.
Palantir offering ICE services makes no sense. their main purpose is to spy on employees.
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https://federated.press/@NiftyLinks/113901984890270545
source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1ibbbh7/this_was_posted_about_opm_in_our_union_chat/
![Under his name, they've sent numerous reguests to all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn't even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security.
Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency.
Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It's been the one sending those various “test” message you've all seen. We think they're building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road.
The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we've filed.
Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We're just as helpless to stop this as [illegible]](https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/preview/640/2647513 "Under his name, they've sent numerous reguests to all the agencies to collect information on gov't employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn't even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security.
Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency.
Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It's been the one sending those various “test” message you've all seen. We think they're building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road.
The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we've filed.
Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We're just as helpless to stop this as [illegible]")
NiftyLinks (@NiftyLinks@federated.press)
Attached: 2 images "OPM has been taken over and compromised" A #reddit post from an #opm #civilservant regarding the creation of a singular, direct email list to all federal employees and contractors. https://www.reddit.Mastodon
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win11 is so fuckin bad and Microsoft so untrustworthy at this point I will exit the Windows software ecosystem I've stuck with for nearly 30 fuckin years over it.
Time to start testing out different linux distros on my desktop to find one I like.
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I've had some success using Chris Titus toolset (ctt) to automate getting rid of the bloat & spyware on systems I have to use windoz on
Otherwise it is Linux or BSD
🌋 Water stored in the mantle for millions of years may be linked to continental volcanism
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-mantle-millions-years-linked-continental.html
#vulcanism #earthscience #geology #volcanos #science
Water stored in the mantle for millions of years may be linked to continental volcanism
The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water.Rebecca Owen (Phys.org)
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Man without the capacity for empathy counseling everyone that empathy is a bad thing.
It’s like a bald man saying that a full head of hair will cause civilization to collapse.
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Continuing from here…
I put up a dipole this time, and while I did receive marginally more stuff than before (only in the 2m and 70cm bands), there was also a lot of noise. The length of each leg of the dipole was calculated like this, with the velocity factors estimated for the copper wire and insulation.
(299792458 / 52_000_000 * 0.95 * 0.95) / 4I did get the copper pipe for making a sleeve balun. Would that further improve things? :3c
Well, I tried building my own ¼-wavelength monopole with the metal railing and everything it's attached to as the ground plane, but it didn't work very well. :(I'm targeting 6-meter with this, but I thought it'd make sense to use the middle of the band (52 MHz) as the target, so I did
(C / 5200000000) / 4to get the length of 1.44 meters.What did I do wrong? :( #HamRadio #AmateurRadio
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United States Disappeared Tracker now reports 1,210 humans have been abducted or otherwise disappeared by #ICE
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map
#USCitizens #Immigrants #DueProcess #Habeus #Habeuscorpus #Abductions #Abductees #AbolishICE #kidnapping #kidnappers
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The iconic “bart” channel on #YouTube has another great OpEd style piece about the current struggles at #HarleyDavidson but in comparison to how they survived the AMF years. I worry that this last-standing American #motorcycle brand is going to get snapped up for pennies on the dollar by another India-based acquisition.
Yeah, there’s Polaris/Indian but they are a reboot of an old company. H-D is still the original. #motorcycles
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I haven't watched it yet (in my watch later list; love bart's channel) but wasn't Harley already majority German owned or something? I don't keep up with that stuff.
Something needs to happen to Harley if they ever want to survive…
starting with lowering their way too high prices!
@arnowi The prices are outrageous.
I bought their cheapest Milwaukee Eight bike, a Street Bob, which had a 2024 retail price of $25,000 AUD.
Meanwhile, the Breakout and Heritage Classic were $39,000 AUD in 2024 - 56% more expensive for the same frame and engine (although the Breakout has slightly more displacement). I don't understand where the rest of the money goes.
I've saved a lot of money by buying the cheapest and building it up. 👍
I think the only sensible thing to do at this point (other than *not* buying Harley) is to buy second hand but even those prices are not exactly cheap. Also, in second hand it's hard to find the kind of bike you really want.
Years ago I dreamt of getting a ~2015 Wide Glide but very hard to find second hand.
@magnus919
Hidden impact of COVID-19: How lack of testing and isolation played key role in pandemic's spread.
"Silent" COVID-19 infections—cases in which individuals carried the virus without symptoms and avoided testing or isolation—likely exacerbated the pandemic's early spread and distorted containment strategies"
"A vast proportion of 'excess deaths' was directly attributable to undetected infections. Unattributed deaths contribute to an underestimation of excess mortality, with lower testing capacities exacerbating this issue."
Study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0309423
Source: https://archive.md/08TVW
To test or not to test? A new behavioral epidemiology framework for COVID-19
Evidence from clinical research suggests that in the first two waves of COVID-19, the virus spread rapidly through a large number of undocumented asymptomatic infections.journals.plos.org
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Agricultural employers who provide farmworkers with health insurance earn higher profits, even after accounting for the cost of that coverage. In addition, farmworkers who get health insurance through their employers are more productive and earn more money than those who do not.Providing farmworkers with health insurance is worth it for their employers − new research
At a time when California’s farm operators are struggling to hire enough people, providing better benefits could attract more workers who are citizens or have legal immigration status.The Conversation
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Rice prices just keep climbing in Japan. The Japanese government is planning a third release from its strategic reserves - but some experts say it won't help. Meanwhile, one supermarket is selling an "American blend" to give consumers some relief.
https://unseen-japan.com/rice-prices-japan-no-relief/
Japanese Consumers Groan As Rice Prices Just Keep Climbing - Unseen Japan
Some experts say a third release from the country's reserves might not have any effect and that prices will remain high until autumn.Jay Allen (Unseen Japan)
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The GOP is starting to feel the pressure. Even in very red states and districts, Republicans are facing more constituent questions about the real-life impacts of the Trump-Musk coup.
We need to keep this momentum going. There’s another congressional recess next week — let’s get to work: https://indivisible.org/muskorus
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I don't think I'll ever get over the attribution of "elevated sense of justice" as a "symptom" of autism. My sibling in science. This is not what you discovered. What you discovered is that "willingness to cheat when nobody is watching" or (perhaps, even) "virtue signaling" are symptoms of allism.
Autistic people have the sense of justice that allistic people claim to follow. Autistic people are more likely to actually behave ethically, regardless of whether anyone is watching or there is a social reward for it. This is not a weird foible with autists! This is a wild ethical breach by allists! Willingness to compromise on your stated ethical values is not "normal" regardless of how common it may be. Thats's weird! And troubling!
That's something worth looking into when it comes to allistic people. Leave autistic people with our propensity to simply believe and act accordingly out of your doublethink.
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Thanks. Yeah, I didn't know believing strongly in your own sense of ethics was a defect.
I have done something deeply stupid my entire life, I have always quit a job before looking for a new one. It has filled my resume with holes that now cripples my job search because people consider it so irregular, but it feels ethical to quit a place that treats me poorly or doesn't follow its own values before looking for someplace else to work.
Yeah, I didn't know ideals was all lip service.
Dow Assures Everyone Local Dow Still Doing Pretty Great After Appointing Self Sound Transit CEO
As the nation’s stock market chaos continues after President Trump’s new tariffs, today recently resigned King County Executive Dow Constantine assured locals that the local Dow is actually “…The Needling
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Tax and economic policies that funnel trillions of dollars from working people to the already rich were always going to be a disaster for our country. Here are some practical and concrete ways to fix that dynamic. F*ck greed and the greedy!
Patriotic Millionaires Unveil Platform to 'Beat the Broligarchs'
"Our economy should be judged on how well it takes care of working people, not on how many billionaires it mints in a calendar day," said the founder of the economic justice group.julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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It’s up to each of us to help save life on Earth – I love this challenge | Bob Brown - EUROPE SAYS
Extinction. In 1844 Ketill Ketilsson won the race to grab the last pair of great auks. They were nesting on Iceland’s Eldey Island. Millions of theseEUROPE SAYS
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60 Minutes claims to have recieved internal government documents listing the names of the men sent to an El Salvadorian prison. They claim 75% of all names they recieved have no known criminal record.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MeidasTouch/s/n6O9sN3P8A
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US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico - EUROPE SAYS
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Pentagon official said Tuesday that special operations forces do not have the authority to launch drone attacks at drug cartels inEUROPE SAYS
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The class war is always the poor versus smarter people
Gas the poor
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