Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...
I’m so tired of seeing people bash Bluesky for being an echo chamber when X is an actual intentionally constructed echo chamber that is demonstrably radicalizing people across the political spectrum who still use it
Morning all. Almost the weekend. #Caturday. Hugs & much love from this family 🩷
California Water Plan 2028: Securing California's water for the next generation
For the first time in California history, we're releasing a multi-year plan to modernize our state's system for water capture and planning.
It's a commitment to make sure the world's fourth-largest economy has the water to thrive no matter what the climate crisis throws at us.
apnews.com/article/fact... I cannot listen to him; it is more than sufficient to read selected parts in the summary
apnews.com/article/bruc... Springsteen and E Street Band to launch 'Land of Hope and Dreams' US tour next month
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Trump: "Today I will sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122, over and above our normal tariffs already being charged"
Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it.
https://to.pbs.org/3NunWgA
Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."
🙌🤩🇸🇪 Grattis. Congratulations!
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Vaccinate
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
JUST IN: SCOTUS declines to take up challenge to Gov. Newsom's redistricting effort in California.
I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.
I'm an immigrant.
I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
The. Boss. The. Best.
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apnews.com/article/carn... ”Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that he meant what he said in his speech at Davos, and told him Canada plans to diversify away from the United States with a dozen new trade deals.”
Walz: "What's the plan Donald Trump? What do we need to do to get these federal agents out of our state? You thought fear, violence, and chaos is what you wanted, and you clearly underestimated the people of this state and nation. We're tired but we're solved. We're peaceful but we'll never forget"
The bogus longevity industry
"iffy" is being kind.
800 longevity clinics "often charge as much as tens of thousands of dollars for a single visit"
Gift link wapo.st/4bMAlq4
Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.
New in PN: What if we just stopped paying taxes?
"Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just … didn’t?"
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor... ”Carney said in a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness. There are billions of people who aspire to what we have built: a pluralistic society that works, Carney said.”
You don’t want polio. Has all historical memory completely disappeared? People seem to think polio is totally harmless, that it basically affects no one and has no consequences if you don’t vaccinate. It’s completely absurd.
Leaders of Denmark and Greenland insisted Thursday that the island's sovereignty was non-negotiable after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had agreed with the NATO chief on the framework of a future Arctic security deal. https://to.pbs.org/466le76
"Like many other blue states, Minnesota pays more to the federal government than it takes in. But why should the state continue to subsidize a government bent on destroying it? What if it just…didn’t?"
A big question from @snipy.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's PN:
www.publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-...
The post of an absolute madman.
Secret police.
People disappearing.
No due process.
Knocking down doors.
Racially profiling American citizens.
History has a name for this: authoritarianism.
