The coverage of threats by the media and the statements from community leaders are an exercise in elite panic, and that’s certainly not what we need.
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Trump & Elon downsizing the government.
Trump administration offers all federal workers Elon Musk Twitter styled job buyout framed as a way to avoid Return To Office mandates.
Trump administration attempts to impound appropriations under the responsibility of Congress.
The odd memo out of the White House that started freezing access to Medicaid portals and threatened to shut down daycares is some pretty wild overreach…
Bizarre RFKJR confirmation hearing.
RFKJr is a terrible anti-vaxxer. But there are so many other problems as well with him taking over the entirety of the federal healthcare in the US. The threat can’t be overstated.
No social media platform is a safe space – people need to diversify.
I’ve been saying this for years, that people are foolish if there’s only one social media platform where they say something or publish important information. But even among the people who’ve heard me, most have never listened to me. I think mainly because people fall in love with a platform, they are habit forming. They […]
Childhood milestone pandemic misinformation zombie.
There’s a need to resist tantalizing stories that are not true and may actually be harmful, no matter how relatable and true the narrative may seem initially.
NDAs are a persistent problem, used often to cover up wrongdoing.
“the plaintiff and the defendant working cooperatively to use that to transfer funds legally, totally legally, and to then lock that fund transfer behind an NDA”
Lackawanna County J6 insurrectionist among the pardoned.
I wasn’t hoping that person would go to jail, but a blanket pardon for all the insurrectionists sure seems outrageous and likely to embolden or even urge some to do worse in future.
Who is working to protect healthcare workers & public health advocates from the threats of anti-vaxxers?
My letter to reps: What are you doing to protect doctors, healthcare workers, and public health officials and disabled and senior advocates from violent anti-vaxxers? There have been openly stated plans that county officials are planning to deputize anti-vaxxers to go after people with “swatting raids” and livestream the events. This doesn’t sound legal to […]
Online communities centered around products, services, or investments are a threat to money, time, and social networks.
I recommend watching this youtube documentary about Bed Bath & Beyond memestock community it’s sad and fascinating and unfortunately all too familiar because this type of thing seems to be widespread.
Trump administration RTO – taking modern workplaces back to the Dark Ages.
‘Return to in-Person Work’ Directive Thin on Details – Published: January 21, 2025 By: FEDweek Staff It reads in its entirety: “Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at […]
The media landscape needs an overhaul.
Did you know that the U.S. Postal service acted as a subsidized news delivery service in the 1800s America?
Trump admin executive order lets tech tycoon villains do secret unsafe AI programs.
I don’t think tech tycoons ought to have complete opacity to run whatever AI stuff out there that they want to.
There is no system that you can just adopt and then set it and forget it.
There’s no political perpetual motion machine. Society will never work like a crock pot.
Trump administration puts workers on paid leave willy-nilly in effort to satisfy DEI obsessed fanbase.
Politically motivated witch hunt for Civil Rights related federal jobs is apparently resulting in forced paid leave for those suspected of being involved with ensuring equal rights in workplaces.
Eugenics is always a pseudoscience hoax.
It’s just an ideology, and a bad one based in accelerationist hopium and ableism, and racism. Mother Jones – January 2, 2025 – Eugenics Isn’t Dead—It’s Thriving in Tech – A new book takes on the throughline from the rise of 20th-century eugenics to Silicon Valley. – Julia Métraux The US psychologist and eugenicist Henry Goddard played an […]
Deregulation is another way of saying buyer beware.
I’ve also heard it said a few times that it should just be called “re-regulation” because in fact what so-called deregulation does is just switch the regulation from protecting consumers to protecting bad actors.
Tax prep company lobbying to get Donald Trump to kill IRS Direct File.
Nearly 30 House Republicans are asking President-elect Donald Trump to stop the IRS free tax filing service, Direct File, on day one of his new administration.
Trump administration hides critical health and safety information from the public.
Why is the Trump administration locking down public safety information from the federal health agencies?
AI search is not a search engine, it’s just dysfunctional.
We should not be forced to use this stuff in order to access information on the internet.
Trump quits the US from WHO like he’s cancelling his country club membership.
Membership in the WHO isn’t like giving to some sketch non-profit charity in order to get tax favour.