Why I have to buy doughnuts with cash - @bhgreeley.bsky.social here on the problems of US payments and why that means he has to pay with dollar notes at his local store with doughnuts that are “definitional” www.ft.com/content/8766...
I read that article this AM - great work! ✅
Financial Times: “…a federal judge last week barred the OPM from firing probationary workers at specific government departments, clarifying that the office “does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe to hire and fire employees at another agency”.”
30% voted for Trump, 40% didn’t/couldn’t vote: “as a nation” isn’t quite right…
You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
What ever happened to keeping our promises?
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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<snicker>
“… only 1.3% of votes cast were in support of a resolution calling on the company to report on racial and gender hiring statistics "to prove it does not practice discrimination."
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/...
UGH 😥
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
If you could help my brother Mark out by chipping in, I’d appreciate it: he’s been my mentor on so many things related to civic engagement and organizing…
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ma...
IDEA: Musk should release The CyberChip!
EW 2 U 2 !!!
RIP Jimmy Carter 🌹
“Though it looked like he was over 50 percent on Election Night, the steady drip of late ballots has eroded his percentage to (currently) 49.87 percent, with further slippage very likely before all the votes are in.”
nymag.com/intelligence...
Hey, I've written something for MSNBC (first time I've written for them). www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
No thanks, “Mrak”—I’m good! #blocked
china: leading the way with green energy tech
and the largest annual emitter of greenhouse gases in the world
think: texas but bigger
FT: “Andriy Kovalenko, a [UKR] National Security and Defense Council official, wrote on Telegram that the Karachev arsenal contained artillery, glide bombs, anti-aircraft missiles and ammunition for weapons systems supplied by North Korea.”
*Financial Times
Kayse Jama is Oregon’s new SENATE MAJORITY LEADER!!!
www.oregonlegislature.gov/senatedemocr...
Graph demonstrating rates of vaccine preventable illness decreasing over time
Vaccination saves lives. Period.
number of oil/gas lobbyists at cop29 this year: >1700
if they were a country, would be third largest delegation in attendance
Hypothetical. I'm curious what people think. If the DOGE agency worked on the premise that half of all savings in a federal program were distributed as increased benefits to qualified recipients, would you consider the details ?
Fun thing about measles: it frequently erases all of your immune system “memory”. Have a great day!
“Experts say this law-and-order approach has already been tried, and failed.
"Independent of whether you think it's a good idea, I just don't see that happening," says Keith Humphreys, professor of psychology who studies addiction medicine at Stanford University.”
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Was there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting organizations).
Voted no, of course - but I do want to report that the activism DID work and persuaded members.
I thought it’d be a lonely NO vote, which we take often. It wasn’t.
15M people on Bluesky!!! 💫
The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!
