City decided we "make too much" to qualify for LIHEAP this year, despite costs of living going up. Feb finna be rough. It's esp frustrating cuz Jan was so cold that our bill was super high & it ate the last of last year's LIHEAP. I'm gonna have to increase my goals & that upsets me
105/450!
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“As time has gone by, I’ve developed more and more sympathy for the goals the populists are trying to achieve. America’s leadership class has spent the last few generations excluding, ignoring, rejecting and insulting a large swath of this country. It’s terrible to be assaulted in this way. It’s worse when you finally seize power and start assaulting yourself — and everyone around you. In fact, it’s stupid.” - David Brooks
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Opinion | Trump and Stupidity
I define stupidity as ignoring the question: What would happen next? By that definition, the Trump administration has produced volleys of it.David Brooks (The New York Times)
Here you go. @nicolesandler et moi.
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College course teaches Philly students to appreciate beer − whether they’re tailgating or fine dining
Students learn the history of beer, how to do a tasting analysis, and the hallmarks of designing a proper − and profitable − beer menu.The Conversation
USPS Halts All Packages From China, Sending the Ecommerce Industry Into Chaos
https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-trump-ecommerce-amazon-temu/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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USPS Halts All Packages From China, Sending the Ecommerce Industry Into Chaos
As part of new tariffs on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump eliminated an exemption for small packages, vastly increasing the amount of parcels US Customs and Border Protection needs to inspect.Zeyi Yang (WIRED)
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After Losing 15,000 Vehicles, Some Russian Troops Are Riding Horses
After Losing 15,000 Vehicles, Some Russian Troops Are Riding Horseshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/02/04/after-losing-15000-vehicles-some-russian-troops-in-ukraine-are-riding-horses/BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
As Constitutional Crises Mount, US Press Sleepwalks Into Autocracy
The New York Times and Washington Post largely downplayed the Trump administration's earth-shattering break from democratic norms.FAIR
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’Michael Sainato (The Guardian)
Some of the absolute worst people, including the guy behind "plandemic." Just what we need if H5N1 does break out in humans.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, despite expectations that they would hold talks after announcing tit-for-tat tariffs in a growing trade conflict.
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THIS is how to write the headline:
The EPA Is Trying to Terrify Employees Into Quitting
“As far as we can tell, EPA workers were the only ones to receive a notice from their agency, intended to go to probationary employees to terrorize and scare them into thinking they were on their way out,” she said.
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The EPA Is Trying to Terrify Employees Into Quitting
Employees were warned they could be fired at a moment’s notice.The New Republic
Evacuating Pokrovsk: Inside Ukraine’s Front-line City
Evacuating Pokrovsk: Inside Ukraine's Front-line Cityhttps://youtu.be/Kk_xXQBAlTcBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Law Dork [Feb 4] -- Great interview w/ NCLR's Shannon Minter & ACLU's Chase Strangio on 5 anti-trans E/Os: 1) defining sex as biology 2) restricting fed. funding to entities providing GAC 3) military ban 4) censor trans in education 5) censor trans on fed. websites [@rikiwilchins.bsky.social]
Meet two lawyers leading the f...
Meet two lawyers leading the fight for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks
Chase Strangio and Shannon Minter talk with Law Dork. "How this story comes out does depend to a great degree on what we do right now."Chris Geidner (Law Dork)
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An appropriate process?
Back in December Energy Minister Simon Watts appointed John Carnegie and Vijay Goel to the board of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation A...norightturn.blogspot.com
"Its a perfect example of National's cronyism. And yet another argument for why we need to take government board appointments completely out of the corrupt hands of Ministers, and put them in the hands of a neutral statutory appointments body."
@norightturnnz, 2025
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Preach.
An appropriate process?
Back in December Energy Minister Simon Watts appointed John Carnegie and Vijay Goel to the board of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation A...norightturn.blogspot.com
@strypey Many similarities to appointment of Dr Melissa Derby as Race Relations Commissioner. Not a candidate but a late entry.
#NZpol
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"Gender critical". Denies reality of racism and opposes Identity Politics.
Melissa Derby on the victim/oppressor narrative and intergenerational trauma
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Controversial human rights commissioners weren’t recommended by hiring panel
Documents reveal Stephen Rainbow was appointed chief human rights commissioner despite failing to make the shortlist of candidates recommended by the hiring panel.Madeleine Chapman (The Spinoff)
As the political leaders of the U.S. and Israel claim ownership of Gaza in a Tuesday night press conference, we focus on the stories of impacted Gazans.
Throughout 2024, a large number of families in the Beit Lahia area of the northern Gaza Strip were forcibly displaced under fire from the Israeli army. Several Palestinian women shared portions of their stories of displacement to Unicorn Riot.
NEW Video - Forcibly Displaced in Gaza
Forcibly Displaced in Gaza
Throughout 2024, a large number of families in the Beit Lahia area of the northern Gaza Strip were forcibly displaced under fire from the Israeli army. During their…Vimeo
CelloMom On Cars
in reply to CelloMom On Cars • • •‘They’ll have to drag me out before I go.’ EPA workers stand firm despite Trump chaos
“The only people who win when EPA money is shut off are corporate polluters and lobbyists who want the EPA cut down to size.”
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‘They’ll have to drag me out before I go.’ EPA workers stand firm despite Trump chaos
Shi En Kim (High Country News)CelloMom On Cars
in reply to CelloMom On Cars • • •Same for the National Science Foundation:
"The Trump administration is trying to “scare the shit out of people so they take advantage of the resignation offers out of fear,” said one NSF program manager who asked not to be identified to avoid retribution.
It’s unclear how the threatened reduction in force at NSF would comply with union agreements the agency has with the American Federation of Government Employees. AFGE didn’t respond to requests for comment."
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CelloMom On Cars
in reply to CelloMom On Cars • • •"Former #NOAA officials told CBS News that current employees have been told to expect a 50% reduction in staff and budget cuts of 30%.
"They walked through security like it didn't apply to them," Andrew Rosenberg, a former deputy director for NOAA, said of DOGE staff. "They were there and they were going through IT systems… They're not asking substantial questions about what NOAA does and the importance of its role. This isn't a review to figure out efficiency." "
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Democrats concerned DOGE is targeting NOAA, sources say
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in reply to CelloMom On Cars • • •Musk is executing a playbook.
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The link is from this post.
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(The whole thread is enlightening.
Have a stiff drink handy)
'Reboot' Revealed: Elon Musk's CEO-Dictator Playbook
Gil Duran (The Nerd Reich)