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23andMe is bankrupt and your data is their key asset. Once sold, current privacy and ethical protections will be void. Do something now. www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/14/1...
"A patriot, by contrast, wants the nation to live up to its ideals, which means asking us to be our best selves. A patriot must be concerned with the real world, which is the only place where his country can be loved and sustained." daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...
"...so preposterous that Goldberg had assumed the group was a hoax, with the intention of embarrassing him. But it was real." daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...
"'In no uncertain terms is this an audit,' claims the second auditor. 'It’s a heist, stealing a vast amount of government data.'" www.wired.com/story/federa...
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Another great profile on Katie Ameku focusing on her journey through Kansas City FIRST and her path to a Rhodes Scholarship. 😊 So happy for Katie, her family, and the community. www.kcstem.org/from-lego-ro...
"The reality is that NASA set a plan for the return of Wilmore and Williams last August. The spacecraft that brought them back to Earth on Tuesday safely docked to the space station in September. ... Musk knew this plan. He had to sign off on it. ... And still, the lies came."
"If Scott was thinking of monthly job losses, there were 17 months under Biden in which the number of full-time workers declined on a month-to-month basis. But full-time employment grew the other 31 months of Biden’s term, resulting in a net increase." www.factcheck.org/2025/03/full...
"After the order went into effect, some large defense contractor companies ... went so far as to cancel internal employee resource groups, including everything from group chats to meetings among women at the company that served to foster a sense of community." arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
While you weren't looking, Trump rolled back Biden's ethics rules prohibiting executive branch employees from accepting major gifts from lobbyists.
So much for "drain the swamp."
Our German supporters made us realize we made a mistake, and we want to acknowledge it. Germany, you’re in our thoughts. While we’re relieved that AfD was defeated, we understand this is not a moment for celebration. There is still much work ahead, and we stand in solidarity with you.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower envisioned the Kennedy Center as an "artistic mecca." President Trump recently told reporters he'd never seen a show there.
Good piece, but short version: "Tell me more." "Go on …" and "What else?"
NEW: In a matter of days, transgender minors in Kansas might lose options for hormone treatments, surgeries and other care.
Kansas Republican lawmakers overrode the governor's veto today to put a ban on gender-affirming health care into law.
Dive into the cyber-fantasy world of Shadowrun with this new, in-universe magazine! Check out issue #1 today!
Featuring in-universe stories from personalities from all over the Sixth World by some of your favorite authors and new writers, Augment brings the Shadowrun universe to life like never before!
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have repeatedly affirmed Musk’s leadership of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency. But according to a new court filing from the White House, the administrator of DOGE isn’t Elon Musk after all. Who is? No one knows.
After President Trump suggested that Ukraine was at fault for the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said Trump was “living in a disinformation space.” Here are the latest updates on the Trump administration.
Fiery, concisely written, and powerfully delivered. A must watch no matter your thoughts on Sanders, Democrats, or Republicans.
NEW: Black civil servants working to advance minority health are being targeted by a right -wing group that is posting their photos and personal info online and calling on Trump to fire them. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point ordered 12 officially sanctioned clubs for women and ethnic or racial groups to shut down immediately, in a drive to comply with the Trump administration’s directives on diversity, equity and inclusion, the academy said on Wednesday.
Brian Driscoll, the acting director of the FBI, sporting curly hair, a kinda rakish jazz dirtbag moustache and beard combo, a faintly amused look in his eyes and a wry "whaddaya gonna do" smirk
I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI
"It builds goodwill and political influence and economic influence. It promotes American business. It protects us in terms of disease threats around the world. It is in our national interest to run these programs."
Goldman Sachs, Jan 21: "Despite Trump’s comments that the 25% tariff will be implemented in 10 days, we continue to believe the odds of a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico are low (20%)." Why have analysts been caught so flat-footed by Trump doing *exactly what he said he would*?
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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"I just love the idea of him leaving Zuckerberg sitting around for half a fucking day while he played a round of golf after his felony sentencing, before getting back to negotiating the price of the bribe to get 'into the tent.'"
"Zuck’s exasperation over the disloyalty of his own employees is like hiring a team of pickpockets and then complaining that sandwiches keep going missing from the gang’s hangout fridge."
"'We work diligently to comply with the FCC's underwriting regulations and welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that to the Commission.'" www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
