“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract.
He also threatened to put the AI company on what could amount to a government blacklist.”
www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/t...
Venomous vandals
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
LFG Fritz!!
Djok’s an RFK Jr-loving tool
NY, do not forget the Novak COVID superspreader bullshit. #usopen
There it is, they're trying to de-transition everyone on Medicaid. I wish I was surprised. I'm certainly appalled and deeply worried for all the trans people who rely on Medicaid.
Did it spit out a pack of crayons too?
Another feckless loss for federal govt. You done a lotta good, Mark.
"Apple made 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)' in support of Free Black Mamas DMV www.dmvbailout.org and has launched a Let Her Go Home website lethergohome.org where you can donate, find local bail funds, and learn more about court-watching."
Source: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Judge Hannah Dugan, two-year-old V.L.M.
They are not outliers, exceptions, or aberrations. …
What we are witnessing is the Trump administration’s immigration plan in motion.
Today, at Law Dork:
The extra strict privacy protections for the IRS are to ensure people pay their taxes. We interviewed folks at the IRS and this also shaped their strict culture around privacy. Ultimately, the tax system only works if people voluntarily comply.
New, from me:
Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.
Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...
@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.
Double wedding ring quilt of bright jewel tones on a table for pinning together the 3 layers of the quilt
Some brightness in terrible times
Professor Michael Thaddeus, Columbia University AAUP speaking in front of crowd at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil.
Professor Sonya Posmentier, New York University, Sanctuary Campus Network speaking in front of crowd with “Jews say no to deportations” signs at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil
Professor Emerita Marianne Hirsch, Columbia University, daughter of Holocaust survivors speaking in front of crowd at press conference to free Mahmoud Khalil
This evening, Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis came together to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil.
We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech.
We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud
This weekend, DHS targeted and seized Mahmoud Khalil as punishment for his political speech, and indicated that they are revoking his green card. They have since handed him over to ICE where he is being detained — his location unknown — and held for deportation without due process. This is what fascist governments do, and it will not stop here. This extreme escalation is the test case; the Trump/Musk administration is trying to see how far they can go without public outrage and legal checks on their power. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
Universities have to recognize that these actions pose an existential threat. They need to make clear, through action, that they won’t sit on the sidelines as the Trump administration terrorizes students and faculty alike and runs roughshod over individual rights and the rule of law.
Mourning 18F’s elimination as a former employee but even more so as a former 18F agency customer. Unlike DOGE, 18F did the hard work of cultural transformation and sharing their methods with other Feds as they helped improve services. They weren’t just techies, they were teachers.
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
Eliminating 18F is a huge loss to modernizing US federal tech
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide.
This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.
Toasting Tish James tonight
Person in beach chair, wearing a “We the People” baseball cap with 3 fists of varied skin color. Cap’s covering their eyes; their lips are tight & grim
Both a perfect & terrible
time to go on vacation.
Those of you feds who can: #holdTheLine
#govTech
This is such a brilliant article by @willofwands.bsky.social - it perfectly illustrates that transition is unique to every trans person, that there is no one way to “be trans”, and that we absolutely should not adhere to anyone else’s ideas of gender.
#TransJoy
metro.co.uk/2025/01/26/t...
To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.
Mood emo 13yo is exactly today
Thoughtful piece on accessible forms by @vickytnz.bsky.social
Vicky, I’m missing you already. May your memory be a blessing. 💔
accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...
I can’t even take this in. Vicky was inspiring in gov tech and always with the surprising hilarious turn of phrase. She was a wonderful person.
