Charlie McHenry

Writer, tech veteran, co-founder Trilobyte Games (the 7th Guest) & Green Econometrics. Former RN & educator. Former OR State Telecommunications Councilor. Cat lover. Gardener. Cancer survivor. Amateur ethnomusicologist: YouTube channel. https://youtube.com/@charliemchenry - he/him AVATAR: older nerd with facial hair. Banner pic: view from my back veranda across the Rogue Valley, Oregon. #BLM #PFLAG #Music

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2026-03-31 17:14:37 UTC

Iran strikes fully loaded oil tanker off Dubai coast as gas reaches $4 per gallon in US - U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as fuel prices continue to soar worldwide. The last time U.S. drivers were collectively paying this much at the pump was nearly four years ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. #IranWar #OilPrices #oil #gas #inflation #economy #RepublicansDidThis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-31-2026

2026-03-27 21:33:29 UTC

Whoa⁉️ TIL there’s a special desk made for people who work from home and have cats. Uh-huh. Of course it’s Japanese… #cats #CatsOfMastodon #desks #DeskSetup
https://soranews24.com/2026/03/27/japan-now-has-a-special-desk-for-people-who-work-at-home-with-a-pet-catphotos/

2026-03-14 18:25:14 UTC

Could the unfolding #PrivateCredit crises turn out to be worse for the #economy that the #IranWar⁉️ Private-credit funds, a $3 trillion market, face an exodus of cash due to concerns over tech sector loans and potential AI impact. Mark-to-market accounting, valuing assets at current prices, is amplifying pain in private credit by creating “fire sale” prices. Will the banks, who provide much of the funding for the private credit market, be the next to suffer? #banks #banking #Finance #investing
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2026-03-03 20:19:41 UTC

Prince Harry served with valor in Afghanistan, why can’t #BarronTrump serve in the #IranWar⁉️ #DraftBarron
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2026-03-01 18:14:47 UTC

Dismiss, distract, deflect…
#epsteinfiles
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2026-02-27 04:56:34 UTC

Big Green Party win, their first ever in a by-election, in Manchester, UK today. The constituency of Gorton and Denton is sending a female plumber to Parliament - she gave an awesome victory speech. Labour, the “New Labour” wing, took a dismal 3rd place. Hard to see how PM Sir Keir Starmer survives this humiliation in what was a solid Labour district. This is what happens when a traditionally left-leaning party turns against the progressives in their ranks. Centrist, neo-liberal #Democrats in the USA need to take a lesson. #UKPol #UKPolitics

2026-01-25 21:54:27 UTC

Y’all read @nprofile…ugpy book “Little Brother”? It’s a YA #SciFi thriller about a teenager who takes on an authoritarian government - so relevant to what is happening now in #Minnesota and the #fascist takeover of the USA. The tech referenced in the book is now a bit outdated (2008), but the principles and plot are very contemporary. If you’re into #ScienceFiction then this one’s for you. #books #bookstodon #Book

2025-12-14 19:38:09 UTC

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-researcher-quits-hiding-truth #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

2025-12-13 19:44:18 UTC

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@nprofile…5fsm They did this to me as well a few years back…then essentially denied me access to about $1,000 worth of music I had downloaded for my (back then) iPad. Not amount of conversation, emails, or social media posts remedied the situation. They won, I lost. Good luck. HN just might do it.

2025-11-22 23:14:05 UTC

Had to school an evangelical Christian friend of mine on the difference between anti-semitism and anti-zionism; and why it is not anti-semitic to be opposed to the state of Israel. I started by pointing out the five orthodox Jewish sects, Talmudic scholars, who are anti-zionist. That includes: Satmar Hasidim, Neturei Karta, Edah HaCharedis, Toldos Aharon, and the Brisker Dynasty. The basis of their opposition is Talmudic law (Talmud Ketubot 111a) of the three oaths; specifically the 1st & 2nd oath. 1 they should not ascend to the holy land by force, 2 they should not rebel against nations of the world. These Jewish scholars argue that establishing a Jewish state through political & MILITARY means violates the first two oaths; and that the return to Israel must be a miraculous event led solely by the Messiah, NOT a human endeavor. So there’s that. Then, I directed them to non-religious Jewish organizations, like @nprofile…e4fq for more information. #religion #AntiZionism #Israel

2025-11-03 18:27:07 UTC

Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested over leak of video allegedly showing Palestinian detainee abuse https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0kpd97qqko #Israel #gaza #WarCrimes

2025-10-13 18:32:05 UTC

Today is “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” - Some Indigenous Peoples Day events strike conciliatory tone amid Trump's focus on Columbus - Trump’s tribute to the explorer whose planting of the Spanish flag in the Caribbean in 1492 opened the Americas to “the ultimate triumph of Western civilization” — along with centuries of disease, slavery and conquest that ravaged Indigenous civilizations — is drawing criticism and resignation from Native Americans. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #indigenous #culture
https://apnews.com/article/columbus-indigenous-trump-f75cb0fd6ded7c4a0dc7cacbda03f756

2025-10-12 15:45:47 UTC

#Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The agency cut nearly everyone who works to administer federal funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, one staffer said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/10/11/education-department-special-ed-office-layoffs-shutdown/86646104007/

2025-08-16 20:06:03 UTC

Honestly, this guy is clueless… can’t read a room. The Marie Antoinette of the #TrumpAdministration - J.D. Vance is obviously very envious, super jealous, about the lifestyles of his buddies the #billionaires while being utterly oblivious to the plight of the poor and disadvantaged. #JDVance #VicePresident #Politics #USPol #EatTheRich
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2025-08-09 19:18:33 UTC

Gold ballroom, bespoke gold million dollar credit cards, repainting the White House with golden ornamentation, and finally, gold bars from ring-kissing tech bros (Tim Cook, I’m looking at you)… so I thought this belonged here. #USPol #USPolitics #Trump #TrumpRegime #Republicans #EatTheRich
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2025-07-22 17:50:24 UTC

#Etsy faces user boycott over #AlligatorAlcatraz branded products - hell yes, we support online platforms with our wallets. So when they screw up, the best response is to #boycott https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/etsy-faces-user-boycott-over-alligator-alcatraz-branded-products/

2025-07-13 00:13:53 UTC

The Economist: Trump embarrasses the Pentagon with a U-turn on Ukraine <https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/07/08/trump-embarrasses-the-pentagon-with-a-u-turn-on-ukraine>: ‘His decision to resume arms shipments is a victory for common sense—while it lasts…. The #Pentagon had presented the halt in arms deliveries [to Ukraine] as a part of a review to ensure that America maintained its own stocks. “We can’t give weapons to everybody all around the world,” declared Sean Parnell, the Pentagon spokesman… This was mostly misleading…. Those being sent to #Ukraine now come from contractors’ production lines rather than from American forces…. Mr Parnell insists that the process to “evaluate military shipments across the globe remains in effect and is integral to our America First defence priorities”…. But that does not hide the humiliation of the Pentagon’s civilian leadership at having an important policy countermanded by the president…. Trump reportedly told Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, that he had not known about the halt in weapons deliveries…. #USPol #USPolitics

2025-06-22 21:30:32 UTC

25 years ago my wife and eldest daughter laid a brick and paver deck in our garden and built an arbor over it with 4x4 uprights and 1x1 cross slats. Then they planted a ‘trumpet vine’. or Campsis on the Arbor. It was about a foot tall when it went into the ground. Just look at it now‼️ The hummingbirds love it so much they nest in it annually. #Flowers #FlowersOfMastodon #BloomScrolling #Gardening #PNW #Oregon
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2025-04-23 16:47:39 UTC

NY Times - #News - Vance Outlines U.S. Plan for Ukraine That Sharply Favors Russia…
Vice President JD Vance said the cease-fire plan would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and that the U.S. would “walk away” if Ukraine did not agree. | Could it be more clear… the #TrumpAdministration are Russian pawns, somehow beholden to Putin. This is traitorous behavior at the highest levels. #ForeignPolicy #Russia #RussianWar #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #EU #Europe #War #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis

2025-04-08 20:53:55 UTC

What a great idea! Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town
Why kids in Fukuoka are obsessed with collecting cards with middle-aged men on them
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/middle-aged-man-trading-cards-go-viral-in-japan/

2025-04-07 19:18:47 UTC

Working with my #AI assistant for research, I wrote a long-format essay as a rebuttal to #TrumpTariffs. In the essay, I find fault with the #TrumpAdministration logic, math and global risk analysis. I suggest the long-term result of this economic folly, so belligerently introduced, will be #stagflation and it will stick around for a while crippling the US #economy and #GlobalTrade. Ten minute read. The TL;dr is the headline and sub-head. #inflation #recession https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QQR1E6wZKvl4rjCHmRepoWM_Lp7UQJWpSSpdWbEI31M/edit

2025-04-07 19:05:55 UTC

Hundreds of student visas revoked at schools across the nation, including UCLA - Ominous, this is… A pogrom in the making. #HigherEd #StudentVisas #ForeignStudents #Universities #Colleges #AcademicChatter #Academia https://ktla.com/news/local-news/hundreds-of-student-visas-revoked-at-schools-across-the-nation-including-ucla/

2025-04-07 19:01:16 UTC

Judge says deportation of man to El Salvador prison is ‘wholly lawless,’ with deadline to return him to America today #deportations #legal #AmericanCoup #RepublicansOwnThis https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/us/abrego-garcia-return-us-answers-student-visas-hnk/index.html

2025-04-07 18:20:38 UTC

Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for His 79th Birthday. Because of course he did. Fancies himself an autocrat dictator he does. Loves Putin, Kim, Orban and wants to be like them. Pathetic, power-hungry old white man. Fate should take him soon, after all… he’s old, fat, poorly fed and stays up all night rage-posting. #Coup #TrumpCoup #AmericanCoup #fascism #politics #USPol #USPolitics #Republicans
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders-four-mile-military-parade-for-his-79th-birthday/

2025-04-06 17:49:45 UTC

Camellias are blooming! #BloomScrolling #Flowers
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2025-04-06 03:49:45 UTC

Rahm Emanuel needs to STFU. Say it with me… RAHM EMANUEL NEEDS TO STFU!! - Guy’s talking about running in 2028, uh-huh. Gotta nip that in the bud. Not what the party or the country needs right now. #politics #Democrats #DemocraticParty #PartyHack #RahmEmanuel

2025-04-06 02:56:30 UTC

Staff working on childhood lead exposure and cancer clusters fired from CDC… #CDC #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #Cancer #RepublicansDidThis #AmericanCoup
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5230504-staff-working-on-childhood-lead-exposure-and-cancer-clusters-fired-from-cdc/

2025-04-04 23:08:18 UTC

“Trump’s administration is testing out anti-democratic power grabs and violating our due process rights. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he’s monitoring student visa holders’ social media posts and aiming to deport people who criticize the U.S. government. Then they might come for anyone who criticizes Trump, including citizens. We must stop this fascist repression immediately and make sure it doesn’t spread even further.” —Rashida Tlaib, Congresswoman, activist, ally… #AmericanCoup #TrumpCoup #Coup #Fascism #Deportations #USPol #politics #USPolitics #Quote #StopFascism #StopTrumpNow #DueProcess

2025-04-04 20:22:04 UTC

#trump and his dense #Republican cronies are SHOCKED at China’s predictable assertive response to the #TrumpAdministration imposition of very high tariffs on Chinese products. China ‘panicked’ they say… no, quite the opposite. China didn’t panic at all, they’ve been planning this for months, ever since the ‘fentanyl tariffs’ earlier this year. Have US diplomats and planners not been paying attention to China’s new breed of ‘wolf warriors’, ‘little pinks’ and armies of online activists? The country is taking strong, assertive and expansionist positions across all arenas, political, economic, foreign affairs, trade, and military. We have poked the Chinese tiger, and it is roaring its defiance. Not the expected response by naive US operatives. The stage is set now for a major #TradeWar that could last long enough to drive global #Recession. Hang on to your hats, folks. #economy #economics #tariffs #TariffsWar #China #RepublicansOwnThis #RepublicansDidThis

2025-04-04 01:08:13 UTC

Did you know that #PipeOrgans were first invented in the 3rd century BC in ancient Greece? Uh-huh. And for a millennia pipe organs were the largest “machines” on the planet? So of course #Bach composed for the impressive instruments - which got bigger and even more impressive as cathedrals started to be constructed. It took a lot of pipes to fill a massive, stone cathedral with sound! #music #OrganMusic #MusicVideo #ClassicalMusic
https://youtube.com/watch?v=erXG9vnN-GI&si=PX4H7lKZgstwUVA4

2025-04-02 23:05:33 UTC

Rita Payes and Elisabeth Roma combine. The result is sublime.#MusicVideo #Music
https://youtube.com/watch?v=C8wpfQ5pdfo&si=aCPp6umtoMzY-zoz

2025-04-02 22:49:32 UTC

Why Is the World Losing Color? - The rise of Chromophobia...
https://www.culture-critic.com/p/why-is-the-world-losing-color

2025-04-02 21:18:30 UTC

NY Times - #News Trump Unveils Sweeping #Tariffs on All Imports…
President Trump announced a minimum 10 percent tariff on all countries, as well as additional country-specific rates. Some were much higher than what economists had expected. #economics #trade #TradeWar

2025-04-02 19:00:20 UTC

What are you doing? #Fascism #AmericanCoup #RepublicansDidThis
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2025-04-02 18:58:53 UTC

Take a moment today to bask in the massive, embarrassing and humiliating defeat suffered in #Wisconsin by #ElonMusk. As my late mother used to say: “I’m tickled pink”. #Billionaires #politics #USPol
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2025-04-02 18:51:13 UTC

The #GOP is going after Medicaid and Planned Parenthood at the Supreme Court - The court that reversed Roe is reviewing South Carolina’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood and what patients can do about it. #Medicaid #PlannedParenthood #legal #SCOTUS #AmerianCoup #RepublicansOwnThis #RepublicansDidThis
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/supreme-court-medicaid-planned-parenthood-south-carolina-hearing-rcna199090

2025-04-02 04:29:51 UTC

Really pleased this scrappy, principled, progressive woman earned her way on to the #WisconsinSupremeCourt - and humiliated and repudiated #ElonMusk in the process. Simply delicious, don’t ya think?
From: @nprofile…sqxk
https://hellions.cloud/@dannotdaniel/114266400992954976

2025-04-01 20:34:23 UTC

Elect an ignorant, vengeful clown… expect a circus. A chaotic, angry circus. #AmericanCoup #Coup #Signalgate #deportations #FreeSpeech #USPol #politics
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2025-04-01 18:23:53 UTC

NY Times - #News #BreakingNews Mass Layoffs of Federal Health Workers Begin
The Trump administration’s layoffs of 10,000 federal health workers began today, with some workers finding out that they had lost their jobs when their office security badges did not work. #coup #AmericanCoup #HHS #RFKjr #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis

2025-04-01 03:35:24 UTC

Bill Bishop reports — (Chinese) Eastern Theater Command Organizes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Forces to Conduct Joint Military Exercises Around Taiwan Island 东部战区组织陆海空火等兵力位台岛周边开展联合演训 http://www.news.cn/20250401/01ebd5f546944c89ad0104c4a0fb0d97/c.html Eastern Theater Command spokesperson, Senior Colonel Shi Yi of the Army, stated that beginning April 1, the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is organizing forces from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force to conduct multi-directional approaches toward Taiwan Island in the surrounding areas. The exercises will focus on training in maritime and air combat readiness patrols, seizing comprehensive control, strikes against maritime and land targets, and blockading key areas and passages, to test the joint combat capabilities of the theater forces. This should be seen as a warning to Taiwan and the US & allies. #China #Taiwan #Asia #ChineseNavalThreat #ChineseMilitary #TaiwanStrait #SouthChinaSea #NavalBlockaid #NavalWarfare

2025-03-31 20:25:53 UTC

'People don't like you': LinkedIn founder strikes back at Elon Musk after major accusation. 💯 #ElonMusk #Musk #CatFight #spat #Billionaires
https://www.rawstory.com/reid-hoffman-elon-musk-strike/

2025-03-31 19:44:47 UTC

“Xi Jinping is investing in China's science and technology research as Trump is gutting America's research foundations…Trump and his team want to destroy one of the key foundations of American strength, just as China is massively intensifying its efforts to catch up and then surpass the US.” —Bill Bishop from his newsletter Sinocism.
#science #technology #research #china

2025-03-31 04:29:48 UTC

To close out the weekend in the Western Hemisphere, here’s a ‘colorized’ #MusicVideo of Bob Dylan performing live in 1963, just a couple of years after he burst on the #FolkMusic scene. These powerful early solo performances are what turned a most unlikely character into a legend. #BobDylan
https://youtube.com/watch?v=npsB1xWh5hA&si=SSyZR2l51bNesEnV

2025-03-29 19:49:25 UTC

Twitter, #X, hit by massive data breach potentially impacting 2.8 billion users, inside job suspected - “A data leak involving a whopping 2.87 billion Twitter (X) users has surfaced on the infamous Breach Forums. According to a post by a user named ThinkingOne, the leak is the result of a disgruntled X employee who allegedly stole the data during a period of mass layoffs. If true, this would be the largest social media data leak in history, but surprisingly, neither X nor the broader public appears to be aware of it.” #DataBreach #DataPrivacy #opsec #infosec #Twitter #privacy
https://hackread.com/twitter-x-of-2-8-billion-data-leak-an-insider-job/

2025-03-29 19:12:40 UTC

Myanmar-Thailand earthquake death toll passes 1,600 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/29/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-death-toll-passes-700

2025-03-29 18:11:34 UTC

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@nprofile…kkxq I agree. Tiresome it is… BUT, I am equally distressed by the number of moderates and leftists who simply sat out this last election, not bothering to vote at all. It was a very large number. And I’m also tired of folks saying we should go after and try and convert disgruntled tRump voters. Screw them. We should focus on turning out our own, many of whom stayed home and declined to vote. If we can rebuild the coalition, we’ll do fine going forward. Just look at the numbers.
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2025-03-29 18:00:32 UTC

People across the country are fed up with both parties bowing down to billionaires. They want to tax the rich now. They want to keep Social Security and expand Medicare. They are sick and tired of corporate greed running rampant in our policy-making.
In a democracy, power should be in the hands of workers, community members, and democratically accountable representatives—not billionaires who are trying to enrich themselves at our expense. —Rashida Tlaib, congresswoman. #USPol #USPolitics #politics #democracy #Billionaires #TaxBillionaires #equity #ClassWar #PowerToThePeople

2025-03-29 04:18:18 UTC

Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon - because of course he is. The infiltration process continues unabated and will likely heat up as #Trump and #MAGA complete their takeover of the government. #DOD #Pentagon #military #coup #AmericanCoup https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/03/28/hegseths-younger-brother-is-serving-in-a-key-role-inside-the-pentagon/

2025-03-29 01:40:02 UTC

Trump vs. Mickey… Trump’s FCC commissioner opens investigation into Walt Disney Co. and ABC for diversity policies. #DEI #media #coup #AmericanCoup #diversity #FCC #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/disney-fcc-trump-woke-dei-1aad33c3c2fa9db2143f578037ac4fad

2025-03-28 19:54:29 UTC

Wall Street tumbles, and S&P 500 drops 2% on worries about slower economy, higher inflation - #economy #economics #finance #StockMarket #investments #inflation https://apnews.com/article/market-rates-trump-tariffs-91a5088aa36966aaf5e0971147a66930

2025-03-28 19:05:51 UTC

“…you can’t drive anywhere without going through a town, city or county that’s using public surveillance of some kind, mostly license plate reading cameras.” #Surveillance #privacy #transportation #RoadTrip #YoureBeingWatched
https://cardinalnews.org/2025/03/28/i-drove-300-miles-in-rural-virginia-then-asked-police-to-send-me-their-public-surveillance-footage-of-my-car-heres-what-i-learned/

2025-03-27 17:42:24 UTC

Legacy auto manufacturers are dead men walking… Stellantis Offering Employees Up to $72,000 to Quit https://www.autoblog.com/news/stellantis-offering-employees-up-to-72000-to-quit

2025-03-27 17:23:10 UTC

Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks #NPR and #PBS as ‘communist,’ calls for funding to ‘end’ https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/26/media/npr-pbs-marjorie-taylor-greene-hearing/index.html

2025-03-27 17:22:43 UTC

Trump Demands Congress Defund #NPR and #PBS ‘IMMEDIATELY’ in Late-Night Meltdown https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-demands-congress-defund-npr-and-pbs-immediately-in-latest-rant/

2025-03-27 04:08:36 UTC

82 percent say presidents should obey federal court rulings: Survey… #coup #AmericanCoup #USPol #politics #USPolitics #legal #courts
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5214772-president-federal-court-rulings-survey-reuters-ipsos/

2025-03-26 20:36:12 UTC

NY Times - #News Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services… More than $12 billion in federal grants that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent issues were canceled. #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #MentalHealth #Addiction #AmericanCoup

2025-03-25 17:59:44 UTC

Brain scans of infants reveal the moment we start making memories - A team from Columbia and Yale University scanned the brains of 26 infants and toddlers aged 4 to 25 months as they completed a memory task. They found that at roughly a year old, a part of the brain crucial to memory formation spun into action and began generating neural signals related to things the kids remembered from the tests. #memory #brain #physiology #BrainDevelopment #thinking #ChildGrowthAndDevelopment #consciousness
https://singularityhub.com/2025/03/20/new-baby-brain-scans-reveal-the-moment-we-start-making-memories/

2025-03-25 17:30:49 UTC

Not enough #immigrants - then let’s put our kids to work. #Florida debates lifting some #ChildLabor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/business/florida-child-labor-laws/index.html

2025-03-25 17:26:31 UTC

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy nukes his agency then quits after 5 years in position - #USPS #SaveTheUSPS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louis-dejoy-quits-postmaster-general/

2025-03-24 18:21:52 UTC

First-quarter US earnings outlook looks less rosy with tariff worries in focus - #economy #tariffs #finance #earnings https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/first-quarter-us-earnings-outlook-looks-less-rosy-with-tariff-worries-focus-2025-03-24/

2025-03-24 02:56:37 UTC

A Daily Kos contributor has put together a 54 part/chapter list of prominent elected and non-elected #Republicans and their conservative religious enablers accused and/or convicted of child sex crimes since 2018. I must say it is a lengthy and impressive list of perverts. #Children #ChildWelfare #SexualAbuse #conservatives #patriarchy #RepublicansDidThis
https://www.dailykos.com/history/user/CajsaLilliehook

2025-03-23 23:51:11 UTC

You Should Know that if you had #23andMe do your #DNA testing you only have a little time left to get your data deleted before the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. To request your data be deleted (so it can’t be bought/sold) do the following:
To request deletion of your data from 23andMe, log into your account, navigate to "Settings," then "23andMe Data," and select "Permanently Delete Data." You'll receive an email to confirm the request, and once confirmed, the deletion process will begin. #privacy

2025-03-23 22:49:12 UTC

Moroccan authorities have stepped up efforts to increase measles vaccinations as the country faces an epidemic of “historic levels”, France24 reports. Over 120 people have died in the outbreak local authorities are attributing to the global anti-vax movement which has gained a sizeable following since the Covid-19 pandemic. #measles #vaccines #outbreak #Africa #Morocco #Maroc #PublicHealth #epidemiology #AntiVaxx

2025-03-23 19:28:28 UTC

A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies - “…the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is taking place at the UN’s headquarters. This annual meeting aims to address the widespread inequalities, violence and discrimination women continue to face around the world. UN secretary general António Guterres opens the conference with a red alert: ‘The poison of patriarchy is back – and it is back with a vengeance: slamming the brakes on action; tearing up progress; and mutating into new and dangerous forms.’”
His warning that hard-won gains are being thrown into reverse follows a UN report revealing that one in four countries reported a backlash on gender equality in 2024. #patriarchy #choicel #WomensReproductiveRights #women #gender #WomensRights https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/22/women-rights-un-anti-abortion-choice-poison-of-patriarchy-returns?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2025-03-23 18:45:20 UTC

How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To https://www.wired.com/story/trump-era-digital-expat/

2025-03-22 18:37:33 UTC

34,000 turned out in Denver for #BernieSanders and #AOC - A ray of hope.
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2025-03-21 17:42:41 UTC

J.D. Vance Is the Most Disliked New Vice President in History - The public isn’t taking to his obnoxious style… Surprised? I didn’t think so. #USPol #politics #USPolitics #JDVance
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/21/j-d-vance-is-the-most-disliked-new-vice-president-in-history/

2025-03-21 17:18:20 UTC

From #MuskWatch newsletter: The director of a massive Department of Commerce program to improve rural broadband access has quit the government over concerns that the agency would delay the initiative to lavish Starlink with federal funds. In a departure email last week, Evan Feinman, who led the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, directed his ire at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” he wrote. #Internet #Broadband #ElonMusk #Starlink #Coup #AmericanCoup #corruption #grift

2025-03-21 03:36:06 UTC

OMG ‼️This right here is what #AI was meant for. Dude builds an automated army of bots to scam scammers. Uh-huh. #Genius it is. #Scams #Scammers First time I’ve ever seen #YouTube commenters actually throwing real $$ at content. Impressive.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDpo_o7dR8c&si=deF2edvgdaCdDTUu

2025-03-20 19:41:52 UTC

#FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies… Aggressive LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse. #AI #LLM #internet
https://thelibre.news/foss-infrastructure-is-under-attack-by-ai-companies/

2025-03-20 19:19:13 UTC

U.S. once again hits new low in World Happiness Report https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/us-new-low-world-happiness-report

2025-03-20 04:32:17 UTC

Happy #Nowruz to all who celebrate. Makes much more sense to me to celebrate the #NewYear at the beginning of spring on an astronomically significant day rather than on some odd, astronomically insignificant day in mid-winter. I mean, what’s up with that anyway? So to celebrate Nowruz, which BTW is observed by an enormous population including in Iran, Central and South Asia, I’m posting a short video memorial to one of the greatest #mathematicians ever, who happened to be an #Iranian woman, Maryam Mirzakhani. The first woman to win the Field’s Prize, math’s equivalent to the Nobel, Mirzakhani broke barriers and forever changed her chosen field. A Harvard graduate and former professor at both Princeton and Stanford, she deserves more attention than she gets. Regrettably, she died far too young at 40. May the new year bring us more genius minds like hers. #math #mathematics #STEM #WomenInSTEM #science
https://youtube.com/watch?v=W2VXXfDIF9g&si=loDGsvosaP0bBCg8

2025-03-20 01:18:03 UTC

Peter Thiel, billionaire co-founder of PayPal & one of Facebook's earliest investors, has built a fortune spotting economic trends before they explode. He’s also known for his radical, right-wing tech-bro beliefs, support of Trump, & a host of other questionable pursuits. However he gets part of this right: #Rent is too damn high and #HomeOwnership is beyond the reach of most young Americans, already burdened by debt & suffering in (often multiple) low-wage jobs. It sucks. But of course Thiel blames boomers & wealthy older investors. It’s a deflect & distract tactic. An attempt to scapegoat a demographic while deflecting attention from the driving engine of high rents & house prices. Almost 40% of rental units are owned by ‘institutional’ investors, hedge funds & the like. 70% of apartments with over 100 units. It’s not like individual investors with a few units are conspiring nationally to raise rents, but I’ll tell you who can do that: institutional investors. #housing #finance
https://search.app/RnxPuMZtTPJu8Tsr5

2025-03-20 00:49:53 UTC

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@nprofile…36ju As my feed demonstrates, I am an outspoken activist. But I must confess to a growing sense of unease around my own and my family’s safety and security. I wonder… after he’s done with his offshore enemies, his political enemies and the media and judges he hates… will he come for us? Send his energized and mobilized minions after anyone with a slight lean left? Elon has all our data by now, from multiple sources, and AI can easily scrape the net for our histories. The latest hearty endorsements from the highest admin sources for the neo-nazi book “Unhuman” - which advocates killing woke lefties, even family - is very scary. I copied a recent Reddit post with links if you haven’t read about it. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YcGdVaBMygtRUY3qnU38ZdL7grfXZyEKMV7ZFx0KaxE/edit

2025-03-19 19:01:05 UTC

Scrubbing all mentions of minorities, including celebrity, artistic and military POC from all federal websites continues as Jackie Robinson's Army history scrubbed from Department of Defense websites. #BLM #BlackMastodon #racism #RepublicansDidThis
https://www.ksbw.com/article/jackie-robinson-army-history-scrubbed-from-dod-website-dei/64225041

2025-03-18 18:18:00 UTC

J.P. Morgan casts serious shade on #Tesla Ya know… you #FAFO Elon.
#ElonMusk #TeslaTakedown
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2025-03-18 17:44:30 UTC

Yep. Bill Watterson nails it with this strip… #CalvinAndHobbes The devil is on vacation, while an army of evil men take up his cause. 🤯
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2025-03-17 18:05:20 UTC

Happy #SaintPatricksDay to all who celebrate. Here’s a link to my ‘Celtic Music’ #YouTube playlist with over 350 #MusicVideos for some entertainment today. Enjoy… https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBF0A0DCD46CC4DE2&si=v0i2CUQMXzdg5fc_
#CelticMusic

2025-03-17 17:48:39 UTC

Chuck Schumer Is Facing a Biden Moment - by Lauren Egan - #USPol #USPolitics #politics #ChuckSchumer #Democrats https://www.thebulwark.com/p/chuck-schumer-is-facing-a-biden-moment

2025-03-17 17:29:23 UTC

Trump's border czar: "I don't care what the judges think" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/tom-homan-deportation-flights-trump-court-order

2025-03-16 00:48:16 UTC

Trump Orders US Military to Plan Invasion of #Panama to Seize Canal: Report
U.S. officials familiar with the planning said options for "reclaiming" the vital waterway include close cooperation with Panama's military and, absent that, possible war. #ForeignPolicy #war #RepublicansOwnThis #CentralAmerica #PanamaCanal
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-panama-canal-invasion-plan

2025-03-16 00:01:11 UTC

Canadian customers are telling US businesses they will stop buying US products, as Canadian grocers adopt measures to favor locally produced products. American businesses are feeling the pinch. #economy #TrumpTariffs #tariffs #tariffsWar #Canada #trade #TradeWar #RepublicansOwnThis #RepublicansDidThis
Source: Business Insider https://search.app/Eez7bJxa2EyHTZib8

2025-03-15 23:18:42 UTC

For climate and livelihoods, #Africa bets big on solar mini-grids
#Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid #solar panel installations to bring reliable electricity to remote communities
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2025/nigeria-bets-on-solar-minigrids-for-climate-livelihood

2025-03-15 23:05:45 UTC

The Day Hobie Made Nixon, yes *that* Nixon, a Surfboard 🏄‍♂️ - A short #SaturdayStory for you to enjoy via Surfer Magazine… #Surfing #history
https://www.surfer.com/culture/the-day-hobie-made-nixon-a-surfboard

2025-03-15 22:51:34 UTC

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@nprofile…mpnw Belgrade, Serbia today https://youtu.be/vGqFp1Zghaw?si=DuxPT7WJhmh4l-aR #protests #demonstrations #resistance

2025-03-15 22:18:40 UTC

It’s Saturday afternoon where I’m at. Let’s get FUNKY 2.0! 😎 Brought to you by Cory Wong, featuring Victor Wooten on bass. #MusicVideo #Funk #Funky
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lPSbmC2OxEE&si=D-SP9324qxUdqMh_

2025-03-15 18:39:14 UTC

NYTimes - #News - Fierce Storms Kill at Least 14 as the South Faces Highest Risk of Tornadoes…The most dangerous threat would most likely be in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, where intense long-duration tornadoes are expected, forecasters said. #weather #tornado #disasters

2025-03-15 16:36:11 UTC

Some #Democrats argue that it’s complicated; that the consequences of party solidarity regarding the recent vote on a ‘continuing resolution’ to keep the government open for business would not be, on balance, worthy of their opposition. Ten Democratic senators to be precise. I VIGOROUSLY DISAGREE! If we’re going to be a true OPPOSITION party, then we need to resist — at every turn, for as long as it takes. Resistance is built on solidarity. If our voters can’t trust us, count on us, to actively resist in a strategic and organized fashion, then we’re gonna lose them AGAIN. Just like we did in the last general election. As grass-roots activists, it’s up to us to insist on better leadership and demand solidarity. There must be a price to pay for centrist obstruction and betrayal. Let’s start with the rogue’s gallery below. #politics #USPol #USPolitics #betrayal #solidarity #DemocraticParty
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2025-03-15 15:55:14 UTC

NYTimes — #News — Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries…”The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban on travel to the United States that would be broader than the restrictions imposed during President Trump’s first term, according to officials familiar with the matter.” #immigration #TravelBan #tourism

2025-03-14 20:49:01 UTC

Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups…
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant - #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Legal #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #FBI #AmericanCoup #coup
https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations

2025-03-14 18:25:46 UTC

‘Slap In The Face’: Democrats Rage At Chuck Schumer After His Shutdown Fold - #USPol #USPolitics #ChuckSchumer
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chuck-schumer-democrats-govt-shutdown_n_67d3879ae4b00eb3dcd205a0 huc

2025-03-14 18:03:43 UTC

RFK Jr. says measles vaccine routinely causes deaths. That’s not true - #RFK #PublicHealth #measles https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/rfk-jr-measles-vaccine-death-claims-scientists-disagree/

2025-03-14 17:56:25 UTC

North Carolina GOP town hall gets rowdy as attendees hurl scathing questions on Trump - #USPol #USPolitics #GOP #RepublicansOwnThis https://apnews.com/article/republicans-town-hall-north-carolina-trump-ba90438a9265bc868cf1e3ade150a943

2025-03-14 17:53:19 UTC

Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump's trade war and funding cuts - #Ag #Agriculture #farming #farms #AmericanCoup #politics #economy #tariffs https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/farmers-face-steep-losses-middle-trumps-trade-war-funding-cuts-rcna195967

2025-03-14 04:40:06 UTC

'Deep sense of outrage and betrayal': House Democrats react to Schumer announcement…—NPR | Believe me, you’re not the only ones! 😡🤯 #USPol #politics #ChuckSchumer #Democrats

2025-03-12 20:39:21 UTC

NYTimes - Senate Democrats Balk at Funding Extension, Raising the Risk of a Shutdown - Senator Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, said that Democrats would refuse to back a stopgap bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, significantly raising the chances of a government shutdown at the end of the week. Finally, #Democrats showing some spine. #RepublicansOwnThis shutdown, they control both houses and the executive. It’s on THEM. #USPol #politics #USPolitics #Budget #Congress #Senate #News

2025-03-11 16:58:32 UTC

Exhausted by the news? Here are 6 strategies to stay informed without getting overwhelmed − or misled by misinformation…
https://theconversation.com/exhausted-by-the-news-here-are-6-strategies-to-stay-informed-without-getting-overwhelmed-or-misled-by-misinformation-248807

2025-03-10 20:10:54 UTC

Bill filed in the #Texas legislature that would make being #Trans or #NonBinary a criminal offense. #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #gender #legal #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #conservatives #NB
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB3817

2025-03-10 20:05:32 UTC

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that his department "does not do climate change crap," - #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Climate #Military #DOD
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secretary-hegseth-says-dod-does-not-do-climate-change-crap

2025-03-10 19:52:25 UTC

Happening now… #X #TwitterDown #ElonMusk
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