Shelley Powers

Retired software engineer who likes to write and take photos. Legal hobbyist. Political. Opinionated.

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2025-09-24 12:38:20 UTC

The author, Tharoor, wrote on X-witter
'A senior foreign diplomat posted at the UN texts me: "This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?"'
#giftarticle
https://wapo.st/42JkRO8

2025-03-31 15:36:08 UTC

Wired has removed the paywall for this piece
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/guide-getting-past-customs-digital-privacy-intact/

2025-03-15 13:20:46 UTC

The precedent being set is clear: legal authority is only respected when it serves their agenda.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-ag-paxton-declares-court-orders

2025-02-23 21:25:14 UTC

What the firings at FEMA could mean for the next hurricane or wildfire
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/nx-s1-5301064/what-the-firings-at-fema-could-mean-for-the-next-hurricane-or-wildfire

2025-02-20 16:33:21 UTC

No, the Social Security 'system' did not default to a date of May 01, 1875 when a date is missing.
Social Security: Why look for facts when you can speculate
https://burningbird.substack.com/p/social-security-why-look-for-facts

2025-02-18 16:08:55 UTC

That anti-transgender law is even worse than you think
The Alabama Legislature might have opened the door to sex segregation.
https://alabamareflector.com/2025/02/17/that-anti-transgender-bill-is-even-worse-than-you-think/

2025-02-13 19:51:38 UTC

There's no reason for PBS to do this. Most of its funding does not come from the federal government
PBS Removes LGBTQ Teaching Resources in Response to Trump's Executive Orders
https://hellgatenyc.com/pbs-removes-lgbtq-teaching-resources-trump-eo/

2025-02-13 17:43:01 UTC

Rural hospitals, in particular, would be adversely impacted
Republicans target $880B in healthcare cuts; hospitals push back
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/gop-targets-880b-in-healthcare-cuts-hospitals-push-back.html

2025-01-31 12:51:54 UTC

It's pretty obvious now that Trump et al aren't just coming for people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and women generally...
They're also coming for people with disabilities.

2024-12-22 14:30:46 UTC

#SilentSunday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/696/950/951/639/145/original/831c0ba07a45e553.jpg

2024-12-12 12:03:05 UTC

I've already stopped using Threads. I never did anything on Instagram. Now I have to think hard about Facebook.
Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund in latest step to mend relationship
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/tech/meta-trump-donation-hnk-intl/index.html

2024-11-24 13:56:10 UTC

#silentsunday
(Back story for today's photoL Tyson Valley, A lone Elk, and the Bomb https://burningbird.net/tyson-valley-lone-elk-bomb/)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/538/262/330/818/658/original/2dba0cf4a6fa1f8b.jpg

2024-10-27 17:05:53 UTC

#SilentSunday #halloween
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/380/474/924/827/152/original/facaf6707011d117.jpg

2024-09-26 11:41:32 UTC

Reminder: Abbott spent over 11 billion dollars on his little border sideshow
Despite warnings, Texas rushed to remove millions from Medicaid. Eligible residents lost care.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/26/texas-medicaid-unwinding-consequences/

2024-09-04 15:19:20 UTC

The senior enlisted command chief on a Navy ship assigned to the Pacific secretly installed and use a Starlink system so they could have wifi while deployed. She and 15 others were caught.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-f

2024-09-01 12:23:07 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2024-08-23 22:42:03 UTC

Amanda Katz in WaPo
'Just before press time, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he would abandon his unlikely third-party bid for president and endorse Trump, ending a dilemma for voters torn between their love of deportation camps and their love of measles.'

2024-08-20 20:59:19 UTC

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Folks that got hit by Debby care about the FEMA section
https://burningbird.net/debby-does-project-2025/

2024-08-18 14:07:55 UTC

#SilentSunday
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2024-08-16 23:02:31 UTC

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So why link to them?
Why give them attention? Credibility?
Why?

2024-08-09 17:27:52 UTC

So let’s be clear about what Trump is proposing: He’s proposing an invasion of Mexico. Which means he’s a proposing a war with Mexico.
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-coming-war-with-mexico

2024-08-05 13:46:04 UTC

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That's the GFS model, right? Because I know that NOAA shows the worst rain north of us now, in SC.

2024-08-02 12:21:47 UTC

Did someone say weird?
She says God showed her how. But she's not telling.
Texas activist frustrates election officials with lawsuit about threat to ballot secrecy
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/02/texas-ballot-secrecy-numbering-lawsuit-laura-pressley/