A person using AI research and organizational tools to track what is disappearing and how to keep it. Federal datasets. Health. Climate. Justice. #public404 | Public404.org | veritablescrivener.substack.com
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love that mug!!
he's absolutely CHUGGING colloidial silver
that's fuckin weird. sorry for that happening.
whoever created the JDV face should get the Nobel Peace Prize.
I just became a vegetarian
happens to me all the time. :) what I've learned using ChatGPT to make images for social media is enough for me to say "y'all - don't just fucking throw everything into this and hit 'go'"
AI is great but remember this. It can't spellcheck itself.
there will be 4, 386 substacks on it for one thing
"No one—and I repeat, no one—has ever died for a flag. See, a flag is just a piece of cloth. They may have died for freedom, which is also the freedom...to burn the fuckin' flag." ~ Bill Hicks
Can't stop rewatching. Also I can't even keep a towel on when I'm just standing there.
This is possibly the best thing I’ve seen all week!
Didn't you LOVE last year when we all thought we were all going to get reparented by Tim and Gwen Waltz?!? We're going to get to feel that way again.
I take back the other one, THIS is today's Winner of the Entire Internet
I see its aftermath - but I missed this absence!
I don't know what's happening here but I love the idiom and syntax.
yeah I repost my own stuff.
oops 2018.
Sneaking this in don't yell at me: I agreed with my brother when he said "covid closures went too far." (Sure, that's a valid opinion. I disagree but I live alone, not with 6 kids.) Anyway - he is 400 times more receptive to me. He let his defenses down. We have to open and keep some bridges
It's not easy to really read every day all the stuff going on. Leads to the regular thought: this regime...they have to be aware...they, are they..are they TRYING to get us to food insecurity?
If you can find this film, watch it immediately. I saw it in 2017 at Full Frame Festival in Durham and I still think about it all the time. Think it's on YT
"No one—and I repeat, no one—has ever died for a flag. See, a flag is just a piece of cloth. They may have died for freedom, which is also the freedom...to burn the fuckin' flag." ~ Bill Hicks
Did you know that soldiers on military bases can't just fucking walk around with their guns? They have rules and controls and shit: "federal law and military regulations governing security and “good order and discipline” prevail." govfacts.org/federal/defe...
Did you know that soldiers on military bases can't just fucking walk around with their guns? They have rules and controls and shit: "federal law and military regulations governing security and “good order and discipline” prevail." govfacts.org/federal/defe...
True at CDC, NIH, NSF, and every science agency.
This is going on too. Everything. Broken. "..Additionally, due to the reduction in force, data on estimated HIV incidence and prevalence and knowledge of status have not been updated through 2023. " www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/abou...
I can't remember the last time I heard someone mention "radio"
all these Oval Office press conferences. clots and prayers.
CIRCULAR REASONING FALLACY Using the conclusion as proof of itself. “We must trust the agency because the agency says we must trust it.” public404.org
BANDWAGON FALLACY Assuming something is true or right because “everyone” agrees with it. “Everyone says this report should stay secret, so it must be. : the right choice.” public404.org
Tu Quoque Fallacy (Appeal to Hypocrisy) Text: Header: TU QUOQUE FALLACY Definition: Dismissing criticism by accusing the other side of doing the same thing. Example: “You hid records once too, so you can’t criticize us.” Footer: public404.org
I did not know this 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Great article if you are interested in law enforcement surveillance #transparency and information helpful in FOIA requests. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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#OTD in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified. White women gained the constitutional right to vote, but women of color wouldn’t be able to exercise the same right until the passage of the VRA in 1965.
NEW VIDEO: I provide my weekly update on what’s happening to our democracy and the court cases you need to watch. This week: DC’s battle with Trump, SCOTUS’ hearings this fall, a very big voting rights win, and more. youtu.be/KkelJlaueWo
I just signed up for Concrete ways to use our time, talent, and treasure to defend and support our immigrant family, friends and neighbors! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/concr...
the ability to compartmentalize and do "normal" things gets harder every day, and is especially difficult for anyone belonging to one or more vulnerable groups
Time for my Black D.C. folk to access & occupy those roof tops. Start recording, documenting and organizing. Devise a plan. Do not wait until it's too late to protect your families and your neighborhoods. Most important: Do not become subjected to their instigating of violence. #DMV #DC #BlackSky
BREAKING: The Trump administration has started detaining people in tents at Fort Bliss, an army base in Texas and New Mexico. This facility is on track to be the nation's largest immigrant detention center holding up to 5,000 people, and will cost an estimated $1.26 billion of taxpayers' money.
At a time when we have a president who wants to halt Black progress, silence Black voices, and erase Black history… I’m thankful for this 🙏🏽
Picnics, parades and empowering workers. This #LaborDay, we’re focusing on what all working people deserve. Here's @rweingarten.bsky.social's latest column. #WorkersDeserve www.aft.org/column/picni...
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I just signed up for Concrete ways to use our time, talent, and treasure to defend and support our immigrant family, friends and neighbors! Want to join me? redwineblue.controlshift.app/events/concr...
Why are Black people so overrepresented in homelessness, and what can be done about it? 📺 Watch the full episode on Invisible People’s YouTube channel or 🎧 listen wherever you get your audio podcasts.
We're here to help and provide data to get the story right. We also encourage you to connect with these orgs which are at the frontlines of the fight to end homelessness: ➡️ @invisiblepeople.tv ➡️ @nchvorg.bsky.social ➡️ @justice4housing.bsky.social ➡️ @naehomelessness.bsky.social
Keep in mind that the Trump administration has stripped billions from addiction and mental health programs, housing initiatives, and Medicaid – essentially gutting community resources while also targeting vulnerable people:
"Politicians shouldn't be choosing their voters. Voters should be choosing their politicians." 🏈 🎯 @jamestalarico.bsky.social at @americanprogressaction.org's event on Texas redistricting.
The Federal Trade Commission released alarming Request for Information (RFI) to attack the field of gender-affirming care—e—as an “unfair and deceptive practice.” - let the FTC know what you think of this! transequality.org/ftc-hands-of...
The Federal Trade Commission has launched an attack on doctors with transgender patients as part of the Trump administration's effort to discredit our essential health care. The FTC is accepting public comments now — take action with our partners @transequality.bsky.social.
i can't describe it well right now but there's an important difference between "laws aren't real" and "lol nothing matters laws aren't real"
Really crazy, from the Most Transparent Administration in History™: The Department of Energy says it will throw out FOIA requests from as recently as less than a year ago unless the requester affirmatively emails them to say they still want the documents www.404media.co/trump-admini...
replying to my own post. heard it does stuff.
for god's sake will people please stop referring to all lying as gaslighting.
New filing: "Newsom v. Trump (National Guard Deployment)" Doc #148: Order on Administrative Motion per Civil Local Rule 7-11 Download PDF | View Full Case #CL70496361
They have taken the 3 branches, Constitution, media, universities and have torture in concentration camps on US soil. Voter suppression for years election interference in 2016, 2020, 2024. Record turnout in 2020 ‘stole’ the election. Fucking fight back with everything legal or not. And don’t 1/
REMINDER: You can disable location services for Instagram and other social media apps on your phone in your phone's settings.
for god's sake will people please stop referring to all lying as gaslighting.
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