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As DOGE began infiltrating government agencies and targeting federal staff for termination, I started interviewing government tech workers. With the layoffs unfolding today, and with their permission, I'm sharing their stories. This is what it's been like on the front lines. 1/x

So, do I have this right? We have to defund science ‘now’ because the ‘old’ science was wrong. We learned this because the ‘newer’ science showed us it was wrong. By defunding ‘current’ science we will know more in the future because “common sense”. sciencebasedmedicine.org/doge-vs-the-ni…

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@maolesen a change in testing / monitoring practices, maybe?

This is a very unusual pattern for COVID. I'm really curious as to what is driving it.

@RipDaJUULz @1TrophyWife1 @ShiraLurie That is literally true. When you spread COVID (which you may not even know you have), going unmasked in crowded or indoor spaces, you don't know what the outcomes will be for the people who get sick. 10-20% chance of Long COVID each time you get COVID. Nonzero chance of death.

@1TrophyWife1 @ShiraLurie If she thinks not masking “kills & disables”, the best thing she can do to help others is STFU That type of medical misinformation is harmful, NOT helpful

“Are you gonna mask forever?” I plan to do my best not to kill or disable anyone for my entire lifetime. Interesting that there’s a hard time limit for you though!

People say “the radical left” and it’s just people who don’t think anyone should go bankrupt because they get a cancer diagnosis.

@Be_ebo_tr_eon @Gumbo_hymns @whattsserrname In my experience, no TV in the house is a gift not a punishment. ymmv of course

When I clean the house, I involve my 2 year old and he loves it. Yesterday, my the little guy came to me and proudly said “I cleandy up for you!” (I cleaned up for you) GUYS, He “cleaned” the tv with a sanding sponge

@FiatElpis @BarakRavid zionist =/= Jewish plenty of Christian Zionists in the US government and plenty of anti-zionist Jews in the opposition to Israel

@BarakRavid they don't even care about appearances. American foreign policy is ran by a jew for jews and that much is now undeniably clear to all - Truly the chosen people, chosen by americans at least.

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱Secretary of State Blinken has decided that there will be no change for now to military assistance to Israel following the deadline the U.S. gave Israel regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that expires today, two U.S. officials said. The officials said Israel has taken important steps to address the U.S. concerns regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza and stressed the U.S. wants to see more steps in the coming days

@godgunsgpus @gbrl_dick Slower response times are dangerous even without recklessness.

@gbrl_dick We need to get rid of the “DUI” and replace it with harsher penalties for reckless driving. The dangerous part of driving drunk is (obviously) the recklessness. Just punish the recklessness directly.

americans don’t realise this but their whole country is designed to optimise drunk driving. in australia they will randomly breath test you. bac limit in japan is 0.03 & the speed limit is 30. in NOLA you buy drive thru daiquiris and if you get pulled over it’s a tiktok dance

yeah, definitely blame white people for this one. the stats don't lie. and Dems for not trying to appeal to young uninspired would-be progressive voters who may have not turned out in the end. Dems tried so hard to be centrists instead, and for what.

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@Dan1763 @Erincatlove @pbugprints @Chiangel1984 @blewis823 That SNL is burned into my brain forever

@Erincatlove @pbugprints @Chiangel1984 @blewis823 I remember the SNL a after it came out, they sang “your never gonna be President now” They thought he was done.

sometimes, out of the blue, I'll think about this white girl in high school who, totally matter-of-factly, in the middle of our English class, said: "I don't like women in positions of power". wonder if she ever got over that. and whether she's going to vote

@kbutterly @prem_thakker there is absolutely no need to qualify the sadness. it's sad. also - it is not a war. it is overwhelmingly one-sided. it is a genocide.

@prem_thakker Sad, but it’s a war

What to even say to this

@ScruffMcGruff11 @topic_flow @BRICSinfo For Washington state: they only count the first ballot they receive for a voter. So if hypothetically a voter had two ballots (eg from 2 counties, or their original one and a replacement) and they sent both in, whichever one was received first would be the only one counted.

@topic_flow @BRICSinfo So anyone can request a “replacement ballot”? Even if someone used a different box, they can get another? Are they going to cross reference the people’s votes to avoid duplicates?

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Ballot drop box in Washington, USA was set on fire with hundreds of ballots inside at the time. Police said explosive devices were placed inside the box early Monday morning.

@sloppytopdeck @generalslug The canvassers job is literally to talk to voters and help the candidate stay in touch with what is important to people. Everyone *should* be telling canvassers what is important to them as voters!

@generalslug Why are you wasting some poor canvassers time, just say no thank you and do something else

incredible discussion with a kamala canvasser lol “sorry but i’ve talked to thousands of people about this and only 4 have said they care about palestine” “ok then kamala doesn’t need me and those 4 people to vote for her” “no we do need your vote”

This is the graph from the new report. Sear this into your memory. The green line represents how fast we must cut emissions to stay below 1.5 degrees. The top line represents current policies. The bars on the right show the gap between where we are and where we must be. (6/9)

There is no easy way to talk about this. This week the UN announced we are on track to reach up to 3.1° Celsius of warming. We are slated to blow past the goals of the Paris Accords. Here's what this means. (1/9) 🧵

@SharkAttack64 @LibyaLiberty If you want a solely US centered view: I want to vote for the person who is most likely to use "my tax dollars* to benefit *my community*, not give them away to a foreign government with no strings attached so they can keep the genocide going.

Anyone who says Harris would be better for Palestinians should be asked if they asked Palestinians for their opinion on the issue.