Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

“You may recall he was the one who issued the initial TikTok ban,” EFF’s @davidgreene told @AlJazeera. “He did it by executive order, which was overturned by the courts, but he was very much of the belief that TikTok posed a national security threat.” https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/11/15/for-embattled-tiktok-trump-offers-hope-of-a-reprieve

The Situation: Before we talk about Gabbard and Gaetz and Kennedy and Ratcliffe and Hegseth, we need to talk about Adjournment and Recess: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--gaetz-and-gabbard--adjournment-and-recess

Even *National Review* has shredded Trump’s Attorney General pick, Matt Gaetz, as an unqualified provocateur. The editorial highlighted his lack of legal expertise and divisive antics, warning that this choice casts doubt on Trump’s priorities and intentions. Even conservatives recognize this move as reckless, fueling bipartisan disdain.
https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-provocateur/

RFK Jr.'s confirmation faces resistance, but his mere nomination is already a disaster in the making. https://www.politicususa.com/2024/11/15/cdc-employees-are-resigning-in-droves-as-they-refuse-to-work-for-rfk-jr.html
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Folks, I get it. I understand your level of aghast, I do. But if you think repeatedly pointing out how Matt Gaetz is an accused sex trafficker and pedophile is somehow going to generate ANY level of moral courage in people who enthusiastically voted a known RAPIST into the White House, well, I guess I admire your optimism but, seriously, you should prepare yourselves for more disappointment.

Like, a LOT more disappointment.

So the richest man in the world spent $130 million to elect Donald Trump.

Now he's being put in charge of a "government efficiency" agency while controlling corporations with billions in government contracts that are also under federal investigations.

See how this works?

@fixiemama @TonyStark There are three groups that voted overwhelmingly for Harris: Black people 85% (Black women 92%), Jewish people 78%, LGBTQ+ people 86%. If these were non-overlapping groups (not true), at best we'd be 1/4 of the voting-age population, and that's probably generous considering the Black population skews young. Even if we all voted Democratic, we can't outvote all straight white Christians. No wonder Republicans want to deport, silence, imprison, or disenfranchise minorities.

“I don’t really care about pronouns any more. I want people to tell me their adjectives.”

- my brilliant 15yo

Cartoon by Kyle Bravo. And my current mood.

This.👇

BREAKING: Due to long string of shady Russian connections, Tulsi Gabbard will only receive access to top secret national security documents that Trump had already stolen and shared with her.

@ShiitakeToast @TonyStark To clarify the grammar here:

Chuck is a verb.

Todd is the object of that verb.

BREAKING NEWS

Woman testified to Republican House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17: Sources

Trump tapped Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to be the new attorney general.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=115867555

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Releases Third Video of Israeli-Russian Hostage Sasha Troufanov
https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/11/13/palestinian-islamic-jihad-releases-third-video-israeli-russian-hostage-sasha-troufanov/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Judaism, Israel, and Antisemitism @judaism-israel-and-antisemitism-DanHakimi

This story is just a big pile of yikes 😱

https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-829205

It's honestly as if someone who loathed America to their core were making every Cabinet selection. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/14/robert-f-kennedy-jr-trump-hhs-secretary-pick-00188617

Elsevier retracts two papers over missing software licenses. Better no one tell Adobe, otherwise a large parts of current academic literature will disappear.

On the other hand, most of the folks fraudulently manipulating their images probably also run pirates Photoshop copies.

Also: if anyone else needed arguments why science needs to be based in free software, there it is.

https://retractionwatch.com/2024/11/08/complaint-from-engineering-software-company-prompts-two-retractions/