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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Musk has placed the entire staff of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on administrative leave.

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Jessica Kerr @jessitron.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Keys to career resilience. - know the fundamentals - know your business/domain - know your brand* - drive your development - build resilient relationships * your brand is how you show up in the world. @lanooba.com #ExploreDDD

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Why does trying to change DNS records always end in tears of frustration?

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Nice to see my almost 5 yr old #AWS for #dotnet (.NET 5 though) course on Pluralsight is still helping people. These comments are from only 3 weeks ago (pluralsight.com/library/courses/fundamentals-building-dot-net-applications-aws/table-of-contents)

Complimentary feedback from a dev watching the Pluralsight “Fundamentals of Building .NET 5 Applications on AWS” course from 2020.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

“.. bullying, misdirection and brute force .. “.. That playbook didn’t work on The Atlantic.” @politico.com @theatlantic.com www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A French scientist was prevented from entering the United States this month because of an opinion he expressed about the Trump administration’s policies on academic research, according to the French government. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

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U.S. Denied Entry to French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says (Gift Article)

The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

After Trump buys a Tesla, Elon Musk wants to contribute $100 million to groups aligned with the Trump’s political operation.

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

You can call any reps, not just ones from your state. I know tha Ballint, Sanders and Welch are on the job!! Call those red state reps. 5calls.org

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5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trump claims he “brought free speech back” after removing a man from exercising his free speech. #StateOfTheUnion

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is what Democracy looks like! Town meeting day across Vermont. This is my little town of Huntington.. We are voting on various bills, honoring town residents, reveiwing town expenditures & budgets, learning about the impact of federal changes on our town and so much more. And a bake sale!

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Have you heard about SQLite Toolbox, my free Visual Studio extension for managing your SQLite databases, and migrating between SQL Server and SQLite? In this episode of Visual Studio Toolbox I demo the extension - and if you already use it, maybe you will discover new features

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SQLite Toolbox Extension for Visual Studio

Microsoft MVP Erik Jensen showcases the SQLite / SQL Server Compact Toolbox extension for Visual Studio. This extension adds several features to help your em...

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect last night at midnight so here’s a reminder from Ferris Bueller on how that’s gonna go

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots

The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

"The General Services Administration deleted 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their technology, early Saturday morning." Please, someone explain to me how this is supposed to be about _efficiency_? www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

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GSA eliminates 18F

The latest workforce action at the General Services Administration includes the elimination of an entire tech team of around 90 employees.

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I didnt take any pics but was so proud to participate in this protest. Almost every car driving though was honking and some also had signs. There was one truck flying Trump flags but in the 2 hours I was there it is the only one I saw though he went through twice.

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Vance is now waaaaaay to close to my house. We will join our Vermont friends tomorrow to share our disgust with him and the rest of the administration and our support for those they have been and will surely be harming.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Remember when Trump was just embarrassing?

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 27/02/2025

Trump banned the Associated Press from the White House.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach. www.tsunami.gov

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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

A poster for the economic blackout on February 28. It is a big red Jack rabbit on an aqua blue back ground. It says economic blackout in hand done black type. There are two black speech bubbles. One says “don’t buy stuff Friday February 28th. The other says we have power. Below it says No Amazon, Walmart, target, gas food, gas. Below that it says OK small business, use cash. Designed by Martha Rich.

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

On my agenda today: FB or Instagram today (sorry all of my pottery friends) so as not to generate add revenue for Meta…

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating. This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens. (Even better: Tesla will hate this)

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Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe

Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.

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Lisa Crispin @lisacrispin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Watch at least the first statements from @sanders.senate.gov , @balint.house.gov and Sen. Peter Welch to get a full picture of the horror we are facing. Especially my friends outside the U.S., you'll understand how this is happening. Affects the whole world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkfV...

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Vermont Statewide Telephone Townhall | February 26, 2025

YouTube video by Rep. Becca Balint

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Attended the virtual town hall with Vermonts reps last night and it was shocking to hear how deep this is all going.

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Just reminded my guy at Morgan-Stanley (and btw DEI remains one of their core principals) that Bezos, Zuckerberg and Google are not get any of my money. He will do the research to filter out all the other companies that struck DEI from their websites etc

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country." The first will be in Phoenix March 5.

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Read the room, Jeopardy! I know the shows are recorded three months in advance, but a Fascism category?

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25/02/2025

So Trump never really had an issue with criminals entering the country; he just wanted to skim a little off the top when they did. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

JFC… who could imagine this extent of abuse?

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Rather than violate their oath or comply with Musk’s illegal requests, 21 civil service employees resigned today from Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (formerly the United States Digital Service), stating they would not use their technical expertise to dismantle critical public services.

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Moving my Wordpress site to Hostingee. Tired of paying extra for insane # of “visits” from crawlers

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

BREAKING: france wants their statue back

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Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

the abandoning is working, the nerds thirst 🙏

Paul Graham @paulg •2h
Twitter seems a bit impoverished now that so many leftish users have fled. They may have been wronger on average about politics, but they were more interesting on average about other topics.

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Kenny (Baas) Schwegler @kenny.weave-it.org · 25/02/2025

DDD is about the long game. It's the daily grind, the real, often unglamorous work of building a truly robust system. You DESIGN it, you BUILD it, you RUN it! 3/3

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Variety @variety.com · 24/02/2025

Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech

Jane Fonda was honored on Sunday night with SAG's life achievement award.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/02/2025

Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

How regime change happens in America

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

360 Montana-based federal employees received job termination notices. Just three full-time employees remain in both the Yellowstone and Bozeman ranger districts to manage 19 rental cabins, 60 bathrooms, 21 campgrounds and other infrastructure spread across 1 million acres. www.bozemandailychro...

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'There is no one left': Custer Gallatin National Forest workers reeling from job losses

The cuts weren’t isolated. Across the seven ranger districts that comprise the Custer Gallatin National Forest, Knight said she has heard of at least 32 terminations as of Monday.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

what the actual fuck

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. I’m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get “re-parented”???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI

WaPo quote: “A Washington Post review of Kennedy's public appearances found he also promoted these centers as particularly beneficial for
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"Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, on SSRIs, benzos which are known to induce violence and those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get re-parented, to live in a community where there'll be no cellphones, no screens. You'll actually have to talk to people," Kennedy said in a June 2024 episode of the 19Keys online show”

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Julie Lerman @julielerman.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This sounds amazing and given that it’s created by @erikej.bsky.social , I’d trust my DB with it blindfolded!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 11/02/2025

Keep your eye on the ball. JD Vance is laying the groundwork for Trump to defy court orders, weaken the courts, and dismantle checks and balances on the presidency.

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