Maiden of Utrecht

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Born American, now a European. Copywriter, cook, hiker, enjoyer of Regency reenactment + other random stuff. Recently giving WAY fewer fucks for much shorter periods of time.
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Woah! Could someone please send this rather long read but highly readable and absolutely excellent article to the leaders of every single country in the world?
https://canadastandsstrong.ca/2024/12/15/how-canada-should-respond-to-trump-by-dan-gardner/
How Canada Should Respond to Trump

By Dan Gardner ************ EN Menu * People Power * Changes Needed * Contact FR Menu * La force des gens * Changements nécessaires * Pour joindre ************ Heed the lesson of Thucydid…

Canada Stands Strong
@ricmac I’m with @pluralistic on Bluesky. I wish it could be trusted. But, as you say, it’s privately owned, and it won’t serve its users’ interests in the long term. Cory says it better than I can: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/
Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

I keep hearing “we need a liberal version of Joe Rogan’s podcast.”

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Via Angry Staffer:

#Trump announced reparations for white people today, if anyone was wondering how wildly racist this is going to get

So, we’re going to spend billions of dollars deporting people whose labor we exploit to hold down food costs while also surrendering all the taxes they pay without receiving benefits.

Yep, sounds like the genius who managed to bankrupt casinos.

Senator Warren,
Love you, but if you're not going to do anything about it... 🤷🏻‍♀️ WHAT Do you expect us to do!?

AT THIS POINT - DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR BE DONE IN POLITICS...

Reminder that AccuWeather is one of the orgs leading the attempt to destroy the National Weather Service. It should be avoided.

#weather

"Imagine a future in which Donald Trump gets to choose which non-profits are allowed to exist and any non-profit he, or JD Vance, doesn't like can be labelled a terrorist org and stripped of its tax exempt status."

That's what we need to stop today.

https://resist.bot/petitions/PCDICI

Oppose the Inclusion of H.R. 6408 in H.R. 9495.

Text SIGN PCDICI to 50409 to send this to your officials.

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With weeks to go before the bill expires at the end of Congress, this is the last chance for U.S. senators to vote on the PRESS Act, a bipartisan federal "shield" law that protects journalists from giving up their sources, and more.

It's the bill that the House *unanimously* passed in January, but yet it's been collecting dust in the Senate for a vote ever since.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/10/its-the-senates-last-chance-to-pass-the-press-act/

It's the Senate's last chance to pass the PRESS Act | TechCrunch

The PRESS Act would protect a journalist's sources, and gained unanimous bipartisan support when passed by the House in January.

TechCrunch