Katie F

@KatieLoves2Read
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The foxes aren’t just guarding the hen houses. They’re selling chicken out the back gate.
ā€œThe reported abduction of American journalist Shelly Kittleson in Baghdad is alarming and unacceptable. Journalists are not targets and treating them as such is an assault on press freedom everywhere.ā€ - NPC President Mark Schoeff, Jr. https://www.press.org/newsroom/statement-national-press-club-president-mark-schoeff-jr-reports-american-journalist-shelly
Once again, Green card holders are immigrants who did EVERYTHING by the book. They followed every law, every rule, every requirement. THEY EVEN PAY TAXES THAT GO TO FUND THE SBA! And the Trump regime is banning them from benefitting from taxes they paid. "Come here legally" was a lie. It was never about "legal" immigration. It was always about advancing white nationalism and banning immigration altogether. This will hurt ALL Americans. Systemic racism always does.

Oracle have laid off 30k employees today. They did it to personal email accounts at 6am 🫔 saying they needed the money to spend on GenAI instead. https://thenextweb.com/news/oracle-layoffs-march-2026

Oracle’s share price since they went GenAI nuts:

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116324463517531876

😢 30k the scale of this insanity is making me speechless.

ā€˜This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

The Guardian
An attack by an Iranian missile and drones on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia today wounded several American service members and several US refueling aircraft, report AP and the Wall Street Journal.
Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding

The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the planning. The budget request, slated for release next week, reflects President Donald Trump’s policy priorities and acts as a guide to lawmakers as they draft […]

Roll Call
There is a reason why most of my advice is phrased "If you are concerned about X...you may want to consider doing Y." It's not because I just love using a bunch of extra words.

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116289595175118701

That reminds me, it’s bin day tomorrow. I’m so glad I’ve separated all my plastics, card and glass so I can do my bit to save the planet 🤬