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An Interview With A Fired NOAA Budget Analyst | Defector

Growing up, Sabrina Valenti felt like she was genetically predetermined to work for the government. Her dad’s father was in the Navy. Her dad was in the Air Force. Two of her uncles served in the armed forces, one eventually moving to a job at NASA and the other leaving for the postal service. Her […]

every time i do basically any social media scrolling i realize that there are just scores and scores of actual idiots, convinced of their righteousness. just another reason to despair i guess.
been following this shitshow with morbid fascination and it’s just incredibly pathetic, depressing, and harmful. thought it was funny at first… https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/house-speaker-vote/
House Republicans pick Rep. Mike Johnson as their fourth speaker nominee

House Republicans started over on the search for the next speaker of the House after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was ousted last week.

The Washington Post
A Caltrans executive questioned a freeway expansion. Then she was demoted. - Los Angeles Times https://apple.news/AzBEemE_oQzSoixuouEtNnQ
A Caltrans executive questioned a freeway expansion. Then she was demoted — Los Angeles Times

A former Caltrans executive who was demoted after raising concerns over freeway expansion accuses the agency of bending rules to build faster.

ban cars
can someone explain to me like i’m an idiot how to find literally anything on mastodon? anything i search brings up nothing. it’s so annoying.
DeSantis tells Biden: Keep your IRA money — POLITICO

The governor is blocking Biden’s IRA benefits from Floridians. There’s not much Dems can do about it.

‘A Dangerous Combination’: Teenagers’ Accidents Expose E-Bike Risks

The e-bike industry is booming, but many vehicles are not legal for teenagers, and accidents are on the rise.

The New York Times
Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Financial Times
the fact that elite discourse in the us is focused on content moderation and campus protest as huge threats to free speech while right wing extremists are showing up to libraries schools and churches dressed up for war with long guns is a choice. the biggest threat right now to the first amendment is the twisted reinterpretation of the second and it isn’t close. #freespeech