Years ago, a fellow running for State Treasurer told me that when rich people are polled, they'll commonly say they'll move to flee higher taxes, because it costs them nothing to say that, and it might prevent it. But when their bluff is called, they usually shrug and do nothing.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/will-rich-residents-leave-state-if-taxes-raised
I catch myself thinking "How can we convince them we don't want AI?" and then I realize of course they know we don't want it.
AI is meant to keep us down, it's not for us.
RFKjr: we're gonna make a database of autistic ppl
everyone else: *promptly calls him out for blatant eugenics*
RFKjr: ok ok we won't
1 week passes
RFKjr: ok so we decided to do it anyway but focus especially on the disabled ones bc they rely on us for help and can't fight back
The U.S. Health and Human Services department will start a research project to examine medical data and records of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees who have been diagnosed with autism, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday. The program will involve a data sharing agreement between the National Institutes of Health, the governmentās health research arm, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which has access to claims data from nearly 150 million Americans across the country. The agreement will be āconsistent with applicable privacy laws to protect Americansā sensitive health information,ā the department said.
Trump Surgeon General Nominee Casey Means Quit Residency
"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy thatās expected of an audienceā¦ thatās the holy grail."
-Riz Ahmed
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Today marks a proud and hopeful milestone for the City of Thousand Oaks with the opening of the Thrive Grove Navigation Center, which uses tiny homes to provide temporary housing and wraparound services for unhoused residents.
The people of Thousand Oaks asked us to address homelessness, and today we made good on that request. Thrive Grove represents our commitment to compassion, to dignity, to the belief that everyone deserves a path forward.
Interested in learning more? The Navigation Center is hosting an open house this Saturday, 5/10, from 10-4.
Hey Mastodon,
I need a big favor. My friend @Aseelsehwel lives in Gaza, & she & her brother are currently trying to raise money to feed their family, care for their father who is suffering from kidney complications, & eventually leave Gaza for Egypt. They are a family of 6 & it looks like their estimated costs to cover everything would be $50,000.00. So far they are at $24,674, can we try to get them over the finish line? Here is a link to their GoFundMe:
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Juliamon
Sue Stone
David August
Mayor David Newman
Jeff Pummill
Black Aziz Anansi 
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