This is very unnatural for mid May in central #Texas .
#atxwx #txwx #austin
Hi.
Born 326.33.
Was mid-apocalyptic c / '@ benavides_c_' on twitter.
- I make confusing or obfuscated datasets make sense; fine-grained pentesting; and Systems.
Austin. #atx
https://keybase.io/preclude
Texas House committee cancels school vouchers funding proposal hearing hours before meeting was to begin
Hey Librarians…Talking Points Memo is looking for information about anything that might have been cancelled today by the #IMLS doge takeover. #Libraries.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-hits-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services
Happy Spring Equinox, to those who celebrate and are able to celebrate.
Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
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Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Vietnam #USAID #Environment #PublicHealth #USPolitics
Watson warns of #Austin ’s ‘budget asteroids’ in speech to real estate council. #atx
Along with the potential impact of tariffs on international goods, Watson explained to the room filled with developers [...] how bond costs could increase by more than 20 percent in the near future based on the possible elimination of a federal tax exemption on bond funding. And there’s a potential new state law that would require a two-thirds approval by voters for local tax increases.
The fact that employers publicly announce that they're laying off their "lowest performers" is shockingly cruel. Not only are you depriving someone of their livelihood, you're publicly branding them as a poor performer to harm their ability to get a new job.
That's not something you do simply to cut costs, that's targeted intentional cruelty to terrorize your existing employees into overwork and quell dissidents.
For most of my adult life, Valentine's Day has been the day that I sit down to do my taxes. I have never regretted this choice.
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/
Excellent article on #surveillance through #advertising .
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/online-behavioral-ads-fuel-surveillance-industry-heres-how
Soon we will go back to work.
Over 37 mm of rain and flash flooding led to groundwater recharge yesterday at Capricorn Caves, Australia, just a we were downloading our hydrology and climate data loggers. Thanks to the team there for supporting our groundwater recharge research.
My doctor prescribed a medication that I need.
Why the hell do we allow there to be anything beyond that in the approval process?
MY DOCTOR, who I have seen for years, who is a CREDENTIALED and LICENSED PRACTIONER, has developed a treatment plan for ME.
How did we ever allow an insurance company to say "Mmmm no, sorry, we don't agree. We won't pay for that."
It's your JOB TO PAY FOR IT. It's literally why I have insurance.
It should just be illegal for an insurance company to refuse to cover something your doctor prescribes. Period.