Yikes. Women accounted for all of the job losses and all of the labor force decline in July, according to @nwlc.org
Dana Addy
@danaaddydesigns.bsky.social
PMP childfree cat lady, behaving accordingly. Plays with words, birds, books, plants, and yarn. There may be swearing
Notice DOJ doesn't talk about its efforts to obtain state voter files anymore. They are 0-20 in those cases and today is the beginning of the quiet period -- states can no longer do systematic removals of names from the voter rolls. TLDR: We won!🥳
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans — a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.
Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy
Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.
wsj.com
I look forward to all the reports & coverage about all of the internal problems & mistakes of all of these other institutions, in the same way that universities are constantly blamed (& blaming themselves) for “declining trust.” “Compared to what?” news.gallup.com/poll/712436/...
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3w ago“Compared to what?” is always the essential question when asking about critiques of higher education & universities, whether we’re discussing declining trust, freedom of speech, viewpoint diversity, or any of the other things.
I’ve said this before privately and now I’m saying it on the record Go check the status of your voter registration and set a recurring reminder to do it again this time in two weeks. Do not let this lapse.
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
popular.info
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E
Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy.
n.pr
GILLIBRAND: How do I go back to NY, and what you would say to people who see funding an unauthorized war abroad is a higher priority to this administration than their ability to feed their families? HEGSETH: You're talking about political tradeoffs. Our job is to deliver for the US military
Nuclear proliferation will be one of Trump’s biggest legacies. Accepted North Korea’s nukes and let Iran out of nuclear restrictions in exchange for nothing in term 1. In term 2, made US allies think they need their own deterrent, now authorizing Saudi uranium enrichment without normal safeguards.
CNN@cnn.com · 3w agoThe Trump administration has tentatively agreed to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium without enacting international safeguards intended to prevent nuclear weapons development, according to sources familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by CNN. https://cnn.it/4fhCFWc
Well that makes sense of the murder spree. Prosecute everyone.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3w agoBREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
It's striking to me that in addition to continuing to ship right up until the day before yesterday, they shipped this lettuce to Iowa and Wisconsin but not Minnesota, the state with the notoriously good team for sourcing these outbreaks.
paris martineau@paris.nyc · 3w agoNew: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
Given the lack of details provided by Taylor Farms thus far, Consumer Reports' food safety experts are advising folks in the 27 states implicated by the recall to discard ALL iceberg lettuce until we know more about where the parasite-linked products ended up www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
NEW: Taylor Farms said the lettuce associated with cyclospora & explosive diarrhea went to 27 states, but did not name the companies. It doesn't have to, said Sandra Eskin: “Without this essential information, a recall is not going to be effective.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/h...
Taylor Farms Expands Iceberg Lettuce Recall to 27 States (Gift Article)
The implicated products were marketed under several brands, and had been shipped as recently as Thursday.
nytimes.com
The last FDA inspections of Taylor Farms were in 2011 and 2019. The FDA has been hit hard by staff cuts ordered by DOGE and RFK Jr. Foreign food inspections plummeted last year, and the agency was already struggling to inspect foreign facilities before the cuts. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/h...
Cyclospora Investigation Turns to Farms in Mexico (Gift Article)
The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped...
nytimes.com
This flew under the radar (mine at least) when it came out a few months ago. Combined with the administration’s new focus on “left-wing terrorism,” we need to be very careful about what we post online
Not A TikTok (Fuck Identity Verification Laws, 操冰警)@notatiktok.bsky.social · 3w agoRemember this when people try to push hard to mandate uploading a drivers license to use a website. theintercept.com/2026/04/10/r...
Survivor Lara Blume McGee issued the following statement after the meeting with Blanche:
My brain tripped right past “thoughts and prayers” regarding Lindsey Graham to “what are the rules to replacing him?”
"…as of July 2025, the CDC made tracking cyclospora optional, as part of scaling back its Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. At the time, food safety experts worried that it could make it harder to identify and respond to outbreaks."
Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · last mo.The demand for tests for cyclosporiasis, a pathogen often caused by contaminated fresh produce, is so intense, with so many patients seeking help for diarrhea and crippling abdominal cramps, that many labs can’t keep up.
I'm old enough to remember that after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook started doing "privacy popups" in 2018 where they told people that they cared about their privacy and user consent. Well, lmao. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/t...
Investment accounts owned by President Trump engaged in more than 300 previously undisclosed stock purchases on April 8, 2025, one day before his surprise announcement that he would pause a number of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, his financial disclosure report says.
Trump discloses 327 unreported stock trades made a day before his first tariff pause
Their disclosure, more than 14 months after they occurred, is the latest revelation to fuel calls for greater scrutiny of the president’s financial assets.
nbcnews.to
Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations. He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:
White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...
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This Day in Labor History: July 5, 1935. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act. This created real labor law and allowed unions to survive. Let's talk about the most important labor law in American history!
"I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency. Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook." Harry Truman
Reminder for those with young animals that these next few days are good days to feed treats during loud noise time to help them learn not to be scared.
This WH/Doge interference with gov websites (especially vote.gov) is scary AF
Citizen.Coping@propcazhpm.bsky.social · last mo."Doge veterans have quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites – for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings – in ways critics say appear to violate federal law."
Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. The bill "will restore America’s status as the leading offshore haven"
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 2mo agoRepublicans trying to make the world safe for kleptocracy newrepublic.com/article/2118...