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Ken Cross

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Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · last mo.

It's a scam all the way down. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed implementation of food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

FEC Schedule A itemized receipt, line C. Contributor: Taylor Fresh Foods Inc, 911-B Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93902. Date of receipt: 03/26/2025. Transaction ID: SA17.4550. Amount of receipt this period: $1,000,000.00. Marked "Memo Item" and labeled "NON-CONTRIBUTION." Receipt-for boxes (Primary/General/Other) are blank. Aggregate year-to-date: $1,000,000.00.
Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · last mo.

My pre-write turned out to be 70% a. CDC's comms have been wildly irresponsible; b. If I couldn't prove lettuce is not from Taylor Farms, I wouldn't eat it; c. Taylor Farms gave MAGA Inc. $1M USD less than a week after FDA postponed food traceability rules. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

Ken Cross@k-cross.github.io · 2mo ago

i talked some shit about AI on LinkedIn (low effort AI posts) and it's gotten me the most engagement compared to my technical writing and i'm not sure how i feel about it. i'm not going to stop my technical writing, but content that appeals broadly might expand reach of everything else. til.

Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret)@portlandken.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

This isn't just about Laverne, this is a story of trans people being purged from all facets of employment. The functional unemployment rate for trans people is roughly 30% or higher. Trump has made it convenient for companies to not hire trans people at all. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Laverne Cox Has Lost 90% of Her Income and Blames Trump’s ‘Regime’ for Attacking ‘Gender Ideology and DEI’

Laverne Cox says the Trump regime's attacks on gender ideology and DEI has cost her speaking engagements and teaching jobs.

variety.com

James Youngman@jyoungman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I did some napkin math, and we're talking about a high speed rail network five times the length of the Shinkansen system, from 2020-2025's investment alone. Can't help wondering how many of these routes we could have built. youtu.be/wE5G1kTndI4?...

56 High Speed Rail Links We Should've Built Already

YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

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Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 4mo ago

If we had taken all the money we put into AI and put it into trains, we would have such great trains. What a waste.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book

Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

thehandbasket.co

Ken Cross@k-cross.github.io · 5mo ago

Feel like I'm speed running learning how local election politics work right now, had no idea about the different "strong mayor" and "city council" systems.

Robert Rohde@rarohde.bsky.social · 5mo ago

We need to talk a bit about how utterly absurd the March heatwave was in the USA. This heatwave would have been impossible without a boost from climate change, but even with climate change it remains a deeply unlikely event. A thread looking at some of the numbers. 🧵

GFS map of temperature anomalies over the contiguous USA for March 21, 2026.