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The Trump administration’s latest target: gender-neutral paper dolls Minnesota schools aren’t using

The Education Department probe follows right-wing outrage over dolls designed to help clinical professionals support transgender and gender-diverse children.

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John Pollock@iamjohnpollock.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Secretary of Education has been spotted at Summerslam

Scout's fur dad is in some need of some assistance! Brownie is the sweetest pup and I hate to see his family struggle. Donations and shares would be greatly appreciated for the little guy! www.gofundme.com/f/help-brown...

Donate to Help Brownie Heal After Dental Surgery, organized by Bonnie Wong

Brownie, my corgi, means the world to me, and seeing Brownie in pain has been so ha… Bonnie Wong needs your support for Help Brownie Heal After Dental Surgery

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you know, at least U.S. business journalism spent a lot of time making it very clear this IPO was a fraudulent lie only made possible because the country is too corrupt to have functional regulators

Wall Street Races to Sell SpaceX-Linked Products as Stock Sinks

Wall Street is racing to roll out complex investment products tied to SpaceX shares that aim to shield buyers from future losses amid a sharp selloff following its market debut.

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Hi everyone, today me and 22 others at Double Fine were hit by layoffs today. All the people who lost their jobs today care so much about the games they make and the people they work with. If anyone is looking for a tools SE with 7 years of experience and who brings baked goods on Mondays lmk.

remembering that time when gretchen whitmer went to meet at the oval office with trump

Politico@politico.com · 2w ago

Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens for Michigan Senate seat

This is absolutely killing me.

One of my favorite advertising tropes from the early-mid 60's, was the insistent shoehorning of the Beatles and rock n roll music into ads by people who clearly had never actually seen or heard of the Beatles or rock n roll music (Family Fare in Holland, Michigan 1964)

just learned that the reason they gave him sunglasses is because geckos started nesting in his eye sockets

I still think about the WSJ scoop about the Epstein birthday book. The official Republican position, to this day and after unsuccessful Trump litigation, is that maybe someone faked his signature and put it in a book where everyone else's signature was real

Lawyers, Guns and Money@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 3w ago

New frontiers in sanewashing

the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”

please show respect for the dead body of someone who didn’t respect your alive body

RIP Lindsey Graham. You taught me it was okay to be a coward whose only skill is debasing myself until death for a tiny, ultimately illusionary crumb of power.

we don’t say “he died” we say “he speaks with the mitches”

Is this fucking cunt for real???

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Linda McMahon: "One stat that just astounded me was that one out of 10 school students across the country have some sort of sexual misconduct perpetrated on them by teachers or school staff. And what happens? No action is taken ... schools are going to be in jeopardy of losing their federal funding"

Podcast: The Fallout from Xbox's terrible week. @jordanmiddler.bsky.social is joined by @jeffgerstmann.com to break down this week's headlines. Jeff also chats about the Steam Machine and AC: Black Flag's return. Watch: youtu.be/BcIgTrU50aw Listen: lnk.to/VGC

Through four months, the US has spent $103 billion on the Iran War. An average of $860 million per day.

The real cost of the Iran War: $103 billion in 120 days

Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee last week, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought said the US had spent $30 billion on the Iran War.

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Not in anyway important, but I just don't think you should be allowed to dress as a teenager if you're actually the grim reaper

XBOX is doing massive layoffs today, and as a member of Zenimax Online Studios, I have been "impacted". I will be looking for a new position.

i can’t stop laughing at this

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation ordered for events at National Mall as storms gather near Washington ahead of Trump's July 4th speech.

I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

A year ago, Trump and Republicans passed a massive wealth transfer: cutting Medicaid, food, clean energy in order to pay for huge tax cuts to Elon, Amazon, big corps and the super-rich. Families Over Billionaires is traveling the country to talk about the effects of this law on our Who Pays tour

If you asked me to describe the perfect photo I would say "Triple H and Cody Rhodes giving RFK Jr. a replica belt." I never would have guessed I'd also get Cody Rhodes doing planks in his dorky suit.

it's giving

Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Get in losers, we’re building a cult of personality around a wet fart

Warren Beatty will do anything to keep the Dick Tracey license

alexis simpson@amutepiggy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

my man looking like the baby from the Teletubby sun grew up to be an alcoholic

Every so often, some washed up sitcom dude do this sort of thing where they pretend that they made some truly edgy and controversial comedy that couldn't be made today, and it's just like... you're saying this about THE OFFICE?

it's very funny that the one game the Knicks lost was the one game that Trump attended

Trying to run a video game business during these tricky times while the company that owns you is directly contributing to making these tricky times so tricky seems like a dumb way to do this, I don't know.

Didn't think I'd see the day the new Giant Bomb gets ratio'd Not to come to their defense, which I am not the right person for, but that "yeah it sucks that it uses AI...but Imma play it" is a standard games outlet response these days. They did it for Expedition 33, Arc Raiders, Tony Hawk 3+4,...