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Reader, reader, chocolate-eater. Big fan of treating all humans like humans. She/her.

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Erratic Reader@randomreader.bsky.social · 12h ago

This is a dry way of saying a bunch of ill-informed randos with an agenda fired a bunch of qualified people for their own "small government" cred and now we are all more vulnerable in a time when fire, floods, and hurricanes are amplified by climate change. federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-overs...

GAO: FEMA staffing cuts lacked strategy, hit regional staff hardest | Federal News Network

FEMA lost roughly 4,500 staff over the past 18 months, with many regions losing 9% or more: "None of this was done with a thought behind the mission needs."

federalnewsnetwork.com

Lisa Kadonaga@tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 2d ago

Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012

There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o 'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine! In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses of milk. "Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, "in the city of Allendale, California." It repeated the date three times for memory's sake. "Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." Source: https://www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_There%20Will%20Come%20Soft%20Rains%20by%20Ray%20Bradbury.pdf
Erratic Reader@randomreader.bsky.social · 2d ago

My work schedule looks funny today because there's a slot on it that says "Romance 101." It's a genre RA refresher webinar from the state library, but it reads like I'm a teenager trying to get some tips. 💓

Chris Kluwe@chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 3d ago

THINGS ALLOWED TO BE ANXIOUS WHEN THEY HAVE UNEXPRESSED THOUGHTS - infants - cocker spaniels - your buddy Craig who works at 7-11 and is high all the time THINGS NOT ALLOWED TO BE ANXIOUS - people who can launch nuclear weaponry

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

Erratic Reader@randomreader.bsky.social · 2w ago

Dear #Amtrak (and MANY other businesses), Saying "we are experiencing higher than usual call volumes" everytime/anytime I call means it isn't higher than usual. It is usual. Signed, The Person Who Called About Safety & Accessibility and Was on Hold for 1 Hour, 1 Min, 6 Seconds.

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 2w ago

Remember when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said there were no banned words and NIH Program Officers were making them up? Here’s the proof he lied: apnews.com/article/cali... I know, Jay Bhattacharya lying is not news. But it’s still really validating to have the admission.

White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...

apnews.com

Erratic Reader@randomreader.bsky.social · 3w ago

Person with penis yet again produces legislation to tell women what to do. The DAR gets to decide, not this genital-obsessed dingbathead.

Holly Bemiss@bemissh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Rather than address the economy, the mess of a war in Iran, or the unbreathable air, 20 GOP in congress decided that NOW is the time to take on the #DAR. A bill to force the Daughter's of the American Revolution to change their membership rules, est in 1896. [1/5] www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

bobby@bobbylewis.bsky.social · 3w ago

i remember scientists saying 20 years ago that climate change-fueled wildfires would darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away. but republicans said that was a lie, so now climate change-fueled wildfires darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away every summer

dan ozzi@danozzi.bsky.social · 4w ago

it's cool that your health insurance provider can just raise their prices or kick you off your plan and then send you an email that says Prioritizing Mental Health: You Are Not Alone

Reuters@reuters.com · 3w ago

A protest group called The Secret Handshake placed a giant gold “Iran war participation trophy” for President Trump on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.