SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
The narrative has shifted! What was "Trump will fire anyone who isnt loyal to him personally, which makes him Hitler" is now, "Trump is laying off people regardless of their loyalty, and that's...uh...worse...somehow"
😂 The AP takes on the #Trump #doge claims about suicidal security improper payments, reporting that according to the Biden administration ONLY "$71.8 billion" in was fraudulent and that the agency "clawed back" a whopping $31 billion. Yep, they clawed back a huge 0.05% of the waste? (it's very early, is that decimal right?)
The article says most of those billions were sent to loving people, but the goes on to say the data is wildly inaccurate without dates of birth, so no one knows. And the Biden admin saw the $71.8 BILLION and assessed that it would take $9 million to fix the system to stop the waste so decided not to.
Way to teach Trump a lesson. Nothing to see here, only $71.8 billion in waste, hardly anything.
Tens of millions of dead people aren't getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims https://apnews.com/article/social-security-pa...
With #USAID being paused or all out shuttered, please consider increasing your generosity toward #nonprofit organizations that truly do align with your values.
There are good people doing amazing work local to you and around the world.
What if the impact of cutting back on that government spending was an outpouring of cheerful, voluntary, generosity?
This is a story about how management found out about bad actions of an employee and proactively acted with urgency to fire the employee and correct the situation, even before the customer was aware of it. The response has been outage and a lawsuit against the company that did the right thing. Sad.
Racist Pig Wrote The N-Word On A Woman's Oil Change Sticker https://crooksandliars.com/2025/02/racist-pig-wrote-n-word-womans-oil-change?utm_source...
Would the Biden admin have been very upset had they found out about this happening on their watch?
SCOOP: U.S. agents arrested more than 21,000 unauthorized immigrants in November as President Biden's term wound down — a pace the Trump administra...
uspol, Trump, universities, science
I've seen posts bemoaning the attack on #science that #Trump's team has talked about defunding #university #research projects.
I wonder if universities should consider charging tuition, rather than being free and open to everyone, to be able to fund this important work. 🤔
Uspol, media, huffpo
I read a piece on huffpo about the real impact of dictator Trump downsizing government (as one does when one is a dictator). It came down to:
Return to office decisions and feeling terrified of what might happen.
Everyone in non government jobs has also had to work through return to office decisions.
So... Ultimately, according to the article, it's the same working location decision everyone is going through and media-driven fear.
I was expecting more.
Who had Trump Takes Gaza on their 2025 bingo card? Wierd news day.
Certainly #Trump will claim #tariffs work today.
Over the weekend I read shock pieces in both US and Canadian news from the experts warning of the dire impact of tariffs that were about to bring North America to it's knees... overnight skyrocketing fuel costs, hundreds of thousands just in Ontario to become unemployed.
Reports today are that before the Canadian and Mexican tariffs even kicked in (scheduled for tomorrow), both Mexico and Canada have committed significant funds and action to secure the borders?
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What's this? Bernie giving a Nazi salute???🤡
Anyone else impressed that air traffic controllers have been working from home and may accept the package rather than return to work?
Or maybe we're lacking some application of critical thinking...
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Donald Trump has offered buyout packages to almost all federal workers who do not want to return to the office, a major move designed to shrink the US government. The employees would have to decide by 6 Feb whether they wanted to be part of a "deferred resignation program" with an 8 months worth severance package
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvqe3le3z4o
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#PreEmptive #Pardons phenomenon examined by #Democrats & the mainstream media.
They seem to have come to a concensus on the issue, no question about it.
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No one is above the law. Unless you receive a preemtive pardon.
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I haven't been following the news to closely, but it sounds like Syria just had their own January 6.
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
