Brown tabby cat with paws curled under on a Grey fur pillow.

POTAT!! 🥔 boil'em, mash'em, stick 'em in a stew!

Graphic mural in Atlanta with an image of an upside down lady justice holding a sword and scales, fists in different colors like yellow, blue and purple, three roses, plus phrases like "No Justice, No Peace" and "I Can't Breathe" in colors yellow, blue, purple and a soft red.

Atlanta has some great murals and artwork.

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.

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Elon Musk book sandwiched between books titled "The Psychology of Stupidity" and "How to Not Kill Yourself"

Perfect books to be sandwiched between.

Alex Karp in a dark jacket and collared shirt, gesturing with his hands. Text reads: "Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times

The Trump administration has quietly spread Palantir’s technology through U.S. agencies, paving the way to easily compile data on Americans. The company has received more than $113 million in federal government spending since President Trump took office. nyti.ms/4dJfR0o

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Ouch. #SwampForceOne ✈️

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Power is out again. 🫠 at least I don't need a noise machine with the rain.

The Interior Department announced late yesterday that it will fast-track approvals for coal, gas, oil, and mineral projects on public lands.

Robert's Guide to The Next Six Months of Danger and Resistance It Could Happen Here · Episode

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This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED YouTube video by TED

Excellent Ted Talk about "bro"ligarchy and how tech is playing a huge part in what's happening right now.
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A judge blocked Musk staffers from accessing Social Security data, but of course, they’ve ignored those orders. We warned this was happening: Musk operatives have been marking individuals in the Social Security system as dead in an effort to pressure immigrants to self-deport.

Sorry, we promised not to post much today but we had to make a special callout. We forgot to give a proper shoutout to a few places yesterday. Denver and Dallas Fort Worth, you broke records. You were incredible.

It feels so nice outside today. I'm not ready for the 85°F Saturday.

Attn: Trump stated, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!” Many have interpreted this as an indication that he or his allies are using knowledge of tariffs for personal financial gain. This raises serious concerns about insider trading and market manipulation.

WATCH: “I’m here because I will not be bullied.”

A pardon attorney fired by Trump says Trump’s DOJ sent armed U.S. marshals to deliver a letter warning her not to testify before Congress about Trump’s DOJ’s abuse of power.

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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

Many law firms representing federal employees have come under attack. The legal community is pushing back. More than 4,000 legal professionals have signed an open letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, expressing concern over the administration’s actions against law firms.

ELIE MYSTAL: “This is what fascism looks like. I don’t know what y’all expected it to look like… People are being abducted and disappeared from our streets. These people haven’t even been charged in court.” 🇺🇸

They blamed a plane crash on DEI without any evidence. Imagine if it was a black guy, or a gay woman who sent military information over an unsecure chat thread. They’d be fired and we wouldn’t hear the end of how DEI almost got soldiers killed.

Desk with to-go coffee cup, headphones, iMac displaying a cabin scene, a mint green desk lamp with Squid figurine from Rocket Power, art work on the wall with Raccoons stealing a motorcycle and other random art.

Top of vehicle with light bar underneath a cascade of pinky white cherry blossom 🌸 trees

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom on a cloudy rainy day working from home. 😌

Israel's air attacks have continued across Gaza for a third day. At least 110 Palestinians have been killed since dawn, our colleagues on the ground report and at least 200 children have been killed in the last three days.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/j49geo

8 different candles lit in a room on a coffee table and by a fireplace.

My power is out and I knew my candle collection would come in handy. Wish I would have charged my book light 😩

“The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration… targeted harassment…” newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

The Office That Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being “Liquidated” The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching...

NEW: The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged.

“The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.

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The painting "Judith Slaying Holofernes" by Artemisia Gentileschi.

Happy International Women's Day!

May we all embody this energy today and always.

However, the requested information was already accessible to the EPA through Citibank, which administers the program for the agency and the Treasury Department. Yet another example of the federal government being used as a political weapon.