mjfrombuffalo
Cats, social welfare policy, child welfare, advocacy, social work, bad puns, and random things that tickle my fancy. #BillsMafia
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloTooting the horn again, but I wrote a whole book about this. Tom Homan has been promising this.
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- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloHighlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
- A couple years ago, a young woman sitting across from me on the LIRR made an appointment with a new doctor. I learned her - name - address - phone number - social security number. When she finished and I told her that was crazy to do on a crowded train, she was confused as to why.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffalolook at what hustle culture has done to us www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
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- I'm out of market, and when my area's blacked out the app won't play the audio for me, so I would go to WGR's website to listen. How's that going to work now, out of town fans just don't get *any* live coverage of the game?
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- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloThe argument that people having rights makes law enforcement more difficult is not remotely convincing.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloExplain to me why I’m standing in front of my childrens’ schools in subzero weather trying to make sure none of their classmates are kidnapped by armed, masked goons then.
- No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloDo you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloDHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting. Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloThe orcas have discovered fire.
- caller to @wnyc.org : I see ads accusing Candidate X of insider trading, what's the truth Me: good, I wanted to know this Reporter: I thought u were going to ask abt other attack ads against X [details]. Candidate sees these ads as a badge of honor. Host: Yes, we have other callers asking about ads.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloI just drove past an abandoned car, with the doors open. (wrong side of highway, others had already stopped.) This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloJust got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks. They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloI have been trying to write an essay for four weeks now about Article II under the Trump administration and I keep having to restart because the draft never appropriately conveys the insanity of whatever happened during the last week.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffalo10/10 ICE protest sign
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- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloLag. The federal judiciary is catching up — this is a remarkable order, it's only three pages. I recommend reading it. I have, in all of my time practicing law, never seen a judge do anything like this:
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloI can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
- The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloAmericans will really use anything but the metric system (complimentary)
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloUnion workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloNEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloUTAH auto body shop owner: “You guys broke the fucking window to get in here! Where is your warrant??” Trump’s ICE goons: “Yes we did… We don’t need one.” 🤔 Rights are gone under this regime. (From Somali Snaps: www.instagram.com/reel/DUKpzuS...)
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloA few days later, Wired reported that DOGE was building exactly this: cross-government data connections with Palantir — the literal company with that name, not just the metaphor.
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- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloDon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
- So many people didn't mind cameras, license plate readers, etc., saying it made things safer and as long as you didn't do anything wrong, what was the big deal?
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- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloMICROSOFT: "We're putting AI in Windows!" CUSTOMERS: "No, please don't do that." MICROSOFT: "You'll drink this fucking AI even if we have to hold your nose closed and use a vice to keep your jaws open." CUSTOMERS: "That only sounds bad." MICROSOFT: "Why have customers abandoned Windows?"
- scoop: Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows. The head of Windows tells me Microsoft will focus on "addressing pain points we hear consistently from customers." Full details in my Notepad newsletter this week, gift link here 👇 tinyurl.com/win11trust
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- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloQ: So you're not pulling back in Minnesota? TRUMP: No no. Not at all.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloThe college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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- I want an extra-large union contract Americano.
- WTF did I just see
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- Come for the artistry, stay for the content
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- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloI know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloI will simply never recover from reading this sentence: "Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
- Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
- Reposted by mjfrombuffaloI am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.
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- So the negotiation starting point is "shit y'all already should be doing as standard professional behvior" and they'll just make concessions from there. Great.
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