Ms. Que Banh<p>Sorry for last minute notice - I was just asked to share this event. I can't attend. Hope some locals can go!</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a> TONIGHT - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FreeEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeEvent</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FreeFilmScreening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeFilmScreening</span></a></p><p>The Public Service Pride Network (PSPN) invites you to a screening of The Fruit Machine, an <a href="https://beige.party/tags/investigative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investigative</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> chronicling the systematic ejection of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/2SLGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2SLGBTQIA</span></a>+ members of the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CanadianArmedForces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianArmedForces</span></a> , the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RCMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCMP</span></a> , and the federal <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> between the 1950s and mid-1990s. Hear the stories of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> Purge survivors HCol Steven Deschamps and Wayne Davis during a post-show Q&A.</p><p>Doors: 6:30 p.m.<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/FilmScreening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilmScreening</span></a> : 7:00 p.m.</p><p>Post-show <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Q" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Q</span></a>&A with <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LGBTPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTPurge</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/survivors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>survivors</span></a> : 8:30 p.m.</p><p>After the event, follow us to The Vicious Poodle for a late-night mixer with the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicServicePrideNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServicePrideNetwork</span></a> 👇</p><p>The After-Show with <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PSPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSPN</span></a> :<br>Tuesday, August 19 | 9 p.m. ‘til late<br>The Vicious Poodle | 726 Johnson Street</p><p>Free to attend; RSVP to Nadia Munro nadia.munro@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CanadianMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianMilitary</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAF</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/QueerCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YYJ</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FreeAdmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeAdmission</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Systematic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Systematic</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CanadianFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianFilm</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/QueerCanadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerCanadians</span></a></p>
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Claes de Vreese ☑️<p>Free and independent public service media are a key pillar of a healthy society and vibrant democracy. </p><p>This is the necessary cry for help in the 🇺🇸 </p><p>Donate if you are in the US and able. </p><p>Support your public media if you are in a democracy.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicservice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> It would be a great <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> for meetings with <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> & other <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateLobbyists</span></a> with ANY of our public elected <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServants</span></a> to be open to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransparency</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAccountability</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicScrutiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicScrutiny</span></a>.</p><p>Too many <a href="https://beige.party/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> forget that they are elected public servants. That means, their job is to serve us, the public, not corporate lobbyists. If they're not guilty of selling out the public for their own corporate lobbyists & political benefits - they'd not be so damn scared of full public transparency.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CitizensUprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUprising</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheGreenwash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheGreenwash</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopTheWhitewash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheWhitewash</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateActionNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateActionNOW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FailureToAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToAct</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Sellouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sellouts</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Crapitalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crapitalists</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ColonialExploiters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColonialExploiters</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecociders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecociders</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PriceOfPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceOfPoliticians</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BackroomBribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackroomBribery</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FOIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOIs</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CitizensRevolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensRevolt</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DoYourJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoYourJob</span></a></p>
Stuart D Neilson<p>For comparison, a new electric Wright StreetDeck double-decker <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bus</span></a> is about 11 metres long and 2.5 metres wide (occupying 28 square metres of tarmac).</p><p>The latest Ford FUVs are 5.6 to 6.6 metres long and 2 to 2.4 metres wide (occupying 11 to 16 square metres of tarmac).</p><p>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> bus (carrying 70-100 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/passengers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>passengers</span></a>) is smaller than two Ford "family" cars (carrying 3 people - average car occupancy is 1.5 in Ireland) even if they are touching nose-to-tail.</p>
Strypey<p>OMG someone said the quiet part out loud! I wonder how much money the public of Aotearoa gave BorgSoft over the last 5 years? How much we will fork over during the course of the next 5? How much of our sensitive government data is stored in systems that are legally obliged to give the US government full access on request?</p><p>The strategy laid out towards the end of the linked article is bang on.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/114992197954697319" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@glynmoody/114</span><span class="invisible">992197954697319</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/GovtIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovtIT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MicroSoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroSoft</span></a></p>
Iris Richardson Fine Art 🇩🇪🇺🇸📷<p>Taking back our world </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU1QdQsjGpM&t=585s&fbclid=IwY2xjawL8SCRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZdDdxQ2gwempIZGhnNHRjAR7gLx-lHih_byl20yDGEjY8DxgD6_3b7ZYElN7nC7WuMFjTJ5O8dxxCNNl_4Q_aem_G2fYPwKu50hpPY_rGf0JEg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=MU1QdQsjGp</span><span class="invisible">M&t=585s&fbclid=IwY2xjawL8SCRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZdDdxQ2gwempIZGhnNHRjAR7gLx-lHih_byl20yDGEjY8DxgD6_3b7ZYElN7nC7WuMFjTJ5O8dxxCNNl_4Q_aem_G2fYPwKu50hpPY_rGf0JEg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WeThePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeThePeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/publictransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publictransportation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/jobguarantee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobguarantee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/socialhousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialhousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/forthepeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forthepeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/inventions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inventions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/empowerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>empowerment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/affordablehousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>affordablehousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/taxtherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxtherich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/powerofthepeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerofthepeople</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/publicservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicservice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/bettersociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bettersociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/biodiversite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/economicsecutity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economicsecutity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/livingwages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livingwages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/endingpoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endingpoverty</span></a></p>
Harald Kliems<p>Here's to another term on what a local government blogger recently called "the most boring city committee."<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MadisonWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadisonWI</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I've been collecting stories about how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CPBFundingCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPBFundingCuts</span></a> will affect specific stations. I'll be posting those shortly, but this seemed to be a good place to start...</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporationForPublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporationForPublicBroadcasting</span></a>, funder of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a>, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts<br> <br>By Kerry Breen<br>Updated on: August 1, 2025</p><p>Excerpt: "Maher warned that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defunding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a> poses 'a real risk to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> of the country.' She said some NPR stations receive 'more than 50% of their budget' from federal funding and may face layoffs and station closures. </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rural</span></a> areas would feel the largest impacts, Maher said. Local stations also provide vital alerts in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/emergencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergencies</span></a> like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storms</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-npr-pbs-federal-cuts-operations-end/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/corporation-f</span><span class="invisible">or-public-broadcasting-npr-pbs-federal-cuts-operations-end/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeepingUsInTheDark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeepingUsInTheDark</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicBroadcastingCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcastingCuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRadio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmergencyAlerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyAlerts</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2282920/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2282920/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> JD Vance a ‘great nominee’ for president in 2028, Marco Rubio says <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JamesDavidVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesDavidVance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JdVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JdVance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentialElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RepublicanNominee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanNominee</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VP</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2282916/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2282916/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> JD Vance a ‘great nominee’ for president in 2028, Marco Rubio says <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JdVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JdVance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentialElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RepublicanNominee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanNominee</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SecretaryOfState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretaryOfState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VicePresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VicePresident</span></a></p>
A Sweet Gentleman<p>"Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Postal Service With These 15 Photographs."</p><p>Celebrate now because the way it's going the USPS, the world oldest postal service, managed by Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, will soon be destroyed by Republicans.</p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/celebrate-250th-anniversary-us-postal-service-these-15-photographs-180987040/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/travel/cele</span><span class="invisible">brate-250th-anniversary-us-postal-service-these-15-photographs-180987040/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/foundingfather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foundingfather</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anniversary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anniversary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicservice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/postoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postoffice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
FediForum<p>Can the Fediverse be provided as a public service?</p><p>Watch Ian Forrester's FediForum keynote in which he is sharing his experience exploring this question at the BBC and beyond.</p><p><a href="https://spectra.video/w/tvmXjF6zcAfVXPrcUuVc3T" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectra.video/w/tvmXjF6zcAfVXP</span><span class="invisible">rcUuVc3T</span></a></p><p>/cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@cubicgarden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cubicgarden</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediForum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a></p>
the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@samuelpepys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>samuelpepys</span></a></span> </p><p>Not sure I understand this, but I think our Sam is weeding our fraudsters in the public procurement process. If so, well done, Sam, we need you here today.</p><p>Plus, of course, based on recent entries it seems that Sam is taking an Open University course on basic arithmetics, learning the multiplication tables. Never too late!</p><p>Good work, Sam. A model to public servants everywhere and at all times.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Pepys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pepys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/selfimprovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfimprovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a></p>
JBouchez<p>"Public services are inefficient"<br>Nope, neoliberalism fools us by dismantling public good, and blame it after. "Break it, blame it, sell it".<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicservice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicsystems</span></a></p>
Bruce MacDonald<p>"Though they are less known than politicians in Washington, state lawmakers are often accessible — and potentially vulnerable — in their communities. Their addresses and cellphone numbers, for instance, are often available online. According to a 2024 report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, almost half of the state lawmakers surveyed had experienced threats or attacks in recent years."<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/28/politica-violence-young-lawmakers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/28/politica-violence-young-lawmakers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/assassination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assassination</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2196927/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2196927/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Greece honors former supervisor with courthouse renaming <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CourthouseRenaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourthouseRenaming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FamilySupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FamilySupport</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greece</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JohnT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnT</span></a>.Auberger <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TownCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TownCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TownServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TownServices</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnveilingCeremony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnveilingCeremony</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ελλάδα</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>νεα</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2169658/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2169658/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Australia must be bolder in fighting for children’s rights <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AidBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AidBudget</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CharlotteWalker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharlotteWalker</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildParticipation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildParticipation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildProtection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a>'sRights <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/COP31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COP31</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DomesticViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EducationFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationFunding</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalParliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalParliament</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HumanitarianAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanitarianAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LossAndDamageFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LossAndDamageFund</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PacificRegion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificRegion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SaveTheChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheChildren</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TraumaInformedCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraumaInformedCare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UNConventionOnTheRightsOfTheChild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNConventionOnTheRightsOfTheChild</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/YouthJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouthJustice</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> accelerating efforts 2 transform <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nonpartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonpartisan</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/merit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>merit</span></a> based federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workforce</span></a> into 1 that demands rewards <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/loyalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loyalty</span></a> 2 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a>, according 2 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/civilservants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilservants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publicservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicservice</span></a> experts, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/attorneys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attorneys</span></a>. Ongoing shift would ditch decades-old rules that were intended 2 ensure that federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/retention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retention</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/promotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>promotion</span></a> decisions R based largely on employees’ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skills</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/experience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experience</span></a>, say the workers, experts and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/attorneys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attorneys</span></a>.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/scheduleF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheduleF</span></a> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-accelerates-push-to-reward-loyalty-in-federal-workforce/ar-AA1GN8nG" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-accelerates-push-to-reward-loyalty-in-federal-workforce/ar-AA1GN8nG</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Shifts <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deportation</span></a> Focus, Pausing Most Raids on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farms</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hotels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hotels</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Restaurants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Restaurants</span></a></p><p>The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Trump’s presidency suggested his broad <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> crackdown was hurting industries & constituencies he does not want to lose. [proving his agenda is, as always, driven by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfInterest</span></a> not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>, & certainly not <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a>]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2150771/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2150771/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Ekot avslöjar: Mejl om Natoprocessen bakom Säpos utredning – Nyheter (Ekot) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Direkt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Direkt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Direkts%C3%A4ndning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Direktsändning</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Direkts%C3%A4nt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Direktsänt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ekot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ekot</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hr</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/inrikesnyheter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inrikesnyheter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kultur</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lyssna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lyssna</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nyheter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyheter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/P1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P1</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/P2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P2</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/P3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P3</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/P4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P4</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/poddradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poddradio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RadioSweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioSweden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/radioprogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioprogram</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/radiosporten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radiosporten</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sport</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sverige" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sverige</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SverigesRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SverigesRadio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/utrikesnyheter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>utrikesnyheter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vetenskap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetenskap</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vetenskapsradion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vetenskapsradion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/webbradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webbradio</span></a></p>
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