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Fort Collins, CO
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Welcome to Artemisia. As a kid, my two dream jobs were (1) be a scientist, and (2) be a writer. Here, I try to combine both: open.substack.com/pub/sametz…
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These tariffs mean less money in your pocket.
Buying a six-pack of Colorado beer? More expensive.
Filling up your truck? That’ll cost you more.
Replacing a part on your car? Be ready to pay a surcharge.
Building a new home? Expect building costs to rise.
'Liberation Day' or recession day? Colorado legislators react to Trump's tariffs kdvr.com/news/politics/color…
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Without fail every single time I talk about not passing, people respond with “you do”
No, I don’t. This is me without makeup.
I don’t say I don’t pass because I want compliments, I say it as a reminder that trans women are worthy of love and respect whether or not we pass
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i would like to move out of my parents house and live on my own in the city but unfortunately we’re about to enter the second great depression so it seems like a bad time to do that
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ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES
U.S. job cuts hit 275,240 in March 2025, the highest since the pandemic peak in 2020, surpassing 2001 & 2008 recessions. Layoffs surge as federal cuts, led by DOGE, echo Covid-era losses.
It's the third highest monthly total on record.
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You literally can't trust the products on the shelves under this administration. These people are the worst combination of evil and incompetent.
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Trump just said that in 1913, for reasons unknown, they established the income tax. The reason is well known to almost everyone but the Trump administration. The income tax was imposed to tax the super rich, to replace the tariffs that were paid by the middle class and the poor.
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Professor @zilbo told the @AP that decreased public funding for agricultural research in the US could reverberate across the globe. "I really worry that if we don’t really look at the global food situation, we will have a disaster." apnews.com/article/farming-r…
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Is there a more popular, modern name for groceries that we don't know about?
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There is no excuse to keep Mike Waltz in this job. He should be fired immediately.
🚨🚨🚨Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world politico.com/news/2025/04/02…
@DashaBurns @politico
COVID took my early-20s and a recession and Elon's gutting of my career path is taking my mid-20s. huzzah.
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As a reminder, Congress could repeal all these tariffs tomorrow and take back the complete authority over tariffs and trade that the Constitution gives it. Every congressman who does not vote to do that is effectively choosing to support this massive tax on US consumers.
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This is, and I am not being hyperbolic, some of the most evil shit this country has done in the last decade
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Donald Trump just imposed the largest tax hike in our lifetime.