Tootfinder

I added a link collection page to my website that's also subscribe-able via #RSS.
I thought that's a nice way to preserve them for myself (instead of hunting in the Mastodon search via in:library), while also surfacing them for others.
Let's see if I can build a habit to keep adding to it!
#indieweb
https://tzovar.as/links/

"The administration’s claims to monarchical power are a real threat to America’s constitutional order. But its executive orders and policy feints are so haphazard and poorly articulated that they amount to a kind of autocratic takeover written in smudge-able crayon: terrifying, cartoonish, and vulnerable to erasure, all at once.
This is not to say that Americans should ignore Trump’s efforts to make confetti of the Constitution. Rather, when evaluating any one Trump policy, one has to keep front of mind the possibility that it simply won’t exist by the end of the week. Despite an energetic effort by some right-wing intellectuals to make Trump out to be some kind of 14-dimensional-chess player, his approach doesn’t resemble chess so much as a denial-of-service attack on a functioning government."
#USPolitcs
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/trump-self-destructive-agenda/683013/

After Trump Takeover, Kennedy Center Ticket Sales Fall Sharply (Javier C. Hernšndez/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/arts/music/kennedy-center-ticket-sales-subscriptions.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250603/p150#a250603p150

Andernorts behaucht der Himmel seine Transparenz mit blassen Tagfarben.

ITV names Daniel Robinson the editor of Good Morning Britain, ahead of the program's transition to being produced by ITN; he was GMB's deputy editor since 2021 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me

Good Morning Britain names new editor ahead of ITV News takeover
Daniel Robinson has been named the next editor of ITV's Good Morning Britain ahead of the programme's transition to being produced by ITN.

Examples of creative data visualizations, mostly ggplot: #ggplot

GitHub - tashapiro/tanya-data-viz: Personal data visualization side projects.
Personal data visualization side projects. Contribute to tashapiro/tanya-data-viz development by creating an account on GitHub.

IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers Closed : r/fednews
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1loc1mv/irs_taxpayer_assistance_centers_closed/

Sources: xAI is launching a $300M secondary stock offering that values the group at $113B, allowing staff to sell shares to new investors (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/703e93f1-28bf-4890-8c9c-141bf81dd206

Elon Musk’s xAI seeks $113bn valuation in $300mn share sale
Deal to allow investors to buy into group following March takeover of X

GOP tax bill includes a $6,000 ‘senior deduction.’ Here’s who qualifies.
Under current law, most taxpayers claim the standard deduction of $15,000 (or $30,000 for couples)
to reduce their tax liability,
though the GOP tax bill would increase those amounts slightly.
Additionally, seniors already qualify for an additional deduction of $2,000 (or $3,600 for couples).

The Senate bill would create a third category that gives seniors an additional $6,000 (or $12,000) off…

GOP tax bill includes a $6,000 ‘senior deduction.’ Here’s who qualifies.
The provision emerged from President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to end taxes on Social Security. But experts say many are excluded.

Trotz seines abgelehnten Asylantrags vor zwei Jahren soll ein junger Mann zu einer Besprechung seiner weiteren Perspektive und der Möglichkeit einer Arbeitserlaubnis erscheinen. Da eine Ausbildungsmöglichkeit in einem Krankenhaus bestand, geht der Ägypter zur Behörde - und wird festgenommen, die Abschiebung droht. ICE und USA? Nein Deutschland