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Trent Kallust

@badger597.bsky.social
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He/Him/His Badger, Guru, Antifascist. "AI" is "Pro-life" for tech bros.

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Bob Chipman ("MovieBob") @bobchipman.bsky.social · 1h
Okay, look - I can buy not having the due diligence to dig into finances and find Shapiro or DW in there if your agent made the deal, but Dallas Sonnier has had MULTIPLE industry scandals that should've kept people off these projects and he's a public-facing producer here. C'mon.
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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · 2h
Don’t worry, you guys. Scott Jennings just completed a twenty-minute phone call with Katie Zacharia, and he said she’s alert, awake, and completely ready to tackle her new position.
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 1h
So, it's been about one month since Macklemore got dropped from the Ed Sheeran tour and my Macklemore video got a big bump from the news, I'm donating the extra revenue from it (about $400) to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (pcrf.net) and hey, maybe you want to also
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The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally
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Jane, actually @maidofbeans.bsky.social · 5h
The horrors persist, but look at this tiny little sea bunny doing its best.
The sea bunny is a 1-to-2 cm sea slug resembling a fluffy white rabbit with black speckles, dark ear-like antennas, and a bushy tail-like gill cluster. Its body has a unique velvety, carpet-like texture. It really does look remarkably like a bunny rabbit.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 1h
The FAA rolled out a new AI tool for air traffic control in DC without publishing a safety evaluation or sufficiently consulting labor. @repaprildelaney.bsky.social and I are urging the FAA to stop the rollout until we have answers. Air traffic control leaves zero margin for error.
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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 1h
Started content creation in 2006 and even in those early days I had people making shit up about me. Trying to clear it all up and dispel rumors only made the conversation surrounding them bigger. You are forced to just… let everyone hallucinate about you and believe this is what your life is.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3h
Several Cornell fraternity brothers say that they did not actively participate in the infamous group chat and were only included in it because Pete Hegseth had accidentally added them to it.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 3h
"But nobody has any money these days!" IT'S TRUE, it's hard out here, capitalism wants us all squished flat between heavy objects and unable to fight back, you can still SPREAD THE WORD and let people know a SHIMMER BADGER has lit the beacons!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 14h
www.librarian.net/NoToAI/
librarian.net
How to disable or avoid intrusive AI
One of the biggest questions I get at Drop-In Time at the library (besides "what is taking up all my cloud storage?") is how to disable or avoid intrusive AI that shows up where people don't want it. ...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 3h
The worst predictions of what a second Trump term would be like are coming true right before our eyes.
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It’s All Happening Right Before Our Eyes
The Retribution: Ilhan Omar Edition It’s easy to get tripped up by...
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
A two-headed masked luchador wearing two different masks: one a blue-green and gold classic design and the other green with a spread-wing eagle design. He's wearing a blue singlet and standing in a slightly awkward but still hopefully sufficiently menacing manner. He's framed in a. gold-colored frame with a blue gradient background with wobbly white lines radiating out around the heads. Lettering above and below the frame reads 'Quizás Suceda Hoy' which I believe is Spanish for 'Maybe it will happen today'.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14h
October 12, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 12, 2026
Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 15h
Make no mistake—the weaponizing of federal law enforcement to go after elected officials who the President deems as “political opponents” is a chilling and dangerous abuse of power that must be stopped. We stand in solidarity with Rep. Omar and the Somali American community, and Rep. McIver.
Today Trump’s Department of Homeland Security raided U.S. Congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar’s house in a gross abuse of power. This comes as DHS and DOJ have abused and weaponized their power to pursue Congresswoman Rep. LaMonica McIver for doing her job this last year. 

Make no mistake—the weaponizing of federal law enforcement to go after elected officials who the President deems as “political opponents” is a chilling and dangerous abuse of power that must be stopped. 

We stand in solidarity with Rep. Omar and the entire Somali American community which has been under attack by this President time and time again, and with Rep. McIver who is still fighting this abuse of power in the courts. 

We will not stay silent.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 18h
Every word of this thread 👇
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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 20h
Perseverance has set a new off-world record! 🏅 On Oct. 11, the rover's odometer hit 28.1 miles (45.22 km), eclipsing the distance record set by NASA's Opportunity rover. Longer drives are putting more geological diversity within reach faster science.nasa.gov/blogs/persev... youtu.be/XaxuV6tsIb4?...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Record Drive Path Animation (as of Oct. 11, 2026)
YouTube video by JPLraw
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 22h
Fuck...
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‘Breaking Bad’ actor RJ Mitte dead at 34 | CNN
RJ Mitte, the actor best known for his role on the Emmy-winning television show “Breaking Bad,” has died, according to a spokesperson from the office of Justice of the Peace Cindy Hinojosa in Brownsvi...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! ❤️ Today and every day we celebrate the leadership, resilience, history, cultures, languages, and accomplishments of Tribal communities here in NM and all across the country. Every day we are honored to work alongside Tribal and Pueblo leaders to keep doing the work.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Identify and shame these motherfuckers right out of society. Any time we can see one of these cowards' faces should be the last time they can show it in public.
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The fascist regime, surprising no one, continues to be a bunch of pathetic, cowardly bullies. This shit had better be one of a million reasons why Dems burn these motherfuckers to the ground and salt their bones the second they have the ability to do so.
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Happy Indigenous People's Day
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Here's wishing Ben the choke on a bag of dicks he so richly deserves.
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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 12/10/2026
As we recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day, today and every day, let us honor the rich history, cultures, and contributions of Tribal Nations and Native people — and stand with Tribes to ensure their languages, traditions, and cultures continue to be passed down to future generations.
Since time immemorial, Native people have called the land we now know as New Mexico and the United States home. Their histories and legacy deserve enormous respect. That's why I am proud to continue leading the effort in the Senate to mark the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
I have the honor of working with the 23 Tribes and Pueblos in New Mexico, as well as with Tribal Nations across Indian Country. What I hear from Tribal leaders is consistent and clear: the federal government must step up and uphold its treaty and trust responsibilities, respect Tribal sovereignty, and stop attacking the programs and resources that Tribal members rely on. I wholeheartedly agree.  
As we recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day, today and every day, let us honor the rich history, cultures, and contributions of Tribal Nations and Native people — and stand shoulder to shoulder with Tribes to ensure their languages, traditions, and cultures continue to be passed down to future generations.
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Ulrike @ulidig.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"rainbow capitalism isn't a movement but it sure is a fucking canary"
Screenshot from Tumblr:
First, Tumblr user stopsignsworstenemy says, "i was going to do a rant about this before seeing this tweet but imma just leave this here" and shares a Bluesky screenshot from Sam (ABeardedPanda) which reads:
I have to say this leftist tendency to believe that if anyone profited anywhere from something it becomes inherently morally wrong is the dumbest shit in the world and is just arguing that perfect is the enemy of better.

Bluesky user Starfish Who Can't Thin... quote-skeets and adds:
Rainbow capitalism was good because the alternative we got wasn't rainbow socialism but "the guy who runs around being physically violent until Target removes all the gay stuff wins." 

Tumblr user arrows-for-pens "peer reviews" and quotes hashtags from Tumblr user @runawaymarbles:
#been saying for years #rainbow capitalism isn't a movement but it sure is a fucking canary
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For this Indigenous Peoples Day, your astonishing artifact is the earliest known Indigenous depiction of a European — a wood carving from Nunavut dated to 1350. 🧪🏺
livescience.com
Inuit figurine: A 700-year-old Indigenous carving of a European made a century before Columbus
This Inuit carving was made a century before Columbus set foot in the Americas and likely depicts a Norseman.
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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Today is indigenous peoples day. It is crucial to remember and talk about how there is still an active genocide against the tribal nations that were here for eons before this country colonized their land. Broken treaties and needless cruelty STILL HAPPEN. Sacred sites are under attack right now.
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
A digital illustration depicting Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo in his signature rumpled raincoat, shown in profile looking to the right, nearly nose to nose with his basset hound, Dog, who is leaning out of the open window of a car looking back at the detective. A word balloon next to Columbo's head contains lettering reading 'Maybe it will happen today'
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
As someone who nearly got on the GLP-1 train when research was first being published but ended up pursuing bariatric surgery instead, with atypically positive results, this thread brings a lot of emotion about things I've been lucky enough not to experience but which are still all too familiar.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 12/10/2026
I agree with this, but it’s astonishing that we’re still having this conversation. Musk’s X is the losers lunch-table, occupied only by Nazis and try-hard desperados.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
October 11, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 11, 2026
This week I marked the end of another summer by spending as much time as I could on the water.
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Macey Levington @macey.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
an interesting and, imo, important read. what does capitalism begin to consume (and/or accelerate its existing consumption of) as it exhausts material avenues for expansion? how do we (as workers, as storytellers) push back?
A screenshot of a section of the article reading: "So when you drink a few Monsters or Red Bulls, you’re still getting physically and mentally fatigued; your brain just doesn’t know it yet. It’s as if, instead of using an oven mitt, you just shot your hand full of Novocaine before grabbing a hot pan. The harm is still there. And in economic terms, this means that every time you work a long shift with chemical assistance, you’re not just selling your working hours to the boss. You’re also degrading the quality of life you’ll experience during your non-working hours, because that’s when the fatigue catches up to you, and you feel, to use the scientific term, like dogshit." The last one and a half sentences are highlighted.
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Kayleigh McKee 🟡, Blinded my a billion brilliant lights @ghaspey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Repeat after me! FUCK NEWSOM
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oh my gods, this is beautiful.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
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ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
all those people who called me "irresponsible" for advocating air strikes against specific data centers better be eating crow.
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Agreeing to a creative consultation with someone who unexpectedly drags ChatGPT into the process is like that scene in Judge Dredd where he thinks he's offered sex and ends up with a strobe-lighting machine strapped to his face.
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I don't see the problem, everyone loves Oatmeal Creme Pie Tuesdays...
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Austin Gilkeson @osutein.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Maybe society isn’t falling apart. Maybe you’re just an off-putting weirdo.
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How could I possibly say it better?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Starting tomorrow on Indigenous Peoples’ Day federal contractors are scheduled to begin removing thousands of saguaros and other desert plants from Tohono O’odham land in Arizona for Trump’s border wall, according to tribal officials.
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“Someone who is Indigenous is going to carry those values and beliefs that they were raised with.. Their storytelling is going to be anchored around that." - Tamara Voudrach "[An AI entity] that passes itself off as Indigenous is just another form of colonialism and erasure,” she said. #CriticalAI
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‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News
The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Note to bsky mods: I am not advocating for thousands of unused vaccines to be delivered in an unbroken series to RFK Jr's eyeballs. But I do wonder where else they should go if not into the arms of kids who will die without them directly because of him...
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 11/10/2026
WOT?!?!?! 🌟💥 Did you see this image of supernova remnant Pa 30?! Bet you'll never look at fireworks the same way again! noirlab.edu/public/image... 📸 International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Cunningham/J. Miller & M. Rodriguez /T.A. Rector /D. de Martin & M. Zamani
A spherical structure made up of long, narrow, radial spikes emanating from its centre. This is the supernova ejecta. Many stars of the Galaxy surround it.
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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nic Cage:
He continued: “How do you survive AI? Amazon is a very AI friendly company to the tune of 50 billion dollars invested to OpenAI. I am not an AI friendly actor. I didn’t sign the waiver to let them use AI on Spider-Noir. It’s kind of like I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again. But that’s OK. So I got to get with these young directors who are Gen Z and they’re going at it their own way, whether it’s through the YouTube culture or whatever it is. They’re doing it from scratch and by hand. I want to get with that.”
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Note there are myriad things they deserve to be mocked for that are not their actual physical appearance. That is beyond their control and better people who share the characteristics you're shitting on don't deserve to catch those strays. There's plenty to say about wardrobe or hygiene though...
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If fascism itself isn't enough to change fascists' minds, then I don't give two tugs about trying- let the derision end them.
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Trent Kallust @badger597.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Alright, gang, let's see who this productivity demon really is..." *gasp* "Old man Protestant work ethic!"
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Unmask
Alt: Fred from Scooby Doo unmasking a "ghost."
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Under-radar stakes: Supreme Court elections. Justices who’ve upheld restrictions on abortion are up next month in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Texas. Justices who have sided with abortion access are up in Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Wyoming.
boltsmag.org
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Elections - Bolts
Abortion, redistricting, and ballot access remain heated issues as voters face dozens of supreme court races across 32 states this year.
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