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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Legally insane means not knowing right from wrong. It doesn't mean being an epic asshole. It doesn't mean having a sadistic streak. It doesn't mean compulsive lying. 47 knows right from wrong. He just doesn't care. That makes him competent to stand trial.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@KrissyKat 1. I have known otherwise intelligent people who didn't get the spelling gene. I'm not including him. 2. The size of a man's ego is inversely proportional to his likelihood to use an editor.

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Urzl @gooba42.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

American workers need to remember that we're currently around 400% as productive as our parents' generation. We're working the same or sometimes more hours and we're not making ends meet. Employers could have doubled our income or halved our hours while still making double the money. Instead […]

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

@grumpybozo @CassandraVert But everyone is fooled by someone or something during their lives. And to think you're immune just makes it more likely.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

@grumpybozo That's for the people who think they are too smart to get fooled. Everyone gets fooled.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

@GhostOnTheHalfShell Also wealth cap for people and managed profits for corporations. Same goal, prevent the conditions that make oligarchs possible.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 27/09/2026

Some of us in San Francisco first heard of the Network State and related tech cults from Emily Mills. She documented how these ideas had infused our local politics. It sounded odd at first, but her work sparked mine. On Tuesday, we're onstage together in SF. Tix here: semaphore.thd.org/954-2/

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Join Telegraph Hill Dwellers for an evening with journalist and author Gil Duran, in conversation with Emily Mills, discussing his new book, The

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026

Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich”

Perfect with photos of teal and Judy Vance. Quote from Peter Teal if you’re evil, you’re actually kind of good because at least you’re getting something done.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@ai6yr.bsky.social Question: two houses are around 100 yards apart and can see each other down the street. Is there any kind of lower tech communication device that would reach that far just for inside those two houses? Would a walk talkie go that far?

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

If they don't spend money, it's because they don't want to. When they want to spend, they can always find the money.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

@UkeleleEric @CassandraVert @Edent Exactly. But I have no control over that. I can't save up power and offer it to them at night. It goes when it's ready. And when it's ready is daylight hours. We have a battery too.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

@Edent Meanwhile here, they tell us things like the power we sell back to the grid during the day isn't worth anything because there's so much of it. But they still charge us more for power we use.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@heidilifeldman I am collecting rss feeds and I don't think I have AGs. Are they all together somewhere where I can copy the lot?

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@servelan Like a Chinese ship bringing nuclear weapons to Iran?

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

@ketanjoshi.co But wouldn't the extinction talk make people fight harder against data centers?

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

@madeindex Lots of names are abstract sounds and not really tied to what the words used to mean.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

@aburtch I was wondering if he was keeping the tour going because of all the people relying on it for income, but I guess that's not it.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm not a religious person, but if there were such a thing as the Antichrist, he would do what Trump does every day. Destroying our beautiful planet and the lives of its people for the sake of A. profit and B. a vengeful urge to destroy what other people love. So yes, demonic is the right word.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

When you think that there ought to be laws against things you see happening.... There probably are. The laws just are not being enforced. We expect enforcement to be discretionary in the interest of justice, but we don't have good mechanisms to challenge the decision not to enforce a law.

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Daniel Supernault @dansup.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Not following anyone? The new :pixelfed: app will suggest followers for you to follow, with a better explanation.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

@RonSupportsYou @renewedresistance The republicans have been pushing in the same direction for decades knowing what the outcome will be. Why are journalists still pretending otherwise?

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

@drjennings.bsky.social US is a couple decades ahead. It's been a steady downhill since Reagan/ Thatcher.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Looking forward to reading The Nuance Drought by Natasha Devon, which is out on Thursday. She's a force for good. It's about how living in a world of binary choices and polarising narratives affects communities, society, our physical and mental health. Crucial stuff. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Nuance Drought: Reclaiming Truth and Complexity in a Polarised World

The nuance drought is having a devastating impact on every area of our lives. It dictates the way our politics is done and how the media reports, it affects our physical and mental health, and it impa...

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@futurebird And the "rational man" investor is the biggest myth out there.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@theodoraward Posit: AI is a Brewster's Millions gambit to spend money with nothing to show for it--to impoverish the wealthy world. Discuss

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Destroying US is the point Breaking our relationships Scaring people away Running up huge debt Creating poor morale in the military Using up stored reserves Squandering our natural resources

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

@aburtch @pluralistic I wouldn't set a blanket rule of no vertical integration. Middleman don't necessarily improve things. Look at the racket car dealers have become.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

@futurebird My guess is it's statistical. They decided that 25% of the murders would take 80% of total allocation to solve, so solving them is not cost effective.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

I would love to see members of congress commit to coming after those who help 47 do illegal things. ESPECIALLY those who "buy" or damage public property. Tell them that property will be reclaimed, and they will have to pay to fix anything they changed. @elizabethwarren89.bsky.social

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

@WarnerCrocker Really, because I would have guessed it was business lenders. I don't even own a business.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

What terrible thing are they doing to us now, because today's distraction was a doozy.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

@futurebird I think it's because you eventually got the turtleneck and moved on. Like you're climbing Maslow's hierarchy.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

@GhostOnTheHalfShell He did actually reply to me once. I don't expect it, but it's not unheard of.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

@dlakelan My kids' high school offered a combined literature and history class--two teachers, two class periods.

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

youtu.be/locKEKxG3os?is=BcSRQ1iCBAA… This is incredibly interesting and accessible. AI can "get creative to solve a problem" which sounds like thinking. It is taught that ends justify means. It is influenced by what it sees other AI agents doing. 😬

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CassandraVert @cassandravert.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

@mattblaze They're worried about competition from plant based drinks. They tried to ban names like almond milk and soy milk.

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