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Things I'm into but may or may not post about: electrical engineering; functional safety; photography; music production; theme parks; death metal; 90s new age; running; retro gaming; peanut butter.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 6h
Great midterm strategy when 60% of the country thinks you’re looting them
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 5h
This is such a scoop. For many reasons, including: Trump had made a couple of comments about Omar in the first term, but neither she nor Somali Americans were a Trump obsession at that time. (But Somalis _were_ a Miller obsession.) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump officials scrutinized Omar in 2019. They didn’t find citizenship issues.
The earlier review of Omar’s immigration records looked at many of the same issues being investigated now.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18h
some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from
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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 20h
🚨 NEW 🚨 This is scary. A spyware company launched attacks on journalists via malicious ads, no clicks, no interaction whatsoever required. Highly-targeted, though can be used for mass surveillance. The ad industry is deeply compromised. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
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Israeli Companies Used Malware Ads To Spy On Al Jazeera Journalists, Report Says
A new report from Citizen Lab researchers shows how spyware companies can hack anyone viewing an online advertisement.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I called Trump’s deal with Putin “a deepening betrayal” on Monday. Now it’s clear he’s a despicable traitor with blood on his hands as Ukraine’s civilian deaths mount—and who’s making all of us less safe. www.americaamerica.news/p/another-be...
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The Deepening Betrayal By Putin’s Servant
In his deal with Vladimir Putin for Russian diesel, Donald Trump assists Russia’s war against Ukraine and our democratic ally’s fight for survival
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John Annese @johnannese.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Six days after ICE shot him in the Bronx, Oscar Belgal remains in MDC Brooklyn, and still hasn’t gotten surgery to remove the bullet in his neck. “He has experienced a loss of sensation in half of his face, as well as hearing loss in his left ear.” Gift link: www.nydailynews.com/2026/10/14/l...
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ICE never identified themselves during NYC shooting of Oscar Belgal, who still has bullet in neck: lawyers
The Legal Aid Society, which now represents the 28-year-old father, filed a habeas corpus petition in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, seeking his “immediate release on reasonable conditions.”
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Reup: Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again emptywheel.net/2026/10/11/k...
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Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again - emptywheel
Kash Patel has spent almost a decade using Russian disinformation to try to frame Trump's adversaries -- first Hillary Clinton, then Jim Comey. That means, when Kash goes to Russia this week, they wil...
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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
many centrists are as disdainful of science as MAGA these days. virtually every study on the topic, and there have been many, show that youth programs reduce crime. it's a settled question. this is no different from claiming vaccines are a hoax.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 14/10/2026
Musk unilaterally shut off a defensive capability just as Russia attacked power plants with winter approaching I don't know why anyone trusted him before, but certainly nobody can afford an Elon Musk dependency after this
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
(severely condescending tone) Umm let me explain something to you sweetie: [objectively the wrongest information you've ever heard]
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Computer Controlled @daftjunk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I'm frustrated almost daily by what The NY Times Connections person thinks qualifies as the blue category.
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Computer Controlled @daftjunk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
More like livin' la vida broke-a, am I right?
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Good summary of the keystone cops attempt by far right scam artists to claim Talarico had a mental breakdown. But I wish there was more focus on the person behind this, a groyper street thug from Oregon who is a fan of the Freikorps and whose political ideology lines up 88% with Hitler’s.
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James Fishback is the true heir to the DeSantis governorship!
This is giving major 2018 Florida GOP gubernatorial primary vibes.
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In 1919, Germany's defeated soldiers came home only to be stabbed in the back by socialists and communists who wanted to burn the nation down and install a Soviet-style dictatorship.
The Freikorps rose from the disbanded Imperial ranks and smashed that red revolution before it could finish the job.
A century later the same poison is back—now joined by something even more alien.
Far-left radicals still despise their own people and culture, while Islamists answer only to Allah, reject every core of German and Western civilization, refuse to assimilate, and carry out violence in the open name of their religion.
Germany will not be saved by tolerance, dialogue, or more empty promises.
It needs a modern Freikorps-men who put the homeland first and are prepared to stop both the leftist traitors and the Islamist invaders at whatever cost.
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I am not helping out my cause with this one.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Four days after Musk wrote, “Zelensky has gone too far.” @financialtimes.com #ukraine www.ft.com/content/3708...
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
In a communist system, the government owns the means of production. The Cato Institute is tracking how the Trump regime is steadily acquiring shares of private companies, taking ownership of the means of production.
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Government Ownership Dashboard
This tool tracks every deal announced by the US government to acquire an equity stake in a private US company, including the terms of each deal and primary source documents, if any.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars No individual should be able to disrupt military ops like Musk did with Ukraine’s. I wrote that when he did it in 2023. Was told the problem was contract rules. Nope. Happened again. The problem is too much power, esp for an enemy of democracy.
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The U.S. Government Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars
The billionaire’s interference in Ukrainian military operations shows he’s a national security risk. No private citizen should have that much power.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This fraud was then perpetuated by Elon Musk himself, who was running DOGE at the time, and who retweeted a post about the incident while declaring it a "criminal act." The government now "concedes ... that Mr. Musk and officials at FEMA and DHS knew this information was false."
vi. February 11, 2025, Statement by Elon Musk On February 11, 2025, Elon Musk, a Special Government Employee and head of DOGE, retweeted on X a photo of Ms. Comans along with the statement, “FEMA CFO Mary Comans was just fired for funneling $58M to illegal migrant hotels in Manhattan” and he called it a “criminal action.” The Government concedes and the Court finds that other than the fact that Ms. Comans had been fired, the post by Mr. Musk was entirely false. The Government further concedes and the Court further finds that Mr. Musk and officials at FEMA and DHS knew this information was false at the time it was posted. Based on the unchallenged facts and the fact that Mr. Musk was the head of DOGE, he knew or should have known that any payments made to state or local governments through a FEMA grant in February 2025 were approved by his subordinates. Finally, the fact that Mr. Musk posted a picture of Ms. Comans to his millions of followers while falsely characterizing her government service as a “criminal action” was clearly intended to make her afraid. Posting Ms. Comans’ picture served no legitimate governmental interest and was little more than state sanctioned intimidation.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
They are so out of juice they’re not even trying any longer.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/10/2026
of all the people who should not want to play this particular game, jd vance is at the top of the list
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
there's an off-the-books slack channel started by centers for medicare and medicaid for tech companies to exchange ideas on making money off of AI tools that access all of your medical records. insane story i missed from last week.
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AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room - KFF Health News
A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign...
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David at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 13/10/2026
So this dumbass used ChatGPT to find a George Washington quote justifying public executions without realizing he was writing about war profiteers
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is an attempt by the Trump regime to make it illegal to politically oppose Trump--and everyone needs to treat it as such.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everything about the raid on Rep. Omar’s residence is shameful. Everyone involved should lose their jobs. For a start.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan Ribner, Richard Berger, and Timothy Gerber All Made False Claims to Frame Democrats emptywheel.net/2026/10/12/h...
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HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan Ribner, Richard Berger, and Timothy Gerber All Lied to Frame Democrats - emptywheel
There are at least 36 affidavits signed by HSI Agents -- like the goons who just searched Ilhan Omar's house -- who have made false claims to frame Democrats or other Trump opponents.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
DHS raid on Rep. Omar is a great example of very bad by rule-of-law democracy standards, pretty good by consolidated authoritarianism standards. Deeply wrong, with lies, bigotry, harassment, abuse of power. AND a sign of weakness, limited capacity, failure to make the dictatorship of their dreams.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
listen i won’t shed a single tear for kim or any of the women who work for trump, but it remains interesting that only the women in his orbit suffer consequences for being pieces of shit
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Political violence is a serious issue. But it’s not a “both sides” issue. The leaders of the Democratic Party do not call for violence, do not elevate violent supporters, do not pardon violent thugs who attack our seat of government and our elections. America is under threat from the right.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026
Remember when he screamed "No puppet! YOU'RE the Puppet!" in that really panicked way that had a bunch of us like "…uhh… kinda seems a weird way to deny that"? Anyway, we all know Russia doesn't have that much diesel to sell, making this sanctions-avoiding money laundering on a global scale, right?
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
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Dave Palfrey @01factory.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Under a corrupt or authoritarian leader, wealth concentration incentivises the crazy-rich, with widespread business interests, to make loss-making media acquisition. By currying political favor, they gain rents - whether with enthusiasm (Musk) or more reluctance (Bezos). Here's the economic model.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird
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Parkin's Ankle Socks @theriverwanders.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The "straddle" didn't come from addlepated Trump, but from the cadre of monied plundermonkeys & neo-Nazis who own him. Yes, a fish rots from the head down but Trump is a decaying "figurehead" supported by many vital nodes. Electoral rebuke must be HARSH and prune the nodes. #BlueWave #Momsky #GOTV
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
The New Yorker gets it: Gibney set out to "solve a mystery" with this film: “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?” The answer: largely through a personal narrative that the film "does an excellent job of expunging." Exactly! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology
“To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?”
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is a complete betrayal of Ukraine and of Europe to violate sanctions on Russia. And Congress has passed laws to block Russia oil sales So Trump is violating international sanctions and federal law This should be his second impeachment related to Ukraine
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There's ANOTHER angle on selling out Ukraine, getting Jared to invest in Nordstream. From Reuters. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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EXCLUSIVE: US, Russia explore gas sale to Europe amid Ukraine war, say sources
Top Russian and US officials, including Special Envoy Jared Kushner, have held talks about bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream pipelines that delivered gas to Germany before Russia invaded Ukr...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There are at least FOUR Trump huge oil corruption stories from just the [double checks calendar] last two days. There's the NYT story about Trump selling out Ukraine to get a $2M donor a big contract. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners
A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators.
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Ali Winston @awinston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If anybody was feeling weak in the knees about shopping at Target with the Christmas season coming up, please don't. Target deserves none of your money.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump is desperately trying to incite a riot before the election so he can declare an emergency
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The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help - and leave the rest to us!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Whether it's Bill Clinton using tax-payer money to pay for the postage on letters back to people who wrote to his cat or Donald Trump steering hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts to his son's companies, both presidents engaged in corruption on an unprecedented scale.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026
the more Musk spends on the midterm elections, the more ubiquitous this image needs to be
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026
the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for
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Computer Controlled @daftjunk.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" 👈 so fucking stupid
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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