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Karl LaFong

@klafong.bsky.social
3.9K followers 2.4K following 50 posts

Screenwriter, storyteller, actor, and graphic artist. Reposts don't necessarily mean agreement. (he, him)

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 18h
Eric Schmitt might actually be dumber than Tommy Tuberville.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Back at the bad place during the first Trump administration, the biggest flurry of threatening replies and DMs (many of them antisemitic) I ever received was when this Kurt S jackalope quote tweeted me and sicced his army of flying MAGA monkeys on me.
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remigration in action:
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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
there's a thing in moderate democratic politics where it is considered fundamentally illegitimate to deliver results to your own voters; instead, you must propose a better way to implement your adversaries' entire ideological program
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/09/2026
mein gott!
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Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 19h
Yup, absolutely. I think it’s wrong to treat the Iran War as simply one bad error that happened to the Trump Admin rather than the entirely logical consequence of the way it operates. If it wasn’t Iran, it would almost certainly have been something else
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/09/2026
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. cnn.it/4huSk5M
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23h
Trump, Farage, Rubio, Just about every right wing commentator on X-crement now have red diesel on their faces
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KPM @kpmcgrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every mayor in America should be asked what they are going to do to ensure civilian control of our police forces, and what they will do to officers or departments that break the law.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19h
I'm profoundly against this depraved record and want to do the exact opposite: pass Medicare for All.
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Mike Rogers voted against children’s health coverage over and over - Detroit Metro Times
Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against efforts to expand health insurance for children of working families.
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 20h
New Mexico Dem governor nominee Haaland announces data center moratorium executive order if elected ictnews.org/news/new-mex...
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New Mexico Dem governor nominee Haaland announces data center moratorium executive order if elected - ICT
Haaland defends taking money from data center company.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16h
A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22h
Holy shit, this ad! I cannot imagine the impetus for pardoning this guy. But I’m not even sure it matters. Kind of along the lines of that Roger Marshall ad. If you’re explaining you’re losing.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 22h
Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 23h
The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.
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Aaron S. Veenstra @asveenstra.bsky.social · 22h
Can't believe a guy desperate to play second fiddle to a juiceless weirdo two years in advance could get something so wrong.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 22h
PER CNN “This is highly escalatory. The US has sent a very significant shot across the bow to Canada,” said Barry Appleton, distinguished adjunct professor of law & co-director of the New York Law School’s Center for International Law. It will hurt US companies he warned. www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/e...
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Trump just banned Canadian booze — but there’s a big catch | CNN Business
President Donald Trump’s ban on Canadian booze kicked in on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the breakdown in one of the closest trading relationships in the world.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 23h
I'm not really going to post a lot about this because we already know that the squatter in the People's House is guilty as fuck. But, you can see Jack Smith's full opening statement here: youtu.be/B1esQRfJupM?...
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WATCH: Jack Smith's full opening statement in Senate Judiciary hearing on Trump investigations
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Judge Finds Trump Admin in Contempt of Court Again for Wrongful Deportation talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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Judge Finds Trump Admin in Contempt of Court Again for Wrongful Deportation
Three Different Court Orders Violated The Trump administration was found in contempt...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 28/09/2026
The NFL has asked the Department of Homeland Security to remove a video of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins that the agency posted on social media in support of immigration enforcement.
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NFL to DHS: No, you can’t use highlights to promote immigration enforcement
NFL asks DHS to remove video
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEWS: More than TWO THOUSAND events have been registered so far with No Kings: Vote Early, making it the largest early vote mobilization in history. It's not too late to get your town on the map - submit today: www.nokings.org
Photo of No Kings event map
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...
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US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies
This has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell....
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SFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"A senior prosecutor working on the so-called grand conspiracy investigation into a wide array of President Trump’s enemies has resigned from the case..." An unknown problem with his security clearance, the reporting says. He was also an election denier.
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Second Prosecutor Quits Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case (Gift Article)
The resignation adds to the setbacks to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to fulfill the president’s desire to take revenge against the federal officials who have investigated him.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 27/09/2026
As Slobodian put it, “the tech barons may not care about democracy, but democracy cares about them.” I'll take that final word, thx @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI
‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026
this is legitimately very funny
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lots of talk about defending "Western civilization" these days, so here's Richard Wright on what it means to be Western:
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The FBI said it believes that the hacking group 'ShinyHunters' may have stolen the private data of all employees. Fears over the long-term consequences of the breach are growing, as the hackers have threatened to leak all the data online by the end of Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
NEW: ShinyHunters, the group that stole data on “all FBI employees” including addresses and details on their spouses, told 404 Media on Monday “Since the very beginning we had made our decision that we would never publish this data," they told us exclusively. Read now:
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FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data
ShinyHunters, the group that stole data on “all FBI employees” including addresses and details on their spouses, told 404 Media on Monday “Since the very beginning we had made our decision that we wou...
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ElizabethC 💙🐸 @econklin44.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How embarrassing is this? Trump's FBI admits hackers have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees. A group called ShinyHunters says it has intimate details on bureau personnel & threatens to leak it online. Still assessing the total damage. #ProudBlue www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
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Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees (Gift Article)
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t think a good system of government would give the worst person to ever live the ability to murder every human on earth.
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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An AI-enhanced version of a grainy image that appears to be authentic and shows several men being arrested in relation to the ongoing incident at RAF Fairford is currently being shared on multiple platforms. A SynthID check reveals that the enhanced image was generated with OpenAI.
AI-enhanced version of an authentic image showing arrests at RAF Fairford
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wow
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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social
“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page headline of The National, Scotland
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Once you start noticing how often this guy Announces something that becomes discourse for 12 hours and then is literally never heard of again you will not un-notice it. bsky.app/profile/edbu...
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A.V. Deggar @avdeggar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
OMFG they tried to spin this as a thwarted terror attack by the Iranians, but it was actually just a bunch of grifters from London trying to pike red diesel off yokels. Wild shit.
Looks like the Fairford five were fuel thieves
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Dean Morrison #FBPE #Breturn @deanmorrison.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/raf-fairford...
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RAF Fairford suspects were 'just thieves syphoning fuel', sources
The RAF Fairford suspects were 'just thieves syphoning fuel', according to sources. A Ministry of Defence source told Wiltshire 999s...
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump clearly saw the Fairford story developing and decided to fabricate a story with him at the centre. That's worrying enough, but watching politicians on both sides of the Atlantic indulge his fantasy is even even worse.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system.
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Cerulean Man 🐝 🏳️‍🌈 🌹 🐶 @ceruleanman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rubio knows nothing about what happened at RAF Fairford, he knows nothing about the reasoning for their release. This is Rubio & the Americans trying to drag us into the Iran war with the implications for the mid-term elections. Trump is a troublemaker. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail
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Fade In @fadeinpro.com · 28/09/2026
These things "work" by hoovering up your data. Your messages? Your emails and documents? Every click and mouse move you make? (Ever clicked yes to the "Enable telemetry" option?) You are two things to them: a source of data for their data soup, and a customer to sell it all back to.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past claims about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.
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Eight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa Fe
A jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026
A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.
Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘After the incident with Usman, Robb told Muse to stop giving his address. To test the bot, he asked a few friends to see if Muse would still share it. “And it literally gave my address out to five people,” he said.’ 😱 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house
The new AI agent, Muse, was released last week and has been downloaded by 3 million users
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MantaHunk 🌎🏳️‍🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"According to marine analytics firm Kpler, just six vessels crossed the strait on Wednesday, 11 on Tuesday and five on Monday. It put the 10-day average at 13 vessels per day." Normal traffic is 130 to 160 ships per day.
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