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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The pennies Musk has "saved" taxpayers is just going to go to legal fees for this and the 1000 other fuck ups. Deport people on the basis of tattoos-- real gangsters avoid because identifiable, permanent markings? Nah. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison

The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I'm a cis, straight, white-bread, nuero-spicy but otherwise humdrum suburbanite sort of guy, yet I am happy to wish all our trans brothers and sisters a fabulous day of visibility! You are seen. You are cared for. You will be defended. It looks dark right now, but love and decency will prevail.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

(2/2) Government spending is not an inherent evil. You have to spend taxpayer money to do the things we need to do. Some will call USSF a waste (it is the butt of many jokes) but the term "waste" is subjective. Labelling things as waste does not make the needs they address go away.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

I want to mention one good thing Trump did in his first term, with the caveat that it shows exactly how stupid his second term has been: Space Force. We needed USSF-- arguably more than we need most of the military. The threats USSF handles are real and adaptive to a changing landscape. (1 of 2)

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Now that a bit of time has passed, I think it is fair to point out that the official, final score in the husband stealing Olympics is: Dolly Parton: 1, Jolene 0.

Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Is it more concerning that WH officials set history on a 30 day erasure cycle or that the whole thing came crashing down when someone pressed down volume and power at the same time?

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

(1 of 2): Okay folks, welcome to the Bullshit Olympics. Remember: Agent Orange will throw bullshit to cover bullshit. Upset about security lapses? He throws out a hopeless EO to fuck elections. He's screwing veterans and social security. That didn't work? He's giving money to J6 insurrectionists.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I have been in video game discussion groups with tighter opsec than the Trump administration.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Wondering what to do with your Twitter? Engage with the least interesting content possible. Like the blurriest photos. Retweet the least informative content. Follow the banal and boring. The user base is one thing, but the real money is in the algorithm. Break the algorithm, bust the billionaire.

Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Biden pardoned J6 prosecutors using an autopen? Musk pardoned the J6 crew by using an autocrat.

Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The callousness crosses species. "Happy K9 Veterans Day to all of our heroic working dogs, including Conan who fearlessly participated in the military operation that ended ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019" --WH ...just as Doge cuts off funding for food/vet care for TSA dogs. Emblematic.

Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Mike Lindell went from a net worth of around $250 million to zero while riding the Trump train. Rookie numbers. Let's see if Musk can turn $320 billion into a goose egg in half the time.

Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Hey, has anyone heard if Q from Qanon has been downsized by Doge yet? Just wondering if I can talk to my brother again.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The richest nation in history can support its veterans. It can ensure security in age. It can raise its people from poverty and shelter refugees. Billionaires are the entitlement we can't afford.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Anyone who served and is being affected by President Musk's Doge, please share your stories with Vote Vets and anyone else who will listen. votevets.org/doge-tipline

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DOGE Tipline - VoteVets

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Anyone advocating strict gun control laws should take note: gun control laws = historical oppression. Be careful when citing precedent. We must square defense of marginalized people with gun control (and I am completely onboard with some forms of gun control). www.ammoland.com/2025/03/colo...

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Colorado Rep Exposed for Citing Racist Gun Control Laws to Justify Anti-Gun Vote

On Feb. 24, 2025, Mabrey issued a closing statement where he alluded to 19th-century gun control laws to justify his vote against the Constitutional Carry bill.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

When two Greens stand up, color is the only thing that matters.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Note to Democratic Leadership: This is a partial list of the Democrats I will never vote or donate towards: Ed Case, Jim Costa, Laura Gillen, Jim Himes, Chrissy Houlahan, Marcy Kaptur, Jared Moskowitz, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, and Tom Suozzi They put decorum before truth. Silence over bravery.

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100 of billions of dollars in fraud discovered... Not a single arrest. Weird.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Biden 'liar' during State of the Union speech | ABC News

Any Democrat at the State of the Union tonight-- remember to mind your manners as taught to us by MTG. Fact check him as loudly and viciously as you can, don't let him finish a sentence. Make him clear the hall. youtu.be/hRHuz7Tzhdo?...

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Dutch proverb: "You can only have peace so long as your neighbor chooses." I long for the same peace this writer does, but, "It's better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war." I'd rather defend the person who won't pick up a weapon than watch them mulched over. That's what we face.

I don't like guns-- if I had the years back and the times were calmer, I wish I could have spent the time painting and writing poetry (honestly-- not making that up). But paintings don't stop fascists in their tracks and poetry won't prevent genocide (if only we lived in world where it could).

Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

What remains is that people have an ethical imperative to protect at least those they care about and their community. Let me be clear-- I'm not saying right, I'm saying responsibility. If I have to get into bed with arms dealers to do that, well it sucks but moral high ground is usually a graveyard.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

But rejecting the idea of others defending themselves because of the companies you might buy from-- there is no moral consumption under capitalism. Ask Nestle about its baby formula. Hell, the phone I'm using to type this was made in conditions that would not be accepted where I'm using it.

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I'm straight, cis, and not in NYC-- I don't live in this person's experience. But I'll say this: someone who can't see themselves firing in self-defense or defense of others doesn't need a gun-- that's true everywhere for all time. (Cont) defector.com/dont-buy-a-g...

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Don't Buy A Gun, Even If It Comes In Rainbow | Defector

A lot of fear in this country is directly caused by guns. According to the CDC, there were over 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the U.S. in 2022, and the specific way in which a gun can kill you—with...

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I know this is my answer if anyone invaded my homeland. Don't know why Republicans have their heads so far up their asses that they can't see sunlight but I hope it smells up there.

AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info · 28/02/2025

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Since today is Boycott Day, I thought I’d ask any of you who are still on Xitter to leave. Lock down or delete your accounts and go. Let Xitter go the way of Tesla.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

one of the great follies of the liberal order is the belief that violence can be safely outsourced

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I really need the police to solve Gene Hackman’s death before a podcast tries to do it

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Sturnus @left-the-arm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

If I haven't said it today: fuck Donald Trump.

🇨🇦 @carol80.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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American democracy is circling the drain.

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Anyone else tired of screen grabs from X? Respectfully (I know it isn't the intention), but it is basically advertising for x. Nothing interesting happens there without Mr. "not-Nazi-salute" letting it happen-- so why cross post? Why screen grab from the billionaire's propaganda site? #x_is_over

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In case you didn't notice: The name isn't about some meme coin: The Doge of Venice was the highest-ranking official in the Venetian Republic from 697 to 1797. The word "Doge" comes from the Latin dux, which means "leader". Highest ranking-- that's Musk. We live in a kleptocracy. He is in charge.

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"It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war." Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings

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... It sucks. I wish we lived without the weapons of war. I hope to never have to take aim at a life, but that isn't true of everyone. We need to prepare as if we lived in a hellscape where nearly anyone can buy a gun for less than the price of a cart of groceries. Because that's where we live.

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