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L’état profond c’est moi. Proud TradIntelligence

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
*spit on the ground* And that's that on that. May his memory be fleeting.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Oh do go on about how their headlines were never mean enough.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The culture these days is just too anti-beet. @postleftwatch.bsky.social variety.com/2026/tv/news...
variety.com
Rainn Wilson Claims ‘The Office’ Was too ‘Inappropriate’ to Be Made Today, Seemingly Forgetting About Peacock Sequel ‘The Paper’
Rainn Wilson says 'The Office' was too 'inappropriate' to be made today.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I need to turn Claude’s settings up to max token-suckage in the hopes that Claude will become smart enough to explain why it isn’t working.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Claude has decided my name is “Not,” so whenever I open the app, I am treated to a bit of 90s-style humor.
A screenshot of the Claude app with the message “Happy Tuesday, Not.”
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Every time the NYT crossword uses a spa-related word as a clue, my love for puzzles dies a little. (Especially if it’s “sounds heard in a spa.” The fucking cringe.)
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
So I guess I’ll be paying Claude $20/month to do web searches for me. At least when I tell Claude to exclude a result, it listens. I may dislike AI, but not as much as I apparently hate Google.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Is it a latent error in latent errors that latent errors are easily dismissed as matters of individual responsibility?
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“Do I realize that other people betting money on these markets don’t have the power to peer into the mists of time and see, with total clarity, what the Fates have sewn? Yes. Do I know that not everyone will agree with me making money off this? Yes, I literally know everything.”
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
“The commission adds that so far, the number of measles cases in 2026 in Massachusetts, which unlike some states and the Department of Defense, knows that vaccination works, remains at 2.” I love my local paper.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Be because I guess now we’re expecting real architects to comment on AI slop: a gift article and short thread. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This Is What Happens When Grok Redesigns Your National Landmarks 1/5
A mockup of the proposed White House ballroom. There are red lines and text all over the drawing, pointing out design flaws.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
It’s the one day of the year when the very mediocre Irish pub across the street turns into a magical, inaccessible land.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
@sgj.bsky.social google AI got the best horror book of the year right. The rest was close. So close.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It’s sanewashing to ascribe to Trump normal morals and motivations. It’s sanewashing and it’s harmful because it keeps us from talking realistically about what’s happening. It’s also soothebait(tm) for liberals — imagine he feels guilt and remorse. Imagine he is suffering.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Iran reminds me of Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon — untethered and deeply antisemitic. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf
Iranian officials warn of ‘war of attrition’ and global economic chaos as energy supplies are throttled
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Wirtshausschlägerei means “inn fight.”
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
“Likely be more.” You know when Trump switches to wispy-voice mode that someone told him to sound sad when he said that part.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
In law school, my friend got divorced and became my roommate. He loved “The Surreal Life,” with Favor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen. Or, I thought he did. Turns out we had it on all the time because we each thought the other liked it. Anyway, big love to Mr. Flav: www.latimes.com/sports/olymp...
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Flavor Flav is hyping up a women's sports celebration in Vegas. Here's what we know
Flavor Flav announced an event this summer, celebrating “ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists” in Las Vegas, following Trump's dismissive comment about the women's hockey team.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Does anyone know if this is the same woman who accused Trump in 2016 of raping her as a child? www.politico.com/story/2016/1...
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Woman suing Trump over alleged teen rape drops suit, again
The lawyer who organized the event said Donald Trump's accuser had received threats and was too frightened to show up.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Didn't know Ro was pushing the Putin line on Ukraine. But makes sense.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/ (New piece) newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
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Laszlo ("Jack") McNadja, J.F.C. @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
McSweeney’s has gone feral.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A haiku: Oscarbait for young Timothée Chalamet does not a good plot make (why do people like Marty Supreme so much?)
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
ICE agent got in their car; they called 911 and drove him to the police station. “Rekeya Frazier [the driver] is the sister of Darnella Frazier, who as a teenager in 2020 recorded the bystander video of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police.” Courageous family. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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Judge frees couple charged with 'kidnapping' immigration agent as defense challenges government's account
Attorneys for a couple charged with driving to a police station with an HSI agent in their car dispute the government’s account of the incident. A judge released both from jail pending trial.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
My favorite chant from the Boston, 1/24/2026, protest.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Jesus, Reuters, you can’t just say “another.” You need to include a name or date. (This article is about the murder of Alex Pretti.) Federal immigration agents kill another US citizen in Minneapolis, sparking protests - www.reuters.com/world/us/min...
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Federal immigration agents kill another US citizen in Minneapolis, sparking protests
It was the second fatal shooting involving federal agents this month in the city during a surge in immigration enforcement.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
That’s it, I’m boycotting Palantir. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Well that wasn’t long at all. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
How long will they continue to respect the need for a warrant to enter a house? Will we get a “Kavanaugh Knock?” that allows you to bust down a door if, based race and other factors, you have reasonable suspicion the suspect is not entitled to constitutional rights?
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If a nice country wanted to seize Peter Thiel’s assets, Russian oligarch style, that would be great. Thx. newrepublic.com/article/2051...
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The Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in Greenland
Trump’s fixation on filching the island territory from Denmark may seem like the demented ravings of a mad king. But to a cohort of plutocrat weirdos, it makes perfect sense.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
ICE are Gestapo scum. There, bitch, that‘s 8,001.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
“dictatorships create a lawless zone that runs alongside the normative state. The two states cohabit uneasily and unstably. On any given day, people or cases could be jerked out of the normative state and into the prerogative one” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Hey, you know what we haven’t talked about in a while? The Epstein files. They’re going to tell us that the DOJ is too busy with Maduro to produce the files. Convenient.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
And I thought car alarms were useless.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This is the the clearest video account of the shooting that I’ve seen. (Sorry if there’s a paywall.) Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/01/2026
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
“Trump’s Razor”
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
saw someone recently who was in their feelings about this, but I think it just gets more obviously true every day. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/our-proble...
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Our Problem Isn't Polarization. It's Fascism.
A new paper makes the case.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
An acceptable use for AI. “I infiltrated a racist dating site and made nazis fall in love with robots” cybernews.com/security/inv...
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Investigator breaches white supremacist dating sites, exposes 8,000 users
An investigative journalist infiltrated three white supremacist platforms, including the dating site WhiteDate, exfiltrating over 8,000 user profiles and 100GB of sensitive data.
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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Even if you could avoid proving intent (it does matter), whom are you trying to reach? The Venn Diagram of people who read the NYT and people who can’t figure out Trump lies are two completely separate circles. The NYT is not for low-information voters. Go yell at Joe Rogan.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Interesting article about neocons, who seem pretty reasonable, except for the not-minor Iraq war thing. Alas, idea that Republicans would embrace evidence-based social programs seems fantastical these days. (Sorry for the paywall) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Neocons Were Right
Not about Iraq. But the moral tenor of their political writings could be an antidote to Trumpism.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Time magazine has heard our plea to add AI to everything and has done so in a totally unobtrusive, non-rage inducing way. (And no, it can’t close the chat window. I guess that’s a subscriber feature.)
A screen shot of a Time magazine article on a phone screen. A chat window for the AI bot appear near the bottom of the screen and blocks several lines of text.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I thought of my favorite novel, Nabokov’s “Pale Fire,” but decided that a book featuring an unreliable narrator who wildly misinterprets a poem as proof that he’s king would be more appropriate for someone else to swear in on.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I looked up the lyrics to Armani White’s “Billie Eilish,” to see what the lyrics say about her. It turns out the tune has nothing to do with Billie Eilish, her name just rhymes well with “bitch I’m stylish,” and that is how all words should be chosen.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Off-topic but why does the WH repeatedly call them “kinetic strikes?” Is there some worse phrase they’re avoiding? Like “Hellfire Missile?” You would think the base would love Hellfire Missiles.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
To the people who think the NYT is afraid to get political, twice in the past couple weeks their crossword puzzle has defined “tariff” as a tax. And twice I have been forced to recall whether it’s two “r”s or two “f”s.
A crossword puzzle, mostly blank, with “tariffs” filled in as an answer. The corresponding clue is “taxes levied during trade wars”
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
People always bitch that NYT headlines are too tame and fail to call out Trump. If you’re one of those people, what headline would you give this article? Serious question. Also, gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
nytimes.com
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Upon further investigation, I’m beginning to suspect there are no “originals” to sell. Still, if you can get $29 for printing AI art on wood, that’s a pretty good hustle.
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Lemon Test @lemontest.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I know this is satire but indictmenting *is* hard and Lindsey Halligan got glass cliffed bigly. No pity — that’s what happens when you hang out with the glass people.
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