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Lone Audience of the Apocalypse

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(They/Them). Bootless inquisitor. Martyr to the moving image.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 31/03/2026
No, a decision that conversion therapy is protected by the First Amendment doesn't advance LGBTQ+ rights. If it did, Alito and Thomas wouldn't have signed onto it. Stop expecting ideological consistency from bigoted conservatives, please.
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happy war on chrusmas @deepguava.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
While you’re chanting “RIP Chuck Norris” or “RIP Nicholas Brendon” I’m chanting “RIP Robert Mueller and the rule of law!”
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ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Out of $678 million raised by institutional Dem "churn and burn" fundraising campaigns, less than $11 million actually got delivered to Dem candidates. A whopping $282 million went into consultants' pockets. It's not just money being wasted: it's trust. data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
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The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/01/2026
I'm told there were a bunch of witnesses, multiple videos
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 07/01/2026
Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse
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Your Fave's Fave @mytableforone.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
Pic of tweet "The Senate bill re-criminalizes hemp products with a hard cap of 0.4mg THC per container, which will eliminate full spectrum CBD products from the market."
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Colin Robinson @fermiparasocks.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
laura loomer out here looking like 4 missing persons sewn together
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Botticellibelle @botticellibelle.cryptoanarchy.network · 30/10/2025
THE TIME FOR BUTLERIAN JIHAD IS NOW! 🔪🤖.
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Beloved Bodega Cat Allegedly Killed By Waymo In Mission District
KitKat, a bodega cat who patrolled and slept alot in Randa's Market on 16th Street, was allegedly run over by a Waymo vehicle, inciting what could be a fresh wave of anti-robot sentiment in San Franci...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/10/2025
Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, was appointed to a senior DHS position in which she’ll help oversee election security. “DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies pushed by our enemies,” one expert said.
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She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
Heather Honey has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security. State election officials and voting experts are concerned.
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Lone Audience of the Apocalypse @loneaudience.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Global warming has become obvious. Resource scarcity and wars are inevitable. Even if you deny the premise, the effects are quite clear. Likewise, pandemics, inflation, mass migration events, job scarcity, etc. In short, civilizational breakdown. We saw the same effect during the Great Depression.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. 

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year. I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. 

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. 

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. 

Official statement to 
@FoxNews
 via 
@TriciaOhio
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"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Two headlines. Two economies. Same day. Poetic. @nytimes.com @bloomberg.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
i once again would like to express some alarm and concern at the sheer pace of Nazi-related news updates
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Mamdani did this without tacking to the center by accepting republican framing and throwing marginalized people under the bus or even apologizing for being socialist; something that party operatives who actually want to win might learn from.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
But Netflix are real dum dums for not letting a Frankenstein movie in OCTOBER have a nice wide release, our show was nearly a full house.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/10/2025
important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out
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Lone Audience of the Apocalypse @loneaudience.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Breathlessly anticipating whatever insanity this exchange leads to
Radu Jude doing an AMA. The questioner requests "Please more gay!" Jude responds "I will do my best!!!"
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Lone Audience of the Apocalypse @loneaudience.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
The salient detail all the articles about Trump tearing down the East Wing omit is that the East Wing was built primarily for the First Lady, and Trump's First Lady doesn't live at the White House. Not reading anything into this...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Live footage from the White House Ballroom
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a black and white photo of an optical illusion of stairs in a building .
ALT: a black and white photo of an optical illusion of stairs in a building .
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Lone Audience of the Apocalypse @loneaudience.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Hey, if we all just pitch in... (looks at daily average user numbers)... $100 million, we could buy Twitter back from Elon
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Val 🏳️‍⚧️ @valondar.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
This film truly is magic. Real lightning in a bottle stuff.
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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Breaking news on Bluesky
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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
BREAKING Ireland elects independent Catherine Connolly president. The Sinn Fein-backed leftist campaigned on economic justice at home, fury over Gaza www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Ireland elects a leftist who campaigned on economic justice, Gaza
Catherine Connolly, an independent endorsed by Sinn Fein, campaigned on calls for urgent domestic reform with an unflinching critique of Israel’s war in Gaza.
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James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
I was feeling contrarian even though I agree so I went "ok but what's the single best episode of Trek" and thing is it might be Duet, and then I was like " alright what about the best character" and yeah, that's probably Garak, unimpeachable take
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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Jay Johnston biopic that's like Mishima but told through Mr. Show sketches
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 24/10/2025
Remarkably good visual expression of what it is like (as a literate person) to read LLM-generated website slop
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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
the elite class becomes easier to understand when you realize they think everybody is as dumb as they are
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
this is the problem with letting men like this get away with saying shit on tv instead of real life. i dare this man to say this shit out loud in any bar on the north shore
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Miller: Robert De Niro is a sad, broken old man who is mostly enraged because he hasn't made anything worth watching in at least 30 years. Probably the longest string of flops, failures, embarrassments. This man has been degrading himself on camera with one horrific film after another for my entire adult life and he is not taken seriously by anybody. Not by his family, friends, community. He is a shell of a man and everybody disregards everything he says.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 24/10/2025
Sam's Club is part of Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart workers are among the largest recipients of SNAP in this country. Apparently, some Wal-Marts will help employees fill out SNAP applications as part of their HR paperwork. When people start going hungry on Nov 1 part of the reason is companies underpay them
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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Unimaginable headline in the morning paper
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Filipe Furtado @filipefurtado.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Regime collapse
A new paradigm
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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
still wondering if he’s going to try to cancel the midterms by citing some cooked up bullshit about voter fraud
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Lone Audience of the Apocalypse @loneaudience.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
It's almost as if there were some kind of positive correlation between being able to raise a lot of money from rich people and being unappealing to voters...
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Saint JESSICA DUNN ROVINELLI @jdrllc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
video games develop the funniest discourses. what other art medium will show you a raft of statistics about why you should pay way more than you can afford
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onion person @junlper.beer · 23/10/2025
it’s really starting to feel like at some point we entered an alternative reality where everything got completely fucked up and evil
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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Also, if you have the good fortune not to need SNAP, shut the everloving fuck up about what recipients buy. Certain kinds of food are not morally virtuous. You’re doing the Calvinist shit when you judge someone who’s trying to get by for getting like…protein bars and spices or cake mixes.
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Hollywood keeps chasing the shimmering oasis in Death Valley of "people want personalized like a cheap kid's book movies" and ignoring actual, real world successes like Sinners which are defined by being very specific visions from filmmakers trying to speak from their own experiences and history.
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23/10/2025
Doing this digital recasting is just so actually and casually racist! I mean it makes it so obvious that dumb racists ultimately plan on using AI to retrocast movies to erase diversity.
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23/10/2025
I don’t know if there’s a more perfect illustration of the utter fucking nonsense that creative pollution by AI will produce than this choice to illustrate the power of Paramount’s new “localization” and “customization” technology by face-swapping Brad Pitt into the lead role of GET OUT
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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 23/10/2025
David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus: “Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”
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