Reposted by PatrickThe Big Picture @readthebigpicture.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The algorithm doesn't want you calm, informed, or connected. It wants you angry, addicted, and isolated. Because that's what lines the pockets of folks like Musk and Zuckerberg. 10728171
Reposted by PatrickPissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026No shit🤔💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 448269185269
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bad and lazy policing exacerbated by AI. Made much worse by an us vs them police attitude, and the pervasive mindset that more force applied rapidly is always better. 000
Reposted by Patrickebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Stop giving Israel 🇮🇱 our damn $$$ 😡 14026931289
Reposted by PatrickFactsVsFake @factsvsfake.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Citizens United: Dark Money Democracy for Sale www.marytrump.org/p/citizens-u...marytrump.orgCitizens United: Dark MoneyDemocracy for Sale 10449141810
Reposted by PatrickReason Magazine @reason.com · 22/09/2026Flock "database queries are not searches within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment” and “no suspicion is required before the government searches a traveler's cellphone at the border," federal courts say.reason.comNo warrant, no suspicion, no problem: Flock and border cellphone searches excluded from 4th Amendment rulesCops keep carving out tech exceptions to the Fourth Amendment—and courts are giving them their blessing. 165
Reposted by PatrickJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The funniest joke ever. 😂 341208974406
Reposted by PatrickElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done. 669138623648
Reposted by PatrickForbes @forbes.com · 15/09/2026Pregnant women are being detailed at a record rate—but how many lose their pregnancies isn’t being tracked. forbes.comICE Has 'Lost Count' Of Miscarriages Amid Pregnant Detainees, Report ClaimsPregnant women are being detailed at a record rate—but how many lose their pregnancies isn’t being tracked. 32158114
Reposted by PatrickStevenof1 @stevenof1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The New York Times did not blink. The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction." But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.” 550158824425
Reposted by PatrickTusk Jenkins @tuskjenkins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's impossible to get close enough to the anyone in your life, but that doesn't mean you should seriously, like really, stfu right now about "venn auras" 36342
Reposted by PatrickClayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 06/09/2026Taking down a Flock camera means nothing if they replace it with another camera doing the same thing. These Corrupt Bigshots can change the company name all it wants, but Texans still shouldn't have their movements tracked and stored everywhere they drive. 21955522242
Reposted by PatrickSavingGraces @tamarasclan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We must stop this insanity. Republicans won’t do it. Stop electing them. Or die. 1351543780
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump is actually a hyperspherical bastard and appears as a bastard throughout all of time as well, 030
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Many across the political spectrum are prone to using coercion to achieve their ends, but Trump is in a unique position to abuse his power. He views negotiation and compromise as weakness, and is utterly unable to perceive any legitimate values or needs other than his own. 000
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Donald Trump understands no language but coercion - brutality against innocents, retaliation and retribution, threats, intimidation, and deception. The closest he comes to persuasion is bribery, which is deception in disguise. He has no true friends, only tools. 100
Reposted by PatrickGary @cytherian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Sure looks to me like Trump has done EVERY SINGLE IMPEACHABLE CAUSE listed. #TraitorTrump #ImpeachTrump #TraitorTrump 66563222
Reposted by PatrickChris Nagano @charliesaito22.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The American People don’t want to subsidize tech bros’ plan to destroy the Earth to make $$$$ Demo & Repub Utahn Citizens say “NO” to what would be the largest data center on the Planet that was rubber stamped “APPROVED” by sold out shameless State politicos www.csmonitor.com/Environment/...csmonitor.comUtah planned the world’s biggest data center. Then came the bipartisan pushback.Utah aims to be industry-friendly. But choosing a fragile ecosystem to house a sprawling facility has generated intense grassroots opposition. 57733
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I still have DVDs, CDs, VHS, cassettes, and vinyl, and the means to use them all, sitting comfortably next to several thousand books (all have been read at least once). I expect to have them until I die. 1120
Reposted by PatrickReason Magazine @reason.com · 05/09/2026Jurors have the right to decide if a law is unjust or being applied unjustly—and the right to vote their conscience. buff.ly/NqVNbB6reason.comThe right to trial is vanishing. Could bolder juries save it?A new campaign by the Cato Institute aims to educate jurors on their right to vote their conscience against unjust laws and sentences. 1106
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Didn’t anyone ever read Charlie and tha Chocolate Factory? 000
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I see no real difference between government overreach and corporate overreach, or any other invasive surveillance. Even if crime prevention for a specific person and cause may be useful, tracking all, fishing, and harvesting for any purpose are a threat with any AI system. 000
Reposted by PatrickReason Magazine @reason.com · 04/09/2026"The federal government shouldn't provide 'security' grants to cities and police departments that have gone beyond the pale and turned their communities into a version of '1984'. Federal taxpayers should not be forced to fund the surveillance state."reason.comA new bill reflects the bipartisan backlash against Flock-enabled mass surveillanceRecent survey results show that resistance to widespread deployment of automated license plate readers spans the political spectrum. 12014
Reposted by PatrickMarkMan @madmanmark84.bsky.social · 04/09/2026please, don't we have enough to straighten out in November, and over the next two years following (God willing), without thinking about what we MIGHT change decades from now? Sorry to be blunt, but I'm SO tired of "bluesky outrage" being focused on COMPLETELY unpragmatic strategies for action TODAY 8191
Reposted by PatrickReason Magazine @reason.com · 03/09/2026If lawfully filming a police officer can set off a weekslong surveillance campaign against the videographer, how can Americans expect other constitutionally protected speech and actions to not be met with similar retaliation?reason.comWisconsin cops used Flock over 100 times to track a Navy veteran after he lawfully recorded a traffic stopA lawsuit claims the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office used the cameras in retaliation against the vet for exercising his First Amendment right. 35430
Reposted by PatrickMeidas Ian @lordye.bsky.social · 03/09/2026FINALLY! Out with the corrupt and in with the future! Cruz for president? LMFAO 2870902250
Reposted by PatrickReason Magazine @reason.com · 30/08/2026Civil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections.reason.comGetting rid of Flock isn't enough to solve America's surveillance problemCivil liberties advocates warn that Americans’ privacy and surveillance concerns won’t be solved without strong legal protections. 13512
Reposted by PatrickTim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 23/08/2026After teaching history for 25 years, I’ve finally figured out my “why”… 17855351158
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Sadly, he may have no idea why, due to gatekeepers, sycophants, and his own staggering degree of narcissism. Everyone else does, regardless of whatever excuses they tell themselves if they continue to support him. The RNC, GOP representatives and senators, and supreme court are also culpable. 130
Reposted by Patrick California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but it doesn't make you a “Lib” to be appalled by what Donald Trump is doing to this country… It actually makes you a patriotic American. Enjoy. 😎✨ 13654941098
Reposted by PatrickBrant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We aren’t talking enough about those Destroyed American Bases…. 491118525003
Reposted by PatrickLINDZEE @lindzee2.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Ice says that these electric gloves are meant to "maintain compliance." Slave owners used to say the same thing about whips. If using shock collars on dogs is Animal Cruelty and Abuse, how is it fine for ICE to use Shock Gloves on people? 30366382186
Reposted by PatrickWhite Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 14/08/2026"If you aren't building your own bank robbing robot, you're going to be left behind in the new economy." 960821487
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The only proper use of the ballroom will be to host the trials. 031
Patrick @patrick878.bsky.social · 14/08/2026True quote or wholly fabricated , Flock’s behavior reflects this as its philosophy. Flock also enables persons and organizations who have the same outlook, whether explicitly stated or not. 000
Reposted by PatrickJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/20261. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times. 24584223877
