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Earthbound Misfit

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Cranky ol' bastard with zero tolerance for shit-for-brains MAGA dumbasses.

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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 9h
Someday one of these 'agents' is going to cause a catastrophe.
bbc.com
Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case
Philadelphia police said the tip was "flagged as spam", but criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 9h
He's just an insolent little boy.
newsweek.com
Trump slams Nobel Peace Prize winner as "mystery person" in New York rally
Trump also criticized New York leaders over Thursday’s ICE-involved shooting during a rally in Syracuse.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 22h
Soldiers at election ballot drop boxes. It's fucking starting.
rawstory.com
Alarm bells ring over 'troubling' National Guard placement as voting begins
Washington, D.C. election officials asked the National Guard to keep troops away from ballot drop boxes after residents complained about soldiers posted beside one just before voting began.The D.C. Bo...
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 23h
He's so desperate to try and win back a few votes that he's willing to sell-out a m*rderous despot. He sickens me to no end.
apnews.com
Trump strikes deal with Putin for Russian diesel in sharp reversal of US policy ahead of midterms
Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of US pressure on Moscow to combat prices ahead of midterms.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 23h
I hope it happens. "U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis did not explicitly order the phones be turned over. She has yet to rule on whether she will even let the lawsuit move forward. But she told a Justice Department attorney she expects the government to make her intentions known, so data is not lost."
chicago.suntimes.com
Judge threatens to order Midway Blitz agents to hand over personal phones — after Bovino refused
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis presides over a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against Homeland Security. It alleges Midway Blitz was designed to coerce the state and city into assisting the f...
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 23h
“There’s a deeper, broader, bolder set of efforts afoot to prepare people for much more existential scenarios that could come our way that would call into question the pillars of our democracy itself for what it’s for and who it’s for. People are zeroing in.”
prospect.org
America Mobilizing to Protect Midterms - The American Prospect
Thousands of people are preparing for November 3 in political education and nonviolent direct action workshops, and reconsidering what they’re willing to risk.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 23h
😜
theonion.com
Cornell Tries Going By Different Name
ITHACA, NY—In an aggressive attempt to distance itself from an alleged sexual assault at one of its fraternity houses, Cornell University hastily announced Thursday that it was now going by a differen...
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Blatant corruption out in the open. Two days before the president signed a policy encouraging U.S. investment in space transport, he invested millions in SpaceX.
cnbc.com
Trump bought up to $25 million in Meta and millions in SpaceX debt in August
Trump disclosed 517 August trades, including up to $5 million in debt from SpaceX, a major Pentagon contractor and NASA launch provider.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Just imagine what it's like for a person to endure targeted, weaponized government harrassment like this. I can only hope that Ms. Cook can remain strong and withstand the storm.
apnews.com
Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her
President Donald Trump opened another chapter in his effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook Friday by establishing a “committee of inquiry” to investigate allegations that she made false st...
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Not a particularly likeable man, at least imo. But I have to hand it to him that he managed probably the most impresssive team to ever take the field in the NFL; the '85-'86 Chicago Bears. Still, I never forgave him for denying Walter a Super Bowl touchdown.
espn.com
Legendary coach, Hall of Fame TE Mike Ditka dies at age 86
Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who became an NFL legend for his time as coach of the Bears, has died at the age of 86.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
He'll say anything to get even richer. "...this is an incredibly convenient position for Thiel, whose wealth is heavily invested in AI. That includes numerous startups funded by Founders Fund, Palantir’s AI-laden product suite, and a $418 million AI-focused portfolio at his global hedge fund..."
gizmodo.com
Peter Thiel: You Know Who Else Wants to Regulate AI? The Antichrist
Thiel's 'Antichrist' lecture series in Nashville is reportedly focused on casting AI regulation advocates as antichrist enablers.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A perfect representation.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Our government enabling billionaires to make even more money on the backs of kids. Reich-Wingers are s**t. ..."our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not."
rawstory.com
Trump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analyst
A quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi...
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
7/10 Not terrble.
apnews.com
How much do you know about the Nobel Prizes? Test your knowledge
The Nobel Prizes are among the world’s most prestigious honors. Laureates win in the categories of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics and peace.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Bloodthirsty pieces of s**t.
apnews.com
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Exactly right.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's getting worse.
rawstory.com
ICE targets skateboarding store for helping register swing-state voters: report
Federal immigration investigators appear to have gone after Zumiez, the youth-oriented skate shop with locations in malls nationwide, after the company backed efforts to get people registered and voti...
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"The Big Lie that ignited the J6 coup attempt now threatens to make November 3 the last free and open election."
charlesjaco.substack.com
Grand Theft Autocracy
MAGA is already trying to steal this election. It’ll be a bloody (figurative? literal?) November
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
👇 THIS 👇
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hell yes.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well of course they did!! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
chicagotribune.com
Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row
Conde Nast Traveler received nearly 800,000 votes for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, which covers everything from hotels and cruise lines to spas and airports.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
joycevance.substack.com
Sometimes, The Court’s Decision About What Cases It Won’t Hear Can Be As Interesting As The Ones It Takes.
As the Supreme Court begins its new term, the Justices have made public their decision to decline to hear a number of cases lawyers had been eagerly awaiting.
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Neil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My blog post today: www.everygoddamnday.com/2026/10/rich...
everygoddamnday.com
Rich in clouds
The blog of Neil Steinberg
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More disease in Texas = Fewer Texans. O.K. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
wonkette.com
Ken Paxton Joins War On Childhood Diseases, On The Side Of Childhood Diseases
Ken Paxton hates your children and wants them to die.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And they call progressives "Snowflakes". smh
nbcnews.com
Schools banned a record 12,000 books in a year, according to annual report
Themes of race, sexuality and gender remain common reasons to ban books, as some school administrators use AI to determine what gets pulled, a new report finds.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stupid, stupid people being duped by other stupid, stupid people.
apnews.com
Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US
Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday. Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Well here's a scary thought. "If the Democrats control the Senate, it helps the Republican presidential candidate in 2028.”
rawstory.com
Conservative claims ‘doomsday’ likely even if Dems crush Trump: 'Staring down the barrel'
A Democratic midterm victory could leave the party facing a dangerous political trap ahead of 2028, conservative commentator Jonathan V. Last warned Monday.Writing in The Bulwark, Last laid out a “doo...
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe those who were treated that way didn't meet Herr Hegseth's standards of Machismo. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
rawstory.com
US soldiers wounded in Iran attack speak out after horrific medical treatment by Pentagon
Nine U.S. service members wounded in the Iran war have gone on the record about the military medical care they received, which they say left them fighting for treatment on their own, according to the ...
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The sicko shame of Illinois won't be missed.
apnews.com
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ukraine showing the rest of the world how it's done. "Dubbed “Operation Vivaldi,” the offensive has retaken 176 square kilometers, with Ukrainian forces using drones and unmanned ground vehicles to strike behind Russian lines while limiting risks to personnel."
cnbc.com
Ukraine’s surprise robot offensive exposes a vulnerability in Putin’s war machine
Experts say the offensive is not a decisive breakthrough, but demonstrates how Ukraine’s expanding use of robotic systems is reshaping frontline warfare.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
MAGA success. Will there ever be a tipping point beyond which the people cannot regain control?
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It comes down to this: "We don’t have public bathrooms because we don’t live in a society where we recognize the duty of government to help people live decent lives. If government provided toilets, what’s next? Health care?"
chicago.suntimes.com
One public toilet? Chicago bathroom desert belies windy aspirations to being a world-class city
Paris manages. London manages. Somehow Chicago can't provide the tourists it covets with relief, other than alleys.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He. Is. Slime.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Surveillance State is in full swing.
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What a Schmitt head.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For real.
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Earthbound Misfit @randyvolz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And for a break from the politics du jour:
thedailymeal.com
The Legal Loophole Behind The 'Fresh' Chicken Americans Buy Every Day - Daily Meal
Buying fresh food for your family might be important to you. But if you're looking for the 'fresh' label on chicken, know that there are legal loopholes.
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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 02/10/2026
NEW: A new USPS policy will eliminate evening mail pickups from select post offices across the country — a change that will eventually slow pick-up and delivery times for around 70% of zip codes in the U.S. We mapped those zip codes to help you figure out whether your mail ballot could be affected👇
democracydocket.com
The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?
Democracy Docket mapped the affected zip codes.
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