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Pete Kurtz-Glovas

@regularpete.bsky.social
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Extremism, Democracy, Peace | Former PERIL, Former GPAHE | Punk Stuff and Cats

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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Trump claimed he would fix the Economy, but the average American Family STILL cannot afford a Cameo from the Rizzler
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hi there Bluesky, I took a break for a little bit to focus on other things but I'm ready to be extremely annoying online again :) did I miss anything anything important in the last couple months?
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I'm begging brands to understand that I don't need to join a community of like-minded individuals, or get daily email updates from your founder, or learn more about the ethical practices of your business. I just need some shoes dude. That's literally all I need.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I find the "paid protestor" line of thinking as odd as the "everyone's a Fed" line of thinking. Is your imagination so stunted that you can't even conceive of someone taking action on their own accord? Is your worldview so limited in scope that every political action must be driven by self interest?
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Came home late to a screaming cat who, when asked why he's crying, sprints across the room and dives into a box and begins purring. You have one guess what color this dumb-dumb is.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This article perfectly sums up the conversation between Coats and Klein, and alludes to the fact that the "dirtbag left" for all its flaws is vastly more clear eyed in its assessment of contemporary politics and our current historical moment. badfaithtimes.com/ezra-klein-i...
badfaithtimes.com
Ezra Klein Is Mourning The End Of The Civilacrum
Klein wants a simulation of politics without conflict. Ascendant fascism won't allow that.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 06/10/2025
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
My take on One Battle After Another is that it is a mistake to view it as a film with political answers. The politics of the movie are secondary to the story it is telling, and they are not directly related to the politics of our moment other than "ICE is bad, immigration crackdowns are racist."
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
I'm saying this as someone with an undergrad degree in Poetry: you should feel embarrassed if you tell someone you have a degree in Podcasting.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This is a blatant first amendment violation
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Lotta bad news these days but happy spooky season to all my fellow Adult Goths out there in BlueSky land. They can suspend our rights, but they can never suspend our Shudder subscriptions
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Ok I get we're all talking about Hegseth right now, but y'all been check Hud.gov recently?
hud.gov
HUD Home | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I'm actually glad that military leaders were present in the room for this. I think it's important that the people who actually do things understand the priorities of their bosses and the disconnect between them
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Any comic performing at Riyadh who signed this thing is NEVER allowed to say "you can't joke about anything anymore" ever again
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
McDonalds running Extra Value Meal ads during NFL games is a recession indicator
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Calling top military officials from around the world for an in person meeting so I can tell them about this CRAZY dream I just had
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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Two things are true: 1. Trump has amassed extraordinary power in the presidency—thanks to a compliant Congress and a pro-executive Supreme Court. 2. Trump is increasingly unpopular. These twin dynamics will define U.S. politics through the 2026 midterms. Buckle up.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Government overreach and direct threats to the first amendment are NOT when you want to extend grace and empathy. This entirely missed the point of the Kimmel situation to begin with and the FCC's current goals as outline in Project 2025
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
After any tragedy, especially highly publicized ones, info spaces get flooded with speculation, rumour, and misinformation. In these conditions conspiracy theories flourish and muddy the waters, pulling energy away from the hard work of finding and understanding the (often unsatisfying) truth
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Good thread here
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
If you think the text messages between Robinson and his partner are weird because he's not using memes, I need you to log off and go on a date right now and try that.
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Ike55 @ike55.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Political reporters everywhere: [ChatGPT:] "Explain the conflict between Groypers and Turning Point USA"
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Researchers and analysts having to type up reports using "know your meme" citations after 48 hours and enough caffeine to send an elephant into cardiac arrest:
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Between last night and the release of the suspected shooter earlier today there was an explosion of conspiracy theories about who was responsible for the shooting. As the FBI releases details now the key is to watch how they do it do not impact narratives created by different camps.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Excited for this piece to be out today! Supporting Matthew Kriner and @amycooter.bsky.social in their work around NVE has been eye opening, and it's an honor to contribute to a growing body of work on this subject www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...
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The Novel Threat of Nihilistic Violent Extremism Online - HSToday
With the forthcoming UN General Assembly meetings and the associated UN Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate convenings in New York City this month, the international rise of tech-enabled and netwo...
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Gov of Mississippi Tate Reeves is sending National Guardsmen to fight crime in DC. I checked USAFacts.org, Jackson Mississippi has more murders per 100,000 people than DC by a large margin.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
DC is a welcoming city full of culture and joy, including vibrant street parties in the summer. I've driven all over the city, including east of the river late at night, and I cannot for the life of me begin to understand why these people feel so threatened.
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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man? Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
Which way, American man?

http://JOIN.ICE.GOV

photo of uncle sam with his hat off at a crossroads with title "America Needs You, Join ICE Now"
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Hearing from friends who work in downtown DC that they're already being told to work from home. Drove through downtown just to check it out and it feels sparse even for summer time here. Many locally owned businesses were already struggling, I can't imagine this will help.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
It cannot be overstated how chill the vibes are in DC. Violent Crime is down, and everybody knows it, so the mood has been jovial all summer. Deploying federal law enforcement is a huge waste of tax payer dollars, and at worst will provoke people who don't want them in their neighborhood.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I'm so exhausted by people on the Left doing the "Erm ☝️🤓 so, NIHILISM makes you a terrorist now??" bit. Nihilist Violent Extremism is a real thing that needs to be addressed. Whether the administration will address it effectively remains to be seen, but this is a real and growing threat.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Fewer people coming here means fewer hands to do the work. This means less work getting done, by fewer people, driving prices up. Combine that with mass layoffs and cuts to the federal government (and the knock on effects) and you start to see why the Jobs Report was so bad.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 02/08/2025
“How does the computer know something happened if no one tells the computer about it” is the easy-reader way to explain why we still need human reporters and data-collectors And I also find it genuinely alarming that even some people on this website don’t seem to grasp this
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
This article reads like it's mostly in response to a type of male influencer that was really popular 5 years ago, and the article discourse around it seems to miss that there is an entire new crop of non-right-wing male I fluencers on platforms like TikTok. Importantly: getting laid isn't the focus
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The waking world may be terrible, but last night in my dreams I hung out with a well mannered Flemish Giant Rabbit (see below) and his many animal friends.
A man in a blue shirt and blue jeans holds a rabbit in his arms that is roughly the size of a LARGE German Sheppard, the ears are bigger than the man's head.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"How's unemployment going?"
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"Butt-Rock is a symbol of rising fascism," "Pet Ownership is a recession indicator." Some of y'all gotta take a break.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Week 3 of being Fun-employed: I watched a squirrel grab an entire apple off the ground, then get chased by two other squirrels who also wanted the apple. Then they all just sort of wrestled a bit.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Yesterday, Andrea Gibson passed away after a long battle with cancer. They were 49, and one of the best contemporary American poets. Two poems of there's stay with me: For Eli, and When The Bough Breaks. Both criticisms written with love m.youtube.com/watch?v=p0lh...
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Andrea Gibson - For Eli
YouTube video by Button Poetry
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Inspiring! This man is so divorced, that he made his company create an AI Anime version of his ex-Wife!
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Hey look, the same thing that happens every time the US cracks down on the border is happening again
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Adopting "what's going on with my 'boys,' and in some cases, 'gals'" as the new mandatory greeting when addressing the group chat
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The silence of FEMA's David Richardson around Texas is less confusing when you consider that the Administration wants to eliminate FEMA. Everything we've heard since January seems to indicate he's more concerned about brow-beating the rank and file than actually responding to disasters.
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
As someone currently on the job market, it is WILD how many ICE or ICE related positions I've seen in the last week. Any search related to Extremism prevention seems to yield at least a few roles in this vein.
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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
really happy that my interview with Ave Satanas is now out! we talk all things Satanism, fascism, and growing up in small town Georgia. Just a note that if you are part of a Satanist/Left Hand Path/occult group and would like me to give a talk for your members about this, please reach out!
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
More bad news about the Big Beautiful Bill: apparently last night they added an amendment that says you have to be nice to me :/
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
A friend of mine whose a reporter asked ChatGPT to generate a cartoon image of him and, apropos of nothing, it gave him SS lightning bolt tattoos. I'm sure this is fine, we probably don't need to regulate AI!
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Pete Kurtz-Glovas @regularpete.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Reading about this Mamdani guy, sounds like if he wins he's gonna turn Wall Street into Woke Street
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