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Subterra

@subterra.bsky.social
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Part time rabble rouser, sometimes activist, hedonist and social deviant. Victim’s Advocate. National Security and veteran’s issues.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@lilymasonphd.bsky.social spitting truth:
From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The problem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is, in fact, how history is sometimes made. For instance: If the king is rumored to be dissolving the National Assembly and planning to send troops into Paris, then some people may think it’s a good idea to storm the Invalides and the Bastille looking for weapons and ammunition.
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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 18/09/2026
Durham NC holds itself up as a pro-immigrant jurisdiction. But its magistrates and judges repeatedly refer people facing low-level criminal charges to ICE when they're not required to—even for offenses as minor as a single trespassing charge. @twitterlessabe.bsky.social @indyweek.bsky.social #ncpol
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Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE's Radar for Low-Level Crimes
Durham judicial officials flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody, INDY found.
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is big deal that the President is this insanely wrong about basic economic reality.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm old enough to remember when the Christian right fear-mongered that marriage equality would lead to bestiality and now it qualifies you to be an FBI agent.
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eb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ok but "the future" they are promising is "we destroy your jobs and maybe build a dark god of genocide" so perhaps winning these people back is not the wisest electoral move
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
the president is now blacklisting companies by fiat. tell me more about how left-wing communism is the biggest threat to the country.
NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren’t good enough! Over 50% of their revenue comes from the United States — They live off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service — All while Canada blocks our GREAT American Banks, and Companies, throughout the U.S.A. They even blocked Gulfstream Aerospace from doing business in Canada — Completely unjust and unfair! That Era is OVER! If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a “piggybank.” BUY AMERICAN. FLY ON AMERICAN AIRLINERS. ENJOY AMERICAN LIQUOR AND BEVERAGES. SAIL ON LAKE AMERICA. AMERICA FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Proving Mitch McConnell is alive would be the easiest thing in the world if he were alive.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/09/2026
"The Commerce Department, quietly cut language banning political interference from the department's scientific integrity policy, NPR has learned." www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
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Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 29/06/2026
The military purge continues. At this rate, America will only have ideologues and yes men running the military. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/o...
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Opinion | The Purging of General Donahue Is a Breaking Point
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Excluding the pre-Liberation Day bounce where companies increased imports ahead of expected tariffs, last month registered the worst U.S. trade deficit on record. More evidence that Trump's blanket tariffs have failed on their own terms.
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nice national performing arts center you got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it.
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Before an emergency hearing, the Kennedy Center's board threatens to demolish it
A lawsuit seeks to block President Trump's name from going back on the center. The center's board warns that if renovation plans don't go forward, it may be demolished.
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Subterra @subterra.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is some North Korea level dictator bullshit. This includes all the sycophants who keep enabling this human train wreck of a national disgrace.
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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
What’s most embarrassing about universities buying into the AI hype is how it betrays our principle to seek accuracy and cite sources. LLMs should stand for Large Language mimicry that introduces errors and is an unreliable citational source itself. Commercial AI is a poison pill for universities.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Republican lawmakers have quietly cut funding for Dolly Parton’s children’s book charity, Imagination Library, which sends free books to children across the world.
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GOP lawmakers quietly slash funds for Dolly Parton children's book charity
Republicans this year quietly cut millions of dollars of funding for the late and beloved Dolly Parton's children's book charity, according to multiple reports.Imagination Library, the nonprofit found...
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The Dollywood Foundation, which reported $141 million in assets last year, also offers local high school graduates $15,000 scholarships. ‘She gave cash gifts to people in need long before it was popular,’ Ms. Palmer said. ‘She trusted the people that she wanted to help.’”
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Israel is running a synthetic think tank. AI written articles designed to be read by AI and populate chatbot search results
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Israel Is Running a Synthetic Think Tank to Influence AI Search Results
An Israel-funded think tank is churning out AI written essays to catch the attention of AI chatbots and warp search results.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/08/2026
The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes and a top reporter for insubordination after they spoke publicly against any interference by the Defense Department in the military news outlet that has a long history of editorial independence. to.pbs.org/4wD4qzj
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Stars and Stripes editor, reporter fired for insubordination after doing CBS interview
The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes and a top reporter for insubordination after they spoke publicly against any interference by the Defense Department in the militar...
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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This should be getting play on every single news site and channel. @starsandstripes.bsky.social has been a bastion of journalism and speaking truth to power for many decades. We are in dangerous times.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One of my less popular beliefs is that you aren't serious about dealing with the problem of our big tech oligarchy if you completely disregard capital punishment for C-suites and founders. Thiel, Zuckerberg and Musk are all guilty of treason by any reasonable definition.
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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I wrote about the middle stages of concentration camp regimes, when an attempt at institutional entrenchment takes place. That's where the U.S. is at now.
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The business of barbed wire
And thoughts on breaking up the torturers' club.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20/08/2026
not to be an annoying i told you so, but i have been banging on for a couple of days about the real story here being national security
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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump’s greatest achievement in this war (and before the war, in regards to tariffs, Canada and Greenland) is the annihilation of America’s self-value and credibility as an ally. Oman has been a US ally for decades
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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer fighting corruption
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Security Guard On Duty Interacting with People
ALT: Security Guard On Duty Interacting with People
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Yooty @yooty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I don’t think people adequately understand how fucked up the situation on the USS Abe Lincoln is.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The euphemism for Great Depression just dropped.
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Kris 🎃 HORRORchild @direkris.itch.io · 13/08/2026
It's so cute when people on the east coast talk about mountains
A topographical map of the US showing that there are far more, and steeper, mountain ranges in the west half of the country.
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Restore Customs and the Secret Service to the Treasury. Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation. Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it. Restore all the small random agencies to Justice. Be done with it.
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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Iranian F-5s Bombing U.S. Forces In Kuwait Should Be A Wake-Up Call: Ex-USAF General www.twz.com/news-feature...
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Iranian F-5s Bombing U.S. Forces In Kuwait Should Be A Wake-Up Call: Ex-USAF General
Retired NORAD commander gives new credence to the reported Iranian bombing mission and says it shows an urgent need for new thinking about air defenses.
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Subterra @subterra.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The magic of modern medicine is getting to enjoy your medically induced coma from the comfort of your on home. Enjoying that liminal space between life and death in familiar surroundings until your aides and loves ones determine the right time to pull the plug.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
How many fucking "deals" with Iran is this festering dipshit gonna announce? What are we at now? 10?
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News 📰 @some-news.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Fast-moving wildfires in Spokane County, Wash., have triggered ‘Go Now’ orders for suburban and urban neighborhoods in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday afternoon.
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Fast-moving wildfires threaten city of Spokane, WA; National Guard activated
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Read "The Water Knife"
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
if you want to see normally sclerotic do-nothing local governments suddenly snap into action, do some quietly beneficial tactical urbanism type thing like this and watch how quickly they race to remove it
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The Onion @theonion.com · 31/07/2026
Iran War Enters 6th Justification
Iran War Enters 6th Justification
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Trump administration has for more than a year used personal information airline passengers provide to the Transportation Security Administration for immigration enforcement, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/r...
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TSA shares passengers’ personal information with immigration enforcement, documents show • Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has for more than a year used personal information airline passengers provide to the Transportation Security Administration for immigration enforcement,…
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is called a protection racket.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
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Exclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assault
A spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation."
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“The President who was buddies with a notorious pedophile and sex trafficker has a son who is buddies with sex traffickers” seems like a big story to me idk
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Might have to zoom in quite a bit as I have lifted/stolen this; but I think this is potentially the best summation of all the weird strategic and hypotheticals that price signals are factoring in across crude oil. C/O @roryjohnston.bsky.social
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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The Trump admin has signed a landmark 30-year "123 agreement" with Saudi Arabia, granting US nuclear firms like Westinghouse exclusive access to the kingdom's energy program. But nonproliferation experts warn it opens a dangerous door. My take for @thebulletin.org. 👇🧵1/4
Two men in formal attire sit side by side, smiling and clasping hands, in an ornately decorated room with gold accents and intricate designs visible in the background. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I made this one in 2014 www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-0...
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Subterra @subterra.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Weapons systems should be mandatorily named after public works projects: “After the use of 12 AGM-114 Public Library missiles, we hit the target” “Air stikes were provided through the use of the new Boston Public Transit System fighter jets.” Just so people understand what the cost is.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 23/07/2026
This is a jarring visual every American should see. Trump has made $2.24 BILLION as President. Trump gets richer while you pay more for everything. Corruption like we've never seen.
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How Much Money Has Trump Made as President?
See how President Trump and his family’s business empire has transformed from his first term.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
So the U.S. has gotten itself into a situation where the State Department is now warning Americans about traveling...anywhere. "The Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution." travel.state.gov/en/internati...
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