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Brian Sweet

@sweetinxs.bsky.social
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🇺🇸🤓🖖🔭🐱🌳👽Deleted Twitter when he said he was buying it. Politicians shouldn’t pick their voters. Tax the rich. Healthcare for all. Live long and prosper.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Some ~personal~ news: After five years, I have been laid off from @the-independent.com. I am grateful for the time I have had there. With that in mind, I am absolutely looking for new work opportunities, especially ahead if the midterms. My email is EMGarcia2009@gmail.com. My signal is emgarcia.85
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
MAGA philosophy theonion.com/man-opposes-...
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Man Opposes Taxing Rich Because He Knows One Day He Could Find $20 Bill On Ground
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—Arguing that the nation’s top earners shouldn’t be punished simply for being successful and making a lot of money, local car wash attendant Christopher Jacobson told reporters Monda...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
dennis hastert and jim bakker in the same day feels like an apology for dolly and tim curry
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’ve been deleting and reporting spam on the political texts for months now. How many more phone numbers could there be? 🙃😵‍💫
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
$80B in debt but everyone is getting paid. I guess they will start coming after HBO and Paramount subscribers to pay more for all this extra “value”. A monthly cable TV bill doesn’t seem so bad anymore…. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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Paramount wraps up mega Warner Bros merger to create Hollywood powerhouse Skydance
Paramount Skydance on Tuesday completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery , creating a Hollywood heavyweight called ‌Skydance and handing CEO David Ellison control of one ...
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Amazing!! A chess grandmaster at 11. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...
theguardian.com
School gate to checkmate: British chess prodigy, 11, is youngest ever woman grandmaster
Bodhana Sivanandan’s father taught her to play age five and soon she was beating ex-champions. Now she is lighting up the Chess Olympiad
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tesla is such a toxic brand. www.pcmag.com/news/tesla-r...
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Tesla Rolls Out New Feature for Emergency Escapes
‘Emergency Drive Away’ could save your life—but it could also land you with a bill of up to $25,000.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ancient cable?!? Hush child. www.engadget.com/2273698/dvi-...
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Why this ancient cable still connects to modern TVs with a simple adapter - Engadget
DVI to HDMI adapters are a cheap and simple way to connect up old hardware, but don't expect miracles.
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404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2026
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more. www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...
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USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
$40T in debt and what do we have to show for it??? www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder...
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47 Things Other Countries Have That Just Make Sense
Every single one of these needs to be implemented in every major US city!!!!
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cripes they will not stop until we are all monitored 24/7
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It has always been the conservative dream to have an easy way to siphon taxpayer money into sham “schools”. The ProPublica reporters prove how easy it is to do. www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 03/10/2026
At least 57 people have died in ICE detention since the start of President Trump's second term — more than double the number of deaths recorded from the previous four years combined. ICE must be held accountable before any more lives are lost.
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Deaths in ICE Detention More Than Doubles Under Trump
Death rate could be higher if it includes hidden deaths of people released from detention that ICE is reporting under Trump administration.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
"It could chill rights of contractors to make political contributions" -- unearthed footage shows Susan Collins in 2012 fighting to protect contractors from having to disclose political contributions (we recently learned she was under investigation for a pay-to-play scheme involving a contractor)
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
America is run by a clown
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For some amazing reason we willingly give authoritarian police departments the ability to take our private information whenever it suits them. www.engadget.com/2275167/poli...
engadget.com
Police may have new ways to access data on locked iPhones - Engadget
A training video reportedly demonstrates how police can evade an Apple security feature.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have so much mass surveillance these days we can’t even keep track of all the devices doing it, right in our own neighborhoods. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
washingtonpost.com
Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
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Rex A. Paar @nothingmanguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tough talk for 0-1.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MAGA Republicans will probably never realize or understand how laser-focused Trump’s policies have been to raise prices on every single thing they buy. apple.news/AQMc25cqUSFm...
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The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher — The Wall Street Journal
The president’s advisers said fiscal restraint and deregulation would bring down prices and borrowing costs. Then came tariffs, war and an investment boom.
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Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I often get “I/we miss you on Twitter…” I left Twitter way back in 2023. Nuked my account after the last election. I don’t miss it. Don’t miss the “bigger audience”. Really don’t miss all the different flavors of Nazi & the whole D&D alignment of White supremacist sympathizers on there.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/09/2026
This is now a sycophancy test. Joking about it I’ll accept, barely, but anyone who even remotely indulges this is a coward
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It now costs the truck drivers on average $1,200 to fill up a single tank because of the war in Iran. Mike Rogers said it's a win-win-win. Are you winning?
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new cat dropped! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🤣🤣🤣 theonion.com/xi-jinping-i...
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Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres...
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Donald Trump’s America
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey, News Outlets! How about just ignoring Donald Trump? It will drive him crazy. His parents never gave him enough attention, so he is still a thirsty brat who needs CONSTANT attention. Start the news with "Trump lied again today" and then move on to news about people/things that are interesting.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I know the experts are trying to put some scientific rigor into their hypotheses but I really think there is a failure of imagination of what a powerful AI could do, one that has near limitless ability to influence and coerce humans into working for it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Could AI really wipe out humanity – six experts spell out the risks
We examine claims and counterclaims about the risks and calls to slow down the pace of AI development
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It is laughable to believe that we will be able to contain advanced AI agents. The people who think they are the smartest people constantly underestimate how powerful these tools are and can be. gizmodo.com/three-hacker...
gizmodo.com
Three Hackers Used Claude to Break Into OpenAI In Less Than 72 Hours
Things could've gone a whole lot worse if they'd actually meant the company harm.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026
The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17/09/2026
i feel like a message that is missing in the midterms is that….republicans control everything? it feels like a basic thing we should really be saying over and over. this is all their choice. unhappy? look who is in the drivers seat.
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Digital illustration drawn in a loose sketchy pencil style of four small, generalized sparrow-type birds of no specific species perching in a tangle of branches. Near each bird are words in a hand drawn blackletter style reading ‘Maybe it’ll happen today’.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The world is organizing against the United States threat. Trump really screwed this country in a way that will be hurting us for years long after he is gone. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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EU chief backs plan for Canada to become 'associate member'
Canada is seeking closer ties with EU after a breakdown in relations with the US and its president Donald Trump.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I can’t believe Macklemore and Imagine Dragons, two artists I absolutely loathed when they debuted… are the most vocal artists about Palestine. Respect.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
No www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
theatlantic.com
The Measles-Stricken Mother Who Lost Her Newborn Son
The family at the center of Pennsylvania’s measles controversy tells their story.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Flock is very serious surveillance technology that cops take very seriously: 404media.co/cops-search-...
404media.co
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Totally normal stuff and absolutely not shady or corrupt. Who among us isn’t pals with a Russian oligarch close to Putin?? www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For those in Pennsylvania, use @resist.bot with a few clicks and tell your elected officials to restrict these mass-surveillance cameras and protect our privacy. resist.bot/letters/6c56...
resist.bot
Support ALPR Restrictions to Stop Mass Surveillance in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania needs strong restrictions on automated license plate readers now. These cameras don't just catch criminals — they build a permanent map of where ev...
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In my opinion Democrats get nothing nothing NOTHING by betraying trans people. They hurt themselves with a good deal of their committed voter base, and still don’t get the Republican votes they are so fucking obsessed with winning over. Lose-lose! People hate voting for squishy moral cowards!!
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump has promised Americans a $5,000 DOGE Dividend, a $2,000 Tariff Rebate, a $1,500 Health Savings Rebate, and now a $5,000 Trump Dividend. None of it ever arrived. Every single promise came at a politically convenient moment. This one is no different. Don't fall for it.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it.
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Shocked face dot gif www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel. A supplier says some gas wasn’t paid for.
Mansfield Oil Company of Gainesville claimed in a federal lawsuit this month that it was never paid for more than a million gallons of fuel from a terminal in Pennsylvania between late May and early J...
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tomorrow it could be him
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Brian Sweet @sweetinxs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump supporters voted for and wanted this to happen.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 25/08/2026
The immigrant father of a sailor who is on board the USS Abraham Lincoln is back with his family after being detained by immigration authorities, his family confirms.
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Immigrant dad of USS Lincoln sailor is released from ICE detention
Navy sailor Joshua Aviles posted a family statement on his Facebook page saying that his father, Luis Manuel Aviles, “has been released back to our family.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026
WELKER: Do you think democratic socialists have a place in the Democratic Party? VAN HOLLEN: Yes they do as part of the debate. I think that those in the Dem Party who are afraid of a healthy debate are missing the point, because Democratic voters do not want a return to the pre-Trump status quo
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Dawn Summers real or fake @dawnsummers.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
If you can find common ground with Jared kusher, but not zohran mamdani, you shouldn't be in democratic leadership
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The only time Hakeem Jeffries should've come face-to-face with jared kushner is when kushner is under oath before Congress
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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If I were a puppet installed by a foreign adversary to destroy a superpower, I would be doing the very same things Trump is currently doing…
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