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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 12h
The media keeps whitewashing the term "human trafficking" for more euphemistic terms that don't upset the authoritarian regime in the US, but the notoriously corrupt Supreme Court says it's A-OK to engage in human trafficking. www.reuters.com/world/suprem...
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Supreme Court lets Trump resume deporting migrants to countries not their own
The US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting ​migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 13h
Florida woman thinks solar energy deployment in New York is anti-God. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
An unlikely power player in the fight over solar on farmland
Alexandra Fasulo's attacks on New York solar have reached Washington and the governor's race. The state has struggled to counter her claims, even when they don't hold up.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 13h
Assal Rad on how the mainstream press has failed in its coverage of Gaza. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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Assal Rad on how the mainstream press has failed in its coverage of Gaza.
Assal Rad on how the mainstream press has failed in its coverage of Gaza.
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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A judge just shredded the US Constitution, again. Today, the Constitution exists solely to enable school shootings, it has little bearing in anything else. www.gadgetreview.com/no-warrant-n...
gadgetreview.com
No Warrant Needed: Border Agents in NY, CT, and VT Can Now Search Your Phone
Border agents at JFK can now search your phone without a warrant or suspicion, following a 2026 Second Circuit ruling that affects all travelers.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If a foreign adversary were actively bombing the United States, they'd do less damage to the country than the fascists in charge right now. www.npr.org/2026/09/17/n...
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Trump threatens to tear down the Kennedy Center, as legal battle continues
The president made the remark to reporters amidst back-and-forth developments in federal court, including an allegation that a forklift repeatedly struck the center.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The dumbasses at Microsoft of course seem to be unaware of colonialism, but the point stands, that it's theft. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW: Clearview AI built an AI tool designed to turn a face search into an automated investigation of a person’s life online — and tested it with a model from xAI, maker of Grok. The prototype could hunt for associates, social accounts, employers, addresses, and more. www.wired.com/story/clearv...
wired.com
Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online
InquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information about people identified through Clearview.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The pedophile-in-chief is above the law--according to the Supreme Court itself--so he's trying to buy votes. www.semafor.com/article/09/1...
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Trump pledges $5,000 voter payout if Republicans win the midterms
Trump’s unpopularity has weighed heavily on his party’s chances of retaining a majority.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A key reason why the US cannot succeed in the long term is that its legal system is completely detached from the idea of justice itself. The US legal system is just a stick that the powerful use to threaten the weak. And then it's also a stick used to beat down the weak. 1/2
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As the empire collapses, many communities in the self-proclaimed Empire State have toxic water nysfocus.com/2026/09/08/n...
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Water Systems Serving 575,000 in NY Have Elevated Toxins
Nearly 80 public water systems across the state — from Long Island to the Adirondacks — are tainted by toxins over state limits, our analysis found.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
American #Healthcare in a nutshell. Core services have broken, shit infrastructure, but at least there's an AI slopchat.
A screenshot from on Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield:

Service Alert: Some transactions across our portals may not be working as expected. Our teams are actively investigating and working toward a resolution. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

New Online Chat! To get started, find it at the top of the page. We look forward to hearing from you.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Due to very low engagement, will be posting on here less. There is too much to address in the world in more effective ways than shouting into voids. Social media is increasingly useless, relative to group chats.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The attacks on US water infrastructure, probably Iran (maybe with Russian assistance if I had to guess), target vulnerabilities programmable logic controllers (PLCs). If we remember... 1/3 www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/... #tech #cybersecurity
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More than 100 water systems were hit in July cyberattacks
'These are test runs for a larger-scale attack'
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
To be fair, op-eds by politicians have always been as stale, overcalculated, inauthentic and predictable as AI slop even before AI slop, for at least as long as I've been paying attention to the news. nysfocus.com/2026/08/27/n...
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New York Politicians Are Using AI to Write Their Op-Eds
Politicians including the governor's running mate and the mayor of Albany acknowledged using artificial intelligence to write op-eds.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 27/08/2026
Two people died from measles in Pennsylvania, the state’s first deaths from the disease in 35 years. www.semafor.com/article/08/2...
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Pennsylvania records first measles deaths in 35 years
Anti-jab sentiment in much of the West has led to some of the biggest outbreaks of measles in decades.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
From the time of birth, remember to socialize infants in an Orwellian environment. Give them a deep and unshakable belief that a life free of mass #surveillance always was and always will be impossible. It's what any authoritarian regime wants you to do. www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
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Spyware for Babies - Schneier on Security
The New York Times has a long article (alt link) on surveillance systems aimed at babies. They are increasingly using AI. Nanit and its rivals want to own 24/7 health tracking for the sub-four-foot se...
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The US president on drug prices, Episodes 1 and 2: www.youtube.com/shorts/BzsXj... And www.youtube.com/shorts/rBtAd...
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How exactly does Trump plan to lower drug prices by 1000%? #DailyShow #JoshJohnson #Trump
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Putin and Xi Jumping love the incompetent and geriatric American kleptocracy truthout.org/articles/sen...
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Darline Graham, a Sitting GOP Senator, Says She’s “Not That Informed” on National Security
The GOP chose Darline Graham to serve the rest of her late brother’s term even though she has no political experience.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 21/08/2026
Are the Israeli military's investigations into the deaths of several Palestinians killed in Gaza, including that of 5-year-old Hind Rajab in 2024, "political theater" intended "to shield Israel from international tribunals or prosecution abroad"?
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Uber apparently runs its own insurance company, and then steals driver wages by pretending that the insurance that Uber charges itself varies with risk, when in fact, it's just a way to take from the actual people creating value. In America, most things are scams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLIg...
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We Investigated Uber Again. It’s Worse Than Last Time.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you haven't already seen it, check out the zine we put together on how we kicked #Flock out of our community, and how you can too. www.shareable.net/how-to/kick-...
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How to kick out Flock and organize to stop mass surveillance
How FlockOff! Ithaca successfully pressured two municipal governments in upstate New York to end contracts with Flock Safety.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Engagement on here is so low compared to other social media like Instagram or Mastodon, I might delete this account. Can anyone see this?
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is anyone aware of non-LLM research into AI? Or did the Altman club manage to destroy imagination and possibility on that front too?
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Consent in the American business and legal world means when someone with power over you tells you that something is going to happen and you're not allowed to say no if you want to (or are forced to) keep engaging with that entity. This country is for abusers, by abusers.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Can't even summarize this one, it's a lottttt of bad stuff in there. Flock really is peddling dystopia.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's important to note that dystopia always sneaks in using a safety and security argument. America is a fear-based nation, and anything horrible can be adopted as long as you heighten people's fear and sense of mistrust first.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The router as home #surveillance shared with cops whenever Comcast decides www.theregister.com/security/202...
theregister.com
Comcast gives its Wi-Fi motion detector a security makeover
Rebranded feature promises household alerts without video, but mind the small print
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Everything in the US is a scam-- a scam the government is cool with. Insurance companies are spending more money on advertising, private jets, profits, and fighting against paying out claims than ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr9T...
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We Uncovered Where Your Insurance Payments Are Really Going
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
During the Biden Era, Cornell also tried to get Momodou Taal deported for being at a protest against genocide, which I reported on. theintercept.com/2026/08/14/c...
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Cornell to Pro-Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to the U.S. or Lose Funding
Two graduate students were finishing their degrees abroad because of the Trump administration's targeting. Cornell is ordering them back to campus.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Paying for our own oppression. That's the way of the empire.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This 2014 article is more relevant than ever. The Ellison's/ Oracle's goal has always been technofascism. Larry Ellison has long been a fan of mass surveillance. Just check out the quote about how helpful 9/11 was in helping the peddlers of dystopian #surveillance #tech gizmodo.com/larry-elliso...
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Larry Ellison's Oracle Started As a CIA Project
Yesterday, Vox somehow managed to write an entire article about the history of Oracle and its founder Larry Ellison without mentioning the CIA even once.
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Teleport Me Off This Rock🍀☮🤘💖🐈‍⬛🐈8647 @kimberleelynn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Marketing-free alternate link: archive.is/Zty0d
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Truthout @truthout.org · 13/08/2026
“The Israelis passed a tip, a concern, that the plane and potentially the president was under threat,” said one of the Washington Post reporters who broke the story. But it turns out the “CIA had low confidence” in the Israeli tip.
truthout.org
White House Had Low Confidence in Israeli Tip That Led to Trump’s Plane Decoy
Senior officials, including Marco Rubio and Scott Bessent, were on the plane Trump left, along with reporters.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
More Perfect Union does a good job visualizing how legal American corruption enriches our oligarchy, and why the US loves going to war for no reason. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rme...
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How A Single Shell Company Drained $1.6 Billion From The Pentagon
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
NYT has taken more money from fossil fuels than any other publication on earth, gets most of its revenue from games, and I am paywalled from this article, which blocks my ability to understand why my local police are spending so much on proprietary radios www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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A Costly Radio System Faltered When Texas Needed It Most
Motorola won a $7 million contract to modernize Kerr County’s emergency radio system. When a devastating flash flood swept through the county, emergency crews had trouble using it.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Our local police are going to spend $4400 in public (State-level) funds for each individual radio, and they're getting a lot of them. The encrypted radio game seems to be a corporate, proprietary price gouge. Radios should absolutely not cost that much per unit in 2026.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The corrupt Supreme Court is set to hear a significant case on whether fossil fuel companies can be sued by state and local governments for the damage of disasters caused by fossil fuels. Samuel Alito has no ability to be impartial... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from oil and gas assets since joining supreme court, analysis shows
Critics argue US high court justice should recuse himself from upcoming fossil fuel firms’ climate accountability case
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If one spent all day reading about the corruption and abuses of power that happened in the past 24 hours in the US, one would still only scratch the surface. The death spiral of this country is so rapid now that we cannot even comprehend it.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Cops are protecting the infrastructure of oppression because that infrastructure of oppression is offensive to the people the cops used to pretend to serve. The United States is not a democracy. It's a police state and surveillance dystopia... with elections. www.404media.co/the-governme...
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The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
Documents from law enforcement spy centers show the government is warning cops of "extensive and ongoing chatter on social media" about methods to "physically destroy Flock LPR cameras."
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's unfortunate that the peddlers of bullshit machines have been so successful in forcing the media, politicians, and most people to unquestioningly refer to bullshit machines as "artificial intelligence"
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Insulating corporations and governments from ever taking responsibility for any their own actions is a major part of why "AI" is being non-consentually forced down all our throats. The goal is more neo-feudalism.
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's hilarious that the pedophile king is trying SO HARD to project an image of strength but literally hid in a catering container in cowardice as a response to him starting a war for the head perpetrator of genocide, a war that's he's getting his ass kicked in www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump reportedly hid in catering container to board secret flight in Turkey amid Iran threat
Elaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One in July
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yeah hooded kidnappers who abuse children and have electric shock gloves are definitely the good guys 🙄 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE to spend up to $20m on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
According to manufacturer, shock ‘is usually effective in bringing individuals into compliance in less than three seconds’
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Shows that "The Palestine Laboratory" and Doctorow's "Shitty Tech Adoption Curve" are very real. What gets used in warfare on populations deemed as undeserving of human rights will eventually creep its way up the markets to all of us. truthout.org/articles/fir...
truthout.org
First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones.
Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is in the Atlantic, the editor-in-chief of which was an IDF prison guard. The Atlantic is also billionaire-owned by Laurene Powell Jobs and is a mouthpiece for billionaire-acceptible views. It was started as an abolitionist magazine, and now it is the opposite of that.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"AI" is computing, not intelligence. Even critics of the tech seem to have had their brains washed by the marketing hype. "AI" is a marketing term, it not an accurate descriptor of what LLMs do, which is make statistical guesses.
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BlueSpirit @tinytardigrade.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
America is crazy. TMobile says that by opening a box of its products, you agree to its terms and conditions, which include signing away your legal rights. It would be so cool to live in a country with an honest and reasonable legal system.
"By accepting these T&Cs, you are agreeing to resolve any dispute with us through individual binding arbitration or small claims dispute procedures, and to waive your rights to a jury trial and to participate in any class action suit. See the “How can I dispute my charges?” section for details on the billing dispute process." "
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