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Long term late stage society observer. Anti-authoritarian. Neurodivergent. Loves to create music and art, when not confined and consumed by the world. Loves computers. Needs daily meditation.

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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
A beginner’s guide to using Signal buff.ly/ZxPQ2QU
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A beginner’s guide to using Signal
You don’t have to be a government official to use it.
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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⍼ tony @icarus3000.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
this is why there's like only four printer companies in the U.S. and why your color printer won't print a b&w image when yellow ink is low. (tracking dots exist on b&w printers too) This has been around for decades but it is ALWAYS the right time to share this information.
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 17/03/2025
ICE arrested and interrogated a German national who is a legal permanent U.S. resident at Boston Logan on March 7. Three days later, law enforcement officers took him to a hospital before he was transferred to a federal detention facility. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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German national with U.S. green card detained at ICE facility, family says
Fabian Schmidt was arrested and interrogated at the Boston airport, according to his mother and partner. They say they do not know why he is being held in an ICE facility.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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Find a cool product on Amazon?
That company exists OFF Amazon, too.
1) Google company name.
2) Order from their site.
2a) Can usually find a 10% code!
3) Still get product in 2-8 days.
4) Company avoids losing 25% margin share to Amazon.
5) You avoid giving money to Bezos.
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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This information may not be available much longer 👇👇👇
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
America's fentanyl problem exploded while Donald Trump was in office. After Joe Biden's last four years overdose deaths are FINALLY dropping. Now, Trump wants to explode the problem by taxing the everlasting shit out of Americans and unleashing job killing inflation. People better blame Trump.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@aoc.bsky.social: "Listen, if your representative is not doing a town hall, give me a ring... I'll say it right here, right now: if a deep red Republican district wants to have an honest conversation, even if it's with someone they disagree with, I'm willing to do that."
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
NBC: The Trump administration may start sharing confidential data with Russia. This is what US allies fear. May start? #ProudBlue #TrumpIsARussianAsset #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #PutinOwnsTrump
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 08/03/2025
Oh FFS. Vaccines have NOTHING to do with autism. INSAR, the International Meeting for Autism Research, had zero papers/presentations on this fabricated link BY 2015. What a waste of effort and funding, what an insult to autistic people themselves, who are simply humans—neither damaged, nor diseased.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Never underestimate the power of wearing a mask. It’s a simple and safe act of compassion, resistance & self care Sick of being sick? Wear a mask. Want to keep a vulnerable loved one safe? Wear a mask. Want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask. Want to fight fascism? Wear a mask.
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/03/2025
After years of alarm over unelected bureaucrats pulling the strings, what better example can you find than this moment the US government is in? DOGE is the thing it claims to fear the most. Elon Musk is the problem he purportedly wants to solve. Doge *is* the Deep State. @brbarrett.bsky.social:
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DOGE Is the Deep State
A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover. Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment." WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
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Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
One thing that’s become absolutely clear: The Trump administration isn’t isolationist. It meddles on behalf of authoritarians all over the world. Or to put it another way: The Trump administration isn’t America First. It’s Authoritarianism First.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Last year, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) — the former GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — told a reporter that because of right-wing media, Russian propaganda had “infected a good chunk of my party’s base.” Here's how that happened: www.mediamatters.org/trumprussia/...
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The right’s decade-long lurch toward Vladimir Putin’s Russia
President Donald Trump’s actions over the past few weeks have drawn cheers from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government — and with good reason. Trump falsely blamed Ukraine for the war that bega...
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"several federal judges in the Washington D.C. area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, which is being interpreted by law enforcement as a form of intimidation meant to convey that a target’s address is known." www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...
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Exclusive: Judges face rise in threats as Musk blasts them over rulings
U.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as tech billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs, said several judges with knowledge of the warnings.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
If we are going to be tied to Russia, at least Trump should tell us why. tomorrowsaffairs.com/trumps-whisp...
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Trump’s Whisper from Moscow: Coincidence or Destiny?
Why does a president who seems to have no firm convictions and whose opinions are so maddeningly unpredictable nonetheless maintain such a positive stance toward Russia?
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 05/03/2025
Remember remember what the mob boss (the cheap kind) who owns a gas station keeps saying.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
How Elon Musk fired some of the most skilled fraud detectors at the IRS and will forfeit billions in revenue.
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How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 05/03/2025
Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
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Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the president with kinglike powers was dangerous.
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Losing the Cold War in 30 days after it ended decades ago is crazy
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Cellebrite, the ubiquitous company that cops use to unlock phones and copy evidence, is now offering cops AI to summarize chat logs, audio messages, more. Civil liberties experts already concerned about AI hallucinating for cops www.404media.co/cellebrite-i...
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Cellebrite Is Using AI to Summarize Chat Logs and Audio from Seized Mobile Phones
The proliferation of AI through law enforcement tools already has civil liberties experts concerned. “When you have results from an AI, they are not transparent. Often you cannot trace back where a co...
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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martynomad.bsky.social @martynomad.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Using fossil fuels promotes Russian prosperity. #GoGreen
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
BREAKING - Trump LOSES at Supreme Court SCOTUS denied Trump attempt to freeze USAID life-saving funding, upholds District Court order that the funding should continue to flow normally pending the full litigation of the case 5-4, Roberts and Barrett joining the liberal justices
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
It’s like we’re living in a fucked up modern day Oregon Trail. Ricky has polio Tommy was shot in school Bandits have run off with your social security Susan has died from an ectopic pregnancy You have died from a preventable disease Nazis have vandalized your grave
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This BBC graphic is a good way to show why reciprocal 25% tariffs will cause prices on some goods to go up far more than 25%. A piston used in a car engine made in Michigan will cross the U.S. border twice, and will be taxed 25% each time. Some products cross the U.S. border even more than that.
Heading: Tariffs could push up costs for car industry. The graphic shows a map, with 5 steps in the manufacture of a piston.

1. Powdered aluminium sent from Tennessee
2. Turned into rods in Pennsylvania
3. Shipped to Canada, Canadian tariff paid at border, rods shaped and polished in Canada
4. Rods sent to Mexico for assembly into pistons. Direct transfers from Canada to Mexico do not incur tariffs.
5. Shipped to Michigan. US tariff paid at border. Pistons become part of engine in Michigan.
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 04/03/2025
🚀 Eutelsat is in talks with the EU to expand satellite internet access in Ukraine, per Reuters. The Franco-British satellite group may provide an alternative to Starlink, with OneWeb satellites stepping in. www.reuters.com/technology/s...
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Eutelsat almost triples its value on prospect of Ukraine replacing Starlink with OneWeb
Shares in Eutelsat surged more than 60% on Tuesday, extending their gains after rising 68% a day before, as recent geopolitical developments raised the prospect of OneWeb satellites replacing Elon Musk's Starlink in Ukraine.
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Constitution states he can be removed.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset." - UK Tory MP Graham Stuart, this morning No shit, Graham.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Could you..just...God help me...Could you just stop doing treason for like 4 seconds.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This is oh so Soviet. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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U.S. Mint takes Jan. 6 coin honoring officers who protected the Capitol off its website
The coins are duplicates of Congressional Gold Medals issued to law enforcement officers who protected the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Macron: “We will need 10 years to free ourselves from American influence through massive local and European investment.” Cutting America adrift is now policy in Europe. 10 years might seem a long time but that’s everything gone. The US will start to see the repercussions quickly - trade, investment
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Trump just helped bring Andrew Tate — who is literally charged with rape and human trafficking — into our country.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
BREAKING: The U.S. Treasury Department has said it would not enforce an anti-money laundering law that obliges millions of business entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners, per Reuters
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 02/03/2025
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​'They're getting death threats': Lawmaker reportedly reveals how Trump is pressuring GOP
Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR) reportedly told constituents on Saturday that Republican lawmakers are siding with Donald Trump in part because they are receiving "death threats." Dexter announced late la...
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Somehow, in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the first country to surrender was America.
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HawaiiDelilah™ 🌊 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧 @hawaiidelilah.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Trump is not giving Russia a free pass. Trump is doing the work of Russia, for Russia, from within the White House. The sooner Democratic leadership learns how to make an assertive statement about out national crisis, the better. Someone please invent a testicle-recovery app for all in Congress.
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John P. Hussman, Ph.D. @hussmanjp.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"The Trump administration has already begun to dismantle efforts by the F.B.I. and other agencies to warn about Russian propaganda. The order by the Pentagon would halt any further Cyber Command efforts to interrupt future Russian influence campaigns." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Someone, no idea who, may be leaking information to Russia on weapons shipments to Ukraine.
UK shipments compromised
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Also a brownshirt corps (Proud Boys) with a long and fairly open history of abusing alcohol and cocaine at the very least. And also this
Trump’s White House Was ‘Awash in Speed’ — and Xanax
Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources tell Rolling Stone
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations *** The cuts have focused on people who were not only combating false content online but also working on broader safeguards to protect elections from cyberattacks or other attempts to disrupt voting systems” 2/20/25 1/
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
PLEASE PLEASE be careful travelling to the US ‼️🚨 German TOURIST held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility www.kpbs.org/news/border-...
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German tourist held indefinitely in San Diego area immigrant detention facility
The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January.
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Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈 @brianamillslmft.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Don’t let this administration take away your joy. Yes, what they’re doing is wrong and terrifying, but don’t let them take away the one thing that’s yours. Surround yourself with community. Do things you love. Yes, things look bleak, and you also need joy. Don’t let them take that away.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If it walks like a Nazi, talks like a Nazi, and salutes like a Nazi… Keep the online pressure up, friends. And boycott Tesla. Find out more about local protests at teslatakedown.com
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/03/2025
The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE Save this NYT’s piece as a comprehensive list of the names behind DOGE—the unsanctioned agency dismantling our government and not actually efficient or transparent about waste or fraud. DOGE IS THE FRAUD!
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Putin wants America to become another Russian puppet state. And Trump is happy to oblige. MAGAs essentially voted for us to lose our leadership on the world stage & become part of the New Soviet Union. Добро пожаловать предателям 🇷🇺
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 02/03/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to pause cyber and information operations against Russia as President Trump seeks to bring Putin to the negotiating table to end the war in Ukraine.
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As Trump warms to Putin, U.S. halts offensive cyber operations against Moscow
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to pause cyber and information operations against Russia as Trump seeks to bring Putin to the negotiating table to end war in Ukraine.
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