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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

washingtonspectator.org/project-russ... This article (dec 2024) is very disturbing. It highlights a book that likely outlines Putin's plan for the future of the world, and it manages to predict the first several months of Trump's regime with startling accuracy.

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“Project Russia,” Reveals Putin’s Playbook | Washington Spectator

Between 2005 and 2010, a set of books called “Project Russia” was distributed to high-ranking officials in the Russian government and other influential thought leaders. The books offered a detailed…

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

It's nice to see these guys back. They add a little brightness in a darkening world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jNG...

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WORLD ORDER “NEO SAMURAI”

YouTube video by WORLD ORDER

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

MMR vaccine doesn’t just prevent measles, mumps, and rubella. It also prevents RFK Jr. from showing up at your child’s funeral to exploit your grief at your most vulnerable moment.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Boston City hall plaza over capacity. Barely an hour in. People still pouring in.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

OH HEY and this is apparently Get Melissa's Books Cheap day, because NOT ONLY is THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS Audible's daily deal, but THE TETHERED MAGE ebook is a Kindle Daily Deal (US)! Mirrored at B&N and probably other places! Here's Amazon, more links in reply: www.amazon.com/Tethered-Mag...

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The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire Book 1)

The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire Book 1) - Kindle edition by Caruso, Melissa. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire Book 1).

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

www.fiftyfifty.one Attended the 50501 protest against Trump on the Boston Common today. Felt special to get things rolling on the same ground that we started the American Revolution. Best anti-anxiety med I've found so far. Next big one is Apr 5th.

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50501 — 50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement

Join the movement to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach. 50 protests, 50 states, 1 day: #50501.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Mixed feelings about Chuck Schumer's move. On the one hand, it would have been symbolically great for the democrats to be able to stand up together. On the other, it looks like if it is blocked, a huge amount of power then devolves to Trump by default, making DOGE more dangerous.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Sounds great. Here's the deal, well nationalize your company, train the AI on everything - and only use it for national security purposes. Win/win arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use

National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

There's still this assumption that Dems can just wait 2 years to take back the House - that they will be allowed a legitimate election. Seems pollyannish. Transcript: Bad News for Trump as Brutal New Polls Show Musk Tanking newrepublic.com/article/1917... via @newrepublic.com

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Transcript: Bad News for Trump as Brutal New Polls Show Musk Tanking

An interview with political scientist Julia Azari, who argues that new polls showing public backlash to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s authoritarian overreach give Democrats an opening

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Bernie Sanders on Trump's move to ally himself with Putin against the EU and Ukraine. youtu.be/rKBM2kS6B8o?...

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A Sad Moment in American History

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The Guardian is largely on point in this article, but they also speak as if Zelensky made some strategic mistake in not groveling to Trump. He did not, as there was never any chance of the US continuing to support Ukraine under Trump - or Europe for that matter. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump | Julian Borger

All America’s allies know that Trump is trapped in a disinformation bubble, but Zelenskyy said it out loud

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

To my fellow liberals and moderates. Please, for the love of god, stop waiting for the right to 'wake up' and realize their mistake. They didn't make a mistake. They didn't expect some other outcome. An autocratic, corrupt, brutal, and unfair society is EXACTLY what they truly desired.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Yep. 100% on board with this. Without broad, resilient alliances, nothing we value will survive.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This is not a moment that calls for concern, sadness, despair, or withdrawal. It calls for rage. We don't have time for any other emotion, because every minute we take to process or comprehend it will be used as a weapon against us. That is where we find ourselves.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

In extended trials however, even the Bonobos reportedly expressed frustration bordering on rage when attempting to help Trump voters understand key concepts like basic Civics and the importance of the Rule of Law. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

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Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help

Study provides evidence that our relatives have a “theory of mind.”…

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Whelp, Trump flipped the table and scattered the federal government all over the carpet, and now in two days we've had two plane crashes. Guess we'd better get used to air safety being a thing of the past.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 31/01/2025

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

Bugs and Daffy standing by a tree, sign reads DUCK SEASON, then RABBIT SEASON then ELMER SEASON, and they both glare ominously off camera

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Keep saying it Bernie. A lot of people are starting to realize that you were right all along. youtu.be/mL0crkf5Dzw?...

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January 31, 2025

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I love how financial people are still pretending that corporate stock valuations are anything other than purely speculative vehicles. Bitcoin displayed without any possible doubt that the Emperor has no Clothes. Financial investment has no relationship to reality. 1/ www.ft.com/content/8638...

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Tesla’s departure from reality, in one chart

Earnings don’t matter when Trump is your friend

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Who would actually be stupid enough to open their infrastructure to a worker who - at any time - can be made the agent of a hostile government, and very likely would be from the day they gained access? Are US business executives really this stupid? (Apparently...) www.techradar.com/pro/security...

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FBI claims North Korean workers are hacking the US companies which hired them

The FBI’s campaign against the employment of state-sponsored threat actors rumbles on

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Because these times do call for some humor.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Carl Sagan was rather clear eyed regarding the likely future of society, sadly.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I'm not even averse to the basic concept of tariffs - small ones (5%-10% max), across the board, implemented gradually to avoid trade disruptions. Why? Because there is such thing as economies becoming TOO interdependent, and unexpected events can easily break them. (eg: Pandemics)

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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Really enjoyed War of the Rohirrim. Excellent writing & animation, highly engaging characters (both good guys & bad!). All around very well done. Oh, and no one let Peter Jackson break out his childhood action figure set to frame the battles, which was a big relief.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This is actually really bad. If it turns out that these left-handed forms could interact with normal cellular biology, but evade detection by our immune systems, then even the most innocuous bacteria could become utterly lethal. www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

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‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research

Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 08/12/2024

not. right. NOW.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Wouldn't it be nice if the left could actually speak openly for the interests of the working class again, rather than bowing to corporate interests and Wall St? Because that's been working SO well for us lately. youtu.be/NV-ez5Y1qYM?...

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How come we don't talk about class in America?

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

(*Old thread recreated to save from Twitter*) OKAY I HAVE AN IMPORTANT THREAD FOR YOU about fighting in ballgowns! I will illustrate with Disney Princess gifs, because why not. First, you can absolutely swordfight in a dress. Some dresses are great to swordfight in, and some are not so great.

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JesseK @vastin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My SO's new book releasing today! It is seen here propped up against our dog, Lupa. A creature that given her own way would currently be turning said book into 'pulp' fiction.

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