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Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate

@audiomagnate.bsky.social

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Election worker. Political consultant. Fraud Investigator. Record store owner. https://www.discogs.com/seller/Record_Haven

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Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate @audiomagnate.bsky.social · Aug 4

For once he's not lying. He believes this story. It's called confabulation and it's a classic symptom of dementia, probably Alzheimer's given his family history.
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Fact check: Trump tells fictional story about his uncle and the Unabomber | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump likes to boast about the brilliance of his late uncle John Trump, who spent decades as a professor of electrical engineering at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technolog...

www.cnn.com

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 11h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12h

According to the victim's attorney, the body camera captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good”
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

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Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate @audiomagnate.bsky.social · 55m

Mission accomplished!

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

The Trump administration has promoted the anti-vax, anti-science movement which has now produced an epidemic www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1h

IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.

They'll do a worse job than humans,

but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,

but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.

Lose-lose-lose.

The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All

While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 9h

I think bar associations really have a role to play in this revolting state of affairs. The arguments are in such blatant bad faith, the people making them should be shunned by their peers.

Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 10h

The case against Comey is beyond weak. The case against James is worse. It is based on a lie, and they know they're lying because exculpatory evidence that contradicts the indictment had already been presented to a grand jury in another jurisdiction. Everyone involved with this needs to be disbarred

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 3h

"We would have taken [Venezuela] over. We would have gotten all that oil. It would have been right next door". 2023 👇

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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 3d

Debunkinhg takes hours, misinformation seconds.

Don´t just post. If you didn´t read or understand the paper, don´t post it with conclusions from others. Be very careful with low-impact journals and with predatory journals as well as with pre-prints! If unsure, ask experts, or wait for them.

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Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate @audiomagnate.bsky.social · 2h

We're invading Venezuela. Those Epstein files must be worse than we thought.

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 3h

US Homeland Security News
@defense_civil25
🚨Alert: US deployed over 10,000 troops in Puerto Rico and forces from the 82nd Airborne deployed to Trinidad and Tobago near Venezuela!

Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate @audiomagnate.bsky.social · 2h

What's the "mission."

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Chrissy Wiley @chrissyone.bsky.social · 19h

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6h

we need to abolish this shit

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Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate @audiomagnate.bsky.social · 2h

Not only does this regime not care about you, unless you're worth billions and corrupt, they want you to die, and soon. Every policy points toward mass extermination. RFK Jr didn't become head of HHS by some random twist of fate. He proved himself in Samoa. www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Schatz: RFK Jr., Whose Dangerous Lies Fueled Measles Outbreak in Samoa & Caused Preventable Deaths, Unqualified To Lead HHS | U.S. Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii

WASHINGTON – Today on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) underscored the...

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 3h

Dominion Voting Systems has been purchased by a new company called Liberty Vote, which is run by Scott Leiendecker, a former Republican election official.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 3h

A 6-year-old immigrant child is handcuffed with hands behind their back and arrested.
Trump’s America.

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Kevin Sweeney aka audiomagnate @audiomagnate.bsky.social · 2h

I wouldn't be at all shocked if it turns out we have another one right now.

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Jean Pocket @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 12h

#RepublicanPartyOfPedophilia That’s them….

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 3h

Trump just confirmed he got his COVID booster.
Every MAGA rally: “Don’t trust Big Pharma!”
Trump, now: “Two shots, please. Also a flu one.”
It’s almost poetic:
They booed science for four years…
and now their Messiah’s arm is full of Pfizer.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 3h

⚡️Russia launched over 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, nearly 1,360 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week, Zelensky says.

In a renewed effort to disrupt Ukraine's energy grid ahead of winter, Russia carried out several large-scale missile and drone strikes on energy and gas facilities this week.

Russia launched over 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, nearly 1,360 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week, Zelensky says

In a renewed effort to disrupt Ukraine's energy grid ahead of winter, Russia carried out several large-scale missile and drone strikes on energy and gas facilities this week.

kyivindependent.com

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John Lipponen 🇫🇮 🇦🇹 @lippoenen.bsky.social · 4h

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Tom BunchOfNumbers @tombunchofnumbers.bsky.social · 15h

you just need to look closely to spot the differences:

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Leefeller @leefeller.bsky.social · 17h

#2 Fascism:

We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to us as tradition, as education, and as human affection.

Joseph Goebbels

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 23h

With Yale Law School military justice expert Eugene Fidell and former JAG Maj. General Steven J. Lepper on the biggest civil/military crisis since the Civil War.

Trump Wants to Use American Cities as a “Training Ground.” It’s Becoming Clear Why.

MAGA cries “Insurrection!”, setting up a dangerous standoff between the American people and the military.

slate.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16h

Clearly someone who grew up here, she has no accent; really want to know what was going on here. Looks like they were following her already at the start of the video. Why?

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 18h

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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