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A Squawking Grackle

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Houston, born and raised. Diagnosed sluggish schizophrenic since 2022 possessed with delusions of reform from within the system. Meta-modernist account. Global outlook at https://x.com/Graham12633625 (there're more international media on Twitter)

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A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · Jun 23

See it's shit like this that got me labeled a communist and then the circumstances engineered to have me institutionalized and diagnosed as schizophrenic in the manner in which this happened to people like me in the Soviet Union

This shit is not a joke and it is not a game

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A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 11h

I guess the knock-on effect is that anyone that sees this headline, remembers it, and ends up seeing Russia doing nothing (they're not in a position to invade NATO. It's a ridiculous assertion) will find Kasparov a less reputable figure

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 11h

People also get worn out from a constant barrage of dopamine exciting "information"

People stop believing anything they see and will end up doing nothing. Some people deliberately exploit this effect

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 11h

This is the kind of stuff that drives us insane. People have no idea what's going on because they keep falling for whatever sensationalist nonsense that's shoved in front of our faces

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 11h

If you see a sensationalist headline, please read the actual article first

That "quote" attributed to Gary Kasparov is not truthfully found in the article

Kasparov just said he figures Russia will engage in minor incursions into Baltic countries to wear down NATO's resolve

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 11h

This is the kind of stuff that drives us insane. People have no idea what's going on because they keep falling for whatever sensationalist nonsense that's shoved in front of their faces

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The Unitarian Universalist Association @uua.org · 1d

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A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

www.houstoniamag.com/health-and-w...

Due to funding cuts, if you're able to budget for donations, the Houston Food Bank could stand to receive some love

Trump Killed Crucial Funds for Houston’s Farmers and Food Banks. Now What?

Local farms and food banks are reeling from USDA cuts.

www.houstoniamag.com

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A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/08/t...

VP Vance says that the administration will keep fighting to get soldiers deployed to Chicago, so, I guess, at least the Texas soldiers get something similar to a vacation to Chicago???

Texas National Guard can stay in Illinois but can’t activate, court says. Here’s what to know about the unit.

The troops were sent to the midwest after protests over the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement sometimes escalated into violent clashes.

www.texastribune.org

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

UNITE HERE Local 23 has won a $3.50/hour raise to $20 (and then to $22 by the end of the contract) with Hilton in respect to after a 40 day strike

The hotel is owned by Houston First, a municipally owned corporation, and managed by Hilton under contract

After 40 days on picket line, union workers at Hilton Americas-Houston end strike | Houston Public Media

Housekeepers, laundry attendants, and stewards will see their minimum wage rise from $16.50 to $20 an hour, and then to $22 by the end of their new contract.

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

However, Stalin's Russia covertly helped finance the Nazi successor party in West Germany, due to them being antiwestern, so when you just beat some people in an excruciatingly bloody war and then turn around and start financing them, I struggle to call you very bright in the first place

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

The Nazis ended up massacring 20 million Soviets in WWII, so "we can do whatever we want so long as we find someone to blame it on" isn't terribly bright

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know. The governments and official ideologies change, but the culture of the Russian intelligence community must stay the same, I guess

The Kremlin started scapegoating Jewish people, gaslighting everyone else, may have contributed to the rise of the Nazis, and kept it up to this day

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/1921/03/04/a...

Apparently a Russian aristocrat claimed in the 1920s that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was published at the behest of Russian Imperial intelligence, so I guess this is simpler corroborate than I thought

PRINCESS RADZIWILL QUIZZED AT LECTURE; Stranger Questions Her Title After She Had Told of Forgery of "Jewish Protocols." CREATES STIR AT ASTOR Leaves Without Giving His Name-- Mrs. Huribut Corroborate...

www.nytimes.com

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

Pograms, or riots intended to terrorize a specific ethnic group, were also official policy within the Russian Empire around the same time the Protocols of the Elders of Zion got published, so I don't know what to say...

The more things change, the more they stay the same, I guess

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

But even prior to the 20th century, Britain had already been accusing the Russian Empire of having been engaging in deceitful propaganda campaigns in British imperial holdings

While more ethically complicated due to the nature of imperialism, the Russians have maybe been up to this for a long time

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

It's just this is like saying something equivalent to "the Vietnam War was just a false flag. Us Americans were never there" or some stupid bullshit like that

I don't know. I guess if you know any Jewish people, then keep an eye for them. People are spreading antisemitism pretty hard at the moment

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting how this shit spreads though. My last roommate used to tell me that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was just satire, and I'm a little worried about where he learned that from

It caused a lot of harm to Jewish people for "just a joke", so to speak

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

But just the idea that Jewish people somehow had some secret army, invaded and occupied half of Poland, and somehow fooled everyone into thinking the Soviet Union did it is just fascinating

I'm not sure I could have ever come up with something like that on my own

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, it's been pointed out that the "Reptilians" and the globo-homo shadow government are just modernizations of old antisemitic tropes without needing to specifically label anyone Jewish, so...

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

It is something that stays in my mind that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was published in the early 20th century Russian Empire

Like did someone just get the evil idea to just blame Jewish people eternally for whatever noxious bullshit they were going to get up to?

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

Russian bots and trolls appear to be going a bit mask-off these days. Still just as crazy as ever though

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

Also, the John Birch Society has some very interesting graphic designers on hand...

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

I'm honestly in love with the moniker "super capitalist". It's like not even an insult

I have a lot of Libertarian Party friends, and they're all stellar people. If I'm a communist, then they can wear the badge of "super capitalist"

Let's bring an end to war with each other

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

I also saw some Republican Party social media account used old photos from violent riots in other countries to try and make Portland look more dangerous

Something, something, the left has gone too far. Something, something, manufacturing consent.

A Squawking Grackle @graham12633625.bsky.social · 1d

I first learned about Andy Ngo because he got hit in the face with a milkshake a long time ago, claimed it was filled with cement, faked that he had a concussion from it, and got blasted all over right-wing media due to this

He's one of the laziest liars on planet Earth