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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 1d

I think it started when one of the frogs was dancing on one the first nights while being pepper balled and it took off from there.

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 1d

"Release the Epstein Files" is like the Mueller wishcasting that happened for years under the first Trump administration. It's a way of being outraged but not actually needing to do anything - like waiting for a superhero to save the day. The Epstein Files are basically out, the victims said so.

M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 1d

"Mr. President WHEN will the unicorns come?"

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

the CEO of every Andreessen Horowitz portfolio company

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

People get more views streaming Stardew Valley

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Update: Bari Weiss’s first pitch at CBS — a roundtable with Antony Blinken, Mike Pompeo, and Hillary Clinton that ended up being a virtual interview with Clinton & Condoleezza Rice — has about 150 viewers on YouTube.

Added with the 24/7 CBS stream, it’s just over 1200 viewers.

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 2d

Lots of excitement over SB 79—understandably. I would add, every single bill California YIMBY sent to the governor was signed today. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/10/g...

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

are Thune's kids tied up with some MAGA kidnappers or something?

M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/10...

M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

Grim takeaways from the police surveillance convention. An important thread.

Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 16d

You name any type of device or platform that collects data, a company exists that can package it and sell it as a data stream to police to be fused with everything else. CLEAR? Oh, yea. Geolocation from advertising databrokers? Yes!

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty insane stuff from DHS Acting General Counsel Joseph Mazzara:

www.thehandbasket.co/p/dhs-fps-me...

Accordingly, if an individual across the street from a federal building throws a rock or bottle at FPS officers on federal property, as many of these rioters are wont to do, FPS can leave federal property and either arrest the malefactors or take other appropriate action in line with FPS's continuum of force policies. FPS could even enter a private residence containing an identified sniper blocks away from a federal facility in order to eliminate that exigent threat. There is simply no legal barrier to FPS taking action off federal property where a reasonable nexus to protecting that property exists.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

we think AI is going to rot high school and college kid brains but "serious professionals" at blue chip consulting firms are issuing reports written by wholly by AI to clients for hundreds of thousands of dollars right now - and it's not going well! www.huffpost.com/entry/deloit...

Oops! Deloitte Delivers Report Full Of AI-Generated Errors To Australian Government

The consulting firm had to issue a refund after its 237-page report was found to be “full of fabricated references.”

www.huffpost.com

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

my two cents is that it's because Hollywood only wants to mine old IP versus come up with new stories - hence the endless MCU, now DC Universe, 20 Fast and Furiouses, 9 sequels to any horror movie, etc. Even as a stoned high school kid Tron was meh...

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty confused by how TRON became a big-budget movie franchise. Was it a bit hit when it came out? No. Did it become a big hit on video/TV? Also no. Do people have fond nostalgic memories of it? Eh kinda but not really. Was it secretly great and critically acclaimed? No again

M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

meanwhile www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/l...

Tariffs blamed for Los Gatos store closure

The owner of a home decor store in Los Gatos is closing her business after more than 24 years.

www.nbcbayarea.com

M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-kd...

The Simpsons - Are you guys working?

YouTube video by Shaun's Shitposts

www.youtube.com

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

shut up and just 5x that sh*t!

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

these guys really know how to communicate

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-kd...

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

Or Colombians...we don't really know who's getting blown to bits but hey that Nobel is niiiiiiice

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“Another former OpenAI employee who also was not authorized to speak publicly argued that releasing a deepfake AI social media platform was the right business decision, even if it contributes to the collapse of everyone's shared sense of reality.” 💀

Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet

OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos?

www.npr.org

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M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

whatever do you mean?

M Maher @marvelle.bsky.social · 2d

also, protests are fun AF - more videos and interviews with people who are there, feeling good, sticking up for America makes them approachable and something more people would like to join. It's not all angry yelling.

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 2d

Now we're seeing confirmation of the NSO acquisition.

Mark my words, this is the path through which Pegasus gets put on Americans iPhones & Androids.

This dictatorship-in-a-box belongs nowhere near our constitutional rights.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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