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Okovody (SpiralCow)

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aka Mostly Water. I am a process. One who aims to be more a user of words and less one used by words. https://spiralcowsoundproductions.bandcamp.com/ Music https://www.lomography.com/homes/spiralcow Photography

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · Nov 8

The algorithms underlying authoritarian propaganda and disinformation is designed specifically to cultivate schism and grievance. Hindering the potential for common ground compromise and consensus, all fundamental to a functioning democracy.
#ReflexiveControl101

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 11h

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Khrushchev’s Ghost @manmaytag.bsky.social · 16h

In 2024, 51% of internet traffic was generated by bots
www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...

The ‘Dead Internet Theory’—Noted By Altman And Ohanian—Explained

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has become vocal about the “Dead Internet Theory,” suggesting much of the content posted online is AI-generated, not human-created.

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 18h

www.texastribune.org/2025/09/22/t...

17 statewide propositions will appear on the November ballot. Here’s what Texas voters need to know.

A majority of the proposed constitutional amendments address tax cuts for homeowners and businesses.

www.texastribune.org

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

OAN taking the bold, go-it-alone, no-one-thought-we-were-journalism-so-does-it-really-matter approach.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 1d

“All the best people”
#KakistocrateInChief

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 2d

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Yeongno: This Korean Demon EATS the Rich

YouTube video by The Tea Garden

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

It’s endlessly depressing watching all these tech oligarchs try and convince themselves they’re geniuses instead of people who just happened to benefit from capitalism requiring their products and then the entire political and banking system gassing them up with with free money and tireless support.

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 2d

The term #SchoolChoice is was and always has been a coded dog whistle promoting schools that could benefit from taxpayers but unhindered by federal education standards, allowing charter schools to do what can only be defined as indoctrination as opposed to education

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

‼️ CHATTANOOGA - Public school kids outperform voucher kids AGAIN

As @GovBillLee steers more and more taxpayer funds away from public schools to private (mostly Christian) schools for wealthy families who are already there.

More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/oc...

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 2d

As a rule, whatever Putin says in denial or accuses the west of, should always be read as words of intent.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 2d

Who’s the trader?

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3d

Almost like someone had advance notice from inside Trump’s inner circle. Truly the golden age of corruption.

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 2d

Sometime about this time in 2016 I said that if Trump won the general election, his presidency would be the transformative one that Obama was never allowed to be, but that transformation would be purely by way negation of principles, norms, and institutions.

Are we there yet?

jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social @jeffreyalexander07.bsky.social · 3d

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 2d

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Lil O 🇺🇦🌻 @lilobri.bsky.social · 3d

Shadow Trilateral: Trump, Putin & Qatar
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Shadow Trilateral: Trump, Putin & Qatar

Steve Witkoff has been brokering a deal to isolate Europe and make Trump billions.

open.substack.com

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 3d

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 3d

Another fact about Argentina that not enough people are aware of:

investmentmigration.org/news/argenti...

Argentina: Pregnant Russian women flying to Argentina for citizenship, officials say

More than 5,000 pregnant Russian women have entered Argentina in recent months, including 33 on a single flight on Thursday, officials say.

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 3d

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New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic

Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 3d

Really really really would love for someone to ask Jesse Waters on air as a non sequitur, if he misses the services of Li Cindy Yang

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · Sep 9

For some reason every time I hear the name, Jesse Waters I can’t help but think of prostitution and foreign influence operations.

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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 3d

BRICS nations are salivating

KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3d

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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 3d

We made it to Saturday!!

Impressive, after this week.

Here's a S'morsey giggle for Caturday.

Hope it's a fabulous day for all of us Antifa heatherns🔥🤭

Stay safe out there, friends!

#SheShed

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

www.theguardian.com

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stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously wtf is in the #EpsteinFiles that these people will literally burn it all down to keep it quiet!! I think it's far worse than even this!👇🏼
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Okovody (SpiralCow) @okovody.bsky.social · 3d

#Caturday
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oldladylife.bsky.social @oldladylife.bsky.social · 3d

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Earlier in the day, Hegseth-joined by Qatar's Deputy PM and MOD Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani at the Pentagon-Announced the bldg of a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home AF Base in Idaho.

Didn’t the 9/11 hijackers train in the US? They did.

Pentagon Pete Backtracks After Qatari Air Base Confusion (The Daily Beast)

After announcing on Fridaythat the Trump administration would be providing an air base in Idaho to Qatar, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backtracked,...

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