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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, this is it - BORING!

The US captivated global fascination while it was this place where a future *never seen before* was being created.

Now it's just trying to adopt and resurrect stuff that's painfully familiar to the rest of the world.

We know how this goes - we already have it at home!

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 2d

Between banning books, non-white people, genders, immigrants, comedians, journalism…

And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…

America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Dec 19

I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:

“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.

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skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 1d

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The Specials - Ghost Town [Official HD Remastered Video]

YouTube video by TheSpecialsOfficVEVO

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Ominous

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skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 2d

cuomo wants to hire 5000 new cops, right away, because more cops famously solves everything 🙄🫩
this mofo can't think of anything else other than punishment & retribution & violence... he & his are the least creative people, just close-minded & hateful

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skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 2d

oh boy here we go:

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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The Collapse Chronicle @collapsechronicle.bsky.social · 2d

Here is the long and short of it.

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skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 3d

@heavyweight.bsky.social
oh hey

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Reveal @revealnews.org · 3d

Here at Reveal, we're known for our stories with big consequences. But what would happen if we used our serious investigative skills to answer deeply unserious questions?

This week, our first-ever hour examining our favorite inconsequential investigations.

Serious investigations into deeply unserious questions

Hear the first in our occasional series of “inconsequential investigations.”

revealnews.org

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 4d

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5d

@thecomplexrebel (on Threads)
Good morning to everyone but the people who think cutting SNAP saves money. Every $1 in SNAP creates up to $1.80 in local economic activity. When families can't buy groceries, your grocery store loses customers, your town loses jobs, and your economy LOSES. SNAP feeds everyone.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 4d

Last week, CNN reported that DHS is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help expedite the construction of ICE detention facilities across the country meant to hold up to 10,000 people.

These are the companies included on the contract vehicle DHS and the Navy are using.

Screenshot of a spreadsheet listing over 100 U.S. Navy contract awards dated Sept 4, 2025 or Sept 30, 2025. Each entry includes the company name, website, city, state or territory, award ID, contract type (either “New” or “Modification”), and date. Companies are from across the U.S. and its territories, including Puerto Rico, D.C., Alabama, California, Florida, Texas, and Virginia. Examples include SK2 LLC (Puerto Rico), DKW Communications Inc. (Washington, D.C.), Pegasus Support Services LLC (Georgia), Critical Contingency Solutions LLC (Texas), and Acuity International LLC (Virginia).

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 4d

Read this classic quote by my friend the late journalist Dan Baum:

On 27 October 1970, the administration of president
Richard Nixon passed the Comprehensive Drug
Abuse Prevention and Control Act, as part of their
"war on drugs".
According to journalist Dan Baum writing in Harper's
Magazine, a Nixon adviser, John Ehrlichman, later
admitted to him in an interview:
The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon
White House after that, had two enemies: the
antiwar left and Black people. You understand
what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it
illegal to be either against the war or Black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies
with marijuana and Blacks with heroin, and
then criminalizing both heavily, we could
disrupt those communities. We could arrest
their leaders, raid their homes, break up their
meetings, and vilify them night after night on
the evening news. Did we know we were lying
about the drugs? Of course we did."

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skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 4d

not really hidden tho~ pretty obvious to anyone who doesn't share his condition

skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 4d

imagine all of the rest of us got to work just 12days out of every 3months & yet be paid for the whole time 🤨

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skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 5d

please, boycott the us military

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 5d

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

reut.rs

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · Jan 28

tell me about it, 1970s star trek coloring book

line drawing of an alien and a bad rendition of captain kirk standing on a balcony looking out at an alien city. the alien says "a sadness is sweeping our land."

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 6d

I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.

Financial Times headline says “critics accuse” Trump of extrajudicial killings

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6d

Trump yesterday:
“I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 6d

I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

Something has been remarkably absent from mainstream coverage of the "peace deal."

The deal *solely* calls to de-radicalize Palestinians—not Israelis.

But just as Israel violated the deal, Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and a US journalist. Israeli rioters shut down a soccer match.

Why Is Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’ Focused on Deradicalizing Palestinians, Not Israelis?

Israel violated the ceasefire, while Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and US journalist, and Israeli rioters shut down a soccer match.

zeteo.com

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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 8d

It's starting to occur to state lawmakers that utility customers aren't super keen on paying for all these data centers that are straining the grid, via @briaovers.bsky.social @thebaltimorebanner.com
www.thebanner.com/economy/pjm-...

Maryland officials sound alarm on data centers’ $100B power grid suck

The rapid rise of data centers is hitting the region’s power grid. Maryland lawmakers are concerned that utility ratepayers will pay the $100 billion price for them.

www.thebanner.com

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skinflower @skinflower.bsky.social · 7d

holy fucking shit

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CNN @cnn.com · 7d

The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W

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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 7d

Boyd’s last words.

Boyd, strapped to a gurney with a transparent gas mask attached to his face, spoke out for the last time.
"I didn't kill anybody. I didn't participate in killing anybody," he said. "There is no justice in this state. It's all political. It's revenge motivated. It's not about closure, because closure comes from within, not with an execution. There will be no justice in this state until we change this system. I want all my people to keep fighting. Let's get it."

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