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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 5h

Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 6h

Periodic reminder that if you were a Nazi death camp train conductor, you could probably just quit & nothing bad would happen to you. Most soldiers suffered no serious consequences for not participating in executions

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · May 4

It's important to remember that in Nazi Germany, people mostly went along with the genocidal project because they wanted to. Those who refused to go along (at least in the military) typically suffered no serious consequences.

www.jstor.org/stable/1429971

Table from Kitterman, D. H. (1988). Those who said" No!": Germans who refused to execute civilians during World War II. German studies review, 11(2), 241-254.

specifically 250f

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Consequences for Those Refusing Orders to Carry Out Executions

Consequences n %
No negative consequences at all* 49 57.6
Sent to concentration camps 1 1.2
Sent to combat units as punishment 3 3.5
House arrest/investigations, later dropped 5 5.9
Reprimands/threats to send to front, concentration camps, or put on report - not done 15 17.6
Units broken up after officers refused 2 2.4
Transfer to another unit or back to Germany* 14 16.5
Demotion or lack of further promotion 7 8.2
Drive officers to executions, dig pits, guard detail sealing off area 4 4.7
Resigned or removed from position 3 3.5

*Several of these individuals were subsequently promoted.

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In Spite of Trump @inspiteoftrump.com · 7h

I've heard this discussion before.

youtu.be/iQdDRrcAOjA

Clerks - Death Star Contractors

YouTube video by Abs

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 6h

You beat me to it!

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 7h

Share a picture from your device with no explanation.

A large circle with maybe an arrow on it going northeast? & there's another much smaller circle to the southwest.

It kinda looks like Kirk Van Houten's drawing of Dignity but I know what this is & it's not that

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 8h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 9h

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 13h

This is the fucking Prussian constitutional crisis. If you let them fund the military without Congressional authorization you've just given up on constitutional government. Congress is a dead letter.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 9h

"German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion?"

Seems super weird that Deutsche would call their organization "German [thus&such]" but I guess it must have been or else James Woods wouldn't have put it in quotes

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 11h

do not forget to feed your troops

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Voraciousopolis @voraciousopolis.bsky.social · 16h

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Matty! @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 12h

This is actually a brilliant idea for an ICE protest costume. Dress up as Donald Trump carry around a sign that says “I’m your President, and I’m ordering ICE to leave.”

Robert Fessler @professler.bsky.social · 16h

I think someone could make a great deal of money if they started selling inflatable "Baby Trump" suits. Can you imagine the confusion the ICE goons would have if they tried to attack someone dressed like that?

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 15h

See, protesting outside, it is Frog & Sqvirrel!

Deb @debramayberry.bsky.social · 1d

So I was looking at inflatable squirrel costumes, and look at what the upsell was.

Frequently bought together is the text; picture shows inflatable squirrel + inflatable frog costumes side by side. Tempted.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

That's what I'm saying! Causing someone to waste a margarita out of rage is a major sin

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 1d

Someone who is good at the regime consolidation help me budget this

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

chat I'm not sure they're thinking things through

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/s...

Congress erupts at Trump's shutdown mass firings: "This is a disaster"

Democrats are warning that Trump officials who carry out the layoffs could be prosecuted.

www.axios.com

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

I've been listening to too much @ifbookspod.bsky.social & now when I'm reading an author I like, I think, "wait, in that chapter, was the author really creating a generalization of what all Black women think based on two sources?"

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

Do not, under any circumstances tell someone with a margarita this because there is a good chance you'll wind up wearing that margarita, & that person would have much preferred to drink that margarita

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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine telling someone having some fajitas and a margarita this

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

setting aside the fact that they just don’t know what jokes are, this gives a big insight into the mind of white nationalists. they are deeply paranoid about the idea of being percieved as anything other than Epic Stoics

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 1d

The MOCA is also administered 30 days after a stroke, because that's when you would start seeing long-term deficits.

Ichabod Crane's Horse Knuckler @horseknuckler.bsky.social · 1d

It's very funny it would somehow take a month to squeeze the president in for a checkup after he had a public stroke

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

/3 Third: if you demand a retraction you need to specify what you want retracted. I'm guessing you don't want them to retract the part you quoted that you said was correct. Which part of the story is wrong?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Important thread:

Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 1d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of undergrads have a prank where they enroll a pig in classes. They should do that here

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