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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 3d

Working on some Forsake Gods or something, Sky Goddess Emreria #MTG #WIP #AffinityPhoto #ArtNight

A screenshot Affinity Photo on MacOS of a black and white digital illustration of the Eldritch god Emrakul from Magic The Gathering, a sort of twisted winged two armed woman with tentacles for a lower half. In merfolk tradition, Emeria was once the floating home of the sky goddess herself. Pilgrims brought offerings of hedron shards and land fruits, believing the shattered ruins still held her divine essence. In truth, the myth of Emeria reflects ancient, distorted memories of Emrakul’s presence on Zendikar.

_baerthe @baerthe.com · 38m

They're not coming back. Ma'am we might need to start working on sperating our state from this failed union. Our tax dollars shouldn't go to the abusive tyrants on the east coast.

_baerthe @baerthe.com · 1h

They couldn't afford you. Gotta make sure shareholders profit. 😩

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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 1h

I don't think you quite understood what I meant, sorry. The election results won't matter because the house and Senate will simply refuse to accept any of the new Dem members. They won't be able to get the majority because they'll be refused at the door, like they're doing now.

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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 2h

And what do we do when the repubs refuse to swear in any Dems and call the election stolen? You know, like they're currently doing?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

Mike Johnson describes Trump’s mental decline and unhinged behavior.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: An ICE agent pointed a gun at a protester and said, “Bang, bang. You’re dead, liberal.”

The man he threatened was a U.S. citizen — and a military veteran.

(Source: Federal Court Filing)

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Wayne E. Lee @milhistlee.bsky.social · 1d

At this point we're just adding to the list of illegal acts within this admin. This is a clear violation of the Hatch Act. This and the TDA videos and a score of other cabinet department website tags like this one.

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Axios @axios.com · 8h

BEHIND THE CURTAIN: President Trump is asserting the right to unilaterally use the military wherever, whenever and be the sole judge and jury of his own actions.

The only real limit on Trump appears to be Trump himself.

Behind the Curtain: Trump claims the power to do almost anything

A new precedent is being set in real time: The only real limit on Trump appears to be Trump himself.

www.axios.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5h

Musk effectively copied over all of Wikipedia and had Grok go over it to give it a far right bias in its framing in articles to turn it into a propaganda tool. It's conservapedia 2.0 backed by the world's richest man.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points

The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.

www.wired.com

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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 18h

So Elon had his company build an AI off stolen data, in part from Wikipedia, to generate an alternative shittier version? That seems weird

_baerthe @baerthe.com · 1d

Pretty sure they're gonna use the shutdown to starve out all the programs and departments they can't legally close.

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

Yes, they’re using the shutdown to turn off SNAP benefits.

No, they don’t have to.

_baerthe @baerthe.com · 1d

I recall having a bunch of poor straving people worked out super well for France and the UK in the late 1700s...

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will not be issued on Nov. 1 amid the government shutdown.

It said: “Bottom line, the well has run dry.”

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 3d

Working on some Forsake Gods or something, Sky Goddess Emreria #MTG #WIP #AffinityPhoto #ArtNight

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 4d

So far in his 2nd term, Trump has:

-Allowed a billionaire to make huge cuts to public services

-Demolished part of the White House for a gilded ballroom funded by private donors

-Accepted $130 million from an anonymous friend to pay troops

This is government for the powerful, not the people.

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404 Media @404media.co · 4d

NEW: an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”

Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms

www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...

a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service

Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.

www.404media.co

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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 4d

Yup. It's all a scam by them to exploit workers by another name. Companies did this kind of shit decades ago and our laws haven't caught up. It's depressing 😞

_baerthe @baerthe.com · 4d

No worries, it's hard and it can be harder to be stuck in that kind of position whilst being told by someone who isn't that it's bad. It's not your fault, you're just trying to live 🫂

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

This is how they steal the elections.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey

WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...

www.justice.gov

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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 4d

Did...did they post this ironically? Lmao.

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Nini Gyan | Commissions Open @ninigyan.bsky.social · 4d

Hello! I'm a small artist and right now, art is my only source of income so I'm doing sketch commissions starting from $10 ✨

My VGen: vgen.co/NiniGyan

#art #commission #fanart #oc #game

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

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_baerthe @baerthe.com · 4d

To add on; I don't have a good solution for the workers that these services abuse nor do I know how we can fix our rapidly crumbling economy that only serves the rich. Sadly so, I wish the gig workers would unite as that might be the only legitimate option, as hard as that would be. 😞

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