billbindc
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Billbindc in various places. Mostly Ukraine, politics and transportation.
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Brian Beutler’s post from Oct 14:
“Let’s resolve not to be superstitious about it: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually.”
“Let’s resolve not to be superstitious about it: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually.”
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Brian Beutler’s post from Oct 14:
“Let’s resolve not to be superstitious about it: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually.”
“Let’s resolve not to be superstitious about it: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually.”
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
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There's breaking news happening right now. Quick, tune into your cable channel for hastily assembled misinformation.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There's breaking news happening right now. Quick, tune into your cable channel for hastily assembled misinformation.
"... the regime wasn't being sustained by hope or conformity or even by terror, but by the pure inertia of an ancient and irreparable disillusion, go out into the street and look truth in the face, your excellency, we're on the final curve ..."
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"... the regime wasn't being sustained by hope or conformity or even by terror, but by the pure inertia of an ancient and irreparable disillusion, go out into the street and look truth in the face, your excellency, we're on the final curve ..."
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this is your regular reminder that not only will the AI bubble pop at some point, it will take Elon Musk with it
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
this is your regular reminder that not only will the AI bubble pop at some point, it will take Elon Musk with it
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technopopulism is a hell of a drug
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
technopopulism is a hell of a drug
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Wait, so the actor who played the singer who used the godfather's influence to get a movie role in "The Godfather" (1972) apparently got his role in "The Godfather" because of the intervention of his own real-life godfather???
![Pasted in quote from Wikipedia:
Johnny Fontane
Johnny Fontane, a mob-associated singer and Vito's godson, seeks Vito's help in securing a movie role; Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Los Angeles to persuade studio head Jack Woltz to give Johnny the part. Woltz refuses until he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion.
Al Martino, a then famed singer in nightclubs, was notified of the character Johnny Fontane by a friend who read the eponymous novel and felt Martino represented the character of Johnny Fontane.[3][4] Martino then contacted producer Albert S. Ruddy, who gave him the part.[3] However, Martino was stripped of the part after Francis Ford Coppola became director and then awarded the role to singer Vic Damone.[3] According to Martino, after being stripped of the role, he went to Russell Bufalino, his godfather and a crime boss, who then orchestrated the publication of various news articles that claimed Coppola was unaware of Ruddy having given Martino the part.[3] Damone eventually dropped the role because he did not want to provoke the mob, in addition to being paid too little.[5][3] Ultimately, the part of Johnny Fontane was given to Martino.[3][6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d6lghffuwlinx22c2rtfbdwv/bafkreiau7qifl7tt7pnmjtjjfv3yaejlpct66frjtufm57yuga66fxjpqa@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Wait, so the actor who played the singer who used the godfather's influence to get a movie role in "The Godfather" (1972) apparently got his role in "The Godfather" because of the intervention of his own real-life godfather???
No word yet on the Girl Scouts...
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
No word yet on the Girl Scouts...
Socialism for me but not for thee...
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Socialism for me but not for thee...
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
“La loi, c'est moi.”
Leavitt: "Not a single order this president or administration has given to our military has ever been illegal, nor will it ever be. This administration respects and abides by the law."
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
“La loi, c'est moi.”
This makes *so* much sense…
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This makes *so* much sense…
Threaten him with a good time, why don't you?
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Threaten him with a good time, why don't you?
Wait...what!?!?!
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Wait...what!?!?!
Behold, Eddie Haskell fascism:
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Behold, Eddie Haskell fascism:
The folks who issued the Trump meme coin almost certainly borrowed money using the coins as collateral. Their lenders and the suckers who bought the coins are the losers. The issuers knew the scam from the beginning.
Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Crypto Crash Is Eroding Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital cu...
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The folks who issued the Trump meme coin almost certainly borrowed money using the coins as collateral. Their lenders and the suckers who bought the coins are the losers. The issuers knew the scam from the beginning.
Trump is racing to change the subject...and it's going to blow up in his face:
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Trump is racing to change the subject...and it's going to blow up in his face:
"Who lost Ukraine?" coming soon to American politics:
November 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"Who lost Ukraine?" coming soon to American politics:
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
There are few better ways to spend a Sunday morning than listening to your kid haltingly work his way through this on the alto sax (no irony alert): open.spotify.com/track/7FXj7Q...
Fly Me To The Moon - 2008 Remastered
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
There are few better ways to spend a Sunday morning than listening to your kid haltingly work his way through this on the alto sax (no irony alert): open.spotify.com/track/7FXj7Q...
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the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
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it is very much Lovecraftian cosmic horror bc the horror isn’t something “scary” as much as an sense of deep violation upon the contemplation of a sexual act between a woman and a strange creature from New England that non-ironically hates human lives
has anyone pirated the Eldritch Horror post yet
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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*Nigel Farage* thinks the Ukraine deal sucks. Wow.
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
*Nigel Farage* thinks the Ukraine deal sucks. Wow.