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Mike (1 of many)
@chicagomike.bsky.social
· Oct 10
@404media.co , @jasonkoebler.bsky.social do great work tracking public surveillance systems used to track Americans. If you have not seen their reporting, I highly recommend it. I've noticed more and more automated license plate readers every week. So, I wanted to 🔎.
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Latino backlash is evident, Texas gerrymandering may not achieve the GOP’s desired outcome.
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Latino backlash is evident, Texas gerrymandering may not achieve the GOP’s desired outcome.
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A shipbuilding firm based in Kaohsiung, southwestern Taiwan, has acquired a Sea Baby USV.
The Sea Baby drone has been in action with Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea. Taiwan is currently developing its own USVs.
The Sea Baby drone has been in action with Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea. Taiwan is currently developing its own USVs.
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A shipbuilding firm based in Kaohsiung, southwestern Taiwan, has acquired a Sea Baby USV.
The Sea Baby drone has been in action with Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea. Taiwan is currently developing its own USVs.
The Sea Baby drone has been in action with Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea. Taiwan is currently developing its own USVs.
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Trump did no such thing.
The FinTwitter account (or whatever RSS feed it’s probably pulling from) is compromised and you shouldn’t believe anything it posts.
The FinTwitter account (or whatever RSS feed it’s probably pulling from) is compromised and you shouldn’t believe anything it posts.
TRUMP ON TRUTH SOCIAL: America deserves a flag that shows power, confidence, and success. We’re bringing all of it back — bigger than ever!
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Trump did no such thing.
The FinTwitter account (or whatever RSS feed it’s probably pulling from) is compromised and you shouldn’t believe anything it posts.
The FinTwitter account (or whatever RSS feed it’s probably pulling from) is compromised and you shouldn’t believe anything it posts.
How? Water board tourists to get usernames?
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
How? Water board tourists to get usernames?
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Today, December 9, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted joint large-scale exercises involving strategic bombers in the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the western part of the Pacific Ocean.
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today, December 9, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted joint large-scale exercises involving strategic bombers in the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the western part of the Pacific Ocean.
Unreal.
Live programming trance with Strudel - with the performer's live commentary topping it nicely.
Think trackers were not geeky enough ? There you go !
That densely expressive language encodes trance wonderfully.
Think trackers were not geeky enough ? There you go !
That densely expressive language encodes trance wonderfully.
Coding Trance Music from Scratch (Again )
YouTube video by Switch Angel
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Unreal.
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Running it back again, likely testing Venezuelan air defense and radar response.
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Running it back again, likely testing Venezuelan air defense and radar response.
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
An MQ-4C haa moved further south, off the coasts of Aruba and Curaçao. Looks like it may be heading home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
An MQ-4C haa moved further south, off the coasts of Aruba and Curaçao. Looks like it may be heading home.
Hey buddy, I got a secret. They don't hate us. Everyone hates you. You are the joke we wish we could afford to laugh at.
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hey buddy, I got a secret. They don't hate us. Everyone hates you. You are the joke we wish we could afford to laugh at.
This MQ-4C is pretty far south over the Caribbean tonight. I've seen one between the east coast and the Yucatan peninsula the past few weeks. This is the first time I've noticed it this far south.
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This MQ-4C is pretty far south over the Caribbean tonight. I've seen one between the east coast and the Yucatan peninsula the past few weeks. This is the first time I've noticed it this far south.
Forgot to pay the Trump tax, oops
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Forgot to pay the Trump tax, oops
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part of it i rarely see commented on is how much of this is just shaming mothers for trying to raise their kids as best they can. the endless optimization, the vaccines, the formula, the dietary restrictions, the (not so much) subtext is "if you don't follow this thick ass book you're a bad mom"
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
part of it i rarely see commented on is how much of this is just shaming mothers for trying to raise their kids as best they can. the endless optimization, the vaccines, the formula, the dietary restrictions, the (not so much) subtext is "if you don't follow this thick ass book you're a bad mom"
"...an FPV drone and an aircraft carrier are not comparable. You can not—and I cannot believe I’m saying this—transport multiple airwings to contest sea lanes with a $100 drone."
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"...an FPV drone and an aircraft carrier are not comparable. You can not—and I cannot believe I’m saying this—transport multiple airwings to contest sea lanes with a $100 drone."
1 doll, 1 cookie, 1 movie for Christmas.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
1 doll, 1 cookie, 1 movie for Christmas.
I wonder how he squares this with the fact God appears to hate him?
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I wonder how he squares this with the fact God appears to hate him?
Brokeass thugs working for DHS stealing cars and cash from people while collecting $50k signing bonuses.
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Brokeass thugs working for DHS stealing cars and cash from people while collecting $50k signing bonuses.
They're relying on the power of the US military to backstop this adventures while defunding and re-prioritizing the entire US military.
Also, if your disruptor Silicon Valley firm doesn't pan out, some VCs lose a bunch of money and you have to change jobs.
Whereas if your doctrine doesn't pan out, 85,000 men are dead, 100,000+ are maimed and 1,500,000 are being held captive by literal Nazis.
The stakes are a bit higher.
Whereas if your doctrine doesn't pan out, 85,000 men are dead, 100,000+ are maimed and 1,500,000 are being held captive by literal Nazis.
The stakes are a bit higher.
Which is something that these disrupter Silicon Valley people never seem to consider.
You can fuck up reforming a military force horribly. You can add new technology, doctrine, and equipment and if you systematically do it wrong you’ll get the dogshit kicked out of you.
You can fuck up reforming a military force horribly. You can add new technology, doctrine, and equipment and if you systematically do it wrong you’ll get the dogshit kicked out of you.
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They're relying on the power of the US military to backstop this adventures while defunding and re-prioritizing the entire US military.
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Giving Ukraine the resources it needs to defend itself doesn’t prolong the war, it can help end it.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Giving Ukraine the resources it needs to defend itself doesn’t prolong the war, it can help end it.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.
Thank you Radek Sikorski for convening a call of foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, where we were clear:
Securing multi-year funding for Ukraine in December is essential.