Angela Myrkul
@circlesofkell.bsky.social
New Englander marooned in the West | Legal semi-professional, 30+ | Star Trek enjoyer 🖖🏻 RGG, BG3 | Bisexual iconoclast 🏳️🌈 trans rights 🏳️⚧️ obscenity likely 🔞 | https://archiveofourown.org/users/circlesofkell/works
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Musk, who think he’s humanity’s savior, will likely be remembered as the man who caused the deaths of 15 million people www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
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Remembering is not enough, Elon Musk must be brought to justice as an architect of genocide
Just a reminder that you don’t have to treat liars like they are acting in good faith!
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Just a reminder that you don’t have to treat liars like they are acting in good faith!
Hello to the great and proud nation of South Korea
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Hello to the great and proud nation of South Korea
They’re saying it’s so crazy it just might work
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
They’re saying it’s so crazy it just might work
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Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.
I am now a single issue voter and my single issue is Donald Trump Nuremberg Special Extravaganza
January 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I am now a single issue voter and my single issue is Donald Trump Nuremberg Special Extravaganza
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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Please put the US under sanctions. Cancel the LA Olympics. No international conferences.
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Please put the US under sanctions. Cancel the LA Olympics. No international conferences.
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Here is a kitten. She wants you to take a deep breath.
There’s a lot of smart people who have good ideas about how to harness the outrage & dread and put it to work. Direct action, community outreach, mutual aid, calls to your reps to demand impeachment.
For now, breathe. Then go fight fascism.
There’s a lot of smart people who have good ideas about how to harness the outrage & dread and put it to work. Direct action, community outreach, mutual aid, calls to your reps to demand impeachment.
For now, breathe. Then go fight fascism.
January 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Here is a kitten. She wants you to take a deep breath.
There’s a lot of smart people who have good ideas about how to harness the outrage & dread and put it to work. Direct action, community outreach, mutual aid, calls to your reps to demand impeachment.
For now, breathe. Then go fight fascism.
There’s a lot of smart people who have good ideas about how to harness the outrage & dread and put it to work. Direct action, community outreach, mutual aid, calls to your reps to demand impeachment.
For now, breathe. Then go fight fascism.
Seriously though someone with some authority needs to do something about him and that’s why we need to get rid of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, because as long as the centrists are in charge they will continue to ignore the existing mechanisms to stop it and it will continue
January 3, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Seriously though someone with some authority needs to do something about him and that’s why we need to get rid of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, because as long as the centrists are in charge they will continue to ignore the existing mechanisms to stop it and it will continue
Everyone fedposting on this website today, why don’t you do it then? Oh what’s that? You have reasons that are rational and meritorious while everyone else’s reasons are cowardly and self-serving? Oh okay
January 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Everyone fedposting on this website today, why don’t you do it then? Oh what’s that? You have reasons that are rational and meritorious while everyone else’s reasons are cowardly and self-serving? Oh okay
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The closest comparison for the Grok thing we can imagine right now is if cereal made a bunch of people ill and the news put a microphone in front of some cereal boxes at the grocery store and was like “well they didn’t admit guilt, not sure who else we can ask”
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The closest comparison for the Grok thing we can imagine right now is if cereal made a bunch of people ill and the news put a microphone in front of some cereal boxes at the grocery store and was like “well they didn’t admit guilt, not sure who else we can ask”
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
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guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
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Report: No One Currently Thinking About You https://theonion.com/report-no-one-currently-thinking-about-you-1819579510/
January 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Report: No One Currently Thinking About You https://theonion.com/report-no-one-currently-thinking-about-you-1819579510/
There’s something that feels so unsettling about the fact that last year was only yesterday
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM
There’s something that feels so unsettling about the fact that last year was only yesterday
Alright, thanks.
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Alright, thanks.
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I’m in such a good mood convalescing I completely forgot it was NYE 🥂✨ it was shit overall but it was good for me, I kicked ass at work, reconnected with an old friend, got a few dental and medical tune ups, finally got to spend the holidays with family. Here’s hoping 2026 is at least not worse
January 1, 2026 at 1:27 AM
I’m in such a good mood convalescing I completely forgot it was NYE 🥂✨ it was shit overall but it was good for me, I kicked ass at work, reconnected with an old friend, got a few dental and medical tune ups, finally got to spend the holidays with family. Here’s hoping 2026 is at least not worse
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Finished rewatching DS9 and the finale really is underwhelming. I’m so excited for Voyager rewatch next 🖖
December 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Finished rewatching DS9 and the finale really is underwhelming. I’m so excited for Voyager rewatch next 🖖
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Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-as-trump-seen-with-damage-numbers-above-head/
December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Health Speculations Swirl As Trump Seen With Damage Numbers Above Head https://theonion.com/health-speculations-swirl-as-trump-seen-with-damage-numbers-above-head/
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Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"