dutchtreat
@dutchtreat.bsky.social
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No longer wondering how it happened in Germany
"I don’t like bullies. I don’t care where they’re from."
(pfp: De Kat, Bart van der Leck, 1914)
No longer wondering how it happened in Germany
"I don’t like bullies. I don’t care where they’re from."
(pfp: De Kat, Bart van der Leck, 1914)
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jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
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there are so many people who claim to care about trans rights, that spend all their time attacking the party where the normal, 99% of elected officials position is unlimited support for trans rights
and never the party who's 100% stand is "no trans rights" and 99% stand is "wipe them out"
and never the party who's 100% stand is "no trans rights" and 99% stand is "wipe them out"
So, Jessica Pishko lied about Democrats not protecting trans kids bc 1% of House Dems voted wrong, just like on the trans athlete bill, which all 47 Senate Dems killed via filibuster. When called on it she wouldn’t admit she was wrong, but made bad faith claims, ended up on “genocide,” & blocked me
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
there are so many people who claim to care about trans rights, that spend all their time attacking the party where the normal, 99% of elected officials position is unlimited support for trans rights
and never the party who's 100% stand is "no trans rights" and 99% stand is "wipe them out"
and never the party who's 100% stand is "no trans rights" and 99% stand is "wipe them out"
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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I will donate a shitload of money (within reason) to whatever conservancy organization sues the fuck out of this corrupt decision to keep the exploding rocket trade going. Laguna Atascosa is not only a crucial butterfly/bird migration crossroads but the home of OCELOTS.
December 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I will donate a shitload of money (within reason) to whatever conservancy organization sues the fuck out of this corrupt decision to keep the exploding rocket trade going. Laguna Atascosa is not only a crucial butterfly/bird migration crossroads but the home of OCELOTS.
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Also can some smart lawyer explain to me why the president being on the receiving end of a lawsuit distracts him from his job, using SCOTUS logic, but him suing civilians doesn’t?
Also, because he is president and expressly because we don't want lawsuits distracting him from his job, civil suits can't be filed against him.
December 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Also can some smart lawyer explain to me why the president being on the receiving end of a lawsuit distracts him from his job, using SCOTUS logic, but him suing civilians doesn’t?
Seconded because this makes zero sense.
Also can some smart lawyer explain to me why the president being on the receiving end of a lawsuit distracts him from his job, using SCOTUS logic, but him suing civilians doesn’t?
Also, because he is president and expressly because we don't want lawsuits distracting him from his job, civil suits can't be filed against him.
December 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Seconded because this makes zero sense.
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
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Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault
The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
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The mistake, of the NYT & everyone else, was in participating in the obvious bad faith lie that this lawless authoritarianism was about saving money & reducing the debt. We could have just all acted like adults, & read the laws & constitution, & treated it like the criminal enterprise it always was.
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The mistake, of the NYT & everyone else, was in participating in the obvious bad faith lie that this lawless authoritarianism was about saving money & reducing the debt. We could have just all acted like adults, & read the laws & constitution, & treated it like the criminal enterprise it always was.
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New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
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And yes, journalists, that means you need to do some "Free PR" for Democrats.
You also need to stop making every Republican misstep or misdeed about how Democrats Could Solve This But They're Too Feckless.
You also need to learn how things *ACTUALLY* work and stop wallowing in ignorance.
You also need to stop making every Republican misstep or misdeed about how Democrats Could Solve This But They're Too Feckless.
You also need to learn how things *ACTUALLY* work and stop wallowing in ignorance.
December 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And yes, journalists, that means you need to do some "Free PR" for Democrats.
You also need to stop making every Republican misstep or misdeed about how Democrats Could Solve This But They're Too Feckless.
You also need to learn how things *ACTUALLY* work and stop wallowing in ignorance.
You also need to stop making every Republican misstep or misdeed about how Democrats Could Solve This But They're Too Feckless.
You also need to learn how things *ACTUALLY* work and stop wallowing in ignorance.
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Biden was the most progressive president in modern history, and it's time we say it. We can and should demand better, but better doesn't happen if, every time the needle is moved towards the progressive end of the spectrum, y'all claim everything is actually getting more conservative/worse.
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Biden was the most progressive president in modern history, and it's time we say it. We can and should demand better, but better doesn't happen if, every time the needle is moved towards the progressive end of the spectrum, y'all claim everything is actually getting more conservative/worse.
Throw Wikipedia a few bucks if you can, we need them more than ever.
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Throw Wikipedia a few bucks if you can, we need them more than ever.
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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This one was not meant to be funny and yet 😂
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This one was not meant to be funny and yet 😂
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AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
It didn’t leak, it had a planned release on a Canadian streaming service that didn’t get cancelled.
And now it’s on the internet forever.
How monumentally fucked a timeline are we on that the incompetence of the fascists is the only thing saving us.
It didn’t leak, it had a planned release on a Canadian streaming service that didn’t get cancelled.
And now it’s on the internet forever.
How monumentally fucked a timeline are we on that the incompetence of the fascists is the only thing saving us.
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
It didn’t leak, it had a planned release on a Canadian streaming service that didn’t get cancelled.
And now it’s on the internet forever.
How monumentally fucked a timeline are we on that the incompetence of the fascists is the only thing saving us.
It didn’t leak, it had a planned release on a Canadian streaming service that didn’t get cancelled.
And now it’s on the internet forever.
How monumentally fucked a timeline are we on that the incompetence of the fascists is the only thing saving us.
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Last month on the Jon Stewart show when China's energy policy came up in an interview he immediately responded that china was building new coal power plants as fast as they can.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
@alecstapp.bsky.social:
"This should be a wake-up call for US policymakers"
#alwaysbecharging
edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/c...
"This should be a wake-up call for US policymakers"
#alwaysbecharging
edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/c...
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Last month on the Jon Stewart show when China's energy policy came up in an interview he immediately responded that china was building new coal power plants as fast as they can.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
We need to get people to understand reality and the US media is not helping.
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Look I get that bad faith actors have us hesitant to talk abt tech's influence on neurology but can we take a minute to admit that this is blatantly and unapologetically designed to break your dopamine system and reduce you to a gambling addict with some ADHD as collateral damage?
Here’s a “I didn’t play for a week and now the Christmas event stuff started and every recurring revenue system reset requiring a new pop up” version that is somehow twice as long
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Look I get that bad faith actors have us hesitant to talk abt tech's influence on neurology but can we take a minute to admit that this is blatantly and unapologetically designed to break your dopamine system and reduce you to a gambling addict with some ADHD as collateral damage?
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The problem with this piece, like all the other pieces, is that the missing hed, dek, & lede is that all of this was wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & criminal. This is how you normalize lawless authoritarianism - treat like just another story in our politics. “Transformation” is lazy euphemism.
This WaPo piece weaves together an incredibly powerful story about the way Trump has devastated government and the dedicated people who wake up every day to serve the public. wapo.st/4b14KAy
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The problem with this piece, like all the other pieces, is that the missing hed, dek, & lede is that all of this was wildly illegal, unconstitutional, & criminal. This is how you normalize lawless authoritarianism - treat like just another story in our politics. “Transformation” is lazy euphemism.
Also totally ignoring that Trump won with a much smaller margin than Biden did in 2020.
MSM: Some Americans are more equal than others.
MSM: Some Americans are more equal than others.
The gall to treat the 2024 election like it was a binding referendum on American culture, a lasting “vibe shift” to which others must accommodate, then within a year proclaim the cultural change over, as if a bystander, not an active contributor manufacturing vibe shifts by overdetermining results.
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Also totally ignoring that Trump won with a much smaller margin than Biden did in 2020.
MSM: Some Americans are more equal than others.
MSM: Some Americans are more equal than others.
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Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of room air cleaners on infection control in day care centres
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of air cleaning in reducing the risk of respiratory infection in two day care centres using a si…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...