@finallydeirdre.bsky.social
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The U.S. right now
a cat playing with a stack of jenga blocks
Alt: a cat playing with a stack of jenga blocks
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The U.S. right now
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thinkin abt that 99-0 senate confirmation vote on rubio as one does
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
thinkin abt that 99-0 senate confirmation vote on rubio as one does
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WELP, I guess I’m awake now. Time to
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
WELP, I guess I’m awake now. Time to
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
make some tea, read more of BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY by Nicholas Boggs which is just incredible, btw and then get back to writing.
I’ll keep an eye on Trump’s moves, but I will not give my day over to him. He doesn’t get to plan my heart’s agenda.
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And this is why we can’t have universal health care
Year-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025:
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes*
—Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid**
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids***
—Iran—3 B-2 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at:
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
January 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
And this is why we can’t have universal health care
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0 by the US Senate one year ago this month.
January 3, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Marco Rubio was confirmed 99-0 by the US Senate one year ago this month.
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"The United States hit Venezuela with a 'large-scale strike' early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country"
U.S. Strikes Venezuela And Says Its Leader, Maduro, Has Been Captured And Flown Out Of The Country
The Venezuelan government called it an “imperialist attack” and urged citizens to take to the streets.
www.huffpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"The United States hit Venezuela with a 'large-scale strike' early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country"
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Barbra Streisand
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Barbra Streisand
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LLMs are 100% - yes, 100% - the results of their programmer's intentions.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes."
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize.
Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
LLMs are 100% - yes, 100% - the results of their programmer's intentions.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
Yes, there are some unexpected outputs. But if you'd chatbot creates sexual images of young children, either the programmers don't care or THEY EXPLICITLY WANTED IT TO DO THAT.
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One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
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I bubbled myself again and failed to realize how many people hadn’t heard about this, so here’s what I’m talking about.
January 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I bubbled myself again and failed to realize how many people hadn’t heard about this, so here’s what I’m talking about.
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To be honest, I was genuinely surprised at how rapidly & how successfully RFK Jr and his close MAGA & MAHA allies (Drs Oz/Makary/Høeg/Bhattacharya/Prasad/Kulldorff) were able to dismantle vaccination systems & drive surges in infectious disease
Their very wildest dreams came true in just a year 😢
Their very wildest dreams came true in just a year 😢
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
To be honest, I was genuinely surprised at how rapidly & how successfully RFK Jr and his close MAGA & MAHA allies (Drs Oz/Makary/Høeg/Bhattacharya/Prasad/Kulldorff) were able to dismantle vaccination systems & drive surges in infectious disease
Their very wildest dreams came true in just a year 😢
Their very wildest dreams came true in just a year 😢
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Special prosecutors on day 1. Everyone in this administration who broke laws— including every ICE agent who ever kidnapped anyone— must go to prison. All of Epstein’s buddies prosecuted too, Democrat or Republican doesn’t matter.
Has to be this way or this country won’t survive.
Has to be this way or this country won’t survive.
No but really my fear is that the next democrat in the White House will be conciliatory and deliberate when what we need is a chainsaw and some sage.
Need this energy when Trump leaves office. Take a fucking bulldozer to his bribe ballroom and rip his name off the Kennedy Center and whatever else he slaps his name on.
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Special prosecutors on day 1. Everyone in this administration who broke laws— including every ICE agent who ever kidnapped anyone— must go to prison. All of Epstein’s buddies prosecuted too, Democrat or Republican doesn’t matter.
Has to be this way or this country won’t survive.
Has to be this way or this country won’t survive.
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Honestly this.
And this is the step where pro capitalist propaganda kicks in for most people
"Socialists/communists/leftists don't want anyone to be rich"
Nah fam. I don't care if people are rich. I just don't want anyone to be in poverty tfym
And this is the step where pro capitalist propaganda kicks in for most people
"Socialists/communists/leftists don't want anyone to be rich"
Nah fam. I don't care if people are rich. I just don't want anyone to be in poverty tfym
Also, I’m not against someone having expensive boots. I’m against my neighbors being homeless and hungry.
January 1, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Honestly this.
And this is the step where pro capitalist propaganda kicks in for most people
"Socialists/communists/leftists don't want anyone to be rich"
Nah fam. I don't care if people are rich. I just don't want anyone to be in poverty tfym
And this is the step where pro capitalist propaganda kicks in for most people
"Socialists/communists/leftists don't want anyone to be rich"
Nah fam. I don't care if people are rich. I just don't want anyone to be in poverty tfym
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Even made it onto SportsCenter, too.
What a wonderful way to kick the year off.
What a wonderful way to kick the year off.
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Even made it onto SportsCenter, too.
What a wonderful way to kick the year off.
What a wonderful way to kick the year off.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
We’re sleepwalking into a disaster
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Director Bhattacharya spending more time on podcasts, this time taking about not renewing grants NIH was forced to restore.
Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
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NIH director says DEI-related grants that were restored under a court order won’t be renewed
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026
www.statnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Director Bhattacharya spending more time on podcasts, this time taking about not renewing grants NIH was forced to restore.
Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
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Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
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All those giving shit to romance readers/watchers, I am 20 min into this F1 movie. A fucking romance with fast cars as the cover story.
December 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
All those giving shit to romance readers/watchers, I am 20 min into this F1 movie. A fucking romance with fast cars as the cover story.
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Alexandria
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Alexandria
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December 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.