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Encephalophagy 🎃 @encephalophagy.bsky.social · 10h

Bullshit sells because bullshit feels good. Bullshit feels like that thing you always suspected to be true.

Now, reality? Reality sucks. Reality is complex and full of uncertainty and rarely offers easy solutions. Reality often comes in the form of hard truths you'd rather never learn.🧵

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 9d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 14d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Media outlets who refuse to describe in plain terms what the president did because they find it objectionable are lying to their audiences and running cover for the president. It's as simple as that.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 1d

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

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Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 5h

“… the scraps of what’s left of the Constitution …”

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 7h

'If you don't have a passion you'll die'. If you're a big fan of gibberish from an unfeasibly rich woman in purple satin pyjama pants and visible bra with a personal videographer, this one's for you.

Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 18h

Job agency companies and bosses continue to make an extraordinary amount of money from a Mutual Obligations system we now know operates unlawfully

Here's the latest example of what they're doing with that public funding. Enjoy Sarina at the Louis Vuitton resort in St Tropez 👇

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Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 5h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

The Epstein files contain the name of a prominent former PM who brutally beat & sexually assaulted an 18 year old.

Trump, Bondi, Patel & Johnson don’t want the world to know his name.

That’s why Johnson will have the House adjourned today for the 78th day out of the last 90.

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The After-Life of Sharks 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelifeofsharks.com · 6h

“Why don’t women just go to the police then?”

Virginia Giuffre literally had to kill herself to get heard.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

Donald Trump is not paying for the huge construction projects at the WH out of his pocket like MAGA claims. He started out with that lie, but then admitted more than once, on video, that he’s been shaking down CEOs & rich people who want something from the government. As usual.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

Why are scholars researching the far right still so reluctant to use racism as a defining concept?

It was problematic when racism was disguised under a thin veneer of twisted liberal discourses, but now it's pretty much in the open I'm surprised there still appears to be a reluctance

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7h

Dystopian sci-fi has nothing on this. It's so depressing when you realize humanity has become worse, not better

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

The Tony Blair Institute is heavily backed by Larry Ellison & was “involved in plans to create a new ‘Trump Riviera.’” That vision “envisages creating a ‘blockchain registry for land’ to underpin the construction of up to 8 ‘AI-powered, smart planned cities on the inner side of the Gaza Ring.“ …1/

Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza's 'Peace' Deal

Documents show Tony Blair’s Ellison-funded institute designed Gaza’s recovery plan on data-driven lines echoing Oracle-Palantir war systems.

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Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 12h

In context of current administration these are superfluous, verging on trivial questions. What if he’s broken just about every regulation in the book? The facade’s already been TORN DOWN. Who’s going to stop him? He’s escalating to defenestrating and disappearing all sorts of folks until STOPPED.

Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 13h

Common theme: #trashing

Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 17h

🧵 is gold

Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

Lindsey Halligan is a fucking moron.

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Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 17h

US peeps — he’s shitting on your country.

Democrats @democrats.org · 20h

Remember what he did to the Rose Garden?

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 18h

It's the guns 💯%

Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18h

In Azerbaijan, critics of the tyrannical government dressed up in donkey suits to mock them -- and were imprisoned: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Article excerpt and link: https://substack.com/home/post/p-176497448

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Lena📎 @eriksdotter.bsky.social · 8d

sharing this thread ‘cause information
we need to understand how this shit is able to be used against us
how easily we can be manipulated

#fuckAI

Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 8d

Generative video is going to destroy the world. Here I am, at a protest I never went to in a city that doesn’t exist being arrested by cops I’ve never met

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 20h

Trump: You get that visual allegory of my second term? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dystopian just like you asked.

Picture of the demolition of the East Wing.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Erez Reuveni spent 15 years as an immigration lawyer for the DOJ.

The Trump administration fired him when he refused to defend their lies about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 19h

Are they edible?

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Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 19h

He’s entitled to, isn’t he? Thank you, the great and good New England for ensuring Barnaby fulfils his destiny.

Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 20h

The current ambassador? The base doesn’t care about him, or relationship with Australia to be frank. Spend some time in North America — you’d be amazed at how much Australia does. Not. Matter.

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Craig Hill @craighill.bsky.social · 20h

That was embarrassing for Trump, but he is too stupid to realise it. When asked about former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's critical remarks about him, Trump replied that he doesn't know who Kevin Rudd is, but he doesn't like him anyway. Ah, yes, a true world leader...

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Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 20h

OF COURSE! He’s a malignant narcissist.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20h

Trump hosted a dinner last week for donors helping fund his ballroom project.

Today, crews are starting construction and literally tearing down parts of the White House.

It's day 20 of the government shutdown and this is what he's prioritizing?

Gregory Dodwell. @gregreedee.bsky.social · 20h

“… not calling for the murder of political opponents …” — yet. Kind of a low baseline. When’s he swearing in the new elected representative?