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Clinically depressed, misanthropic, introverted, cantankerous curmudgeon. Have a day.

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Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 13d

Assuming I still ate meat, I’d be OK with that. And I’d be thankful they took the time to prepare it. And I’d be sure to make sure they knew it.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 14d

I’ve said this before, but Donald Trump makes Richard Nixon look like Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 17d

Technically, Schumer and Jeffries are ‘corporate-owned center-right Democrats’.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 24d

What could possibly go wrong?

www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

Stanford researchers say they purposely haven’t taught their AI about viruses that can infect people. But this type of technology does create the risk that other scientists—out of curiosity, good intentions, or malice—could turn the methods on human pathogens, exploring new dimensions of lethality. Re

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 25d

So, Republicans are the pro-doxxing party.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 25d

And just by the way, the US is already a deeply socialist country — for rich people.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 25d

Capitalism *can* be ‘OK’, so long as it’s fairly regulated. The brand of US capitalism currently in vogue — unfettered greed — is unsustainable.

Indeed, the one vital ingredient without which unchecked capitalism cannot flourish — unbridled greed — is the very thing which causes it to fail.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 25d

2/ …served Israeli interests by avoiding negotiations on Palestinian statehood. (The Times of Israel) As one analysis noted, “Hamas has long offered Israel an alibi to avoid abiding by its supposed commitment to Palestinian statehood.” (The Intercept)

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 25d

1/ Excerpt from a Claude/Sonnet4 response:

More recently, some Israeli sources have acknowledged that this policy continued in different forms. Israeli analysts have noted that Netanyahu’s policy of “treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood”…

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 25d

Which is kind of odd, given all the funding and support Israel gave to Hamas over the years in order to weaken and damage the credibility of the Palestinian Authority.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 26d

Broken link.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · 29d

This is an excellent piece calling out Kirk’s faux Christianity. The Guardian piece is also rather good.

Religion News @religionnewsblog.com · 29d

Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’

The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#fakechristian #hypocrite #religion #religionnewsblog

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 11

No. An apt analogy would be when I said at the time: Giving Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom would be like… giving Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 11

That person has now been released.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 11

That person has now been released.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 9

Done. Always looking for ways to broaden my understanding of things.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hear, hear.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 9

That’s a strange-looking electrical malfunction…

x.com/dropsitenews...

Drop Site on X: "Footage from another boat across from the “Family” – the principal vessel of the Global Sumud Flotilla – shows an object dropping from above onto the ship, triggering an explosion on contact. https://t.co/RKBDnTugt6" / X

Footage from another boat across from the “Family” – the principal vessel of the Global Sumud Flotilla – shows an object dropping from above onto the ship, triggering an explosion on contact. https://t.co/RKBDnTugt6

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 9

Between him and Bari Weiss, I won’t ever need to pay attention to CBS ‘News’ again.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Sep 6

"You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem" is such a good line.

Policy matters, but how you communicate stuff matters more right now.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm kind of shocked that anyone is still proposing technocratic solutions to the "debate" over immigration. Even if this were a good idea (and it is not), Republican elites and media will never tell their base about it. You can't policy your way out of a propaganda problem!

But we could also go much further. One idea might be to tax immigrants themselves at higher rates and restrict federal benefits until immigrants have met some threshold of tax payments or achieved permanent residency.6 This is not a prospect that brings me joy. But I do think that these are necessary preconditions to warming the public to the idea that the economic math of immigration works out in our favor.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 4

To analogize the state of US politics to a Monty Python sketch…

Republican Party = Very Silly Party
Democratic Party = Silly Party

What we need is a Sensible Party. Heck, I’d settle for a Slightly Silly Party.

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Election Night Special

YouTube video by CaptainWii64

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 3

Make Preventable Diseases Great Again!

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hear, hear.

Interocitor @interocitor.bsky.social · Sep 1

Next stop -- Willoughby.

Picture of a droopy-eyed, vacantly staring Donald Trump in the back of his limo.