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ListenToTheEpsteinVictims @jos1463.bsky.social · Aug 19

“If you identify data that is at risk, perhaps because its collection has been discontinued or it covers a controversial topic, you can report your observations to the Data Rescue Project” theconversation.com/data-that-ta...

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

The genius’s logic was: it’s not torture if you agree to have it done, like you wouldn’t agree to have your fingernails pulled out for an article asking if that was torture

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 7h

Marc Thiessen is so fucking stupid, willfully or not, that he argued waterboarding couldn’t be torture because Christopher Hitchens agreed to be waterboarded to find out how bad it was for a iirc Vanity Fair article and video, even tho Hitchens was all: it’s torture I felt like I was being tortured…

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · Mar 21

Abusers escalate.

That is what they do.

Every republican administration has added to the debt, increased domestic turmoil, & decreased our safety.

Republicans only hurt us and they do it more and more each time they get into power.

All they have is abuse

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._ec....

a chart that shows how republican presidents plunge us into unemployment and democratic presidents help us gain employment

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 7h

it's nothing but abusers up there

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · Mar 15

Everything that is wrong with the GOP can be explained in these 4 charts

The principles of Abuse

The failures of racism

The Special Snowflake chart

The Virtue/Abuse Quadrant chart

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A chart of an asshole - each pucker of the rose represents another spoke on the wheel of abuse - it includes things like abuse, exploitation, transphobia, misogyny, sexual assault

n The inability to tolerate discomfort
n No self awareness
n A lack of a strong internal sense of self that isn’t rooted in hate
n Which creates a lack of selfactualization outside of racist tropes

n Not being able to selfsoothe
n An inability to sort out general information using a basic logic familiarity
n No distinction between external fears & internal biases
n A difficulty in changing perspective which translates into being trapped

n Which all creates
a self identify rooted in the persecution
of others
n Internally understanding
these actions as wrong means that they will always doubledown because to do otherwise
would dismantle
their entire self

Repeating this process is unsustainable.
Come away from racism. Work on all of these faults
within yourself. Learn how to change your brain.

1. Always distort the truth to make you seem favorable and frame the target of abuse as unfavorable.
2. Always misrepresent your motives to be beneficial while hiding the principles of abuse that are being used in whatever action is taken.
3. Frame any call to responsibility or consequences as invalid, and deny, deflect, distract, and attack the source of those calls.
4. Always promise what the targets of manipulation want, frame what you are doing as delivering what they ask for, and then do whatever you want anyway.
5. Undermine any circumstances that stand in your way for example if a wilderness area you want to exploit is pristine, get in and make an oil spill then there is nothing left to protect; or if you want to destroy public education install an abuser, destroy the agency, point at it as a failure of government and then implement your private education plan for profit.
6. Isolate the targets of abuse by dismantling support systems, cutting off access to resources, and opposing anything that could bolster the targets of abuse.
7. Always take the best and leave the least possible for the targets of abuse such as funneling PPE dollars to military contractors while heath care workers use trash bags for protection.
8. Always use unfavorable circumstances to your advantage and if possible, turn circumstances against the targets of abuse such as allowing COVID to ravage blue states while funneling dollars to red states.
9. Always blame the victim for anything bad that happens to them or anything that you do to them.
10. Always pretend to be the victim in any situation, co-opt any symbols or methods your targets use for selfdefense.
11. Never allow scrutiny of your actions and always reject any investigations.
12. Use high control, propaganda, fear, threats, and manipulation to manage the victims of abuse.
13. Never admit to any wrong.
14. Whatever you want to do is the only thing that is important and any suffering you cause along the way is inconsequential or ev…

A quadrant chart is a type of data visualization that divides a scatter plot into four quadrants, often used to identify trends, patterns, and relationships between two variables.
THIS chart drafts the intersections of virtue and abuse - showing the most and least of each. The republican government exists in the most abuse and least virtue of the chart

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

One way of thinking about the Trump administration is that the worst people in American government are pushing out the best people in American government
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Their interview, described in a federal lawsuit filed last week by Mr. Driscoll and two other recently fired senior FBI officials, began with benign questions about the gravest threats to the nation and possible adjustments to the FBI's structure, but then took a swerve: Who had Mr. Driscoll voted for? When did he start supporting President Donald J. Trump? And had he voted for a Democrat in the past five elections? He declined to answer those three, noting to the 29-year-old attorney and former podcaster that the questions were inappropriate and potentially violative of the Hatch Act.

Mr. Ingrassia asked another question that would in the ensuing weeks take on greater significance: Did Mr. Driscoll think the FBI agents who had "stormed" Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 should be held accountable? Mr. Driscoll said no, since they had been executing legal search warrants.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8h

Horrifically creepy and emblematic of this rape-coded administration, but also a govt employee staying at the fuckin ritz on a business trip shows you how much the DC world has changed since the DOJ muffin scandal of 2011.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 7h

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.

Headline: Trump Has His Eyes on Nobel Prize. Will He Get It?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

All to cover up the Epstein files.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 9h

After doing a brief theatrical tour, The Onion's very funny 20-minute send-up of true crime tropes is watchable online.
www.avclub.com/onion-jeffre...

The Onion's Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is now available online

www.avclub.com

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 10h

Important discovery fight taking shape in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case.

The question: Can the government assert privilege to avoid handing over documents that may be relevant to a defendant's vindictive prosecution claim?

Abrego's counsel says no.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h

"No reasonable person would view the ["Not Like Us" cover art] and believe that in fact law enforcement had designated thirteen residents in Drake’s home as sex offenders."

To the extent that Plaintiff alleges that the Image and Video are independently actionable, Am. Compl., ¶¶ 7, 8, 65-66, 105-112, the Court holds that they too constitute opinion. The Image is the album cover art for “Not Like Us.” It thus shares the same overall context as the Recording itself. The Image is “designed to reinforce” the message of the Recording. Am. Compl., ¶ 7. And as the Court has already found, that message is protected opinion. Additionally, the Image itself, with its overlay of more than a dozen sex offender markers, is obviously exaggerated and doctored. No reasonable person would view the Image and believe that in fact law enforcement had designated thirteen residents in Drake’s home as sex offenders.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 10h

what a time to be alive

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h

"The views expressed by users @kaioken8026, @mrright8439, and @ZxZNebula ... do not alter the Court’s analysis."

The Court holds, based upon a full consideration of the context in which “Not Like Us” was published, that a reasonable listener could not have concluded that “Not Like Us” was conveying objective facts about Drake. The views expressed by users @kaioken8026, @mrright8439, and @ZxZNebula, and the other YouTube and Instagram commentators quoted in the Complaint, Am. Compl., ¶¶ 73-74, do not alter the Court’s analysis. In a world in which billions of people are active online, support for almost any proposition, no matter how farfetched, fantastical or unreasonable, can be found with little effort in any number of comment sections, chat rooms, and servers. “[T]hat some readers may infer a defamatory meaning from a statement does not necessarily render the inference reasonable under the circumstances.” Jacobus, 51 N.Y.S.3d at 336.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

If Lindsey's appointment is thrown out, AUSAs could still recharge it. Unlike the Comey indictment, the Statute of Limitations (for 10 years, not 5) will not have expired.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10h

Super minor issue of timing.

In the Comey hearing, Pat Fitz said, Hey, can we have basis for Lindsey the Insurance lawyer's appointment stat?

He is submitting that challenge by October 20, before Tish James' arraignment.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h

Reuters: U.S. JUDGE SAYS SHE WILL BLOCK THE DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN ILLINOIS, FOR NOW

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 10h

Paging anyone in my Jewish community who still thinks this administration is good for the Jews…

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

@theonion.com is now indistinguishable from real life.

A man in a suit is speaking at a lectern, looking derranged. The text is about autism being linked to circumcision, attributed to RFK Jr.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10h

Andrew Cuomo keeps saying he’s the only candidate who can take on Trump once he’s in office.

Yet in his statement about the indictment of Letitia James, the highest-ranking Black elected official in the state, he doesn’t even mention Trump by name….and, more importantly, he doesn’t mention James.

Andrew Cuomo * @andrewcuomo
X.com
In a democracy, the rule of law must be sacred - impartial, objective, and above politics. When the law is weaponized or manipulated to advance political agendas, it erodes public trust and weakens the very foundation of justice. Whether it comes from the right or the left, from prosecutors or politicians, the politicization of law enforcement is dangerous and corrosive.
We must restore faith in fairness, facts, and due process - because once justice becomes partisan, everyone loses.
3:56 PM • 10/9/25 • 41K Views

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Federal judge issues TRO following a second day of hearings, blocking the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United States within Illinois” from now through Oct. 23. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF ILLINOIS, a sovereign state; and the CITY OF CHICAGO, an Illinois municipal corporation,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 25-cv-12174
Judge April M. Perry
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security;
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; PETER B.
HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Defense; UNITED STATES ARMY; DANIEL P. DRISCOLL, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Army,
Defendants.
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
This Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Doc. 3, and
ORDERS as follows:
1. Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns entered, and all persons acting in concert with them, are temporarily enjoined from ordering the federalization and deployment of the
National Guard of the United States within Illinois.
2. This Temporary Restraining Order is at 5:55 P.M. central time on this 9th day of October
2025 and expires on October 23, 2025 at 11:59 P.M.
'President Trump, one of the name Defendants, is not enjoined by this Order.

3. Within two (2) calendar days of entry of this Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiffs
shall post a nominal bond of $100. The bond shall be filed in the Clerk's Office and be
deposited into the registry of the Court.
4. Defendants' Request to Stay or Administratively Stay the Temporary Restraining Order,
Doc. 62 at 58, is DENIED.
5. A telephone hearing will be held on October 22, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. to address whether
this Temporary Restraining Order should be extended for an additional fourteen (14)
calendar days.
Dated: October 9, 2025
Coul MPeray.
APRIL M. PERRY
United States District Judge
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h

Just saw Justice Breyer on a train grabbing a snack. A man of the people.

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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 1d

“The #InsurrectionAct requires a violent rebellion trying to take over the government that does not exist, doesn't exist in Portland, DC, Chicago, L.A., anywhere. But they like the power that these emergency, laws provide to them…And so they lie about the factual circumstances” - CA AG Bonta to me

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Feline Fury 🔥 @felinefury.bsky.social · 1d

If they made this a movie nobody would ever believe it—not even a cartoon.

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ListenToTheEpsteinVictims @jos1463.bsky.social · 10h

detector tool for more than a year before it scrapped it." boingboing.net/2025/10/09/a...

A university decided to use an AI detector to detect AI cheating. Now it had two problems.

One student was required to prove her innocence, denied her transcripts, and denied a graduate position. And there were many others.

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ListenToTheEpsteinVictims @jos1463.bsky.social · 10h

"A top university in Australia used AI to detect students cheating with AI. Unfortunately, AI detection is snake oil. Of the 6,000 students accused of academic misconduct by the machine, many did nothing wrong." "According to internal ACU documents, the university was aware of issues with the AI

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ListenToTheEpsteinVictims @jos1463.bsky.social · 10h

Schmidt said at a European tech conference. ”So in the course of their training, they learn a lot of things. A bad example would be they learn how to kill someone" Oh. Fabulous. www.thedailybeast.com/ex-google-ce...

Ex-Google CEO Says AI Models Can ‘Learn How to Kill’

Eric Schmidt says that AI can be taught homicidal tendencies if it falls into the wrong hands.