Kimtcga
@kimtc.bsky.social
Former lawyer/librarian, true Blue 💙. Don’t consider myself old, just more susceptible to things that might kill me. 🌈
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Kimtcga
@kimtc.bsky.social
· Jan 4
As a librarian, I watched people’s research capabilities degrade in the age of Google. Maybe we will be forced now to relearn how to use databases now that even Google keyword searches are worthless.
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There's an exchange during Watergate where a Nixon official is giving the lie about Rosemary Woods accidentally erasing 18 1/2 minutes from an Oval Office tape.
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
There's an exchange during Watergate where a Nixon official is giving the lie about Rosemary Woods accidentally erasing 18 1/2 minutes from an Oval Office tape.
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
The reporter asks "But is that believable? Do you think people will believe that?!"
"... Uh, sure."
"HOW?"
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It was a quick trip from "Make America Great Again" to "Shit Happens"
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It was a quick trip from "Make America Great Again" to "Shit Happens"
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You noticed it too, right?
The minute Jasmine Crockett, a fierce fighter against fascism, announced her run for the Senate, the never-Kamala trolls came out in force.
Never that same heat for Trump, who wants to export Palestinians from Gaza and turn it into a resort. Literally ethnic cleansing.
🧵
The minute Jasmine Crockett, a fierce fighter against fascism, announced her run for the Senate, the never-Kamala trolls came out in force.
Never that same heat for Trump, who wants to export Palestinians from Gaza and turn it into a resort. Literally ethnic cleansing.
🧵
December 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
You noticed it too, right?
The minute Jasmine Crockett, a fierce fighter against fascism, announced her run for the Senate, the never-Kamala trolls came out in force.
Never that same heat for Trump, who wants to export Palestinians from Gaza and turn it into a resort. Literally ethnic cleansing.
🧵
The minute Jasmine Crockett, a fierce fighter against fascism, announced her run for the Senate, the never-Kamala trolls came out in force.
Never that same heat for Trump, who wants to export Palestinians from Gaza and turn it into a resort. Literally ethnic cleansing.
🧵
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Brazil soy glut threatens global prices
Brazilian growers brace for potential oversupply as 2026 harvest projections hit record highs, threatening to destabilize international commodity markets.
www.farmprogress.com/marketing/br...
Brazilian growers brace for potential oversupply as 2026 harvest projections hit record highs, threatening to destabilize international commodity markets.
www.farmprogress.com/marketing/br...
Brazil soy boom may crash global grain markets
Record Brazilian soybean output threatens to flood markets and drive down prices as trade tensions reshape global flows.
www.farmprogress.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Brazil soy glut threatens global prices
Brazilian growers brace for potential oversupply as 2026 harvest projections hit record highs, threatening to destabilize international commodity markets.
www.farmprogress.com/marketing/br...
Brazilian growers brace for potential oversupply as 2026 harvest projections hit record highs, threatening to destabilize international commodity markets.
www.farmprogress.com/marketing/br...
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“We would win California by a lot” — a delusional Trump claims he won California in 2024
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“We would win California by a lot” — a delusional Trump claims he won California in 2024
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I feel like some later-20th century facts just don’t make sense like the answer to “who was the U.S. president people apparently tried to kill the most” being Gerald ford
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I feel like some later-20th century facts just don’t make sense like the answer to “who was the U.S. president people apparently tried to kill the most” being Gerald ford
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Hoping someone does some analysis on the dangers of "big damage" while the military forces previously patrolling the ME are off the shore of Venezuela right now.
So that when shit blows up we can point to how predictable that was.
So that when shit blows up we can point to how predictable that was.
President Donald Trump signaled Sunday the US will do “big damage” to the militants behind a deadly attack on American forces in Syria that he blamed on the Islamic State.
Trump Vows ‘Big Damage’ After Attack on US Troops in Syria
President Donald Trump signaled Sunday the US will do “big damage” to the militants behind a deadly attack on American forces in Syria that he blamed on the Islamic State.
bloom.bg
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hoping someone does some analysis on the dangers of "big damage" while the military forces previously patrolling the ME are off the shore of Venezuela right now.
So that when shit blows up we can point to how predictable that was.
So that when shit blows up we can point to how predictable that was.
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The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
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I remember Hong Kong before the hand over & after.
I am sadly surprised that these people hung on for so long.
A generation. 💔💔💔
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
I am sadly surprised that these people hung on for so long.
A generation. 💔💔💔
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party votes to disband after more than 30 years
Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party has voted to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism
abcnews.go.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I remember Hong Kong before the hand over & after.
I am sadly surprised that these people hung on for so long.
A generation. 💔💔💔
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
I am sadly surprised that these people hung on for so long.
A generation. 💔💔💔
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
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Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)
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It is called an immigration judge.
Just like you cannot have a death penalty judge, you cannot have a deportation judge.
What the actual f*ck is going on in this country people?
Just like you cannot have a death penalty judge, you cannot have a deportation judge.
What the actual f*ck is going on in this country people?
December 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It is called an immigration judge.
Just like you cannot have a death penalty judge, you cannot have a deportation judge.
What the actual f*ck is going on in this country people?
Just like you cannot have a death penalty judge, you cannot have a deportation judge.
What the actual f*ck is going on in this country people?
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I pick up my mail each afternoon in the faculty lounge -- at an Ivy League institution, no less! -- and I've never heard anything discussed there that's been picked up by the Democratic Party.
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
December 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I pick up my mail each afternoon in the faculty lounge -- at an Ivy League institution, no less! -- and I've never heard anything discussed there that's been picked up by the Democratic Party.
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
Stop repeating Republicans' lies about your own party.
In fact, John Podesta -- please just stop talking
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The VA already slashed 30,000 jobs earlier this year as part of an agency-wide reorganization.
Veterans Affairs Cutting As Many As 35,000 Jobs By End Of Year, Report Says
The VA already slashed 30,000 jobs earlier this year as part of an agency-wide reorganization.
www.forbes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The VA already slashed 30,000 jobs earlier this year as part of an agency-wide reorganization.
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Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
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Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia Russia
December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Poland states the obvious: EU and NATO member state Hungary is an ally of Putin’s Russia Russia
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How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.
Nice little TV network you got there
How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.
www.motherjones.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
How easily has Trump rolled corporate media? So much more easily than he probably expected.
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Fun fact: Ronald Reagan also had Alzheimer's during his second term in office.
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Fun fact: Ronald Reagan also had Alzheimer's during his second term in office.
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Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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The government is very deliberately NOT trying to deport Mr. Abrego Garcia. Since August, he has been asking them to deport him to Costa Rica, yet the Trump admin keeps refusing to do it (and lying about why) because they want to send him to Africa to punish him. Here's how Judge Xinis summed it up.
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The government is very deliberately NOT trying to deport Mr. Abrego Garcia. Since August, he has been asking them to deport him to Costa Rica, yet the Trump admin keeps refusing to do it (and lying about why) because they want to send him to Africa to punish him. Here's how Judge Xinis summed it up.
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Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Signaling their bold new commitment to AI, Purdue is changing its mascot from the Boilermakers to the Bullshitters.
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These were so easy to throw into your backpack or jacket. So easy to read and share with a friend. What a loss, indeed.
December 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
These were so easy to throw into your backpack or jacket. So easy to read and share with a friend. What a loss, indeed.