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Ernest Belding

@misterernest.bsky.social

720 followers 500 following 1.1K posts

Generally Los Angeles-based location scout/manager, generally based. LMGI, Teamsters Local 399. Fatherhood photography cooking hiking scuba travel books art antifascism. He/Him (und auch Er/Ihn).

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Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · Nov 6

PSA: If one ever needs to see/share a link from twitter, use xcancel.com , in short type 'cancel' after the X in any link and it will display a mirror of the tweet, not giving it any clicks or other traffic.

ie clicking xcancel.com/elonmusk does not contribute to views or advertiser stats

X Cancelled

xcancel.com

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 12h

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 13h

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 15h

Today's pangram comes a little late

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

EISMAN: Tesla’s earnings “are down 60% from 2022 through 2025. And the stock is slightly higher. ..

“.. it’s a cult.”

@electrek.co $TSLA
electrek.co/2025/10/10/t...

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Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 1d

Always use the handrail, never sneeze.

Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, the great dividing line in the eternal class war, being able to afford bus fare.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2d

Scroll to the bottom of the story I did for CNBC here -- you'll see a link to read the NHTSA filings about this probe. Lotta detail on how FSD performed, sometimes leading to injurious collisions... www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/t...

Tesla faces U.S. auto safety probe after reports FSD ran red lights, caused collisions

For years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised investors that Tesla would someday be able to turn their existing electric vehicles into robotaxis.

www.cnbc.com

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 2d

ICYMI - The US auto safety regulator is investigating Tesla FSD for possible safety defects after reports the system led drivers to run red lights, and commit other traffic safety violations. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/t...

Tesla faces U.S. auto safety probe after reports FSD ran red lights, caused collisions

For years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised investors that Tesla would someday be able to turn their existing electric vehicles into robotaxis.

www.cnbc.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

The first episode of Collateral Damage, my reported podcast with The Intercept, went up today.

Hope you’ll check it out and, if you enjoy it, give it a favorable rating or review.

Eternal thanks to my producers @lauraflynn.bsky.social and Andrew Stelzer for making it happen.

Ep. 1 Dirty Business: The Atlanta Narcotics Unit’s Deadly Raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

Podcast Episode · Collateral Damage from The Intercept · 10/08/2025 · 55m

podcasts.apple.com

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Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 3d

They arrested a 100 year old woman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifas...

Antifaschistische Aktion - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 4d

Revealed: She landed on an island

NOT THAT ISLAND OF COURSE

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s video of the incident

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 5d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 4d

Yep in Portland the police do label their shields in many different languages to be inclusive, but they are also lettered in rainbow colors and have the officers preferred pronouns on each, if only the GOP knew.

Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 5d

Tax the Billionaires (the ones that control the space lasers, anyway)!

Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 5d

Ye from Belfast?

Ayyyye.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d

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Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 8d

Kind of a dick move to make a coin it can't be carried easily in your pocket for a coin check, or fit into a display case.

Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 9d

FYI these are bring your own oil

Ernest Belding @misterernest.bsky.social · 9d

Project 2025 getting the Ernst Röhm treatment.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10d

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.

harpers.org/archive/1941...