Nick Abbe
@nickmander.bsky.social
Human being, citizen, militant democrat.
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Wo bleibt eig. die Diskussion darüber, wie es manche öffentliche Institutionen und Politiker*innen noch rechtfertigen auf der Musk-Plattform zu bleiben? Muss man das so verstehen, dass es einfach keine Grenze gibt, die Musks Plattform nicht überschreiten kann?
Auch looking at you, @parlament.gv.at.
Auch looking at you, @parlament.gv.at.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
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Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
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January 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Wo bleibt eig. die Diskussion darüber, wie es manche öffentliche Institutionen und Politiker*innen noch rechtfertigen auf der Musk-Plattform zu bleiben? Muss man das so verstehen, dass es einfach keine Grenze gibt, die Musks Plattform nicht überschreiten kann?
Auch looking at you, @parlament.gv.at.
Auch looking at you, @parlament.gv.at.
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In authoritarian regimes, underlings signal loyalty to the ruler by publicly attesting to obviously false claims
January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In authoritarian regimes, underlings signal loyalty to the ruler by publicly attesting to obviously false claims
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Typically when the US embarks on an illegal or dubiously legal regime change we use noble words about democracy, rule of law, spreading freedom, etc. to justify our actions. Trump has not done that. He offers few noble words as eulogistic covering. It's a crass power & oil grab, according to Trump.
January 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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And now Maduro.
With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.
Actively selling in yuan.
Building payment systems outside dollar control.
Petitioning to join BRICS.
Partnered with China, Russia and Iran 10/
With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.
Actively selling in yuan.
Building payment systems outside dollar control.
Petitioning to join BRICS.
Partnered with China, Russia and Iran 10/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
And now Maduro.
With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.
Actively selling in yuan.
Building payment systems outside dollar control.
Petitioning to join BRICS.
Partnered with China, Russia and Iran 10/
With FIVE TIMES more oil than Saddam and Gaddafi combined.
Actively selling in yuan.
Building payment systems outside dollar control.
Petitioning to join BRICS.
Partnered with China, Russia and Iran 10/
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Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar."
2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomised and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.
"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.
The gold dinar died with him 9/
2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomised and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.
"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.
The gold dinar died with him 9/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Email quote: "This gold was intended to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar."
2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomised and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.
"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.
The gold dinar died with him 9/
2011: NATO bombs Libya. Gaddafi sodomised and murdered. Libya now has open slave markets.
"We came, we saw, he died!" Clinton laughed on camera.
The gold dinar died with him 9/
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The WMDs were never found because they never existed.
2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.
Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirmed this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention 8/
2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.
Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirmed this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention 8/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
The WMDs were never found because they never existed.
2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.
Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirmed this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention 8/
2009: Gaddafi proposes a gold-backed African currency called the "gold dinar" for oil trade.
Hillary Clinton's own leaked emails confirmed this was the PRIMARY reason for intervention 8/
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And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it:
2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.
2003: Iraq Invaded, regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam was lynched 7/
2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.
2003: Iraq Invaded, regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam was lynched 7/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
And there's a pattern of what happens to leaders who challenge it:
2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.
2003: Iraq Invaded, regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam was lynched 7/
2000: Saddam Hussein announces Iraq will sell oil in euros instead of dollars.
2003: Iraq Invaded, regime change. Iraq's oil immediately switched back to dollars. Saddam was lynched 7/
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Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil.
This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.
It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending. The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers 6/
This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.
It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending. The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers 6/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Every country on Earth needs dollars to buy oil.
This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.
It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending. The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers 6/
This lets America print unlimited money while other countries work for it.
It funds the military. The welfare state. The deficit spending. The petrodollar is more important to US hegemony than aircraft carriers 6/
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They were petitioning to join BRICS.
They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.
They were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarisation for decades.
Why does this matter? Because the entire US financial system is built on one thing, the petrodollar 4/
They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.
They were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarisation for decades.
Why does this matter? Because the entire US financial system is built on one thing, the petrodollar 4/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
They were petitioning to join BRICS.
They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.
They were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarisation for decades.
Why does this matter? Because the entire US financial system is built on one thing, the petrodollar 4/
They were building direct payment channels with China that bypass SWIFT entirely.
They were sitting on enough oil to fund de-dollarisation for decades.
Why does this matter? Because the entire US financial system is built on one thing, the petrodollar 4/
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20% of the entire world's oil. But here's the part that matters:
Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.
In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."
They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil 3/
Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.
In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."
They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil 3/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
20% of the entire world's oil. But here's the part that matters:
Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.
In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."
They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil 3/
Venezuela was actively selling that oil in Chinese yuan. Not dollars.
In 2018, Venezuela announced it would "free itself from the dollar."
They started accepting yuan, euros, rubles, anything BUT dollars for oil 3/
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This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years.
And Venezuela just threatened to end it.
Here's what really just happened:
Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. The largest on Earth.
More than Saudi Arabia 2/
And Venezuela just threatened to end it.
Here's what really just happened:
Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. The largest on Earth.
More than Saudi Arabia 2/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
This is about the petrodollar system that has kept America the dominant economic power for 50 years.
And Venezuela just threatened to end it.
Here's what really just happened:
Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. The largest on Earth.
More than Saudi Arabia 2/
And Venezuela just threatened to end it.
Here's what really just happened:
Venezuela has 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. The largest on Earth.
More than Saudi Arabia 2/
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It’s sobering to look back on the run-up to the Iraq war—a period of unceasing chattering-class debate, elaborate official lies, media complicity, unavailing global protest, in the end a giant stitch-up—and have it seem like some sort of paradise of public deliberation compared to these gangsters.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It’s sobering to look back on the run-up to the Iraq war—a period of unceasing chattering-class debate, elaborate official lies, media complicity, unavailing global protest, in the end a giant stitch-up—and have it seem like some sort of paradise of public deliberation compared to these gangsters.
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Es braucht auf jedenfall *irgendetwas* was die Kosten für Invasion Grönlands für die USA massiv erhöht - etwas was im Vorfeld bekannt ist, glaubwürdig durchhaltbar ist und klar kommuniziert ist, bzw. sogar als Automatismus ausgelöst wird in dem Fall der Fälle.
Die EU sollte in Zusammenarbeit mit der regionalen Regierung Grönlands und Kanada überlegen wer wieviele Truppen stationiert, um einen Angriff zu verhindern.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Es braucht auf jedenfall *irgendetwas* was die Kosten für Invasion Grönlands für die USA massiv erhöht - etwas was im Vorfeld bekannt ist, glaubwürdig durchhaltbar ist und klar kommuniziert ist, bzw. sogar als Automatismus ausgelöst wird in dem Fall der Fälle.
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These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
Nobel Peace Price within reach, I’d say.
Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them?
TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.
TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Nobel Peace Price within reach, I’d say.
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Because international media largely seems to struggle to choose the correct wording to describe what’s happening: the US, under the self describes „peace president“, attacked another country and kidnapped its president. That is factual, no matter how bad or illegitimate Maduro‘s rule is (very bad).
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Because international media largely seems to struggle to choose the correct wording to describe what’s happening: the US, under the self describes „peace president“, attacked another country and kidnapped its president. That is factual, no matter how bad or illegitimate Maduro‘s rule is (very bad).
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So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
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Words cannot describe the absolute power of this paragraph
"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
En kvinna, utklädd till rosa Power Ranger, hackade datingsida för högerextrema. Hon raderade hela sidan, men först fick hon användarna att bli kära i AI-botar som hon drev och fick på så sätt ut information om dem. Över 8000 högerextrema profiler har nu kartlagts.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Words cannot describe the absolute power of this paragraph
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Das Auswärtige Amt erklärt, die Lage in Venezuela sei noch unübersichtlich. Ich helfe gerne bei der Aufklärung: Trump greift ein Land an & entführt dessen Präsident. Das ist ein völkerrechtswidriger Angriff & Staatsterror. Hier keine deutlichen Worte zu finden, ist an Heuchelei nicht zu überbieten.
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Das Auswärtige Amt erklärt, die Lage in Venezuela sei noch unübersichtlich. Ich helfe gerne bei der Aufklärung: Trump greift ein Land an & entführt dessen Präsident. Das ist ein völkerrechtswidriger Angriff & Staatsterror. Hier keine deutlichen Worte zu finden, ist an Heuchelei nicht zu überbieten.
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So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
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Weak. Very weak. Nothing short of a "let them cook" statement.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Weak. Very weak. Nothing short of a "let them cook" statement.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
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Trump hat Putin jetzt gezeigt wie man einen Regime-Change durchführt.
Als nächstes wird die rechtsextreme Friedensnobelpreisträgerin dort eingesetzt.
Dann kommt die Re-Privatisierung des Öls.
Dann die Kick-Backs an die Trump-Org.
Als nächstes wird die rechtsextreme Friedensnobelpreisträgerin dort eingesetzt.
Dann kommt die Re-Privatisierung des Öls.
Dann die Kick-Backs an die Trump-Org.
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Trump hat Putin jetzt gezeigt wie man einen Regime-Change durchführt.
Als nächstes wird die rechtsextreme Friedensnobelpreisträgerin dort eingesetzt.
Dann kommt die Re-Privatisierung des Öls.
Dann die Kick-Backs an die Trump-Org.
Als nächstes wird die rechtsextreme Friedensnobelpreisträgerin dort eingesetzt.
Dann kommt die Re-Privatisierung des Öls.
Dann die Kick-Backs an die Trump-Org.
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Tech-Unternehmen waren schon immer gut darin, Verantwortung von sich zu schieben
Indem es jetzt sinngemäß heißt, „Die KI sagt XYZ“ oder „Die KI entschuldigt sich“ wird den Tech-Milliardären noch einfacher gemacht, keine Verantwortung zu übernehmen
Indem es jetzt sinngemäß heißt, „Die KI sagt XYZ“ oder „Die KI entschuldigt sich“ wird den Tech-Milliardären noch einfacher gemacht, keine Verantwortung zu übernehmen
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Tech-Unternehmen waren schon immer gut darin, Verantwortung von sich zu schieben
Indem es jetzt sinngemäß heißt, „Die KI sagt XYZ“ oder „Die KI entschuldigt sich“ wird den Tech-Milliardären noch einfacher gemacht, keine Verantwortung zu übernehmen
Indem es jetzt sinngemäß heißt, „Die KI sagt XYZ“ oder „Die KI entschuldigt sich“ wird den Tech-Milliardären noch einfacher gemacht, keine Verantwortung zu übernehmen