Oldster
@oldster.bsky.social
Words don't mean things. People mean things.
Reposted by Oldster
“.. Trump is flooring the gas pedal at the very moment some of his most ardent MAGA backers are warning AI could destroy .. working-class Americans ..”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
December 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“.. Trump is flooring the gas pedal at the very moment some of his most ardent MAGA backers are warning AI could destroy .. working-class Americans ..”
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
@axios.com
www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Oldster
The top issue for Americans is affordability--people literally can't afford groceries! Yet Trump is still focused on living The Great Gasby lifestyle at our expense as he did with his latest black tie celebrity event.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The top issue for Americans is affordability--people literally can't afford groceries! Yet Trump is still focused on living The Great Gasby lifestyle at our expense as he did with his latest black tie celebrity event.
Reposted by Oldster
New York narcotics officers raided Alberta Spruill’s home, shattering her door and detonating a flash grenade. Spruill, a 57-year-old city worker, went into cardiac arrest and died two hours later.
Episode Seven: Dirty Information
Years before the police killing of Breonna Taylor brought “no-knock” raids into the national spotlight, the NYPD mistakenly raided Alberta Spruill’s home — and literally scared her to death.
interc.pt
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
New York narcotics officers raided Alberta Spruill’s home, shattering her door and detonating a flash grenade. Spruill, a 57-year-old city worker, went into cardiac arrest and died two hours later.
Reposted by Oldster
In a challenge involving Vice President JD Vance, the court will consider on Dec. 9 the Republican Party’s argument for overturning a 2001 decision that upheld a rule aimed at preventing wealthy donors from bypassing limits on what they can give candidates.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Supreme Court could topple yet another campaign finance limit
The Supreme Court could continue its trend of striking down campaign finance rules as improper restrictions on speech. How far will they go?
www.yahoo.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In a challenge involving Vice President JD Vance, the court will consider on Dec. 9 the Republican Party’s argument for overturning a 2001 decision that upheld a rule aimed at preventing wealthy donors from bypassing limits on what they can give candidates.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Reposted by Oldster
🏆
Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🏆
Reposted by Oldster
Volunteers are packing emergency contraception kits for @beaconrepro.bsky.social again this morning. Their goal is 1,000 kits, which would make a total of 10,000 emergency contraception kits for the year!
#EthicsInAction
#EthicsInAction
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Reposted by Oldster
It’s all so exhausting but stay engaged even when the news feels like a migraine wearing a trench coat. Authoritarianism counts on exhaustion. Democracy depends on very boring persistence.
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It’s all so exhausting but stay engaged even when the news feels like a migraine wearing a trench coat. Authoritarianism counts on exhaustion. Democracy depends on very boring persistence.
Reposted by Oldster
In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned
In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.
Reposted by Oldster
Reposted by Oldster
Good for her.
MAGARapepublicans hate people who are smart and
kind and empathetic.
Cowards for a traitor.
Peace
MBM
MAGARapepublicans hate people who are smart and
kind and empathetic.
Cowards for a traitor.
Peace
MBM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Good for her.
MAGARapepublicans hate people who are smart and
kind and empathetic.
Cowards for a traitor.
Peace
MBM
MAGARapepublicans hate people who are smart and
kind and empathetic.
Cowards for a traitor.
Peace
MBM
Reposted by Oldster
This is what drives techno fascism. Raging anger at democracy, liberties, due process, women's progress - everything we have achieved in the past 4-5 centuries.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is what drives techno fascism. Raging anger at democracy, liberties, due process, women's progress - everything we have achieved in the past 4-5 centuries.
Reposted by Oldster
Simple explanation: it’s because of the dementia, so he doesn’t lose his way.
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Simple explanation: it’s because of the dementia, so he doesn’t lose his way.
Reposted by Oldster
🧵 #HearthWarriors 🫂strike boycott blackout protest
** defend hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕JARED KUSHNER CRIMINAL FATHER TRUMP PARDON MADE AMBASSADOR FRANCE.billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum *BOYCOTT CORPORATE XMAS* bsky.app/profile/pach...
** defend hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕JARED KUSHNER CRIMINAL FATHER TRUMP PARDON MADE AMBASSADOR FRANCE.billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum *BOYCOTT CORPORATE XMAS* bsky.app/profile/pach...
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🧵 #HearthWarriors 🫂strike boycott blackout protest
** defend hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕JARED KUSHNER CRIMINAL FATHER TRUMP PARDON MADE AMBASSADOR FRANCE.billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum *BOYCOTT CORPORATE XMAS* bsky.app/profile/pach...
** defend hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕JARED KUSHNER CRIMINAL FATHER TRUMP PARDON MADE AMBASSADOR FRANCE.billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum *BOYCOTT CORPORATE XMAS* bsky.app/profile/pach...
Reposted by Oldster
Important PSA from incoming NYC mayor.
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Important PSA from incoming NYC mayor.
Reposted by Oldster
Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1
Reposted by Oldster
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: "BlackRock specifically owns a majority of these single-family homes and is pricing out people."
@crampell.bsky.social: "No. That's, you're thinking of Blackstone — not BlackRock. And they don't own a majority of housing."
@crampell.bsky.social: "No. That's, you're thinking of Blackstone — not BlackRock. And they don't own a majority of housing."
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: "BlackRock specifically owns a majority of these single-family homes and is pricing out people."
@crampell.bsky.social: "No. That's, you're thinking of Blackstone — not BlackRock. And they don't own a majority of housing."
@crampell.bsky.social: "No. That's, you're thinking of Blackstone — not BlackRock. And they don't own a majority of housing."
Reposted by Oldster
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
Reposted by Oldster
Every cent should come from the police union not from taxpayers
San Diego agrees to pay $30 million to family of teenager mistakenly shot in the back by cop. "[Konoa] Wilson ran away from the gunfire and, as he fled, passed by officer Daniel Gold near the station corridor." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
San Diego agrees to pay $30m to family of boy, 16, shot dead by police
Settlement one of US’s largest and comes after officer killed Konoa Wilson, who was running from teen shooting at him
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Every cent should come from the police union not from taxpayers
Reposted by Oldster
Sad that this regime has our allies saying this,but I totally understand it.
🇺🇦💥 BREAKING: France & Germany Just Told Ukraine “Don’t Trust the U.S.” — And That Should Terrify Every Democracy on Earth
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
🇺🇦💥 BREAKING: France & Germany Just Told Ukraine “Don’t Trust the U.S.” — And That Should Terrify Every Democracy on Earth
A leaked call with Zelenskyy just shattered 75 years of transatlantic certainty.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sad that this regime has our allies saying this,but I totally understand it.
Reposted by Oldster
Alejandro Was Murdered!!
"Alejandro Was Murdered": Colombian Fisherman's Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Alejandro Was Murdered!!
Reposted by Oldster
A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.
Reposted by Oldster
Reposted by Oldster
EXACTLY HOW ICE SHOULD BE TREATED!!!! BASTA!!! FO!!!
December 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
EXACTLY HOW ICE SHOULD BE TREATED!!!! BASTA!!! FO!!!
Reposted by Oldster
About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings. n.pr/4pQYNub
7 deaths and hundreds of injuries are linked to faulty Abbott glucose monitors
About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings. n.pr/4pQYNub