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Amazon's Ring cameras to form AI Search Party to find your missing dog

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 1d

Contrary to this article this surveillance network is always active and you have to opt out of it. It can easily be repurposed by Jeff Bezos to search for anyone the government is looking for. The surveillance state is already in your neighborhood. www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...

Search Party for dogs allows owners to send up a digital flare asking neighbors to add their outside Ring cameras to the pet-finding effort.

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Dominion Voting Systems, at centre of false 2020 election claims, sold to former Republican election official | CBC News

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 1d

This is not ominous at all. Just wait for legal settlements against Fox, Newsmax, Giuliani and others quietly go unenforced and 2026 elections suddenly swing GOP without any rational reason. Dominion Voting Systems sold to former Republican election official | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/world/u....

Voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems (DVS), founded in Toronto and a target of conspiracy theories in the 2020 U.S. presidential election spread by Republican Donald Trump and his allies,...

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The American Troops Tasked With Helping Secure Gaza’s Future — The Wall Street Journal

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 1d

Here we go again!?! Republicans sending American troops into another foreign war in the Middle East. Repeating the same mistakes over and over again is the definition of insanity. apple.news/AXRIKLkHLTPS...

A stabilization force will run alongside efforts to form a governing apparatus for the enclave

a gold coin with a man on it that says nobel on it

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sure a Republican owned voting machine company will be entirely impartial, not. Time to throw out all those voting machines and never buy another one. The name “Liberty Voting” is a huge red flag. 🚩

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 2d

And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to….anyone but Trump.

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a map of argentina is shown with a cartoon character

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 3d

U.S. Treasury opens $20 billion currency swap line to Argentina 🇦🇷 to buy pesos to support another right wing failed government and is directly purchasing pesos in the market. This props up farmers in Argentina who are taking soybean sales to China from U.S. farmers. “America First”?

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The sinister disppearances of China’s bosses — The Economist

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 4d

Hey CEOs!! This is your future under Trump. Appeasement is never the solution. Do the right thing while there is still time.

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Detentions, public shaming and suicides intensify the country’s corporate gloom

a picture of jesus in the rain with the words jesus wept on it

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 6d

Matthew 15:8
Jesus says:
“These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.”
Perfect description of Republicans.

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Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 7d

And made principally in Mexico and Canada and China.

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 7d

Graboys sounds like a Republican name.

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 7d

Republican pedophiles are everywhere.

South Carolina Confirms Measles Outbreak With U.S. Cases At 25-Year High

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 7d

Measles outbreak puts cases at a 25 year high. People are not getting vaccinated. Have they forgotten that measles can kill people?? Thanks Trump for spreading disease. www.huffpost.com/entry/south-...

"The people involved in the outbreak are unvaccinated and did not have immunity from a previous measles infection," the state's health agency confirmed.

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Mike Nellis (@mikenellis)

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 9d

This needs to be spread widely. substack.com/@mikenellis/...

This is the best messaging I’ve seen from any Democrats on the shutdown. Kudos to AOC, Bernie, and their teams for putting this out there.

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Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor, pleads guilty to sexually abusing a child — NBC News

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 10d

Another Republican pedophile. Seems like most pedophiles are Republicans. apple.news/AtQgqFnevSPy...

Under a negotiated plea agreement, he was given a ten year sentence, but he will only serve six months of that sentence.

Trump, justifying domestic military action, tells Pentagon leaders to ‘handle’ the ‘enemy from within’ — POLITICO

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 12d

This is by far the most dangerous thing to ever happen to America. Trump wants his own personal army. apple.news/A6QNDFBLvR_C...

The president suggested “dangerous” American cities should be used as Pentagon “training grounds” during a dark and winding 72-minute speech.

Camerawoman Captures Scott Bessent’s Texts, Exposing White House Panic

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Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 13d

The U.S. bails out Argentina's farmers so they can sell their soybeans to China who is buying from them instead of U.S. farmers. Trump screws U.S. farmers and then gives $20 bln to Argentina's farmers. All this has lowered the price that American farmers can charge. newrepublic.com/post/201064/...

Why we all need screen protectors, feat. Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary.

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Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 13d

A full-on Trump supporter BTW. Funny the GOP is silent about this. The guy killed 3 more people than Charlie Kirk. But, oh well.

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon named in Epstein files released by Democrats

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 13d

Musk, Peter Theil, and Steve Bannon all appear in the Epstein files. Now we know who they were protecting. www.axios.com/2025/09/26/e...

The three Trump allies are all mentioned in redacted copies of Epstein's daily schedules.

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Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 13d

I don’t hear the Republicans saying anything about the Trump supporter who shot up and burned down the Mormon Church. They must have missed that guy and the 400 other right wing nut jobs who shot people since Trump started his vitriolic campaign in 2016. apple.news/ACS6Yo4TeS5K...

Who was Thomas Sanford, the Michigan shooting suspect — CNN

Thomas Jacob Sanford, who police say attacked a Sunday morning mass a Michigan church, was an Iraq War veteran and outdoorsman.

Republican legislator in South Carolina agrees to plead guilty to child sexual abuse imagery charges — Guardian US

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 13d

Another Republican pedophile. Where are all the Democrats?? Seems like they are all Republicans. Another case of every accusation is a confession. apple.news/A_h2cjsALTq2...

RJ May is accused of trading hundreds of photos of children involved in sex acts; he faces up to 100 years in prison

Peter Thiel Wants Everyone to Think More About the Antichrist — The Wall Street Journal

Rhinovian @rhinovian.bsky.social · 14d

The least Christian people on Earth lecturing others on Christianity. Why? To pervert Christianity to serve their own ends. Right wing nut jobs who want Christians to view liberals who actually live Christian principles as the Anti-Christ. Meanwhile they plan Armageddon. apple.news/AzuZHy2IdTLG...

During appearances, the billionaire has offered his analysis on technology, government and a biblical perspective on the end times