ScornFlakes
@scornflakes.bsky.social
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ScornFlakes
@scornflakes.bsky.social
· Mar 10
Trump and Elon's whole march and baiting of government workers will leave illness and a mess that will take years or decades to mend. Nobody should have to go through this.
Lord of Flies, indeed.
#PoliticsArt #PoliticalCartoon #E3 #TrumpArt #PoliticalSatire #PoliticalMeme #PoliticalComedy #Resist
Lord of Flies, indeed.
#PoliticsArt #PoliticalCartoon #E3 #TrumpArt #PoliticalSatire #PoliticalMeme #PoliticalComedy #Resist
From @guardtheleaf.bsky.social and @enemywithinyt.bsky.social ,on tourism impacts. Remember also the list of revealed requirements for US tourists: DNA, 10 years of past emails, metadata searches, past phone numbers, even information on immediate relatives. Insanity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Jh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Jh...
Three Reasons Canada Will NEVER FORGIVE the US
YouTube video by Guard The Leaf
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
From @guardtheleaf.bsky.social and @enemywithinyt.bsky.social ,on tourism impacts. Remember also the list of revealed requirements for US tourists: DNA, 10 years of past emails, metadata searches, past phone numbers, even information on immediate relatives. Insanity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Jh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Jh...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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No way people can look at the ABUNDANCE 2025 event roster, with all the usual donor funded goobers from Reihan Salam on down, and say it’s not donor-led with a straight face.
It's a government reform project. It started with a handful of activists and staffers in California. It won over some journalists who made it influential enough for a handful of donors to notice. Abundance is not grassroots (what process movement is?) but it's hardly donor led
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
No way people can look at the ABUNDANCE 2025 event roster, with all the usual donor funded goobers from Reihan Salam on down, and say it’s not donor-led with a straight face.
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"When liberalism is bedrock, good journalists can do great things when they get corporate-scale resources. And whatever marginal independence they lack might be worth the sacrifice. But in illiberal times, it’s a foolish, dangerous trade."
Trump and the Oligarchs Are Killing Corporate Media
The oligarchs only care about money. The dictator only cares about power. They can make that arrangement work.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"When liberalism is bedrock, good journalists can do great things when they get corporate-scale resources. And whatever marginal independence they lack might be worth the sacrifice. But in illiberal times, it’s a foolish, dangerous trade."
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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real police state stuff
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
real police state stuff
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www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon...
A July article about Steve Bannon’s unreleased film on Epstein…
A July article about Steve Bannon’s unreleased film on Epstein…
Steve Bannon filmed Jeffrey Epstein for 15 hours. His 'documentary' has never surfaced.
The staunch Donald Trump ally said his Epstein tapes were meant for a documentary. People who knew them together say he was trying to help Epstein.
www.businessinsider.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon...
A July article about Steve Bannon’s unreleased film on Epstein…
A July article about Steve Bannon’s unreleased film on Epstein…
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my new video is an intro to The Authoritarian Stack project (written by @francescabria.bsky.social, research from @autonomy-institute.bsky.social),which models an absolutely crucial way of understanding contemporary power.
check it out and read the full study.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dlw...
check it out and read the full study.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dlw...
Capitalism's New Playbook EXPOSED
YouTube video by Michael Burns
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
my new video is an intro to The Authoritarian Stack project (written by @francescabria.bsky.social, research from @autonomy-institute.bsky.social),which models an absolutely crucial way of understanding contemporary power.
check it out and read the full study.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dlw...
check it out and read the full study.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dlw...
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This unconstitutional executive order gives tech giants a blank check to experiment and deploy AI without meaningful oversight.
The Senate rejected a similar measure earlier this year by a vote of 99-1. We need more accountability for tech companies, not less.
The Senate rejected a similar measure earlier this year by a vote of 99-1. We need more accountability for tech companies, not less.
Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws
The order creates a Justice Department task force to challenge state AI laws and directs the Commerce Department to pull future broadband funding from states that pass “onerous” legislation.
www.wired.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This unconstitutional executive order gives tech giants a blank check to experiment and deploy AI without meaningful oversight.
The Senate rejected a similar measure earlier this year by a vote of 99-1. We need more accountability for tech companies, not less.
The Senate rejected a similar measure earlier this year by a vote of 99-1. We need more accountability for tech companies, not less.
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Fresh off their gerrymandering disaster in Indiana, Republicans are plotting their next moves.
“Nebraska and Kansas are two top targets,” wrote Tyler Bowyer, chief operating officer of Turning Point Action. trib.al/SReG0NS
“Nebraska and Kansas are two top targets,” wrote Tyler Bowyer, chief operating officer of Turning Point Action. trib.al/SReG0NS
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Fresh off their gerrymandering disaster in Indiana, Republicans are plotting their next moves.
“Nebraska and Kansas are two top targets,” wrote Tyler Bowyer, chief operating officer of Turning Point Action. trib.al/SReG0NS
“Nebraska and Kansas are two top targets,” wrote Tyler Bowyer, chief operating officer of Turning Point Action. trib.al/SReG0NS
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A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
February 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
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The House Oversight Committee just released 19 more photos from the Epstein estate. Several of them are deeply disturbing, but most of them just show what we already knew: that this case will cross party lines and that everyone, whether team red or blue, will need to support the victims.
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The House Oversight Committee just released 19 more photos from the Epstein estate. Several of them are deeply disturbing, but most of them just show what we already knew: that this case will cross party lines and that everyone, whether team red or blue, will need to support the victims.
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After President Trump was awarded a "peace prize" by FIFA, the global governing body for soccer, the U.S. Justice Department suddenly announced that it was dropping an international soccer bribery case.
We're Pretty Sure We Now Know Why FIFA Gave Trump A 'Peace Prize'—And Yep, That Tracks
www.comicsands.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
After President Trump was awarded a "peace prize" by FIFA, the global governing body for soccer, the U.S. Justice Department suddenly announced that it was dropping an international soccer bribery case.
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Yet Dozy Don and his minions welcomed the Tate Bros to America. American envoys also successfully advocated for Romania dropping its sexual exploitation charges against them.. duplicity noted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Yet Dozy Don and his minions welcomed the Tate Bros to America. American envoys also successfully advocated for Romania dropping its sexual exploitation charges against them.. duplicity noted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
Barron Trump's ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
WATCH: New reporting from the New York Times reveals Andrew Tate’s release from Romania—where he faced rape and human trafficking charges—may have involved powerful allies, including Barron Trump. Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Megan Twohey joins to discuss.
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Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ossoff: "This is one of the most consequential votes this Senate will take all year. By saying yea or nay to the clerk of the Senate later today, senators will decide whether people live or die. Senators will decide whether Georgians & folks across the country are financially ruined or have a shot."
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Yet another lawsuit was filed against OpenAI, alleging recklessness and wrongful death.
The latest suit claims that ChatGPT affirmed/fueled a troubled man’s worsening paranoid delusions, leading him to murder his elderly mother before killing himself:
futurism.com/artificial-i...
The latest suit claims that ChatGPT affirmed/fueled a troubled man’s worsening paranoid delusions, leading him to murder his elderly mother before killing himself:
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI Sued for Causing Murder-Suicide
OpenAI was sued by the son and grandson of a man in Connecticut who murdered his mother after ChatGPT affirmed his paranoid delusions.
futurism.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yet another lawsuit was filed against OpenAI, alleging recklessness and wrongful death.
The latest suit claims that ChatGPT affirmed/fueled a troubled man’s worsening paranoid delusions, leading him to murder his elderly mother before killing himself:
futurism.com/artificial-i...
The latest suit claims that ChatGPT affirmed/fueled a troubled man’s worsening paranoid delusions, leading him to murder his elderly mother before killing himself:
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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I'm in Tech Policy Press today exploring the intersection of competition law and tech expertise. Who are tech experts? What do they know? And how might competition regulators use them best in an increasingly digital economy?
www.techpolicy.press/who-are-tech...
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/who-are-tech...
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
Who are Tech Experts and What Can They Bring to Competition Enforcement? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech experts are playing an increasingly large role in competition enforcement, writes Todd Davies. But who are these experts, and what are they experts in?
www.techpolicy.press
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'm in Tech Policy Press today exploring the intersection of competition law and tech expertise. Who are tech experts? What do they know? And how might competition regulators use them best in an increasingly digital economy?
www.techpolicy.press/who-are-tech...
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/who-are-tech...
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
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Elon and his crew destroyed hundreds of veteran owned businesses. Two-thirds of the contracts DOGE canceled at the VA this year were with veteran-owned businesses. Some contracts were helping the VA register cancer patients or provide health care support to vets. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
DOGE had a cutting spree. 550 vet-owned businesses felt it.
Among the contracts DOGE canceled under the Department of Veterans Affairs alone, two-thirds were with veteran-owned businesses.
www.politico.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Elon and his crew destroyed hundreds of veteran owned businesses. Two-thirds of the contracts DOGE canceled at the VA this year were with veteran-owned businesses. Some contracts were helping the VA register cancer patients or provide health care support to vets. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Literally the whole "is antifa in the room with us right now, Mr. FBI?"
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Literally the whole "is antifa in the room with us right now, Mr. FBI?"
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
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"People often retreat into saying that democracy hasn’t fallen 'yet.'... But it’s not true for everyone currently living in America. Some people in America are already living under conditions that resemble dictatorship."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
"People often retreat into saying that democracy hasn’t fallen 'yet.'... But it’s not true for everyone currently living in America. Some people in America are already living under conditions that resemble dictatorship."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-wage...
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NEW: Our experts, along with @consumerreports.org and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social looked into how Instacart was deciding prices on grocery items across the country.
What we found will shock you.
What we found will shock you.
Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout - Groundwork Collaborative
groundworkcollaborative.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
NEW: Our experts, along with @consumerreports.org and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social looked into how Instacart was deciding prices on grocery items across the country.
What we found will shock you.
What we found will shock you.
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Kushner founded Affinity Partners in 2021 after leaving the White House, backed by about 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The tactic is brutal. Control the lens and you control reality. Once audiences trust the voice, you can remake the world frame by frame.
Jared Kushner Is Quietly Steering a Massive Media Takeover
The president’s son-in-law is getting in on the scramble to make billions from Warner Bros.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Kushner founded Affinity Partners in 2021 after leaving the White House, backed by about 2 billion dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The tactic is brutal. Control the lens and you control reality. Once audiences trust the voice, you can remake the world frame by frame.