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Strider Reloaded

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I wonder how many millions of dollars is Trump charging for redacting out names of celebrities from the Epstein files.

December 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM

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Tom Walsh

@tewalsh340.bsky.social

December 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM

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Craig R. Brittain

@craigbrittain.com

Elon Musk is mad about being fined $140 million, and he demands that the EU be abolished in response. Imagine if they had fined him for the amount of damage he has actually caused - trillions - things would finally be as they should.

December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Strider Reloaded

@striderreloaded.bsky.social

I imagine it wouldn't be hard for the FBI to find dirt on these snails

#kiss

December 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM

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Raider

@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

ICE goon shocked camerawoman knows his name. "See you in court, Bye Kevin!" Washington DC

December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

X fined €120m by the EU for breaking the law, instead of paying his dues and following the law, the billionaire criminal Elon Musk proceeded to have a public crash out and shriek that the EU should be "abolished."

spookyconnections.com/2025/12/06/e...

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
X
X.com
The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people

December 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Elon Musk's "Free Speech" for me, not for thee.

Elon Musk has presented X as a platform with limited content protections and an emphasis on what he describes as “unrestricted speech”. Independent analyses of X since Elon Musk’s takeover have found that the platform’s actual moderation practices diverge from its public presentation as a venue for unrestricted speech. While Musk has repeatedly stated that X is committed to maximal free expression, several documented policy changes and technical interventions indicate that the platform engages in forms of content limitation that critics describe as selective or opaque. Researchers at multiple institutions, including the University of Washington and the Center for Countering Digital Hate, have reported that X continues to remove posts, limit account visibility and apply algorithmic “deboosting” to certain users or topics, often without clear explanation or transparent appeals processes. The platform has also acknowledged the existence of visibility filters, though it argues they are necessary for managing harmful or low quality content.

Investigations by media organisations have shown that X has restricted or downgraded the reach of accounts across a wide political spectrum, sometimes affecting journalists, civil society organisations and government critics. In several documented cases, users reported substantial reductions in engagement after posting material critical of governments with which Musk was publicly negotiating or maintaining commercial ties. X has not disclosed the criteria used for such downranking, and the opacity surrounding these decisions has led analysts to conclude that the platform retains broad discretionary control over what circulates widely and what does not.

Regulatory bodies in Europe and academic observers have argued that these practices amount to a form of selective moderation rather than the absence of moderation. In particular, researchers point to instances in which content critical of certain authoritarian or semi-authoritarian governments appears to have been restricted, while material from state aligned accounts in those same countries continued to circulate without similar impediments. Such patterns have been noted in relation to Turkey, India and China, states where Musk’s companies have significant business interests and where governments have historically demanded compliance from foreign technology firms. X has complied with a number of takedown requests from these governments, even when they involved political speech. While the platform promotes itself as a defender of free speech, its operational decisions reveal a willingness to limit speech when doing so protects commercial interests, satisfies regulatory demands from powerful states or reduces conflict with governments that hold leverage over Musk’s business operations. In practice, this means that speech may be free only to the extent that it does not jeopardise relationships with governments capable of imposing legal or economic consequences.

December 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM

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Hackaday

@hackadayofficial.bsky.social

Lessons Learned After Trying MeshCore for Off-grid Text Messaging

Hackaday Article

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December 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM

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Governor JB Pritzker

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

Spent some time this week volunteering with my team at the @fooddepository.bsky.social.

This holiday season and beyond, we’re making sure that all of us in Illinois can thrive. If you have the opportunity, get out and volunteer — we’re all in this together.

December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙

@cardwell4u.bsky.social

When you think that you have heard the worst, you find out something worse.

December 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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Raider

@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.