Tech Broligarch
@techbroligarch.bsky.social
American Ex-pat in Scotland, girl-dad, UK Denizen, medium-old guy. Renewable energy and retrofit expert. Moonlights as a pitch-black nightmare deep-sea creature.
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Billionaires shouldn't exist. If you need more than $100M will buy you, you have a mental problem that society doesn't need to accommodate.
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Here you go, majority. Primary these folks. We all deserve better.
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Here you go, majority. Primary these folks. We all deserve better.
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Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.
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Victoria Derbyshire, "The Prime Minister Keir Starmer orders a probe into foreign interference in UK politics"
Nick Watt, "It's not about saying did Russia influence the Brexit referendum"
Only Labour could run an investigation into foreign interference and ignore Russia's influence on Brexit 🤷♂️
Nick Watt, "It's not about saying did Russia influence the Brexit referendum"
Only Labour could run an investigation into foreign interference and ignore Russia's influence on Brexit 🤷♂️
December 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Victoria Derbyshire, "The Prime Minister Keir Starmer orders a probe into foreign interference in UK politics"
Nick Watt, "It's not about saying did Russia influence the Brexit referendum"
Only Labour could run an investigation into foreign interference and ignore Russia's influence on Brexit 🤷♂️
Nick Watt, "It's not about saying did Russia influence the Brexit referendum"
Only Labour could run an investigation into foreign interference and ignore Russia's influence on Brexit 🤷♂️
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This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.
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I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
This is possibly the most significant attack on trans rights in this country yet, and I can count the number of posts on my timeline about this on my hands.
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I had to watch Alabama's ban on gender affirming care for minors go into effect. It impacted multiple people in my life. It is cruel beyond words.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
Pick up the phone. Call all of your reps. Don't tell me it won't matter--I call Tommy Tuberville. EVERY FUCKIN' TIME. I won't gift them silence on this.
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Erasmus mattered because it gave working class kids opportunities money usually buys. The Daily Mail’s owners and the wealthy can send their children anywhere regardless. Erasmus wasn’t for them, it was for students who’d never otherwise get that chance. That’s social mobility, not elitism.
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Erasmus mattered because it gave working class kids opportunities money usually buys. The Daily Mail’s owners and the wealthy can send their children anywhere regardless. Erasmus wasn’t for them, it was for students who’d never otherwise get that chance. That’s social mobility, not elitism.
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For 5 years Britain has tiptoed around Europe, afraid to admit what was lost.
Erasmus+ is the first honest step towards rebuilding trust – through people, not tariffs.
More in our latest article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Erasmus+ is the first honest step towards rebuilding trust – through people, not tariffs.
More in our latest article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Why Erasmus matters more than any customs fix
Britain’s debate over tariffs misses the point: people, not paperwork, determine whether Europe feels shared again
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
For 5 years Britain has tiptoed around Europe, afraid to admit what was lost.
Erasmus+ is the first honest step towards rebuilding trust – through people, not tariffs.
More in our latest article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Erasmus+ is the first honest step towards rebuilding trust – through people, not tariffs.
More in our latest article ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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So the plan is Don Jr. and Eric Trump corner the market to become the biggest drug cartel in the Western hemisphere.
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
So the plan is Don Jr. and Eric Trump corner the market to become the biggest drug cartel in the Western hemisphere.
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?
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"I wouldn't want to take away the right to strike at all but..."
Govt minister Sarah Jones defending a group of workers not being allowed to strike and attacking another group of workers for striking in order to restore their pay.
Jones is an MP for the party of organised labour.
Govt minister Sarah Jones defending a group of workers not being allowed to strike and attacking another group of workers for striking in order to restore their pay.
Jones is an MP for the party of organised labour.
December 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
"I wouldn't want to take away the right to strike at all but..."
Govt minister Sarah Jones defending a group of workers not being allowed to strike and attacking another group of workers for striking in order to restore their pay.
Jones is an MP for the party of organised labour.
Govt minister Sarah Jones defending a group of workers not being allowed to strike and attacking another group of workers for striking in order to restore their pay.
Jones is an MP for the party of organised labour.
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
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I have a question for Constitutional scholars.
If power to declare war is reserved to Congress, and...
A naval blockade around a nation is an act of war, and...
#ConvictedFelonTrump placed a naval blockade on Venezuela...
There was no Congressional approval...
Did he just commit a High Crime ?
If power to declare war is reserved to Congress, and...
A naval blockade around a nation is an act of war, and...
#ConvictedFelonTrump placed a naval blockade on Venezuela...
There was no Congressional approval...
Did he just commit a High Crime ?
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I have a question for Constitutional scholars.
If power to declare war is reserved to Congress, and...
A naval blockade around a nation is an act of war, and...
#ConvictedFelonTrump placed a naval blockade on Venezuela...
There was no Congressional approval...
Did he just commit a High Crime ?
If power to declare war is reserved to Congress, and...
A naval blockade around a nation is an act of war, and...
#ConvictedFelonTrump placed a naval blockade on Venezuela...
There was no Congressional approval...
Did he just commit a High Crime ?
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incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
Put in £15...please do the same.
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Put in £15...please do the same.
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
Csn everyone on BlueSky please ratio this POS? Thanks.
The Democrats don’t have an answer to Trump. Do the neoconservatives? David Brooks on why the moral tenor of their political writings could be a tonic for a society in crisis:
Bring Back the Neocons
They could be an antidote to Trumpism.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Csn everyone on BlueSky please ratio this POS? Thanks.
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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Greenland, be afraid. Iceland, be afraid. Venezuela, be afraid. Canada, be afraid. Mexico, be afraid. He’s a cruel, ignorant, lawless madman. And his approval #’s are way down. He needs a fucking distraction. He’s probably gonna declare war on some country. Hey world, heads up.
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Greenland, be afraid. Iceland, be afraid. Venezuela, be afraid. Canada, be afraid. Mexico, be afraid. He’s a cruel, ignorant, lawless madman. And his approval #’s are way down. He needs a fucking distraction. He’s probably gonna declare war on some country. Hey world, heads up.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Russia outlaws feminist protest band Pussy Riot
Russia outlaws feminist protest band Pussy Riot
A court in Moscow said it had upheld prosecution submissions 'to recognize the punk band Pussy Riot as an extremist organization.' After the court's decision, founding member Nadya Tolokonnikova, now living in exile, said she was 'proud' to be labeled 'extremist' by Russia.
www.lemonde.fr
December 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Russia outlaws feminist protest band Pussy Riot
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On the plus side, Teslas sustain almost no damage in front end collisions; the tow truck takes all the impact.
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
On the plus side, Teslas sustain almost no damage in front end collisions; the tow truck takes all the impact.