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The pancakes are not a lie

@thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social

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I like cats He/Him If you do not support the universality of human rights, you're a monster. If you support governments that commit genocide, you're a monster. Far too many individuals are unable to rise above those VERY low bars.

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The pancakes are not a lie @thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social · Jul 17

Unpopular opinion: "a nation only for [X] people, where only [X] people can be citizens" is bad, regardless of which group [X] represents.

Supremacy is bad, regardless of the group which expresses it, and it is outright unacceptable when codified into policy or law.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14h

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 9d

The *entire* tech industry, a third of the US stock market, is wrapped up on *this* finally being the way to use these magical beans.

Literally the same people who 2 years ago were shouting that NFT's were the trick to using these magic beans, and crypto before that.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 9d

One way of thinking about the AI bubble is that it's the final gasp of a grift based on specialized GPU's instead of tulips, a logical continuation from crypto and NFT's and the metaverse.

Like, there's nowhere else for it to go, no other magical use for this shit other than as electronic waste.

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The pancakes are not a lie @thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social · 1d

Costa Rica has said they would take him, and Garcia has agreed he would go there. The USian government, however, is refusing to send him there, even though he has formally designated it as the country he'd like to be removed to.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

I can only hope that one day I, too, will be notable enough to be described by Roger Stone as a “leaping bounding, screaming asshole.”

Congrats @kyledcheney.bsky.social!!

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

“Anna is a nobody” — Roger Stone

Roger Stone @RogerJStoneJr
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Kyle Cheney is a congenital liar and a propagandist and Anna is a nobody. Multiple attorneys who have examined this case describe it as air tight. By the way, Cheney is also a leaping bounding, screaming asshole.
2:16 AM • 10/10/25 • 188 Views

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

“Anna is a nobody” — Roger Stone

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The pancakes are not a lie @thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social · 1d

And also: as someone vulnerable to COVID and a few other things...thank you!

The pancakes are not a lie @thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social · 1d

My family use Flo masks for indoor public spaces. They are as good as an n95, but more comfortable if you have to wear for a long time. I'm pretty sure there are only 2 or 3 other people in the whole valley who regularly wear them. It's such a habit I didn't even think of it as a signal to others!

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

If there ever was a single tweet demonstrating how families radicalize successive generations, this would be it

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

There is no need to editorialize. Just quote.

“Why don’t we tattoo a Star of David on the forehead of every terrorist we have to release?” - My daughter

Proud father.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: One of the left's big opportunities next month is Seattle's mayoral race, & the city's approach to homeless has become a huge fault line there.

The incumbent mayor has dramatically scaled up sweeps, and his challenger is testing whether voters thinks he's gone too far:

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness - Bolts

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

boltsmag.org

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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de Gunner @trinidd.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone still not sure we are in the middle of a fascist movement dismantling democracy to make way for an autocracy?

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

A new report reveals that an upcoming Supreme Court case could eliminate:

❌ 27 blue congressional districts
❌ 30% of Congressional Black Caucus seats
❌ 11% of Hispanic Caucus seats

And the effects could ripple for over a generation.

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The pancakes are not a lie @thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social · 1d

*Including Tay*

Clay Jackson @clayjak.substack.com · 1d

every. billionaire. is. a. policy. failure.

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 1d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The pancakes are not a lie @thecakeisnotalie.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I left for Xiaohongshu and never went back to the clock app.

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bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 1d

The joy of Tik Tok

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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mandoqueer (Hypnobait) @mandoqueer.itch.io · 1d

Lmao I hate that after like 20 years of repression the only person left standing as an opposition leader in Venezuela is a Thatcher clone but i have always firmly believed that our land is cursed so like, appropriate i guess

Ann7837 @ann7837.bsky.social · 1d

Seemingly, she really did

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 8d

In a stunning assault on the First Amendment, the Trump regime has deported an Atlanta journalist (after holding him for more than 100 days) in direct retaliation for his reporting on immigration enforcement. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

Journalist Mario Guevara deported to El Salvador after judges deny his request to stay in U.S.

Georgia-based journalist Mario Guevara has been deported to El Salvador after more than 100 days in detainment.

www.cbsnews.com

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Waylon Irvine @waylonirvine.bsky.social · 1d

he also went got on a plane the day after the alleged brain surgery to fix the alleged brain damage to be on a talk show / podcast and when he host asked him how he could do that he just sort of shrugged

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 1d

This happened when he was spotted giving kill-lists of random people to a nazi terrorist cell so people threw drinks at him. He correctly guessed that his fans would be stupid enough to fall for even the most ridiculous crybaby grift, and has never looked back.

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💀 🎃 ThemBOO! 🎃 💀 @thembo.bsky.social · 1d

The "ultraviolence" Andy is talking about, when "Antifa nearly killed him", is when he got part of a drink poured on him and he pretended it gave him such severe brain damage that he dropped some fruit once and had therefore been "robbed of the confidence in holding my own food."

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 1d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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