Theta Salmon
@thetasalmon.bsky.social
Pro-Facts/Logic/Research/Critical thought.
Warning: Civility directly proportional to my respect for you. If I have none, you get none.
Warning: Civility directly proportional to my respect for you. If I have none, you get none.
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Youth is fleeting, Trump is temporary, but lies are forever.
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Youth is fleeting, Trump is temporary, but lies are forever.
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
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the decline and fall of the american republic in two headlines
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
the decline and fall of the american republic in two headlines
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fuck everyone involved in this decision. scum.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
fuck everyone involved in this decision. scum.
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When I grow up, I’d like to be as smart & considered as Dame Anne Salmond.
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/a...
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/a...
Anne Salmond: We're reforming the wrong part of government
Coalition Govt ministers insist their reform of regional councils is 'not a power grab' - but all the evidence suggests the opposite, to democracy's detriment
newsroom.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When I grow up, I’d like to be as smart & considered as Dame Anne Salmond.
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/a...
#nzpol #OneTermGovernment
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/27/a...
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Jodie is a highly respected professor of teaching mathematics. Jodie understands every aspect of pedagogy & assessment.
Stanford, with a BA in Pols, doesn’t even under how NCEA works.
Listen to Jodie. #nzpol #nzed
Stanford, with a BA in Pols, doesn’t even under how NCEA works.
Listen to Jodie. #nzpol #nzed
"it's very problematic to say that these children have made one to two years progress, when potentially looking at what has been released, they are only testing the children in one very small area of mathematics, which is numbers," Hunter said."
#nzpol
#nzpol
Maths professor says Education Minister's claims a school trial is 'groundbreaking' is problematic
Erica Stanford said the results showed the government's focus on fixing the basics is working.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Regime admits its wishful thinking won't work, and its now only meeting its carbon budget by an accounting scam www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Cancelled Kapuni carbon storage scheme scrapped from national emissions plan
Despite a raft of climate policy cuts, the country is still on track to narrowly meet its greenhouse gas budget - but not a 2030 methane target set in law.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Regime admits its wishful thinking won't work, and its now only meeting its carbon budget by an accounting scam www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
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I have another Thanksgiving suggestion! It’s this luscious pumpkin cheesecake – which is made with canned pumpkin, by the way – and I recommend it eagerly to you.
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
Pumpkin Cheesecake
The pumpkin component here may come out of a can, but I don’t see that’s anything to be apologetic about. By all means, make your own purée if you prefer (making absolutely sure it is as drained as dr...
www.nigella.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I have another Thanksgiving suggestion! It’s this luscious pumpkin cheesecake – which is made with canned pumpkin, by the way – and I recommend it eagerly to you.
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
www.nigella.com/recipes/pump...
PSA: Save links to your favorite chefs, cooks and recipe people like @nigella.bsky.social and use links they suggest.
Don’t trust search AI for your recipes!
Not only is it outright theft, but it’s AI slop… which will make your dinner literal AI slop.
Forewarned is forearmed. 👍
Don’t trust search AI for your recipes!
Not only is it outright theft, but it’s AI slop… which will make your dinner literal AI slop.
Forewarned is forearmed. 👍
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
PSA: Save links to your favorite chefs, cooks and recipe people like @nigella.bsky.social and use links they suggest.
Don’t trust search AI for your recipes!
Not only is it outright theft, but it’s AI slop… which will make your dinner literal AI slop.
Forewarned is forearmed. 👍
Don’t trust search AI for your recipes!
Not only is it outright theft, but it’s AI slop… which will make your dinner literal AI slop.
Forewarned is forearmed. 👍
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A mayoral candidate is repeatedly asked to condemn Hamas and denounce anti-Semitism simply because he's Muslim.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A mayoral candidate is repeatedly asked to condemn Hamas and denounce anti-Semitism simply because he's Muslim.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
A sitting president who promotes white nationalism, employs gutter racists and dines with literal Nazis is given a free pass.
It’s always the people you MOST EXPECT.
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It’s always the people you MOST EXPECT.
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President Criminal arrested the former FBI chief but his case got dismissed because he hired a bimbo he wants to bang as the prosecutor and she had no idea wha the fuck she was doing,
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
President Criminal arrested the former FBI chief but his case got dismissed because he hired a bimbo he wants to bang as the prosecutor and she had no idea wha the fuck she was doing,
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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The real issue is that people lose will their lives simply because America elected a known sociopath. The damage to humanity couldn't be contained within the country dumb enough to elect the least fit person for president in American.
The final history will not be kind nor should it be.
The final history will not be kind nor should it be.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The real issue is that people lose will their lives simply because America elected a known sociopath. The damage to humanity couldn't be contained within the country dumb enough to elect the least fit person for president in American.
The final history will not be kind nor should it be.
The final history will not be kind nor should it be.
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Man, whatever's in those files, it must be pretty horrible
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Man, whatever's in those files, it must be pretty horrible
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“"The question the minister could have asked was 'how do we get the best solutions for New Zealanders and our environment?”
Instead he asked “how much will you secretly pay me to fuck over New Zealanders & destroy our unique & fragile environment?”
Shame Jones is corrupt to the core! #nzpol
Instead he asked “how much will you secretly pay me to fuck over New Zealanders & destroy our unique & fragile environment?”
Shame Jones is corrupt to the core! #nzpol
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“"The question the minister could have asked was 'how do we get the best solutions for New Zealanders and our environment?”
Instead he asked “how much will you secretly pay me to fuck over New Zealanders & destroy our unique & fragile environment?”
Shame Jones is corrupt to the core! #nzpol
Instead he asked “how much will you secretly pay me to fuck over New Zealanders & destroy our unique & fragile environment?”
Shame Jones is corrupt to the core! #nzpol
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Headline should read “ legislation that further weakens local democracy to be rushed through before Xmas”
A double blow for democracy in the process and the legislation.
#nzpol
A double blow for democracy in the process and the legislation.
#nzpol
'Serious shake-up' of local government imminent
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told National party members there would be a "very serious shake-up coming" to local government.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Headline should read “ legislation that further weakens local democracy to be rushed through before Xmas”
A double blow for democracy in the process and the legislation.
#nzpol
A double blow for democracy in the process and the legislation.
#nzpol
Confirmation (if we needed it) that Twitter is shit… & specifically shit b/c Elon created a giant reach-around machine for his own ego.
Turns out most of the accounts wanking him off for money are foreign troll farms & bots.
Anyone remaining on Twitter is now suspect… or too gullible to care about
Turns out most of the accounts wanking him off for money are foreign troll farms & bots.
Anyone remaining on Twitter is now suspect… or too gullible to care about
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Confirmation (if we needed it) that Twitter is shit… & specifically shit b/c Elon created a giant reach-around machine for his own ego.
Turns out most of the accounts wanking him off for money are foreign troll farms & bots.
Anyone remaining on Twitter is now suspect… or too gullible to care about
Turns out most of the accounts wanking him off for money are foreign troll farms & bots.
Anyone remaining on Twitter is now suspect… or too gullible to care about
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025