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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 4h

unhinged like a xenomorph about to chomp Paul Reiser. 10/10

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 4h

was it on time, at least?

vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 4h

this is really the only way that shit stops. If HRW and others continued to accept that money they'd be sanitizing these comedians the same way the comedians did for the regime

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 4h

nah, you can keep that blood money

Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 6h

whew

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Human Rights Watch ‘Cannot Accept’ Donations From Aziz Ansari and Other Comedians Who Performed at Riyadh Comedy Festival

Human Rights Watch says it 'cannot accept' donations from Aziz Ansari and other comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 8h

"This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for investment properties… for total ill-gotten gains of approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan"

Misrepresenting a rental as a residence isn't great, but that amount is laughably small to crow so much about

General Allegation number 8 from the document cloud PDF

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 10h

Oh, it's not dust, it's nearly dry concrete. The kingdom displays a "Wall of Fame" of these hand prints to show a record of the celebrities that have helped to reform their image.

defector.com/grim-visions...

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16h

I went ahead and did the starting work for someone who wants to chase this angle. Most right-wing influencers who participated in the "Antifa" roundtable at the White House yesterday have easily provable ties to TPUSA (8 of 12). The other four need a closer look I don't have time for right now.

right-wing influencers standing for a photo together at the white house

(Left to Right)

Jack Posobiec - TPUSA employee
Seamus Bruner - Government Accountability Institute (GAI)
James Klug - TPUSA Ambassador
Jonathan Cho - TPUSA employee
Nick Sortor - Influencer
Julio Rosas - Former TPUSA, Blaze Media
Nick Shirley - Influencer
Andy Ngo - Human Events Media Group*
Brandi Kruse - Influencer
Savannah Hernandez - TPUSA employee
Katie Daviscourt - Former TPUSA, Human Events Media Group*
Cam Higby - TPUSA employee

(Human Events Media Group is closely tied to TPUSA. https://humanevents.com/about-human-events )

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 16h

all the downsides of the glass roof with none of the benefits. outstanding work, tesla

InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 17h

We have so many questions

insideevs.com/news/775062/...

The Tesla Model Y Standard's Fabric Roof Makes No Sense

Tesla made a new headliner that covers up the glass roof in the Model Y Standard, so it’s still there, but you can’t see through it.

insideevs.com

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 17h

"a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks…"
bsky.app/profile/just...

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa-led hellfire"

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help

For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property —

www.whitehouse.gov

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 17h

nope, none of that
www.everywebcam.com/north-americ...

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 17h

CHOOSE YOUR SYSTEMS WITH CARE. YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO JOIN THE COAST GUARD.
-- John Gall, "The Systems Bible"

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 18h

Generative AI, in both form and content, and whether looked on favourably or critically, seems to embody a collective hopelessness about the prospect of human learning and creativity, if not human knowledge altogether. It’s as if climate change had fans.

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

“he was the best blackmailer ever” (laudatory)

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

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"According to his brother, Israel offered Al-Sharif safe passage out of Gaza four days before he was killed if he stopped reporting, but he refused."

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

are you kidding? this country was DEAD a year ago. now it's the HOTTEST

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

as is every billionaire

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

do you seriously believe you were entertaining (or even encountered) the oppressed people of that country?

“The general consensus is, ‘How dare you go to that place and make those oppressed people laugh, you fucking piece of shit. I can’t believe you went to that place. I can’t find it on a map, and this bot said I was upset about it so now I am,” Burr said in recapping the outrage. “It’s one thing to wear clothes made by sweatshop labor. It’s quite another to go to the factory and make ’em laugh. I can’t believe how much anger I had about this issue after it went viral.”

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

Nbd It's just 528 megawatts is basically a good sized power plant for like u know to power a whole region but Google wants it just for them & for the power to be fueled by motherfucking diesel when they knowingly blackout the local power grid for the people who live downwind of it like me & my kids

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 23d

Now Google says they need 497% more diesel tanks than they originally lied about needing and also they need 547% more diesel generators than they lied about needing and our city & county leaders are gonna pretend to think about it then say lol ok obviously sure

www.wane.com/top-stories/...

The proposal requests 179 generators onsite that will create about 528 megawatts of power, along with 179 storage tanks that will hold 1,074,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

The original request, approved in 2024, was for 36 generators and 36 tanks, which hold 6,000 gallons each of diesel fuel.

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

"All involved" includes anyone still supporting Tesla or Musk

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

tough choice: go in tired, stressed, unpaid and risk killing people OR call in sick.

IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, THE ACCIDENT CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU.
-- John Gall, "The Systems Bible"

Forbes @forbes.com · 2d

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

Overstressed Air Traffic Controllers ‘Aren’t Fit For Duty,’ Says Agency Veteran—As FAA Issues ‘Staffing Triggers’ At 6 Airports Tuesday

Cracks in the air travel system are widening, as air traffic controllers bear the strain of an understaffed system and no pay until the government shutdown ends.

www.forbes.com

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

good thing they never delivered on that laser wipers bullshit or you would have to make another plan

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 1d

New and Refreshed: The Tesla Model Why (would you buy car that supports fascism?)

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