Vortmax
@vortmax.bsky.social
NCSU Meteorology Alum.
Software engineer by day 🖥️📱, Mechwarrior by night🤖💥
All views mine, not my employer's.
Software engineer by day 🖥️📱, Mechwarrior by night🤖💥
All views mine, not my employer's.
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Mark Kelly puts out a statement saying "The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation." This is probably the strongest statement alongside Gallego's I've read.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Mark Kelly puts out a statement saying "The President of the United States just overthrew a foreign ruler and explained to the American people that this is about taking control of the oil reserves of a foreign nation." This is probably the strongest statement alongside Gallego's I've read.
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Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."
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one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
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This is an AI-manipulated version of a real video of the US military operation in Venezuela.
While the real clip does appear to be genuine, this specific version has been manipulated using Grok to add dramatic explosions and strikes.
While the real clip does appear to be genuine, this specific version has been manipulated using Grok to add dramatic explosions and strikes.
January 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is an AI-manipulated version of a real video of the US military operation in Venezuela.
While the real clip does appear to be genuine, this specific version has been manipulated using Grok to add dramatic explosions and strikes.
While the real clip does appear to be genuine, this specific version has been manipulated using Grok to add dramatic explosions and strikes.
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
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you simply do not have to preface your statements about this with “but Maduro sucks”
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
January 3, 2026 at 6:12 PM
you simply do not have to preface your statements about this with “but Maduro sucks”
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
whether or not Maduro sucks is entirely beside the point - we invaded another country and grabbed their leader with no justification other than “we wanted to”
don’t give them cover on it
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Happy ART day!
#Murderbot
#Murderbot
Happy Perihelion! ☀️
Today is a big day for our little planet: it makes its closest approach to the sun of the entire year! This point in the orbit is called #perihelion. Then, on July 6, it will be at its most distant point in its orbit, which is called aphelion.
Today is a big day for our little planet: it makes its closest approach to the sun of the entire year! This point in the orbit is called #perihelion. Then, on July 6, it will be at its most distant point in its orbit, which is called aphelion.
January 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Happy ART day!
#Murderbot
#Murderbot
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Today we’re closer to the sun than any other time of the year.
Happy Perihelion to those who celebrate!
Happy Perihelion to those who celebrate!
Happy Perihelion! ☀️
Today is a big day for our little planet: it makes its closest approach to the sun of the entire year! This point in the orbit is called #perihelion. Then, on July 6, it will be at its most distant point in its orbit, which is called aphelion.
Today is a big day for our little planet: it makes its closest approach to the sun of the entire year! This point in the orbit is called #perihelion. Then, on July 6, it will be at its most distant point in its orbit, which is called aphelion.
January 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Today we’re closer to the sun than any other time of the year.
Happy Perihelion to those who celebrate!
Happy Perihelion to those who celebrate!
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Even Rs who’ve gone after Meta for allowing crime and abuse on the platform (like Hawley) haven’t wagged a finger at Elon.
Chatbot serially creates child porn yet is not immediately shut down, and the chatbot owner faces no serious legal or market peril due to being the largest political funder of the regime
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Even Rs who’ve gone after Meta for allowing crime and abuse on the platform (like Hawley) haven’t wagged a finger at Elon.
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Today is the precise 36th anniversary of the last time the United States used force to remove a Latin American head of state, in case you’re keeping score.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Today is the precise 36th anniversary of the last time the United States used force to remove a Latin American head of state, in case you’re keeping score.
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I mean, X knows its customer base.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I mean, X knows its customer base.
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When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
New AIWeirdness post: ChatGPT will apologize for anything, including stuff that didn't happen. It's not reflecting on stuff it did wrong, it's improv.
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 AM
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
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In the old days, we would seek comment on stories about climate change from experts in the field who have spent decades studying evidence of the effects of greenhouse gases and findingsolutions. That ends today. Now we'll get your uncle Rooster who you had that big argument with at Thanksgiving.
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
In the old days, we would seek comment on stories about climate change from experts in the field who have spent decades studying evidence of the effects of greenhouse gases and findingsolutions. That ends today. Now we'll get your uncle Rooster who you had that big argument with at Thanksgiving.
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This is my “oh 💩, that’s a bad idea” face.
As a state rep in storm, fire, flood, & drought-prone Oklahoma, gutting fed disaster staff & funding is so shortsighted. Red states like Oklahoma rely heavily on that support & I don’t see the political will to replace it. I’m waving the 🚩 up at the Cap! 🤦♂️
As a state rep in storm, fire, flood, & drought-prone Oklahoma, gutting fed disaster staff & funding is so shortsighted. Red states like Oklahoma rely heavily on that support & I don’t see the political will to replace it. I’m waving the 🚩 up at the Cap! 🤦♂️
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This is my “oh 💩, that’s a bad idea” face.
As a state rep in storm, fire, flood, & drought-prone Oklahoma, gutting fed disaster staff & funding is so shortsighted. Red states like Oklahoma rely heavily on that support & I don’t see the political will to replace it. I’m waving the 🚩 up at the Cap! 🤦♂️
As a state rep in storm, fire, flood, & drought-prone Oklahoma, gutting fed disaster staff & funding is so shortsighted. Red states like Oklahoma rely heavily on that support & I don’t see the political will to replace it. I’m waving the 🚩 up at the Cap! 🤦♂️
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Donald Trump:
➡️ Raises tariffs on pasta by +15%
➡️ Raises it again to +92%
➡️ TACOs to "only" +17.26% for one manufacturer, +28.98% for another, and +24.09% for eleven others
Are we expecting to get a booming domestic pasta industry out of this?
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
➡️ Raises tariffs on pasta by +15%
➡️ Raises it again to +92%
➡️ TACOs to "only" +17.26% for one manufacturer, +28.98% for another, and +24.09% for eleven others
Are we expecting to get a booming domestic pasta industry out of this?
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
U.S. has sharply cut proposed pasta tariffs after a review, Italy says
In October, the United States said that 13 Italian pasta companies would face an extra 92% duty — on top of the regular 15% rate on most European Union imports.
www.nbcnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Donald Trump:
➡️ Raises tariffs on pasta by +15%
➡️ Raises it again to +92%
➡️ TACOs to "only" +17.26% for one manufacturer, +28.98% for another, and +24.09% for eleven others
Are we expecting to get a booming domestic pasta industry out of this?
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
➡️ Raises tariffs on pasta by +15%
➡️ Raises it again to +92%
➡️ TACOs to "only" +17.26% for one manufacturer, +28.98% for another, and +24.09% for eleven others
Are we expecting to get a booming domestic pasta industry out of this?
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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[Gift article] Capitalism Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
[Gift article] Capitalism Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
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Dolts who think gold-plated junk is good also think “gold-standard science” is good. Branding science like a scammy kitchen appliance is working about as well as you would think, if you actually thought about it but most won’t cuz grifters told them to only trust the grifters.
January 2, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Dolts who think gold-plated junk is good also think “gold-standard science” is good. Branding science like a scammy kitchen appliance is working about as well as you would think, if you actually thought about it but most won’t cuz grifters told them to only trust the grifters.
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Seems noteworthy that the apology that Grok made about generating CSAM isn’t an official statement but a prompted one
January 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Seems noteworthy that the apology that Grok made about generating CSAM isn’t an official statement but a prompted one