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Aaron Greenspan

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"Fueled by a litany of largely unintelligible and random grievances" —Elon Musk's Lawyers "Écrasez l'infâme" —Voltaire http://www.aarongreenspan.com

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · Feb 25

Everyone should watch this. Thanks to our friends in France for putting it in plain English in a way that seemingly no American broadcaster can. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k35P...

Operation Trump: Russian Spies Conquer America

YouTube video by Best Documentary

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 15m

Uh, killing people?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1h

@buziashvili.bsky.social

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 8h

This is insane.

Completely.

Insane.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 8h

If I were Musk I'd fire my entire legal team right now.

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Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 9h

an incredible story about a Georgian crime gang that stole scores of rare and valuable editions of Russian classics (Pushkin, Gogol, etc.) from libraries across Europe.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Eckel @mikeeckel.bsky.social · 9h

"What many [people] have missed is the extent to which Moscow has learned from its failures and adapted its strategy and approach to war.... Because of these changes, Ukraine is likely to face even greater destruction in the months ahead." @massdara.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/how-r...

How Russia Recovered

What the Kremlin is learning from the war in Ukraine.

www.foreignaffairs.com

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 8h

I just received written confirmation that Elon's lawyers are deeply concerned about what's coming.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 9h

His plans make Bernie and AOC look like shills for billionaires.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 9h

This is real Abundance.

Huey Long: Share the Wealth - YouTube

December 1934. Huey Long speaks passionately about income inequality and the wealthy in the United States.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 12h

...and the supporting declaration. www.plainsite.org/dockets/down...

PlainSite :: Aaron Greenspan v. Elon Musk et al, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco Case No. CGC24615352 Document 106

Declaration Of Aaron Greenspan In Support Of Opposition To Motion To Set Aside Entry Of Default For Defendant Smick Enterprises, Inc. (transaction Id # 77238958) Filed By Plaintiff Greenspan, Aaron , An Individual

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 12h

Here's that opposition Omar is remarkably silent about... www.plainsite.org/dockets/down...

PlainSite :: Aaron Greenspan v. Elon Musk et al, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco Case No. CGC24615352 Document 104

Opposition To Motion To Set Aside Entry Of Default For Defendant Smick Enterprises, Inc. (transaction Id # 77238958) Filed By Plaintiff Greenspan, Aaron , An Individual

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18h

All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20h

Party donor Nick Candy says "I cherish the values we grew up with here in the West. But today you are more likely to find the values we grew up with in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.’

Via Sam Leith in the Spectator
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 19h

This has nothing to do with crime. This is an attempt to crush political dissent.

Never before, in our entire 250 year history, has the military or immigration agents been used like this. It's dystopian, illegal, and it should stop.

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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 1d

PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

Based on Bondi’s inability to give a denial or even an ordinary sounding non-denial, I would conclude Sen. Whitehouse’s volunteering of “you don’t know anything about that” is not supported by the circumstantial evidence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

It's nice that the worst people in the world all vouch for each other.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes let us not judge her based on the words that come out of her own mouth but rather whether or not she created shareholder value

Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

R-U-S-S-I-A

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

🎁
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases

Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

www.wsj.com

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

Radio silence from Omar Qazi on my opposition to his company's request to set aside default, which has been filed but is not yet publicly visible.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

You’re not worth my time, buddy. Have a blast.

Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

(Or “influencers”…also hilarious.)

Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

lol at the notion that you think I take marching orders from VCs.

I said “social media.” It’s distinct from the web and its history in BBSes because…it’s centralized!

Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

SMTP is the protocol and it is not centralized in any way, which is why spam is rampant and getting worse. Monopoly dynamics in the economic sphere, a different problem, aren’t SMTP’s fault, or at least not its fault alone.

Decentralization of money and social media is, in fact, a pipe dream.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

Network effects are highest on centralized communications platforms, which is why building a decentralized platform is a great way to build something no one wants to use.

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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 1d

Arguments that decentralization solves everything reveal fundamental misapprehensions about the world we live in by those making such arguments.

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