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ALD9119 @ald9119.bsky.social · 17d

Just because….

“His penis is teeny tiny, but his love for Us is large.”

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The PSA contains synthetic media | South Park

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2h

A former DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts.

For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

(Published June)

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

We obtained records showing how a Department of Government Efficiency staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. “AI is absolutely the wron...

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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 22h

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ALD9119 @ald9119.bsky.social · 19m

Not that old. Maybe I don’t run in the right circles to know it? I’ll just ask my niece later, like I do when I need help figuring out something on my phone or computer.

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dindin6.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social · 53m

We don't ask Pilots to pay for jet fuel or Cops to pay for handcuffs. So then why is it ok to ask teachers to pay for school supplies?🤔
Amazing how quick Republicans were able to find funds to pay these wretched deplorables.

Let's give teachers $50k signing bonuses, 100k salaries, and 60k Student loan forgiveness. You know, the same as ICE Gets.

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Pabst Blue Ronin @pabstblueronin.bsky.social · 5h

The law further specified it be a "major artery"

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ALD9119 @ald9119.bsky.social · 23m

Lol I haven’t felt the need to look it up. I’m too old to try to keep up with the ever changing lingo.

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GeeRaffa @geeraffa.bsky.social · 3h

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ALD9119 @ald9119.bsky.social · 25m

Have you ever donated to a politician, a political cause, or through ActBlue? If so, that’s probably how they got your info to send you a text. ActBlue sold my info to Turning Points USA recently 🙄

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aaron @hillenjoyer.bsky.social · 3h

as a new mexican i just have to say that yeah texas invades sometimes you just have to kick their asses and send them home tail tucked. it’s usually way easier than you think, i think one time we just rolled a bunch of boulders on them from the canyon cliffs above. people love repelling texan armies

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4h

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

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ALD9119 @ald9119.bsky.social · 28m

I’ve seen that word thrown around a lot today, and I still have no clue what it means 🤷‍♀️

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1h

USA: Mask rules are returning to Bay Area health care settings from Nov 1 as COVID, flu, and RSV cases rise.

Counties including Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, and Santa Cruz will require masks for workers, and in some cases patients and visitors, through spring.

Mask mandates return in parts of the Bay Area as virus season nears

By Aidin Vaziri,
Staff Writer
Oct 7, 2025

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

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Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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ALD9119 @ald9119.bsky.social · 3h

Hey #Arkansas peeps:

Don’t forget to pay your personal property taxes.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5h

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

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Kenobi @fishyonekenobi.bsky.social · 3h

Protecting ICE kidnappers and pedophiles are the specialties of the Republican Party.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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Darci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.social · 3h

🟠"viewers don't care" who the fuck are you talking about Jason? So far basically everyone I know considers AI a deal breaker, the other way this is obviously a lie is that it people really didn't care about AI in movies y'all wouldn't be working so hard to hide that you use it 🤬

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 7h

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8h

A federal judge in Chicago has found that ICE conducted numerous illegal warrantless arrests in Illinois and nearby states in defiance of a 2022 consent decree. It also prepared post hoc arrest rationales after the fact based on details agents "did not know at the time they made the arrests". /1

ICE Violated Consent Decree With Warrantless Arrests, Federal Judge In Chicago Says

Attorneys argued that the recent arrest of an Albany Park family at Millennium Park violated a consent decree that limits the conditions under which federal agents can make warrantless arrests.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

Sickening.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10h

Confirmation hearings are one of the only ways members of Congress have to hold spy agencies accountable.

Our leaders must get rid of this dangerous and undemocratic provision.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10h

Congress is considering a provision in the Intelligence Authorization Act that would end Senate confirmation of the chief lawyers responsible for secretly shaping policies on surveillance, detention, and interrogation at U.S. intelligence agencies.

Keep Senate confirmation for top intelligence lawyers, civil liberties groups urge

A provision in the 2026 annual intelligence community bill would lift Senate confirmation rules for the chief counsels of the CIA and ODNI. Advocates warn the change would weaken transparency and publ...

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ALD9119 @ald9119.bsky.social · 10h

Oops? 🤷‍♀️

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Bea_Freespirited @bea-freespirited.bsky.social · 12h

“If Biden did this,” “if Obama did that,” “how dare Kamala suggest this.” And now they're doing the very things they swore Dems would do. The hypocrisy and projection are absolutely insane.

The only positive is that they're being so outrageous this term, people are finally starting to wake up.

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