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@daniakablink.bsky.social
M.A. in International Relations specializing in Economics & B.A. in Poli Sci - Political Nerd - Opinions are my own - RTs are NOT endorsements. I love dogs & science. And I am thankful for civil servants. SF<>SD<>NJ
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@daniakablink.bsky.social
· May 24
Joyce, I thought I considered every 🦇 💩 crazy idea that this administration could possibly do, but forgot about the children having control of our nukes! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
The feeling every day Trump
Is President and Congress allows him to be a dictator.
Is President and Congress allows him to be a dictator.
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Barely a week ago, we learned of Witkoff and Kushner’s plot to launder an unedited Russian proposal as US policy, primarily so that wealthy American businessmen can benefit from Russia’s natural resources. Now they’re meeting with Putin.
Vladimir Putin today, ahead of his meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to supposedly talk peace: “We have no intention of fighting Europe — I’ve said this a hundred times. But if Europe decides to start a war, we are ready right now.”
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Vladimir Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging Ukraine peace push
[FREE TO READ] Russian president hosts Witkoff and Kushner for peace negotiations as military claims battlefield advances in Ukraine
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December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Barely a week ago, we learned of Witkoff and Kushner’s plot to launder an unedited Russian proposal as US policy, primarily so that wealthy American businessmen can benefit from Russia’s natural resources. Now they’re meeting with Putin.
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AI is going great
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
AI is going great
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Here's the study, for anyone curious: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The levers of political persuasion with conversational artificial intelligence
There are widespread fears that conversational artificial intelligence (AI) could soon exert unprecedented influence over human beliefs. In this work, in three large-scale experiments (N = 76,977 part...
www.science.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here's the study, for anyone curious: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds
A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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It probably seems like I'm taking these out of context but no.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
December 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It probably seems like I'm taking these out of context but no.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
She has a little vignette about attending a Trump rally in 2020, some shower thoughts about manta rays and then a dissection of January 6.
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I am more than a third of the way into the book. She has not described her upbringing, her career, her education, her previous romantic relationships or how she met RFK Jr. She has, however, held forth on Britney Spears, black holes and manta rays.
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I am more than a third of the way into the book. She has not described her upbringing, her career, her education, her previous romantic relationships or how she met RFK Jr. She has, however, held forth on Britney Spears, black holes and manta rays.
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1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
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Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
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Trump keeps talking fraud case in Minnesota as way to smear Somali Americans when in reality THE architect of the fraud was Aimee Bock-a white woman convicted in March of "masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump keeps talking fraud case in Minnesota as way to smear Somali Americans when in reality THE architect of the fraud was Aimee Bock-a white woman convicted in March of "masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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‘A direct attack on my wife, my family, my career and my reputation’
‘A direct attack on my wife, my family, my career and my reputation’
Aer Lingus pilot tells Workplace Relations Commission that demotion over ‘non-event’ was intentionally ‘humiliating’
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
‘A direct attack on my wife, my family, my career and my reputation’
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Jesus and I are mocking the fascists again. Jump in.
LIVE NOW: Trump Dead? He Fell 'Asleep' Again
God on Substack
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Jesus and I are mocking the fascists again. Jump in.
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Jan 6 pardon proclamation doesn't cover the pipe bomber only b/c it explicitly only pardons those already convicted, and directed DOJ to dismiss "all pending indictments." Only on the slimmest of technicalities does that not preclude new charges against people not previously convicted or indicted.
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Jan 6 pardon proclamation doesn't cover the pipe bomber only b/c it explicitly only pardons those already convicted, and directed DOJ to dismiss "all pending indictments." Only on the slimmest of technicalities does that not preclude new charges against people not previously convicted or indicted.
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Apologies for yelling, but—
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Apologies for yelling, but—
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
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every semester I have my students answer an introductory survey in which, among other things, I ask them to provide a pronunciation of their name
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
every semester I have my students answer an introductory survey in which, among other things, I ask them to provide a pronunciation of their name
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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1984 was not an instruction manual
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
1984 was not an instruction manual
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Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Today's absurd sci-fi headline that's somehow our reality: Fact-checkers barred from immigrating to the U.S.
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10 million deaths by 2029 isn’t a problem for the white nationalists using eugenics as a fig leaf.
That impact analysis has been done, by leading independent experts.
Here it is, open-access in the @thelancet.com —>
doi.org/10.1016/S014...
"The complete defunding of USAID would cause an estimated 2,450,000 all-age deaths annually."
Two. And a half. Million. Deaths. Each year.
Here it is, open-access in the @thelancet.com —>
doi.org/10.1016/S014...
"The complete defunding of USAID would cause an estimated 2,450,000 all-age deaths annually."
Two. And a half. Million. Deaths. Each year.
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
10 million deaths by 2029 isn’t a problem for the white nationalists using eugenics as a fig leaf.
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The Trump administration would rather spend billions of dollars to build up a brutal force to violate rights than make sure Americans can see a doctor when their sick or children have enough to eat or that pardon Art people can afford electricity. It is using our tax dollars to violate our rights.
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Trump administration would rather spend billions of dollars to build up a brutal force to violate rights than make sure Americans can see a doctor when their sick or children have enough to eat or that pardon Art people can afford electricity. It is using our tax dollars to violate our rights.
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Bondi takes a question from a Daily Wire reporter who asks a loaded question suggesting the J6 pipebombs were an inside job orchestrated by Kamala Harris
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Bondi takes a question from a Daily Wire reporter who asks a loaded question suggesting the J6 pipebombs were an inside job orchestrated by Kamala Harris
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BREAKING: CDC Panel discusses HEP B vaccine changes. @anacabrera.bsky.social reports.
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
BREAKING: CDC Panel discusses HEP B vaccine changes. @anacabrera.bsky.social reports.
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The My Pillow loon is running for Governor of MN. Let that sink in.
That’s all the GOP has now. Former or current drug addicts, traitors, incompetence, & insanity. You know the party has lost all credibility when this guy-who can’t even make a fluffy pillow-is their guy! 🤪
Vote Blue FFS.
#Pinks
That’s all the GOP has now. Former or current drug addicts, traitors, incompetence, & insanity. You know the party has lost all credibility when this guy-who can’t even make a fluffy pillow-is their guy! 🤪
Vote Blue FFS.
#Pinks
a man in a blue shirt is holding two white pillows in his arms .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is holding two white pillows in his arms .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The My Pillow loon is running for Governor of MN. Let that sink in.
That’s all the GOP has now. Former or current drug addicts, traitors, incompetence, & insanity. You know the party has lost all credibility when this guy-who can’t even make a fluffy pillow-is their guy! 🤪
Vote Blue FFS.
#Pinks
That’s all the GOP has now. Former or current drug addicts, traitors, incompetence, & insanity. You know the party has lost all credibility when this guy-who can’t even make a fluffy pillow-is their guy! 🤪
Vote Blue FFS.
#Pinks
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CNN - Maurice DuBois, co-anchor of the CBS Evening News, is leaving the network later this month. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/m...
Maurice DuBois, ‘CBS Evening News’ co-anchor, is leaving the network | CNN Business
The “CBS Evening News” needs a new anchor — and soon.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
CNN - Maurice DuBois, co-anchor of the CBS Evening News, is leaving the network later this month. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/m...
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This is why I thought elbows up was bullshit because at the end of the day this country has made folding to opposition a national pastime. Weakness blankets this country like snow
STAND UP damnit
STAND UP damnit
This sounds like the weakness of principles that is a tenet of this country’s behaviour. First of all that is…unlikely. Second the Canadian economy is already going to feel the effects of the U.S.
To make a decision based off fear does not a good decision make
To make a decision based off fear does not a good decision make
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is why I thought elbows up was bullshit because at the end of the day this country has made folding to opposition a national pastime. Weakness blankets this country like snow
STAND UP damnit
STAND UP damnit