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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 17h

Sometimes these guys surprise us by being on the right side of something so we assume they are smart. That assumption is often wrong.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 17h

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#TeslaTakedown LA @teslatakedownla.bsky.social · 17h

The harms perpetuated by Elon Musk are of such massive, global scale, it can be overwhelming to think about how to fight back. The answer is remarkably simple:

#BoycottTesla

Convince others to boycott Tesla.
Erode his source of power, one car at a time.

Join us bsky.app/profile/tesl...

#TeslaTakedown LA @teslatakedownla.bsky.social · 2d

🎉 JOIN THE PARTY outside Tesla Diner in Hollywood this Friday, Oct 10 and Saturday, Oct 11!

7001 Santa Monica Blvd.
5-8PM both nights

#TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla #BoycottMusk

actionnetwork.org/events/tesla...

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 17h

- see no evil
- hear no evil
- speak no evil

get you a puppet who can do all three

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 18h

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 18h

Saw ‘Weapons’. Well-crafted movie. Not as scary as hoped. 7/10

Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 1d

Many say he’s still breastfed

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 2d

Your take in < 300 characters?

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller, you pathetic little bitch

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

CNN: Isn't that hyperbolic to call them terrorists?

STEPHEN MILLER: No. If anything I'm understating the severity of the situation

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 2d

There are two questions I ask people making a product bet:
1) How will you know if you were wrong?
2) What can you do if you're wrong?

The answers for a bad bet are "we won't" and "nothing."

And that's exactly what big tech is doing: rushing forward with eyes closed and fingers in their ears.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 2d

Join me here: mobilize.us/s/QUt7JK

There are events ALL OVER Los Angeles, including the big one in DTLA. Find yours this week and start rounding up a crew!

NO KINGS Santa Monica · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings 10/18 turnout must shatter records. You and I can ensure it. Clear your schedule and pick up your less politically active friends and family. It’s time for everyone to get off the couch and get in the streets. Yes, it really does matter.

#NoKings #YesOn50 #Protest #Resist #LosAngeles

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

At this inflection point for Trump's authoritarian project, the democratic resistance has a chance to rise to the occasion by linking together its legal prong (lawsuits), its political prong (the government shutdown fight), and its popular prong (No Kings). A moment of challenge and opportunity.

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 3d

Was at a two year-old’s birthday party this weekend. Key takeaways:

Sharing bad.
New people scary.
Laws not real.
Disproportionate self-confidence.

Similar to CPAC, I imagine.

Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 3d

One sibling (mean) won’t stop cheating. The other (inept) has just flipped the board over. There’s no parent coming to fix this.

Who will resolve it? The stock market?

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 3d

This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

That’s the spirit of it
www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Everything is terrorism in Trump’s America

But don’t call that fascism. That would be bad.

www.theverge.com

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 3d

We’ve gone from DEI is bad to being upset that the #3 most streamed artist on Spotify in 2024 will be performing at the Super Bowl because he’s Latino.

This isn’t just white identity politics or institutional racism, this is racism as official government policy.

thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 4d

Ferlinghetti: “Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves”

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 4d

No one will ever be more of an ingrate than JD Vance hating Ivy League elites and liberal media, the people who elevated his glorified college admissions essay about hating his mom

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#TeslaTakedown LA @teslatakedownla.bsky.social · 4d

NOW is the perfect time to join a #TeslaTakedown crew in your area!

Temperatures are falling; TSLA stock should follow 📉

Tesla’s federal $ handouts are GONE. Now is a CRITICAL time to build momentum and convince all Americans to #BoycottTesla

Find your local group now at teslatakedown.com ↗️

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 4d

from the dumpy potato to the succulent french fry, nothing satisfies hunger quite like food

Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 4d

ICE needs to look into Ligma Johnson

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

they’re intenionally advertising to and recruiting far right loyalists. they post and reply to explicit groyper memes. they’re not super subtle about what this government is

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 5d

Not how laws work in America, you crusty old fucking moron

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Dave The Wave @dave-the-wave.bsky.social · 5d

Ken M would be proud

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