decitect
@decitect.bsky.social
Building a more perfect union; Bay Area denizen
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Interviewer: Do you think there’s a dope problem in America?
George Carlin: Yes, I think there are too many dopes.
George Carlin: Yes, I think there are too many dopes.
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Interviewer: Do you think there’s a dope problem in America?
George Carlin: Yes, I think there are too many dopes.
George Carlin: Yes, I think there are too many dopes.
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Garcia: We've actually only reviewed about a fourth of the 95,000 photos that were actually sent to us late last night. And so as we're going through those photos.. we'll continue to put out photos in the days and weeks ahead
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Garcia: We've actually only reviewed about a fourth of the 95,000 photos that were actually sent to us late last night. And so as we're going through those photos.. we'll continue to put out photos in the days and weeks ahead
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DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
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These 14 states have 3 close Senate races (ME, MI, NH) and about 25 close Congressional races - close to half of the competitive federal races in the 2026 election.
Great care by citizens, election administrators, and advocates will be needed to ensure fair and orderly contests.
Great care by citizens, election administrators, and advocates will be needed to ensure fair and orderly contests.
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
These 14 states have 3 close Senate races (ME, MI, NH) and about 25 close Congressional races - close to half of the competitive federal races in the 2026 election.
Great care by citizens, election administrators, and advocates will be needed to ensure fair and orderly contests.
Great care by citizens, election administrators, and advocates will be needed to ensure fair and orderly contests.
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8 years from the day he won his race to go to the Senate @dougjones.bsky.social announces he’s running to be governor.
So I’ve made it official folks: I’ve filed the paperwork to run for Governor of Alabama. It’s time to remind this state of who we are and what we can accomplish together.
#DougForAlabama
#DougForAlabama
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
8 years from the day he won his race to go to the Senate @dougjones.bsky.social announces he’s running to be governor.
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GOP Rep. Randy Fine says he's "not afraid" of being called "Islamophobic" and that, instead of making peace with Palestinians, "destroy them first."
This was during a hearing on "Judea and Samaria"—a term used to erase Palestinian ties to what's actually known as the West Bank.
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This was during a hearing on "Judea and Samaria"—a term used to erase Palestinian ties to what's actually known as the West Bank.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
GOP Rep. Randy Fine says he's "not afraid" of being called "Islamophobic" and that, instead of making peace with Palestinians, "destroy them first."
This was during a hearing on "Judea and Samaria"—a term used to erase Palestinian ties to what's actually known as the West Bank.
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This was during a hearing on "Judea and Samaria"—a term used to erase Palestinian ties to what's actually known as the West Bank.
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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If you want to help, you can share our story, check out our work at viralemergence.org, and - if you're the one in a million person who can save our project - reach out. (At this point, my job is to fundraise for the amazing scientists I work with, so they can focus on doing some actual science! 🦠)
Verena
Verena is an NSF-funded Institute working towards using open data, biological research, and artificial intelligence to predict and prevent the next pandemic.
viralemergence.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you want to help, you can share our story, check out our work at viralemergence.org, and - if you're the one in a million person who can save our project - reach out. (At this point, my job is to fundraise for the amazing scientists I work with, so they can focus on doing some actual science! 🦠)
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Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yesterday, we sent this message to the @viralemergence.org team, bringing a (hopefully temporary) end to our project three years into what started as a decade of planned work. /1
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It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was genuinely an honor to meet Mr. Chavarria at Tuesday's hearing. His story is incredible; grew up in a refugee camp in Honduras, graduated as a valedictorian at 15, got scholarships in the US, met his husband here, became a US citizen, and is now a school superintendent in Vermont.
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This fucker 100% shot JR.
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This fucker 100% shot JR.
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"I want to touch on a couple of key issues today, before I head off to my next doctor’s appointment. I think this one will be about testing my incredible memory, but I can’t remember …"
🖊️ Desperate to change the conversation, the unpopular Trump posts first Very Important Letter in five years. 🖊️
🖊️ Desperate to change the conversation, the unpopular Trump posts first Very Important Letter in five years. 🖊️
DESPERATE DISPATCH
In first Very Important Letter in five years, Trump batters women in media, touts his 'spectacular health during this time of war'
dearlstephens.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"I want to touch on a couple of key issues today, before I head off to my next doctor’s appointment. I think this one will be about testing my incredible memory, but I can’t remember …"
🖊️ Desperate to change the conversation, the unpopular Trump posts first Very Important Letter in five years. 🖊️
🖊️ Desperate to change the conversation, the unpopular Trump posts first Very Important Letter in five years. 🖊️
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Somehow every high profile Trump issue in the DC Circuit lands in the hands of Trump judges, even though they are less than 30% of the total. Something very fishy going on here.
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Somehow every high profile Trump issue in the DC Circuit lands in the hands of Trump judges, even though they are less than 30% of the total. Something very fishy going on here.
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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Read this whole thread, and Greg's whole piece. Flagrant and malicious abuses of power indeed. Kudos to Judge Xinis for being wise and firm.
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Read this whole thread, and Greg's whole piece. Flagrant and malicious abuses of power indeed. Kudos to Judge Xinis for being wise and firm.
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While ICE continues to torment Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland, federal prosecutors in Tennessee are trying to rig his forthcoming trial by suppressing any discussion of his unlawful deportation or the suspicious favors witnesses will get in exchange for their testimony. slate.com/news-and-pol...
December 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
While ICE continues to torment Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Maryland, federal prosecutors in Tennessee are trying to rig his forthcoming trial by suppressing any discussion of his unlawful deportation or the suspicious favors witnesses will get in exchange for their testimony. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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We need to ensure that the productivity gains from AI benefit everyone, not just the corporations and shareholders who own the technology. UBI provides economic security and bargaining power to workers, and recognizes that all members of society deserve to share in our collective prosperity.
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We need to ensure that the productivity gains from AI benefit everyone, not just the corporations and shareholders who own the technology. UBI provides economic security and bargaining power to workers, and recognizes that all members of society deserve to share in our collective prosperity.
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AP News: "Rain drenches tent camps in central Gaza as winter storm continues in the war-battered enclave."
Keep the suffering civilians in your hearts. Bear witness. And give. They rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Keep the suffering civilians in your hearts. Bear witness. And give. They rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
AP News: "Rain drenches tent camps in central Gaza as winter storm continues in the war-battered enclave."
Keep the suffering civilians in your hearts. Bear witness. And give. They rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Keep the suffering civilians in your hearts. Bear witness. And give. They rely on donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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The book “Mindf*ck” is a must read (as is “Careless People”).
I dumped Facebook back in 2015. It was discovered that "META" provided Russia election rich data via Cambridge Analytics. Russians used that data to target voters and get Trump elected. Fancy Bear a Russian hacker group hacked the DNC emails in 2015. FCK FACEBOOK
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The book “Mindf*ck” is a must read (as is “Careless People”).
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
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For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
Gaza's displaced face storm disaster with almost nothing
For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
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Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
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President Trump says he's pardoning Tina Peters even though the law says he can't pardon state charges.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.
December 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
President Trump says he's pardoning Tina Peters even though the law says he can't pardon state charges.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.
Colorado's AG tells me Peters isn't getting out while the claim is litigated.