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Tom (kid codger) O'Neill

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Tom (kid codger) O'Neill @doctecazoid.bsky.social · 24d

This extremely long, extremely thoughtful essay does an absolutely phenomenal job of explaining the 𝙬𝙝𝙮 of the current sociopolitical melieu in which we find ourselves today. tl;dr but well worth your time, attention and consideration.

terikanefield.com/heres-why/

Here's Why - Teri Kanefield

* * * Welcome! If you’ve already read Part I, click here to skip to Part II: We Are Forever Stuck in a Cycle * * * Part I: Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen Introduction In September 2024, I visite...

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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 4h

Hit-Bit 10 (Sony, '85)

The Hit-Bit 10 is a MSX 1 computer, sold with Lode Runner and a BASIC manual. Unlike most coputers before or sense, the Hit-Bit 10 is a blazing cherry red.

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((Pro-Democracy Anti-Fascism)) @janetw58.bsky.social · 4h

Just like the Third Reich. #MAGAGestapo

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23h

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jan 29

“It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.” @jimacosta.bsky.social

Arabic proverb: “They asked the Pharaoh, what made you a tyrant? He said: No one stopped me.” We get the behavior that we allow.

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joqatana @joqatana.bsky.social · 5h

And call Newsom BEFORE FRIDAY and demand he sign the bills for trans kids education and protection.

LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 7h

If you're a California voter, please vote YES ON 50 and send that ballot back ASAP so the volunteers don't waste any time on you. And maybe volunteer if you have the time.

linktr.ee/cadem

Sweet Californians, send those ballots back ASAP, so the volunteers don't need to bother with you.

TikTok video by LOLGOP

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 4h

i'm not sure how you can claim to cover things fairly and fully when you're using the bootleg name that is officially only a "secondary name" for the department

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 4h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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David Sobotta @ocracokewaves.bsky.social · 4h

Unless you are a Russian asset like trump who worships Putin. Gift article wapo.st/48lS4mE

Opinion | Russia’s feral adventurism against the West is too bellicose to ignore

From sabotage to election meddling, Moscow’s “grey zone” attacks increasingly test NATO’s resolve.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 4h

Bookshop has free shipping today, in case you’re looking to pick up the hottest (and also only?) student loan industry heist novel of the year.

The Payback: A Novel

A Novel

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 4h

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show www.publicnotice.co/p/bad-bunny-...

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

www.publicnotice.co

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 4h

This video should be Exhibit 1 in every court filing against ICE, even in other states.

This is what they are doing. There’s no questions to check if they are a citizen, there’s no waiting to find out if they have legal status.

It’s just “See Brown Person, Chase Brown Person”.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 4h

Also, it’s such a sick joke that ICE is here to keep us safe. This was a video of a perfectly safe day in the city - couldn’t feel safer - until a bunch of armed thugs run out of nowhere to start a fight and kidnap random pedestrians, which is one of the most terrifying things I can imagine

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Jodi @jodotcom.bsky.social · 5h

Trump uses fed cash that's not his for his own use. www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

Analysis: How Trump uses federal cash that’s not his to spend to pursue his questionable goals | CNN Politics

Donald Trump seems to view federal funds like a personal presidential piggy bank.

www.cnn.com

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InfoSec @infosec.skyfleet.blue · 4h

The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2025

292 IT and cybersecurity leaders reveal the ransomware realities for healthcare establishments today.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 5h

A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: Sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons.

@nlanard.bsky.social takes us inside the "legal black hole" in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · Sep 4

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 4h

She literally released a statement to @rachelgilmore.bsky.social basically saying the opposite last week when the activists were not white.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 5h

From @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social

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Dean Jackson @dwj88.bsky.social · 1d

A secret meeting with X. A senior State Dept. advisor just out of college. The VP's speech in Munich. Pressure on European regulators.

What do they share? They're all part of an agenda to turn the transatlantic alliance into a far right international:

www.techpolicy.press/trumps-state...

Trump’s State Department Wants to Use Tech Policy to Remake Europe In Its Image | TechPolicy.Press

Tech policy is a key part of the Trump administration's dramatic project to replace the US's traditional European alliances, Dean Jackson writes.

www.techpolicy.press

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 10h

There is nothing strategic about obeisance. There is nothing practical about complicity.

A simple framework on how to weigh tough decisions in the Trump era: do the opposite.

wiczipedia.substack.com/p/how-to-not...

How to Not Capitulate for Dummies

A framework for weighing decisions under Trump.

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 9h

New eliminationist/genocidal rhetoric by top Russian officials against Ukraine and Ukrainians.

From Putin, Medvedev, Slutsky, Rogozin, Mironov, and more.

Follow our tracker updates:

www.justsecurity.org/81789/russia...

Russia's Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection

Updated: Key words, phrases, and themes appear to express intent to eliminate Ukraine or Ukrainians as a nation-state, people, or culture.

www.justsecurity.org

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 13h

In occupied Mariupol, there’s also a fuel crisis. There seems to be gasoline, but not everywhere and not all types. At the gas stations themselves, fuel disappears before your eyes as the price rises, and there’s also a limit of 30 liters per fill-up.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11h

3/I Atlas: a rare comet from beyond our solar system is being closely tracked – what can it teach us?

Only the third interstellar comet ever to be seen contains material from other star systems that can be observed close up

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15h

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.

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.

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