Firehose Sipper
@firehosesipper.bsky.social
American, east of the Mississippi, deeply ashamed at what my country has become and is becoming.
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This is a very Nazi thing to say, actually.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is a very Nazi thing to say, actually.
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The ever insightful @mmasnick.bsky.social on how DJT is like an LLM, and should be treated as such. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/t...
The Hallucinating ChatGPT Presidency
We generally understand how LLM hallucinations work. An AI model tries to generate what seems like a plausible response to whatever you ask it, drawing on its training data to construct something t…
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May 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The ever insightful @mmasnick.bsky.social on how DJT is like an LLM, and should be treated as such. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/t...
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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The year is 2154. The cryogenic unfrozen head of Supreme Lord Emperor King Emperor Lord King Donald Trump surveys the ruins of what was once a great nation. Looking at the barren land and the piles of corpses, Trump Head mutters two angry words:
"Biden's economy."
"Biden's economy."
May 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The year is 2154. The cryogenic unfrozen head of Supreme Lord Emperor King Emperor Lord King Donald Trump surveys the ruins of what was once a great nation. Looking at the barren land and the piles of corpses, Trump Head mutters two angry words:
"Biden's economy."
"Biden's economy."
The administration says it cares deeply about fighting antisemitism, which is why it’s defunding and attacking colleges.
I’m old enough to remember when, three months ago, Trump gave full and unconditional pardons to the “Camp Auschwitz” guy and assorted other violent men who openly praised Hitler.
I’m old enough to remember when, three months ago, Trump gave full and unconditional pardons to the “Camp Auschwitz” guy and assorted other violent men who openly praised Hitler.
April 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The administration says it cares deeply about fighting antisemitism, which is why it’s defunding and attacking colleges.
I’m old enough to remember when, three months ago, Trump gave full and unconditional pardons to the “Camp Auschwitz” guy and assorted other violent men who openly praised Hitler.
I’m old enough to remember when, three months ago, Trump gave full and unconditional pardons to the “Camp Auschwitz” guy and assorted other violent men who openly praised Hitler.
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Random thought: Vivek Ramaswamy is the Brian Dunkleman of DOGE.
April 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Random thought: Vivek Ramaswamy is the Brian Dunkleman of DOGE.
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When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
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The fact that we are also making lists of Jewish professors proves the harmlessness of our registry of autistic children.
by Linda McMahon and RFK Jr.
by Linda McMahon and RFK Jr.
April 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The fact that we are also making lists of Jewish professors proves the harmlessness of our registry of autistic children.
by Linda McMahon and RFK Jr.
by Linda McMahon and RFK Jr.
The whole thread is worth a read but this particular post is 💯
I will never understand how the whiniest, thinnest-skinned man to ever hold the office of POTUS is seen by *anyone* as emblematic of any sort of “masculinity” one might hope to emulate.
I have never seen a bigger baby in public office.
I will never understand how the whiniest, thinnest-skinned man to ever hold the office of POTUS is seen by *anyone* as emblematic of any sort of “masculinity” one might hope to emulate.
I have never seen a bigger baby in public office.
Absolutely no one is weaker than a MAGA man. All they fucking do is whine and whine and whine and cry and bitch and moan and play the victim.
I can't listen to any of them talk for more than a minute. I didn't have kids because toddlers tantruming exhausts me. And these are "grown" men.
I can't listen to any of them talk for more than a minute. I didn't have kids because toddlers tantruming exhausts me. And these are "grown" men.
April 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The whole thread is worth a read but this particular post is 💯
I will never understand how the whiniest, thinnest-skinned man to ever hold the office of POTUS is seen by *anyone* as emblematic of any sort of “masculinity” one might hope to emulate.
I have never seen a bigger baby in public office.
I will never understand how the whiniest, thinnest-skinned man to ever hold the office of POTUS is seen by *anyone* as emblematic of any sort of “masculinity” one might hope to emulate.
I have never seen a bigger baby in public office.
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling ov...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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In addition to being wonderful human beings who do many of these things, the autistic people I've known:
✅Don't have brain worms
✅Don't take steroids
✅Don't play with animal carcasses
✅Have not driven their spouses to suicide
✅Are not actively trying to kill thousands of American children
✅Don't have brain worms
✅Don't take steroids
✅Don't play with animal carcasses
✅Have not driven their spouses to suicide
✅Are not actively trying to kill thousands of American children
1. As part of his dangerous anti-vaxx crusade, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. spread horrific lies about autistic people by saying they “will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date”
April 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In addition to being wonderful human beings who do many of these things, the autistic people I've known:
✅Don't have brain worms
✅Don't take steroids
✅Don't play with animal carcasses
✅Have not driven their spouses to suicide
✅Are not actively trying to kill thousands of American children
✅Don't have brain worms
✅Don't take steroids
✅Don't play with animal carcasses
✅Have not driven their spouses to suicide
✅Are not actively trying to kill thousands of American children
Good.
Former CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation
Former CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation
The former cybersecurity chief is the latest to push back on the Trump administration's targeting of critics and dissenters.
tcrn.ch
April 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Good.
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‘There’s simply no way for us to get people back to the US from a prison that I visited and was able to leave.’
Beyond the horrifying "look at us doing tourist shit in a foreign concentration camp," nature of the photos, doesn't this totally undermine the claim that it's somehow impossible to get the people that were illegally shipped over here.
We've reached the point where Republicans are flying to El Salvador to visit one of the most vicious prisons in the world to have photo ops so they can prove their loyalty to the President of the United States.
April 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
‘There’s simply no way for us to get people back to the US from a prison that I visited and was able to leave.’
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In January, Musk declared that the IRS must provide a way for people to file their taxes online for free. Once he discovered that already existed, then he decided that it must be killed, because it is evidence that government worked well under Biden.
Goodbye IRS Direct File, Hello Inefficiency
It takes the average person over 9 hours and costs $160 to file taxes each year. IRS Direct File meant it didn't have to.
fas.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In January, Musk declared that the IRS must provide a way for people to file their taxes online for free. Once he discovered that already existed, then he decided that it must be killed, because it is evidence that government worked well under Biden.
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Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation”
The IRS is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, CNN reports
IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt status | CNN Politics
The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliat...
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April 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation”
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The American people built a way to file taxes for free and now they're burning it down to enrich the predatory tax-prep industry who helped Trump get elected. Hail to the thief.
BREAKING: The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing your tax returns for free.
April 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The American people built a way to file taxes for free and now they're burning it down to enrich the predatory tax-prep industry who helped Trump get elected. Hail to the thief.
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We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
“To a very sad degree, Supreme Court justices and members of Congress are already complicit in this experiment in state terror. They might find their way back to an America in which their offices have meaning, but only with the help of we the people.”
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“To a very sad degree, Supreme Court justices and members of Congress are already complicit in this experiment in state terror. They might find their way back to an America in which their offices have meaning, but only with the help of we the people.”
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“Trump is illegally disappearing people. He is proposing abducting Americans. He must be removed from power. He no longer has authority.”
And honestly that’s the weak version of what Democrats should be saying.
And honestly that’s the weak version of what Democrats should be saying.
April 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Trump is illegally disappearing people. He is proposing abducting Americans. He must be removed from power. He no longer has authority.”
And honestly that’s the weak version of what Democrats should be saying.
And honestly that’s the weak version of what Democrats should be saying.
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This is correct. You do to nazis what the people of Italy did to Mussolini. They were right to do it and they set an example.
you can't vote nazis out of power. you can't legislate nazis out of power. you can't litigate nazis out of power. there's only one way you can remove nazis from power. every moment we delay in accepting that fact is a moment in which they're advancing their plans against us.
April 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is correct. You do to nazis what the people of Italy did to Mussolini. They were right to do it and they set an example.