Freswinn
@freswinn.bsky.social
bicycle guy // math tutor // novice user of the Godot game engine
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An accidental memory in the case of death
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An accidental memory in the case of death
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
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The U.S. intervened to oust governments in Latin America a total of at least 41 times — about once every 28 months from 1898 to 1994 — including 17 cases of direct intervention by the U.S. armed forces, intelligence agencies, or locals employed by U.S. government agencies.
A 2023 analysis of the effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries found the interventions caused “large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties.” interc.pt/4sinphB
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The U.S. intervened to oust governments in Latin America a total of at least 41 times — about once every 28 months from 1898 to 1994 — including 17 cases of direct intervention by the U.S. armed forces, intelligence agencies, or locals employed by U.S. government agencies.
A friend of mine who works in the St Louis press has been talking about this piece of shit for over a decade.
JAMES CARROLL: missing kid? someone should search the mayor's basement lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
RIVERVIEW MAYOR: your joke is inciting violence against me. You are ordered to come to City Hall to explain yourself.
ST. LOUIS POLICE: we have a warrant to search the mayor's basement
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
RIVERVIEW MAYOR: your joke is inciting violence against me. You are ordered to come to City Hall to explain yourself.
ST. LOUIS POLICE: we have a warrant to search the mayor's basement
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Yikes -- Illinois man posts a joke about the sketchy background of the mayor of Riverview, Missouri.
So the Mayor *subpoenas* him, ordering him to come down to City Hall to testify about "Cyber Bullying" and "Defamation" of officials.
So the Mayor *subpoenas* him, ordering him to come down to City Hall to testify about "Cyber Bullying" and "Defamation" of officials.
January 4, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A friend of mine who works in the St Louis press has been talking about this piece of shit for over a decade.
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I don't know if it's even worth bothering considering this US policy because it's probably going to change in the next few hours as Trump gets in front of a microphone again
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.
Venezuela live updates: Uncertainty and legal questions remain after US captures Maduro
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and claims that it will “run” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. actions and its future operations in the South American nation.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I don't know if it's even worth bothering considering this US policy because it's probably going to change in the next few hours as Trump gets in front of a microphone again
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Except we are apparently supposedly "running" Venezuela now? That's an act of war! The closest analog to this is annexation!
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Except we are apparently supposedly "running" Venezuela now? That's an act of war! The closest analog to this is annexation!
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Q: "Trump…said the U.S. is going to run Venezuela. Under what legal authority?"
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
Q: " Let me ask the question again, what is the legal authority for the United States to be running Venezuela?"
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
Q: " Let me ask the question again, what is the legal authority for the United States to be running Venezuela?"
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
January 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Q: "Trump…said the U.S. is going to run Venezuela. Under what legal authority?"
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
Q: " Let me ask the question again, what is the legal authority for the United States to be running Venezuela?"
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
Q: " Let me ask the question again, what is the legal authority for the United States to be running Venezuela?"
Rubio: *doesn't answer*
I think Behind The Bastards should get Tim Heidecker on.
January 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I think Behind The Bastards should get Tim Heidecker on.
Hundreds of millions lived through the entirety of the GW Bush administration, the entire War On Terror, and learned FUCKING NOTHING.
People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
January 4, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Hundreds of millions lived through the entirety of the GW Bush administration, the entire War On Terror, and learned FUCKING NOTHING.
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People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
January 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
People being like, "But Venezuelans are happy about Maduro being gone!" have the memories of goldfish. IN 2003, the narrative was that Iraqis celebrated the U.S. invasion and capture of Saddam.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
Whether they were happy or not, invading Iraq was still the wrong thing to do.
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this is why you must always oppose every act an imperialist country does, because then they’ll soon come for everyone
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
this is why you must always oppose every act an imperialist country does, because then they’ll soon come for everyone
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
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There's no reforming our government out of this, not without radical reform on the level of overthrowing the government and having a constitutional convention.
Fuck everyone who enables and supports imperialism, wars based on lies, and genocide-denial.
Fuck everyone who enables and supports imperialism, wars based on lies, and genocide-denial.
January 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
There's no reforming our government out of this, not without radical reform on the level of overthrowing the government and having a constitutional convention.
Fuck everyone who enables and supports imperialism, wars based on lies, and genocide-denial.
Fuck everyone who enables and supports imperialism, wars based on lies, and genocide-denial.
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can't believe the guy whose entire political philosophy revolves around domination would turn out to be a hawk
January 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
can't believe the guy whose entire political philosophy revolves around domination would turn out to be a hawk
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Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Allow me to connect some dots for you:
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
Too much of the world currently relies for its basic functions on resources which must be continuously extracted. You burn that oil one time and oops, now you need more.
Geopolitical horrors are, in fact, one of the reasons we need to move to renewables ASAP.
I think I see a new pattern emerging in US right-wing politics:
- Support and even urge American corporations/employers to do horrible things to its labor force
- When those corporations do those horrible things, blame countries/nationalities we want to bomb, invade, steal from, and purge.
- Support and even urge American corporations/employers to do horrible things to its labor force
- When those corporations do those horrible things, blame countries/nationalities we want to bomb, invade, steal from, and purge.
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I think I see a new pattern emerging in US right-wing politics:
- Support and even urge American corporations/employers to do horrible things to its labor force
- When those corporations do those horrible things, blame countries/nationalities we want to bomb, invade, steal from, and purge.
- Support and even urge American corporations/employers to do horrible things to its labor force
- When those corporations do those horrible things, blame countries/nationalities we want to bomb, invade, steal from, and purge.
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New Yorkers up for jury duty, history is in your hands 🫡
funniest outcome of this is that the justice system functions as intended and they have to send maduro right back, a free man
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
New Yorkers up for jury duty, history is in your hands 🫡
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America is not going to be rescued from utter fascism by Democrats, at least not those currently in power.
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
America is not going to be rescued from utter fascism by Democrats, at least not those currently in power.
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It's a neat trick to say "get beyond the argument" when implicitly you mean "by accepting my position"
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 AM
It's a neat trick to say "get beyond the argument" when implicitly you mean "by accepting my position"
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I don’t carry “immigration documents” with me at all times. Americans have not had to produce “their papers” for police without cause. Is this the new standard, given Kavanaugh stops? reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
DHS says REAL ID, which DHS certifies, is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I don’t carry “immigration documents” with me at all times. Americans have not had to produce “their papers” for police without cause. Is this the new standard, given Kavanaugh stops? reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
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"51% of the vote in one election does not empower you to destroy a city or culture or society" -- Mark Levin after Mamdani won 50.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
January 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"51% of the vote in one election does not empower you to destroy a city or culture or society" -- Mark Levin after Mamdani won 50.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
"We have rejected, completely, utterly, undeniably, the Democrat Party" -- Mark Levin after Trump won 49.8% of the popular vote
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If you are visiting here from X because the CSAM thing was a bridge too far, welcome.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
January 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
If you are visiting here from X because the CSAM thing was a bridge too far, welcome.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.