Francis "Nik" Ridder
@fridder.the-destro.com
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Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files.....
July 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files Epstein Files.....
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Tell me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File without telling me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File.
#PanickyPrez 😱
#PanickyPrez 😱
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tell me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File without telling me you're in Epstein's Pedo-File.
#PanickyPrez 😱
#PanickyPrez 😱
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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡
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War.
An article I power
An article I power
June 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
War.
An article I power
An article I power
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Do I have anyone in my orbit that has experience working with the Hermes JS engine by Meta? This is related to @liveviewnative.dev
#ElixirLang
#ElixirLang
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Do I have anyone in my orbit that has experience working with the Hermes JS engine by Meta? This is related to @liveviewnative.dev
#ElixirLang
#ElixirLang
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Strains bounds of propriety?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
May 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Strains bounds of propriety?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?
Am I having a stroke?
What is happening?
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Trump and DOGE are not just undoing decades of privacy measures: They appear to be ignoring that they were ever written.
@ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social on the rise of an American panopticon:
@ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social on the rise of an American panopticon:
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
bit.ly
April 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump and DOGE are not just undoing decades of privacy measures: They appear to be ignoring that they were ever written.
@ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social on the rise of an American panopticon:
@ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social on the rise of an American panopticon:
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Another retributive EO, another judge, another ruling against the Trump administration.
Judge AliKhan rips into white-shoe firms that have cut pro bono deals to avoid punishment, calling it capitulation in the face of coercion.
Judge AliKhan rips into white-shoe firms that have cut pro bono deals to avoid punishment, calling it capitulation in the face of coercion.
Judge Blocks Trump From Retaliating Against Susman Godfrey Law Firm
It’s the latest setback to the president’s efforts to wield government power to punish law firms. A federal judge called it “a shocking abuse of power.”
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Another retributive EO, another judge, another ruling against the Trump administration.
Judge AliKhan rips into white-shoe firms that have cut pro bono deals to avoid punishment, calling it capitulation in the face of coercion.
Judge AliKhan rips into white-shoe firms that have cut pro bono deals to avoid punishment, calling it capitulation in the face of coercion.
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This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.
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If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.
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One thing Democratic senators have decided to vote for is a Republican plan to sabotage Washington, D.C. Not the synecdoche. The actual city of 700,000 people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
How Congress Could Force $1.1 Billion in Cuts on Washington, D.C.
District leaders say that a proposed cut to the city budget, part of a plan to avert a federal government shutdown, is unfair. The city raises most of its own money but cannot control how it is spent.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
One thing Democratic senators have decided to vote for is a Republican plan to sabotage Washington, D.C. Not the synecdoche. The actual city of 700,000 people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
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I’m sorry, what was that you were saying about the high cost of housing?
Trump Orders Investigation Into Lumber Ahead of Likely Tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Orders Investigation Into Lumber Ahead of Likely Tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Orders Investigation Into Lumber Ahead of Likely Tariffs
US President Donald Trump is ordering the Commerce Department to launch an investigation into the national security harm posed by lumber imports, laying the legal groundwork for new tariffs he’s pledg...
www.bloomberg.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I’m sorry, what was that you were saying about the high cost of housing?
Trump Orders Investigation Into Lumber Ahead of Likely Tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Orders Investigation Into Lumber Ahead of Likely Tariffs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Interesting to see Tosca Musk get a friendly profile here. Around the time of the election I had reached out to her to report on something regarding her politics.
She hung up on me and told her mother, who proceeded to bring up my race in a public tweet.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
She hung up on me and told her mother, who proceeded to bring up my race in a public tweet.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Elon Musk’s Sister Is a Hopeless Romantic
Filmmaker and CEO Tosca Musk is pouring her heart into Passionflix, a steamy streaming platform built on the unifying power of love — even as her brother increasingly becomes one of the most divisive ...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Interesting to see Tosca Musk get a friendly profile here. Around the time of the election I had reached out to her to report on something regarding her politics.
She hung up on me and told her mother, who proceeded to bring up my race in a public tweet.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
She hung up on me and told her mother, who proceeded to bring up my race in a public tweet.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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We failed the test. Will we have another chance?
February 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We failed the test. Will we have another chance?
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That's not...what the 82nd Airborne's for
The 82nd Airborne's 3rd Brigade Combat Team is preparing to deploy to the southern border, three defense officials tell me. Part of the 10th Mountain may serve as a headquarters element.
January 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
That's not...what the 82nd Airborne's for
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This is the way to provide context folks
Facing an FBI investigation that Trump could halt, Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles proposes allowing third term for president www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Facing FBI investigation that Trump could halt, Andy Ogles proposes allowing third term for president
Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles has introduced a resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow the 45th and 47th President of the United States to seek a third term.
www.newschannel5.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is the way to provide context folks
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Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, keeps updating his video game. And has no plans of stopping.
The legacy — and future — of the farming game Stardew Valley
Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, keeps updating his video game. And has no plans of stopping.
www.npr.org
January 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, keeps updating his video game. And has no plans of stopping.
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DHS has terminated the memberships of everyone on its advisory committees.
This includes several cyber committees, like CISA's advisory panel and the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was investigating Salt Typhoon.
That review is "dead," person familiar says.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
This includes several cyber committees, like CISA's advisory panel and the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was investigating Salt Typhoon.
That review is "dead," person familiar says.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
January 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
DHS has terminated the memberships of everyone on its advisory committees.
This includes several cyber committees, like CISA's advisory panel and the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was investigating Salt Typhoon.
That review is "dead," person familiar says.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
This includes several cyber committees, like CISA's advisory panel and the Cyber Safety Review Board, which was investigating Salt Typhoon.
That review is "dead," person familiar says.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
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This language is written in a way that allows Trump to run for another term but forbids Obama from doing so.
Republican Rep. Andy Ogles has drafted a constitutional amendment aimed at allowing Donald Trump to be president for a third term.
January 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This language is written in a way that allows Trump to run for another term but forbids Obama from doing so.
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"going to make combating terrorism far more difficult"
“when individuals were acquitted of this crime, recognized as among the most serious in a democracy, it incontrovertibly breathed new life into far-right violent extremism"
"They are emboldened"
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
“when individuals were acquitted of this crime, recognized as among the most serious in a democracy, it incontrovertibly breathed new life into far-right violent extremism"
"They are emboldened"
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
January 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"going to make combating terrorism far more difficult"
“when individuals were acquitted of this crime, recognized as among the most serious in a democracy, it incontrovertibly breathed new life into far-right violent extremism"
"They are emboldened"
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
“when individuals were acquitted of this crime, recognized as among the most serious in a democracy, it incontrovertibly breathed new life into far-right violent extremism"
"They are emboldened"
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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a bunch of posts about abortion pills vanished from Instagram. Meta put them back after we asked what was happening: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...
Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
a bunch of posts about abortion pills vanished from Instagram. Meta put them back after we asked what was happening: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...
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This is insane.
January 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is insane.
@mcuban.bsky.social I’m not a fan, in general, with billionaires becoming president.. but you have a better grasp on what is wrong with the Democrats than they do.
January 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social I’m not a fan, in general, with billionaires becoming president.. but you have a better grasp on what is wrong with the Democrats than they do.