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Poindogster
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 5h
I consistently put my shittiest NCOs on urinalysis when it comes up but you’re right
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 5h
illegals stealing your benefits confirmed
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 6h
Don’t have access to the article but I can see where it leads- illegal orders will have to be identified and disobeyed by the people with their fingers on the trigger, not the GOs. And that’s a shitty place to be.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d
If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 3d
What this video suggests is that it’s foolish for people to continue asking the generals to do something about it. An order will remain legal until it reaches the boots on the ground.
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 3d
So GWOT coded I’m nauseous
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d
The writer-activist argues that online platforms are getting worse, fast — and proposes radical regulation as the cure on.ft.com/46AfjYU
Enshittification by Cory Doctorow — a manifesto for fixing the internet
The writer-activist argues that online platforms are getting worse, fast — and proposes radical regulation as the cure
on.ft.com
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 3d
This comes at a moment when the EU is under serious pressure to roll back its data privacy regime from US tech elites (by way of the current admin). This is a hopeful tone for both privacy and the future of the EU.
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 4d
That disturbed cover is peak butt rock (derogatory)
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Justin K Comer (fake name) @justinkcomer.rockhardcauc.us · 4d
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 4d
Thrice’s 12th just came out yesterday and I’m enjoying it
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 4d
Skymall? I feel like I recognize that font/format
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 5d
I just want to know what that coin looks like
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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 6d
this story about/interview with thrice is one of the most impressive pieces of music journalism i've seen in a long time. good stuff. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
After 25 Years and 12 Records, It’s Time to Give Thrice Their Flowers
The cult-favorite Orange County band discusses their latest album, 'Horizons/West,' and the musical itch they still hope to scratch in the world of film and television.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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Shahrzad Shams @shahrzadshams.bsky.social · 6d
A new @rooseveltinstitute.org report by @rfunkfordham.bsky.social empirically assesses the antidemocratic effects of Citizens United 15 years after it was decided.

The findings speak for themselves: there is no place for big money in our political system.

rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Citizens United and the Decline of US Democracy: Assessing the Decision’s Impact 15 Years Later - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis, Rachel Funk Fordham examines the 15-year legacy of Citizens United, assessing its impact on democracy through new evidence and political science research and offering recommendation...
rooseveltinstitute.org
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 7d
There are thousands of accounts on BS that earnestly post things like this all the time. Conspiratorial with a lower capacity to harm, idk. But its silly
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 8d
At least 95% of these people, having assumed command, have public bios. Many of them at several points in their career.
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 8d
It’s the expectation
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 9d
“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”
Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars
AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.
www.wsj.com
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 8d
At the risk of oversimplifying I think this sentiment, and the hostile reactions to it, are some of the primary dynamics that drive conflict in the US/west.
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 8d
This framework has often been a useful lens to view this dynamic
www.fpri.org
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 10d
“5 year-old remains unconvinced after parents explain how grateful poor kids in Africa would be for that broccoli”
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 10d
The prospective owner of tiktok wants to record and report everything you do
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11d
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
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Minor Spear Carrier @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social · 11d
ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave.

The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values."

www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 13d
Anarchical Society convinced me to declare as an IR nerd. It’s also still half finished because I realized I was too stupid to understand it. One day
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Poindogster @jgaertnerr.bsky.social · 13d
Marine lodge is right there jeez
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