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Markus Drake
@markusdrake.bsky.social
1.2K followers 1.1K following 1.3K posts
Finnish Green in Brussels (chair of our local club)
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Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure
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markusdrake.bsky.social
Most LLM stuff looks OK. As long as you don't actually know anything about it. I happen to know enough French and have decent German, so I could see it was all borked. But if you miss one or the other, how would you know?
February 11, 2026 at 4:35 PM
markusdrake.bsky.social
"You would've made a great inquisitor." Nicest thing a nazi ever wrote me on Twitter, so... I guess I'll take it?
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
markusdrake.bsky.social
Ah, sorry, point already made:

bsky.app/profile/theo...

But I would say it's not "a lot of people", it's the film itself telling you this at the end, with the Volkssturm "I'm doing my part" followed by *cringe laughter at recruiting 12-year-olds*.
theonetrueloaf.bsky.social The One True Loaf @theonetrueloaf.bsky.social · 1d
A lot of people view the movie as an in-universe recruitment film. If you view the movie as that, then his psychic abilities are real in the film, but also the film itself is exaggerated and bullshit because it is propaganda.
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 AM
markusdrake.bsky.social
The whole movie is in-universe propaganda. It is produced moments before fascist humanity is (justifiably) overrun by the "bugs". So of course Carl is a) full of shit and b) presented as superhuman
February 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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propublica.org
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”

From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
Page 1 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in Spanish in a cursive script. Translation: “Hello I am Ender and I am 12 years old, I have been at this center  for 2 months. I arrived here for an immigration appointment and I don’t think they should grab immigrants who are innocent, like instead of grabbing criminals because I mean they prefer to lock up children than look for people who really shouldn’t be in the U.S. They told me I could only be here 21 days but I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals, going outside and that the majority of guards never pay attention to people, eating dinner  always the same as the day before, seeing people cry every day for the same reasons, trying to sleep in that horrible uncomfortable bed, going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…” Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in Spanish in a cursive script. Translation: “…going to wait for the bad answers from the judges, hearing the bad news from people who no longer have hope, having to share a room with minimum 3 families, and all that so they send us back to our countries.” Below the text is a drawing in pen of three women, titled “My family” and labeled with “Mama,” “Sister,” and “me” in Spanish.
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
When white supremacist bigots throw a tantrum because they've been forced to confront reality, there are always enablers who will say that the expression of reality is a controversy, or divisive. The implication is that we should change reality to suit the whims of the bigots. Absolutely not.
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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klillington.bsky.social
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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midnightpals.bsky.social
Richard Dawkins: as the world's smartest man, i love hanging out with a known pedophile on sex crime island
Stephen Pinker: as a fellow smart, i agree!
Jeffrey Epstein: ill tk some photoss to commemrate this epicc meetingof th= smarts
Dawkins: absolutely, we will definitely want to document this!
February 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM