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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · 18h

Well done @cardsagainsthumanity.com

I guess I HAVE to buy this, right? Right.

A screenshot of an email from Cards Against Humanity, explaining that "Trump is Going to Fuck Christmas" and that their next set is informational, so tariffs do not apply

Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when he started calling everything that he heard but didn't like "fake news" and it worked with his base?

How much longer until he starts calling everything he sees but doesn't like "AI slop"?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 7d

A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 11d

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 11d

This ought to be a huge story everywhere. It is imperative that we not normalize sending troops into blue cities on false pretenses. The consequences could be tragic. Journalists must rebut the lies and quote the outraged at the top of their articles and segments. www.cnn.com/2025/09/27/p...

Trump says he’s sending troops to Portland to | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “provide all necessary troops” to Portland, Oregon, a city he says is “war ravaged” and protect ICE facilities he claimed are “und...

www.cnn.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 20d

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting

www.nytimes.com

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · 21d

A bit ago, I was in a gas station market w/ my wife, when I saw one of the local right-wing, nut job podcasters in line behind us.

We finished our purchase, the clerk told us to have a nice day, and I replied, loudly, "thanks! We are late for the Antifa meeting but it should be a good one!"

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 24d

idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...

Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism.
The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White
America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt.

The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The
Department of Homeland Security boasted of
"the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement."

Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced.
Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · 26d

Daily.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 26d

Time to break out the chart

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 28d

Based on some of the discourse I’ve seen tonight, some of y’all would’ve felt empathy when Robert E. Lee died too.

Some of you might’ve even applauded when slaveowners got reparations.

Because racism isn’t real for you, you can push aside my humanity to empathize with those who want us dead.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Sep 9

'Carte blanche to go after anyone': Immigrants fearful after Supreme Court green lights raids

Monday’s Supreme Court order gives the go-ahead on what critics called “indiscriminate” immigration stops that led to thousands of arrests and set off days of protests in the Los Angeles area.

www.latimes.com

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · Sep 7

I have not logged in to Twitter for a very long time, but I did to see if this is a real tweet by the Department of Energy, and it is.

Just... wow. On the surface it appears to be posted by morons (which also may be the case) but I suspect this has more to do with oil money than stupidity.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Sep 6

“I wasn’t sure what number you wanted me to go with.” — Zuck, 100% pathetically bitch-made by a man who said he should be thrown in jail for life, appeasing an administration who says his wife’s family isn’t American, loving how RFK is dismantling every public health advancement that CZI ever made.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Zuckerberg saying Meta intends to spend at least 600 billion in the US

Zuckerberg at the end caught on a hot mic

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · Aug 30

average Dem strategist: we must focus on bipartisan policies that undercut Republican attacks

average Dem voter: having studied the denazification of Germany, we must raze the RNC and leave JD Vance clutching a single wool blanket in a cell after we strip him of everything

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Aug 26

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms an...

www.openculture.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Onion will be available in almost every Barnes & Noble in the country starting this month! “RFK Jr. Fires Piss Czar” will be a visible headline sitting directly next to Bon Appetit and Guns & Ammo.

Matt Bonanno @mattbdev.bsky.social · Aug 21

Do you think we will see The Onion on grocery store newspaper racks in the future or is it just not sustainable anymore to do that?

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Ogie Ogilthorpe @ogieogilthorpe.bsky.social · Aug 1

I hate HOAs with a passion. They’re of no use and are nothing more than power hungry people wanting to lord over their neighbors.
This absolutely great news. Now I hope other states follow suit.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

She faced $500 daily HOA fines for an unapproved door in her home. A new state law saved her

California has new HOA rules. For most homeowners, fines are now capped at $100, thanks to a new housing bill.

www.latimes.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Aug 1

Harbinger

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 1

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Congress approves indefinite presidential reelection and extends presidential terms to 6 years.

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · Jul 12

Fuck yeah! I hope this sticks.

CNN @cnn.com · Jul 12

A federal judge found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause, ordering the department to stop detaining individuals based solely on race, spoken language or occupation.

Judge orders Trump administration to stop immigration arrests in Southern California without probable cause | CNN Politics

A federal judge on Friday found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause, ordering the department to stop detaining indi...

www.cnn.com

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · Jul 8

Lol! For real! I've been laying low for a few months, I was waaaaay more active last year. I guess it took @charlotteclymer.bsky.social for us to find each other here.

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello! 👋

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · Jul 8

"conspiracy blue balls" is my new favorite saying

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Jul 8

It's been a rough year for the conspiracy theorists who supported Trump. Nothing on Epstein. Nothing of note on the JFK assassination. An actual rollback of transparency on UAPs/UFOs. These folks are realizing they're stuck with conspiracy blue balls, and they are not happy about it.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 1

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city.

His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy but an attempt to send a message to every New Yorker who refuses to hide in the shadows: if you speak up, they will come for you. We will not accept this intimidation.

That Trump included praise for Eric Adams in his authoritarian threats is unsurprising, but highlights the urgency of bringing an end to this Mayor’s time in City Hall. At the very moment when MAGA Republicans are attempting to destroy the social safety net, kick millions of New Yorkers off of healthcare and enrich their billionaire donors at the expense of working families, it is a scandal that Eric Adams echoes this President’s division, distraction and hate.

Voters will resoundingly reject it in November.

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Matt Singley @mattsingley.bsky.social · Jun 25

Checks out, just did this on my Pixel

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · Jun 21

Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.

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Instead of being in settings its in the google app. Also, google, not chrome. Icon is a G, not the circle thing. Click on your pfp to open a menu

From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's Al assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet.

Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off

They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it.

Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others

Edit: thank you my friend @/teeth-kid for confirming that this also works on Motorola

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