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@mightyredpanda.bsky.social
Disillusioned but not disheartened.
Anarcho-curios exvangelical, so plenty of interwoven politics/society/religion takes to give.
Anarcho-curios exvangelical, so plenty of interwoven politics/society/religion takes to give.
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It’s impossible to overstate what a big deal this is for this legendary Kentucky brand. The last time Jim Beam closed down like this was during Prohibition. Trump’s tariffs & fight with Canada are surely to blame.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It’s impossible to overstate what a big deal this is for this legendary Kentucky brand. The last time Jim Beam closed down like this was during Prohibition. Trump’s tariffs & fight with Canada are surely to blame.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
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The future is undetermined and it is going to stay that way, we needn't be driven into a cul-de-sac by like five tech bros, it's all new and unknown and to be invented by you and me and everyone
Here's a penguin with a jetpack
Here's a penguin with a jetpack
December 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The future is undetermined and it is going to stay that way, we needn't be driven into a cul-de-sac by like five tech bros, it's all new and unknown and to be invented by you and me and everyone
Here's a penguin with a jetpack
Here's a penguin with a jetpack
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NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism."
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW: The FBI has launched "domestic terrorism" investigations into anti-ICE activity across the US. Some cases are under Trump's NSPM-7 order to crackdown on "anti-fascism" and "anti-Americanism."
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared w/ Guardian include FBI map of cases in 30+ states:
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Generative AI is a poison that kills everything it touches all so people who are already rich get to be richer while you have to be poorer
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Generative AI is a poison that kills everything it touches all so people who are already rich get to be richer while you have to be poorer
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Consider: the overwhelm you feel is the signature product of extractive systems that require exponential growth to continue.
December 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Consider: the overwhelm you feel is the signature product of extractive systems that require exponential growth to continue.
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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When the official policy of the government has become “ this must be fake, you’re too brown to be American” it’s time to stop pretending that this will all just go back to normal
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
When the official policy of the government has become “ this must be fake, you’re too brown to be American” it’s time to stop pretending that this will all just go back to normal
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really need people who say "it doesn't actualy use that much water per prompt" to shut up and contemplate scale.
AI consumed as much water as the water bottle industry this year.
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.
www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
www.theverge.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
really need people who say "it doesn't actualy use that much water per prompt" to shut up and contemplate scale.
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An ICE agent in Minneapolis pinned a pregnant woman’s face into the snow and knelt on her body.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
An ICE agent in Minneapolis pinned a pregnant woman’s face into the snow and knelt on her body.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
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We have the technologies we need to cut pollution from the industrial sector. In our new report, we take a deep dive into an immediate, practical opportunity: electrifying low- and medium-temperature process heat in manufacturing food, beverage, paper and chemicals. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New Roadmap Shows How to Cut a Surprisingly Big Source of Emissions
Electricity can replace natural gas to provide the low- and medium-grade heat needed to make food, paper and chemicals.
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We have the technologies we need to cut pollution from the industrial sector. In our new report, we take a deep dive into an immediate, practical opportunity: electrifying low- and medium-temperature process heat in manufacturing food, beverage, paper and chemicals. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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My hometown. Has gotten a lot less coverage than ICE invasions of other cities. Memphis is majority-Black, which may have something to do with it.
A city under siege by its own government.
A city under siege by its own government.
December 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My hometown. Has gotten a lot less coverage than ICE invasions of other cities. Memphis is majority-Black, which may have something to do with it.
A city under siege by its own government.
A city under siege by its own government.
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You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen.
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen.
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
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Weird so you mean we're *not* entering a golden age of American manufacturing? Who could have known
The US continues to lose manufacturing jobs—payrolls are down 81k over the last year, & another 5k jobs were lost in November
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
Transportation (especially auto manufacturing), wood & electronics/electrical manufacturing are the biggest losers, but few subsectors are doing well
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Weird so you mean we're *not* entering a golden age of American manufacturing? Who could have known
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BLACK FARMERS AREN’T TAKING THE BAIT
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BLACK FARMERS AREN’T TAKING THE BAIT
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
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An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
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Looks like a Nazi, dresses like a Nazi, smells like a Nazi.
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Looks like a Nazi, dresses like a Nazi, smells like a Nazi.
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Just need to be clear that the US Air Force almost caused a major commercial flight catastrophe because they are flying over Venezuela with transponders off
NOT GOOD 🫠
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids 'midair collision' with Air Force plane near Venezuela
A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path.
abcnews.go.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Just need to be clear that the US Air Force almost caused a major commercial flight catastrophe because they are flying over Venezuela with transponders off
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The Trump-Vance admin has been committing illegal strike after illegal strike. They're trying to normalize it.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
Tracking Every US Strike on Boats in the Caribbean and Pacific
The Trump administration is committing illegal strike after illegal strike. Don’t look away, and don’t lose track.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Trump-Vance admin has been committing illegal strike after illegal strike. They're trying to normalize it.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
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#DHS called my nativity "offensive to Christians," and I've got a lot to say about that. What's offensive to Christians is the vile way that they treat bearers of the image of God - that's everybody. We've got to stand up to this secret police force with all we have before it's too late.
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#DHS called my nativity "offensive to Christians," and I've got a lot to say about that. What's offensive to Christians is the vile way that they treat bearers of the image of God - that's everybody. We've got to stand up to this secret police force with all we have before it's too late.
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This isn't really satire. It's basically what happened, just written more clearly than we are accustomed to.
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This isn't really satire. It's basically what happened, just written more clearly than we are accustomed to.
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ICE assault woman slamming her head down onto pavement—for filming on a public street.
Agent was embarrassed he needed help pushing stalled car—got his feelings hurt when witness called him a name.
"Move yourself!" he yells—then walks all the way across street to attack her.
Washington, D.C
Agent was embarrassed he needed help pushing stalled car—got his feelings hurt when witness called him a name.
"Move yourself!" he yells—then walks all the way across street to attack her.
Washington, D.C
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
ICE assault woman slamming her head down onto pavement—for filming on a public street.
Agent was embarrassed he needed help pushing stalled car—got his feelings hurt when witness called him a name.
"Move yourself!" he yells—then walks all the way across street to attack her.
Washington, D.C
Agent was embarrassed he needed help pushing stalled car—got his feelings hurt when witness called him a name.
"Move yourself!" he yells—then walks all the way across street to attack her.
Washington, D.C
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LATEST: More than 330,000 Louisiana Medicaid enrollees will have to move to other plans after state leaders backed out its provider contract with Aetna. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports some lawmakers and advocates expect those people to see disrupted health care.
lailluminator.com/2025/12/10/l...
lailluminator.com/2025/12/10/l...
Louisiana lawmakers, advocates worry ending Medicaid contract could create care gaps • Louisiana Illuminator
Several Louisiana senators and health care advocates are aghast at Gov. Jeff Landry administration's decision to abruptly cancel a massive contract providing health insurance to hundreds of thousands ...
lailluminator.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
LATEST: More than 330,000 Louisiana Medicaid enrollees will have to move to other plans after state leaders backed out its provider contract with Aetna. @jsodonoghue.bsky.social reports some lawmakers and advocates expect those people to see disrupted health care.
lailluminator.com/2025/12/10/l...
lailluminator.com/2025/12/10/l...
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10 years ago : blockchain is the future of banking. if you don't understand you're an idiot
5 years ago : you're a dumbass if you dont get in on the ground level of the nft-do-not-copy.jpg
Now : you don't understand the stock market. NVIDIA can only grow until it's the only company in the world
5 years ago : you're a dumbass if you dont get in on the ground level of the nft-do-not-copy.jpg
Now : you don't understand the stock market. NVIDIA can only grow until it's the only company in the world
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
10 years ago : blockchain is the future of banking. if you don't understand you're an idiot
5 years ago : you're a dumbass if you dont get in on the ground level of the nft-do-not-copy.jpg
Now : you don't understand the stock market. NVIDIA can only grow until it's the only company in the world
5 years ago : you're a dumbass if you dont get in on the ground level of the nft-do-not-copy.jpg
Now : you don't understand the stock market. NVIDIA can only grow until it's the only company in the world