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Prison guards:
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
Now if we could just get people to view US prisons through the same lens they view CECOT.
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Prison guards:
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
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The TF Wheel sounded like a lot of fun. Take a spin, transform for a bit, and eventually land back on human. Wait, what do you mean there is no human option on the wheel?! (🎨 by @artbyhornbuckle.bsky.social) #TFEveryday
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The TF Wheel sounded like a lot of fun. Take a spin, transform for a bit, and eventually land back on human. Wait, what do you mean there is no human option on the wheel?! (🎨 by @artbyhornbuckle.bsky.social) #TFEveryday
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Getting into character
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Getting into character
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Stretches. :)
I needa draw these two dipshits more often.
I needa draw these two dipshits more often.
January 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Stretches. :)
I needa draw these two dipshits more often.
I needa draw these two dipshits more often.
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Justine Paul spent years in jail awaiting trial even as the evidence against him fell apart.
Afterward, he lived on the streets and nearly overdosed 10 times. “They took seven and a half years of his life, and I think it broke him,” his lawyer said.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, @adn.com
Afterward, he lived on the streets and nearly overdosed 10 times. “They took seven and a half years of his life, and I think it broke him,” his lawyer said.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, @adn.com
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Justine Paul spent years in jail awaiting trial even as the evidence against him fell apart.
Afterward, he lived on the streets and nearly overdosed 10 times. “They took seven and a half years of his life, and I think it broke him,” his lawyer said.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, @adn.com
Afterward, he lived on the streets and nearly overdosed 10 times. “They took seven and a half years of his life, and I think it broke him,” his lawyer said.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, @adn.com
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Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
Two of their major policy pushes were a more prominent gun culture and zero COVID restrictions
Bill Montgomery died to the COVID virus
Charlie Kirk died to gun violence
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Light That Burns Your Humanity Away
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Light That Burns Your Humanity Away
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Reminder that Bari Weiss held the 60 Minutes piece on migrant gulags with the suggestion that Stephen Miller (whose number she has) should comment. Maybe if 60 Minutes could just post this video alongside the story, it would meet Weiss's vaunted editorial standards.
White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller has spent years weaponizing hatred to become the mastermind of Trump’s crackdown on marginalized groups.
Zeteo traces his most hateful, strange, and downright cringey moments along the way.
Zeteo traces his most hateful, strange, and downright cringey moments along the way.
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Reminder that Bari Weiss held the 60 Minutes piece on migrant gulags with the suggestion that Stephen Miller (whose number she has) should comment. Maybe if 60 Minutes could just post this video alongside the story, it would meet Weiss's vaunted editorial standards.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Political and corporate spokespeople now regularly treat a request for comment from the mainstream media as an opportunity to drop a free ad into the middle of the story. Bad faith non-responses should just be discarded, with a note that they declined to respond to the substance of the question.
WH spokesperson Abigail Jackson said "60 Minutes should spend their time and energy amplifying the stories of Angel Parents, whose innocent American children have tragically been murdered by vicious illegal aliens that President Trump are removing from the country."
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Political and corporate spokespeople now regularly treat a request for comment from the mainstream media as an opportunity to drop a free ad into the middle of the story. Bad faith non-responses should just be discarded, with a note that they declined to respond to the substance of the question.
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Part 4 of Intrusive Thoughts is out! With Part 5 available on patreon.com/tabuley
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Part 4 of Intrusive Thoughts is out! With Part 5 available on patreon.com/tabuley
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Thing is: this should have been obvious BEFORE regulators greenlit Waymo.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
Autonomous vehicles that are unable to adapt to emergencies present a risk to our public safety. With such vehicles being considered for deployment in the East Bay, more must first be done to ensure they will operate safely when the unexpected happens.
Waymo halts service in SF as cars stall at intersections
A spokesperson confirmed Waymo has suspended service.
www.sfgate.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Thing is: this should have been obvious BEFORE regulators greenlit Waymo.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
Having business be the tail that wags the dog of government--as neoliberal ideology would have it--simply privatizes gains and sticks ordinary people with the costs of being corporate guinea pigs.
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"Bad books on writing tell you to 'write what you know', a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery." - Joe Haldeman
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"Bad books on writing tell you to 'write what you know', a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery." - Joe Haldeman
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of course bari weiss can be both stupid and evil! that is the point of transphobia, it is evil that you can do even if you are too stupid for other forms of evil, because you can just say the same 2-5 transphobic things over and over again and you get an automatic audience of rich credulous freaks
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
of course bari weiss can be both stupid and evil! that is the point of transphobia, it is evil that you can do even if you are too stupid for other forms of evil, because you can just say the same 2-5 transphobic things over and over again and you get an automatic audience of rich credulous freaks
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Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
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“National security concerns” isn’t a magical incantation. There have to be real, plausible national security concerns.
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?
Burgum claims "national security concerns" created by wind turbines are detailed in a "classified report" & pertain to "radar interference," adding that "if you wanted to attack a population center on the east coast our country, you would send a swarm of drones right through one of these wind farms"
December 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“National security concerns” isn’t a magical incantation. There have to be real, plausible national security concerns.
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?
A swarm of drones becoming undetectable by flying through an offshore wind farm is not plausible. Laughably so.
Even if radar had trouble there, how’d they get to the wind farm?
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Finally...the good part of youtube
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December 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Finally...the good part of youtube
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Dr.Compy's D&D character - a Yuan-Ti Bladesinger - got infected with lycantrophy and he asked me to illustrate the new form!
A lineart only version is available on my Patreon!
#anthro #yuanti #dungeonsanddragons #lycanthropy #scalie #werecreature #werewolf
A lineart only version is available on my Patreon!
#anthro #yuanti #dungeonsanddragons #lycanthropy #scalie #werecreature #werewolf
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Dr.Compy's D&D character - a Yuan-Ti Bladesinger - got infected with lycantrophy and he asked me to illustrate the new form!
A lineart only version is available on my Patreon!
#anthro #yuanti #dungeonsanddragons #lycanthropy #scalie #werecreature #werewolf
A lineart only version is available on my Patreon!
#anthro #yuanti #dungeonsanddragons #lycanthropy #scalie #werecreature #werewolf
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In the past week, I've seen stories of AI:
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In the past week, I've seen stories of AI:
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
- being used by middle schoolers to make porn of other students
- calling innocent people sex offenders
- shutting down highways with busted-ass self-driving cars
- emitting more CO2 than New York City
What the fuck are we even doing?
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The toy you ordered for Christmas just arrived 🎁
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The toy you ordered for Christmas just arrived 🎁
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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He is promising, on camera, to break his oath to the Constitution by illegally and unconstitutionally usurping the exclusive authority of Congress. Sprinkle in a little 'blowing up the Union' to boot
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
He is promising, on camera, to break his oath to the Constitution by illegally and unconstitutionally usurping the exclusive authority of Congress. Sprinkle in a little 'blowing up the Union' to boot
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look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get
millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on
but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get