Robert Newmark
@noospheric.bsky.social
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“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― Watership Down
― Watership Down
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This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
December 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This Needs To Stop!🛑
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
Peeps, you DO realize that our non-white friends and neighbors...are now carrying their birth certificates and passports so they can PROVE they are US citizens "just in case"?
There is NO version of America where this is OK. Defund ICE. Restore due process and rule of law.
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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Astonishing feat!
US will break its record for the warmest Christmas by ~5°F! That’s remarkable.
Anomalies are up to +40°F in the nation’s middle and as you can see the US has the warmest air - relative to average - in the World!
H/T to @BenNollWeather
US will break its record for the warmest Christmas by ~5°F! That’s remarkable.
Anomalies are up to +40°F in the nation’s middle and as you can see the US has the warmest air - relative to average - in the World!
H/T to @BenNollWeather
December 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Astonishing feat!
US will break its record for the warmest Christmas by ~5°F! That’s remarkable.
Anomalies are up to +40°F in the nation’s middle and as you can see the US has the warmest air - relative to average - in the World!
H/T to @BenNollWeather
US will break its record for the warmest Christmas by ~5°F! That’s remarkable.
Anomalies are up to +40°F in the nation’s middle and as you can see the US has the warmest air - relative to average - in the World!
H/T to @BenNollWeather
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Fox scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half to spark the Spurs to a 117-102 win over OKC in his Christmas Day debut.
"I thought he was locked in from the get-go," Mitch Johnson said.
The Spurs are 3-0 against the defending champs.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
"I thought he was locked in from the get-go," Mitch Johnson said.
The Spurs are 3-0 against the defending champs.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
De'Aaron Fox's fast start sparks Spurs to another win over Thunder
The guard scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half to help San Antonio improve to 3-0 against the defending NBA champions this season.
www.expressnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Fox scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half to spark the Spurs to a 117-102 win over OKC in his Christmas Day debut.
"I thought he was locked in from the get-go," Mitch Johnson said.
The Spurs are 3-0 against the defending champs.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
"I thought he was locked in from the get-go," Mitch Johnson said.
The Spurs are 3-0 against the defending champs.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
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Wemby knows how to get the fans INVOLVED 🙌🔥
(via: ESPN)
(via: ESPN)
December 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Wemby knows how to get the fans INVOLVED 🙌🔥
(via: ESPN)
(via: ESPN)
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ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
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Thinking of making up a new SF subgenre called ‘Goldbergpunk,’ where everyone has incredible high-tech hardware consisting of a flamingo that drops an orange into a bucket, which pulls a rope that opens an umbrella that stops the rain reaching a daisy, which…
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Thinking of making up a new SF subgenre called ‘Goldbergpunk,’ where everyone has incredible high-tech hardware consisting of a flamingo that drops an orange into a bucket, which pulls a rope that opens an umbrella that stops the rain reaching a daisy, which…
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Trump is directing his administration to begin de-naturalizing around 100-200 people per month, on top of current immigration efforts to end visas, deport illegals, and deny visa applications.
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump is directing his administration to begin de-naturalizing around 100-200 people per month, on top of current immigration efforts to end visas, deport illegals, and deny visa applications.
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i am at the point now where if i can afford it, i will pay a premium for anything that i feel reasonably sure a person actually made. i just want a real human being to create the thing and i want to give them a fair amount of money directly for the thing.
AI has poisoned most of my hobbies in some way, it’s so ridiculous. recipes are fake, crotchet/sewing/knitting patterns are wrong and use AI project images, history podcasts rely on AI scripting or narration, writers keep getting caught with chatgpt prompts in books, please make it stop!!!!
December 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
i am at the point now where if i can afford it, i will pay a premium for anything that i feel reasonably sure a person actually made. i just want a real human being to create the thing and i want to give them a fair amount of money directly for the thing.
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Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
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ICE agents followed a Burnsville family home from the store, failed to present a warrant and entered their home with guns drawn. They detained 4 legal citizens who presented documentation, leaving a 7 year-old without parents.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
Ring camera captures Burnsville ICE raid that leaves 7-year-old without parents, according to family
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
www.kare11.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ICE agents followed a Burnsville family home from the store, failed to present a warrant and entered their home with guns drawn. They detained 4 legal citizens who presented documentation, leaving a 7 year-old without parents.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
A seven-year-old. Let that sink in. Trump’s ICE is out of control.
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If during the Biden administration, masked feds had stormed the campus of a Christian college like Hillsdale to apprehend someone while pointing guns at students and administrators, Republicans would have filed impeachment articles immediately and taken to the streets.
ICE stormed a residence hall at Augsburg University, detained an undergrad, and aimed rifles at students and staff then admitted they had no warrant to be on campus.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If during the Biden administration, masked feds had stormed the campus of a Christian college like Hillsdale to apprehend someone while pointing guns at students and administrators, Republicans would have filed impeachment articles immediately and taken to the streets.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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Another chaos dwarf on the pile.
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Another chaos dwarf on the pile.
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We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
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BREAKING from Spurs' shootaround in Portland:
Dylan Harper is IN for tonight's game against the Blazers after missing the previous 10 with a calf strain, he tells the Express-News.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
Dylan Harper is IN for tonight's game against the Blazers after missing the previous 10 with a calf strain, he tells the Express-News.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
Spurs' Dylan Harper cleared to return at Portland
Dylan Harper, the No. 2 pick in last June's draft, has missed 10 games with a calf strain
www.expressnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
BREAKING from Spurs' shootaround in Portland:
Dylan Harper is IN for tonight's game against the Blazers after missing the previous 10 with a calf strain, he tells the Express-News.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
Dylan Harper is IN for tonight's game against the Blazers after missing the previous 10 with a calf strain, he tells the Express-News.
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
Reposted by Robert Newmark
Since Wemby went down, Spurs games have been devoid of 7-footers shooting step-back 3s and throwing self alley-oops.
"I blame that mainly on the playcalling," Luke Kornet deadpanned.
A look at the village that has helped the Spurs go 3-0 without their star:
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
"I blame that mainly on the playcalling," Luke Kornet deadpanned.
A look at the village that has helped the Spurs go 3-0 without their star:
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
How the Spurs have been able to survive Wemby's absence so far
It takes a village to replace a player like Victor Wembanyama, but this year's Spurs are built for it thanks to Luke Kornet, Jeremy Sochan and Kelly Olynyk.
www.expressnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Since Wemby went down, Spurs games have been devoid of 7-footers shooting step-back 3s and throwing self alley-oops.
"I blame that mainly on the playcalling," Luke Kornet deadpanned.
A look at the village that has helped the Spurs go 3-0 without their star:
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
"I blame that mainly on the playcalling," Luke Kornet deadpanned.
A look at the village that has helped the Spurs go 3-0 without their star:
www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs...
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Microsoft's head of AI doesn't understand why people don't like AI, and I don't understand why he doesn't understand because it's pretty obvious
Is it really "mindblowing" that people are skeptical of software that consistently doesn't do the things we're told it can do?
www.pcgamer.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...