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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 1h

LMAOOOOOOOOO AMERICAAAAAAAAA

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 1h

I will believe it when I see it, and not a moment before.

The odds of the MAGA cultists betraying their Orange God remain low. Recall that Trump still has ~40% support of Americans.

www.economist.com/interactive/...

Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 2h

a cartoon of a man with a mustache and the word pathetic written below him

ALT: a cartoon of a man with a mustache and the word pathetic written below him

media.tenor.com

Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah it just isn't that hard to tell who the "bad guys" are here

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7h

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 2h

You took *what* away now.

Not even hiding it anymore. They're proud of it.

Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 3h

I have no idea why Johnson would be delaying the vote on the Epstein files 🤷‍♂️

Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 3h

There is a disturbing pattern of the richest, most powerful men/companies bending proactively to MAGA's whims. The techbros are helping America fall into full scale fascism.

404 Media @404media.co · 5h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 3h

Lutnick, sources said, also suggested the White House has taken the position of “America first, Canada second” and "there’s nothing Canada can do about it".

The hell there isn't. Lutnick and his gang of MAGA thugs are doing a great job of ensuring there is *zero* goodwill from Canadians.

#ElbowsUp

Trump commerce secretary takes ‘aggressive’ stance against Ontario auto industry, sources say | Globalnews.ca

Howard Lutnick suggested the Trump administration is increasingly focused on vehicle assembly based in the United States, according to multiple sources who heard the discussion.

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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 5h

Clip from today’s episode of Raging Moderates.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5h

He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC
#ProtectingHerPedophilePrez

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 5h

1) ✅️ Canadians are pretty firmly in the "fuck off, Trump" camp.

2) 🚫 What is WRONG with the 21% saying they might consider it? Move to Arkansas, you morons.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 8h

Stephen Miller goes on camera saying ICE is fighting Antifa on the streets because the country is a war zone with dangerous criminals out to destroy America and then the video will just cut to a video of a group of ICE officers suplexing a 110-year-old blind nun

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 7h

The main uncertainty in Pu's decision-making is how much more of Ru’s demography/economy he can sacrifice before Ru collapses and whether he'll recognize when it’s time to hit pause or he'll go too far and destroy his regime or Ru. Collapse isn't imminent, but it's the main risk of attritional war.

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Teeklin @teeklin.bsky.social · 6h

Something I hadn't thought about until just now but seems like common sense after Asha said it: we definitely need immediate new laws about how agencies create and share videos after this administration full of 10 year old boys is done trying to meme us into authoritarianism

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7h

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 9h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 9h

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 7h

This is what's coming for Alberta if Danielle Smith keeps taking the province down the path she's going.

Science denial has a cost - our kids shouldn't be paying it.

Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from this time last year, CDC says

Whooping cough, or pertussis, is on the rise again in the United States, and the number of cases in 2025 are nearly double what they were for this same period last year, according to the Centers for D...

www.nbcmiami.com

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 7h

There are consequences to sending over a million Russians to fight in Ukraine and taking on PTSD and physical injuries.

Then having (some of) them come back alive to civilian life in Russia.

#RusskiyMir on display

The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 11h

Local media identified the victim as Alexander Suponitsky, an architect known for his work on several of St. Petersburg’s metro stations and public buildings.

Renowned Architect Gunned Down in St. Petersburg in Suspected Murder by Ukraine War Veteran - The Moscow Times

Russian police have launched a murder investigation after a renowned architect was shot and killed in front of his 10-year-old daughter in St.

www.themoscowtimes.com

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 7h

Its just rivers of blood and fire and violence from the anarchists down in Portland. Better send in the troops.

That dancing rainbow unicorn has murder in it's eyes! 😱

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Irrelephant @onewheeldoin200.bsky.social · 8h

There will never be enough coal/gas/dams/wind/solar/batteries and cooling water to power millions of AI cat videos, deepfakes, etc.

AI slop isn't just about enshittification of the 'net, it is literally worsening people's lives in the real world.

Peter Butler @peter-butler.bsky.social · 22h

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Gov. Pritzker after Trump calls for him to be jailed: “I will not back down… what else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 9h

Michael Harris: The Don never lets up.

Like a New York mafioso out to sew up new territory, he keeps levelling the smiling threat that Canada is due for a “merger” with the United States. #canpoli #uspoli

Carney’s Caught in a Bad Gangster Movie | The Tyee

Wish the PM could win a faster deal with Trump? Don’t forget how mob bosses work.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

Stephen Miller believes that if he supercharges the debate over Trump's abuses of power with enough propaganda, he can polarize it and force low-info voters to embrace authoritarianism. Pritzker/Newsom have accepted that this requires an information war in response.

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