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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 15d

Ole Yam Tits made history again today. This is the first time a "president" has ever designated an adjective as a terrorist group.

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 15d

Jimmy Kimmel is back! It's important to let these corporations know that when they do the right thing, they'll be rewarded, and when they F up, they'll be punished. That's how we maintain our leverage & our power. So go ahead & reinstate your Disney+ & Hulu subscriptions.

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 16d

On one hand, conservatives are suddenly condemning political violence. On the other hand, they advocate for assaulting protesters and euthanizing unhoused people.

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Laura Ingraham Commends ICE Agent Who Threw Democratic Candidate To the Ground: ‘Good Work’

Fox News host Laura Ingraham applauded an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who threw a Democratic congressional candidate to the ground.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 16d

TLDR: The tech bros can't figure out how to train AIs to not scheme and deceive. For some reason, I find this very concerning.

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OpenAI Tries to Train AI Not to Deceive Users, Realizes It's Instead Teaching It How to Deceive Them While Covering Its Tracks

OpenAI researchers have found that, despite their best attempts to ensure that an AI is aligned with their intentions, it simply cannot stop "scheming" behind their backs. As detailed in a new collabo...

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 16d

I agree with this. Russia is a hostile nation engaged in an ongoing war of aggression against its neighbor and should be treated accordingly. Russian jets were over Estonian airspace for a full 12 minutes in an incident last week -- completely unacceptable.

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German lawmaker: Russian jets in NATO airspace should be shot down

As NATO allies consider how to respond to recent Russian incursions into their airspace, a prominent member of the German parliament has raised the possibility of shooting down Russian fighter jets ov...

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 17d

It's important to remember that the conservatives whining about political violence from the Left are the same people who staged a coup on national TV because one of their Reddit threads decided the voting machines were too woke.

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 19d

Fascism must be stopped now, before we get to the "countless deaths and unspeakable horrors" part of the story. Shame on all the big corporations who are aligning with fascists and bending the knee to Lump to protect their profits.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 19d

The FBI, the nation's premier law enforcement agency, is literally run by 2 podcasters who were hired for their jobs by a reality TV show host, and when they had to investigate the shooting of a third podcaster, they got the wrong guy at first -- twice. You can't make this shit up.

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 23d

I learned today that there is no such product as Stouffer's Stove Top Stuffing, and now my head hurts. #MandelaEffect

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 23d

Double standard much?

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24d

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 27d

You're getting this wrong, @msnbc.com. Matthew Dowd is telling it like it is. Charlie Kirk & Donald himself have been inciting violence for YEARS. MAGAs were HUNTING Dem members of Congress ( @aoc.bsky.social for example) on Jan 6. Donald freed those MAGAs on Day One. Lots of SELECTIVE outrage here.

Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 27d

what we need in this moment is a President who can speak to the nation and call for the temperature to be turned down, to unite us together, and to propose bipartisan gun reform to help stem the tide of violence. The exact wrong person is the White House to do this.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 27d

You told it like it is. Part of the reason we are in this "moment" is that MAGA folks like Charlie Kirk have been inciting violence for years. Even celebrating violence when it's against Democrats. Where was this outrage when Melissa Hortman was assassinated?

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · 27d

Let's not forget in death who Charlie Kirk was in life. It's been said that the dildo of consequences seldom arrives lubed.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Habanero Hitler made a "Chipocalypse Now" post on Truth Social, complete with references to an over-the-top warmonger character from the movie and the infamous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" line. THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.
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Trump threatens Chicago with apocalyptic force and Pritzker calls him a 'wannabe dictator'

President Donald Trump on Saturday amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from “Apocalypse Now” featuring a ball of flames as ...

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 5

You know your country has the stupidest political dynamic ever when the President goes a few days without committing an impeachable offense, and everyone just assumes he's dead.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 5

According to the Wall Street Journal, there are 1,135 billionaires in the United States. It's time for an excessive wealth tax. No one needs 6 homes and 3 yachts while people are homeless and starving.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 5

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hey, y'all, I'm thinking about switching sides! #MAGA

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 4

Two items of GOOD NEWS today: DC is suing the Mango Mussolini over his illegal military occupation of the city, and Brain Worm Bobby is being grilled by Congress over his bullshit.

Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Sep 1

Putting a moron in charge of running the country has real consequences.
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Maybe Rex Tillerson Was Right. Maybe Donald Trump Really Is Just A Moron.

His lying and temper tantrums aside, evidence abounds that the president's most important, and dangerous, feature is his ignorance.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Aug 30

I love it! The President of Portugal openly said the Kumquat Krasnov is a Russian asset. Presumably, he's using the term "asset" loosely here.
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Major world leader calls Trump a ‘Russian asset’ during speech

“Objectively, the new American leadership has strategically benefited the Russian Federation,” the European leader said.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Aug 30

While many reputable news outlets do fact-check his lies, they probably only do so the first few times. Are they still fact-checking when he repeats the same goddamn lie for the 10th time or the 100th time? And who can keep track of all this bullshit? People are busy.
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Fact check: 10 debunked lies Donald Trump has repeated in the last week alone

The president’s recent public remarks have featured many old lies. In the interest of not letting them go uncorrected, here is a look at 10 debunked claims he repeated over the past week alone.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Aug 28

The amount of damage this quack is doing to public health in this country is incredibly frightening.
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RFK Jr, who doesn’t have a medical degree, says he can diagnose children just by just looking at them

Kennedy has often raised concerns about the increasing juvenile diabetes and autism rates

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Aug 26

According to a report in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley tech giants have put $100 million into a super-PAC to advocate against regulation of AI -- you know, that potential existential threat to humanity.

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Phillip Hawthorne @philliphawthorne.bsky.social · Aug 26

No matter what your opinion on Tiktok is, the Tangerine Toddler is mocking the rule of law by setting up an official account on a banned app & continually postponing the enforcement of the ban beyond what the law allows. The ban was passed by Congress, signed by the POTUS, & upheld by the SCOTUS.

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