Barbara 🧿
@prettygoodemachine.bsky.social
Southwestern Latina surviving the Midwest.
I don’t argue with strangers on the internet.
I said what I said.
I don’t argue with strangers on the internet.
I said what I said.
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Pretty typical in a household with a narcissistic parent, “her” son is probably used to it by now.
"She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy" is a pretty weird way for a dad to talk about his own son. They're all such bizarrely monstrous people.
Trump on his wife's legislative initiative: "I just heard about that for the first time. The only thing I can tell you, I know one thing for sure, it's going to be great for children. I don't know what it is she's doing. She loves children. She's got a wonderful boy. And she's very proud of her boy"
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Pretty typical in a household with a narcissistic parent, “her” son is probably used to it by now.
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It’s OK to enjoy a little good news.
Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push | CNN Politics
The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressu...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It’s OK to enjoy a little good news.
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personally I cannot imagine the ghoulishness required to make this argument but Alabama's attorney general office certainly found the ghoul within
The Constitution prohibits executions of intellectually disabled people. Now, Alabama is asking the Supreme Court a simple question: What if it didn't?
Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”
In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people. But states are testing that holding’s limits.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
personally I cannot imagine the ghoulishness required to make this argument but Alabama's attorney general office certainly found the ghoul within
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Weird because I thought I would pay money to Disney+ to in turn pay professional actors, writers, and tradespeople to make interesting stories that some random dipshit would not be as good at
"Iger said the deal also fulfills a longtime desire by Disney to put user-generated content on its Disney+ streaming platform. Disney initially plans to put select videos created on Sora onto Disney+ to increase engagement with users, especially younger ones." www.businessinsider.com/disney-bob-i...
Disney CEO Bob Iger explains why he just did a blockbuster OpenAI deal
Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company's licensing deal with OpenAI will let it capitalize on a fast-growing technology and engage younger audiences.
www.businessinsider.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Weird because I thought I would pay money to Disney+ to in turn pay professional actors, writers, and tradespeople to make interesting stories that some random dipshit would not be as good at
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Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States
“In October, former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan shared his vision for the ‘ultimate exit’ by tech industry elites from the ‘failing’ United States.”
futurism.com/future-socie...
“In October, former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan shared his vision for the ‘ultimate exit’ by tech industry elites from the ‘failing’ United States.”
futurism.com/future-socie...
Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States
As economic discontent grows, tech billionaires are pouring money into some 120 "startup societies" where they can reign supreme.
futurism.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Tech Billionaires Are Starting Private Cities to Escape the United States
“In October, former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan shared his vision for the ‘ultimate exit’ by tech industry elites from the ‘failing’ United States.”
futurism.com/future-socie...
“In October, former Coinbase chief technology officer Balaji Srinivasan shared his vision for the ‘ultimate exit’ by tech industry elites from the ‘failing’ United States.”
futurism.com/future-socie...
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You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You've been hit by a car and you're fading in and out. You ask the EMTs to price the ambulance ride. You get to the ER and tell the docs you'll need a price on each service before it's done. You get cancer so it's time to put treament out to competitive bid. I can keep going...
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There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
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So many progressive groups almost exclusively use Instagram for social media. If you have influence on any, PLEASE encourage them to post here more. Eventually Meta will kill their reach.
"The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide ... in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms."
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
So many progressive groups almost exclusively use Instagram for social media. If you have influence on any, PLEASE encourage them to post here more. Eventually Meta will kill their reach.
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Racism.
The answer is racism.
The answer is racism.
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Racism.
The answer is racism.
The answer is racism.
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The best moment in the History of the Word Caucasian came in a series of Supreme Court cases during the immigration panic of the 1920s.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
It stems from a literal belief that white peoples descended from the Caucasus mountains after Noah’s ark
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The best moment in the History of the Word Caucasian came in a series of Supreme Court cases during the immigration panic of the 1920s.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
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i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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veneration and control of the body is a classical fascist project
it's part and parcel in the make-believe that bad things happen to bad people, and we're good, and also we won't die
hitler & the nazi party were "crunchy" and today's austrian-german crunchiness is descended from this
it's part and parcel in the make-believe that bad things happen to bad people, and we're good, and also we won't die
hitler & the nazi party were "crunchy" and today's austrian-german crunchiness is descended from this
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
veneration and control of the body is a classical fascist project
it's part and parcel in the make-believe that bad things happen to bad people, and we're good, and also we won't die
hitler & the nazi party were "crunchy" and today's austrian-german crunchiness is descended from this
it's part and parcel in the make-believe that bad things happen to bad people, and we're good, and also we won't die
hitler & the nazi party were "crunchy" and today's austrian-german crunchiness is descended from this
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Remember that guy who argued with me for half a day that poor people in food deserts would be fine just using Walmart delivery?
Anyway.
Anyway.
Instacart got caught running real-time price experiments on shoppers — same groceries, different prices.
Workers know this game well: Instacart’s algorithm does the same thing to their pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Workers know this game well: Instacart’s algorithm does the same thing to their pay.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Remember that guy who argued with me for half a day that poor people in food deserts would be fine just using Walmart delivery?
Anyway.
Anyway.
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Well this ain’t good.
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Well this ain’t good.
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
“Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will allow the AI platform to use its characters and properties to generate short, user-prompted social videos.”
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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This is still an ongoing crisis and not getting nearly enough media attention.
Please share.
@atrupar.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Please share.
@atrupar.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
At least 51 babies in 19 states have been treated for botulism after being exposed to organic ByHeart baby formula. The New-York based manufacturer issued a recall of all its products last month. n.pr/3XKSnAX
Botulism outbreak sickens more than 50 babies and expands to all ByHeart products
At least 51 babies in 19 states have been treated for botulism after being exposed to organic ByHeart baby formula. The New-York based manufacturer issued a recall of all its products last month.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This is still an ongoing crisis and not getting nearly enough media attention.
Please share.
@atrupar.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Please share.
@atrupar.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:
We are Russia's next target. And we are already in harm's way.
We are Russia's next target. And we are already in harm's way.
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:
We are Russia's next target. And we are already in harm's way.
We are Russia's next target. And we are already in harm's way.
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In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
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Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
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Exactly where are their headquarters?
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Exactly where are their headquarters?
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
Oh wait...we know
ARLINGTON CEMETERY
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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🔥Rep. Bennie Thompson to Noem: “You have put your own interests ahead of the department and violated the law. You are making 🇺🇸 less safe. I call on you to resign— do a real service to the country. That is, if Trump doesn’t fire you first.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🔥Rep. Bennie Thompson to Noem: “You have put your own interests ahead of the department and violated the law. You are making 🇺🇸 less safe. I call on you to resign— do a real service to the country. That is, if Trump doesn’t fire you first.”
The only thing getting me through these days is sending people like Mark Zuckerberg emails telling them I can’t wait until we tax them into oblivion.
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The only thing getting me through these days is sending people like Mark Zuckerberg emails telling them I can’t wait until we tax them into oblivion.