Ultracrepidarian
@shevek57.bsky.social
Graphic designer, artist, musician, road cyclist, and occasional blogger who is always reading books about science, philosophy, history, politics, and art. Finally left the musky dark for blue skies.
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Fun fact about Nigeria: they recently shut down a lot of car battery recycling outfits to conduct tests.
Tests to study the large amount of lead being let off by these companies, poisoning the local populations.
These companies? US automakers that refuse to start certification programs.
Tests to study the large amount of lead being let off by these companies, poisoning the local populations.
These companies? US automakers that refuse to start certification programs.
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Fun fact about Nigeria: they recently shut down a lot of car battery recycling outfits to conduct tests.
Tests to study the large amount of lead being let off by these companies, poisoning the local populations.
These companies? US automakers that refuse to start certification programs.
Tests to study the large amount of lead being let off by these companies, poisoning the local populations.
These companies? US automakers that refuse to start certification programs.
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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
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Bottomless corruption.
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 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Bottomless corruption.
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
The upcoming main navigation can be gotten through utilizing the tab key. Any buttons that open a sub navigation can be triggered by the space or enter key.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
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When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the German constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Through decrees and laws, the Nazis abolished these civil rights and destroyed German democracy. Starting in 1934, it was illegal to criticize the Nazi government.
December 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, the German constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Through decrees and laws, the Nazis abolished these civil rights and destroyed German democracy. Starting in 1934, it was illegal to criticize the Nazi government.
Happy days are here again ad infinitum.
"America’s 902 billionaires are collectively worth more than $6.7 trillion, the most wealth ever amassed by the nation’s ultra-rich, according to Forbes."
"Trump’s Cabinet is the wealthiest in US history, with a combined net worth of $7.5 billion."
wapo.st/4ipXaBd
"Trump’s Cabinet is the wealthiest in US history, with a combined net worth of $7.5 billion."
wapo.st/4ipXaBd
December 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Happy days are here again ad infinitum.
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What if we spent the $100,000 per person in America setting them up with housing assistance, healthcare, education, etc? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What if we spent the $100,000 per person in America setting them up with housing assistance, healthcare, education, etc? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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If you’re surprised by any revelations in Epstein files re: Trump that is because the media failed you in an epic way in 2016. One did not need to look hard to find decades of depravity concerning his behavior but they chose to look the other way because HRC had some emails.
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If you’re surprised by any revelations in Epstein files re: Trump that is because the media failed you in an epic way in 2016. One did not need to look hard to find decades of depravity concerning his behavior but they chose to look the other way because HRC had some emails.
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Always planning ahead
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression
WASHINGTON—Warning that Americans should brace themselves for an economic “period of transition,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that a recession would be an unfortunate but necessary st...
theonion.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Always planning ahead
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression — theonion.com/trump-says-r...
Peace on earth, goodwill to men, etc., etc.
“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Peace on earth, goodwill to men, etc., etc.
What is this thing they call "history"? (Thread)
It was a *dereliction of duty* that American democracy refused to *reject* the corrupt Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision that handed the 2000 election to Bush w/the bullshit non-explanation, "this is a 1 time decision, based on nothing, & is absolutely not a precedent for anything."
It was an unforgivable dereliction of duty that the majority of elected congressional Republican office holders were not in prison for open insurrection by March 2021.
December 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What is this thing they call "history"? (Thread)
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One confusing thing about liberal media outlets like the NY Times and CNN is that they're extremely right-wing:
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@ahjohnson.bsky.social
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US Media Rushes to Manufacture Legal Legitimacy for Trump’s Venezuela Oil Tanker Piracy
Venezuela oil exports are not “black market” and US sanctions are not “international sanctions.” Why does our media keep saying otherwise?
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One confusing thing about liberal media outlets like the NY Times and CNN is that they're extremely right-wing:
open.substack.com/pub/thecolum... by
@ahjohnson.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/thecolum... by
@ahjohnson.bsky.social
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What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
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This is so damn wrong. 🤬
Banks collapse economy
MAGA: Bail them out!
Auto & Airline Industries on brink of bankruptcy
MAGA: Bail them out!
Housing collapse about to wreck economy
MAGA: Bail them out!
Low income students suffer crushing debt
MAGA: Garnish their wages!
MAGAs serve 800 billionaires to destroy 45M students
MAGA: Bail them out!
Auto & Airline Industries on brink of bankruptcy
MAGA: Bail them out!
Housing collapse about to wreck economy
MAGA: Bail them out!
Low income students suffer crushing debt
MAGA: Garnish their wages!
MAGAs serve 800 billionaires to destroy 45M students
December 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is so damn wrong. 🤬
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It was an unforgivable dereliction of duty that the majority of elected congressional Republican office holders were not in prison for open insurrection by March 2021.
I think it’s a reflection of their own attitudes. Both Biden and they were trying to live in a fantasy where those 4 years were a return to normalcy as opposed to the most urgent moment in American history to preserve what was left of democracy.
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It was an unforgivable dereliction of duty that the majority of elected congressional Republican office holders were not in prison for open insurrection by March 2021.
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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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The Trump admin sanctions several European officials today after Elon Musk was fined for several violations of their Digital Services Act.
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The Trump admin sanctions several European officials today after Elon Musk was fined for several violations of their Digital Services Act.
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
Yes, a great video--definitely worth your time.
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yes, a great video--definitely worth your time.
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The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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"Katz also said Israel would establish Jewish settlements in northern Gaza to replace settlements that were dismantled when Israel pulled its troops and civilians out of the enclave in 2005."
Israel Won’t Leave Gaza, Will Build Settlements, Defense Minister Says
Israel Katz’s statements are at odds with President Trump’s multiphase peace plan for the enclave.
www.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Katz also said Israel would establish Jewish settlements in northern Gaza to replace settlements that were dismantled when Israel pulled its troops and civilians out of the enclave in 2005."
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The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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By end of day tomorrow, there will be anonymously sourced stories about Bari Weiss getting death threats. By Wednesday afternoon the media focus will have shifted focus away from CBS's decision to spike a story as a political favor to fascists and they'll be talking about "political violence".
December 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
By end of day tomorrow, there will be anonymously sourced stories about Bari Weiss getting death threats. By Wednesday afternoon the media focus will have shifted focus away from CBS's decision to spike a story as a political favor to fascists and they'll be talking about "political violence".
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Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Todd Blanche’s appearance on Meet the Press was disgraceful but clarifying. The “Department of Justice” is Donald Trump’s defense team. There can be no presumption they’re acting in good faith. One has to approach them as one approached a Soviet “Department of Justice”—as propaganda, not justice.