Smidge the Shiba Inu
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Who wants a sumo lift update?
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Who wants a sumo lift update?
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
Sike!! I’m sharing it regardless.
Okay. Still learning. This is a very challenging position for me because of my biomechanical issues — hip, ankles, tibia. So light weight for awhile. It takes me a loooooong time to get the muscle memory for a movement.
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This is a beautifully written piece.
"Fractures have emerged in the Maga coalition," writes Guardian columnist Moira Donegan. "Republicans are beginning to imagine what the country – and more importantly, their own careers – will look like without him."
Cracks have emerged in the Maga coalition | Moira Donegan
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a beautifully written piece.
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Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
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Palantir and The Rise of the Global Surveillance State
The Trump Administration, Israel, and fascist regimes around the world are using Palantir to create a surveillance state, as the company receives billions to spy on Americans and track immigrants.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Trump Administration, Israel, and fascist regimes around the world are using Palantir to create a surveillance state, as the company receives billions to spy on Americans and track immigrants.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Palantir and The Rise of the Global Surveillance State
The Trump Administration, Israel, and fascist regimes around the world are using Palantir to create a surveillance state, as the company receives billions to spy on Americans and track immigrants.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Trump Administration, Israel, and fascist regimes around the world are using Palantir to create a surveillance state, as the company receives billions to spy on Americans and track immigrants.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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It is true that no one has grasped this scope.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It is true that no one has grasped this scope.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
But there are ways to deal with it.
First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign.
Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.
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This ‘minor’ bird flu strain has potential to spark human pandemic
Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This ‘minor’ bird flu strain has potential to spark human pandemic
Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet.
www.nature.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This ‘minor’ bird flu strain has potential to spark human pandemic
Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Experiments suggests H9N2 has adapted to human cells but cases of person-to-person transmission haven’t been reported yet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Studies show patients were 4 times more likely to have a heart attack and 5 times more likely to have a stroke in the month after flu.
With COVID-19, the risk was 3 times higher for both conditions in the first few months and remained elevated for up to one year.
www.healthday.com/healthday-tv...
With COVID-19, the risk was 3 times higher for both conditions in the first few months and remained elevated for up to one year.
www.healthday.com/healthday-tv...
COVID, Flu and Other Viral Infections Can Dramatically Raise Heart Attack and Stroke Risk, New Study Finds
New research shows that viruses like the flu, COVID and even shingles can dramatically raise the risk of heart attack and stroke, especially in the weeks follow
www.healthday.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Studies show patients were 4 times more likely to have a heart attack and 5 times more likely to have a stroke in the month after flu.
With COVID-19, the risk was 3 times higher for both conditions in the first few months and remained elevated for up to one year.
www.healthday.com/healthday-tv...
With COVID-19, the risk was 3 times higher for both conditions in the first few months and remained elevated for up to one year.
www.healthday.com/healthday-tv...
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“I would never argue that technology hasn’t done some good things...I just don’t see why this toxic ideology had to accompany it. These are tools. I mean, modern dentistry is great. But your dentist doesn’t insist you worship him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“I would never argue that technology hasn’t done some good things...I just don’t see why this toxic ideology had to accompany it. These are tools. I mean, modern dentistry is great. But your dentist doesn’t insist you worship him.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
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On Friday, Valencia County, NM found 200+ "nonexistent ballots" created by a Liberty Voting Systems machine.
"Liberty Voting Systems can't give Valencia County an answer as to why the issue happened."
Nonexistent ballots could be attributed to ballot stuffing. :thinking_face:
"Liberty Voting Systems can't give Valencia County an answer as to why the issue happened."
Nonexistent ballots could be attributed to ballot stuffing. :thinking_face:
Valencia County finds voting machine error with nonexistent ballots
Valencia County discovered that a voting machine added nonexistent ballots during the recent election, leading to corrections in the vote count.
www.koat.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
On Friday, Valencia County, NM found 200+ "nonexistent ballots" created by a Liberty Voting Systems machine.
"Liberty Voting Systems can't give Valencia County an answer as to why the issue happened."
Nonexistent ballots could be attributed to ballot stuffing. :thinking_face:
"Liberty Voting Systems can't give Valencia County an answer as to why the issue happened."
Nonexistent ballots could be attributed to ballot stuffing. :thinking_face:
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Almost all of the "MAGA" accounts on X have been determined to be located in other countries. Trump literally has to pretend he still has a huge following.
We know better. Hell, DC insiders are quietly working to oust him.
#HOLDFAST
We know better. Hell, DC insiders are quietly working to oust him.
#HOLDFAST
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Almost all of the "MAGA" accounts on X have been determined to be located in other countries. Trump literally has to pretend he still has a huge following.
We know better. Hell, DC insiders are quietly working to oust him.
#HOLDFAST
We know better. Hell, DC insiders are quietly working to oust him.
#HOLDFAST
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
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They’re just gonnna keep canceling the numbers, aren’t they.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
They’re just gonnna keep canceling the numbers, aren’t they.
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DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
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Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Meanwhile on Hellsite, who knew all the Elon bots were Nigerian? 🤡
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Underappreciated lesson from 2016: most fake news was run for profit (not ideology) & right-wing fake news thrived because it sold better than left-wing fake news. X takes that to next level with a social media platform designed for right-wing users, intentionally incentivizing right-wing fake news.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Underappreciated lesson from 2016: most fake news was run for profit (not ideology) & right-wing fake news thrived because it sold better than left-wing fake news. X takes that to next level with a social media platform designed for right-wing users, intentionally incentivizing right-wing fake news.
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Health Secretary a leading cause of hypertension. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Health Secretary a leading cause of hypertension. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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The GOP is a pro death movement. I've been writing it for years.
Here you go
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Here you go
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Kennedy Says He Told C.D.C. to Change Website’s Language on Autism and Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The GOP is a pro death movement. I've been writing it for years.
Here you go
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Here you go
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
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"Who are we growing this economy for and what is the price for humanity?"
Inez Aponte
Inez Aponte
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Who are we growing this economy for and what is the price for humanity?"
Inez Aponte
Inez Aponte
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Translation: the economy isn’t bad enough, let’s speedrun a recession!
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Translation: the economy isn’t bad enough, let’s speedrun a recession!
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The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The important thing to bear in mind as Trump's popularity begins to wobble is that the disastrous economic consequences of the things he's done in the first 10 months of this term have not even *begun* to hit. We've been coasting on the fumes of the economy he inherited and soon they'll be gone.
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