@soandso66.bsky.social
The common good, transit, cats, dark skies, music, film, walking, biking. Lehigh Valley via Stamford, DMV, Philly, El Paso, Fabens. Previously obsessed with making radio collage in Allentown, mid 80’s through 90’s.
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I did it. I did it! I finally dumped Spotify!!
I started here www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete... (TY @bcmerchant.bsky.social!!)
Then used soundiiz.com for free to transfer EVERYthing to www.qobuz.com/us-en/, where they pay artists a lot more, don't support ICE, & HAVE BETTER SOUND QUALITY.
I started here www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete... (TY @bcmerchant.bsky.social!!)
Then used soundiiz.com for free to transfer EVERYthing to www.qobuz.com/us-en/, where they pay artists a lot more, don't support ICE, & HAVE BETTER SOUND QUALITY.
Fascism Wrapped just dropped in NYC — and more cities are coming soon. Don’t use Spotify until they stop running recruitment ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I did it. I did it! I finally dumped Spotify!!
I started here www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete... (TY @bcmerchant.bsky.social!!)
Then used soundiiz.com for free to transfer EVERYthing to www.qobuz.com/us-en/, where they pay artists a lot more, don't support ICE, & HAVE BETTER SOUND QUALITY.
I started here www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-complete... (TY @bcmerchant.bsky.social!!)
Then used soundiiz.com for free to transfer EVERYthing to www.qobuz.com/us-en/, where they pay artists a lot more, don't support ICE, & HAVE BETTER SOUND QUALITY.
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. https://to.pbs.org/3KQzVnw
Trump says U.S. seized oil tanker off coast of Venezuela
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
www.pbs.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. https://to.pbs.org/3KQzVnw
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"News" that only tells you what you want to know! What could go wrong?
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"News" that only tells you what you want to know! What could go wrong?
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it would be really funny to redo the sign to say "get fucked, Todd"
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
it would be really funny to redo the sign to say "get fucked, Todd"
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As always, if you're someone working in government, tech, immigration, etc and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82
New from me for the @wired.com Politics Newsletter. I broke down how the push to combine data across the government in the name of immigration enforcement has lots of possible unintended consequences, not just for undocumented immigrants, but for everyone.
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
www.wired.com/story/dhs-da...
The DHS Data Grab Is Putting US Citizens at Risk
As the US government rapidly merges data from across agencies in service of draconian immigration policies, citizens increasingly risk being caught up as well.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As always, if you're someone working in government, tech, immigration, etc and you want to talk, you can find me on Signal at Vittoria89.82
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US farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid package won't cover losses reut.rs/44VuHO7
US farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid package won't cover losses
U.S. farmers facing steep losses this year welcomed President Donald Trump's aid package, but said they would need more than that to fully offset low crop prices and lost export opportunities from his trade war.
reut.rs
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
US farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid package won't cover losses reut.rs/44VuHO7
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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In case it wasn’t already clear - cbs is fox now under Bari Weiss
December 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In case it wasn’t already clear - cbs is fox now under Bari Weiss
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Have the courage to call the NSS an explicitly white nationalist tract or say nothing at all.
If you're focused on "reindustrialization" or "competition" and you skip the core message, you're a useful idiot at best, an active collaborator at worst.
If you're focused on "reindustrialization" or "competition" and you skip the core message, you're a useful idiot at best, an active collaborator at worst.
Read @joestieb.bsky.social on how our national security strategy reads like it was written by the old White Genocide twitter account
“The United States, the NSS implies, should intervene in European politics to weaken transnational institutions and legitimize the far right.” www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Have the courage to call the NSS an explicitly white nationalist tract or say nothing at all.
If you're focused on "reindustrialization" or "competition" and you skip the core message, you're a useful idiot at best, an active collaborator at worst.
If you're focused on "reindustrialization" or "competition" and you skip the core message, you're a useful idiot at best, an active collaborator at worst.
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main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
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Must the military disobey unlawful orders? Pam Bondi has said yes.
As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Bondi filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes.
"Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders."
As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Bondi filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes.
"Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders."
Must the Military Disobey Unlawful Orders? Pam Bondi Has Said Yes.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Must the military disobey unlawful orders? Pam Bondi has said yes.
As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Bondi filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes.
"Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders."
As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Bondi filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes.
"Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders."
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Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
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Just in: Missouri organizers have turned in ≈300,000 signatures to block the GOP's new gerrymander there.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
Campaign to put gerrymandered Missouri map on the ballot turns in 300,000 signatures • Missouri Independent
Roughly 300,000 signatures demanding Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map be placed on the 2026 ballot were submitted.
missouriindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Just in: Missouri organizers have turned in ≈300,000 signatures to block the GOP's new gerrymander there.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
That's an impressive haul in the very compressed window they had. They need roughly 110,000 signatures to succeed, though the GOP will now throw everything it has to disqualify them.
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News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Brown: Autocrats don’t fear the disease or the babies dying from whooping cough — they fear the evidence of it, because evidence exposes their failures, demands accountability, and empowers the public.
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@nytimes.com this. We do not want propaganda from democrats in the paper. We just want a more honest and comprehensive assessment of Trump and the people around him
Readers are not asking the New York Times to print propaganda or stump for Democrats. In my view, they simply want the Times to be more clear-eyed and honest about the depth of the crisis this country currently faces. presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
New York Times editor Joe Kahn misunderstands what the readers want | Press Watch
They want the Times to be more honest, not more partisan
presswatchers.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
@nytimes.com this. We do not want propaganda from democrats in the paper. We just want a more honest and comprehensive assessment of Trump and the people around him
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If you’re not familiar with the origins of Trump’s “I’ll unveil my healthcare plan in two weeks” meme, watch Jimmy Kimmel’s hilarious history.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you’re not familiar with the origins of Trump’s “I’ll unveil my healthcare plan in two weeks” meme, watch Jimmy Kimmel’s hilarious history.
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In May, the Trump Admin secretly--and probably illegally--began using SSA data to verify voters' citizenship.
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration’s Legally Dubious Misuse of Social Security Data Risks Disenfranchising Eligible Voters
Friday, December 12 is the deadline for public comments on a policy the Trump Administration secretly adopted in May, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) access to personal data from the....
www.cbpp.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In May, the Trump Admin secretly--and probably illegally--began using SSA data to verify voters' citizenship.
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
One big problem: Social Security data don’t have complete or up-to-date citizenship info, so this could disenfranchise U.S. citizens ahead of the midterms.
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
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We have to listen to bigoted handwringing about how we have to abandon trans people and marginalized communities and immigrants while the clearest election winning message is right there.
"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We have to listen to bigoted handwringing about how we have to abandon trans people and marginalized communities and immigrants while the clearest election winning message is right there.
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They sure do love lying.
ICE(ERO) just told me it has no body camera footage from operation midway blitz in Chicago in response to my FOIA request.
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
They sure do love lying.
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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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From our magazine: "My dad’s list is short and simple. He loves the Marines, his grandsons, menudo on Sundays, and Clint. ... Daddy is a sentimental man plagued with nostalgia for his hometown."
‘Mija, Solamente Me Importa Clint’
A daughter’s attempts to help her elderly father understand why his hometown doesn’t look like home anymore
www.texasobserver.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
From our magazine: "My dad’s list is short and simple. He loves the Marines, his grandsons, menudo on Sundays, and Clint. ... Daddy is a sentimental man plagued with nostalgia for his hometown."
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Having given talks and published work about why this is a TERRIBLE idea, I gotta say, I’m not enjoying having to look on in horror as they actually do it. 🤦🏻♀️
Pete Hegseth: "The future of American warfare is here, and it's spelled AI."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
He says the military has launched a new platform that "puts the world's most powerful frontier AI models, starting with Google Gemini, directly into the hands of every American warrior."
December 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Having given talks and published work about why this is a TERRIBLE idea, I gotta say, I’m not enjoying having to look on in horror as they actually do it. 🤦🏻♀️