Just Dusting
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Maybe I should say something here since I've been accused of "not understanding calculus." I'm an aerospace engineer.
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· Feb 14
I'm going to hold your hands when I say this, America: Elon Musk is not intelligent, he is not hard-working, he is not an engineer who understands how to 'shoot rockets into space.' Us old aerospace engineers tracked when he took over SpaceX and tried to speak intelligently about it. He's a fraud.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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X has placed more restrictions on Grok's ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn't Fixed
X has placed more restrictions on Grok's ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
X has placed more restrictions on Grok's ability to generate explicit AI images, but tests show the updates have created a patchwork of limitations that fail to fully address the issue. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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At a time when multiple federal departments run by Donald Trump have posted Nazi slogans or imagery or songs in the last week—with the total number of incidents being impossible to count just on one hand—Trump is now demanding lists of Jews from U.S. institutions.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
At a time when multiple federal departments run by Donald Trump have posted Nazi slogans or imagery or songs in the last week—with the total number of incidents being impossible to count just on one hand—Trump is now demanding lists of Jews from U.S. institutions.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
This is a prejudice that has grown within me but it's based on over a decade's worth of evidence: I saw a man driving a truck with "don't tread on me" VA tags and instantly thought 'that must be one of the biggest bootlickers.'
Someone show me evidence to the contrary b/c this keeps being true.
Someone show me evidence to the contrary b/c this keeps being true.
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
This is a prejudice that has grown within me but it's based on over a decade's worth of evidence: I saw a man driving a truck with "don't tread on me" VA tags and instantly thought 'that must be one of the biggest bootlickers.'
Someone show me evidence to the contrary b/c this keeps being true.
Someone show me evidence to the contrary b/c this keeps being true.
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so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
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This just shows how absurd the whole "armed conflict" framing is. The men on the boats weren't members of an organized armed force, and therefore the question of "perfidy" is inapposite. The problem is that they were civilians who were murdered.
@justsecurity.org
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
@justsecurity.org
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
This just shows how absurd the whole "armed conflict" framing is. The men on the boats weren't members of an organized armed force, and therefore the question of "perfidy" is inapposite. The problem is that they were civilians who were murdered.
@justsecurity.org
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
@justsecurity.org
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
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“News organizations” are running the hell out of this story because they see their function not so much to report facts but to enforce social norms like “police officers are automatically deserving of respect to a degree it is newsworthy if someone is mean to one of them.”
Starbucks employee delivers coffee to L.A. deputy with hand-drawn pig on cup
Starbucks employee delivers coffee to L.A. deputy with hand-drawn pig on cup
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is speaking out after one of its deputies was served a cup of coffee from an employee of a Norwalk Starbucks with a hand-drawn image of a pig on it.…
ktla.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:08 AM
“News organizations” are running the hell out of this story because they see their function not so much to report facts but to enforce social norms like “police officers are automatically deserving of respect to a degree it is newsworthy if someone is mean to one of them.”
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Bovine is a damn liar. This racist invasion is not popular
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Bovine is a damn liar. This racist invasion is not popular
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The “AI” that brought you MechaHitler and CSAM on demand is being integrated into military networks.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The “AI” that brought you MechaHitler and CSAM on demand is being integrated into military networks.
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Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
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UPDATE: The pipe bomber is a 2x Trump voter and will argue Trump’s insurrection pardons apply to him also
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
UPDATE: The pipe bomber is a 2x Trump voter and will argue Trump’s insurrection pardons apply to him also
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
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And less opposition.
"They found that hyperscale data center developers often choose to build in rural communities rather than urban locations, not to create jobs and increase a community's economy, but because of low costs and abundant land."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Data centers target rural communities for lower costs, not to create high-quality jobs, study finds
Local governments often tell residents that the power-hungry developments will bring numerous tech jobs to their communities. A new study contradicted that.
www.kare11.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:53 AM
And less opposition.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.
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The top Chinese smartphones are innovation-packed specs beasts, but it’s not always a good idea to import from the East. www.wired.com/story/tips-o...
Should You Import a Chinese Smartphone?
The top Chinese smartphones are innovation-packed specs beasts, but it’s not always a good idea to import from the East.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The top Chinese smartphones are innovation-packed specs beasts, but it’s not always a good idea to import from the East. www.wired.com/story/tips-o...
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Hello and welcome to THE daily thread for Tuesday 13 January 2026. It's Day 1419 of Russia's 3-day operation to seize Kyiv.
During the night, strikes have been made on energy infrastructure by both sides.
Let's find out the details....
During the night, strikes have been made on energy infrastructure by both sides.
Let's find out the details....
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Hello and welcome to THE daily thread for Tuesday 13 January 2026. It's Day 1419 of Russia's 3-day operation to seize Kyiv.
During the night, strikes have been made on energy infrastructure by both sides.
Let's find out the details....
During the night, strikes have been made on energy infrastructure by both sides.
Let's find out the details....
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In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
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Shout out to the black Navy admiral who retired early with his morality intact instead of going along with this garbage. Hope he's having a great day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_H...
Alvin Holsey - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Shout out to the black Navy admiral who retired early with his morality intact instead of going along with this garbage. Hope he's having a great day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_H...
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I would say “make it make sense” but we’re talking about Trump.
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I would say “make it make sense” but we’re talking about Trump.
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[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
[wakes up] “I’m sorry, what”
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So the US has just unilaterally invaded a country and kidnapped its leader without even bothering with a pretext this time?
January 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
So the US has just unilaterally invaded a country and kidnapped its leader without even bothering with a pretext this time?
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.