Treasurette
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Escaping the manipulation, at least for now.
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As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
December 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As many of us begin Christmas meal prep, allow me to share the advice that my ER nurse sister puts in the chat every year:
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
A dropped knife has no handle. Jump away. Let it fall. You can pick it up and wash it.
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Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Government services aren't businesses. Delivering mail to citizens is something we pay for.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
But if these are businesses, you won't believe how much money the military loses.
"Slow news week"? Uhh...
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Slow news week"? Uhh...
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Prison guards:
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
Now if we could just get people to view US prisons through the same lens they view CECOT.
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Prison guards:
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
- Watched a woman experiencing psychosis gouge out her own eyeballs.
- Ignored a man’s beeping insulin pump for more than 24 hours before he died.
- Left a man sitting in his own feces not eating for weeks, he lost 60 lbs before he died.
All in San Diego County, last ~5 years.
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I think Teneo is the organization these groups have in common?
Private, Conservative Teneo Seeks Political, Cultural Influence — ProPublica share.google/g1kFwAz70GV4...
Private, Conservative Teneo Seeks Political, Cultural Influence — ProPublica share.google/g1kFwAz70GV4...
Inside the “Private and Confidential” Conservative Group That Promises to “Crush Liberal Dominance”
Leonard Leo, a key architect of the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority, is now the chairman of Teneo Network, a group that aims to influence all aspects of American politics and culture.
share.google
December 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I think Teneo is the organization these groups have in common?
Private, Conservative Teneo Seeks Political, Cultural Influence — ProPublica share.google/g1kFwAz70GV4...
Private, Conservative Teneo Seeks Political, Cultural Influence — ProPublica share.google/g1kFwAz70GV4...
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The Christian Nationalists want and moreover NEED a powerful federal government that they can use to implement their project by force.
The hyper-rich have zero interest in that, they want to strip the government for parts.
You can't have both.
The hyper-rich have zero interest in that, they want to strip the government for parts.
You can't have both.
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Christian Nationalists want and moreover NEED a powerful federal government that they can use to implement their project by force.
The hyper-rich have zero interest in that, they want to strip the government for parts.
You can't have both.
The hyper-rich have zero interest in that, they want to strip the government for parts.
You can't have both.
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They absolutely want a monarchy under a white fundamentalist Christian, and they counted on Trump to establish that monarchy so they could then seize it.
But their project is fundamentally incompatible with the project of the hyper-rich that Trump ultimately serves and counts himself among.
But their project is fundamentally incompatible with the project of the hyper-rich that Trump ultimately serves and counts himself among.
December 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
They absolutely want a monarchy under a white fundamentalist Christian, and they counted on Trump to establish that monarchy so they could then seize it.
But their project is fundamentally incompatible with the project of the hyper-rich that Trump ultimately serves and counts himself among.
But their project is fundamentally incompatible with the project of the hyper-rich that Trump ultimately serves and counts himself among.
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Hoverboards are the future, segways are the future, betamax, laser disc, Google glass is the future, 3d tvs are the future, curved screens are the future.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Hoverboards are the future, segways are the future, betamax, laser disc, Google glass is the future, 3d tvs are the future, curved screens are the future.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
Like do we have to traipse through the whole graveyard of tech to get these people to understand just becauae you say it doesn't make it true.
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Christmas Eve Eve
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Christmas Eve Eve
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Angel never tried to sleep with Buffy once she turned 18.
December 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Angel never tried to sleep with Buffy once she turned 18.
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Whether it's financial and political elites shielding Jeffrey Epstein from prosecution in Florida or journalistic elites shielding Bari Weiss from prosecution in the Atlantic, American elites are always happy to betray their country to help their friends.
December 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Whether it's financial and political elites shielding Jeffrey Epstein from prosecution in Florida or journalistic elites shielding Bari Weiss from prosecution in the Atlantic, American elites are always happy to betray their country to help their friends.
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WHOA. I am genuinely *shocked.*
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
WHOA. I am genuinely *shocked.*
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Good piece with a bleak kicker: "Those of us paying attention are, for now, stuck—bombarded with enough troubling information and allegations to assume the worst about this conspiracy, but also possessing enough earned cynicism and suspicion to assume that little will change."
In theory, I want to give you more detail about my column, but I'm also struggling to find anything more concise than: We Live in Hell.
America’s Holiday in Epstein Purgatory
It’s beginning to look a lot like … extremely disturbing PDFs.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Good piece with a bleak kicker: "Those of us paying attention are, for now, stuck—bombarded with enough troubling information and allegations to assume the worst about this conspiracy, but also possessing enough earned cynicism and suspicion to assume that little will change."
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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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Shit like this makes me mad I didn't write it but glad I got to read it
December 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Shit like this makes me mad I didn't write it but glad I got to read it
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Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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This is dangerous and woefully misguided. America is not Denmark—for one, Denmark has universal health care.
RFK Jr. is doing everything possible to push his conspiracy-driven anti-vax agenda and it’s your kids and families who will suffer.
RFK Jr. is doing everything possible to push his conspiracy-driven anti-vax agenda and it’s your kids and families who will suffer.
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is dangerous and woefully misguided. America is not Denmark—for one, Denmark has universal health care.
RFK Jr. is doing everything possible to push his conspiracy-driven anti-vax agenda and it’s your kids and families who will suffer.
RFK Jr. is doing everything possible to push his conspiracy-driven anti-vax agenda and it’s your kids and families who will suffer.
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jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
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get everyone gambling on their phone and then charge them for losing is actually pretty funny
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
get everyone gambling on their phone and then charge them for losing is actually pretty funny
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My quick and dirty thoughts on Trump's short-sighted, stupid, and self-defeating ban on foreign made drones.
Banning foreign drones won't make us safer. Instead, it'll encourage people to build their own drones - which are way harder to track and to control.
Banning foreign drones won't make us safer. Instead, it'll encourage people to build their own drones - which are way harder to track and to control.
The USA Bans Foreign-Made Drones, in Trump's Grand Idiot Tradition
It's December 23rd, and the USA has officially banned the import of all foreign made drones and "critical components."
Here's a very quick and dirty run-down of my thoughts.
Although if you'd like t...
little-flying-robots.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My quick and dirty thoughts on Trump's short-sighted, stupid, and self-defeating ban on foreign made drones.
Banning foreign drones won't make us safer. Instead, it'll encourage people to build their own drones - which are way harder to track and to control.
Banning foreign drones won't make us safer. Instead, it'll encourage people to build their own drones - which are way harder to track and to control.
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“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame
The world must stop treating the word “ceasefire” as a guarantee of safety when Gaza’s residents remain under fire, under siege, and under conditions that guarantee more suffering and heartbreak.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
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The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
"More than a dozen Heritage Foundation staffers departed the [MAGA septic] tank and are set to join Advancing American Freedom, a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence." www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Pence’s Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures
The former vice president’s political group is poaching top officials from the foundation amid growing ideological fights within the conservative movement.
www.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
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So... the next questions for 2026 will be:
A: Does Trump just ignore this and send the National Guard anyway, and what, if anything, will SCOTUS do about it when they are ignored?
B: Will Trump send the Army and violate Posse Comitatus?
C: Will the Court cave on what Posse Comitatus means?
A: Does Trump just ignore this and send the National Guard anyway, and what, if anything, will SCOTUS do about it when they are ignored?
B: Will Trump send the Army and violate Posse Comitatus?
C: Will the Court cave on what Posse Comitatus means?
December 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So... the next questions for 2026 will be:
A: Does Trump just ignore this and send the National Guard anyway, and what, if anything, will SCOTUS do about it when they are ignored?
B: Will Trump send the Army and violate Posse Comitatus?
C: Will the Court cave on what Posse Comitatus means?
A: Does Trump just ignore this and send the National Guard anyway, and what, if anything, will SCOTUS do about it when they are ignored?
B: Will Trump send the Army and violate Posse Comitatus?
C: Will the Court cave on what Posse Comitatus means?
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My summary of Trump's loss in the National Guard case: If Trump wants to attack chicago, he's gotta send the Army *first* then say that the Army can't get it done... but first he has to prove that the Army is allowed to go in, without violating Posse Comitatus.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My summary of Trump's loss in the National Guard case: If Trump wants to attack chicago, he's gotta send the Army *first* then say that the Army can't get it done... but first he has to prove that the Army is allowed to go in, without violating Posse Comitatus.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...