Voigt MacKinnon
@voigtmackinnon.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary Researcher| Futurist | Software Designer | Proud Mama of 3| Beekeeper and Veteran’s Wife| Investor|Playwright and Novelist|
LONG FORM JOURNALISM SUBSCRIBER.
I work where science and art meet. Neurospicy AF.
LONG FORM JOURNALISM SUBSCRIBER.
I work where science and art meet. Neurospicy AF.
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Totalitarian politics—far from being simply antisemitic or racist or imperialist or communist—use and abuse their own ideological and political elements until the basis of factual reality…has all but disappeared. —Hannah Arendt #hannaharendt #booksky
So honest question. What are the democrats actually DOING right now? Is there a pulse? Or are we DOA?
April 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So honest question. What are the democrats actually DOING right now? Is there a pulse? Or are we DOA?
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Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
WASHINGTON—Staunchly defending his decision to share sensitive military data in messages to his wife, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Monday, “There are no state secrets in a healthy rel...
theonion.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
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I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disclosed that she had purchased between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on April 8 and 9, the day before and the day of President Trump’s announcement that he was pausing a sweeping set of global tariffs.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally
The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump’s pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disclosed that she had purchased between tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on April 8 and 9, the day before and the day of President Trump’s announcement that he was pausing a sweeping set of global tariffs.
At first I thought this was going to be a venue for thoughtful analysis but it’s turned into hate. Which is the surest sign of effete inefficacy. Becoming the photographic negative of MAGA denying all responsibility for the current state of the culture and blame blame blame isn’t going to work.
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
At first I thought this was going to be a venue for thoughtful analysis but it’s turned into hate. Which is the surest sign of effete inefficacy. Becoming the photographic negative of MAGA denying all responsibility for the current state of the culture and blame blame blame isn’t going to work.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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One fights with guns, the other with gerrymandering—but the ideology? Practically twins. If you’re wondering why MAGA sounds like the Taliban… you’re finally paying attention. #TheocracyInDisguise #SpotTheDifference
April 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
One fights with guns, the other with gerrymandering—but the ideology? Practically twins. If you’re wondering why MAGA sounds like the Taliban… you’re finally paying attention. #TheocracyInDisguise #SpotTheDifference
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Got to speak at the University of Chicago earlier this week. Full talk with David Axelrod: youtu.be/vek52pwIdwI?...
April 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Got to speak at the University of Chicago earlier this week. Full talk with David Axelrod: youtu.be/vek52pwIdwI?...
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They have our business!
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
They have our business!
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I saw both the Twin Towers and Lehman Brothers fall, with my own eyes.
(I used to live a short walk from the former, and was in the Starbucks across the street from the latter, as employees started coming out with cardboard boxes.)
(I used to live a short walk from the former, and was in the Starbucks across the street from the latter, as employees started coming out with cardboard boxes.)
April 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I saw both the Twin Towers and Lehman Brothers fall, with my own eyes.
(I used to live a short walk from the former, and was in the Starbucks across the street from the latter, as employees started coming out with cardboard boxes.)
(I used to live a short walk from the former, and was in the Starbucks across the street from the latter, as employees started coming out with cardboard boxes.)
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I'm Gen X and I've been referring to my firearms as my "retirement plan" for almost a decade already.
April 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I'm Gen X and I've been referring to my firearms as my "retirement plan" for almost a decade already.
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Last I checked, millennials are a wee bit financially more sound in Assets-to-Debt ratio than gen-x (genx has high assets, but very high debt load). 🤷♀️
And, time is on Millennials' side.
But YES, they're getting a shit sandwich, and I feel for them.
And, time is on Millennials' side.
But YES, they're getting a shit sandwich, and I feel for them.
April 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Last I checked, millennials are a wee bit financially more sound in Assets-to-Debt ratio than gen-x (genx has high assets, but very high debt load). 🤷♀️
And, time is on Millennials' side.
But YES, they're getting a shit sandwich, and I feel for them.
And, time is on Millennials' side.
But YES, they're getting a shit sandwich, and I feel for them.
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I think this is why my cohort (Gen X) has been kind of backfooted for the last 8 years. We had that, the whole time we were growing up and forming views etc., right up until we didn’t. My best friend from middle school after the election in 2016: “this happened on our watch bc we didn’t watch.”
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I think this is why my cohort (Gen X) has been kind of backfooted for the last 8 years. We had that, the whole time we were growing up and forming views etc., right up until we didn’t. My best friend from middle school after the election in 2016: “this happened on our watch bc we didn’t watch.”
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As a blue collar 51 yr old gen Xer who only stopped living paycheck to paycheck at age 45, I am absolutely disgusted that your life & everything you worked for is being threatened. Anyone finger wagging or saying you don't have the right to be angry is full of shit. We are all in danger!
April 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
As a blue collar 51 yr old gen Xer who only stopped living paycheck to paycheck at age 45, I am absolutely disgusted that your life & everything you worked for is being threatened. Anyone finger wagging or saying you don't have the right to be angry is full of shit. We are all in danger!
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MASSIVE SHIFT
Pro-democracy channels on YouTube are now growing faster than right-wing channels for the first time.
MeidasTouch is proud to lead the way as the fastest-growing YouTube channel in Q1 2025.
Keep this momentum going: YouTube.com/@meidastouch
Pro-democracy channels on YouTube are now growing faster than right-wing channels for the first time.
MeidasTouch is proud to lead the way as the fastest-growing YouTube channel in Q1 2025.
Keep this momentum going: YouTube.com/@meidastouch
April 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
MASSIVE SHIFT
Pro-democracy channels on YouTube are now growing faster than right-wing channels for the first time.
MeidasTouch is proud to lead the way as the fastest-growing YouTube channel in Q1 2025.
Keep this momentum going: YouTube.com/@meidastouch
Pro-democracy channels on YouTube are now growing faster than right-wing channels for the first time.
MeidasTouch is proud to lead the way as the fastest-growing YouTube channel in Q1 2025.
Keep this momentum going: YouTube.com/@meidastouch
This reads like there will never be strong leadership in America again. I don’t believe that. It’s certainly the death of neoconservative foreign policy. I like Mr. Kristol. But have we forgotten who he is and what he has stood for? While this destabilizing moment is burning a Cold War legacy
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This reads like there will never be strong leadership in America again. I don’t believe that. It’s certainly the death of neoconservative foreign policy. I like Mr. Kristol. But have we forgotten who he is and what he has stood for? While this destabilizing moment is burning a Cold War legacy
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I stand with the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands!
April 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I stand with the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands!
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In a rare and perilous public show of anger against Hamas, hundreds of Palestinians marched through northern Gaza this week, demanding that the militant group relinquish control of the territory and end the war with Israel.
Risking Reprisals, Protesters in Gaza Call on Hamas to Step Aside
Demanding an end to the war, hundreds pressed the militants to relinquish control of the enclave, a rare demonstration against a group that has suppressed dissent with violence.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In a rare and perilous public show of anger against Hamas, hundreds of Palestinians marched through northern Gaza this week, demanding that the militant group relinquish control of the territory and end the war with Israel.
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This essay contains truth that is inconvenient for some very powerful people, but it is nevertheless true. Please read it if you have a moment, I put my heart and soul in it.
The true history of Twitter
I pulled into Amherst on a Friday night. From a payphone at the edge of the common, I called my friend, but he didn't pick up, and I realized I didn't know where he lived. The air was hot and muggy. M...
jacoblehman.substack.com
April 7, 2024 at 6:12 PM
This essay contains truth that is inconvenient for some very powerful people, but it is nevertheless true. Please read it if you have a moment, I put my heart and soul in it.
Well the thing is if you think something is a Ponzi scheme you would be willing to potentially destroy it would you?
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Well the thing is if you think something is a Ponzi scheme you would be willing to potentially destroy it would you?
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I don’t know Elon. Celebrating a stock ptice falling versus:
1) people dying from your poorly tested and unsafe fraud-vehicles
2) 450 humans who contracted Covid after you broke the law and reopened your factory
1) people dying from your poorly tested and unsafe fraud-vehicles
2) 450 humans who contracted Covid after you broke the law and reopened your factory
Mad Elon is getting a taste of his own medicine and apparently doesn’t like how it tastes. Give him more.
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I don’t know Elon. Celebrating a stock ptice falling versus:
1) people dying from your poorly tested and unsafe fraud-vehicles
2) 450 humans who contracted Covid after you broke the law and reopened your factory
1) people dying from your poorly tested and unsafe fraud-vehicles
2) 450 humans who contracted Covid after you broke the law and reopened your factory
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I would say it’s possible we SHOULD deport jihadists. Let’s not forget the issue is “without due process” and not whether jihadist propaganda is “free speech.” Otherwise we are living in The Crucible 2: Electric Boogaloo. It’s hard for nuance to survive such times.
We have reached the crowd-sourcing deportation lists phase.
March 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I would say it’s possible we SHOULD deport jihadists. Let’s not forget the issue is “without due process” and not whether jihadist propaganda is “free speech.” Otherwise we are living in The Crucible 2: Electric Boogaloo. It’s hard for nuance to survive such times.