Maddy
@maddyann.bsky.social
Retired crank(y). Dog lover. Tired of MAGAts. CBL_WV at the Bad Old Place.
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
13k comments on one tweet is a massive payout. All of the tweets follow a certain formula, so the content is likely automated using AI technology (e.g., AI generated images and text). Basically running it as a money printing machine. But for those in the US, it translates to low simmering rage.
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When I coined the term Weaponized unreality and wrote and spoke publicly about the massive network of bad actors radicalizing digital communities this was exactly what I was speaking about exactly what we are seeing in real life now.American fascism needed a weaponized unreality state and built one.
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 4:17 PM
When I coined the term Weaponized unreality and wrote and spoke publicly about the massive network of bad actors radicalizing digital communities this was exactly what I was speaking about exactly what we are seeing in real life now.American fascism needed a weaponized unreality state and built one.
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Mad respect for Eugen. Imagine a world where the CEOs of social media platforms regularly stepped aside when they realized they weren't cut out for the job.
My next chapter with Mastodon
Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.
blog.joinmastodon.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Mad respect for Eugen. Imagine a world where the CEOs of social media platforms regularly stepped aside when they realized they weren't cut out for the job.
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At today's Comey hearing, Michael Dreeben argued: "This has to stop. ... A message needs to be sent to the Executive Branch. You cannot allow the president to take advantage of the authority of the EB to use as a cudgel to damage [and intimidate] political opponents."
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
At today's Comey hearing, Michael Dreeben argued: "This has to stop. ... A message needs to be sent to the Executive Branch. You cannot allow the president to take advantage of the authority of the EB to use as a cudgel to damage [and intimidate] political opponents."
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When you recreate Twitter, you shouldn't be surprised that you've recreated Twitter.
Boggles my mind that Bluesky's leadership seems to have done very little forward thinking about these issues.
Boggles my mind that Bluesky's leadership seems to have done very little forward thinking about these issues.
Bluesky announces moderation changes focused on better tracking, improved transparency — TechCrunch
Bluesky is making moderation changes, including the addition of new reporting categories, strikes, and more clarity when communicating with users about violations.
apple.news
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When you recreate Twitter, you shouldn't be surprised that you've recreated Twitter.
Boggles my mind that Bluesky's leadership seems to have done very little forward thinking about these issues.
Boggles my mind that Bluesky's leadership seems to have done very little forward thinking about these issues.
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While everyone's paying attention to the Epstein files, a big story just broke about another alleged human trafficker with ties to Trump — Andrew Tate:
Trump official intervened in investigation on behalf of Andrew Tate, report says:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
All props to ProPublica on this:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
All props to ProPublica on this:
Trump official intervened in investigation on behalf of Andrew Tate, report says
An investigation from ProPublica claims a Trump administration official asked investigators to return electronics belonging to influencer Andrew Tate
www.usatoday.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
While everyone's paying attention to the Epstein files, a big story just broke about another alleged human trafficker with ties to Trump — Andrew Tate:
And just looking at the shoulder height, the Orange Man is *at least* 5" shorter than Mr. Bonesaw by his side....
Btw, mbs is 6’0”
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
And just looking at the shoulder height, the Orange Man is *at least* 5" shorter than Mr. Bonesaw by his side....
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Atlanta is assisting ICE and other federal law enforcement in abductions by giving them access to the city’s Flock traffic cameras.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Atlanta is assisting ICE and other federal law enforcement in abductions by giving them access to the city’s Flock traffic cameras.
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If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
We need a reset back to before September 2001! Get rid of "Homeland" "Security" and all of the adjuncts to it... DHS has been a total failure and an international embarrassment for this country (although many people here still wet their underpants in fear of [brown] "terrorists!")
the *BORDER* Patrol, should be at the border, not in the middle of the Midwest, terrorizing folks with tear gas.
Defund entirely and abolish ICE, trials for all involved that wore a mask, and restructure immigration with compassion and empathy at its heart.
Defund entirely and abolish ICE, trials for all involved that wore a mask, and restructure immigration with compassion and empathy at its heart.
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
We need a reset back to before September 2001! Get rid of "Homeland" "Security" and all of the adjuncts to it... DHS has been a total failure and an international embarrassment for this country (although many people here still wet their underpants in fear of [brown] "terrorists!")
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ICE was formed after 9/11 to protect America from terrorists,not working people,migrant or not.
Since THEY are now the terrorists doing violence against Americans,they should be disbanded.
Like forming a doctor's union that started euthenizing people instead of trying to cure them?Time to end it!
Since THEY are now the terrorists doing violence against Americans,they should be disbanded.
Like forming a doctor's union that started euthenizing people instead of trying to cure them?Time to end it!
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
ICE was formed after 9/11 to protect America from terrorists,not working people,migrant or not.
Since THEY are now the terrorists doing violence against Americans,they should be disbanded.
Like forming a doctor's union that started euthenizing people instead of trying to cure them?Time to end it!
Since THEY are now the terrorists doing violence against Americans,they should be disbanded.
Like forming a doctor's union that started euthenizing people instead of trying to cure them?Time to end it!
!!!
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
!!!
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Quiet, piggy.
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Quiet, piggy.
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Every day there a multiple opportunities for a reporter to be the hero. We are finally beginning to see a few politicians push back against the norm breaking. It would be great to see someone in the press stand up and make a scene in defense of their profession.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Every day there a multiple opportunities for a reporter to be the hero. We are finally beginning to see a few politicians push back against the norm breaking. It would be great to see someone in the press stand up and make a scene in defense of their profession.
Todd is awesome!
Canada is NOT broken!
And his new website is a banger if you want nothing but facts!
And his new website is a banger if you want nothing but facts!
Tod Maffin: #Cdnpoli 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Todd is awesome!
Evidently it would be so hard (or career-ending, more likely,) that none of the other people there were able to muster up the cojones to say/ask it!!!
How hard would it be to say, "Excuse me, Mr. President, that comment is offensive. Our colleague asked a legitimate question that deserves a respectful answer." Every member of the White House press corps should be prepared to say something similar when Trump attacks a colleague.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Evidently it would be so hard (or career-ending, more likely,) that none of the other people there were able to muster up the cojones to say/ask it!!!
They were "female" kids, so "who cares, right??"
They were just kids! For crying out loud!
kev🇮🇪🇨🇦: Release the #epstein files!!
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
They were "female" kids, so "who cares, right??"
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It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
This administration just wants to lie with impunity - they hate being called on it by *anyone*, whether it's the media, or even worse by an insider or a whistleblower
'Draining the swamp' by excluding "senior employees from legal protections that prohibit U.S. government agencies from retaliating against whistleblowers who accuse them of wrongdoing, such as violating the law or wasting funds."
US federal workers would lose whistleblower safeguards under Trump rule reut.rs/446m2YM
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This administration just wants to lie with impunity - they hate being called on it by *anyone*, whether it's the media, or even worse by an insider or a whistleblower
(A lot of people don't like him, or his Cabinet either. Doesn't imply that "things" should "happen" to them either... "Mr. President")
The White House is our house.
This is disgusting.
This is disgusting.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
(A lot of people don't like him, or his Cabinet either. Doesn't imply that "things" should "happen" to them either... "Mr. President")
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😳 This strikes me as being…unwise.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
😳 This strikes me as being…unwise.
Just based on evidence so far, a great number of those Jan 6 folks that got pardons, are actual criminals IRL. This should be a much, much bigger story, with all of this/their info gathered in one place for easy reference!
Sometimes my friends and I would wonder how bad it was gonna get, and I think this sentence does a good job of encapsulating our guesses.
"A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol was arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just based on evidence so far, a great number of those Jan 6 folks that got pardons, are actual criminals IRL. This should be a much, much bigger story, with all of this/their info gathered in one place for easy reference!
(How can "we" get those gaiters off their faces, without hurting anyone??? I suspect local LE would have to agree to make sure this crap didn't happen... in a dream , maybe....)
From the description, this particular incident appears to be a targeted enforcement operation; they were looking for a specific person. That he was at church at the time is no longer an obstacle under this administration.
Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
(How can "we" get those gaiters off their faces, without hurting anyone??? I suspect local LE would have to agree to make sure this crap didn't happen... in a dream , maybe....)
(It also helps that he has a pet SCOTUS to back him up.) MAGA Trifecta!!!
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
(It also helps that he has a pet SCOTUS to back him up.) MAGA Trifecta!!!