Aaron The Sane Whitaker Bourque
@afbourque.bsky.social
Yeah I'm a socialist because socialists are trying to make things better. Retweets =/= endorsements. He/him. Performative male without the milky drinks.
This likely won't stop anyone, but don't read everything online, especially social media, as serious?
This likely won't stop anyone, but don't read everything online, especially social media, as serious?
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“Who in the United States of America wants a war between the United States and Europe … over GREENLAND??”
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
“Who in the United States of America wants a war between the United States and Europe … over GREENLAND??”
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Yeah you’re right they should probably sit down and shut up, why bother with anything
Regime change means decades of internal conflict and instability. How are Americans still this dense. Does nobody remember Iraq or Libya.
January 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Yeah you’re right they should probably sit down and shut up, why bother with anything
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The UK, Canada and Australia are considering banning X.
And yet, the progressive movement and Democratic Party still haven’t figured out how to boycott it.
And yet, the progressive movement and Democratic Party still haven’t figured out how to boycott it.
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The UK, Canada and Australia are considering banning X.
And yet, the progressive movement and Democratic Party still haven’t figured out how to boycott it.
And yet, the progressive movement and Democratic Party still haven’t figured out how to boycott it.
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Newsom's already calling for a joining of hands with the Nazis and let atrocities be bygones.
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Newsom's already calling for a joining of hands with the Nazis and let atrocities be bygones.
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A ream of norms are being shattered daily, but as a tech expert this one really shocks me. For a generation CSAM has been *THE* flaming red line for a tech platform. If they spent money on ANYTHING, it was moderating it miles away. To even have the whiff of it was a Federal kiss of death. Now? 🤷♂️
I want to highlight this important story by my friends @nbcnews.com - www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne... "The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine." <-- the AI generated CSAM / NCII immediately escapes containment
Dark web users cite Grok as tool for making 'criminal imagery' of kids, U.K. watchdog says
The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine.
www.nbcnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
A ream of norms are being shattered daily, but as a tech expert this one really shocks me. For a generation CSAM has been *THE* flaming red line for a tech platform. If they spent money on ANYTHING, it was moderating it miles away. To even have the whiff of it was a Federal kiss of death. Now? 🤷♂️
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I want to highlight this important story by my friends @nbcnews.com - www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne... "The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine." <-- the AI generated CSAM / NCII immediately escapes containment
Dark web users cite Grok as tool for making 'criminal imagery' of kids, U.K. watchdog says
The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine.
www.nbcnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I want to highlight this important story by my friends @nbcnews.com - www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne... "The Internet Watch Foundation said it found topless images of girls that dark web forum users attributed to xAI’s Grok Imagine." <-- the AI generated CSAM / NCII immediately escapes containment
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you people are absolutely baffling. yeah, no shit there are Bad™ geopolitical interests who oppose the regime, that doesn't make the regime good. do you people not care about the hundreds of iranians dying in the street right now? like literally, right now, as we keyboard warrior?
Sure will be great to have the biggest geopolitical rival to Israel fall. I'm sure that won't empower the Kahanists to immediately pursue their goals of a Greater Israel or anything.
That's totally not why Israel, by their own admission, has Mossad agents on the ground of Iran or anything.
That's totally not why Israel, by their own admission, has Mossad agents on the ground of Iran or anything.
January 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM
you people are absolutely baffling. yeah, no shit there are Bad™ geopolitical interests who oppose the regime, that doesn't make the regime good. do you people not care about the hundreds of iranians dying in the street right now? like literally, right now, as we keyboard warrior?
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do u guys like this meme i made
June 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
do u guys like this meme i made
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yes! a good number of MAHA-approved products are just repurposed waste from beef production
i'm not saying this as anyone who knows anything about health; i'm saying it as someone who is an alleged expert in interest group politics: the American beef industry is all over MAHA, wellness, and podcast spaces.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
remember "bacon mania?" totally a marketing strategy by the pork industry.
New federal dietary guidelines give federal approval to beef tallow, a fat that both cardiologists and the U.S. government told Americans to avoid for nearly half a century.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
yes! a good number of MAHA-approved products are just repurposed waste from beef production
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ha ha this was pretty funny, can it stop now though
Britain will not help the US invade Greenland, says defence secretary
Britain will not help the US invade Greenland, says defence secretary
Britain will not help the US invade Greenland, says defence secretary
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 2:55 AM
ha ha this was pretty funny, can it stop now though
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With what's going on over here it's easy to ignore what's happening in Iran, which is also horrible but might result in regime change at long last? Maybe? The violence is beyond words but we can only stand in solidarity and hope that (one of) their long national nightmares might soon be over.
January 11, 2026 at 3:21 AM
With what's going on over here it's easy to ignore what's happening in Iran, which is also horrible but might result in regime change at long last? Maybe? The violence is beyond words but we can only stand in solidarity and hope that (one of) their long national nightmares might soon be over.
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There are debatable exceptions, but as a historical and theological matter, no, most likely would not.
Some Founding Fathers were deists. Some were Quakers. Others were Presbyterians who wrote a lot about religious freedom.
And some were, uh, Thomas Paine (here in a later edition of Common Sense):
Some Founding Fathers were deists. Some were Quakers. Others were Presbyterians who wrote a lot about religious freedom.
And some were, uh, Thomas Paine (here in a later edition of Common Sense):
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
There are debatable exceptions, but as a historical and theological matter, no, most likely would not.
Some Founding Fathers were deists. Some were Quakers. Others were Presbyterians who wrote a lot about religious freedom.
And some were, uh, Thomas Paine (here in a later edition of Common Sense):
Some Founding Fathers were deists. Some were Quakers. Others were Presbyterians who wrote a lot about religious freedom.
And some were, uh, Thomas Paine (here in a later edition of Common Sense):
I don't think it should be obsolete anymore.
January 11, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I don't think it should be obsolete anymore.
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not a new observation but still striking how many things boil down to the difference between people who get power and go “ok, I better try not to be a jerk” and people who get power and go “now I get to be a jerk”
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
not a new observation but still striking how many things boil down to the difference between people who get power and go “ok, I better try not to be a jerk” and people who get power and go “now I get to be a jerk”
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The leading cause of death among ICE officers? COVID-19.
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
www.motherjones.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The leading cause of death among ICE officers? COVID-19.
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We had a good guy with a gun. An Army vet who stopped a shooter at our local mall, probably prevented a mass shooting.
The local PD saw a black guy holding a gun and shot him on site.
His name was E.J. Bradford
The local PD saw a black guy holding a gun and shot him on site.
His name was E.J. Bradford
Where are all the good guys with guns? The people who have spent the last 50 years telling us that we had to make sure every American has a gun in case we needed them to protect ourselves from tyranny?
And where are the stories to point this out (they may be there; I just don't know)?
And where are the stories to point this out (they may be there; I just don't know)?
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 AM
We had a good guy with a gun. An Army vet who stopped a shooter at our local mall, probably prevented a mass shooting.
The local PD saw a black guy holding a gun and shot him on site.
His name was E.J. Bradford
The local PD saw a black guy holding a gun and shot him on site.
His name was E.J. Bradford
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DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
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For you youngsters out there just finding out about him, Jesse Ventura is not "some kind of lake wizard" but was at one time the governor of Minnesota and before that a professional wrestler
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
For you youngsters out there just finding out about him, Jesse Ventura is not "some kind of lake wizard" but was at one time the governor of Minnesota and before that a professional wrestler
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Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the legal risks that come from merely being pregnant have shot up in the United States.
How Pregnancy is Policed: Your Questions Answered
An expert on the criminalization of pregnancy responds to questions from <i>Bolts</i> readers on its long history, landmark cases, and new surveillance realities since Dobbs.
boltsmag.org
January 11, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the legal risks that come from merely being pregnant have shot up in the United States.
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that time of year again!
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
that time of year again!
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Pedocon theory on a longer dynasty run than the 1990s Chicago Bulls
January 10, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Pedocon theory on a longer dynasty run than the 1990s Chicago Bulls
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“A crowd of hundreds also gathered at Ocean Beach in San Francisco to form a human banner spelling ‘IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT.’” www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... #ICEOutForGood
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
“A crowd of hundreds also gathered at Ocean Beach in San Francisco to form a human banner spelling ‘IT WAS MURDER — ICE OUT.’” www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... #ICEOutForGood
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“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago
January 11, 2026 at 1:35 AM
“US citizens should leave Venezuela immediately” … Checking in on the country President Trump executed a coup against a week ago
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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.
(Published April 2025)
(Published April 2025)