Carl Holmberg
@cmholm.bsky.social
Around The World In 22995 (or so) Days
@barackobama.bsky.social Finally, the strapping African Muslim Socialist we were promised. 😎
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
@barackobama.bsky.social Finally, the strapping African Muslim Socialist we were promised. 😎
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The DOE's climate report is a sham, with hand-picked contrarian experts and cherry-picked data that ignores 99% of the scientific literature. by @andrewdessler.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/09/03/t...
September 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The DOE's climate report is a sham, with hand-picked contrarian experts and cherry-picked data that ignores 99% of the scientific literature. by @andrewdessler.com www.realclearscience.com/2025/09/03/t...
Just out of the #DavidSpade 6/19/2025 Tucson show, where he fired on all cylinders…. unlike his 4/30/2010 show at the Maui Theater, Lahaina. Bomb’s happen, and he was so out of gas, the venue was the only building on Front Street that didn’t burn down, unwilling to die until the horror is erased.
June 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Just out of the #DavidSpade 6/19/2025 Tucson show, where he fired on all cylinders…. unlike his 4/30/2010 show at the Maui Theater, Lahaina. Bomb’s happen, and he was so out of gas, the venue was the only building on Front Street that didn’t burn down, unwilling to die until the horror is erased.
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social, re the June 8th episode of Fast Politics podcast, it seemed you suggested California might withhold Federal taxes if Trump axes Federal funds for state projects. How could that work? The relationship between taxpayers and the IRS is direct. The states aren't middlemen.
June 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
@mollyjongfast.bsky.social, re the June 8th episode of Fast Politics podcast, it seemed you suggested California might withhold Federal taxes if Trump axes Federal funds for state projects. How could that work? The relationship between taxpayers and the IRS is direct. The states aren't middlemen.
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I think that Slotkin, Gallego, etc, think they’ve unlocked some cheat code for speaking to voters (winning while trump won the states) when it was entirely up to a bunch of random low-info voters that walked into the polling place, checked the box for trump, and left
As someone who voted for slotkin, this pathetic and makes me furious
April 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I think that Slotkin, Gallego, etc, think they’ve unlocked some cheat code for speaking to voters (winning while trump won the states) when it was entirely up to a bunch of random low-info voters that walked into the polling place, checked the box for trump, and left
Elon Musk wants more access to cheap H-1(b) visa holders to staff his companies in the US, so don’t dump on that unless you want to get shadowbanned out of existence on Twitter, as Maria Loupis, Laura Loomer, and Owen Shroyer found out. “Free speech for me… period.”
April 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Elon Musk wants more access to cheap H-1(b) visa holders to staff his companies in the US, so don’t dump on that unless you want to get shadowbanned out of existence on Twitter, as Maria Loupis, Laura Loomer, and Owen Shroyer found out. “Free speech for me… period.”
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When you realize you’ve just done some illegal shit to a college that 40% of the judges in the district graduated from. 40% of the Circuit court judges graduated from Harvard, too. Oh, and 4 of the 9 SCOTUS justices including Roberts went there.
April 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
When you realize you’ve just done some illegal shit to a college that 40% of the judges in the district graduated from. 40% of the Circuit court judges graduated from Harvard, too. Oh, and 4 of the 9 SCOTUS justices including Roberts went there.
Half of the decrease in the US birthrate is because teenage girls have almost stopped getting pregnant (typically by adult men), this while the abortion rate has also dropped. God help us if pro-natalists decide we need to go old skool.
www.everycrsreport.com/files/202005...
www.everycrsreport.com/files/202005...
April 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Half of the decrease in the US birthrate is because teenage girls have almost stopped getting pregnant (typically by adult men), this while the abortion rate has also dropped. God help us if pro-natalists decide we need to go old skool.
www.everycrsreport.com/files/202005...
www.everycrsreport.com/files/202005...
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When Harris said it would be $4,000, the “fact-checkers” tut-tutted and claimed what she said was only “half true” because there were some lower estimates. The “fact-checkers” lied; Harris was telling the truth.
April 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
When Harris said it would be $4,000, the “fact-checkers” tut-tutted and claimed what she said was only “half true” because there were some lower estimates. The “fact-checkers” lied; Harris was telling the truth.
The right wing portion of my high school cohort (class of ‘78-ish) have been downplaying and gaslighting themselves over this incident.
this is great and gets to what might be the defining attribute of this administration which is that trump himself is barely aware of what is happening
One thing that most people are missing in the group text scandal: The Trump officials don’t appear clear on what *exactly* Trump approved, which is a huge problem in using military force. Stephen Miller says “as I heard it … green light.” 😱😬 www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-short-...
March 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The right wing portion of my high school cohort (class of ‘78-ish) have been downplaying and gaslighting themselves over this incident.
After giving away 20% of Ukraine because “they speak Russian there”, real estate developer/Trump envoy Steve Witkoff begins negotiations on adjusting the US/MX border.
March 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
After giving away 20% of Ukraine because “they speak Russian there”, real estate developer/Trump envoy Steve Witkoff begins negotiations on adjusting the US/MX border.
How an Elon minion used one keyboard to halt all Federal payments, the sort of thing that ought to earn Marko Elez some time in a Federal pen to think about his life choices.
Absolute 100% required reading in re Big Balls and the Federal payments systems and [waves hands around] all this
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/musk-in-yo...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/musk-in-yo...
Musk In Your Computers: An Interview With Nathan Tankus
On risks to democracy nobody even thought about
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
How an Elon minion used one keyboard to halt all Federal payments, the sort of thing that ought to earn Marko Elez some time in a Federal pen to think about his life choices.
No oligarch can avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, given all the pots they have a finger in. That said, if enough Fortune 100 firms think Trump/Musk are screwing them out of contracts and opportunities, some knees will start straightening out. www.reuters.com/business/med...
February 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
No oligarch can avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, given all the pots they have a finger in. That said, if enough Fortune 100 firms think Trump/Musk are screwing them out of contracts and opportunities, some knees will start straightening out. www.reuters.com/business/med...
For the radical-right-dog-whistle-impaired, Musk is referring to the white nationalist “14 Words”: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourtee...
February 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
For the radical-right-dog-whistle-impaired, Musk is referring to the white nationalist “14 Words”: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourtee...
If Trump can disregard process to give Musk’s employees quick access to the Treasury payment system, he can just as easily give them access to the IRS and Census. If that doesn’t bother you, you’re part of the problem.
February 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If Trump can disregard process to give Musk’s employees quick access to the Treasury payment system, he can just as easily give them access to the IRS and Census. If that doesn’t bother you, you’re part of the problem.
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Excellent post
January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Excellent post
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JUST IN: Judge MEHTA has barred Stewart Rhodes and other Oath Keepers whose sentences were *commuted* from going into Washinton or the U.S. Capitol without permission from the court.
January 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
JUST IN: Judge MEHTA has barred Stewart Rhodes and other Oath Keepers whose sentences were *commuted* from going into Washinton or the U.S. Capitol without permission from the court.
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Most open source researchers rely on search engines to do reverse image searches. However, there are also niche tools like RootAbout: It lets you upload a picture and checks it against Internet Archive collections. @anisashabir.bsky.social tested it: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more...
bcattools
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January 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Most open source researchers rely on search engines to do reverse image searches. However, there are also niche tools like RootAbout: It lets you upload a picture and checks it against Internet Archive collections. @anisashabir.bsky.social tested it: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more...
It’s going to be a bit nippy, so Trump’s taking his Inaugural indoors. 2021 wasn’t exactly picture perfect, but Joe did it outside anyway, because he’s not a t-word.
January 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
It’s going to be a bit nippy, so Trump’s taking his Inaugural indoors. 2021 wasn’t exactly picture perfect, but Joe did it outside anyway, because he’s not a t-word.
A tale of two PRC corporations:
Kunlun Tech divested Grindr for $490m profit.
Bytedance would rather take a $16b loss to close US TikTok business than sell?
Perhaps Congress was onto something.
Kunlun Tech divested Grindr for $490m profit.
Bytedance would rather take a $16b loss to close US TikTok business than sell?
Perhaps Congress was onto something.
January 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A tale of two PRC corporations:
Kunlun Tech divested Grindr for $490m profit.
Bytedance would rather take a $16b loss to close US TikTok business than sell?
Perhaps Congress was onto something.
Kunlun Tech divested Grindr for $490m profit.
Bytedance would rather take a $16b loss to close US TikTok business than sell?
Perhaps Congress was onto something.
A minor bit of aviation news caught my eye, the 34th F-14 delivered to Iran, USN BuNo 160334, IIAF/IRIAF #3-6006 flew from Isfahan to the Kish Island airshow last week. The radome looks a bit worn because Iran can’t buy any more of the rubberized coating.
December 24, 2024 at 5:14 AM
A minor bit of aviation news caught my eye, the 34th F-14 delivered to Iran, USN BuNo 160334, IIAF/IRIAF #3-6006 flew from Isfahan to the Kish Island airshow last week. The radome looks a bit worn because Iran can’t buy any more of the rubberized coating.
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We are going to get nine-elevened again so fucking hard
December 14, 2024 at 9:35 PM
We are going to get nine-elevened again so fucking hard
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Made the whole thing up
Remember the FBI informant who claimed President Biden took millions in bribes from Burisma?
He admitted today in federal court that he made the whole thing up.
And that he started spinning new lies after meeting with Russian intelligence.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He admitted today in federal court that he made the whole thing up.
And that he started spinning new lies after meeting with Russian intelligence.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Made the whole thing up
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We’re not accepting complaints about the Hunter Biden pardon unless you also complained about the Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort pardons.
December 2, 2024 at 1:21 AM
We’re not accepting complaints about the Hunter Biden pardon unless you also complained about the Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort pardons.