Dave Andress
@davidandress.bsky.social
Historian of revolution, pessimistic anarchist. Nobody else wants these views, trust me. 'His real face is a hat' - Fern Riddell.
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come on he can't look like that. You can't be buying the Pedo Ranch and look like a shaved Grinch who keeps showing up at Cindy Lou Who's place even when it isn't Christmas Eve.
Report: Texas Republican candidate Don Huffines owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Santa Fe ranch
https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/02/17/report-texas-republican-candidate-don-huffines-owns-jeffrey-epsteins-santa-fe-ranch/
https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/02/17/report-texas-republican-candidate-don-huffines-owns-jeffrey-epsteins-santa-fe-ranch/
Report: Texas Republican candidate Don Huffines owns Jeffrey Epstein’s Santa Fe ranch
A new report revealed that Donald Huffines, a Republican running in Texas’ Comptroller of Public Accounts race in 2026, is the owner of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Santa F...
heartlandsignal.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
come on he can't look like that. You can't be buying the Pedo Ranch and look like a shaved Grinch who keeps showing up at Cindy Lou Who's place even when it isn't Christmas Eve.
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“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
Epstein survivor tells CBS News how she was trafficked, and assaulted
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
www.aol.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
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Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
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Dixie Flatline in the house with us tonight, welcome the famous Mr. Dixie Flatline, from the Neuromancer subplot "the Dixie Flatline begs to be deleted" www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted...
Meta patented an AI that lets you keep posting after you die
Meta was recently granted a patent for tech to keep your social media accounts running using AI if you take a break or die.
www.businessinsider.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Dixie Flatline in the house with us tonight, welcome the famous Mr. Dixie Flatline, from the Neuromancer subplot "the Dixie Flatline begs to be deleted" www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted...
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OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
February 17, 2026 at 6:48 AM
OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
It's quite nauseating to contemplate this in a UK context, where the "need" for voter ID was conjured up out of thin air, naked partisanship & racism by the most corrupt Prime Minister in living memory, and has now become something we just have to put up with.
It costs $130 + a $35 facility fee to obtain a passport and an extra $30 for a passport card. In California, fees for certified copies of vital records are between $18 and $31 each. How is the SAVE Act not a poll tax?
February 17, 2026 at 7:41 PM
It's quite nauseating to contemplate this in a UK context, where the "need" for voter ID was conjured up out of thin air, naked partisanship & racism by the most corrupt Prime Minister in living memory, and has now become something we just have to put up with.
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I saw someone say, “Emerald Fennell is Greta Gerwig’s Wario,” and I haven’t stopped laughing 😭
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I saw someone say, “Emerald Fennell is Greta Gerwig’s Wario,” and I haven’t stopped laughing 😭
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The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
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I will say it is kind of weird how high profile transphobes who are Just Very Concerned About The Safety Of Children universally tend to have at most 2 degrees of separation from Jeffrey Epstein
February 17, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I will say it is kind of weird how high profile transphobes who are Just Very Concerned About The Safety Of Children universally tend to have at most 2 degrees of separation from Jeffrey Epstein
Ignorant, stupid, AND wicked.
people pretend to not be nazis and couch that in dog whistles but i think a reality we have to contend with is that there are so many, many, many incredible ignorant people out there
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Ignorant, stupid, AND wicked.
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wait don't dunk, this is obviously a time traveler from 2014. if we play this right we can fix everything
Video game "journalism" is just a paid advertising service.
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 PM
wait don't dunk, this is obviously a time traveler from 2014. if we play this right we can fix everything
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Love this so much, especially the juxtaposition of English folklore paths with an Amazon spokesperson going out of their way to deny a person driving their branded vehicle is an employee.
I followed the biggest story of the week: how an Amazon delivery van became marooned on the Broomway www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Abandon shipment: how an Amazon van got marooned on the UK’s ‘most dangerous path’
Driver reportedly checked with base and was told to continue when GPS directed van on to Essex mudflats
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Love this so much, especially the juxtaposition of English folklore paths with an Amazon spokesperson going out of their way to deny a person driving their branded vehicle is an employee.
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Epic has a new AI summary generating tool, and I noticed that it completely hallucinated a GI bleed for one of my patients last night.
February 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Epic has a new AI summary generating tool, and I noticed that it completely hallucinated a GI bleed for one of my patients last night.
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Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
Cannot fathom how anyone is plumping for a party whose premise is "We fucked the whole country once, let us fuck you again!" unless they are either so stupid as to have trouble picking their own nose, or so racist as to be frankly evil.
One of the more hopeful signs in UK politics is that Reform consistently struggles to poll above the mid-to-high 20s - despite a deteriorating economy, the simultaneous implosion of both the traditional parties and a pet TV station.
Reform is not some unstoppable force. It's eminently beatable.
Reform is not some unstoppable force. It's eminently beatable.
Reform's polling is ~the lowest its been since last year's local elections
February 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Cannot fathom how anyone is plumping for a party whose premise is "We fucked the whole country once, let us fuck you again!" unless they are either so stupid as to have trouble picking their own nose, or so racist as to be frankly evil.
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i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
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The thing about a rag like this is that the people writing for it know they aren’t making a good argument and they don’t care because it’s what the people with money are willing to pay for and literally the only thing that matters to them is career advancement.
Yeah, so about your claim that The Argument wouldn't be running anti-trans pieces @jerusalem.bsky.social... I knew it.
February 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The thing about a rag like this is that the people writing for it know they aren’t making a good argument and they don’t care because it’s what the people with money are willing to pay for and literally the only thing that matters to them is career advancement.
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A reminder that most Americans DESPISE Trump, MAGA, and the current Republican Party. His current approval ratings indicate that about 2/3 oppose.
We just have a rural area skewed, early 19th century electoral system, and it lacks the mechanisms to change the government before a scheduled election.
We just have a rural area skewed, early 19th century electoral system, and it lacks the mechanisms to change the government before a scheduled election.
Hopefully the President who raped children will resign, because he's making all of us look bad, as people.
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
A reminder that most Americans DESPISE Trump, MAGA, and the current Republican Party. His current approval ratings indicate that about 2/3 oppose.
We just have a rural area skewed, early 19th century electoral system, and it lacks the mechanisms to change the government before a scheduled election.
We just have a rural area skewed, early 19th century electoral system, and it lacks the mechanisms to change the government before a scheduled election.
This is of course why they make tactical baby-bags, so chaps can do exactly this...
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This is of course why they make tactical baby-bags, so chaps can do exactly this...
Yes, yes they did, including a substantial percentage of all children born, well into the early 20th century. You can google child-mortality charts and everything.
People born after 1945 were almost literally the first generation in human history not to experience mass death.
People born after 1945 were almost literally the first generation in human history not to experience mass death.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Yes, yes they did, including a substantial percentage of all children born, well into the early 20th century. You can google child-mortality charts and everything.
People born after 1945 were almost literally the first generation in human history not to experience mass death.
People born after 1945 were almost literally the first generation in human history not to experience mass death.
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there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
Lakshya Jain and the Argument fled this website because they couldn't take the criticism and now he's advocating for Dems to abandon trans issues with polling about 'gender surgery for minors' a thing that is not real
February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM
there is an extremely simple answer to the "abandon trans rights" folks and it is "no" and also "fuck you"
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I meant to include the TOC! Please see below.
February 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I meant to include the TOC! Please see below.
"Power sharing" = where the supposed Head of Government gets to stand by and moan about the terrible decisions taken by other Cabinet ministers...
First Minister Michelle O'Neill has described as "disgraceful" a decision by Stormont's health minister to suspend Northern Ireland's participation in a clinical trial to assess the risks and benefits of puberty-blocking drugs in children who question their gender.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Puberty blockers: Nesbitt decision to halt trial is 'disgraceful' - O'Neill
The health minister defends his decision to suspend NI from taking part in the UK-wide trial after a review of gender identity services from Dr Hilary Cass.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Power sharing" = where the supposed Head of Government gets to stand by and moan about the terrible decisions taken by other Cabinet ministers...