Dave Conrad
@dconrad.bsky.social
Abolish ICE. Arrest ICE. Charge ICE. Convict ICE. Imprison ICE. I support trans rights, civil rights, and women's rights. Anti-Fascist. He/him.
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I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I just stumbled across this and thought some of you might like to see it. A letter from E.B. White to a man who'd written he'd lost all hope:
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1. Internal documents reveal that Freedom 250, which purports to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary, is a vehicle to promote Trump and "America First" propaganda, including election conspiracies
Major corporations like Mastercard and Deloitte and spending million to bankroll this effort
Major corporations like Mastercard and Deloitte and spending million to bankroll this effort
Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda
Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.
popular.info
February 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
1. Internal documents reveal that Freedom 250, which purports to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary, is a vehicle to promote Trump and "America First" propaganda, including election conspiracies
Major corporations like Mastercard and Deloitte and spending million to bankroll this effort
Major corporations like Mastercard and Deloitte and spending million to bankroll this effort
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All the various kinds of revisions add up -- by the end of the year, there were more than a million fewer people employed than previously estimated.
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
All the various kinds of revisions add up -- by the end of the year, there were more than a million fewer people employed than previously estimated.
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Manufacturing overall has LOST jobs over the past year (-83k).
Pretty much every manuf subsector is flat or down, with modest exceptions for fabricated metal products, electrical equipment, food.
Pretty much every manuf subsector is flat or down, with modest exceptions for fabricated metal products, electrical equipment, food.
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Manufacturing overall has LOST jobs over the past year (-83k).
Pretty much every manuf subsector is flat or down, with modest exceptions for fabricated metal products, electrical equipment, food.
Pretty much every manuf subsector is flat or down, with modest exceptions for fabricated metal products, electrical equipment, food.
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Yikes here are the numbers for the past 12 months. Everything is pretty much dead except healthcare/social assistance. Note that healthcare growth is largely not about the business cycle -- it's about the aging of the population and more elderly people needing care.
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Yikes here are the numbers for the past 12 months. Everything is pretty much dead except healthcare/social assistance. Note that healthcare growth is largely not about the business cycle -- it's about the aging of the population and more elderly people needing care.
Elect a clown, expect a circus
MS NOW: "A congressional official with knowledge of the matter is telling MS NOW the cause of the shutdown of El Paso airspace is a lack of communication between the Pentagon and FAA. The official told us the FAA and DOD are 'not in clear communications with each other.'"
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Elect a clown, expect a circus
You even need ID to buy groceries or get gas. The president said so!
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
You even need ID to buy groceries or get gas. The president said so!
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I really feel like: Donald Trump is building a prison camp system on the scale of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao … would be a good and true headline to run every day. Advertisements across media. Speeches on the Senate. Everywhere.
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I really feel like: Donald Trump is building a prison camp system on the scale of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao … would be a good and true headline to run every day. Advertisements across media. Speeches on the Senate. Everywhere.
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I understand I was really disruptive today but in my defense I’m literally a silly little guy
February 11, 2026 at 6:21 AM
I understand I was really disruptive today but in my defense I’m literally a silly little guy
We need a massive catapult to launch him into space.
Elon Musk told employees at xAI, his artificial intelligence company, on Tuesday that the company needed a factory on the moon to build A.I. satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space.
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
We need a massive catapult to launch him into space.
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Hassett and Navarro were all over the place trying to set expectations for a bad jobs report.
Then the jobs report was good.
They had to know.
Which makes me wonder if they or their friends made some big bets on Polymarket.
Then the jobs report was good.
They had to know.
Which makes me wonder if they or their friends made some big bets on Polymarket.
My one question:
Why in the WORLD were Hassett and Navarro coming out to seemingly soften the blow of a bad jobs report?
lol, lmao, even.
Why in the WORLD were Hassett and Navarro coming out to seemingly soften the blow of a bad jobs report?
lol, lmao, even.
February 11, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Hassett and Navarro were all over the place trying to set expectations for a bad jobs report.
Then the jobs report was good.
They had to know.
Which makes me wonder if they or their friends made some big bets on Polymarket.
Then the jobs report was good.
They had to know.
Which makes me wonder if they or their friends made some big bets on Polymarket.
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It’s interesting how we used to negotiate free trade agreements and now they’re just trade agreements. They are dropping the “free” from in front of lots of things these days: trade, speech, press, market, country.
Mike Johnson: "I think it's a big mistake. I don't think we need to go down the road of trying to limit the president's power while he is in the midst of negotiating America first trade agreements ... tariffs have done great for the economy"
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
It’s interesting how we used to negotiate free trade agreements and now they’re just trade agreements. They are dropping the “free” from in front of lots of things these days: trade, speech, press, market, country.
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Everyone is loving America's new hit game show Incompetence or Malice! Where we all get to figure out if whatever the government is doing that day is just out of sheer stupidity, or something far darker! You'll never be more on the edge of your seat!
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Everyone is loving America's new hit game show Incompetence or Malice! Where we all get to figure out if whatever the government is doing that day is just out of sheer stupidity, or something far darker! You'll never be more on the edge of your seat!
Oh, that is so cold.
As cold as Scott Adams.
As cold as Scott Adams.
Let's ask Scott Adams if ivermectin cures cancer.
Hang on. One sec. He's not picking up.
Hang on. One sec. He's not picking up.
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Oh, that is so cold.
As cold as Scott Adams.
As cold as Scott Adams.
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How very black history month to suddenly discover even more underground railroad
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 AM
How very black history month to suddenly discover even more underground railroad
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For people who don't follow the FDA closely: this is insane. Like my jaw hit the floor when I saw this. The FDA is flat out refusing to even consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine? The federal health apparatus is fully compromised by anti-vax conspiracy. THIS IS NUTS! BAD
Moderna hit with FDA refusal-to-file letter for mRNA flu shot, issues sharp rebuke of agency's rationale
During the first year of the Trump administration, signs of an anti-mRNA slant within the FDA and HHS became more and more evident. | The FDA specifically took issue with the trial's control arm, whic...
www.fiercebiotech.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 AM
For people who don't follow the FDA closely: this is insane. Like my jaw hit the floor when I saw this. The FDA is flat out refusing to even consider Moderna's application for a new flu vaccine? The federal health apparatus is fully compromised by anti-vax conspiracy. THIS IS NUTS! BAD
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Bill Bruford riffs on King Crimson and ‘Larks’ Tongues in Aspic’
YouTube video by Bill Bruford
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of?
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the statute that Jeanine Pirro reportedly tried to indict congressional Dems under, 18 USC 2387, was originally passed as part of the 1947 Smith Act, a notorious law used to clamp down on free speech during the Red Scare
They tried to prosecute members of Congress under the Smith Act. Absolute scenes
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
the statute that Jeanine Pirro reportedly tried to indict congressional Dems under, 18 USC 2387, was originally passed as part of the 1947 Smith Act, a notorious law used to clamp down on free speech during the Red Scare
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Do not let Linda trick you into giving her second breakfast.
February 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Do not let Linda trick you into giving her second breakfast.
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They call him "Money" for short
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 AM
They call him "Money" for short
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“There are things of which I may not speak;
There are dreams that cannot die;”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
#flowerfeed🌱
There are dreams that cannot die;”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
#flowerfeed🌱
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 AM
“There are things of which I may not speak;
There are dreams that cannot die;”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
#flowerfeed🌱
There are dreams that cannot die;”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
#flowerfeed🌱
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A reformed character, photographed this evening (so much more of a homebody these days).
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A reformed character, photographed this evening (so much more of a homebody these days).