Devin Shepherd
@devinshepherd.bsky.social
Increasingly convinced that the purpose of a system might in fact be what it does.
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My 2 cents on what the regime can and can’t actually accomplish is that people have been so surprised at what they have been able to accomplish, and so shocked at all the capitulating institutions, because everyone severely discounts the power of simply getting people to go along with make-believe.
January 17, 2026 at 7:18 PM
My 2 cents on what the regime can and can’t actually accomplish is that people have been so surprised at what they have been able to accomplish, and so shocked at all the capitulating institutions, because everyone severely discounts the power of simply getting people to go along with make-believe.
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I can’t get the face of this autistic woman out of my mind.
She was driving through an area where ICE was active when they forcibly removed her from her car. She was on her way to a brain injury clinic appointment. She screamed as they carried her away that she was autistic and had a brain injury.
She was driving through an area where ICE was active when they forcibly removed her from her car. She was on her way to a brain injury clinic appointment. She screamed as they carried her away that she was autistic and had a brain injury.
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I can’t get the face of this autistic woman out of my mind.
She was driving through an area where ICE was active when they forcibly removed her from her car. She was on her way to a brain injury clinic appointment. She screamed as they carried her away that she was autistic and had a brain injury.
She was driving through an area where ICE was active when they forcibly removed her from her car. She was on her way to a brain injury clinic appointment. She screamed as they carried her away that she was autistic and had a brain injury.
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No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.
January 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM
No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.
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I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
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Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Suspiciously asking my wife who's funding her anytime she criticizes me
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Trump: “I’m raising taxes on all Americans until Europe sells me Greenland. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Trump: "Starting Feb 1, all above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff. On June 1, it will be increased to 25%. It will be due until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
January 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Trump: “I’m raising taxes on all Americans until Europe sells me Greenland. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
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We could feed and educate our kids, house our neighbors, live longer, fuller, healthier lives, have time and space to create and rest and dream.
It should be this way and it can be this way, but we have to beat the fascists by demanding something better than our old, wretched status quo.
It should be this way and it can be this way, but we have to beat the fascists by demanding something better than our old, wretched status quo.
January 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
We could feed and educate our kids, house our neighbors, live longer, fuller, healthier lives, have time and space to create and rest and dream.
It should be this way and it can be this way, but we have to beat the fascists by demanding something better than our old, wretched status quo.
It should be this way and it can be this way, but we have to beat the fascists by demanding something better than our old, wretched status quo.
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Very curious what the long-term ripple effects of this ICE occupation will be. Many very privileged people have stepped up to prevent their own government from disappearing their non-white neighbors and have now confronted inequalities and social problems they never would have experienced firsthand.
January 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Very curious what the long-term ripple effects of this ICE occupation will be. Many very privileged people have stepped up to prevent their own government from disappearing their non-white neighbors and have now confronted inequalities and social problems they never would have experienced firsthand.
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Fraud is a serious crime that merits laying siege to an entire city and collectively punishing every immigrant from Somalia.
It's also a crime for which you can be pardoned and relieved of compensating your victims, so long as some of the money you stole finds its way to the president.
It's also a crime for which you can be pardoned and relieved of compensating your victims, so long as some of the money you stole finds its way to the president.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Fraud is a serious crime that merits laying siege to an entire city and collectively punishing every immigrant from Somalia.
It's also a crime for which you can be pardoned and relieved of compensating your victims, so long as some of the money you stole finds its way to the president.
It's also a crime for which you can be pardoned and relieved of compensating your victims, so long as some of the money you stole finds its way to the president.
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
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Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to hold his tariffs unconstitutional 🤔🤔🤔
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Mischief Toys is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking to hold his tariffs unconstitutional 🤔🤔🤔
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“Trump invaded Venezuela, kidnapped its president, stole a bunch of its oil, sold it, and stashed the money in banks in Qatar” is a stone-cold CLASSIC of this genre
The stuff in the GOP bill is some of the clearest ever examples of "if you explain what Republicans are doing in straightforward factual terms an otherwise under-informed normie will think you have entirely lost your mind and can't be trusted"
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 AM
“Trump invaded Venezuela, kidnapped its president, stole a bunch of its oil, sold it, and stashed the money in banks in Qatar” is a stone-cold CLASSIC of this genre
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"They make a wasteland and call it peace (ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant).”
- Tacitus.
www.ft.com/content/e98e...
- Tacitus.
www.ft.com/content/e98e...
Trump names Tony Blair, Jared Kushner and Marc Rowan to Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
US president will chair executive body that he says will guide reconstruction of war-ravaged enclave
www.ft.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
"They make a wasteland and call it peace (ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant).”
- Tacitus.
www.ft.com/content/e98e...
- Tacitus.
www.ft.com/content/e98e...
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The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The double pardon really gives away the game. Adriana Camberos started her second round of fraud just weeks after her first pardon. She was charged, convicted, imprisoned…and pardoned again. Trump supporters are permitted unlimited crimes, while the rest of us can get beaten by the secret police.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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"To sustain the latest iteration of the AI con, the industry relies on anthropomorphic sleight of hand – claiming that models “think,” “reason,” and “learn” to suggest cognitive abilities they demonstrably lack and may never develop."
(spoilers: they won't)
(spoilers: they won't)
Enjoyed writing this short but sweet [altho not necessarily in message] piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social w @irisvanrooij.bsky.social:
> While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype & stolen intellectual labor
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> While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype & stolen intellectual labor
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Tech companies want us to outsource all cognitive labor to their models. Instead, academics must defend universities by barring toxic, addictive AI technologies from classrooms, argue @olivia.science and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social .
bit.ly/48FNcJj
bit.ly/48FNcJj
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"To sustain the latest iteration of the AI con, the industry relies on anthropomorphic sleight of hand – claiming that models “think,” “reason,” and “learn” to suggest cognitive abilities they demonstrably lack and may never develop."
(spoilers: they won't)
(spoilers: they won't)
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The freaking TBI center is where she was going. Seems rather important!!!
Woman Seen Pulled from Car Speaks Out: 'Lucky to be alive'
Aliya Rahman "said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred."
She asked for a doctor and was taken to a detention center where she lost consciousness.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Aliya Rahman "said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred."
She asked for a doctor and was taken to a detention center where she lost consciousness.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
January 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The freaking TBI center is where she was going. Seems rather important!!!
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One thing you have to hand to Trump, he always lays it out for you. So many liberals have made it almost a hobby to twist things around into being complex and obviously not what you think it is, but Trump pops that bubble every single day. He just says it
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
One thing you have to hand to Trump, he always lays it out for you. So many liberals have made it almost a hobby to twist things around into being complex and obviously not what you think it is, but Trump pops that bubble every single day. He just says it
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This is what Neoliberal handwringing about 'Process' & 'Not Giving Them What They Want' gets you;
The Dictatorship steamrolls over you whilst both parties count their cash and their families stay safe.
The playbook never changes; and neither does the psychology of Liberals.
They are your enemy.
The Dictatorship steamrolls over you whilst both parties count their cash and their families stay safe.
The playbook never changes; and neither does the psychology of Liberals.
They are your enemy.
Trump Threatens Insurrection Act as Minnesota Protests Grow
President Donald Trump threatened to deploy US military forces to Minnesota in order to quell protests in response to violent encounters involving federal immigration agents.
www.bloomberg.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This is what Neoliberal handwringing about 'Process' & 'Not Giving Them What They Want' gets you;
The Dictatorship steamrolls over you whilst both parties count their cash and their families stay safe.
The playbook never changes; and neither does the psychology of Liberals.
They are your enemy.
The Dictatorship steamrolls over you whilst both parties count their cash and their families stay safe.
The playbook never changes; and neither does the psychology of Liberals.
They are your enemy.
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Among the problems with Gov. Walz’s approach:
1. The Administration and Trump will lie about peaceful things being violent, relentlessly, and the media will do a bad job calling it out.
2. ICE will murder peaceful people and the Trump Administration will endorse it.
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1. The Administration and Trump will lie about peaceful things being violent, relentlessly, and the media will do a bad job calling it out.
2. ICE will murder peaceful people and the Trump Administration will endorse it.
/1
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Among the problems with Gov. Walz’s approach:
1. The Administration and Trump will lie about peaceful things being violent, relentlessly, and the media will do a bad job calling it out.
2. ICE will murder peaceful people and the Trump Administration will endorse it.
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1. The Administration and Trump will lie about peaceful things being violent, relentlessly, and the media will do a bad job calling it out.
2. ICE will murder peaceful people and the Trump Administration will endorse it.
/1
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The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
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