Elektra
@elektrac.bsky.social
Former academic philosopher, autodidact, and aspiring psychiatrist who can’t stop asking questions about where the mind meets society.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Wait, she's from Squirrel Hill (as I am)? She grew up on Beechwood Blvd, and went to Shadyside Academy?! Oh God. The most depressing thing about the last ten years is finding out that the kind of people who were bullies growing up are still bullies now, and you still have to deal with them. UGH
Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line
This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...
paydayreport.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wait, she's from Squirrel Hill (as I am)? She grew up on Beechwood Blvd, and went to Shadyside Academy?! Oh God. The most depressing thing about the last ten years is finding out that the kind of people who were bullies growing up are still bullies now, and you still have to deal with them. UGH
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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i honestly am more surprised on a daily basis about the rightwing authoritarian capture of our entire media apparatus than i am of our political one. the latter makes more sense given the last 20 years but the media being so entirely fucked in every way is killing me
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
i honestly am more surprised on a daily basis about the rightwing authoritarian capture of our entire media apparatus than i am of our political one. the latter makes more sense given the last 20 years but the media being so entirely fucked in every way is killing me
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RFK Jr. Greets Trick-Or-Treaters With Big Bowl Of Ape Glands https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-greets-trick-or-treaters-with-big-bowl-of-ape-glands/
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
RFK Jr. Greets Trick-Or-Treaters With Big Bowl Of Ape Glands https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-greets-trick-or-treaters-with-big-bowl-of-ape-glands/
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Gonna talk in entomology class today about how Jewish scientists forced to work in Nazi concentration camps secretly sent fake vaccines to the eastern front and managed to kill 4,000 Nazis with typhus.
Vaccine subterfuge: How vaccine-makers fooled the Nazis from inside a concentration camp lab
Confined first at Auschwitz then Buchenwald, a Jewish microbiologist conspired with a ragtag team of scientists and rebels to send dud typhus vaccines to the German soldiers on the eastern front.
www.gavi.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Gonna talk in entomology class today about how Jewish scientists forced to work in Nazi concentration camps secretly sent fake vaccines to the eastern front and managed to kill 4,000 Nazis with typhus.
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This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This lawsuit, which demands that the House of Representatives finally seat Rep. Adelita Grijalva, has, um, fairly major implications for our democracy's survival in 2026 and beyond. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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This really is a GREAT sign!
October 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This really is a GREAT sign!
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October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
October 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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PORTLAND IS ON FIRE
October 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
PORTLAND IS ON FIRE
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
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The America we used to live in—the America we want to think we live in—is gone.
We’ll have to build again.
We’ll have to build again.
October 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The America we used to live in—the America we want to think we live in—is gone.
We’ll have to build again.
We’ll have to build again.
October 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted “no one has died” as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts. In Myanmar, the grieving father of a 2-year-old boy who died after their food rations were cut calls such claims a lie.
I'm not a doctor, but he appears to have had a focal seizure, or perhaps a TIA. People seem to think that just because it happened while he was saying something illegal and outrageous, it was him thinking better of it. This is Stephan Miller, people! www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-cs...
Stephen Miller STOPS COLD On CNN After Letting Trump’s Plans Slip Out Live
YouTube video by WatchlistTYT
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October 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I'm not a doctor, but he appears to have had a focal seizure, or perhaps a TIA. People seem to think that just because it happened while he was saying something illegal and outrageous, it was him thinking better of it. This is Stephan Miller, people! www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-cs...
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Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
wapo.st
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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