Shane O’Donnell
@jester2000.bsky.social
Licensed Massage Therapist — Red Cross Instructor — Long Distance Hiker (Jester) — Cheese Lover
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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A reminder to reporters (and others): The Epstein files bill seeks to compel a step Trump could voluntarily take at any time.
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A reminder to reporters (and others): The Epstein files bill seeks to compel a step Trump could voluntarily take at any time.
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
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It’s like a history lesson.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It’s like a history lesson.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
This just in:
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This just in:
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
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The government shutdown was painful for many people but at least we all got… we got the… there was talk about healthcare… and when the Republicans want to take more stuff… uh… they can?
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The government shutdown was painful for many people but at least we all got… we got the… there was talk about healthcare… and when the Republicans want to take more stuff… uh… they can?
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When your philosophy is that you must be seen to fight every battle, you end up dying on almost every hill. They see even the tiniest insult as intolerable and cannot see past it to any broader strategy. It is turning out to be a massive weakness, but they still see it as projecting strength.
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
When your philosophy is that you must be seen to fight every battle, you end up dying on almost every hill. They see even the tiniest insult as intolerable and cannot see past it to any broader strategy. It is turning out to be a massive weakness, but they still see it as projecting strength.
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Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS.
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS as Gorsuch warns of a "one-way ratchet" in presidential powers
Kavanaugh stood out in defense of the administration, but even his questions started lagging as the day wore on.
www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS.
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
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There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
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These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump Hosts 'Great Gatsby' Halloween Bash on Eve of SNAP Crisis
In the midst of a crisis concerning Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding, President Donald Trump held a “Great Gatsby”-themed Halloween celebration at his Mar-a-Lago resort. The ev...
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November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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"Wife mad at you? DEI." is phenomenal work.
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"Wife mad at you? DEI." is phenomenal work.
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The students of Saint Joseph Catholic school in Hanover apologized, saying they didn‘t realize the significance of the float and that it won’t be used again in part because they now understand it is inappropriate and in part because it is running third for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine
Evidently there was an Auschwitz-themed float in a Halloween parade in Pennsylvania.
The float was for a Catholic school, and to their credit the church immediately disavowed it.
Thing is, I don’t think high school kids did this entirely on their own. I’m guessing parents had to be involved.
The float was for a Catholic school, and to their credit the church immediately disavowed it.
Thing is, I don’t think high school kids did this entirely on their own. I’m guessing parents had to be involved.
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The students of Saint Joseph Catholic school in Hanover apologized, saying they didn‘t realize the significance of the float and that it won’t be used again in part because they now understand it is inappropriate and in part because it is running third for the Democratic Senate nomination in Maine
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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This dismissal opinion on a failed ICE arrest that @seamushughes.bsky.social found is worth reading in its entirety. Come for the debunking of DHS "fiction," stay for the snark about wiener dog, but definitely take time to read the 18 USC 111 analysis.
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![The sworn affidavit submitted in support of the Criminal Complaint in this matter tells a
very different—and largely fictional—story. For example, Special Agent Steven Fuentes of ICE,
HSI, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) swore to the following:
On June 20, 2025, [HSI, ICE-ERO, and TxDPS] were conducting
surveillance at a residence on Benrus, in San Antonio, Texas, in the Western
District of Texas. Database checks indicated that Jaime Albert
QUINTANILLA-Chavez, with a Final Order of Removal from an
Immigration Judge, was residing at the above address. At approximately
0715 a.m., QUINTANILLA exited the residence and entered a white Dodge
Ram. The Dodge Ram was towing a trailer containing construction
equipment. Both license plates for the truck and trailer were expired.
ECF No. 1 ¶ 2 (emphasis added). Fuentes also swore that (1) the Defendant refused to “follow any
commands”; (2) after the Defendant was blocked in between the officers’ vehicles, he was given
“multiple verbal commands to exit the vehicle”; and (3) the Defendant “fought the law
enforcement officers.” Id. ¶¶ 3–4. Fuentes further testified at the preliminary hearing that the
Defendant was surveilled (and taken into custody) because he was subject to a Final Order of
Removal from an Immigration Judge. See ECF No. 12, 6/26 Preliminary Hr’g Tr. at 4:20–25.
Despite HSI’s sworn statement to the Magistrate Judge that the vehicle was stopped
because of expired license plates, the Assistant U.S. Attorney conceded at a bond hearing in July
2025 that Fuentes had “misrepresented what was going on.” ECF No. 29, 7/10 Hr’g Tr. at 8:12–](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreie6x3oqkmgiyywtsyowz35tyuqw2ra27hpaxj2h2npzdlaskrurjm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This dismissal opinion on a failed ICE arrest that @seamushughes.bsky.social found is worth reading in its entirety. Come for the debunking of DHS "fiction," stay for the snark about wiener dog, but definitely take time to read the 18 USC 111 analysis.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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dont forget to check your drugs for halloween candy this weekend
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
dont forget to check your drugs for halloween candy this weekend
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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If you are still talking to and spending time with your MAGA friends and family, ask yourself why.
They want this, don’t honor that behavior with your time and energy.
Please cut them the fuck off like the demented Nazi fucks they are.
Here’s some screams for courage. 💔
They want this, don’t honor that behavior with your time and energy.
Please cut them the fuck off like the demented Nazi fucks they are.
Here’s some screams for courage. 💔
10/27/25😢 ICE abducted Jaykie Funez Andrade, mother/Legal Resident, driving daughter to school for lack of SS memorized. (HARRISONBURG, VA)🇺🇸🤬
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you are still talking to and spending time with your MAGA friends and family, ask yourself why.
They want this, don’t honor that behavior with your time and energy.
Please cut them the fuck off like the demented Nazi fucks they are.
Here’s some screams for courage. 💔
They want this, don’t honor that behavior with your time and energy.
Please cut them the fuck off like the demented Nazi fucks they are.
Here’s some screams for courage. 💔
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John oliver did a great video on weiss m.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
John oliver did a great video on weiss m.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
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ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF NON-STOP SCREAMING IS RIGHT FOR YOU
October 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
ASK YOUR DOCTOR IF NON-STOP SCREAMING IS RIGHT FOR YOU
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This 2017 HuffPo piece contains more wisdom & insight on current politics than 1000000 consultant polling reports.
I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People
Our disagreement is not merely political, but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society.
www.huffpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This 2017 HuffPo piece contains more wisdom & insight on current politics than 1000000 consultant polling reports.
How did nobody demand a security deposit before they let him move into the White House?
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
How did nobody demand a security deposit before they let him move into the White House?
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Jimmy Carter watched over 480 movies in the White House movie theater during his presidency, a lot of them all time bangers
(List here gizmodo.com/every-single...)
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October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Jimmy Carter watched over 480 movies in the White House movie theater during his presidency, a lot of them all time bangers
(List here gizmodo.com/every-single...)
(List here gizmodo.com/every-single...)
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Thank you for being a lunatic during this difficult time.
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thank you for being a lunatic during this difficult time.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.