Lurkeylootoo #twinja
@lurkeyloo.bsky.social
#twinja, reader of fantasy, history and memoir, trekkie, foodie, liker of academic content/ interesting feeds, lover of cats and other creatures
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@selina3sticks.bsky.social need a book/ series recommendation. Craving Alice Hoffman/Deborah Harkness witchy, historic, descriptions of plants. That sort of thing. Read both of their big series.
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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Newly asserting that it's seditious to defy "MY" orders.
That their illegality is immaterial, or up to trump and his pocket scotus to determine.
Any defiance of trump, not even of the presidential office, but of him personally, is automatically a crime in this new formulation. L'etat c'est moi.
That their illegality is immaterial, or up to trump and his pocket scotus to determine.
Any defiance of trump, not even of the presidential office, but of him personally, is automatically a crime in this new formulation. L'etat c'est moi.
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Newly asserting that it's seditious to defy "MY" orders.
That their illegality is immaterial, or up to trump and his pocket scotus to determine.
Any defiance of trump, not even of the presidential office, but of him personally, is automatically a crime in this new formulation. L'etat c'est moi.
That their illegality is immaterial, or up to trump and his pocket scotus to determine.
Any defiance of trump, not even of the presidential office, but of him personally, is automatically a crime in this new formulation. L'etat c'est moi.
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tbf, this is Trump's entire schtick
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
tbf, this is Trump's entire schtick
This assessment of Home Alone will have you rethinking a lot about two beloved Christmas films.
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This assessment of Home Alone will have you rethinking a lot about two beloved Christmas films.
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"We show that American cable TV news emphasizes race, crime, gender, and other 'culture war' issues," far more than do politicians' campaign ads. Incentives explain: cable shows compete with entertainment programming for viewers, while politicians value messages that peel away marginal voters.
The business of the culture war - Marginal REVOLUTION
We show that American cable television news emphasizes race, crime, gender, and other “culture war” issues. These issues are less prominent in broadcast news and appear in only a small fraction of pol...
marginalrevolution.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"We show that American cable TV news emphasizes race, crime, gender, and other 'culture war' issues," far more than do politicians' campaign ads. Incentives explain: cable shows compete with entertainment programming for viewers, while politicians value messages that peel away marginal voters.
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KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to the Indigenous communities in the area.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
revealnews.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to the Indigenous communities in the area.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
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We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
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Omg he’s doubling down and still using anonymous sources and it’s even worse because he implied Ukraine actually contributed to this one sided plan! My god make it stop
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Omg he’s doubling down and still using anonymous sources and it’s even worse because he implied Ukraine actually contributed to this one sided plan! My god make it stop
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Axios absolutely got played
As Michael Weiss showed yesterday, Kirill Dmitriev used Axios to manufacture the illusion of a serious Ukraine “peace plan” -- when it was just a Russian wish list
The result: absolute chaos in DC, Kyiv, and European capitals
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
As Michael Weiss showed yesterday, Kirill Dmitriev used Axios to manufacture the illusion of a serious Ukraine “peace plan” -- when it was just a Russian wish list
The result: absolute chaos in DC, Kyiv, and European capitals
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Axios absolutely got played
As Michael Weiss showed yesterday, Kirill Dmitriev used Axios to manufacture the illusion of a serious Ukraine “peace plan” -- when it was just a Russian wish list
The result: absolute chaos in DC, Kyiv, and European capitals
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
As Michael Weiss showed yesterday, Kirill Dmitriev used Axios to manufacture the illusion of a serious Ukraine “peace plan” -- when it was just a Russian wish list
The result: absolute chaos in DC, Kyiv, and European capitals
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
They're play acting like celebrities instead of public servants.
FBI's Patel, Homeland Security's Noem attend Las Vegas Grand Prix reut.rs/3KksEMq
FBI's Patel, Homeland Security's Noem attend Las Vegas Grand Prix
FBI Director Kash Patel and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were in attendance at the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, arriving on the red carpet with Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali before touring the paddock and McLaren's garage.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
They're play acting like celebrities instead of public servants.
I don't follow Nichols but good to know this still.
Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I don't follow Nichols but good to know this still.
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Reading this as a historian of a period when women regularly wrote farewell letters to their families before giving birth because they knew how dangerous it was, and knowing how grateful they would have been for reliable medical care and medicine, makes me want to scream in frustration
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Reading this as a historian of a period when women regularly wrote farewell letters to their families before giving birth because they knew how dangerous it was, and knowing how grateful they would have been for reliable medical care and medicine, makes me want to scream in frustration
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Taps the sign.
The real horseshoe theory is a bunch of people in our politics have been hit in the head by a fucking horseshoe.
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Taps the sign.
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
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if you want to check out ryan lizza’s apologia to make you forget he had to leave his job over a #metoo scandal don’t pay him read it here
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
if you want to check out ryan lizza’s apologia to make you forget he had to leave his job over a #metoo scandal don’t pay him read it here
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This is actually a thing called the specificity principle! www.phoenix.gov/content/dam/....
www.phoenix.gov
November 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is actually a thing called the specificity principle! www.phoenix.gov/content/dam/....
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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“‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism” 11/18/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism” 11/18/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism” 11/18/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism” 11/18/25 … 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty.
Can AI translate Native languages in times of disaster? - High Country News
In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty.
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"Local reports warn that if a big earthquake were to strike densely populated cities like Tehran, Shiraz, or Tabriz, millions of people could be killed under the rubble of construction sites and high-rise apartments"
Iran Faces Widespread Land Subsidence Amid Escalating Water Emergency
In many Iranian cities, the ground is sinking due to land subsidence caused by the excessive extraction of water resources, putting lives and livelihoods at serious risk.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Local reports warn that if a big earthquake were to strike densely populated cities like Tehran, Shiraz, or Tabriz, millions of people could be killed under the rubble of construction sites and high-rise apartments"
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
Who does he think he is? Insubordination? Really?
"Trump called the inquiry about Khashoggi from ABC News reporter Mary Bruce a “horrible, insubordinate and just a terrible question,” adding that “I think the license should be taken away from ABC, because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong.”"
"Trump called the inquiry about Khashoggi from ABC News reporter Mary Bruce a “horrible, insubordinate and just a terrible question,” adding that “I think the license should be taken away from ABC, because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong.”"
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Who does he think he is? Insubordination? Really?
"Trump called the inquiry about Khashoggi from ABC News reporter Mary Bruce a “horrible, insubordinate and just a terrible question,” adding that “I think the license should be taken away from ABC, because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong.”"
"Trump called the inquiry about Khashoggi from ABC News reporter Mary Bruce a “horrible, insubordinate and just a terrible question,” adding that “I think the license should be taken away from ABC, because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong.”"
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If anyone thinks it is asinine that McDonalds asked this expired hamburger of a human being to speak at their summit, please do write to them and let them know.
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Contact Us: What's on Your Mind | McDonald's
McDonald’s wants your feedback! Contact us today with your questions, concerns, or leave a McDonald’s review.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If anyone thinks it is asinine that McDonalds asked this expired hamburger of a human being to speak at their summit, please do write to them and let them know.
www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/fee...
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