Michael A. Kellar ⚪🌹
@michaelakellar.bsky.social
Mechanical Engineer (Ret.), Writer, Artist, 🔞
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These are my recommendations for anyone who wants to make a plan to resist a Trump Dictatorship:
- First: Do a little light reading. Pick up 'On Tyranny' by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. The Twenty Points Snyder outlines are your starting point. The plan is what you create using it.
- First: Do a little light reading. Pick up 'On Tyranny' by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. The Twenty Points Snyder outlines are your starting point. The plan is what you create using it.
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Modi and Xi forge strong new ties as Trump shreds America's relations with India over Nobel Prize lies. Yet again, China reaps huge gains through Trump's inept and corrupt conduct. www.ft.com/content/890c...
Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties
Donald Trump’s trade war drives a rapprochement between the world’s two most populous countries
www.ft.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Modi and Xi forge strong new ties as Trump shreds America's relations with India over Nobel Prize lies. Yet again, China reaps huge gains through Trump's inept and corrupt conduct. www.ft.com/content/890c...
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What a POS
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire).
But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
August 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What a POS
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Absurd and outrageous map would lead to a 7-1 GOP margin in a state that is often split about 60-40 GOP by creating an absurd district 5 that spans about two thirds of the way across the state, 200 miles from West to East
Oppose this.
Oppose this.
Missouri governor calls lawmakers back to Capitol to gerrymander congressional map
• Missouri Independent missouriindependent.com/2025/08/29/m...
• Missouri Independent missouriindependent.com/2025/08/29/m...
August 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Absurd and outrageous map would lead to a 7-1 GOP margin in a state that is often split about 60-40 GOP by creating an absurd district 5 that spans about two thirds of the way across the state, 200 miles from West to East
Oppose this.
Oppose this.
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This is an unconstitutional and authoritarian power grab.
The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.
The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.
President Trump said late Saturday that he would issue an executive order to require voter identification for all U.S. elections, a continuation of his efforts to overhaul the nation’s election laws, which he has long attacked and falsely blamed for his 2020 election loss.
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.
He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots. The Constitution doesn’t give the president explicit authority over election law.
nyti.ms
August 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is an unconstitutional and authoritarian power grab.
The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.
The constitution grants power over federal elections to the states and Congress - not the president.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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The Trump plan for Gaza includes the relocation of the entire population - 2 million people - a US “trusteeship” and the creation of a tourism and tech hub.
Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population
President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Trump plan for Gaza includes the relocation of the entire population - 2 million people - a US “trusteeship” and the creation of a tourism and tech hub.
Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
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This is a great time to remind everyone that EOs aren’t laws, the federal government doesn’t manage voting in this way, and it’s all a scare tactic and any reporting that doesn’t provide that context is enabling potentially lawless activity.
Trump declares intention to issue an Executive Order mandating Voter ID for all votes, restricts mail-in voting to exceptions, and insists on paper ballots only.
August 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is a great time to remind everyone that EOs aren’t laws, the federal government doesn’t manage voting in this way, and it’s all a scare tactic and any reporting that doesn’t provide that context is enabling potentially lawless activity.
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“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
August 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
CEOs are a curse on humanity....
Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek, literally stealing treats from a child.
Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek, literally stealing treats from a child.
Polish CEO’s company review bombed after stealing hat from a child at tennis game - Dexerto
Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek stole a hat that was meant for a child at the U.S. Open, resulting in massive backlash against his company.
www.dexerto.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
CEOs are a curse on humanity....
Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek, literally stealing treats from a child.
Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek, literally stealing treats from a child.
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Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
I am lightly horrified by how many people have now looked up their books and found out their publishers (who often were required contractually!!!!) just... didn't register the copyrights on books. Not all of them! Just sporadically!
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
This is not just one publisher, I've seen all the big ones now.
Today is the day authors are learning how many of their publishers straight up blew off registering copyright and I feel like that deserves a class action suit of its own if it costs everyone their settlement money from the Anthropic suit... 😒🤬
August 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Authors: If you found out that your publisher(s) failed to register with the U.S. Copyright Office, we can help. We provide ongoing legal assistance to our members and advocate for their work, particularly in the face of ongoing AI-related theft.
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The Trump administration is undertaking an unprecedented strategy to try to undermine our elections. They are doing so by rewriting election rules, targeting election officials, supporting election deniers, and retreating from protecting voting rights. bit.ly/4l1lUPP
The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
www.brennancenter.org
August 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Trump administration is undertaking an unprecedented strategy to try to undermine our elections. They are doing so by rewriting election rules, targeting election officials, supporting election deniers, and retreating from protecting voting rights. bit.ly/4l1lUPP
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Saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Rossiter, who told the stories of the many forgotten and underappreciated women of science.
Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering.
RIP, Margaret.
Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering.
RIP, Margaret.
Margaret W. Rossiter, 81, Dies; Wrote Women Scientists Into History
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Rossiter, who told the stories of the many forgotten and underappreciated women of science.
Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering.
RIP, Margaret.
Like many women of her generation, she survived academia by developing a tough exterior, but her support for jr women, myself included, was unwavering.
RIP, Margaret.
Most people dream of him in an early grave. I'd prefer to see him hale and hearty, and enjoying the inside a prison cell after being removed from office.
August 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Most people dream of him in an early grave. I'd prefer to see him hale and hearty, and enjoying the inside a prison cell after being removed from office.
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Live your life such that everyone doesn’t spend ten solid years planning the rager they’re going to throw when you die.
August 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Live your life such that everyone doesn’t spend ten solid years planning the rager they’re going to throw when you die.
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Trump has not made any public appearances in the last several days. His public schedule shows no public events or appearances scheduled on August 29 and 30.
Makes you wonder…
Makes you wonder…
August 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Trump has not made any public appearances in the last several days. His public schedule shows no public events or appearances scheduled on August 29 and 30.
Makes you wonder…
Makes you wonder…
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The Guardian is finally saying it: It’s all about the racism. No “both sides.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Racist as hell’: Trump’s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials
President’s targeting of Fed governor Lisa Cook highlights his efforts to remove diverse voices from government
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Guardian is finally saying it: It’s all about the racism. No “both sides.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This would certainly fail me... I find it very hard to do eye contact in conversations (and incidentally, this is just digitizing a common prejudice that has been used as a bogus indicator of "truthfulness" by police and recruiters alike, for years). #AI #biometrics
“Some hiring technologies incl. features to measure applicants’ biometric data, like vocal cadence or eye contact, during video or audio interviews. That can result in bias against disabled people, incl. autistic & blind individuals, said [@arianaaboulafia.bsky.social]."
AI Hiring Tools Elevate Bias Danger for Autistic Job Applicants
AI-enabled interview tools and algorithmic personality tests risk employment discrimination against autistic job seekers as the technology weighs criteria that can disadvantage neurodivergent candidates.
news.bloomberglaw.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This would certainly fail me... I find it very hard to do eye contact in conversations (and incidentally, this is just digitizing a common prejudice that has been used as a bogus indicator of "truthfulness" by police and recruiters alike, for years). #AI #biometrics
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Alan Dershowitz has become a querulous, lawless buffoon and serial abuser of the legal system. This lawsuit was indefensible and a contemptible example of the sentiment “I am famous and important, you can’t disrespect me.”
JUST IN: 11th Circuit upholds dismissal of Alan Dershowitz's libel suit against CNN over his remarks during 1st Trump impeachment about scope of presidents' immunity for official acts. 3-0. Grant (Trump), Lagoa (Trump), Wilson (Clinton). Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DershCNNCA11Opn082925
www.documentcloud.org
August 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Alan Dershowitz has become a querulous, lawless buffoon and serial abuser of the legal system. This lawsuit was indefensible and a contemptible example of the sentiment “I am famous and important, you can’t disrespect me.”
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Joni Ernst, who cast key vote on Hegseth, vandalizes U.S. military and walks away.
Iowa’s Joni Ernst won’t seek reelection next year.
Iowa’s Joni Ernst won’t seek reelection next year
The Republican's decision comes in a red-leaning state Democrats hope to target.
www.politico.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Joni Ernst, who cast key vote on Hegseth, vandalizes U.S. military and walks away.
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I’m so grateful that I have tenure and the academic freedom to call it like I see it. “Dr. Kathleen Bachynski, a professor of public health at Muhlenberg College, described Kennedy’s comments as “absolute gibberish” and slammed the HHS secretary as a “dangerous buffoon” who is “threatening us all.”
RFK Jr. targets CDC with a ridiculous complaint as chaos grips the agency
As Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. targets the CDC with nonsense, a growing number of Senate Democrats are demanding his resignation.
www.msnbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’m so grateful that I have tenure and the academic freedom to call it like I see it. “Dr. Kathleen Bachynski, a professor of public health at Muhlenberg College, described Kennedy’s comments as “absolute gibberish” and slammed the HHS secretary as a “dangerous buffoon” who is “threatening us all.”
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He rose to power through crying about censorship from the medical establishment.
And now Vinay Prasad is spending his time as an FDA official censoring his critics.
And now Vinay Prasad is spending his time as an FDA official censoring his critics.
My YouTube channel has like 300 followers and 99% of it is just videos of our medical establishment.
Today, I learned they are trying to censor me, instead of doing their job.
Today, I learned they are trying to censor me, instead of doing their job.
August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
He rose to power through crying about censorship from the medical establishment.
And now Vinay Prasad is spending his time as an FDA official censoring his critics.
And now Vinay Prasad is spending his time as an FDA official censoring his critics.