Nshrubs
@nshrubs.bsky.social
Ex-Arizonan mostly in Seattle. Don't mess with public schools, the environment, or my goddamned uterus. Find me elsewhere @Nshrubs@mstdn.social
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We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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One thing I apparently didn't learn in law school is that "checks and balances" means the Executive can issue a secret memorandum authorizing it to sign its own warrants to search people's homes and seize people and items within them.
Gosh, who knew?
Gosh, who knew?
January 23, 2026 at 1:13 AM
One thing I apparently didn't learn in law school is that "checks and balances" means the Executive can issue a secret memorandum authorizing it to sign its own warrants to search people's homes and seize people and items within them.
Gosh, who knew?
Gosh, who knew?
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HHS has just announced that the U.S. has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
Among the grievances cited as justification for the move, HHS complains that the WHO disfavors the COVID-19 lab leak conspiracy theory.
Among the grievances cited as justification for the move, HHS complains that the WHO disfavors the COVID-19 lab leak conspiracy theory.
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 AM
HHS has just announced that the U.S. has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
Among the grievances cited as justification for the move, HHS complains that the WHO disfavors the COVID-19 lab leak conspiracy theory.
Among the grievances cited as justification for the move, HHS complains that the WHO disfavors the COVID-19 lab leak conspiracy theory.
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Spanberger dismissing Youngkin's education appointees was an important move. It will require actions that look partisan and political to restore nonpartisanship, competency and merit to government. (MAGA must be purged.) newrepublic.com/article/2054...
Abigail Spanberger’s First Move as Virginia Gov. Was a Masterstroke
Even moderate Democrats can be boldly anti-MAGA. Other centrist Democrats should follow her example.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Spanberger dismissing Youngkin's education appointees was an important move. It will require actions that look partisan and political to restore nonpartisanship, competency and merit to government. (MAGA must be purged.) newrepublic.com/article/2054...
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"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM
"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
"Two of them are high-schoolers.
"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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HEY CONGRESSMAN. THIS YOU?
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
HEY CONGRESSMAN. THIS YOU?
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Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
January 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
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I can't recall a time in my life when the Senate's Democratic leader was so embarrassing and pathetic.
January 19, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I can't recall a time in my life when the Senate's Democratic leader was so embarrassing and pathetic.
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January in Seattle this year. 🤪#wawx
January 19, 2026 at 10:23 PM
January in Seattle this year. 🤪#wawx
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Minneapolis/Saint Paul neighborhoods are everything that people pretend small towns are. The local library has a “block party kit” you can take out to shut down your block. You walk to your local stores & you know the barista’s name. Neighbors take care of each other
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Minneapolis/Saint Paul neighborhoods are everything that people pretend small towns are. The local library has a “block party kit” you can take out to shut down your block. You walk to your local stores & you know the barista’s name. Neighbors take care of each other
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Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.
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Here's our story @taskandpurpose.com on NORAD going out of its way to stress aircraft heading to Greenland are on a routine mission. taskandpurpose.com/news/norad-g...
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Here's our story @taskandpurpose.com on NORAD going out of its way to stress aircraft heading to Greenland are on a routine mission. taskandpurpose.com/news/norad-g...
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BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
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Nice!!
Iowa Republicans lost their supermajority in the state Senate last year, which means they can no longer confirm appointees of Governor Kim Reynolds on a party-line vote.
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats
The party secured strong gains reminiscent of 2017, our annual review of state legislative results shows. They won multiple new seats in New Jersey, Virginia, Iowa, and Mississippi.
boltsmag.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Nice!!
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www.tiktok.com/t/ZThkvqXDL/
Hideous
Hideous
A dancing demonstrator who was dressed in a fox mask was slammed to the ground and taken away by federal agents during protest activity outside the Whipple Federal Building in St Paul, Minnesota. #new...
TikTok video by Newsweek
www.tiktok.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:06 PM
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThkvqXDL/
Hideous
Hideous
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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
Gestapo-ICE currently has multiple groups down in Renton, #Seattle. Silver Subarus, silver Hyundais, black Dodges with no front plates.
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Gestapo-ICE currently has multiple groups down in Renton, #Seattle. Silver Subarus, silver Hyundais, black Dodges with no front plates.
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Tim and I are demoralized by Trump’s progress in destroying the liberal order and liberal democracy at home. We’re infuriated by the collaboration of the Republican Party, and of elites in general. Yet Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us—we shall overcome…someday.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
Bill Kristol: Trump Is Humiliating Us
The president's demented rant that the United States has to take Greenland because the Nobel committee has not awarded him his much coveted peace prize is farcical and embarrassing—we are in 25th Amen...
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Tim and I are demoralized by Trump’s progress in destroying the liberal order and liberal democracy at home. We’re infuriated by the collaboration of the Republican Party, and of elites in general. Yet Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us—we shall overcome…someday.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bill-krist...
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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"the most widely accepted definition of the working class" !!!! wow my eyes just bulged out of my head lol
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"the most widely accepted definition of the working class" !!!! wow my eyes just bulged out of my head lol
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
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Kinda funny that Trump thinks "asylum" means other countries send people from insane asylums, and a) this is real life, not a ham-handed Idiocracy-type satire, b) he has surely been corrected several times but is incapable of updating his priors, & c) most media politely agree not to mention it.
January 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Kinda funny that Trump thinks "asylum" means other countries send people from insane asylums, and a) this is real life, not a ham-handed Idiocracy-type satire, b) he has surely been corrected several times but is incapable of updating his priors, & c) most media politely agree not to mention it.
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“You know, I’m a Marine Corps veteran.”
“I don’t care what you are.”
“I don’t care what you are.”
'"YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK"', has a WHOLE new meaning under #Trumpism. 🗽
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM
“You know, I’m a Marine Corps veteran.”
“I don’t care what you are.”
“I don’t care what you are.”
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Mocking a disabled reporter should have been the last straw, but yeah. This too.
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Mocking a disabled reporter should have been the last straw, but yeah. This too.