Orion Kidder
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Folks, it was just a matter of time before this Twitter clone turned into Twitter. Even before Elon, it was a trash fire. I was already thinking of winding down my presence, here. An ICE-friendly social-media platform is not for me.
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Labour really thinks we are all stupid.
Here’s the Digital ID push again, this time to ‘protect children’.
They will need to prove their age to access Social media, Chatbots and VPNs.
Which means EVERYONE will need to prove their age. Meaning your privacy is over.
#Privacy
Here’s the Digital ID push again, this time to ‘protect children’.
They will need to prove their age to access Social media, Chatbots and VPNs.
Which means EVERYONE will need to prove their age. Meaning your privacy is over.
#Privacy
February 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Labour really thinks we are all stupid.
Here’s the Digital ID push again, this time to ‘protect children’.
They will need to prove their age to access Social media, Chatbots and VPNs.
Which means EVERYONE will need to prove their age. Meaning your privacy is over.
#Privacy
Here’s the Digital ID push again, this time to ‘protect children’.
They will need to prove their age to access Social media, Chatbots and VPNs.
Which means EVERYONE will need to prove their age. Meaning your privacy is over.
#Privacy
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When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism.
A few suggestions...
A few suggestions...
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All the discourse about Manga dominance of US/UK comic shelves seems to miss out survivorship bias.
The Manga we get isn't randomly selected.
The success isn't in the Manga formula (altho' much better digital presentation).
It's cos we get the best of western friendly and don't see the worst.
The Manga we get isn't randomly selected.
The success isn't in the Manga formula (altho' much better digital presentation).
It's cos we get the best of western friendly and don't see the worst.
February 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
All the discourse about Manga dominance of US/UK comic shelves seems to miss out survivorship bias.
The Manga we get isn't randomly selected.
The success isn't in the Manga formula (altho' much better digital presentation).
It's cos we get the best of western friendly and don't see the worst.
The Manga we get isn't randomly selected.
The success isn't in the Manga formula (altho' much better digital presentation).
It's cos we get the best of western friendly and don't see the worst.
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Pack the Supreme Court. Impeach all members who lied under oath during their confirmation hearings.
February 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Pack the Supreme Court. Impeach all members who lied under oath during their confirmation hearings.
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"Surge pricing via facial recognition" - any dystopian sci-fi novel warned us of this torment nexus, or is this a new and exciting man-made horror beyond comprehension?
(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
"Surge pricing via facial recognition" - any dystopian sci-fi novel warned us of this torment nexus, or is this a new and exciting man-made horror beyond comprehension?
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“She’s not from here.”
February 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
“She’s not from here.”
Speaking as an "Orion," this got ~weird~ at the end.
Apparently the new model tells them to touch grass and they are not digging it
February 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Speaking as an "Orion," this got ~weird~ at the end.
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The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
February 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The entire UK diplomatic budget is about £1.4 billion a year. That’s pretty much precisely 0.1% of government spending.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
BBC World Service is about £0.25 billion (it should be higher), or 0.02%.
These are rounding errors on rounding errors. Double each and public expenditure wouldn’t twitch.
Mad.
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The BBC World Service is less than two months away from its funding running out.
What on earth is going on?
What on earth is going on?
February 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The BBC World Service is less than two months away from its funding running out.
What on earth is going on?
What on earth is going on?
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NO MORE GIVING HUGE CORPORATIONS ALL OF OUR PERSONAL INFO JUST TO PARTICIPATE!!
This has to be a major part of how we move forward and should be a major part of any leftist movement.
I can’t stress this enough!! It has to be taken as seriously as the fight against AI.
This has to be a major part of how we move forward and should be a major part of any leftist movement.
I can’t stress this enough!! It has to be taken as seriously as the fight against AI.
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
NO MORE GIVING HUGE CORPORATIONS ALL OF OUR PERSONAL INFO JUST TO PARTICIPATE!!
This has to be a major part of how we move forward and should be a major part of any leftist movement.
I can’t stress this enough!! It has to be taken as seriously as the fight against AI.
This has to be a major part of how we move forward and should be a major part of any leftist movement.
I can’t stress this enough!! It has to be taken as seriously as the fight against AI.
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When I saw so many open source projects move to having discords over having a forum, my engagement with a lot of them went down.
I noticed less documentation being written, and less info I could search. Why would I want to ask to joint a discord server just to tinker with a repository?
I noticed less documentation being written, and less info I could search. Why would I want to ask to joint a discord server just to tinker with a repository?
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
When I saw so many open source projects move to having discords over having a forum, my engagement with a lot of them went down.
I noticed less documentation being written, and less info I could search. Why would I want to ask to joint a discord server just to tinker with a repository?
I noticed less documentation being written, and less info I could search. Why would I want to ask to joint a discord server just to tinker with a repository?
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No matter where people move to from discord, one thing that MUST not be apart of the feature set is discord being used like public forums used to be used for sharing knowledge.
We have to go back to public forums for that. Not a new chat platform.
We have to go back to public forums for that. Not a new chat platform.
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
No matter where people move to from discord, one thing that MUST not be apart of the feature set is discord being used like public forums used to be used for sharing knowledge.
We have to go back to public forums for that. Not a new chat platform.
We have to go back to public forums for that. Not a new chat platform.
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like idk if this is a thing as much now but the taking up less space thing really was a significant coercive thing about my childhood and one of my first experiences with being told that if people decided to sexualize me as an elementary schooler its my fault
February 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
like idk if this is a thing as much now but the taking up less space thing really was a significant coercive thing about my childhood and one of my first experiences with being told that if people decided to sexualize me as an elementary schooler its my fault
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people are enormous fucking cops about little girls putting their knees together, especially in skirts. it's insanely creepy
February 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
people are enormous fucking cops about little girls putting their knees together, especially in skirts. it's insanely creepy
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The reason these people have been attacking scholars and universities is that they stand in the way of the ahistorical bullshit they need to spew in order to construct white Christian nationalism
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.state.gov/releases/off...
February 15, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The reason these people have been attacking scholars and universities is that they stand in the way of the ahistorical bullshit they need to spew in order to construct white Christian nationalism
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I joke..but also not really!
February 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I joke..but also not really!
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In case you were wondering what one of the major lines of attack on AOC will be in 2028, it won't be about Taiwan or populism but about her belief that Israel isn't entitled to free and unlimited military assistance from the US
February 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
In case you were wondering what one of the major lines of attack on AOC will be in 2028, it won't be about Taiwan or populism but about her belief that Israel isn't entitled to free and unlimited military assistance from the US
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I appreciate that the internet has made everyone into an amateur investigative journalist. But actual investigative work requires aggressively checking, double-checking, and trying to poke holes in your own work — not just rushing to publish because you want to believe it's true.
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I appreciate that the internet has made everyone into an amateur investigative journalist. But actual investigative work requires aggressively checking, double-checking, and trying to poke holes in your own work — not just rushing to publish because you want to believe it's true.
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I'm seeing this get shared around in lots of places. (So apologies for picking on Judy) But it is sloppy research.
This wire transfer is to "Harper & Associates Inc," which is the name of multiple firms across the U.S.
The former prime minister's company is "Harper & Associates Consulting Inc."
This wire transfer is to "Harper & Associates Inc," which is the name of multiple firms across the U.S.
The former prime minister's company is "Harper & Associates Consulting Inc."
🚨 As posted by @corruptario.bsky.social 🚨
This TikToker is showing you a $1M wire transfer to Stephen Harper's company, Harper & Associates, from Jeffrey Epstein.
www.tiktok.com/@knittyknits...
#cdnpoli #canpoli #abpoli #onpoli #Canada #Epstein #IDU #CPC #IDUPlaybook #Harper #CanadaSky
This TikToker is showing you a $1M wire transfer to Stephen Harper's company, Harper & Associates, from Jeffrey Epstein.
www.tiktok.com/@knittyknits...
#cdnpoli #canpoli #abpoli #onpoli #Canada #Epstein #IDU #CPC #IDUPlaybook #Harper #CanadaSky
#greenscreen the Canadian public deserves an answer. Why is a company with the same name as Stephen Harper’s company receiving a payment from what appears to be JEs bank account
TikTok video by Knitty
www.tiktok.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'm seeing this get shared around in lots of places. (So apologies for picking on Judy) But it is sloppy research.
This wire transfer is to "Harper & Associates Inc," which is the name of multiple firms across the U.S.
The former prime minister's company is "Harper & Associates Consulting Inc."
This wire transfer is to "Harper & Associates Inc," which is the name of multiple firms across the U.S.
The former prime minister's company is "Harper & Associates Consulting Inc."
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Not satisfied with being unpleasant at home, Vice President J.D. Vance is now being unpleasant in Europe. Luke Gordon Field, Ian, @nileseguin.bsky.social and @mmmegan.bsky.social refuse to believe what Peter Thiel's pet VP insisted on bringing to Italy.
February 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Not satisfied with being unpleasant at home, Vice President J.D. Vance is now being unpleasant in Europe. Luke Gordon Field, Ian, @nileseguin.bsky.social and @mmmegan.bsky.social refuse to believe what Peter Thiel's pet VP insisted on bringing to Italy.
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Millions of us signed into platforms decades ago for the novelty. We stayed for the community.
Right before the pandemic, I met a friend I met on the Kindred Spirits listserv in 1997! 29 years!
We've lost the plot! It used to be that you'd log into chat for escapist fun, not to be traumatized.
Right before the pandemic, I met a friend I met on the Kindred Spirits listserv in 1997! 29 years!
We've lost the plot! It used to be that you'd log into chat for escapist fun, not to be traumatized.
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Millions of us signed into platforms decades ago for the novelty. We stayed for the community.
Right before the pandemic, I met a friend I met on the Kindred Spirits listserv in 1997! 29 years!
We've lost the plot! It used to be that you'd log into chat for escapist fun, not to be traumatized.
Right before the pandemic, I met a friend I met on the Kindred Spirits listserv in 1997! 29 years!
We've lost the plot! It used to be that you'd log into chat for escapist fun, not to be traumatized.
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Some of us didn't hop online in the 90s or the 2000s to get rich and famous, man.
Some of us hopped online in the 90s and 2000s 'cause it was FUN to chat with people all over the world... for free!
Baby, we grew up when it cost a zillion dollars to call long distance! We had pen pals at school!
Some of us hopped online in the 90s and 2000s 'cause it was FUN to chat with people all over the world... for free!
Baby, we grew up when it cost a zillion dollars to call long distance! We had pen pals at school!
February 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Some of us didn't hop online in the 90s or the 2000s to get rich and famous, man.
Some of us hopped online in the 90s and 2000s 'cause it was FUN to chat with people all over the world... for free!
Baby, we grew up when it cost a zillion dollars to call long distance! We had pen pals at school!
Some of us hopped online in the 90s and 2000s 'cause it was FUN to chat with people all over the world... for free!
Baby, we grew up when it cost a zillion dollars to call long distance! We had pen pals at school!
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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I had the opportunity to rise during Senate Question Period this week, to ask about the Canadian government's continued commitment to using X for official communications - and about their failure to use sites such as Bluesky and Mastodon. What do you think? #cdnpoli #Canada #Grok #X #Bluesky
It's time to make an X-it: Senator Simons questions the Canadian government's continued use of X
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM