Brian Rinaldi
@remotesynthesis.com
I lead the Developer Relations team at LocalStack. I run the cfe.dev community hosting virtual developer events. AWS Community Builder.
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X ceased being a public square years ago, and over the last month, it’s degraded even further.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
Staying on X is an Endorsement - and It's Unforgivable
The UK government cannot claim to protect women and children while continuing to post on a platform that enables their abuse.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
X ceased being a public square years ago, and over the last month, it’s degraded even further.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
A platform that enables the creation non-consensual sexualised images of women and children cannot be treated as neutral ground - and governments choosing to stay are endorsing it.
Enough is enough.
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Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Something I always wondered is how it would be covered if America became a dictatorship
This is it
This is it
So basically that's a no
Asked “if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
So basically that's a no
Narrator: They will not.
Speaking of X, I will keep insisting that the folks still on that site are unconvinceable regardless of how much evidence we compile.
Speaking of X, I will keep insisting that the folks still on that site are unconvinceable regardless of how much evidence we compile.
I wonder if anyone will revisit their charitable interpretations of Elon’s definitely-not-a-Nazi-salute
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Narrator: They will not.
Speaking of X, I will keep insisting that the folks still on that site are unconvinceable regardless of how much evidence we compile.
Speaking of X, I will keep insisting that the folks still on that site are unconvinceable regardless of how much evidence we compile.
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It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
“The move came after officials at Roosevelt High School said armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders.” — www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It’s easy to think that schools in Minneapolis are closed because the Feds murdered someone in the street but no, the actual reason is that while that was happening, the Feds were busy doing other heinous shit across the city like tear-gassing a school
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US government killing Americans in broad daylight, kidnapping foreign leaders, threatening allied territories and dictating corporate capital returns.
But “invest in America.” 🤡
But “invest in America.” 🤡
January 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
US government killing Americans in broad daylight, kidnapping foreign leaders, threatening allied territories and dictating corporate capital returns.
But “invest in America.” 🤡
But “invest in America.” 🤡
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It has been an obvious, sometimes even almost stated project of Trump 2.0 to engineer a redo of the post George Floyd protests of 2020, this time with much more state violence. And now a federal agent has shot and killed a woman in a car at point blank range a mile from where Floyd was murdered.
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It has been an obvious, sometimes even almost stated project of Trump 2.0 to engineer a redo of the post George Floyd protests of 2020, this time with much more state violence. And now a federal agent has shot and killed a woman in a car at point blank range a mile from where Floyd was murdered.
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ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
The idea that anyone left on X has the ability to be convinced to leave based on the daily horrifics on that site should have long been discarded.
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
decoherence.media
January 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
The idea that anyone left on X has the ability to be convinced to leave based on the daily horrifics on that site should have long been discarded.
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BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
decoherence.media
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 AM
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
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So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
So @tobymorton.bsky.social is a national treasure and Hilton is fucking up royally with this nonsense. www.hiltonice.com
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
cc: @kenwhite.bsky.social
Astonishing how weak-kneed these companies are. So it is Hilton's stance that franchises are now required to let ICE and DHS run their brutal kidnapping campaigns from their hotel?
Hilton said it is breaking from a franchise that was accused of canceling ICE agents' reservations at its Minneapolis-area location
Hilton To Break From Franchise Hotel Accused Of Canceling ICE Agents' Bookings
www.huffpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Astonishing how weak-kneed these companies are. So it is Hilton's stance that franchises are now required to let ICE and DHS run their brutal kidnapping campaigns from their hotel?
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
I love posts like this about building something with code just for fun. Rachel Kaufman built some code that can be added as Jekyll plugin to procedurally generate OG images using Truchet tiles to create unique designs. www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-lea...
I Created Custom Procedurally Generated Truchet-Tiled Open Graph Images for This Blog
Why did I do this? Am I insane?
www.readwriterachel.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I love posts like this about building something with code just for fun. Rachel Kaufman built some code that can be added as Jekyll plugin to procedurally generate OG images using Truchet tiles to create unique designs. www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-lea...
A long read but a history of American involvement with the narcotics trade in Latin America, mostly through the CIA. It shows how we've used the narcotics trade to undermineleft-leaning governments while installing narco-friendly dictators and how it relates to Venezuela prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
The Narco-Terrorist Elite - The American Prospect
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
prospect.org
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
A long read but a history of American involvement with the narcotics trade in Latin America, mostly through the CIA. It shows how we've used the narcotics trade to undermineleft-leaning governments while installing narco-friendly dictators and how it relates to Venezuela prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
This is just like that time when the Avengers went to the Black Order and asked them to pretty please tell Thanos to unsnap his fingers
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM
This is just like that time when the Avengers went to the Black Order and asked them to pretty please tell Thanos to unsnap his fingers
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UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
January 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
UPDATED LIST of countries the Trump administration has threatened to invade, annex, or otherwise attack in the 85 hours of 2026 so far:
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇬🇱 Greenland
🇮🇷 Iran
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇲🇽 Mexico
Insane.
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Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
January 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Chris Murphy: "Clearly this is wildly illegal. This is a president who has been operating illegally since he was sworn in -- stealing from the American people, seizing spending power, now dragging America into a war overseas ... Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt."
Imagine you could travel back in time to the early 80s and try to explain that in 40 years we'd elect someone (twice!) who is clearly a Russian asset...and that he's a Republican!
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Imagine you could travel back in time to the early 80s and try to explain that in 40 years we'd elect someone (twice!) who is clearly a Russian asset...and that he's a Republican!
The Dean Who Loved Me
Make a Bond movie academic
Tenure is Forever
Tenure is Forever
Make a Bond movie academic
Dr. No Funding
Dr. No Funding
December 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Dean Who Loved Me
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This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
I think this is a great idea! It could help people realize that they actually don't give a shit about Facebook (and haven't for years) and finally walk away.
Facebook is testing a monthly $14.99 subscription, and telling users they need to subscribe if they want to post more than 2 links a month.
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I think this is a great idea! It could help people realize that they actually don't give a shit about Facebook (and haven't for years) and finally walk away.
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"In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Washington DC, the dedicated Trump administration operatives who help cover up his vicious sex crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Special MAGA Propaganda Unit. These are their stories."
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Washington DC, the dedicated Trump administration operatives who help cover up his vicious sex crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Special MAGA Propaganda Unit. These are their stories."
When Pokémon cards might be a safer bet than US stocks and bonds...
DAMODARAN: “.. I’m thinking maybe I should hold something that is not going to be affected if inflation goes to 10% or if there’s a market and economic crisis .. The chance of that happening is perhaps greater than it’s been anytime in the last 20 years.”
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December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
When Pokémon cards might be a safer bet than US stocks and bonds...