Rob Liota
@robliota.bsky.social
Software developer / Unlicensed cello operator.
I try to write things both humans and compilers can understand.
I try to write things both humans and compilers can understand.
Tik Tok has always been a propaganda app.
January 28, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Tik Tok has always been a propaganda app.
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
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"Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid."
Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid
The father, who is a U.S. citizen, was detained for allegedly throwing rocks at agents. He says agents then drove off in his car, with his 1-year-old daughter in the backseat.
abc7.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid."
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Folks, please don't do this. Don't post AI-generated "unmasking" photos of the ICE agent who murdered Renee Good in Minneapolis.
This is not this man's real face. This is three completely different faces. You're not helping anyone by sharing these. You're just muddying the waters.
This is not this man's real face. This is three completely different faces. You're not helping anyone by sharing these. You're just muddying the waters.
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Folks, please don't do this. Don't post AI-generated "unmasking" photos of the ICE agent who murdered Renee Good in Minneapolis.
This is not this man's real face. This is three completely different faces. You're not helping anyone by sharing these. You're just muddying the waters.
This is not this man's real face. This is three completely different faces. You're not helping anyone by sharing these. You're just muddying the waters.
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
Thought-fart: is the fear of nuking the filibuster actually that legislation will get done along bipartisan lines and collapse the notion of party orthodoxy (Maybe even on both sides of the aisle?)
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Thought-fart: is the fear of nuking the filibuster actually that legislation will get done along bipartisan lines and collapse the notion of party orthodoxy (Maybe even on both sides of the aisle?)
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
The Platner apologists have clearly never played secret hitler.
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The Platner apologists have clearly never played secret hitler.
“Trying these people under the law (which we’ve circumvented to condemn them to death) is not our job.”
Q: Some smugglers have survived these strikes and been sent back to their home countries. If they're terrorists, why not arrest and detain them?
TRUMP: *immediately punts question to Hegseth*
TRUMP: *immediately punts question to Hegseth*
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Trying these people under the law (which we’ve circumvented to condemn them to death) is not our job.”
“I am not a secret Nazi” is exactly the kind of unnecessarily equivocal statement you would expect from an American Nazi.
It pains me to see it, because Platner seemed like the real deal.
It pains me to see it, because Platner seemed like the real deal.
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“I am not a secret Nazi” is exactly the kind of unnecessarily equivocal statement you would expect from an American Nazi.
It pains me to see it, because Platner seemed like the real deal.
It pains me to see it, because Platner seemed like the real deal.
Would be unsurprised if they’re renting their own personal vehicles out to themselves, in light of the recent case involving the shooting of Marimar Martinez and subsequent evidence tampering of the involved ICE vehicle being a personal one driven back to Maine.
Ellis asks about dashcam videos. Harvick initially says "some of our vehicles are rental vehicles which we put red-and-blue portable lights in."
But then he says CBP vehicles, in general, don't have dashcams.
He confirms for Ellis that the only video would be from body-worn cameras.
But then he says CBP vehicles, in general, don't have dashcams.
He confirms for Ellis that the only video would be from body-worn cameras.
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Would be unsurprised if they’re renting their own personal vehicles out to themselves, in light of the recent case involving the shooting of Marimar Martinez and subsequent evidence tampering of the involved ICE vehicle being a personal one driven back to Maine.
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NEW: After Russ Vought experienced the chaotic failures of Trump’s first term, he made it his mission to ensure that a reelected Trump would not “lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NEW: After Russ Vought experienced the chaotic failures of Trump’s first term, he made it his mission to ensure that a reelected Trump would not “lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
People complaining about a 2% tax bump on their million dollar+ New York City incomes should feel free to enjoy their money somewhere else (in the middle of a derelict soybean field, or 50 miles away from the nearest grocery store, for instance.)
October 16, 2025 at 11:55 AM
People complaining about a 2% tax bump on their million dollar+ New York City incomes should feel free to enjoy their money somewhere else (in the middle of a derelict soybean field, or 50 miles away from the nearest grocery store, for instance.)
On this day, remembering that Columbus was neither Italian, nor American, and was a despicable person, and that Fiorello LaGuardia was both Italian American and antifascist.
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
On this day, remembering that Columbus was neither Italian, nor American, and was a despicable person, and that Fiorello LaGuardia was both Italian American and antifascist.
This is what those voter rolls were for.
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?
TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
October 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is what those voter rolls were for.
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What To Know About NSPM-7 https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-nspm-7/
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What To Know About NSPM-7 https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-nspm-7/
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This is a terrible loss. We just can’t have any nice things, can we?
SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File
www.gamefile.news
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is a terrible loss. We just can’t have any nice things, can we?
I assume what’s going on with Adelita Grijalva is a preview of what we can expect after the midterms and presidential election.
October 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I assume what’s going on with Adelita Grijalva is a preview of what we can expect after the midterms and presidential election.
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People seem convinced that there is a plan to reinstitute the draft and I think they should take a minute and think of how the entire country went batshit insane over being asked to wear little fabric masks in public for a while
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
People seem convinced that there is a plan to reinstitute the draft and I think they should take a minute and think of how the entire country went batshit insane over being asked to wear little fabric masks in public for a while
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So Trump is defunding the police.
Department of Homeland Security is cutting over $187 million or 86% of homeland security funding to New York State which will radically defund NYPD, FDNY, and NY State Police terrorism programs, according to a letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So Trump is defunding the police.
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A very big Onion announcement:
The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.
It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.
It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.
Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.
The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.
It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.
It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.
Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A very big Onion announcement:
The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.
It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.
It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.
Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.
The Onion has spent the last two months working on a masterpiece.
It's a documentary titled Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile.
It's so good, in fact, we were set to release it in theatres nationwide on October 2nd.
Then two weeks ago, Charlie Kirk was shot.
Straight-up supervillain shit.
September 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Straight-up supervillain shit.