Rudely Van Gelder
@rudelyvangelder.bsky.social
Entertainment Coordinator for Antifa, LLC
Columbus, Ohio / USA / C-53
“The product is thoroughly pizzled.” - Philip K. Dick
"Ain't no such things as halfway crooks." - Mobb Deep
“Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.” - Ani DiFranco
Columbus, Ohio / USA / C-53
“The product is thoroughly pizzled.” - Philip K. Dick
"Ain't no such things as halfway crooks." - Mobb Deep
“Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right.” - Ani DiFranco
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Breaking news: Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate show that he appeared to be texting a member of Congress during a congressional hearing investigating Donald Trump, and that those texts may have influenced the lawmaker’s questions.
Epstein appeared to text with House member during Cohen hearing, documents show
Newly released documents from the convicted sex offender’s estate include text messages from him that appear to influence the lawmaker’s questions to President Donald Trump’s personal attorney at a 20...
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Breaking news: Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate show that he appeared to be texting a member of Congress during a congressional hearing investigating Donald Trump, and that those texts may have influenced the lawmaker’s questions.
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“I’ve got a country to run!”
- 11/14/25
- 11/14/25
Trump does not take questions from reporters as he boards Air Force One to head to another weekend getaway at his private club in Florida
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“I’ve got a country to run!”
- 11/14/25
- 11/14/25
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Darken as Secret Memo Reveals Holes in Legal Case
A new White House memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the White House says so!
newrepublic.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Every phone call matters.
Every email matters.
Every protest matters.
Every letter to the editor matters.
We have agency. Always.
To stop Trump’s effort to rig Indiana, when the GOP dominates that statehouse, is one impressive feat!
Every email matters.
Every protest matters.
Every letter to the editor matters.
We have agency. Always.
To stop Trump’s effort to rig Indiana, when the GOP dominates that statehouse, is one impressive feat!
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BREAKING:
There are NOT the votes in the Indiana Senate to support Trump’s and Vance’s election-rigging (in advance) scheme!!
An amazing coalition across party lines made sure this happened.
Way to go all!!
Never stop fighting for democracy!!!
BREAKING:
There are NOT the votes in the Indiana Senate to support Trump’s and Vance’s election-rigging (in advance) scheme!!
An amazing coalition across party lines made sure this happened.
Way to go all!!
Never stop fighting for democracy!!!
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Every phone call matters.
Every email matters.
Every protest matters.
Every letter to the editor matters.
We have agency. Always.
To stop Trump’s effort to rig Indiana, when the GOP dominates that statehouse, is one impressive feat!
Every email matters.
Every protest matters.
Every letter to the editor matters.
We have agency. Always.
To stop Trump’s effort to rig Indiana, when the GOP dominates that statehouse, is one impressive feat!
So some NC government puggies cried to Trump about brown people in Charlotte 10 days ago, and now Bovino’s moving his khaki-trousered Waffle Housers in?
Yeah, this ain’t about crime.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Yeah, this ain’t about crime.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So some NC government puggies cried to Trump about brown people in Charlotte 10 days ago, and now Bovino’s moving his khaki-trousered Waffle Housers in?
Yeah, this ain’t about crime.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Yeah, this ain’t about crime.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson says that, “There is an American renaissance waiting for us if we stop funding higher ed and abolish public schools” … 1/ x.com/william_blak...
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson says that, “There is an American renaissance waiting for us if we stop funding higher ed and abolish public schools” … 1/ x.com/william_blak...
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On the surface - and in the headline - this sounds like a funny, soft news story about a Long Island grandma who says she didn't realize she was a candidate in an election.
But it's actually another example of the GOP gaming system in NY to install sham candidates.
people.com/long-island-...
But it's actually another example of the GOP gaming system in NY to install sham candidates.
people.com/long-island-...
Long Island Grandma, 83, 'Had No Idea' She Was a Candidate for Town Supervisor. That Didn't Stop Her from Getting Votes
Maria Delgado, 83, was “flabbergasted” to learn she was listed as a candidate for the local election of supervisor in Huntington, N.Y.
people.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On the surface - and in the headline - this sounds like a funny, soft news story about a Long Island grandma who says she didn't realize she was a candidate in an election.
But it's actually another example of the GOP gaming system in NY to install sham candidates.
people.com/long-island-...
But it's actually another example of the GOP gaming system in NY to install sham candidates.
people.com/long-island-...
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Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
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Of all the lies coming from this administration, this may be the most egregious. Trump is more likely to eat a humanitarians heart than have one himself
South Africa's foreign minister says the Trump administration is pursuing a policy of "white supremacy" in its changes to the US refugee program.
The WH has dismissed the claim and says Trump has a "humanitarian heart."
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social
The WH has dismissed the claim and says Trump has a "humanitarian heart."
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Of all the lies coming from this administration, this may be the most egregious. Trump is more likely to eat a humanitarians heart than have one himself
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"to the second Trump Administration"
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In new statement, attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell:
"Maxwell has not requested a commutation - or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted"
"Maxwell has not requested a commutation - or made a Pardon – application to the second Trump Administration. Prior to any such application a prisoner needs to demonstrate that all possible avenues of appeal have been exhausted"
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"to the second Trump Administration"
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
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“I am so grateful to everyone who has advocated on my behalf, and on behalf of the countless others who have experienced similar trauma over recent months in the Chicago area,” said Santillana Galeano. “I love our community and the children I teach, and I can’t wait to see them again.”
“A Chicago day care center employee who was detained by immigration agents at work as children were being dropped off last week has been released, according to her attorney.” www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“I am so grateful to everyone who has advocated on my behalf, and on behalf of the countless others who have experienced similar trauma over recent months in the Chicago area,” said Santillana Galeano. “I love our community and the children I teach, and I can’t wait to see them again.”
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Solving a problem he created and will still claim it as a win
Trump’s new “affordability” push is basically reversing the tariffs he said would never cause un-affordability.
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Solving a problem he created and will still claim it as a win
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Glad to see @sarahkendzior.bsky.social back. But READ her Thread.
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Glad to see @sarahkendzior.bsky.social back. But READ her Thread.
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I am contractually obligated to add that Jay Powell chairs the Fed because Trump felt Janet Yellen was too short for the job. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I am contractually obligated to add that Jay Powell chairs the Fed because Trump felt Janet Yellen was too short for the job. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
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A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
First death reported from meat allergy caused by tick bite
After months of investigation, researchers confirmed that a New Jersey man died of a tickborne allergy called alpha-gal syndrome after eating a hamburger.
nbcnews.to
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A 47-year-old airline pilot from New Jersey is the first person known to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite.
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Anti-abortion politicians will stop at nothing to control our bodies, lives, and futures.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
Opinion | Abortion Has Remained Mostly Accessible. That May Soon Change. (Gift Article)
American women need the freedom to determine the course of their own lives.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Anti-abortion politicians will stop at nothing to control our bodies, lives, and futures.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
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This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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What's going on in Florida re: communism and education is wild, they're really bringing back McCarthyism (with the added bonus of not being able to talk about McCarthyism)
Gift link because people should be able to read about this.
Watching it live was really difficult.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/13/f...
Watching it live was really difficult.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/13/f...
Florida OKs ‘evils of communism’ standards, signs Heritage Foundation pledge
Some criticized both documents, calling them propaganda and indoctrination, but state leaders said they would help teach patriotism and create better American citizens.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
What's going on in Florida re: communism and education is wild, they're really bringing back McCarthyism (with the added bonus of not being able to talk about McCarthyism)
Bezos just successfully landed his space dildo’s first stage on a barge... and that certainly beats the hell out of the alternatives.
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bezos just successfully landed his space dildo’s first stage on a barge... and that certainly beats the hell out of the alternatives.
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Holy shit: Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer has FAR MORE than an 18-minute gap.
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Holy shit: Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer has FAR MORE than an 18-minute gap.
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
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I wonder how cramped it is down there in the manufactured fraudulent referral mines, working 18 hours a day, somebody should do a health and safety check on this human pustule.
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wonder how cramped it is down there in the manufactured fraudulent referral mines, working 18 hours a day, somebody should do a health and safety check on this human pustule.