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A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A strange find from the Epstein files:
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."
Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
@70sbachchan.bsky.social has been gracious enough to repost some of the answers to his troll-y-sounding question.
As for the article...it's making a potentially legitimate argument that Da Left is underrating the capacities of AI. But it expresses that argument poorly, instead leading with...
As for the article...it's making a potentially legitimate argument that Da Left is underrating the capacities of AI. But it expresses that argument poorly, instead leading with...
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 1:43 AM
@70sbachchan.bsky.social has been gracious enough to repost some of the answers to his troll-y-sounding question.
As for the article...it's making a potentially legitimate argument that Da Left is underrating the capacities of AI. But it expresses that argument poorly, instead leading with...
As for the article...it's making a potentially legitimate argument that Da Left is underrating the capacities of AI. But it expresses that argument poorly, instead leading with...
"You're a f[bleep]ing never-nude?!"
February 18, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"You're a f[bleep]ing never-nude?!"
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End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM
End of January #Israel illegally sprayed herbicide across its borders into #Syria and #Lebanon. Affected communities are concerned over the impacts on agriculture and health. We used satellite imagery to track the 55km long affected area. A thread 🧵1/x paxforpeace.nl/news/israel-...
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New from @stevanzetti.bsky.social: In court filings, prosecutors have cited protesters’ all-black clothing, zines and flyers they possessed, their use of the encrypted messaging app Signal, even possession of first aid kits and Faraday bags to argue that they were part of a criminal conspiracy.
The ‘Antifa Scare’ Goes on Trial in North Texas
As nine of the "Prairieland 19" face their days in court, the broader constitutional rights of left-wing activists may hang in the balance.
www.texasobserver.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
New from @stevanzetti.bsky.social: In court filings, prosecutors have cited protesters’ all-black clothing, zines and flyers they possessed, their use of the encrypted messaging app Signal, even possession of first aid kits and Faraday bags to argue that they were part of a criminal conspiracy.
⚠️ The New York Times accidentally let actual Democrats into one of its focus groups, I repeat, the New York Times accidentally let actual Democrats into one of its focus groups ⚠️
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
⚠️ The New York Times accidentally let actual Democrats into one of its focus groups, I repeat, the New York Times accidentally let actual Democrats into one of its focus groups ⚠️
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This is an insane story start to finish. $65k a year "AI school" heavily surveils students, generates nonsensical questions that "does more harm than good," scrapes from competitors. Stores hours of video of children insecurely. Lots more:
www.404media.co/students-are...
www.404media.co/students-are...
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that som...
www.404media.co
February 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
This is an insane story start to finish. $65k a year "AI school" heavily surveils students, generates nonsensical questions that "does more harm than good," scrapes from competitors. Stores hours of video of children insecurely. Lots more:
www.404media.co/students-are...
www.404media.co/students-are...
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Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
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I will never vote for Peter Thiel.
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I will never vote for Peter Thiel.
![Screenshot of Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) making the flagrantly, very false claim to me 10 months ago that he "do[es]n't make predictions".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a2qilsqtzjwqfd6lr7l5d33s/bafkreifwsnbtmlcaywlhza655yssvqpmndjr2udza7llwao6c4defeplv4@jpeg)
Maybe? An egg a day translates to buying 6 eggs about once a week or 12 eggs about every other week. That's a regular enough purchase that someone might actually notice an uptick; isn't the meme that people notice gas-price and egg-price increases because they buy them regularly, unlike e.g. TVs?
If you're eating one egg a day, a 2% increase in egg costs raises your egg spending by about two dollars annually. You'd notice this?
February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Maybe? An egg a day translates to buying 6 eggs about once a week or 12 eggs about every other week. That's a regular enough purchase that someone might actually notice an uptick; isn't the meme that people notice gas-price and egg-price increases because they buy them regularly, unlike e.g. TVs?
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February 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
[Sighs deeply.]
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
[Sighs deeply.]
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Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
February 15, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
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'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
🗞️ floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
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'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.
floodlightnews.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations
🗞️ floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
🗞️ floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
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Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?
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The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social.
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
Washington Post layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, preliminary Guild data shows
"We cannot ignore what this means for equity, representation, and the future of this organization."
www.niemanlab.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The @washingtonpost.com layoffs disproportionately affected union members of color, per data from the @postguild.bsky.social.
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
50% of Hispanic/Latino guild members, 45% of Black members, and 43% of Asian members were laid off, compared to 37% of white members.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/wash...
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Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up…
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up…
Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up and indicate whether Bondi's DOJ had ever contacted them about their experiences. None of them had heard from the Justice Department. Bondi wouldn't even look at the victims as she frantically flipped through her prepared notes.
www.techdirt.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up…
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up…
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Jesse Duquette strikes again
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Jesse Duquette strikes again
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1:17 Noem says it’s DHS’s job to make sure the “right people” elect “the right leaders.”
REPORTER: Why choose to do this press conference this way? Your agency is about to run out of funding. You were just in Arizona last week. And you bussed all of us to a secure facility. This doesn't seem top secret.
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
KRISTI NOEM: Oh my goodness -- this is our critical infrastructure
February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
1:17 Noem says it’s DHS’s job to make sure the “right people” elect “the right leaders.”