Etienne Cloche
@valentinabass.bsky.social
My 21st Century superpowers are: being impervious to culture wars influencing, conspiracy theories and gambling ads. Proud user of Calibri
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Politics, Music, Football and other random cultural ephemera
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Politics, Music, Football and other random cultural ephemera
What are the chances that Trump & Noem’s OathKeeper/Proud Boys/pardoned January 6-ers and basement incels AKA ICE will soon be deployed as a voter suppression force in certain states for the mid terms (assuming these are held!)
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 AM
What are the chances that Trump & Noem’s OathKeeper/Proud Boys/pardoned January 6-ers and basement incels AKA ICE will soon be deployed as a voter suppression force in certain states for the mid terms (assuming these are held!)
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Premium Newsletter: The comparisons between the AI bubble and the Dot Com bubble don’t make sense, because what’s coming will be far, far worse. GPUs are not fiber, AI startups are all worse businesses than Pets.com, and the crash threatens a global contagion.
www.wheresyoured.at/dot-com-bubble/
www.wheresyoured.at/dot-com-bubble/
Premium: This Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble
Soundtrack - Radiohead - Karma Police
I just spent a week at the Consumer Electronics Show, and one word kept coming up: bullshit.
LG, a company known for making home appliances and televisions, de...
www.wheresyoured.at
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Premium Newsletter: The comparisons between the AI bubble and the Dot Com bubble don’t make sense, because what’s coming will be far, far worse. GPUs are not fiber, AI startups are all worse businesses than Pets.com, and the crash threatens a global contagion.
www.wheresyoured.at/dot-com-bubble/
www.wheresyoured.at/dot-com-bubble/
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ICE gets paid to terrorize our communities—and Americans are left behind.
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
ICE gets paid to terrorize our communities—and Americans are left behind.
Cameo is basically prostitution isn’t it.
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Cameo is basically prostitution isn’t it.
Prediction-Tory takeover will accelerate Refom’s flame out
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Prediction-Tory takeover will accelerate Refom’s flame out
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This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
Personally see Rogan as more of a weathervane than a swing voter ngl
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Personally see Rogan as more of a weathervane than a swing voter ngl
For all they “gain” in professionalism with these defections Reform are less compelling at the option of “radical change”. Good
January 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
For all they “gain” in professionalism with these defections Reform are less compelling at the option of “radical change”. Good
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Who is Grealish more likely to trust down the left for the rest of the season, Myko or Aznou, based on the evidence so far??
January 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Who is Grealish more likely to trust down the left for the rest of the season, Myko or Aznou, based on the evidence so far??
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One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.
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Imo “Nigel Farage doesn’t believe in Covid vaccines” would tank his polling if more people knew about it (though you could say that for a number of his policies)
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Imo “Nigel Farage doesn’t believe in Covid vaccines” would tank his polling if more people knew about it (though you could say that for a number of his policies)
How can the government remain on X? To do so tacitly endorses Grok
January 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
How can the government remain on X? To do so tacitly endorses Grok
At minimum the next Democratic President needs to de Baathify ICE, radically restrict its power and sack anyone employed since 2024
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
At minimum the next Democratic President needs to de Baathify ICE, radically restrict its power and sack anyone employed since 2024
ICE is America’s Gestapo
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
ICE is America’s Gestapo
Keane in central defence. Again. O’Neill on the right. Again. McNeil on the right. Inexplicable. Hey ho at least Armstrong starts but I can’t help wondering if the other three stubborn/perverse decisions hamper us tonight. Hope I’m wrong obviously #Everton
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Keane in central defence. Again. O’Neill on the right. Again. McNeil on the right. Inexplicable. Hey ho at least Armstrong starts but I can’t help wondering if the other three stubborn/perverse decisions hamper us tonight. Hope I’m wrong obviously #Everton
Shocking.
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Shocking.
Please can we all stop referring to M**k as “the world’s richest man” and start labelling him the “world’s greediest man” instead? Thanks!
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Please can we all stop referring to M**k as “the world’s richest man” and start labelling him the “world’s greediest man” instead? Thanks!
It won’t be enough for Reform to be revealed as the emperor’s new clothes this year, I want the journalists and media owners who cheerled them throughout 2024/25 to explain their motives to us. Clean slate
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 AM
It won’t be enough for Reform to be revealed as the emperor’s new clothes this year, I want the journalists and media owners who cheerled them throughout 2024/25 to explain their motives to us. Clean slate
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
I still remember a very visceral feeling from Jan 6th 2021. It was “well it took an insurrection but at least this is it, the Trump era is finally, categorically over. Even this GOP will take THIS off-ramp” How moronically naive I was. Five years later he’s signalling he’ll invade Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I still remember a very visceral feeling from Jan 6th 2021. It was “well it took an insurrection but at least this is it, the Trump era is finally, categorically over. Even this GOP will take THIS off-ramp” How moronically naive I was. Five years later he’s signalling he’ll invade Greenland
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Trump's DOJ has only released about 5% of the 5 million Epstein files in its possession, many of which were entirely redacted.
This is NOT transparency—it's a brazen coverup & violation of federal law.
Pam Bondi must release all the files NOW. Survivors have waited long enough.
This is NOT transparency—it's a brazen coverup & violation of federal law.
Pam Bondi must release all the files NOW. Survivors have waited long enough.
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Trump's DOJ has only released about 5% of the 5 million Epstein files in its possession, many of which were entirely redacted.
This is NOT transparency—it's a brazen coverup & violation of federal law.
Pam Bondi must release all the files NOW. Survivors have waited long enough.
This is NOT transparency—it's a brazen coverup & violation of federal law.
Pam Bondi must release all the files NOW. Survivors have waited long enough.
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Don't let this Jan 6th point get lost:
Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election."
In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.
Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election."
In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.
January 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Don't let this Jan 6th point get lost:
Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election."
In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.
Jack Smith testified to Congress he had "proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election."
In other words, he could prove in court that Trump attempted a coup.