Luke Verseomen
@verseomen.bsky.social
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Luke Verseomen
@verseomen.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Two things that Elon #Musk revealed. Not just the Nazi salute, but he also said (at the pre-inauguration rally) that the foundation that the #Trump administration is setting will last for centuries.
#FourthReich
#FourthReich
Fantastic work by Diane Wilson. One woman taking on Big Oil.
As Big Fossil faces diminished markets in energy as they lose to renewables, instead of really embracing alternatives or closing shop they ramp up other applications for coal, oil and gas. Plastics.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Big Fossil faces diminished markets in energy as they lose to renewables, instead of really embracing alternatives or closing shop they ramp up other applications for coal, oil and gas. Plastics.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Fantastic work by Diane Wilson. One woman taking on Big Oil.
As Big Fossil faces diminished markets in energy as they lose to renewables, instead of really embracing alternatives or closing shop they ramp up other applications for coal, oil and gas. Plastics.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Big Fossil faces diminished markets in energy as they lose to renewables, instead of really embracing alternatives or closing shop they ramp up other applications for coal, oil and gas. Plastics.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Whether they realize it or not, all these CEOs getting in bed with Trump for short-term benefit to exploit his transactional corruption are self-inflicting long-term reputational damage to themselves personally and their brands. The stink of Trump never washes off.
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Whether they realize it or not, all these CEOs getting in bed with Trump for short-term benefit to exploit his transactional corruption are self-inflicting long-term reputational damage to themselves personally and their brands. The stink of Trump never washes off.
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Yup. Barack is part of the same damn problem.
Its kabouki theater haha.
How fun
Its kabouki theater haha.
How fun
"The first evidence that no change would be forthcoming came during Obama’s first campaign, when he announced, “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards” and allow impunity for war crimes, including abduction, torture, and murder of civilians and declaration of an illegal war." #3E
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Yup. Barack is part of the same damn problem.
Its kabouki theater haha.
How fun
Its kabouki theater haha.
How fun
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My NSPM-7 coverage has for weeks been met with smug assurances that there's no law for domestic terrorism. Well, the Trump admin just designated Antifa groups as Foreign Terror Orgs - for which there is a law:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
Trump Escalates War on Leftists With Antifa Foreign Terror Label
Move cites NSPM-7, saying four European Antifa groups espoused "anti-Christianity," "anti-capitalism," and "anti-Americanism"
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My NSPM-7 coverage has for weeks been met with smug assurances that there's no law for domestic terrorism. Well, the Trump admin just designated Antifa groups as Foreign Terror Orgs - for which there is a law:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
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The skyrocketing price comes as the president threatens to deploy additional troops to more American cities to quell dissent and turn America into a full-blown police state. interc.pt/43qaEH1
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The skyrocketing price comes as the president threatens to deploy additional troops to more American cities to quell dissent and turn America into a full-blown police state. interc.pt/43qaEH1
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Spanberger and Sherrill did attack Trump frontally, including on things like his ballroom, but I agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social that Dems absolutely can't conclude that affordability is his primary vulnerability. The lawbreaking and corruption matter too!
www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...
www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...
Democrats Become High On Their Own "Affordability" Supply
Hit Trump wherever he's weak, but don't subordinate all other politics to sticker prices, letting him off the hook for most of the reasons voters hate him.
www.offmessage.net
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Spanberger and Sherrill did attack Trump frontally, including on things like his ballroom, but I agree with @brianbeutler.bsky.social that Dems absolutely can't conclude that affordability is his primary vulnerability. The lawbreaking and corruption matter too!
www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...
www.offmessage.net/p/democrats-...
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Think about it, MAGA. Take all the time you need.
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Think about it, MAGA. Take all the time you need.
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Why are elections so close, especially in the face of growing political polarization, that the pendulum can so easily swing back and forth? There is some social randomizing factor that sociologists, political and data scientists need to uncover to understand. This is required to make social progress
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Why are elections so close, especially in the face of growing political polarization, that the pendulum can so easily swing back and forth? There is some social randomizing factor that sociologists, political and data scientists need to uncover to understand. This is required to make social progress
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Don Snoreleone bsky.app/profile/ronf...
He spent Biden’s entire presidency calling him ‘Sleepy Joe’. Still does. But this guy nods off in the middle of the day in meetings almost every day. Fell asleep in court all the time too.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Don Snoreleone bsky.app/profile/ronf...
It's funny that the protatalist and dysgenics movements worry about stupid people overwhelming the elites like in the movie "Idiocracy" when the world is achieving it without generations of breeding. The spread of post-truth, profit-driven, exploitation of consumerism will get us there sooner.
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's funny that the protatalist and dysgenics movements worry about stupid people overwhelming the elites like in the movie "Idiocracy" when the world is achieving it without generations of breeding. The spread of post-truth, profit-driven, exploitation of consumerism will get us there sooner.
Why isn't MAGA a Party, like the Tea Party? Why didn't Never Trumper Republicans force MAGA into a separate party?
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Why isn't MAGA a Party, like the Tea Party? Why didn't Never Trumper Republicans force MAGA into a separate party?
Corporate Democrats will do well in the 2026 election because Trump is so bad, not because Democrats are doing well.
Schumer and Jeffries sent another letter to Trump. You can see that they are continuing to keep a low profile, waiting for the 2026 election.
Dems: When they go low, we lay low.
Schumer and Jeffries sent another letter to Trump. You can see that they are continuing to keep a low profile, waiting for the 2026 election.
Dems: When they go low, we lay low.
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Corporate Democrats will do well in the 2026 election because Trump is so bad, not because Democrats are doing well.
Schumer and Jeffries sent another letter to Trump. You can see that they are continuing to keep a low profile, waiting for the 2026 election.
Dems: When they go low, we lay low.
Schumer and Jeffries sent another letter to Trump. You can see that they are continuing to keep a low profile, waiting for the 2026 election.
Dems: When they go low, we lay low.
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📢California 📢
Election Day is here and I hope you’ll join me in voting YES on Prop 50.
Polls are open until 8pm tonight. Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Election Day is here and I hope you’ll join me in voting YES on Prop 50.
Polls are open until 8pm tonight. Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Find Your Polling Place :: California Secretary of State
www.sos.ca.gov
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📢California 📢
Election Day is here and I hope you’ll join me in voting YES on Prop 50.
Polls are open until 8pm tonight. Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
Election Day is here and I hope you’ll join me in voting YES on Prop 50.
Polls are open until 8pm tonight. Find your polling place: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/po...
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Just about an hour apart by the way
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Just about an hour apart by the way
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The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
Are You on Trump’s List of Domestic Terrorists? There’s No Way to Know.
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
interc.pt
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Trump administration is using NSPM-7 to compile the names of alleged domestic terror groups. It won’t tell us who’s on the list.
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In my VDA framework, this is the logic of hollow democracy. Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability still appear, but only as performances shaped by platform incentives.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In my VDA framework, this is the logic of hollow democracy. Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability still appear, but only as performances shaped by platform incentives.
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk/research/ver...
The Republicorp Party push for more Americans into poverty is because the corporate overlords need a low-wage workforce. Overseas laborers are moving into the middle class so more Americans need to be moved into the lower class.
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Republicorp Party push for more Americans into poverty is because the corporate overlords need a low-wage workforce. Overseas laborers are moving into the middle class so more Americans need to be moved into the lower class.
Marco Rubio should be considered to be a DREAMer, subject to DACA. The hypocrisy is unbelievable. Will JD advocate for the elimination of birthright citizenship in order to eliminate Rubio as competition in the race to succeed Trump?
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Marco Rubio should be considered to be a DREAMer, subject to DACA. The hypocrisy is unbelievable. Will JD advocate for the elimination of birthright citizenship in order to eliminate Rubio as competition in the race to succeed Trump?
The House progressive caucus should abandon the Democratic Party and declare themselves Democratic Socialists, creating a new party. The Dems are not changing their corporate ways. There needs to be a party that is an alternative to the two corporate parties. Link arms with Mamdani and move forward.
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The House progressive caucus should abandon the Democratic Party and declare themselves Democratic Socialists, creating a new party. The Dems are not changing their corporate ways. There needs to be a party that is an alternative to the two corporate parties. Link arms with Mamdani and move forward.
The best counter example to compute concentration in #AI datacenters is SETI@home, crowdsourced idle CPUs. There is no deadline for human progress. Humanity is another example of distributed computing. Humanity can move at humanity's speed. There's no need for superhuman progress.
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The best counter example to compute concentration in #AI datacenters is SETI@home, crowdsourced idle CPUs. There is no deadline for human progress. Humanity is another example of distributed computing. Humanity can move at humanity's speed. There's no need for superhuman progress.
The circular jerk economy of #AI is what you get when business majors are first exposed to the concept of extrapolation and drop out to start their first company before next week's class of the risks of making decisions based upon extrapolation.
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The circular jerk economy of #AI is what you get when business majors are first exposed to the concept of extrapolation and drop out to start their first company before next week's class of the risks of making decisions based upon extrapolation.
Talk about the problem of nuclear waste... What do you do with the hardware in the #AI datacenters when it is obsolete in a year? And the year after that?
November 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Talk about the problem of nuclear waste... What do you do with the hardware in the #AI datacenters when it is obsolete in a year? And the year after that?
#AI datacenters are the new indoor shopping malls. Everything you could want under one roof. You don't have to experience the real weather outside.
Been to an indoor mall recently? A lot of empty space, if it hasn't already been demolished to make way for something else.
Been to an indoor mall recently? A lot of empty space, if it hasn't already been demolished to make way for something else.
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#AI datacenters are the new indoor shopping malls. Everything you could want under one roof. You don't have to experience the real weather outside.
Been to an indoor mall recently? A lot of empty space, if it hasn't already been demolished to make way for something else.
Been to an indoor mall recently? A lot of empty space, if it hasn't already been demolished to make way for something else.