Adrian Arizmendi
@arizerg.bsky.social
Producer, painter, cosmic page. Aesthete | Phenomenology / Art Interpretation / Meme theory
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Guns are the number one killer of children in America. If this were cancer, we’d launch a national emergency with every resource to remedy it. Why do we accept the status quo for guns?
Read the latest op-ed from Dr. Ben Danielson 👉
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/when...
Read the latest op-ed from Dr. Ben Danielson 👉
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/when...
September 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Guns are the number one killer of children in America. If this were cancer, we’d launch a national emergency with every resource to remedy it. Why do we accept the status quo for guns?
Read the latest op-ed from Dr. Ben Danielson 👉
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/when...
Read the latest op-ed from Dr. Ben Danielson 👉
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/when...
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🧡 RSS is here! 🧡
You can now follow blogs, newsletters and news feeds in the same timeline as Mastodon, Bluesky, and more. One feed, all your stuff 🐙
It’s a big milestone for us - and while it’s early, it already feels great!
👉 Tons of important fixes in this update too, details below 👇
You can now follow blogs, newsletters and news feeds in the same timeline as Mastodon, Bluesky, and more. One feed, all your stuff 🐙
It’s a big milestone for us - and while it’s early, it already feels great!
👉 Tons of important fixes in this update too, details below 👇
August 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🧡 RSS is here! 🧡
You can now follow blogs, newsletters and news feeds in the same timeline as Mastodon, Bluesky, and more. One feed, all your stuff 🐙
It’s a big milestone for us - and while it’s early, it already feels great!
👉 Tons of important fixes in this update too, details below 👇
You can now follow blogs, newsletters and news feeds in the same timeline as Mastodon, Bluesky, and more. One feed, all your stuff 🐙
It’s a big milestone for us - and while it’s early, it already feels great!
👉 Tons of important fixes in this update too, details below 👇
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Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:
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CDT's Greg Nojeim: "This decision will protect Americans’ privacy and communications security. Unlike the DOJ, which knew about the impending order to Apple to build a back door to its encrypted cloud back-ups and hid the fact from Congress, the DNI has done the right thing by taking this stance."
February 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
CDT's Greg Nojeim: "This decision will protect Americans’ privacy and communications security. Unlike the DOJ, which knew about the impending order to Apple to build a back door to its encrypted cloud back-ups and hid the fact from Congress, the DNI has done the right thing by taking this stance."
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It's genuinely astounding how Trump's main thing is that evil foreigners are coming to the United States to rape white women and yet they pressured Romania to release a serial rapist so he could go to the US and rape women there
Rape and support for rapists are now key aspects of U.S federal government policy.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted
Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's genuinely astounding how Trump's main thing is that evil foreigners are coming to the United States to rape white women and yet they pressured Romania to release a serial rapist so he could go to the US and rape women there
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Let there be unlimited Q&A. If the recipients are in red areas, have it there. Those local Republicans would have to respond.
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Let there be unlimited Q&A. If the recipients are in red areas, have it there. Those local Republicans would have to respond.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Instead of Google search try DuckDuckGo
Instead of Chrome try Firefox
Instead of Gmail try ProtonMail
Instead of Google Docs etc try LibreOffice
Instead of Google Photos try Ente
For every Google product there are multiple replacements you can try. The above suggestions are just examples to try
Instead of Chrome try Firefox
Instead of Gmail try ProtonMail
Instead of Google Docs etc try LibreOffice
Instead of Google Photos try Ente
For every Google product there are multiple replacements you can try. The above suggestions are just examples to try
February 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Instead of Google search try DuckDuckGo
Instead of Chrome try Firefox
Instead of Gmail try ProtonMail
Instead of Google Docs etc try LibreOffice
Instead of Google Photos try Ente
For every Google product there are multiple replacements you can try. The above suggestions are just examples to try
Instead of Chrome try Firefox
Instead of Gmail try ProtonMail
Instead of Google Docs etc try LibreOffice
Instead of Google Photos try Ente
For every Google product there are multiple replacements you can try. The above suggestions are just examples to try
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Musk's company has been awarded a $400 million government contract for "armored Tesla." This is what the tech oligarchy looks like.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
"Armored Tesla" forecast to win $400 million State Department contract after Trump's election, government document shows
The State Department’s procurement forecast, revised as of late December 2024, lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to buy $400,000,000...
www.dropsitenews.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Musk's company has been awarded a $400 million government contract for "armored Tesla." This is what the tech oligarchy looks like.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/elon-musk-...
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I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I oversaw global health programs at @USAID.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
They reached 100s of millions of people, added 6 extra years to the lifespan of children in partner countries, and were eradicating health threats worldwide.
What insanity and cruelty to break that.
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Never forget that he could have stopped this. In the aftermath of J6, he could have ensured Trump could never be president again by whipping votes to impeach.
That failure is McConnell’s legacy.
That failure is McConnell’s legacy.
Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Never forget that he could have stopped this. In the aftermath of J6, he could have ensured Trump could never be president again by whipping votes to impeach.
That failure is McConnell’s legacy.
That failure is McConnell’s legacy.
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The successful strategy of helping countries contain Ebola at the source can no longer be carried out because Trump has gutted USAID, frozen foreign aid, and barred cooperation with the World Health Organization.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/trump-just...
www.globaldispatches.org/p/trump-just...
Trump Just Made America More Vulnerable to Ebola—Here’s How
America's Ebola shield is gone.
www.globaldispatches.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The successful strategy of helping countries contain Ebola at the source can no longer be carried out because Trump has gutted USAID, frozen foreign aid, and barred cooperation with the World Health Organization.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/trump-just...
www.globaldispatches.org/p/trump-just...
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This top Facebook executive thinks that before Roe v Wade, abortion wasn't a politicized issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/t...
January 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This top Facebook executive thinks that before Roe v Wade, abortion wasn't a politicized issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/t...
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A reminder that when the cynical and now MAGA-friendly Mark Zuckerberg makes claims about alleged Biden administration pressure on FB over Covid misinformation, and screams 'Censorship!', he's also the guy who admitted his *uncensored* company played a big role in inciting a *literal genocide*:
Facebook Admits It Was Used to Incite Violence in Myanmar (Published 2018)
The company, citing a human rights report it commissioned, said it was moving to prevent further abuses of its platform in Myanmar. Critics said they were unconvinced.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A reminder that when the cynical and now MAGA-friendly Mark Zuckerberg makes claims about alleged Biden administration pressure on FB over Covid misinformation, and screams 'Censorship!', he's also the guy who admitted his *uncensored* company played a big role in inciting a *literal genocide*:
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L.A. folks:
I'm looking for anyone caught in the jam of abandoned cars on/near Sunset in Pacific Palisades around midday Tuesday who'd be willing to chat for a story.
If this is you (or you know someone who was there), please drop me a line at nathan.fenno@latimes.com.
Many thanks.
I'm looking for anyone caught in the jam of abandoned cars on/near Sunset in Pacific Palisades around midday Tuesday who'd be willing to chat for a story.
If this is you (or you know someone who was there), please drop me a line at nathan.fenno@latimes.com.
Many thanks.
January 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
L.A. folks:
I'm looking for anyone caught in the jam of abandoned cars on/near Sunset in Pacific Palisades around midday Tuesday who'd be willing to chat for a story.
If this is you (or you know someone who was there), please drop me a line at nathan.fenno@latimes.com.
Many thanks.
I'm looking for anyone caught in the jam of abandoned cars on/near Sunset in Pacific Palisades around midday Tuesday who'd be willing to chat for a story.
If this is you (or you know someone who was there), please drop me a line at nathan.fenno@latimes.com.
Many thanks.
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Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
Fire hydrants ran dry in Pacific Palisades as a major wildfire raged
Janisse Quiñones, CEO of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the fight to contain the flames has put immense strain on the system.
www.npr.org
January 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Water is becoming a major issue in the Southern California fires.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
As crews battled the wildfire in Pacific Palisades, they put so much strain on the water system that the fire hydrants ran dry.
The fires have also fed ash into the water supply, leading to a boil order notice.
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Tweaking the algorithm to promote "positivity" right as Trump becomes president? You can imagine what will be deemed "negativity."
This is re: the new positivity-weighted curation algorithm.
January 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Tweaking the algorithm to promote "positivity" right as Trump becomes president? You can imagine what will be deemed "negativity."
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If you are unclear about who calls the shots, Elon told Trump supporters on X to “fuck yourself in the face” and then Trump called the NY Post and said he agreed with Elon
December 28, 2024 at 8:12 PM
If you are unclear about who calls the shots, Elon told Trump supporters on X to “fuck yourself in the face” and then Trump called the NY Post and said he agreed with Elon
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Track Texas power outages as they happen in real-time across the state. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
Power out? See where fellow Texans have lost electricity right now
Track Texas power outages as they happen in real-time across the state
www.houstonchronicle.com
December 28, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Track Texas power outages as they happen in real-time across the state. www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/202...
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Do this to spite the worlds richest man
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Do this to spite the worlds richest man
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Erik Prince, the founder of the military contractor Blackwater and younger brother of Betsy DeVos, invited around 650 of his contacts to join a secret, private group chat. And now it has leaked.
Published 5/30/24:
Published 5/30/24:
Off Leash: Inside the Secret, Global, Far-Right Group Chat
Military contractor Erik Prince started a private WhatsApp group for his close associates that includes a menagerie of right-wing government officials, intelligence operatives, arms traffickers, and…
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Erik Prince, the founder of the military contractor Blackwater and younger brother of Betsy DeVos, invited around 650 of his contacts to join a secret, private group chat. And now it has leaked.
Published 5/30/24:
Published 5/30/24:
The House ethics committee has released the Gaetz ethics report: ethics.house.gov/press-releas...
Statement of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Matt Gaetz - House Committee on Ethics
On December 23, 2024, the Committee on Ethics (Committee) released the attached Report regarding allegations relating to Representative Matt Gaetz. The Committee previously noted that there has been a...
ethics.house.gov
December 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
The House ethics committee has released the Gaetz ethics report: ethics.house.gov/press-releas...
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Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving