Ash Richter
@arvalkyrie.bsky.social
Anthropologist on Future of Tech/Society
Former natsec, VC, archaeologist
Frmr: InQTel, AECOM, BHP, CISA3, GlassLewis
Gaming girl on Twitch @ARValkryie
Scifi geekery, geopolitical analysis #trekkie
Former natsec, VC, archaeologist
Frmr: InQTel, AECOM, BHP, CISA3, GlassLewis
Gaming girl on Twitch @ARValkryie
Scifi geekery, geopolitical analysis #trekkie
It'd definitely be better for society not to have the crazy conservatives own all the media companies and fill all the worlds stories w their hate-filled religious propaganda. Say no to @paramountpictures.bsky.social.
BREAKING: Warner Bros asks shareholders to reject takeover bid from Paramount, saying merger with Netflix is better for customers.
Warner Bros asks investors to reject takeover bid from Paramount Skydance
Warner Bros. is telling shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, saying that a rival bid from Netflix will be better for customers.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It'd definitely be better for society not to have the crazy conservatives own all the media companies and fill all the worlds stories w their hate-filled religious propaganda. Say no to @paramountpictures.bsky.social.
Soo..w everything going on right now w the Trump regime's anti-immigrant anti-science, anti-climate change crazy and a top immigrant scientist in physics and climate change is randomly murdered (RIP) in the US and its not the Keanu Reeves movie Chain Reaction IRL?
share.google/fei4i74p3lbF...
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MIT professor shot, killed at his home in Boston suburbs: Officials
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been shot and killed at his home, authorities said.
share.google
December 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Soo..w everything going on right now w the Trump regime's anti-immigrant anti-science, anti-climate change crazy and a top immigrant scientist in physics and climate change is randomly murdered (RIP) in the US and its not the Keanu Reeves movie Chain Reaction IRL?
share.google/fei4i74p3lbF...
share.google/fei4i74p3lbF...
So what happens to #StarTrek now that @paramountplusbr.bsky.social et al is now alt-right, pro-hatred, anti-diversity, fascist propaganda cortesy of #LarryEllison, MAGA NAZI and his son's Skydance merger? 🤢😢😱😔
July 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
So what happens to #StarTrek now that @paramountplusbr.bsky.social et al is now alt-right, pro-hatred, anti-diversity, fascist propaganda cortesy of #LarryEllison, MAGA NAZI and his son's Skydance merger? 🤢😢😱😔
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The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-the-big-ugly
The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king
Don’t let this happen
robertreich.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The hidden provision in the Big Ugly Bill that makes Trump king https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-the-big-ugly
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Inside Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”: Judicial Silencing (Sec. 80121(h)). This might be the most authoritarian section in the entire 1,100+ page bill.
May 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Inside Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”: Judicial Silencing (Sec. 80121(h)). This might be the most authoritarian section in the entire 1,100+ page bill.
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Why the "big beautiful bill" is the single ugliest bill you can imagine... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is
Why the one big beautiful bill is the single ugliest you can imagine
The truth
robertreich.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Why the "big beautiful bill" is the single ugliest bill you can imagine... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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![@ChuckWendig honestly do you blame it
New research finds Jupiter is flinging asteroids at Earth
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They're arresting Members of Congress.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
May 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They're arresting Members of Congress.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
Perhaps a sternly-worded letter is in order.
Or, perhaps, it's time to play some damn hardball with the DOJ.
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The Trump administration is undermining the collection and distribution of essential weather and climate information, right before hurricane season.
"Decommissioned, retired, paused: The weather, climate, and Earth science data the government doesn’t want you to see," by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social.
"Decommissioned, retired, paused: The weather, climate, and Earth science data the government doesn’t want you to see," by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social.
Decommissioned, retired, paused: The weather, climate, and Earth science data the government doesn’t want you to see
The Trump administration is undermining the collection and distribution of essential weather and climate information, right before hurricane season.
thebulletin.org
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Trump administration is undermining the collection and distribution of essential weather and climate information, right before hurricane season.
"Decommissioned, retired, paused: The weather, climate, and Earth science data the government doesn’t want you to see," by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social.
"Decommissioned, retired, paused: The weather, climate, and Earth science data the government doesn’t want you to see," by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social.
Fun fact, Australia has voters walk a gamut of mostly conservative women and nazi children selling their souls and human rights to shame voters trying to vote for a better, more progressive world for them. Cool cool. Terrified of how the vote will turn out today.
May 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Fun fact, Australia has voters walk a gamut of mostly conservative women and nazi children selling their souls and human rights to shame voters trying to vote for a better, more progressive world for them. Cool cool. Terrified of how the vote will turn out today.
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I’m starting to see it: too many Americans are sitting back, too indifferent or complacent to fight fascism.
It’s not just laziness—it’s a dangerous apathy.
Wake up, America. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
This is the fight of our lives.
Let’s not lose it.
It’s not just laziness—it’s a dangerous apathy.
Wake up, America. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
This is the fight of our lives.
Let’s not lose it.
April 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m starting to see it: too many Americans are sitting back, too indifferent or complacent to fight fascism.
It’s not just laziness—it’s a dangerous apathy.
Wake up, America. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
This is the fight of our lives.
Let’s not lose it.
It’s not just laziness—it’s a dangerous apathy.
Wake up, America. The stakes couldn’t be higher.
This is the fight of our lives.
Let’s not lose it.
Dont dismiss the trending joke that JD Vance killed the pope #unvaccinated
Ideologically, its in Team Trump's interest to not have a progressive pope in office
I hope part of the pope replacement process includes forensic $$$: Is Trump buying out the Vatican to spread conservative hate further?
Ideologically, its in Team Trump's interest to not have a progressive pope in office
I hope part of the pope replacement process includes forensic $$$: Is Trump buying out the Vatican to spread conservative hate further?
April 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Dont dismiss the trending joke that JD Vance killed the pope #unvaccinated
Ideologically, its in Team Trump's interest to not have a progressive pope in office
I hope part of the pope replacement process includes forensic $$$: Is Trump buying out the Vatican to spread conservative hate further?
Ideologically, its in Team Trump's interest to not have a progressive pope in office
I hope part of the pope replacement process includes forensic $$$: Is Trump buying out the Vatican to spread conservative hate further?
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I'm quite comfortable with abolishing deportations and giving every immigrant and refugee a home and food and education and a job and safety, and if you object on the basis that we don't give citizens those things, my answer is simply that we should be giving those things already.
April 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm quite comfortable with abolishing deportations and giving every immigrant and refugee a home and food and education and a job and safety, and if you object on the basis that we don't give citizens those things, my answer is simply that we should be giving those things already.
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Honestly, me too.
April 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Honestly, me too.
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Tunisian court hands prison sentences of up to 66 years in mass trial of regime opponents
Tunisian court hands prison sentences of up to 66 years in mass trial of regime opponents
Opposition says trial was staged to entrench president Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule
A Tunisian court has handed down prison sentences of 13 to 66 years to politicians, businessmen and lawyers in a mass trial that opponents say is fabricated and a symbol of president Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule.
Businessman Kamel Ltaif received the longest sentence of 66 years on Saturday, while opposition politician Khayam Turki was given a 48-year jail term, a lawyer for the defendants said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Tunisian court hands prison sentences of up to 66 years in mass trial of regime opponents
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This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.
April 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This from @jdcivicscience.bsky.social nails why small town, red America is not turning on Trump.
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It is so crucial for us as a species to finally learn the lessons of Reconstruction and Nuremberg because if we come out the other side i do NOT want to be doing this again in 20 years
April 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It is so crucial for us as a species to finally learn the lessons of Reconstruction and Nuremberg because if we come out the other side i do NOT want to be doing this again in 20 years
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The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
2,000 MAGA rioters at the US capital on Jan 6 protesting FOR Trump
1200+ protests around the US+ of millions of people inc 250,00 at the US Capital -AGAINST Trump on Apr 5
No mandate, no divine right for the would be king.
The voice of the people. A pox on the phony king of America.
1200+ protests around the US+ of millions of people inc 250,00 at the US Capital -AGAINST Trump on Apr 5
No mandate, no divine right for the would be king.
The voice of the people. A pox on the phony king of America.
a cartoon of a lion wearing a crown and a robe
ALT: a cartoon of a lion wearing a crown and a robe
media.tenor.com
April 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
2,000 MAGA rioters at the US capital on Jan 6 protesting FOR Trump
1200+ protests around the US+ of millions of people inc 250,00 at the US Capital -AGAINST Trump on Apr 5
No mandate, no divine right for the would be king.
The voice of the people. A pox on the phony king of America.
1200+ protests around the US+ of millions of people inc 250,00 at the US Capital -AGAINST Trump on Apr 5
No mandate, no divine right for the would be king.
The voice of the people. A pox on the phony king of America.
I wish it were foil hat stuff--BUT
if I were an enemy state (Russia)
or an enemy civilisation (the alien baddies from The Three Body Problem books),
I'd aim to ruin the economy and forestall all science, technology, medical development. I'd want people sick and struggling so I can take over.
if I were an enemy state (Russia)
or an enemy civilisation (the alien baddies from The Three Body Problem books),
I'd aim to ruin the economy and forestall all science, technology, medical development. I'd want people sick and struggling so I can take over.
April 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I wish it were foil hat stuff--BUT
if I were an enemy state (Russia)
or an enemy civilisation (the alien baddies from The Three Body Problem books),
I'd aim to ruin the economy and forestall all science, technology, medical development. I'd want people sick and struggling so I can take over.
if I were an enemy state (Russia)
or an enemy civilisation (the alien baddies from The Three Body Problem books),
I'd aim to ruin the economy and forestall all science, technology, medical development. I'd want people sick and struggling so I can take over.
"And so through the night went his cry of alarm...a cry of defiance and not of fear."
Longfellow memorialized Paul Revere's 1775 legendary act of revolutionary endurance in 1903.
I look forward to future scholars & poets celebrating #CoryBooker defiance & democratic inspiration
Longfellow memorialized Paul Revere's 1775 legendary act of revolutionary endurance in 1903.
I look forward to future scholars & poets celebrating #CoryBooker defiance & democratic inspiration
April 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"And so through the night went his cry of alarm...a cry of defiance and not of fear."
Longfellow memorialized Paul Revere's 1775 legendary act of revolutionary endurance in 1903.
I look forward to future scholars & poets celebrating #CoryBooker defiance & democratic inspiration
Longfellow memorialized Paul Revere's 1775 legendary act of revolutionary endurance in 1903.
I look forward to future scholars & poets celebrating #CoryBooker defiance & democratic inspiration
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
I hope the rest of the world follows Canada's lead and breaks up with fascists.
Trump's America is a threat to world peace and human civilization.
Trump and Musk's policies, Project 2025 are the type of thing that the American democracy was founded to prevent.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/a...
Trump's America is a threat to world peace and human civilization.
Trump and Musk's policies, Project 2025 are the type of thing that the American democracy was founded to prevent.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/a...
Old US-Canada relationship is ‘over,’ warns Canadian prime minister | CNN
Canada will have to “dramatically reduce” its reliance on the United States as the two countries’ relationship darkens, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned on Thursday, adding that the old bila...
www.cnn.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I hope the rest of the world follows Canada's lead and breaks up with fascists.
Trump's America is a threat to world peace and human civilization.
Trump and Musk's policies, Project 2025 are the type of thing that the American democracy was founded to prevent.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/a...
Trump's America is a threat to world peace and human civilization.
Trump and Musk's policies, Project 2025 are the type of thing that the American democracy was founded to prevent.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/a...