Itsa Mee, Caitie Vee
@caitievbob.bsky.social
A new world awaits you in the off-world colonies.
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
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Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
![But what struck me most [no pun intended] was the incuriousness and the learned helplessness; the permeation of this idea that Trump’s words and actions are so often inscrutable that trying to divine meaning from them is useless. I think this is wrong. Not only does it let Trump off the hook from explaining himself, but it also lets journalists off the hook from doing our jobs.
If Trump is lying about ordering a land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump did, in fact, order his first land strike on Venezuela, that is important information. If Trump believes the US carried out a land strike on Venezuela based on social media rumors or his own cognitive deficiencies and his team is running cover for him, that is important information. This isn’t Trump running his mouth about how the economy is really great, actually, and how America is back, baby. No, this is a question of whether or not the US just escalated a war.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/bafkreibr5goyfmlq7ixngscguajpmjyhypjrcuraaifutoniwxbvs7iggy@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Since I first posted on Sunday about Trump's radio spot alleging a land strike on Venezuela, I've gotten a surprising amount of hand waving in response. No matter what the explanation is here, it's important to understand what actually did (or didn't) happen.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-b...
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This is slavery.
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is slavery.
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271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
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when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. n.pr/4pNYnVN
U.S. regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal
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Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra nine months after she was taken into custody ICE
"I am thankful that they never gave up, remaining committed even when the outcome seemed dark […] This fight is about the constitutional rights we all share, human rights and dignity for all people,"
"I am thankful that they never gave up, remaining committed even when the outcome seemed dark […] This fight is about the constitutional rights we all share, human rights and dignity for all people,"
Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra released after being granted bond
Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra was released from detention on Monday, nine months after she was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the American F...
www.cbsnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra nine months after she was taken into custody ICE
"I am thankful that they never gave up, remaining committed even when the outcome seemed dark […] This fight is about the constitutional rights we all share, human rights and dignity for all people,"
"I am thankful that they never gave up, remaining committed even when the outcome seemed dark […] This fight is about the constitutional rights we all share, human rights and dignity for all people,"
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"Researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers..."
Pro-death administration.
Pro-death administration.
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers..."
Pro-death administration.
Pro-death administration.
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who calls the shots where you get your news? defector.com/products
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
who calls the shots where you get your news? defector.com/products
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
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I have said it before and I will say it again, Debate Kids are the ones actually ruining the country.
Ask any gay person what "theater kid," when used as an insult, means. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I have said it before and I will say it again, Debate Kids are the ones actually ruining the country.
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
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Trump's comment about Rob Reiner, a beloved American, really demonstrates the rottenness of his character.
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump's comment about Rob Reiner, a beloved American, really demonstrates the rottenness of his character.
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
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It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!
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In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Musk is whining about miscegenation again bsky.app/profile/seth...
This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Musk is whining about miscegenation again bsky.app/profile/seth...
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among many other things, this now completes the loop. it incentivizes people to stage disruptive geopolitical events for pump and dump schemes
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
among many other things, this now completes the loop. it incentivizes people to stage disruptive geopolitical events for pump and dump schemes
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your fair share of taxes: an unconscionable ripoff at best, and theft at worst
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
December 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
your fair share of taxes: an unconscionable ripoff at best, and theft at worst
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
$1,500/month to live in a Singapore hotel with the most unfuckable greedheads imaginable: an exciting opportunity to experience true freedom (with Singaporean characteristics)
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The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
The boat was split in half. 9 men were dead. 2 more clung to a floating piece of wreckage and tried desperately to flip it over for 41 minutes straight. There was no possible way they were going anywhere.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
Then they were killed in cold blood by the U.S. military.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Supreme Court paved the way for a felon to return to the presidency — where, behind the shield of office, that felon has ordered a string of murders.
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So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So much of this shit is gambling! Robinhood is fucking gambling! Crypto is gambling! Videogame business models are gambling! It's all fucking gambling! Laws need to really catch up to the fact that the brain can be hacked by this shit.
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This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
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"Elon Musk is personally responsible for the deaths of at least 400,000 children" is a stat that should be cited every time he and his pervert fanboys start yapping about birth rates
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
"Elon Musk is personally responsible for the deaths of at least 400,000 children" is a stat that should be cited every time he and his pervert fanboys start yapping about birth rates