Captain Flanger
@captainflanger.bsky.social
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Hi! My name is Captain Flanger. If you're into #cosplay #photography, then you came to a right place!
I've been doing photography works since August 2022.
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You can check out my previous works via my Instagram: www.instagram.com/captainflang...
I've been doing photography works since August 2022.
Feel free to interact with me - don't hesitate!
You can check out my previous works via my Instagram: www.instagram.com/captainflang...
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Kidnapping a President, killing a hundred or so civilians, descending an entire country in chaos and theft of the worlds largest oil reserves are all a brilliant “chess move”
Ladies and Gentlemen- your ABC
Ladies and Gentlemen- your ABC
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Kidnapping a President, killing a hundred or so civilians, descending an entire country in chaos and theft of the worlds largest oil reserves are all a brilliant “chess move”
Ladies and Gentlemen- your ABC
Ladies and Gentlemen- your ABC
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I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
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The unraveling continues.
It’s increasingly looking like the only result of Trump’s attack on Venezuela will be to have destroyed the US’ reputation across the world.
It’s increasingly looking like the only result of Trump’s attack on Venezuela will be to have destroyed the US’ reputation across the world.
Big Oil doesn’t share Trump’s dream of making Venezuelan oil great again | CNN Business
President Donald Trump may have made a major miscalculation about Venezuela’s oil.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The unraveling continues.
It’s increasingly looking like the only result of Trump’s attack on Venezuela will be to have destroyed the US’ reputation across the world.
It’s increasingly looking like the only result of Trump’s attack on Venezuela will be to have destroyed the US’ reputation across the world.
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Everyone claims the US is a 'pariah' now that Trump is in power and not bothering with the white hood for empire anymore, and yet the rest of the world' governments seem to be lining up to bend the knee to prop up their imperial supremacy.
This is just as significant as Maduro’s seizure. The inability of governments to collect tax from multinational companies is a key factor in the relative poverty of the Global South. Trump’s USA has gained extraordinary exemption from a scheme to mitigate it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Everyone claims the US is a 'pariah' now that Trump is in power and not bothering with the white hood for empire anymore, and yet the rest of the world' governments seem to be lining up to bend the knee to prop up their imperial supremacy.
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I am extremely disappointed in the constant failures of solidarity. I don't necessarily expect ethical behaviour, much as I'd prefer it, but for fuck's sake, use some group leverage.
January 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
I am extremely disappointed in the constant failures of solidarity. I don't necessarily expect ethical behaviour, much as I'd prefer it, but for fuck's sake, use some group leverage.
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Machado going full mask-off in front of an Anglophone audience is as unwise as it is pathetic.
Marina Corina Machado was just on Hannity's show effusively kissing up to Trump, including offering to share the Nobel Prize with him
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Machado going full mask-off in front of an Anglophone audience is as unwise as it is pathetic.
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Do Americans ever ever have a moment when they realize that they themselves have been one of the most destabilizing forces in geopolitics? That the violence and harm they’ve caused has destroyed generations? Or no?
Tom Emmer: "Donald Trump is the president of peace and what he's doing is stabilizing the region"
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Do Americans ever ever have a moment when they realize that they themselves have been one of the most destabilizing forces in geopolitics? That the violence and harm they’ve caused has destroyed generations? Or no?
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The “freedom of speech” argument here is extremely confused and also an absolute gift to the government’s opponents should it ever stop using X (which even purely for pragmatic reasons, it should have done months ago, as its messaging there just isn’t working and is a waste of resources).
The government minister says she believes in using X "because of freedom of speech". (There are many platforms - 4chan, Stormfront - which it does not use).
The government is being asked to
(i) uphold the law
(ii) undertake a good faith review of its own guidelines for govt communications
The government is being asked to
(i) uphold the law
(ii) undertake a good faith review of its own guidelines for govt communications
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The “freedom of speech” argument here is extremely confused and also an absolute gift to the government’s opponents should it ever stop using X (which even purely for pragmatic reasons, it should have done months ago, as its messaging there just isn’t working and is a waste of resources).
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So @drnajimagi.bsky.social and I (mostly Juliette) wrote this on the state of the UN and global military violence
theconversation.com/venezuela-ga...
theconversation.com/venezuela-ga...
Venezuela, Gaza, Ukraine: is the UN failing?
Should we push for a better UN that doesn’t reward the powerful by making them unaccountable? Absolutely. Should we scrap it altogether? No.
theconversation.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
So @drnajimagi.bsky.social and I (mostly Juliette) wrote this on the state of the UN and global military violence
theconversation.com/venezuela-ga...
theconversation.com/venezuela-ga...
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Nearly all non-Americans really would prefer to remain non-Americans.
January 6, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Nearly all non-Americans really would prefer to remain non-Americans.
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Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it.
And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
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'Has the PM decided yet whether water makes things wet?'
"Has the PM decided yet whether president Trump has beached international law?"
Govt minister Mike Tapp: "This is complex.. what we aren't here to do is give running commentary under pressure from social media.. to jump to conclusions"
Govt minister Mike Tapp: "This is complex.. what we aren't here to do is give running commentary under pressure from social media.. to jump to conclusions"
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
'Has the PM decided yet whether water makes things wet?'
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America is a rogue state.
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 1:57 AM
America is a rogue state.
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postmodern imperialism
I will be governing your country remotely via shitposting and late night threats on social media. If you don’t do what I say, I will blockade, bomb and eventually starve you. This is called freedom
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
postmodern imperialism
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the big GenAI companies really need to figure out that they’re merely at the beginning of an absolutely historic-level PR disaster
also, if i were advising, say, anthropic, i would tell them to draw extremely broad and aggressive marketing and messaging distinctions between the CSAM hate machine (xAI), the suicide machine (openAI) and the clippy-but-worse machine (copilot), and focus on being the buddhist codemonkey machine
the other tech companies working on AI will — not now, but eventually — regret having chosen not to draw a bright line between what musk is doing and what they're doing, and google, of all companies, really should know this firsthand, given how much tesla's self-driving informs opinions about waymo
January 5, 2026 at 2:58 AM
the big GenAI companies really need to figure out that they’re merely at the beginning of an absolutely historic-level PR disaster
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Lives *were* lost, you absolute unit of shit
Rubio: "Frankly, a number of media outlets had gotten leaks that this was coming and held it for that very reason. And we thank them for doing that or lives could've been lost."
January 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Lives *were* lost, you absolute unit of shit
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at the risk of biting too hard on the ever present anonymous axios ragebait, anyone who thinks this way has fundamentally bought into the authoritarian contempt for legitimacy as a meaningful political ideal, and thereby constitutes a dire internal threat to the antiauthoritarian movement.
Some Democrats hate that their party is largely positioning itself in opposition to the operation that resulted in Maduro's capture.
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
at the risk of biting too hard on the ever present anonymous axios ragebait, anyone who thinks this way has fundamentally bought into the authoritarian contempt for legitimacy as a meaningful political ideal, and thereby constitutes a dire internal threat to the antiauthoritarian movement.
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While the world's attention is on Venezuela, Israel is kicking aid organizations out of Gaza. Make no mistake, everything we're seeing is connected and all links back to US empire.
Israel begins revoking licenses of 37 international organizations delivering aid to Gaza
Israel on Sunday began revoking the operating licenses of 37 international organizations delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, saying they failed to meet requirements under new registratio…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
While the world's attention is on Venezuela, Israel is kicking aid organizations out of Gaza. Make no mistake, everything we're seeing is connected and all links back to US empire.
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extremely rare bolehland w
The Prime Minister of Malaysia shows other world leaders how to do it.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
extremely rare bolehland w
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you!
Hi, I'm a tree.
Hi, I'm a tree.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you!
Hi, I’m a leaking gallbladder.
Hi, I’m a leaking gallbladder.
Introduced yourself with what almost killed you!
Hi, I’m a car.
Hi, I’m a car.
January 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you!
Hi, I'm a tree.
Hi, I'm a tree.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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This is now when nothing has actually gone wrong yet. Wait for when the roadside bombs start.
Jan 3 poll of 1,902 U.S. adults (+/-2.8 points)
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
January 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This is now when nothing has actually gone wrong yet. Wait for when the roadside bombs start.
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Quick update for US media: the story is not about Maduro or what’s going on in Venezuela. It’s about the massive rupture in US history where the country now stands for invading and occupying any country it likes.
Trump in his press conference made it very clear this is a new age. Did you miss that?
Trump in his press conference made it very clear this is a new age. Did you miss that?
January 3, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Quick update for US media: the story is not about Maduro or what’s going on in Venezuela. It’s about the massive rupture in US history where the country now stands for invading and occupying any country it likes.
Trump in his press conference made it very clear this is a new age. Did you miss that?
Trump in his press conference made it very clear this is a new age. Did you miss that?
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Meanwhile the world goes on...
January 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Meanwhile the world goes on...