castle_acker 🏴☠️🐀🌶️
@castleacker.bsky.social
Infosec poseur and recovering editor, one-time film critic, lover of public works and burdensome regulations.
Of all the things that led us to this moment, the subservience of the news media has been the most depressing.
Of all the things that led us to this moment, the subservience of the news media has been the most depressing.
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This, for the love of all that is holy
Compliant and credulous media will be the death of the republic
Compliant and credulous media will be the death of the republic
There's no rule of journalism that says you have to show a president telling lie after lie – uncorrected – many times a day. That's a decision that corporate media are making for purposes other than delivering the truth to the public.
December 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This, for the love of all that is holy
Compliant and credulous media will be the death of the republic
Compliant and credulous media will be the death of the republic
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I'd also note they already invalidated Section 3 that says that you can't hold federal office if you engaged in insurrection against the United States. These are not judges impartially applying the law. They are racist despots who despise American progress. (3/3)
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I'd also note they already invalidated Section 3 that says that you can't hold federal office if you engaged in insurrection against the United States. These are not judges impartially applying the law. They are racist despots who despise American progress. (3/3)
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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rewarding this guy with a trillion dollars for making u money go fuck yourselves you shareholder fucks
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
rewarding this guy with a trillion dollars for making u money go fuck yourselves you shareholder fucks
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Your liberal media at work.
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Your liberal media at work.
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I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
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trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
August 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
trump can issue as many executive orders as he wants, perhaps coverage should reflect the fact that a lot of these have the legal force of a child's wishlist for santa
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
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"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
August 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
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People have embraced authoritarianism in large part because they've been sold individualistic explanations for social problems. If you think people are poor or unhoused because they've made "bad choices," then you'll see appeal in authoritarian leaders who promise to punish those who are "bad."
August 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
People have embraced authoritarianism in large part because they've been sold individualistic explanations for social problems. If you think people are poor or unhoused because they've made "bad choices," then you'll see appeal in authoritarian leaders who promise to punish those who are "bad."
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
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It is increasingly clear that the majority of federal law enforcement officers do little or no real work, hence having the time and resources to do what they've been doing under Trump.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
"Dunn’s attorney says he tried to turn himself in, but instead, 20 officers came to his home to arrest him."
Just think about that for a minute.
Just think about that for a minute.
Subway sandwich guy has been released on his own recognizance.
His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.
Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.
Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
August 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
It is increasingly clear that the majority of federal law enforcement officers do little or no real work, hence having the time and resources to do what they've been doing under Trump.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
Whole agencies need to be zeroed out, with employees sued to pay back salaries and benefits wrongly obtained.
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Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
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Threats of the militarization of cities—, including DC which has been fighting for self determination for generations, isn’t a “distraction”.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
Another distraction from them files.
Eyes on D.C.-- Trump has dispatched FBI agents to start patrolling Washington D.C.--- and he is reportedly weighing sending in the National Guard:
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
August 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Threats of the militarization of cities—, including DC which has been fighting for self determination for generations, isn’t a “distraction”.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
It’s a massive, giant, red trial balloon
For what an American president can do YOUR city if you feel like it.
I need people to wake up.
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every writeup of some AI cheerleader makes them come across as the biggest assholes in tech which if u know anything about tech is quite a fuckin achievement
August 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
every writeup of some AI cheerleader makes them come across as the biggest assholes in tech which if u know anything about tech is quite a fuckin achievement
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I love my city and I love my country even though they are built on deeply fucked up systems which badly need dismantling but they are full of good people who care about the right things and that’s not nothing
I would rather be us than them
I would rather be us than them
June 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I love my city and I love my country even though they are built on deeply fucked up systems which badly need dismantling but they are full of good people who care about the right things and that’s not nothing
I would rather be us than them
I would rather be us than them
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Media is straight up refusing to cover any of the protests, and actively misreporting the basics of the law-breaking across the administration. Normal people who just casually pass by a few minutes of CNN in a week haven't heard *anything* about the worst attack on government since the Civil War.
These numbers suggest the media is failing to explain what's actually happening to the public.
New @nbcnews.com poll
Trump approval rating: 47/51
ISSUE BREAKDOWN
Border security/immigration 55/43
Foreign policy 45/53
Economy 44/54
Inflation/cost of living 42/55
Russia-Ukraine war 42/55
(NOTE: Trump economy disapproval is at an all-time high; it never reached 50% in 1st term)
Trump approval rating: 47/51
ISSUE BREAKDOWN
Border security/immigration 55/43
Foreign policy 45/53
Economy 44/54
Inflation/cost of living 42/55
Russia-Ukraine war 42/55
(NOTE: Trump economy disapproval is at an all-time high; it never reached 50% in 1st term)
March 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Media is straight up refusing to cover any of the protests, and actively misreporting the basics of the law-breaking across the administration. Normal people who just casually pass by a few minutes of CNN in a week haven't heard *anything* about the worst attack on government since the Civil War.
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If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
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"Make billionaires even richer"/"Billionaires first".
February 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Make billionaires even richer"/"Billionaires first".
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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.
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If Trump and Musk were trying to weaken the United States and sell it to its foreign enemies, how would they act any differently from the way they're acting now?
Not at all, you say? Maybe you should wonder why that is.
Not at all, you say? Maybe you should wonder why that is.
February 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If Trump and Musk were trying to weaken the United States and sell it to its foreign enemies, how would they act any differently from the way they're acting now?
Not at all, you say? Maybe you should wonder why that is.
Not at all, you say? Maybe you should wonder why that is.
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
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Look, I’m not the CIA’s biggest fan, but can we not describe the ONGOING FUCKING COUP as a “makeover”
Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover
The spy agency’s workforce received a buyout-style offer on Tuesday.
www.wsj.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Look, I’m not the CIA’s biggest fan, but can we not describe the ONGOING FUCKING COUP as a “makeover”