Clare T
@claretorreador.bsky.social
Perpetual student. Researcher. Air-conditioned gypsy. Rationally cynical. Commonwealth of VA.
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The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK
The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK
Exhibition of design flops should suit British sense of humour, says its founder, but also shows failure is a part of learning
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK
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I have difficulty wrapping my head around the fact that there are Jewish Nazis, but here we are.
In a profile of Stephen Miller with @swin24.bsky.social, we reported he’s privately laughed off immigrant families’ “sob stories.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I have difficulty wrapping my head around the fact that there are Jewish Nazis, but here we are.
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The Cracker Barrel thing was THIS YEAR. We have three more years of this shit. Anybody who makes it to 2028 without looking like Nosferatu will be required by the state to start a skincare brand.
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Cracker Barrel thing was THIS YEAR. We have three more years of this shit. Anybody who makes it to 2028 without looking like Nosferatu will be required by the state to start a skincare brand.
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
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It’s the year 2025 and Americans have to watch a bootlegged international version of a news program because it was censored here in our country to protect a criminal president.
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It’s the year 2025 and Americans have to watch a bootlegged international version of a news program because it was censored here in our country to protect a criminal president.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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I‘m getting tired of repeating the point that Trump wants to divide and rule. He poses a collective action problem for Europeans and as long as we leave targeted nations to fend for themselves, he will succeed in dominating us.
Denmark to summon US ambassador over Trump Greenland envoy appointment
Danish foreign minister ‘deeply angered’ by move to send special envoy to territory Trump has threatened to annex
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I‘m getting tired of repeating the point that Trump wants to divide and rule. He poses a collective action problem for Europeans and as long as we leave targeted nations to fend for themselves, he will succeed in dominating us.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump's team for Vanity Fair, says that, at the end of the shoot, Stephen Miller said to him, "'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"
The Vanity Fair photographer who disrupted Trumpworld’s polished image
Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump’s team at the White House for Vanity Fair, defends his unvarnished — and extreme — close-ups.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump's team for Vanity Fair, says that, at the end of the shoot, Stephen Miller said to him, "'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"
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67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most 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.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
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There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
The Donald J. Trump Dumpster
The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty
The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
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the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
Hunger games anyone?
I'm increasingly convinced Trump's inner circle is giving him busy work (the White House ballroom, Kennedy Center, presidential plaques, gold decorations, etc.) while they essentially run the government. He admits that he doesn't even know who he is pardoning anymore.
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hunger games anyone?
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
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This is why you never give an inch to the bigots. All those centrists dems (Newsom, Mayo Pete) claiming there are concerns around trans kids, you're complicit in this.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
RFK Jr announces moves to cut off gender-affirming care for children – US politics live
Donald Trump’s health secretary announces rules designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is why you never give an inch to the bigots. All those centrists dems (Newsom, Mayo Pete) claiming there are concerns around trans kids, you're complicit in this.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
This doesn't get rid of trans people, it just makes them suffer unbearably. Get your head straight: trans rights are human rights.
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If the 25th amendment were triggered by any objective metric of presidential insanity or unfitness, Trump would have been launched out of the White House ten seconds into tonight’s speech. Or 11 months ago. Or daily since.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If the 25th amendment were triggered by any objective metric of presidential insanity or unfitness, Trump would have been launched out of the White House ten seconds into tonight’s speech. Or 11 months ago. Or daily since.
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KKKool and the Gang
December 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
KKKool and the Gang
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I’ll tell you this much, even if we do attack Venezuela, I’ll still be more than capable of reading and reporting on the Epstein files release. And I’m pretty sure Americans will have time to read about it.
December 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I’ll tell you this much, even if we do attack Venezuela, I’ll still be more than capable of reading and reporting on the Epstein files release. And I’m pretty sure Americans will have time to read about it.
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Do you remember this?
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Do you remember this?
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
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Thinking of this photo of Carl & Rob Reiner at dinner that went viral a few years ago. May their memory be a blessing. ❤️❤️❤️
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Thinking of this photo of Carl & Rob Reiner at dinner that went viral a few years ago. May their memory be a blessing. ❤️❤️❤️
Guy is a freaking hero AND was being shot at the whole time
This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Guy is a freaking hero AND was being shot at the whole time
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OK then, what was the action? What has the Trump admin done? What proposals have they made? They have only ever offered “thoughts and prayers” on social media. Nothing else.
December 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
OK then, what was the action? What has the Trump admin done? What proposals have they made? They have only ever offered “thoughts and prayers” on social media. Nothing else.
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!