Cupric
@cupric.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️They/Them • 🏳️🌈Bi/Pan+Queer • Software developer by trade. My hobby is, apparently, doing deep dive research into other hobbies and then burning out before I’ve even begun. Hobby du jour: photography!
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Cupric
@cupric.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Going to the botanic gardens for a weekend stroll was very nice. I got some nice pictures too!
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my favorite reaction to this was "what if i need to flee an emergency"
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my favorite reaction to this was "what if i need to flee an emergency"
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Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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Millions of young people across the globe protested against a genocide — an unprecedented mass movement that was organized on social media.
In that time, the US government basically nationalized TikTok and the Australian government has banned teenagers from social media altogether.
In that time, the US government basically nationalized TikTok and the Australian government has banned teenagers from social media altogether.
December 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Millions of young people across the globe protested against a genocide — an unprecedented mass movement that was organized on social media.
In that time, the US government basically nationalized TikTok and the Australian government has banned teenagers from social media altogether.
In that time, the US government basically nationalized TikTok and the Australian government has banned teenagers from social media altogether.
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Incredibly funny how many people are reading this as Indiana GOP being woke, and not that they know they'll lose net seats with the proposed redistricting lol
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) tells NewsNation's Blake Burman that he endorses the Trump administration's plan to primary the state senators that voted against a gerrymandering plan.
"We’re gonna find some really good America First candidates to run in this next primary season."
"We’re gonna find some really good America First candidates to run in this next primary season."
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Incredibly funny how many people are reading this as Indiana GOP being woke, and not that they know they'll lose net seats with the proposed redistricting lol
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"Notably, Trump's threats against Indiana Republicans were immediately exposed as empty. He's said, 'I wasn't really involved, I don't care.' You wish some of these college administrators would've had that in mind."
New episode of @davidnir.com & Rupar is live: www.publicnotice.co/p/we-need-to...
New episode of @davidnir.com & Rupar is live: www.publicnotice.co/p/we-need-to...
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
"Notably, Trump's threats against Indiana Republicans were immediately exposed as empty. He's said, 'I wasn't really involved, I don't care.' You wish some of these college administrators would've had that in mind."
New episode of @davidnir.com & Rupar is live: www.publicnotice.co/p/we-need-to...
New episode of @davidnir.com & Rupar is live: www.publicnotice.co/p/we-need-to...
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“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
There’s a reason the first thing DOGE did was normalize breaking data privacy and data separation laws
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
There’s a reason the first thing DOGE did was normalize breaking data privacy and data separation laws
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
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the atlantic proving that 'class war not culture war' is just a smokescreen for excusing bigotry.
also ppl who open with 'those of us on the left...' and follow it up with '...should be tolerant of bigotry' are *always* right wingers larping as liberals.
also ppl who open with 'those of us on the left...' and follow it up with '...should be tolerant of bigotry' are *always* right wingers larping as liberals.
December 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the atlantic proving that 'class war not culture war' is just a smokescreen for excusing bigotry.
also ppl who open with 'those of us on the left...' and follow it up with '...should be tolerant of bigotry' are *always* right wingers larping as liberals.
also ppl who open with 'those of us on the left...' and follow it up with '...should be tolerant of bigotry' are *always* right wingers larping as liberals.
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For too long, hormone therapy has been inaccessible for cisgender men — or so said clinicians, professors and a pharmaceutical CEO gathered this week by the FDA.
So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?
So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?
There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men
The government disapproves of the hormone for transgender people but is enthusiastic about what it could do for cisgender men.
19thnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For too long, hormone therapy has been inaccessible for cisgender men — or so said clinicians, professors and a pharmaceutical CEO gathered this week by the FDA.
So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?
So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?
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one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech
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Alberta Lawmakers have invoked the nonwithstanding clause to stop trans youth from accessing care.
In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
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In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Alberta Lawmakers Pass Law to Restrict Trans Youths’ “Right to Life”—For Now
Using an emergency measure that won’t expire until 2030, the Alberta legislature gutted avenues of legal opposition to its anti-trans laws.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Alberta Lawmakers have invoked the nonwithstanding clause to stop trans youth from accessing care.
In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
In doing so, they blocked a provision that grants trans youth the "right to life," which was used to overturn their ban.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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They want to withhold federal money for a state’s infrastructure if the state has a law that protects its residents from the downsides of AI.
Text of the EO now live on the White House site: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
They want to withhold federal money for a state’s infrastructure if the state has a law that protects its residents from the downsides of AI.
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Democrats who voted against the NDAA, which bans trans athletes in women's sports at US military academies.
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Democrats who voted against the NDAA, which bans trans athletes in women's sports at US military academies.
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
-Bennet
-Booker
-Cantwell
-Duckworth
-Kim
-Markey
-Merkley
-Murphy
-Murray
-Padilla
-Sanders
-Schatz
-Schiff
-Smith
-Van Hollen
-Warren
-Welch
-Wyden www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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Today, members of the House will vote on a dangerous bill that will expand government censorship under the guise of protecting youth online.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.
Censorship Does Not Keep Kids Safe
KOSA is an alarming bill that would enable censorship and violate young people’s First Amendment right to freely access information. We must call on Congress to act now and protect free speech online.
action.aclu.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Today, members of the House will vote on a dangerous bill that will expand government censorship under the guise of protecting youth online.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.
Tell your representative to protect the First Amendment and vote NO.
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"I realized that I could do more good by spending more time with my patients than I could working for the CDC under this administration."
An HIV doctor quit the CDC when they insisted on censoring his research by removing data on trans people. This interview peels back the curtain of how anti-trans ideology figured into the Trump administration's war on science.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
Republished from @kffhealthnews.org, written by @amymaxmen.bsky.social.
This HIV Expert Refused To Censor Data on Trans Patients, Then Quit the CDC — Assigned
John Weiser, a doctor and researcher, has treated people with HIV since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"I realized that I could do more good by spending more time with my patients than I could working for the CDC under this administration."
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And who stands to gain from pushing AI?
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
The Architects of AI Are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year
The Architects of AI drove the economy, shaped geopolitics, and changed the way we interact with the world
time.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
And who stands to gain from pushing AI?
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
The owner of Time, billionaire Marc Benioff.
When billionaires take control of media, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.
time.com/7339685/pers...
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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I will go to my grave screaming about how Pennywise being a clown hits completely different for anyone under 40 or 50, because the original intent was that Pennywise LOOKED HARMLESS, because “IT” predates scary clowns, & if the story were modern, Pennywise would manifest as a ninja turtle or Luffy
Welcome to Derry reveals why It loves to use the form of Pennywise the Clown so much.
Why Did IT Choose its Pennywise the Clown Form? WELCOME TO DERRY Reveals the Answer
nerdist.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I will go to my grave screaming about how Pennywise being a clown hits completely different for anyone under 40 or 50, because the original intent was that Pennywise LOOKED HARMLESS, because “IT” predates scary clowns, & if the story were modern, Pennywise would manifest as a ninja turtle or Luffy
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Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
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Congratulations to TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year: The Box of Miscellaneous USB and Firewire Cables You Started Collecting in 2007
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Congratulations to TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year: The Box of Miscellaneous USB and Firewire Cables You Started Collecting in 2007
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Another one from me: The Trump administration has omitted data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports.
prismreports.org/2025/12/11/d...
prismreports.org/2025/12/11/d...
Trump DOJ omits data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports
The reports exclude any demographic data, days after a memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
prismreports.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Another one from me: The Trump administration has omitted data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports.
prismreports.org/2025/12/11/d...
prismreports.org/2025/12/11/d...
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115 democrats just voted to establish the first federal statutory definition of sex, which could now be used to
• charge fraud for using documents that misrepresent “sex”
• reverse all federal records gender markers
• sue a future gov’t for attempting to rescind trump’s anti-trans exec orders
• charge fraud for using documents that misrepresent “sex”
• reverse all federal records gender markers
• sue a future gov’t for attempting to rescind trump’s anti-trans exec orders
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
115 democrats just voted to establish the first federal statutory definition of sex, which could now be used to
• charge fraud for using documents that misrepresent “sex”
• reverse all federal records gender markers
• sue a future gov’t for attempting to rescind trump’s anti-trans exec orders
• charge fraud for using documents that misrepresent “sex”
• reverse all federal records gender markers
• sue a future gov’t for attempting to rescind trump’s anti-trans exec orders
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Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism