Edwardo Lobo
@edwardolobo.bsky.social
He's just this guy, you know?
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December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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The media has cast it as a sex scandal so they're mostly focusing on the smutty texts but it's an extremely straightforward ethics scandal: "If Trump gets elected my boyfriend has a job."
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The media has cast it as a sex scandal so they're mostly focusing on the smutty texts but it's an extremely straightforward ethics scandal: "If Trump gets elected my boyfriend has a job."
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She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
People think this is about whether she helped RFK's campaign but it's really about whether she helped Trump's. She was helping her boyfriend (or whatever the fuck he was) get a role in the Trump administration while writing about the election.
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And she covered Trump's campaign while her lover was negotiating for a role in his administration!
December 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
She should be followed for the rest of her life by the parents of children who died of preventable diseases.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
She might not understand why that’s a question she needs to answer, but we should help her figure it out.
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We're in an inter-constitutional moment not dissimilar to the Civil War period where we have to write a new constitution via constitutional convention or achieve a position whereby we overhaul the existing one (only possible in a post-Civil War type situation where the GOP is out of the picture).
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We're in an inter-constitutional moment not dissimilar to the Civil War period where we have to write a new constitution via constitutional convention or achieve a position whereby we overhaul the existing one (only possible in a post-Civil War type situation where the GOP is out of the picture).
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Re: militant liberalism. We have to foster a general understanding among liberals, progressives, even centrists (gonna need @thebulwark.com here) that we are at this point, *between* constitutional regimes.
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Re: militant liberalism. We have to foster a general understanding among liberals, progressives, even centrists (gonna need @thebulwark.com here) that we are at this point, *between* constitutional regimes.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just announced it will hear our case challenging President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
Every child born on U.S. soil has a right to citizenship. We’ll see the president in court.
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In case you are wondering why I know this, I wrote a history of psyops in the United States, called "Stories Are Weapons". It makes a depressing holiday gift. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
Stories Are Weapons
A <em> Book Riot </em> Best Book of 2024 <br /> One of <em>Publishers Weekly</em>'s Top 10 Politics/Current Events books of Spring 2024 <br /><br /> A sharp and timely exploration of the dark art o...
wwnorton.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In case you are wondering why I know this, I wrote a history of psyops in the United States, called "Stories Are Weapons". It makes a depressing holiday gift. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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The Supreme Court argued that there was no intent by Texas lawmakers to draw district lines on considerations of race—just naked partisan politics (which, to be clear, makes it legal).
Chaos Is Coming
America helped keep the (relative) peace for 80 years. Not anymore.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Supreme Court argued that there was no intent by Texas lawmakers to draw district lines on considerations of race—just naked partisan politics (which, to be clear, makes it legal).
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Got blocked for this by someone who is going on a rant that by using “anti-transmasculinity” as a “transman or transmasc” I have fallen into “pro-TERF ideology”
You know, there are a lot of good ways you can push back against anti-transmasculinity.
Transmisogny is not - and will never be - one of them.
If that’s your weapon of choice: you are my enemy. 🔨
Transmisogny is not - and will never be - one of them.
If that’s your weapon of choice: you are my enemy. 🔨
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Got blocked for this by someone who is going on a rant that by using “anti-transmasculinity” as a “transman or transmasc” I have fallen into “pro-TERF ideology”
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This kind of dataset is a clear indicator that propaganda plays a big role in people's political positions and acting like people are unshiftable is just completely detached from reality
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Their ignorance is by design and wholly sought after by the powers that be.
Trump being in power isn't a bug, but a feature of whatever stage of capitalism this is now.
Trump being in power isn't a bug, but a feature of whatever stage of capitalism this is now.
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Their ignorance is by design and wholly sought after by the powers that be.
Trump being in power isn't a bug, but a feature of whatever stage of capitalism this is now.
Trump being in power isn't a bug, but a feature of whatever stage of capitalism this is now.
To overturn a democracy you don't even need to overturn it. Because education and journalism are required for making decisions, all you need to do is break education and turn journalism into propaganda. You can still have elections, but now they won't matter.
More proof of what @prisonculture.bsky.social says that most people in this country have no idea what's going on:
Yesterday two different clients told me they wanted to take their cases to the Supreme Court because they knew there was still a liberal majority.
Yesterday two different clients told me they wanted to take their cases to the Supreme Court because they knew there was still a liberal majority.
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
To overturn a democracy you don't even need to overturn it. Because education and journalism are required for making decisions, all you need to do is break education and turn journalism into propaganda. You can still have elections, but now they won't matter.
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All those “Pro-Life” folks who spent 50+ years screaming about people “killing babies”sure don’t seem to give a shit about people actually killing babies.
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
All those “Pro-Life” folks who spent 50+ years screaming about people “killing babies”sure don’t seem to give a shit about people actually killing babies.
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I don't think normal people have any idea that the US Government just talks this way now.
It's not just Trump and some rando podcasters (which is bad enough). It's our government. In a democracy. Ours.
It's not just Trump and some rando podcasters (which is bad enough). It's our government. In a democracy. Ours.
This is a message from an official, tax-payer funded White House account, written by government employees barred by law from engaging in partisan politics
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I don't think normal people have any idea that the US Government just talks this way now.
It's not just Trump and some rando podcasters (which is bad enough). It's our government. In a democracy. Ours.
It's not just Trump and some rando podcasters (which is bad enough). It's our government. In a democracy. Ours.
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Once again, it is a huge problem that if you were to straightforwardly describe what the government is doing and saying to someone who hasn’t been paying attention, they would think you were an obvious liar
I don't think normal people have any idea that the US Government just talks this way now.
It's not just Trump and some rando podcasters (which is bad enough). It's our government. In a democracy. Ours.
It's not just Trump and some rando podcasters (which is bad enough). It's our government. In a democracy. Ours.
This is a message from an official, tax-payer funded White House account, written by government employees barred by law from engaging in partisan politics
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Once again, it is a huge problem that if you were to straightforwardly describe what the government is doing and saying to someone who hasn’t been paying attention, they would think you were an obvious liar
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In the muppets universe do you think there is one muppet who is regarded as a dangerous conspiracy theorist for yelling about how everyone is being secretly controlled by a hand inside them
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In the muppets universe do you think there is one muppet who is regarded as a dangerous conspiracy theorist for yelling about how everyone is being secretly controlled by a hand inside them
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
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He hears a voice, "are you questioning the nature of your reality?" And it sounds like his own voice.
In the muppets universe do you think there is one muppet who is regarded as a dangerous conspiracy theorist for yelling about how everyone is being secretly controlled by a hand inside them
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
He hears a voice, "are you questioning the nature of your reality?" And it sounds like his own voice.
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Well damn. #RIP #Cary-HiroyukiTagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, 'Mortal Kombat' and 'Man in the High Castle' star, dies at 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese-American actor known for his work in such films and TV series as 'Mortal Kombat' and 'The Man in the High Castle,' has died at 75.
ew.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Well damn. #RIP #Cary-HiroyukiTagawa
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What every last one of these people reveal is how far a bad case of narcissistic personality disorder will get you in this fucked up world we have created.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What every last one of these people reveal is how far a bad case of narcissistic personality disorder will get you in this fucked up world we have created.
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i would like to set myself a challenge to fill my current sketchbook before we go do holiday travel, I'm not *that* far from the end of it but also
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
i would like to set myself a challenge to fill my current sketchbook before we go do holiday travel, I'm not *that* far from the end of it but also
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™