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elektrac.bsky.social
Elektra
@elektrac.bsky.social
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Former academic philosopher, autodidact, and aspiring psychiatrist who can’t stop asking questions about where the mind meets society.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 6h
Wow, that’s…a whole lot worse.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 18h
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:

"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 2d
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world." Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 2d
Wait, she's from Squirrel Hill (as I am)? She grew up on Beechwood Blvd, and went to Shadyside Academy?! Oh God. The most depressing thing about the last ten years is finding out that the kind of people who were bullies growing up are still bullies now, and you still have to deal with them. UGH
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah, I somehow missed until just now that she is from Pittsburgh. I, too, and from Squirrel Hill, and it is not lost on me what it means that she grew up on Beechwood Blvd and went to Shadyside Academy. I'm sure all Pittsburghers see through her shtick. And crossing a picket line?! Fuuuck her.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you. I felt like I was having a stroke, reading this.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 5d
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 4d
Second guess is the Presidential Library.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 4d
The ballroom, probably.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 4d
Let me assure you, you are not missing much.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4d
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.

Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.

Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.

Glad everything worked out for them.

How about you?
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 4d
I saw one that said, "He rushed to get the van ready, in case there was a new cadaver." Also darkly funny.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 4d
Wow, I did not know that the trend of AI-boosted living standards goes back to *checks insane chart*...1870! It sure has been linear progress all along. *quickly covers y axis, so you can't see that this chart has an R^2 of like 0.0001*
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 5d
So what you’re saying is: he redid this bathroom so he could sit on his golden throne and watch his ballroom being built on top ofthe ruins of the East Wing? Yeah, that tracks.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 5d
This dude is arguing that (presumably opioids) should only be available for palliative care? I hope he has surgery soon, and demands to not be given opioids.

Oh, and his assumption that we haven’t been just as upset about Afghanistan for the past 25 years is adorable.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 6d
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small to large domino effect meme where the tiny domino is labeled "The FBI introducing Mahmood Mamdani to Marx" and the large domino is labeled "every hot dog cart in NYC being replaced with goat meat"
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saudades @saudades.bsky.social · 7d
i honestly am more surprised on a daily basis about the rightwing authoritarian capture of our entire media apparatus than i am of our political one. the latter makes more sense given the last 20 years but the media being so entirely fucked in every way is killing me
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 8d
No woman ever tearfully shouted, “I like beer!” at their Senate confirmation hearing, as far as I know.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 10d
…to me is how many other people didn’t question this, either because they had no idea what it was, didn’t get why it would be hurtful, or possibly interpreted it in some other, equally appalling way (“Oh mass murder, very scary! Perfect for Halloween!) It truly takes a village to fuck up this bad.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 10d
…”I’m arguing against the Nazis by saying that work won’t set you free.”
You know, I often forget that a majority of Americans can’t name one (!) concentration camp, let alone have an in-depth understanding of the scale of total horror that took place in the camps. The most disturbing part…
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 10d
It’s not at all clear that he understands that the Nazis were mocking the victims of their express plan to murder via forced labor (Vernichtung durch Arbeit), by putting “work will set you free” (by killing you) on the entryway to a place that no one was meant to leave. This seems to just think..
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 10d
This was the first election I ever voted in, and it was completely clear to me how twisted what happened was, from the hanging chads to the FL AG being tied to the Bushes. Its been a story of the deterioration of our democracy since then. (Not that I ever missed an election. I guess I am stubborn.)
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 10d
Our country had two diametrically opposed, early founding traditions: one sought the expansion of a free society based on enlightenment rationality (despite huge moral failing re:slavery), while the other wanted the expansion of religious freedom for fundamentalist nutcases. It was ever thus.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 10d
"Reeks of weak morals" is the most concise summary of J.D. Vance I've ever seen.
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Elektra @elektrac.bsky.social · 10d
Oh God, what tragedy to die by suicide in February of 1942. At the absolute nadir of the war, a year out from the end of the battle of Stalingrad and the turning of the tide. This is itself a warning not to give up hope, even when all seems lost.
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