Jafeth van Elten
@jafethve.bsky.social
Software engineer, gamer, amateur medieval history enthusiast.
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DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
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Dutch answer to the removal of the boards at #Margraten US military cemetery, honoring black US soldiers who died while liberating the Netherlands in WWII. This grave injustice went counterproductive for the US government, as shown.
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Dutch answer to the removal of the boards at #Margraten US military cemetery, honoring black US soldiers who died while liberating the Netherlands in WWII. This grave injustice went counterproductive for the US government, as shown.
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
Courtesy to Dutch TV show ‘Even tot hier’ BNNVARA
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
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Something deeply funny about the fact that conservatives depend on foreign labor to stoke the fires of their own rage
They turned it off because every grifting ragebait account was discovered to be LARPing.
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Something deeply funny about the fact that conservatives depend on foreign labor to stoke the fires of their own rage
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They turned it off because every grifting ragebait account was discovered to be LARPing.
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
They turned it off because every grifting ragebait account was discovered to be LARPing.
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Just leave transgender neighbours alone, to get on with their lives.
Imagine trans kids, the happy, hopeful kids who just want to be themselves.
Don’t let life and society grind them down.
Give them a thumbs up and go back to cutting your grass.
ffs.
Imagine trans kids, the happy, hopeful kids who just want to be themselves.
Don’t let life and society grind them down.
Give them a thumbs up and go back to cutting your grass.
ffs.
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just leave transgender neighbours alone, to get on with their lives.
Imagine trans kids, the happy, hopeful kids who just want to be themselves.
Don’t let life and society grind them down.
Give them a thumbs up and go back to cutting your grass.
ffs.
Imagine trans kids, the happy, hopeful kids who just want to be themselves.
Don’t let life and society grind them down.
Give them a thumbs up and go back to cutting your grass.
ffs.
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Folks, toys are DEFINITELY more expensive this year. Even with the so-called 'discounts' they are more expensive than last year's regular prices.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Folks, toys are DEFINITELY more expensive this year. Even with the so-called 'discounts' they are more expensive than last year's regular prices.
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every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
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the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
the reason 101 dalmations looks like that is because disney incorporated xerography (ie early photocopying technology) into the animation process. rough pencils (by mostly male animators) were copied onto the cels so that disney could fire the (mostly female) inkers. remember that art can lie to you
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Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
HBO CEO Casey Bloys says 'HARRY POTTER' Season 2 is already being written
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
"We’re going to do whatever we can to not have a huge gap, for the kids, obviously, but also for viewers"
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did you know that big studios monitor piracy? Don't you fucking dare pirate this shit. Do not hate watch through piracy. JK Rowling is a disgusting human being that funds and encourages the hurt, pain and death of my fellow trans peers.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
Support media that actually deserves our time and money.
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Under new NHS puberty blocker trial protocols, trans youth are being subjected to more than 50 assessments, intrusive exams, and over 13 hours of intrusive testing - just to access lifesaving healthcare
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
Trans Young People Face 50+ Tests and Hours of Intrusive Assessments in the PATHWAYS Puberty…
The publication of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial protocols reveals how trans young people are required to complete more than fifty…
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Under new NHS puberty blocker trial protocols, trans youth are being subjected to more than 50 assessments, intrusive exams, and over 13 hours of intrusive testing - just to access lifesaving healthcare
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
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Handing power to transphobes is handing power to abusers. Always.
Under new NHS puberty blocker trial protocols, trans youth are being subjected to more than 50 assessments, intrusive exams, and over 13 hours of intrusive testing - just to access lifesaving healthcare
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
It demands young people re-live distress & undergo intimate examinations
#ConversionPractices
Trans Young People Face 50+ Tests and Hours of Intrusive Assessments in the PATHWAYS Puberty…
The publication of the PATHWAYS puberty blocker trial protocols reveals how trans young people are required to complete more than fifty…
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Handing power to transphobes is handing power to abusers. Always.
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Raise your hand if you're sick of the internet being filled with
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Raise your hand if you're sick of the internet being filled with
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
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I think it’s bad that ai allows people to pretend to live in completely separate realities so they don’t have to process news and events that make them uncomfortable. I think that is bad for the health of society!
Trump supporters are also making shitty AI videos of Trump arresting Mamdani in the Oval Office.
They don't know how to process what just happened in real life, so they're making the version they prefer with AI.
They don't know how to process what just happened in real life, so they're making the version they prefer with AI.
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I think it’s bad that ai allows people to pretend to live in completely separate realities so they don’t have to process news and events that make them uncomfortable. I think that is bad for the health of society!
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"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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"Hey why do you foreigners even care about what is happening in America?"
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Hey why do you foreigners even care about what is happening in America?"
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Het systeem is niet stuk. Het werkt. Doet precies waarvoor het ontworpen is: uitbuiten, en beschermen van uitbuiters.
NIEUWS I Dat ongedocumenteerde arbeiders uitbuiting melden bij de Arbeidsinspectie –zoals bij Saints & Stars– is uitzonderlijk. Ze vrezen uitzetting. Want ipv beschermen (hun taak) doet de inspectie 'collegiale meldingen' bij de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Lees dit onderzoek v @oneworld.nl & @groene.nl!
Uit angst voor uitzetting durven veel ongedocumenteerde werknemers misstanden niet te melden. Terecht, blijkt uit onderzoek van OneWorld en @groene.nl. De Arbeidsinspectie werkt namelijk samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Daarom worden ook de schoonmakers van Saints & Stars waarschijnlijk uitgezet.
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Het systeem is niet stuk. Het werkt. Doet precies waarvoor het ontworpen is: uitbuiten, en beschermen van uitbuiters.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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We hebben al tig keer petities gedaan en voorstellen afgewezen. Tóch komt #chatcontrole steeds dichterbij.
Hadden we maar een @piratenpartij.nl in het kabinet, zodat we dit echt VOLLEDIG tegen kunnen gaan.
Triest hoe weinig Nederlanders zich hier mee bezig houden. #GoodByePrivacy
Hadden we maar een @piratenpartij.nl in het kabinet, zodat we dit echt VOLLEDIG tegen kunnen gaan.
Triest hoe weinig Nederlanders zich hier mee bezig houden. #GoodByePrivacy
Achter gesloten deuren is gisteren het Deense voorstel voor #chatcontrole aangenomen.
Providers en platformen worden daarmee verplicht om alle communicatie te scannen. Ook wordt leeftijdscontrole ingevoerd.
Laat Europarlemetariërs weten hoe je erover denkt via fightchatcontrol.eu#contact-tool
Providers en platformen worden daarmee verplicht om alle communicatie te scannen. Ook wordt leeftijdscontrole ingevoerd.
Laat Europarlemetariërs weten hoe je erover denkt via fightchatcontrol.eu#contact-tool
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
We hebben al tig keer petities gedaan en voorstellen afgewezen. Tóch komt #chatcontrole steeds dichterbij.
Hadden we maar een @piratenpartij.nl in het kabinet, zodat we dit echt VOLLEDIG tegen kunnen gaan.
Triest hoe weinig Nederlanders zich hier mee bezig houden. #GoodByePrivacy
Hadden we maar een @piratenpartij.nl in het kabinet, zodat we dit echt VOLLEDIG tegen kunnen gaan.
Triest hoe weinig Nederlanders zich hier mee bezig houden. #GoodByePrivacy
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De toegangsweg naar Shell in Pernis is geblokkeerd door XR-rebellen. Dit is de eerste van meerdere acties bij vervuilende bedrijven vandaag.
#OperatieStorm
#OperatieStorm
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
De toegangsweg naar Shell in Pernis is geblokkeerd door XR-rebellen. Dit is de eerste van meerdere acties bij vervuilende bedrijven vandaag.
#OperatieStorm
#OperatieStorm
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To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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Leave it to history professors to warn of long-term effects of AI use. ‘Students [who use AI to write or improve their papers] are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead.’
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Leave it to history professors to warn of long-term effects of AI use. ‘Students [who use AI to write or improve their papers] are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead.’