stinkbug 🪲🪲🪲🪲
@loonarian.bsky.social
kpop stan, not original enough to post, insect enthusiast
progressive, yimby/urbanist, WOKE LIB etc. ↙️↙️↙️🧦🔰🥑🌱 #BLM #ACAB 🇵🇸🇦🇲🇺🇦🇹🇼
progressive, yimby/urbanist, WOKE LIB etc. ↙️↙️↙️🧦🔰🥑🌱 #BLM #ACAB 🇵🇸🇦🇲🇺🇦🇹🇼
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We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We’ve discovered a literal miracle with almost unlimited potential and it’s being scrapped for *no reason whatsoever*. This isn’t even nihilism, it’s outright worship of death and human suffering.
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The fact that none of these guys have been assassinated by cartels or human traffickers demonstrates the extent to which immigration enforcement does not actually threaten their activities
June 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The fact that none of these guys have been assassinated by cartels or human traffickers demonstrates the extent to which immigration enforcement does not actually threaten their activities
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Over the last two weeks the NY Times has swung from wildly hyping the isolated protest violence in LA as if it was the 1992 riots all over again, to “here’s a diagram of a really cool bomb for killing people!”
June 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Over the last two weeks the NY Times has swung from wildly hyping the isolated protest violence in LA as if it was the 1992 riots all over again, to “here’s a diagram of a really cool bomb for killing people!”
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We don’t know what the real name of the Director of White House Personnel is, we don’t know what country he came from, he refuses to turn in background check forms, and nobody will ask the president or press secretary about it.
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We don’t know what the real name of the Director of White House Personnel is, we don’t know what country he came from, he refuses to turn in background check forms, and nobody will ask the president or press secretary about it.
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The vibes mayor strikes again.
This city is too densely populated and complex to be led by someone so immune to data.
This city is too densely populated and complex to be led by someone so immune to data.
June 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The vibes mayor strikes again.
This city is too densely populated and complex to be led by someone so immune to data.
This city is too densely populated and complex to be led by someone so immune to data.
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He can always easily do great deals that never seem to happen. Maybe in two weeks.
June 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
He can always easily do great deals that never seem to happen. Maybe in two weeks.
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notable that this times piece casts a story with conventional wisdom abt protests, immigration etc. and cites various polling data but doesn't cite the one poll since this started which shows the militarization is distinctly UNpopular 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
As Immigration Protests Grip California, Democrats Enter Risky Political Terrain
Scenes of unrest in Southern California, stoked by President Trump as he tries to deport more immigrants, have left Democratic leaders worried the confrontation elevates a losing issue for the party.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
notable that this times piece casts a story with conventional wisdom abt protests, immigration etc. and cites various polling data but doesn't cite the one poll since this started which shows the militarization is distinctly UNpopular 🤔 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
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Tesla was bailed out by the Department of Energy during the Great Recession in 2010 and Tesla wasn’t even profitable without the revenue from receiving emissions credits that the government created, until 2021.
“About a third of Tesla’s $35 billion in profits since 2014 has come from selling federal and state regulatory credits to other automakers.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Republicans are right to blanch at this Elon Musk gravy train
Musk turned on Trump only after losing green subsidies from House GOP.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tesla was bailed out by the Department of Energy during the Great Recession in 2010 and Tesla wasn’t even profitable without the revenue from receiving emissions credits that the government created, until 2021.
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Maybe the MOST IMPORTANT truth for better transportation in cities:
The “War on Cars” narrative fuelled by populist politicians, click bait media and such, IS A LIE.
Cars have almost all the space, budget etc, and ANY effort to add even a bit more CHOICE is attacked this way. #TheTruthAboutTraffic
The “War on Cars” narrative fuelled by populist politicians, click bait media and such, IS A LIE.
Cars have almost all the space, budget etc, and ANY effort to add even a bit more CHOICE is attacked this way. #TheTruthAboutTraffic
June 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Maybe the MOST IMPORTANT truth for better transportation in cities:
The “War on Cars” narrative fuelled by populist politicians, click bait media and such, IS A LIE.
Cars have almost all the space, budget etc, and ANY effort to add even a bit more CHOICE is attacked this way. #TheTruthAboutTraffic
The “War on Cars” narrative fuelled by populist politicians, click bait media and such, IS A LIE.
Cars have almost all the space, budget etc, and ANY effort to add even a bit more CHOICE is attacked this way. #TheTruthAboutTraffic
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Note - Both the LAPD and LASD agree with the former and characterized this as peaceful protests against a sloppy LEO operation.
Fellow white liberals - ICE isn’t coming into our neighborhoods - I’m going to trust the people of Paramount, CA over some prestige journalist’s take.
Fellow white liberals - ICE isn’t coming into our neighborhoods - I’m going to trust the people of Paramount, CA over some prestige journalist’s take.
June 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Note - Both the LAPD and LASD agree with the former and characterized this as peaceful protests against a sloppy LEO operation.
Fellow white liberals - ICE isn’t coming into our neighborhoods - I’m going to trust the people of Paramount, CA over some prestige journalist’s take.
Fellow white liberals - ICE isn’t coming into our neighborhoods - I’m going to trust the people of Paramount, CA over some prestige journalist’s take.
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One of the largest problems of the internet today is that you have entire generations of humans who never experienced the consequence of being punched in the face for saying or doing something awful, and so they continue unabated
June 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
One of the largest problems of the internet today is that you have entire generations of humans who never experienced the consequence of being punched in the face for saying or doing something awful, and so they continue unabated
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Scientists and researchers understand that sex is a multidimensional category. Donald Trump’s rigid definitions undermine their ability to do their jobs.
Donald Trump’s War on Gender Is Also a War on Government
By forcing rigid definitions of sex across all federal agencies, Republicans are undermining the administrative state’s capacity to protect public health and safety.
nyer.cm
June 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Scientists and researchers understand that sex is a multidimensional category. Donald Trump’s rigid definitions undermine their ability to do their jobs.
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NIMBYs love striving toward ever more absurd arguments against housing.
In this email against our bill to allow more homes near transit, they argue it’s “unconstitutional” & “discriminates against those who cannot rely on transit,” including “families with young children & disabled people.” 🙄
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In this email against our bill to allow more homes near transit, they argue it’s “unconstitutional” & “discriminates against those who cannot rely on transit,” including “families with young children & disabled people.” 🙄
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June 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NIMBYs love striving toward ever more absurd arguments against housing.
In this email against our bill to allow more homes near transit, they argue it’s “unconstitutional” & “discriminates against those who cannot rely on transit,” including “families with young children & disabled people.” 🙄
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In this email against our bill to allow more homes near transit, they argue it’s “unconstitutional” & “discriminates against those who cannot rely on transit,” including “families with young children & disabled people.” 🙄
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Trying to appeal to “Hidden knowledge”. Common propaganda technique in the modern misinformation age
May 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Trying to appeal to “Hidden knowledge”. Common propaganda technique in the modern misinformation age
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the future is a slop app sending you a push notification written by its billionaire owners on how your future treats are at risk because of the feckless demand for big government boondoggles like funding your child’s public school or building a public park
Uber is trying to defund transit and put transit workers out of their job
May 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
the future is a slop app sending you a push notification written by its billionaire owners on how your future treats are at risk because of the feckless demand for big government boondoggles like funding your child’s public school or building a public park
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American journalists having a hard time grasping that foreigners are people too and that they react in entirely predictable ways when you treat them like garbage.
A congressional reporter, covering a congressional delegation, is struck by the level of rage in Canada. punchbowl.news/archive/5312...
May 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
American journalists having a hard time grasping that foreigners are people too and that they react in entirely predictable ways when you treat them like garbage.
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Inflation was 22% in 1982! The curve looked quite similar to Biden’s. It went up, it came down. Reagan pulled it off largely because he knew how to communicate. Voters think in terms of narratives, not in terms of issue positions. It sucks, but ads work.
May 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Inflation was 22% in 1982! The curve looked quite similar to Biden’s. It went up, it came down. Reagan pulled it off largely because he knew how to communicate. Voters think in terms of narratives, not in terms of issue positions. It sucks, but ads work.
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the plan to make america great again is to make us an impoverished garrison state dominated by trump and his oligarch buddies
*US ORDERS HALT TO STUDENT VISA INTERVIEWS: POLITICO
Trump team orders stop to new student visa interviews, as it weighs expanding social media vetting
The directive came in a Tuesday cable obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
the plan to make america great again is to make us an impoverished garrison state dominated by trump and his oligarch buddies
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Napa County Supervisors Anne Cottrell and Liz Alessio lay out the case for SB 607 and CEQA reform by telling the story of a much-needed childcare facility that opponents nearly killed by abusing CEQA
California environmental law nearly killed a childcare facility in our community. Enough is enough
Why does CEQA give a few individuals de facto veto power over a project that a majority of the community wants and needs? SB607 would finally change that.
www.sfchronicle.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Napa County Supervisors Anne Cottrell and Liz Alessio lay out the case for SB 607 and CEQA reform by telling the story of a much-needed childcare facility that opponents nearly killed by abusing CEQA
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I spent 72 hours checking the posting times of every Gazan account I saw fundraising. More than 2/3 of them were inconsistent with Gaza but consistent with Myanmar or Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked into doing scam work under threat of violence or death.
and before you get hot under the collar about that statement:
it's 4AM in Gaza right now and I am watching two separate accounts post their gofundme in somebody's thread every 10 seconds.
as @rahaeli.bsky.social notes: it's 9AM in Southeast Asia, though.
people are being had. I'm sorry.
it's 4AM in Gaza right now and I am watching two separate accounts post their gofundme in somebody's thread every 10 seconds.
as @rahaeli.bsky.social notes: it's 9AM in Southeast Asia, though.
people are being had. I'm sorry.
May 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I spent 72 hours checking the posting times of every Gazan account I saw fundraising. More than 2/3 of them were inconsistent with Gaza but consistent with Myanmar or Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked into doing scam work under threat of violence or death.
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Extremely impressive! Would be really exciting technology if not for the possibly breaking society part.
VEO3
Prompt: “a man doing stand up comedy in a small venue tells a joke (include the joke in the dialogue)”
The video and audio are generated together.
Prompt: “a man doing stand up comedy in a small venue tells a joke (include the joke in the dialogue)”
The video and audio are generated together.
May 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Extremely impressive! Would be really exciting technology if not for the possibly breaking society part.
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jesus h christ
Although relatively little ground combat has been going on since the ceasefire ended, the IDF has been busy demolishing the emptied city of Rafah building by building.
“We will replicate the model implemented in Rafah in other areas of the Strip as well,” the IDF said this week.
“We will replicate the model implemented in Rafah in other areas of the Strip as well,” the IDF said this week.
Gazans Once Escaped To Rafah. Now Israel Is Razing It. (Gift Article)
In the last few weeks, Israel has demolished extensive areas of Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah.
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
jesus h christ
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This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
May 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is what ICE does: just like they stalked the family’s car and smashed the windows in to kidnap them.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
They attack people on the streets grab them and take them to concentration camps.
Entire neighborhoods gather to protect little babies & their moms from being separated & kidnapped.
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🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
May 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.