Carmichael the Conjurer
@lutherumbras.bsky.social
Stage Magician, Showman, Turncoat, Metaphor for "the self-made-conservative-man", kind of a dick. Alt account. Co-mingler of cursing, bitching, and gallows humor. (I'm not Ian Bliss. If the LNwtD team is annoyed by my borrowing the character, HMU)
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NEW: In 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration welcomed the addition of body cameras and touted the “enhanced transparency” they bring.
Now the agency has quietly ended its body camera program, citing a Trump executive order.
By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
Now the agency has quietly ended its body camera program, citing a Trump executive order.
By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.
An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring bo...
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
NEW: In 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration welcomed the addition of body cameras and touted the “enhanced transparency” they bring.
Now the agency has quietly ended its body camera program, citing a Trump executive order.
By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
Now the agency has quietly ended its body camera program, citing a Trump executive order.
By @marioarizabaez.bsky.social
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Now is the time to restrain USPIS’s dragnet surveillance programs—not to massively expand them to snoop on immigrants.
No Postal Service Data Sharing to Deport Immigrants
The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently joined a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) task force geared towards finding and deporting immigrants, according to a report...
www.eff.org
May 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Now is the time to restrain USPIS’s dragnet surveillance programs—not to massively expand them to snoop on immigrants.
Well, goddamnit, which is it?
Do you fuck with me? Or are you fucking with me?
May 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Well, goddamnit, which is it?
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I can’t stop singing ‘the pope is dead’ to the tune of ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’.
And now neither can you.
And now neither can you.
April 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I can’t stop singing ‘the pope is dead’ to the tune of ‘My Boyfriend’s Back’.
And now neither can you.
And now neither can you.
Did I just hear Meadow Soprano pitching me baby placenta?
May 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Did I just hear Meadow Soprano pitching me baby placenta?
The Accountant 2 is amazing, kind of dumb, fun as hell, and both movies in this budding franchise should be cherished and protected from any asshole virtue-signaling bullshit critic trolls. Great article. I love every minute of both flicks.
May 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Accountant 2 is amazing, kind of dumb, fun as hell, and both movies in this budding franchise should be cherished and protected from any asshole virtue-signaling bullshit critic trolls. Great article. I love every minute of both flicks.
I just tried to look up an old half-remembered story about some early internet dev that wrote a program to indicate whether his status was "pants on" or "pants off"... but all DuckDuckGo offered were articles on early childhood autism.
May 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I just tried to look up an old half-remembered story about some early internet dev that wrote a program to indicate whether his status was "pants on" or "pants off"... but all DuckDuckGo offered were articles on early childhood autism.
Make note and carry a grudge.
They don’t give a fuuuck.
They don’t give a fuuuck.
16 Dems just voted to confirm Trump's ambassador to China, David Perdue:
Booker (D-NJ)
Coons (D-DE)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Hassan (D-NH)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kim (D-NJ)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Slotkin (D-MI)
Warner (D-VA)
Booker (D-NJ)
Coons (D-DE)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Hassan (D-NH)
Kaine (D-VA)
Kim (D-NJ)
King (I-ME)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Peters (D-MI)
Reed (D-RI)
Rosen (D-NV)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Slotkin (D-MI)
Warner (D-VA)
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
April 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Make note and carry a grudge.
They don’t give a fuuuck.
They don’t give a fuuuck.
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WTH @democrats.senate.gov 16 Democratic Senators voted TODAY to confirm Trump's latest nominee, unbelievable! You want Americans to donate to your campaigns, take to the street and protest, listen to your fiery speeches, read angry posts...BUT then y'all vote for Trump's nominee, HYPOCRITES!!!
April 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
WTH @democrats.senate.gov 16 Democratic Senators voted TODAY to confirm Trump's latest nominee, unbelievable! You want Americans to donate to your campaigns, take to the street and protest, listen to your fiery speeches, read angry posts...BUT then y'all vote for Trump's nominee, HYPOCRITES!!!
It’s like we don’t even try to make laws sensical anymore.
“Good intentions alone are not enough to make good policy,” EFF told @apnews.com of the TAKE IT DOWN Act. “Lawmakers should be strengthening and enforcing existing legal protections for victims, rather than inventing new takedown regimes that are ripe for abuse.”
Take It Down Act, addressing nonconsensual deepfakes and 'revenge porn,' passes. What is it?
The Take It Down Act, which seeks to enact stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery, sometimes called ‘revenge porn’ online, is heading to President Donald Trump's si...
apnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It’s like we don’t even try to make laws sensical anymore.
Net Income at Tesla last quarter fell 71%. That’s the best news I have heard in a long long time.
April 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Net Income at Tesla last quarter fell 71%. That’s the best news I have heard in a long long time.
One million seconds is 11 and a half days. One billion seconds is 38 and a half years.
So, how can you conceptualize 38,000 years? And that’s rounding off Five Centuries.
So, how can you conceptualize 38,000 years? And that’s rounding off Five Centuries.
TLDR: from 1991-2020, $28 Trillion. “Russia's Gazprom is responsible for $2 trillion, Chevron for $1.98 trillion, ExxonMobil for $1.91 trillion and BP for $1.45 trillion.”
I have no idea how to contextualize those numbers.
I have no idea how to contextualize those numbers.
Scientists Say They Can Calculate the Cost of Oil Giants' Role In Global Warming
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/23/2238225/scientists-say-they-can-calculate-the-cost-of-oil-giants-role-in-global-warming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
April 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
One million seconds is 11 and a half days. One billion seconds is 38 and a half years.
So, how can you conceptualize 38,000 years? And that’s rounding off Five Centuries.
So, how can you conceptualize 38,000 years? And that’s rounding off Five Centuries.
TLDR: from 1991-2020, $28 Trillion. “Russia's Gazprom is responsible for $2 trillion, Chevron for $1.98 trillion, ExxonMobil for $1.91 trillion and BP for $1.45 trillion.”
I have no idea how to contextualize those numbers.
I have no idea how to contextualize those numbers.
Scientists Say They Can Calculate the Cost of Oil Giants' Role In Global Warming
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/23/2238225/scientists-say-they-can-calculate-the-cost-of-oil-giants-role-in-global-warming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Scientists Say They Can Calculate the Cost of Oil Giants' Role In Global Warming
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Oil and gas companies are facing hundreds of lawsuits around the world testing whether they can be held responsible for their role in causing climate change. Now, two scientists say they've built a tool that can calculate how much damage ...
science.slashdot.org
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
TLDR: from 1991-2020, $28 Trillion. “Russia's Gazprom is responsible for $2 trillion, Chevron for $1.98 trillion, ExxonMobil for $1.91 trillion and BP for $1.45 trillion.”
I have no idea how to contextualize those numbers.
I have no idea how to contextualize those numbers.
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Yes, I've seen the account that alleges to be from someone at a literary agency, making fun of queries that come through the door. If real, it's shitty, unethical behavior, also, I just wrote a best-selling book about the moon turning to cheese, so fuck anyone shaming writers for "out there" ideas.
April 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yes, I've seen the account that alleges to be from someone at a literary agency, making fun of queries that come through the door. If real, it's shitty, unethical behavior, also, I just wrote a best-selling book about the moon turning to cheese, so fuck anyone shaming writers for "out there" ideas.
We should do this nation-wide. It's how ALL the other developed countries do it. The entirety of the tax business is a needless useless parasite and if we closed tax loopholes we could have so many budget issues fixed.
FDR sent a letter to the IRS commissioner in 1938 saying he was "wholly unable to figure out the amount of tax" and after providing his income information, asked them to "let me know the amount of the balance due."
April 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We should do this nation-wide. It's how ALL the other developed countries do it. The entirety of the tax business is a needless useless parasite and if we closed tax loopholes we could have so many budget issues fixed.
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
Firebomb the bankers, their lobbyists, and the billionaires, not the ones at least trying to govern. You gotta get behind the curtain.
Gov. Shapiro says he and his family "woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police" early Sunday morning. The fire caused significant damage, but fortunately, no one was injured.
Fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence was 'an act of arson,' police say
Gov. Shapiro says he and his family "woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police" early Sunday morning. The fire caused significant damage, but fortunately, no one was injured.
www.npr.org
April 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Firebomb the bankers, their lobbyists, and the billionaires, not the ones at least trying to govern. You gotta get behind the curtain.
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Last July, Project 2025's Kevin Roberts said “the second American Revolution ... will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
It was a declaration of war against the American people, a demand for our surrender. Some cowards in law, academia and business have submitted. Many of us never will.
It was a declaration of war against the American people, a demand for our surrender. Some cowards in law, academia and business have submitted. Many of us never will.
April 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Last July, Project 2025's Kevin Roberts said “the second American Revolution ... will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
It was a declaration of war against the American people, a demand for our surrender. Some cowards in law, academia and business have submitted. Many of us never will.
It was a declaration of war against the American people, a demand for our surrender. Some cowards in law, academia and business have submitted. Many of us never will.
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In the "how much more fucking inhumane can we become?" department:
Under Gov. Landry’s tough-on-crime agenda, Louisiana has eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1.
For most prisoners already behind bars, an algorithm is now deciding if they have a shot at early release.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social w/ @veritenews.org
For most prisoners already behind bars, an algorithm is now deciding if they have a shot at early release.
By @richardawebster.bsky.social w/ @veritenews.org
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm…
www.propublica.org
April 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
In the "how much more fucking inhumane can we become?" department:
It's always about money. Always.
Oh. We’re so, so fucked. Beyond fucked. Incredibly fucked.
April 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's always about money. Always.
So, @iwriteok.bsky.social Do with this what you will, but in my socials was a disturbing reel with comments about this place and assuming the worst about what this may or may not be...
April 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
So, @iwriteok.bsky.social Do with this what you will, but in my socials was a disturbing reel with comments about this place and assuming the worst about what this may or may not be...
Look, I bailed out about 1/3 in, but here’s my big takeaway:
“HA HA HA! Aren’t poor people in small rural towns funny and dumb?”
- The Minecraft Movie
Clearly, not my demographic.
“HA HA HA! Aren’t poor people in small rural towns funny and dumb?”
- The Minecraft Movie
Clearly, not my demographic.
April 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Look, I bailed out about 1/3 in, but here’s my big takeaway:
“HA HA HA! Aren’t poor people in small rural towns funny and dumb?”
- The Minecraft Movie
Clearly, not my demographic.
“HA HA HA! Aren’t poor people in small rural towns funny and dumb?”
- The Minecraft Movie
Clearly, not my demographic.