Katherine Cook
@madvxn.bsky.social
Gardens. Dogs. Cats. Books. Horses. Kindness and Thoughtfulness. And the occasional rant. In English und auf Deutsch.
It helps to see it visually.
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It helps to see it visually.
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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It is my hope that we don’t make the mistake again of not expanding SCOTUS.
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It is my hope that we don’t make the mistake again of not expanding SCOTUS.
There is no Tolerance Paradox. Intolerance is a violation of The Social Contract, not an opinion, belief, or cultural value. A Violation of the Social Contract. Those who refuse to participate in the Social Contract, are not protected by it.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
There is no Tolerance Paradox. Intolerance is a violation of The Social Contract, not an opinion, belief, or cultural value. A Violation of the Social Contract. Those who refuse to participate in the Social Contract, are not protected by it.
What a jerk! He's just a giant jerk. She's doing her job. If he isn't tough enough to answer the press corps questions, maybe he shouldn't be president.
Reporter: You said he would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd
Trump: I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news. Whatever Hegseth decides is ok with me… Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious reporter. Actually, a terrible reporter.
Trump: I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news. Whatever Hegseth decides is ok with me… Let me just tell you, you are an obnoxious reporter. Actually, a terrible reporter.
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What a jerk! He's just a giant jerk. She's doing her job. If he isn't tough enough to answer the press corps questions, maybe he shouldn't be president.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Back in the 90s, it was revealed that the Swiss avoided invasion by the Nazis by cutting a deal. They agreed to move and launder money for Germany. The Nazis had been using JP Morgan until JP Morgan was forced to stop working with them (by law) when the US entered the war. Corporations have cultures
JPMorgan banked a sex trafficker for years $200 million in accounts, millions in fees, introductions to Sergey Brin and Netanyahu. Employees flagged the cash withdrawals funding his crimes; executives saw only profit. One might call it complicity, but that suggests they didn't know. They knew.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Back in the 90s, it was revealed that the Swiss avoided invasion by the Nazis by cutting a deal. They agreed to move and launder money for Germany. The Nazis had been using JP Morgan until JP Morgan was forced to stop working with them (by law) when the US entered the war. Corporations have cultures
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December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Ugh. MAGA is so embarrassing. Being a sensible American right now is like being the parent of a toddler who likes to strip naked in public and crap on the floor. We’re really sorry. We’re working on it.
Die USA sehen Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit in Europa gefährdet – Brüssel reagiert empört. Das Wichtigste in Kürze.
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/spannungen-usa-europa-trump-kritisiert-europa-us-strategie-sorgt-fuer-spannungen
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/spannungen-usa-europa-trump-kritisiert-europa-us-strategie-sorgt-fuer-spannungen
US-Kritik an EU: Europa drohe Verlust von Demokratie und Freiheit
Die USA sehen Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit in Europa gefährdet – Brüssel reagiert empört. Das Wichtigste in Kürze.
www.srf.ch
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Ugh. MAGA is so embarrassing. Being a sensible American right now is like being the parent of a toddler who likes to strip naked in public and crap on the floor. We’re really sorry. We’re working on it.
If AI is so damn powerful, why can’t it learn to use an apostrophe correctly?
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
If AI is so damn powerful, why can’t it learn to use an apostrophe correctly?
Wait- are there people who actually believe the Venezuelan strikes are about drug interdiction? Oh, sweeties! No. That’s not why they’re doing that.
Hello, Sen John Thune and whoever it is that controls the GOP House of Reps. Do any of you give a damn?👇👇
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wait- are there people who actually believe the Venezuelan strikes are about drug interdiction? Oh, sweeties! No. That’s not why they’re doing that.
AI is overrated. Change my mind.
NEW: Waymo will issue a recall for the software on its robotaxis after more than 20 documented incidents where they drove past stopped school buses
Story from @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/w...
Story from @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social
techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/w...
Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses | TechCrunch
The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.
techcrunch.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
AI is overrated. Change my mind.
Reposted by Katherine Cook
It’s a playbook. Right-wing extremists target police (and fire/EMS) for radicalization because they can’t dismantle democracy without the assistance of law enforcement
Ein Skandal um rassistische WhatsApp-Chats erschüttert die Lausanner Polizei. Jetzt werden Details der Inhalte bekannt.
https://www.srf.ch/news/dialog/polizei-von-lausanne-wenn-polizisten-ueber-whatsapp-ihrem-rassismus-freien-lauf-lassen
https://www.srf.ch/news/dialog/polizei-von-lausanne-wenn-polizisten-ueber-whatsapp-ihrem-rassismus-freien-lauf-lassen
Lausanner Polizei: 2500 Chat-Seiten voller Rassismus und Antisemitismus
Ein Skandal um rassistische WhatsApp-Chats erschüttert die Lausanner Polizei. Jetzt werden Details der Inhalte bekannt.
www.srf.ch
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It’s a playbook. Right-wing extremists target police (and fire/EMS) for radicalization because they can’t dismantle democracy without the assistance of law enforcement
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3 Questions:
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
3 Questions:
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?
www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
It appears I will not be planting tulips today
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It appears I will not be planting tulips today
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
I have to say…a dingey shade of white seems appropriate for the current cultural climate in the US.
Really, Pantone?! This is what you're going with for color of the year?? REALLY?
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I have to say…a dingey shade of white seems appropriate for the current cultural climate in the US.
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
Surely someone in the White House cares enough about that man to let him resign.
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Surely someone in the White House cares enough about that man to let him resign.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
You’re not free if you can’t leave a crappy job because you need healthcare. That’s called being a hostage.
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You’re not free if you can’t leave a crappy job because you need healthcare. That’s called being a hostage.
Is it time to consider the possibility that he really doesn't have a clue? That he has already forgotten pardoning a drug dealer? That the people serving under him use his name to commit war crimes?
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Is it time to consider the possibility that he really doesn't have a clue? That he has already forgotten pardoning a drug dealer? That the people serving under him use his name to commit war crimes?