Oak
@oakelm.bsky.social
Learning what I can about the internet.
Post about various things, some of which I wouldn't under sane circumstances.
I like posting music in languages I don’t know.
Posts regularly deleted using bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup
Post about various things, some of which I wouldn't under sane circumstances.
I like posting music in languages I don’t know.
Posts regularly deleted using bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup
Also, I wonder if simply cutting expenses harms people by making them less familiar with new products and services. Feel like being familiar with what’s going on in the world is a competitive advantage and shoving people off that is a quite way to segment society.
yes, I feel like you can safely ignore anyone who tells you with a straight face in 2025 that you can just do without a smartphone
This article makes really good points about the inability of most people to cut expenses without entirely losing the ability to participate in the economy. I get tired of people telling me to live cheaper by eliminating things that are necessary for modern life.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Also, I wonder if simply cutting expenses harms people by making them less familiar with new products and services. Feel like being familiar with what’s going on in the world is a competitive advantage and shoving people off that is a quite way to segment society.
Take a break and enjoy some sound. youtu.be/AlLid7sY4NE?...
"Morena" Mariana Nolasco part. Vitor Kley
YouTube video by Mariana Nolasco
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Take a break and enjoy some sound. youtu.be/AlLid7sY4NE?...
YouTube was just auto playing videos for me and I tuned into Galloway saying I don't think 16 year olds should be on social media.
I was like "yeah, they're 16 and have the energy to meet friends in person." There are exceptions, some kids need it, but we gotta fix real life.
youtu.be/nONm1m-OJWw
I was like "yeah, they're 16 and have the energy to meet friends in person." There are exceptions, some kids need it, but we gotta fix real life.
youtu.be/nONm1m-OJWw
MAGA Movement MELTDOWN: MTG Out, Mamdani In, and Major Legal Blow
YouTube video by Raging Moderates
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
YouTube was just auto playing videos for me and I tuned into Galloway saying I don't think 16 year olds should be on social media.
I was like "yeah, they're 16 and have the energy to meet friends in person." There are exceptions, some kids need it, but we gotta fix real life.
youtu.be/nONm1m-OJWw
I was like "yeah, they're 16 and have the energy to meet friends in person." There are exceptions, some kids need it, but we gotta fix real life.
youtu.be/nONm1m-OJWw
Before, 'foreign guest workers' were taken advantage of because of their lack of status.
Now, they get taken advantage of for the status of 'foreign guest worker' and I'm not sure if that actually does anything for them, especially with current DHS activities.
Now, they get taken advantage of for the status of 'foreign guest worker' and I'm not sure if that actually does anything for them, especially with current DHS activities.
Farmworkers sue over Trump’s low wages for foreign guest workers missouriindependent.com/2025/11/25/r...
Farmworkers sue over Trump’s low wages for foreign guest workers • Missouri Independent
A California union and a group of current farmworkers from around the country are suing to stop new federal guidelines that cut wages for temporary foreign agriculture workers — helping farmers but hu...
missouriindependent.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Before, 'foreign guest workers' were taken advantage of because of their lack of status.
Now, they get taken advantage of for the status of 'foreign guest worker' and I'm not sure if that actually does anything for them, especially with current DHS activities.
Now, they get taken advantage of for the status of 'foreign guest worker' and I'm not sure if that actually does anything for them, especially with current DHS activities.
"I love the work I do"
"People wouldn't work if they were given money"
I understand people wouldn't take undesirable work.
I can't understand pretending people wouldn't get bored of not being productive.
UBI is the leverage to say no to people saying they need labor as close to free as possible
"People wouldn't work if they were given money"
I understand people wouldn't take undesirable work.
I can't understand pretending people wouldn't get bored of not being productive.
UBI is the leverage to say no to people saying they need labor as close to free as possible
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"I love the work I do"
"People wouldn't work if they were given money"
I understand people wouldn't take undesirable work.
I can't understand pretending people wouldn't get bored of not being productive.
UBI is the leverage to say no to people saying they need labor as close to free as possible
"People wouldn't work if they were given money"
I understand people wouldn't take undesirable work.
I can't understand pretending people wouldn't get bored of not being productive.
UBI is the leverage to say no to people saying they need labor as close to free as possible
Reposted by Oak
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
They said you can refuse illegal orders. Illegal.
Hegseth crossed the line with this and he needs to be kicked the fuck out.
No more Hegseth hires. Fucking morons say merit with no clue what merit is.
Hegseth crossed the line with this and he needs to be kicked the fuck out.
No more Hegseth hires. Fucking morons say merit with no clue what merit is.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
They said you can refuse illegal orders. Illegal.
Hegseth crossed the line with this and he needs to be kicked the fuck out.
No more Hegseth hires. Fucking morons say merit with no clue what merit is.
Hegseth crossed the line with this and he needs to be kicked the fuck out.
No more Hegseth hires. Fucking morons say merit with no clue what merit is.
Elon Musk is going to use AI to invent infinite vulgar. Never thought it would be possible to say 'more vulgar' and then more vulgar happens. Very impressed.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Elon Musk is going to use AI to invent infinite vulgar. Never thought it would be possible to say 'more vulgar' and then more vulgar happens. Very impressed.
Is this an Eighth amendment thing?
The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.
Unpacked:
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
In Aug., Govt said if Abrego pled guilty he could go to Costa Rica, where he's okay with going. Abrego said no to plea. Govt now wants to send him to Liberia. Why not Costa Rica? Govt told judge Thurs that Costa Rica wouldn’t take him anymore. @mariasacchetti exposed them.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Is this an Eighth amendment thing?
Reposted by Oak
The news needs to be screaming this from the roof tops! WTF are they illegally giving this man? 🤬🤬🤬
Local police officers and sheriffs in Mobile, Alabama, are abducting a man from the waiting room of a car dealership mechanic shop on behalf of ICE/DHS. During the kidnapping, he is administered an unidentified sedative.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The news needs to be screaming this from the roof tops! WTF are they illegally giving this man? 🤬🤬🤬
If I'm a nationalist anywhere, I'm focused on decreasing the amount of desirable people leaving & undesirable people coming.
I'm not a nationalist though, & It's obvious that nationalists will continue their superficial thoughts into dictating desirable behavior and punishing undesirable behavior.
I'm not a nationalist though, & It's obvious that nationalists will continue their superficial thoughts into dictating desirable behavior and punishing undesirable behavior.
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If I'm a nationalist anywhere, I'm focused on decreasing the amount of desirable people leaving & undesirable people coming.
I'm not a nationalist though, & It's obvious that nationalists will continue their superficial thoughts into dictating desirable behavior and punishing undesirable behavior.
I'm not a nationalist though, & It's obvious that nationalists will continue their superficial thoughts into dictating desirable behavior and punishing undesirable behavior.
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Never heard of this happening before. Is this something that has happened before & just sounds sloppy as hell, or is this actually sloppy as hell & a sign of disfunction?
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
US accidentally invades Mexico
Pentagon contractors, who believed they were in Texas, mistakenly declared Playa Bagdad under American control
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Never heard of this happening before. Is this something that has happened before & just sounds sloppy as hell, or is this actually sloppy as hell & a sign of disfunction?
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Gonna be weird if this snowballs into a thing like the stock market after '08. Well informed people, talking about a double dip recession, in denial as the market just keeps climbing.
Like, hard to imagine the how of reason making a return, and hope is a setup for more resentment but still.....
Like, hard to imagine the how of reason making a return, and hope is a setup for more resentment but still.....
Somehow MARK SANFORD ends up looking like the reasonable one here.
That’d be like Marjorie Taylor Greene telling people “hey, cool it with the conspiracy theories.”
<puts hand to earpiece>
That’d be like Marjorie Taylor Greene telling people “hey, cool it with the conspiracy theories.”
<puts hand to earpiece>
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Gonna be weird if this snowballs into a thing like the stock market after '08. Well informed people, talking about a double dip recession, in denial as the market just keeps climbing.
Like, hard to imagine the how of reason making a return, and hope is a setup for more resentment but still.....
Like, hard to imagine the how of reason making a return, and hope is a setup for more resentment but still.....
At the risk of giving this guy exposure. Equality is an ideal to strive for. Sometimes we learn more & adjust. If you feel the need to think of it in more concrete terms, it's a target we adjust for, like inflation, going over/under it and constantly correcting to hit it. youtube.com/shorts/r3vsq...
The Hard Truth About Equality: Why My Critic Completely Missed the Point
YouTube video by William Moyses
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
At the risk of giving this guy exposure. Equality is an ideal to strive for. Sometimes we learn more & adjust. If you feel the need to think of it in more concrete terms, it's a target we adjust for, like inflation, going over/under it and constantly correcting to hit it. youtube.com/shorts/r3vsq...
The way she said 'who' and the look on her face would of made me run away if I was as empty as Allen. Her curiosity reminded me too much of cats that think of me as a new toy. youtube.com/shorts/76L2W...
In 1967, Woody Allen tried to embarrass model Twiggy - and it backfired
YouTube video by Julius Andrew
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The way she said 'who' and the look on her face would of made me run away if I was as empty as Allen. Her curiosity reminded me too much of cats that think of me as a new toy. youtube.com/shorts/76L2W...
We should all wisen up and call out what rich people creating legal/tax moats to protect their wealth actually are, chicken-shit, sell-out cowards.
Society is for all & we are all better off when we are all better off.
Throw rich bastards legislating poverty into existence off the fucking boat.
Society is for all & we are all better off when we are all better off.
Throw rich bastards legislating poverty into existence off the fucking boat.
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
We should all wisen up and call out what rich people creating legal/tax moats to protect their wealth actually are, chicken-shit, sell-out cowards.
Society is for all & we are all better off when we are all better off.
Throw rich bastards legislating poverty into existence off the fucking boat.
Society is for all & we are all better off when we are all better off.
Throw rich bastards legislating poverty into existence off the fucking boat.
Mamdani should sell Trump on kicking off a national railway project by telling Trump he can be the first President to have a luxury train car named after him. That people would love him for making it easy to move around. That it would kick off investment and make America great again(really would).
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Mamdani should sell Trump on kicking off a national railway project by telling Trump he can be the first President to have a luxury train car named after him. That people would love him for making it easy to move around. That it would kick off investment and make America great again(really would).
Still feel like there should be an ongoing Clowns vs Mimes cartoon during the Trump era where people pay attention to clowns doing dumb shit for no reason cause they can't hear, and don't see, the Mimes talking shit to the Clowns.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Still feel like there should be an ongoing Clowns vs Mimes cartoon during the Trump era where people pay attention to clowns doing dumb shit for no reason cause they can't hear, and don't see, the Mimes talking shit to the Clowns.
The guy who called people that serve suckers and losers is pretending to be maximum patriot again and I think we should all get to personally throw him a dirty look at minimum as he serves a prison sentence out.
Rep. Eugene Vindman: " I want to start by condemning the president for calling for six Democratic members of Congress, all of whom are patriots who served our country to be hanged. It is the kind of thing we expect from a Saudi Crown Prince, not an American President."
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The guy who called people that serve suckers and losers is pretending to be maximum patriot again and I think we should all get to personally throw him a dirty look at minimum as he serves a prison sentence out.
Listening to the Cyberwire podcast. At the part where the guest Cliff Crosland discusses tasks that AI seems to excel at, ex. better diagnosing illness than finding suspicious behavior in logs. Feels like he is describing complexity brought on by social games like
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Listening to the Cyberwire podcast. At the part where the guest Cliff Crosland discusses tasks that AI seems to excel at, ex. better diagnosing illness than finding suspicious behavior in logs. Feels like he is describing complexity brought on by social games like
Time to cancel their supreme court backed free speech. Money isn't speech and if it was, they'd only have the right to speak and not to drown out every other voice.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Time to cancel their supreme court backed free speech. Money isn't speech and if it was, they'd only have the right to speak and not to drown out every other voice.
This is an actual problem and there will be easily swayed kids that will start to believe Stormfront is a source they should reference.
Fuck Musk’s entire life.
Fuck Musk’s entire life.
Elon Musk’s anti-woke version of Wikipedia, Grokipedia, cites neo-Nazi forums in multiple places as source.
A great validation of the notion that when people say they’re anti-woke, they just mean they’re hyper racist.
A great validation of the notion that when people say they’re anti-woke, they just mean they’re hyper racist.
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is an actual problem and there will be easily swayed kids that will start to believe Stormfront is a source they should reference.
Fuck Musk’s entire life.
Fuck Musk’s entire life.
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...