Paul G
@paulgoodman.bsky.social
All around awkward human being. He/Him. Videogame/tabletop game guy. Quite enjoyed Pacific Rim. Formerly @WMDogma from the bad place.
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We honor the bravery of Ahmed al Ahmed, a bystander who risked his life to protect those under fire. The lesson, yet again, is all too clear: Our safety is bound up together.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We honor the bravery of Ahmed al Ahmed, a bystander who risked his life to protect those under fire. The lesson, yet again, is all too clear: Our safety is bound up together.
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At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
At SNL I worked with artists who made the funniest, stupidest graphics in no time flat. Some of my biggest jokes would have been impossible without these geniuses building an insane image or finding the perfect real-life photo of a politician. Sucks that their work is being pushed aside for slop.
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Reporting has repeatedly shown that getting impeached is Trump’s biggest fear.
So one has to wonder why Pelosi is uninterested in doing things that Trump is scared of.
So one has to wonder why Pelosi is uninterested in doing things that Trump is scared of.
As @gothamgirlblue.com and @senategabe.bsky.social have both observed, Democrats proactively abdicating their constitutional duty is not canny strategy, it's cowardice.
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Reporting has repeatedly shown that getting impeached is Trump’s biggest fear.
So one has to wonder why Pelosi is uninterested in doing things that Trump is scared of.
So one has to wonder why Pelosi is uninterested in doing things that Trump is scared of.
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Yeah, lots of the real "holy shit" things going on are CBP. Not to give ICE any passes, but that agency has always been a bunch of people who believe that things like the law are mostly impediments to doing their "job."
It's actually worse than ICE ERO; I'm not at all surprised that border patrol are the ones doing literal nazi shit
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yeah, lots of the real "holy shit" things going on are CBP. Not to give ICE any passes, but that agency has always been a bunch of people who believe that things like the law are mostly impediments to doing their "job."
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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SNL used AI art tonight, multiple times.
Booooooo.
Booooooo.
December 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
SNL used AI art tonight, multiple times.
Booooooo.
Booooooo.
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Wtf. I just carefully read this entire interview with Frances Allen, only to find out at the end that it wasn’t really an interview with her, but was AI generated. “Vox Meditantis” and “Bob Lynn” have lied to me and I will not read their words again.
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Wtf. I just carefully read this entire interview with Frances Allen, only to find out at the end that it wasn’t really an interview with her, but was AI generated. “Vox Meditantis” and “Bob Lynn” have lied to me and I will not read their words again.
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No time to do a full #PoliticalLessonPost and deep dive here but in case you needed more evidence that the legacy news has been compromised listen to this clip.
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
No time to do a full #PoliticalLessonPost and deep dive here but in case you needed more evidence that the legacy news has been compromised listen to this clip.
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
She asks a question that very much supports the anti-abortion narrative/framing. 1/4
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While the right wing media machine figures out which marginalized group it thinks it can best use this shooting to attack, remember that Ahmed al Ahmed here risked his life to protect his fellows in a country where many hate him for his name alone. It is a name we should associate with heroism.
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
While the right wing media machine figures out which marginalized group it thinks it can best use this shooting to attack, remember that Ahmed al Ahmed here risked his life to protect his fellows in a country where many hate him for his name alone. It is a name we should associate with heroism.
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tRump to fallen soldiers: "You're fired"
December 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
tRump to fallen soldiers: "You're fired"
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Any attack targeted at people just because they are Jewish is as barbaric and evil as any attack on people just because they are Palestinian, or whatever other nationality. I will not accept any justification or relativization for this horrifying act of antisemitism in my mentions. Evil, period.
Eleven killed at Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brands attack on Jewish worshippers act of antisemitism and terrorism
www.middleeasteye.net
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Any attack targeted at people just because they are Jewish is as barbaric and evil as any attack on people just because they are Palestinian, or whatever other nationality. I will not accept any justification or relativization for this horrifying act of antisemitism in my mentions. Evil, period.
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The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The coming years are going to reveal a lot more waste on 'AI' like this by our governments, to the tune of 10s of billions squandered on appalling nonsense, all to make rich Tech Bros richer.
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this x100
To accept and use this AI tech is to say I myself am so deeply incompetent and mediocre that a useless machine which cannot actually do the required work is still better than any effort I can make.
Seriously. Just stop.
Seriously. Just stop.
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
this x100
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New frog has dropped. Prepare accordingly.
New Species of Tiny Pumpkin Toadlet Discovered in Brazil's Cloud Forests
Deep in the mountains of southern Brazil, a bright orange frog, just over a centimeter long, hops into the spotlight.
www.sciencealert.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New frog has dropped. Prepare accordingly.
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Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
Breaking: D.C. Circuit's Trump appointees again block Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry
DOJ keeps going to the D.C. Circuit, where Trump appointees on the court have repeatedly stopped the district court's effort to hold the Trump admin accountable.
www.lawdork.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Judges Neomi Rao and Justin Walker of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday night blocked D.C. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg from beginning his scheduled Alien Enemies Act case contempt proceedings next week.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
It was, much too much, an echo of April.
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i saw the new epstein photo release and remembered the president is one of the most prominent pedophiles in the world and nothing will be done about that, oh well
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
i saw the new epstein photo release and remembered the president is one of the most prominent pedophiles in the world and nothing will be done about that, oh well
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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There’s no reason they won’t start doing this for people they label dissidents. This is very not good
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There’s no reason they won’t start doing this for people they label dissidents. This is very not good
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.
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Seems bad.
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Seems bad.
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the entire post 9/11 apparatus is now being fully utilized
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the entire post 9/11 apparatus is now being fully utilized
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great, more of this. until you start throwing people, probably a lot of people, in jail, they will continue to treat any court order they disagree with as toilet paper
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
great, more of this. until you start throwing people, probably a lot of people, in jail, they will continue to treat any court order they disagree with as toilet paper
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Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games Store. Mystery game is the next title buff.ly/HE94Ti2
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.