steven v
@replicantdreams.bsky.social
artist / ex-weeb
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Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Wake Up Dead Man made me want to want to be catholic again.
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Wake Up Dead Man made me want to want to be catholic again.
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they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
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it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
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The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
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Concentration camps
December 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Concentration camps
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News stories about the concentration camps we run in foreign countries have to be smuggled to a third country in order to be seen.
December 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
News stories about the concentration camps we run in foreign countries have to be smuggled to a third country in order to be seen.
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It's that time of the year where I re-share articles I wrote that I'm proud of from 2025! Here's a thread.
December 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It's that time of the year where I re-share articles I wrote that I'm proud of from 2025! Here's a thread.
turned 31 and all I got was gastroenteritis and dry skin
December 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
turned 31 and all I got was gastroenteritis and dry skin
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In the UK I can’t even read DMs unless I give them my passport and a video of my face.
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In the UK I can’t even read DMs unless I give them my passport and a video of my face.
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
This happened almost overnight! Don’t take this for granted, America!
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NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
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of note, most renaissance-era painting was in all likelihood total dogshit and no one preserved it because it sucked ass
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
of note, most renaissance-era painting was in all likelihood total dogshit and no one preserved it because it sucked ass
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
@emilyrand.bsky.social are you watching heated rivals?
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@emilyrand.bsky.social are you watching heated rivals?
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what a weird thing to say
particularly since there is a place that Trump keeps talking about turning into a Dubai at the expense of the people who live there, Gaza.... but we can't actually talk about that can we.
particularly since there is a place that Trump keeps talking about turning into a Dubai at the expense of the people who live there, Gaza.... but we can't actually talk about that can we.
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
what a weird thing to say
particularly since there is a place that Trump keeps talking about turning into a Dubai at the expense of the people who live there, Gaza.... but we can't actually talk about that can we.
particularly since there is a place that Trump keeps talking about turning into a Dubai at the expense of the people who live there, Gaza.... but we can't actually talk about that can we.
I went to ikea yesterday for a quick replacement set of sheets and I'm surprised with how on-top of glass and ceramic trends they are in the marketplace
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I went to ikea yesterday for a quick replacement set of sheets and I'm surprised with how on-top of glass and ceramic trends they are in the marketplace
fujo-ing out at the gay hockey drama
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
fujo-ing out at the gay hockey drama
I think the dex amp is making me more assertive bc of the increased focus?
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I think the dex amp is making me more assertive bc of the increased focus?
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
"JUST LIKE WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE" should be the next sophie song to get the tiktok love-bomb
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"JUST LIKE WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE" should be the next sophie song to get the tiktok love-bomb
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NEW: I spoke with the reporters behind Post Games, Aftermath, Game File, People Make Games, Rogue, and Rascal News to learn about the trials and triumphs of going independent in a shifting game media landscape dominated by conglomeration and layoffs.
'We survive or fail on our own terms:' The rise and risk of independent game media
'We survive or fail on our own terms:' The rise and risk of independent game media
Can worker-owned outlets create a brighter future for video game journalists and their readers?
www.gamedeveloper.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
NEW: I spoke with the reporters behind Post Games, Aftermath, Game File, People Make Games, Rogue, and Rascal News to learn about the trials and triumphs of going independent in a shifting game media landscape dominated by conglomeration and layoffs.
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millennials and zoomers all grew up without this shit. people in their 40s now had unrestricted internet access as kids. people want to talk about this issue like it's 1994 and we just don't know what the internet is or will do to the first ever cohort of children to see it. it's horseshit.
cool milestone alert: half the country is under restrictive age verification law www.404media.co/missouri-age...
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
millennials and zoomers all grew up without this shit. people in their 40s now had unrestricted internet access as kids. people want to talk about this issue like it's 1994 and we just don't know what the internet is or will do to the first ever cohort of children to see it. it's horseshit.
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
wym in one hour I got a diagnosis for ADHD an adderall prescription
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
wym in one hour I got a diagnosis for ADHD an adderall prescription
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The death of Flash basically killing an entire segment of independent and free game development overnight is one of those things that never really gets spoken about, which is a real shame because a lot of that first generation of Newgrounds talent did break into the animation and games industries.
I genuinely think kids in the mid-to-late aughts growing up on emulators (read: piracy) may genuinely have been far, far healthier for the future of the industry than all the kids growing up on stuff like Roblox being the norm.
THIS SHIT'S GOTTA BE RUINING KIDS EXPERIENCES WITH GAMING FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The death of Flash basically killing an entire segment of independent and free game development overnight is one of those things that never really gets spoken about, which is a real shame because a lot of that first generation of Newgrounds talent did break into the animation and games industries.