@scrffy78.bsky.social
I live in IL, play the clarinet, and work in higher ed.
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
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pretty obvious shift from following nonpartisan (scientific, medical) authority to following partisan authority. Public health advocates and researchers need to view that as the challenge, rather than rummaging around for the explanation for vaccine hesitancy in this or that community.
Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
2016 19%
2019 20%
2023 42%
2025 47%
www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
pretty obvious shift from following nonpartisan (scientific, medical) authority to following partisan authority. Public health advocates and researchers need to view that as the challenge, rather than rummaging around for the explanation for vaccine hesitancy in this or that community.
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The people who told you they were protecting the kids only to be part of an international child abuse ring? They're your enemies. The people who are gutting social services, educational funding, medical research, the environment, etc are your enemy. Not the drag queen reading story books.
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The people who told you they were protecting the kids only to be part of an international child abuse ring? They're your enemies. The people who are gutting social services, educational funding, medical research, the environment, etc are your enemy. Not the drag queen reading story books.
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The people spreading misinformation know exactly what they are doing. They don't care and they made sure that you won't care either. At least not until it's too late. White supremacy is a death cult and it isn't the only one. Hating your neighbors will kill them and you too.
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The people spreading misinformation know exactly what they are doing. They don't care and they made sure that you won't care either. At least not until it's too late. White supremacy is a death cult and it isn't the only one. Hating your neighbors will kill them and you too.
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Your misogyny, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia, racism, ableism etc? All parts of the same fucking system. If you hate your neighbor enough you ignore the horrors happening to them until they happen to you. And then you can't fight back because you have no allies. See the police state
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Your misogyny, xenophobia, transphobia, homophobia, racism, ableism etc? All parts of the same fucking system. If you hate your neighbor enough you ignore the horrors happening to them until they happen to you. And then you can't fight back because you have no allies. See the police state
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See Brexit. See the undermining of social safety nets in every country. You think it is an accident that the messaging is always to hate your neighbor? Hmm, want to guess what the biggest business is in the world? War. Everything from supplies to weapons to rebuilding is a money maker
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
See Brexit. See the undermining of social safety nets in every country. You think it is an accident that the messaging is always to hate your neighbor? Hmm, want to guess what the biggest business is in the world? War. Everything from supplies to weapons to rebuilding is a money maker
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Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Major sources of hate speech are located outside the US. Well yeah, we have this conversation every few months. And every few months people reject the bright shiny evidence that easiest way to ruin America is to feed the hate and bigotry that already exists here.
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Bolsonaro was brought to justice, because Brazil suffered under dictatorship. Enough Americans voted (or stayed home) to ensure we learn the same lesson, the hard way.
After receiving an alert on Saturday that the former president’s ankle monitor had been tampered with, the Brazilian police entered Jair Bolsonaro’s home. Bolsonaro had burned the device, he told the police, days before he was to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup.
How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest
Shortly before he was expected to start serving a 27-year sentence, Brazil’s former president took a soldering iron to his tracking device.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Bolsonaro was brought to justice, because Brazil suffered under dictatorship. Enough Americans voted (or stayed home) to ensure we learn the same lesson, the hard way.
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Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop. n.pr/49BGqEL
Here's why concerns about an AI bubble are bigger than ever
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.
n.pr
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop. n.pr/49BGqEL
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It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
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I once met a representative from the subgenre that was willing to call out Stalins purges but insisted that Pol Pot was framed by the CIA and thats the level of nuanced refusal to live in the real world we're facing here
Shorthand: If someone expresses that US Imperialism is a stain upon the earth whose sin can never be washed clean, but Soviet or Chinese imperialism is either acceptable or just didn't happen, you're talking to a tankie.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I once met a representative from the subgenre that was willing to call out Stalins purges but insisted that Pol Pot was framed by the CIA and thats the level of nuanced refusal to live in the real world we're facing here
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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 9:23 AM
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.
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Man I posted this 11 hours ago and I think the story has changed twice more since lmfao.
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
So let me get this straight...
The story line now is the 28 point peace plan *wasn't* approved? And Witkoff sent it out anyhow?
This admin is so goddamn incompetent lmfao.
The story line now is the 28 point peace plan *wasn't* approved? And Witkoff sent it out anyhow?
This admin is so goddamn incompetent lmfao.
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Man I posted this 11 hours ago and I think the story has changed twice more since lmfao.
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
Now the state dept is contradicting Rubio saying it is the plan and he's walking *that* back and just calling it framework.
No one knows what anyone is doing in this admin lmfao
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Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
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#USA criminalization of environmentalism marks a new era of corporate authoritarianism. Habitat for Humanity, accused of ‘fraud’ for accepting EPA grants. Science is treason, activism is a crime, capital reigns unchecked👺🇺🇸👺
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#USA criminalization of environmentalism marks a new era of corporate authoritarianism. Habitat for Humanity, accused of ‘fraud’ for accepting EPA grants. Science is treason, activism is a crime, capital reigns unchecked👺🇺🇸👺
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
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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 2:56 PM
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...
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I mean, the thing about a guy who’s a nihilist with no core values and always chasing popularity and approval is… some variation of this could happen.
Stephen Miller going into the white nationalist reading room only to discover Trump has replaced everything with feminist zines
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I mean, the thing about a guy who’s a nihilist with no core values and always chasing popularity and approval is… some variation of this could happen.
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Good old Woz. Good for him.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Good old Woz. Good for him.
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Thanks to President Trump’s meddling, the Office of Government Ethics has gone through FOUR directors in under a year.
An office once built for continuity is now a revolving door. 🧵
An office once built for continuity is now a revolving door. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thanks to President Trump’s meddling, the Office of Government Ethics has gone through FOUR directors in under a year.
An office once built for continuity is now a revolving door. 🧵
An office once built for continuity is now a revolving door. 🧵
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The US is extorting Zelenskyy to sign away territory Russia doesn't even hold, as well as Ukraine's ability to defend itself, on the basis of Putin's word he'll honor a peace and Trump's word the US will make him.
Just so we're clear what's happening here.
Just so we're clear what's happening here.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The US is extorting Zelenskyy to sign away territory Russia doesn't even hold, as well as Ukraine's ability to defend itself, on the basis of Putin's word he'll honor a peace and Trump's word the US will make him.
Just so we're clear what's happening here.
Just so we're clear what's happening here.
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it is remarkable how GOP was able to offset their entire fundraising apparatus collapsing in 2024 because of like six rich people
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 8:11 PM
it is remarkable how GOP was able to offset their entire fundraising apparatus collapsing in 2024 because of like six rich people
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
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we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we gotta keep hammering over and over again just how fucking unpopular this guy is with every institution and every person in a position of power
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
people hate him and people will hate you for capitulating to him
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Elon Musk’s online encyclopedia, Grokipedia, cites the neo-Nazi website Stormfront as a source 42 times, according to an analysis by two researchers at Cornell University.
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.
nbcnews.to
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Elon Musk’s online encyclopedia, Grokipedia, cites the neo-Nazi website Stormfront as a source 42 times, according to an analysis by two researchers at Cornell University.