Silver Cloud
@silvercloud.bsky.social
ex engineer, programmer, project manager, tech team leader; always politically progressive. Profile images from freepik.
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These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
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🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨
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December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚨 THE FINAL EIGHT 🚨
We’ve made it to the quarter finals — only two days away from crowning a winner for Worst Person in Tech 2025.
Don’t miss your chance to vote!
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Make Hepatitis Great Again
“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.” 🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/health/kennedy-vaccine-committee-vote-hepatitisb.html?unlocked_article_code
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Make Hepatitis Great Again
Very cool.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/s...
South Korea switches on 47.2 MW floating PV project
The Ihma Dam solar project is South Korea's largest floating PV array located alongside a multi-purpose dam. The project features a resident-participation model allowing those living within a one kilo...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very cool.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/s...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/14/s...
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"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
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--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
“I Don’t Care”: ICE Detains High Schooler After He Says He’s a Citizen
ICE agents violently arrested a high school student on his lunch break—even though he was American.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
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ICE has sent more immigrant kids into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous 4 years combined.
Under Trump, the average stay in custody is ~6 months, up from a month under Biden.
Eye-opening story from @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @marioarizabaez.bsky.social + ProPublica team:
Under Trump, the average stay in custody is ~6 months, up from a month under Biden.
Eye-opening story from @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @marioarizabaez.bsky.social + ProPublica team:
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
ICE has sent more immigrant kids into the federal shelter system this year than in the previous 4 years combined.
Under Trump, the average stay in custody is ~6 months, up from a month under Biden.
Eye-opening story from @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @marioarizabaez.bsky.social + ProPublica team:
Under Trump, the average stay in custody is ~6 months, up from a month under Biden.
Eye-opening story from @micarosenberg.bsky.social, @marioarizabaez.bsky.social + ProPublica team:
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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"In short, he realized that the money wasn’t a guarantee, that his officers involved in the program would need to meet a daily quota of immigration arrests for the city to be reimbursed, and that he would likely need to devote 250 officers to the effort."
“Call times would skyrocket.” #287g
“Call times would skyrocket.” #287g
ICE Came to Dallas City Hall. It Did Not Go Well for ICE.
Mayor Eric Johnson’s insistence that the City Council discuss whether the police should be involved in a controversial federal immigration program may have had an unintended consequence: a fractious b...
www.dmagazine.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"In short, he realized that the money wasn’t a guarantee, that his officers involved in the program would need to meet a daily quota of immigration arrests for the city to be reimbursed, and that he would likely need to devote 250 officers to the effort."
“Call times would skyrocket.” #287g
“Call times would skyrocket.” #287g
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People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
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Best analysis I’ve seen so far on the Democratic autopsy, from @gregsargent.bsky.social: Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer. newrepublic.com/article/2023... via @newrepublic.com
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer.
A new Biden administration autopsy, based on internal assessments from many government insiders, has crystal clear lessons for the future.
newrepublic.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Best analysis I’ve seen so far on the Democratic autopsy, from @gregsargent.bsky.social: Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer. newrepublic.com/article/2023... via @newrepublic.com
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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ICE agents mistakenly identified a Durango father when they pulled him over this week, a senior enforcement official testified in court today, but still arrested the man and his 2 kids in an incident that quickly sparked protests in the Colorado mountain town // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
ICE officers mistook Durango father for someone else, official says, but arrested him and children anyway
“It’s my understanding that the father was mistaken for somebody else when (ICE) encountered him,” testified Gregory Davies, Denver’s third-ranking ICE official, in court Fr…
www.denverpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
ICE agents mistakenly identified a Durango father when they pulled him over this week, a senior enforcement official testified in court today, but still arrested the man and his 2 kids in an incident that quickly sparked protests in the Colorado mountain town // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
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concerning futurism.com/artificial-i...
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
futurism.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
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CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
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So an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
It's basically a spam operation then
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.
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In Oakland, California, an ICE GOON shot a local clergyman point-blank.
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In Oakland, California, an ICE GOON shot a local clergyman point-blank.
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Feds have repeatedly claimed 115+ federal police (25% of force) had to be deployed to Portland over the summer to quell violence. Oregon lawyers found on discovery this was not true and are asking 9th Circuit to reverse Monday decision because feds lied:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Feds have repeatedly claimed 115+ federal police (25% of force) had to be deployed to Portland over the summer to quell violence. Oregon lawyers found on discovery this was not true and are asking 9th Circuit to reverse Monday decision because feds lied:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 81st day out of the last 93.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.