Bad Skynet
@skynet-oops.bsky.social
Filmmaker, TV producer, political junkie, baseball, mom (not in that order).
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On June 6th, 1944 — the heroes of D-Day changed the course of history on the shores of Normandy.
Never forget their courage and sacrifice in the defense of freedom & democracy. 🇺🇸
Never forget their courage and sacrifice in the defense of freedom & democracy. 🇺🇸
June 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
On June 6th, 1944 — the heroes of D-Day changed the course of history on the shores of Normandy.
Never forget their courage and sacrifice in the defense of freedom & democracy. 🇺🇸
Never forget their courage and sacrifice in the defense of freedom & democracy. 🇺🇸
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Chinese propaganda surges as the US defunds Radio Free Asia – The Washington Post: ‘have allowed China to fill a programming void and expand the reach of its talking points’
‘Beijing has added 26 new Tibetan language frequencies and 16 new Uyghur language frequencies since the end of March’
‘Beijing has added 26 new Tibetan language frequencies and 16 new Uyghur language frequencies since the end of March’
Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia
Beijing expanded its state propaganda, including to the persecuted Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, as RFA pulled back.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Chinese propaganda surges as the US defunds Radio Free Asia – The Washington Post: ‘have allowed China to fill a programming void and expand the reach of its talking points’
‘Beijing has added 26 new Tibetan language frequencies and 16 new Uyghur language frequencies since the end of March’
‘Beijing has added 26 new Tibetan language frequencies and 16 new Uyghur language frequencies since the end of March’
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When does the shame kick in? MAGA?
June 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
When does the shame kick in? MAGA?
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SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED.
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Hey DOGE, I've found some taxpayer-funded waste to eliminate:
Taxpayers' Tab For Trump's Second-Term Golf Excursions Crosses $26 Million Mark
He has now traveled to one of his golf resorts on nine of the ten weekends since taking office in January. It is his seventh trip to his Palm Beach, Florida, country club.
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Hey DOGE, I've found some taxpayer-funded waste to eliminate:
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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One of the reasons the liberal establishment abandoned MeToo—and joined + solidified the backlash against it, leading to the refusal to call out egregious sexual violence on the right—is because sexual violence doesn’t discriminate by party. There are abusers anywhere there’s power
March 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
One of the reasons the liberal establishment abandoned MeToo—and joined + solidified the backlash against it, leading to the refusal to call out egregious sexual violence on the right—is because sexual violence doesn’t discriminate by party. There are abusers anywhere there’s power
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It's time to talk about how if people really want this American experiment aka "democracy" to survive, they will need to put bodies on the line to protect the vulnerable.
Otherwise, the United States will just become yet another nation ruled by kings, thugs, and cowards.
Otherwise, the United States will just become yet another nation ruled by kings, thugs, and cowards.
Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to ‘intervene’ in potential ICE detainments on campus
Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to “intervene” in ICE detainments
A memo sent by the Office of General Council at Johns Hopkins instructs faculty and staff not to intervene if federal law enforcement detain a community member on campus.
buff.ly
March 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
It's time to talk about how if people really want this American experiment aka "democracy" to survive, they will need to put bodies on the line to protect the vulnerable.
Otherwise, the United States will just become yet another nation ruled by kings, thugs, and cowards.
Otherwise, the United States will just become yet another nation ruled by kings, thugs, and cowards.
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After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
March 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
Hegseth drunk texts active war plan to rando. believable. That’s the problem when you hire unserious people
March 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hegseth drunk texts active war plan to rando. believable. That’s the problem when you hire unserious people
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Truer words were never spoken.
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Truer words were never spoken.
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Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.
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chef’s kiss 💋 perfection
March 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
chef’s kiss 💋 perfection
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Judge REYES on a tear, telling DOJ she won't be "gaslit" by effort to say their ban on transgender people in the military isn't actually a "ban."
She notes SecDef Hegseth literally called it a ban on X.
"You're saying one thing in public. You're saying a different thing in court," Reyes said.
She notes SecDef Hegseth literally called it a ban on X.
"You're saying one thing in public. You're saying a different thing in court," Reyes said.
March 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Judge REYES on a tear, telling DOJ she won't be "gaslit" by effort to say their ban on transgender people in the military isn't actually a "ban."
She notes SecDef Hegseth literally called it a ban on X.
"You're saying one thing in public. You're saying a different thing in court," Reyes said.
She notes SecDef Hegseth literally called it a ban on X.
"You're saying one thing in public. You're saying a different thing in court," Reyes said.
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The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort
The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
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This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This story is horrific and terrifying. Then, near the end, this:
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The reality became clear: Ice detention isn’t just a bureaucratic nightmare. It’s a business. These facilities are privately owned and run for profit."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The secretary of transportation went on Fox & Friends this morning and trashed air travel, portraying the current air traffic control system as a disaster, and then claimed taking public transit is "dangerous."
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.
March 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The secretary of transportation went on Fox & Friends this morning and trashed air travel, portraying the current air traffic control system as a disaster, and then claimed taking public transit is "dangerous."
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.
I miss the DEI days when it was safe to travel.
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Keep this in mind: The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was carried out by executive order—from the President of the United States.
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March 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Keep this in mind: The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was carried out by executive order—from the President of the United States.
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Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
March 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
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Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
March 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid
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Trump has spent $16M setting Gitmo up for detainees and then deciding it was too expensive.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities
A court filing described strip searches and the use of restraint chairs on some of the 290 migrants the Trump administration has cycled through the base.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Trump has spent $16M setting Gitmo up for detainees and then deciding it was too expensive.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
Wheels coming off the Trump presidency fast now.
March 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Wheels coming off the Trump presidency fast now.