Miles Takahashi
@smileykat.bsky.social
Liberal, left-of-center minded individual. Interested in the arts, culture, diversity, health and well-being.
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Miles Takahashi
@smileykat.bsky.social
· Sep 18
The Orbanisation of America: Hungary’s lessons for Donald Trump
If Trump wins the US presidency, Republicans will likely adapt techniques refined in Viktor Orban’s Hungary as they return to power – with profound implications for both America and Europe.
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So who gets sued when / if the robotaxi gets into an accident?
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So who gets sued when / if the robotaxi gets into an accident?
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October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
October 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers
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Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with her work leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with her work leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good “gotcha” moment.
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Isn’t Trump basically starting a civil war by deploying the National Guard to states that don’t need them?
October 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Isn’t Trump basically starting a civil war by deploying the National Guard to states that don’t need them?
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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
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So many Hatch Act violations. So little media interest.
October 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So many Hatch Act violations. So little media interest.
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"To my colleagues in mainstream media: your silence is complicity. Your 'boths-sides-ism' is complicty. Your euphemisms for genocide is complicity."
From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH.
Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...
From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH.
Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...
October 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"To my colleagues in mainstream media: your silence is complicity. Your 'boths-sides-ism' is complicty. Your euphemisms for genocide is complicity."
From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH.
Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...
From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH.
Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...
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What’s funny is that AI glasses will likely be the next Newton. Tech is not there yet…
October 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
What’s funny is that AI glasses will likely be the next Newton. Tech is not there yet…
Time for the 25th amendment?
September 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Time for the 25th amendment?
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Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia
Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia
With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.
buff.ly
September 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia
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Anyone with courage has to acknowledge Trump isn't well. And he's getting worse.
My look at his babbling insanity from just the past week:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My look at his babbling insanity from just the past week:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Anyone with courage has to acknowledge Trump isn't well. And he's getting worse. | Opinion
Ranting about Tylenol and escalators while seeking revenge on his enemies, Trump is showing us one simple thing: He is desperate and declining.
www.usatoday.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Anyone with courage has to acknowledge Trump isn't well. And he's getting worse.
My look at his babbling insanity from just the past week:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My look at his babbling insanity from just the past week:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”
robertreich.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
As businesses start to lose money on tariff costs, they will raise prices to maintain profitability. Ultimately, inflation will rear it’s ugly head as consumers cut back on spending - stagflation is coming:
www.reuters.com/markets/us/d...
www.reuters.com/markets/us/d...
Do US consumers have the appetite to eat the tariffs?
In May, U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart, telling the retail giant to eat the tariffs instead of raising prices for consumers.
www.reuters.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As businesses start to lose money on tariff costs, they will raise prices to maintain profitability. Ultimately, inflation will rear it’s ugly head as consumers cut back on spending - stagflation is coming:
www.reuters.com/markets/us/d...
www.reuters.com/markets/us/d...
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
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Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet
Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...
www.propublica.org
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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‘Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: you’re wasting your money.’
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst | TechCrunch
Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a...
techcrunch.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
‘Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: you’re wasting your money.’
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...
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He’s not a doctor, but he plays one in the White House.
September 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
He’s not a doctor, but he plays one in the White House.
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Erik Siebert, the federal prosecutor whom President Donald Trump pushed out Friday for declining to prosecute his political enemies, listed as an attorney on 675 federal cases.
His replacement, Lindsey Halligan, who's Trump's former lawyer, has worked on only three.
His replacement, Lindsey Halligan, who's Trump's former lawyer, has worked on only three.
The wildly unqualified lawyer Trump just named to prosecute his enemies
Lindsey Halligan, the new US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has no experience as a prosecutor.
www.motherjones.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Erik Siebert, the federal prosecutor whom President Donald Trump pushed out Friday for declining to prosecute his political enemies, listed as an attorney on 675 federal cases.
His replacement, Lindsey Halligan, who's Trump's former lawyer, has worked on only three.
His replacement, Lindsey Halligan, who's Trump's former lawyer, has worked on only three.
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
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FITCH: “.. Fitch’s baseline assumption is for U.S. consumption growth to slow through 2026 because of a deteriorating labor market, rising inflation and weakening consumer confidence.”
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
FITCH: “.. Fitch’s baseline assumption is for U.S. consumption growth to slow through 2026 because of a deteriorating labor market, rising inflation and weakening consumer confidence.”
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Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
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Exactly. Why should we believe they won’t do this anyway? It’s in the Project 2025 plan.
September 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Exactly. Why should we believe they won’t do this anyway? It’s in the Project 2025 plan.