Gelman
@stanzilla.bsky.social
Cinema enthusiast.
IT Guy.
Film/Audio Editor.
Politics out of necessity because it’s madness out here.
IT Guy.
Film/Audio Editor.
Politics out of necessity because it’s madness out here.
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A beautiful day in Minneapolis. Sunny, crisp, cold, but not too cold. ICE thug Jonathan Ross robbed Renee Nicole Good of this day and thousands of more days. It’s what murderers do.
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 PM
A beautiful day in Minneapolis. Sunny, crisp, cold, but not too cold. ICE thug Jonathan Ross robbed Renee Nicole Good of this day and thousands of more days. It’s what murderers do.
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Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Unsolicited advice for anyone on Bluesky who wants to fight fascism in 2026 - don't stress about following big national accounts.
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
Instead, follow LOCAL groups and people who are doing actual work on the ground. Join them and do stuff right in your community. THAT'S where the real action is. ❤️💪
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Some places to find LOCAL groups to join - @indivisible.org has chapters all around the country that do really great, practical things to push back against fascism! Find your local group here: groups.indivisible.org
Find a Group | Indivisible
Indivisible groups are where everyday people turn outrage into action and build lasting power on their home turf. Find yours today.
groups.indivisible.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Some places to find LOCAL groups to join - @indivisible.org has chapters all around the country that do really great, practical things to push back against fascism! Find your local group here: groups.indivisible.org
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LOCAL news is also incredibly important and very often vastly more interesting and relevant than most billionaire-owned national news outlets. Here's a starter pack - find local news in your area and follow! go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
January 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
LOCAL news is also incredibly important and very often vastly more interesting and relevant than most billionaire-owned national news outlets. Here's a starter pack - find local news in your area and follow! go.bsky.app/FzSc9z
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Everything is terrible but comics and board games and you nerds are helping me keep it together.
THANKS, NERDS.
THANKS, NERDS.
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Everything is terrible but comics and board games and you nerds are helping me keep it together.
THANKS, NERDS.
THANKS, NERDS.
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New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
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Instead of shooting, law enforcement officers are taught to do something much safer for everybody involved: Get out of the way. But ICE seems not to be following this rule.
Federal agents have shot at least 9 people since September. All of them in cars.
Federal agents have shot at least 9 people since September. All of them in cars.
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least 9 people since September. All of them have been in cars.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Instead of shooting, law enforcement officers are taught to do something much safer for everybody involved: Get out of the way. But ICE seems not to be following this rule.
Federal agents have shot at least 9 people since September. All of them in cars.
Federal agents have shot at least 9 people since September. All of them in cars.
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Wow
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Wow
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If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 2:07 AM
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
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We need to grapple with the reality that we're very close to living in a police state.
"Officers repeatedly pressed her on whether she was Venezuelan, what her connection to Venezuela was, and why she had attended the protest. Plichta claimed they tried to get her to identify other demonstrators."
"Officers repeatedly pressed her on whether she was Venezuelan, what her connection to Venezuela was, and why she had attended the protest. Plichta claimed they tried to get her to identify other demonstrators."
Preschool Teacher, 22, Arrested on TV After Condemning Trump
Cops moved in with handcuffs while the teacher was still on camera.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
We need to grapple with the reality that we're very close to living in a police state.
"Officers repeatedly pressed her on whether she was Venezuelan, what her connection to Venezuela was, and why she had attended the protest. Plichta claimed they tried to get her to identify other demonstrators."
"Officers repeatedly pressed her on whether she was Venezuelan, what her connection to Venezuela was, and why she had attended the protest. Plichta claimed they tried to get her to identify other demonstrators."
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Bryan Fleming, founder of stalkerware company pcTattletale has pled guilty to charges of computer hacking, the sale and advertising of surveillance software for unlawful uses, and conspiracy.
Sometimes bad things happen to bad people and I get to do a little dance.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/f...
Sometimes bad things happen to bad people and I get to do a little dance.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/f...
Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software | TechCrunch
Bryan Fleming, the founder of hacked stalkerware company pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the running of his now-defunct Michigan-based spyware company.
techcrunch.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Bryan Fleming, founder of stalkerware company pcTattletale has pled guilty to charges of computer hacking, the sale and advertising of surveillance software for unlawful uses, and conspiracy.
Sometimes bad things happen to bad people and I get to do a little dance.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/f...
Sometimes bad things happen to bad people and I get to do a little dance.
techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/f...
Any thoughts on this @miattygen.bsky.social ?
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 6, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Any thoughts on this @miattygen.bsky.social ?
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This is threatening a fucking member of NATO. What are we fucking doing seriously.
Trump: "We need Greenland from a national security situation. It's so strategic. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it ... the EU needs us to have it"
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
This is threatening a fucking member of NATO. What are we fucking doing seriously.
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it is your DUTY as a parent to be basic and cringe. if your child says "6-7" and you do not say, loud enough for their friends to hear, "8-9?", causing profound silence and intense discomfort, you are neglecting your responsibilities. being cool is for kids. your days of being laughed WITH are over
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM
it is your DUTY as a parent to be basic and cringe. if your child says "6-7" and you do not say, loud enough for their friends to hear, "8-9?", causing profound silence and intense discomfort, you are neglecting your responsibilities. being cool is for kids. your days of being laughed WITH are over
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Every editor after decades of being sued by politicians: hm we can’t just accuse him of a crime in the banner headline. Let’s go with TRUMP CAPTURES MADURO IN UNORTHODOX MILITARY OPERATION, RAISING LEGAL CONCERNS
Trump: no no I kidnapped him. it was a crime. I love crimes they’re my favorite
Trump: no no I kidnapped him. it was a crime. I love crimes they’re my favorite
Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Every editor after decades of being sued by politicians: hm we can’t just accuse him of a crime in the banner headline. Let’s go with TRUMP CAPTURES MADURO IN UNORTHODOX MILITARY OPERATION, RAISING LEGAL CONCERNS
Trump: no no I kidnapped him. it was a crime. I love crimes they’re my favorite
Trump: no no I kidnapped him. it was a crime. I love crimes they’re my favorite
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Black Bag (2025) rocked. Never doubt the tight 90.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Black Bag (2025) rocked. Never doubt the tight 90.
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the American opioid crisis is almost entirely the work of Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler family of murderous profiteers, but because Americans can't imagine anything being their fault, we've invaded Venezuela over it
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
the American opioid crisis is almost entirely the work of Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler family of murderous profiteers, but because Americans can't imagine anything being their fault, we've invaded Venezuela over it
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I just left messages with all my congresspeople and managed not to swear so go me. Again @5calls.org is great to help get bullet points for what you can say if you're struggling for words.
You don't have to give a big speech. They're counting numbers - seeing how many constituents care enough to call in. Just tell them to impeach for this illegal war. Also, make sure you only call YOUR reps - they don't care about out-of-district calls.
You can do this. It'll just take a minute. 💪
You can do this. It'll just take a minute. 💪
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I just left messages with all my congresspeople and managed not to swear so go me. Again @5calls.org is great to help get bullet points for what you can say if you're struggling for words.
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Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sept 1 1939: The Führer announces that Poland is a clear danger to the nation, and that "In order to put an end to this lunacy I have no other choice than to meet force with force. Since 5:45 a.m. we have been returning fire, and from now on bombs will be met by bombs."
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January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
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Tonight in the December Comfort Watches: Roxanne, in which we are asked to believe that a successful, witty, kind man with excellent social skills, a good career and his own house would have difficulty finding a partner merely because of a prodigious proboscis.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/28/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/28/t...
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Eight: Roxanne
The one problem I have with Roxanne is, alas, its central premise: that its protagonist, Charlie “C.D.” Bales (Steve Martin) is tragically undesirable because of his unusually long nose…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Tonight in the December Comfort Watches: Roxanne, in which we are asked to believe that a successful, witty, kind man with excellent social skills, a good career and his own house would have difficulty finding a partner merely because of a prodigious proboscis.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/28/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/28/t...
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Starting your "research" with ChatGPT is like filling the foundations of your house with cotton candy or building your menu around radium.
I just read this line and I am going to SCREAM: "When used as a starting point rather than a substitute for research, [AI] can expand access to knowledge for authors without institutional resources."
EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR "RESEARCH" BUT IT'S NOT??? IT LIES??
EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR "RESEARCH" BUT IT'S NOT??? IT LIES??
December 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Starting your "research" with ChatGPT is like filling the foundations of your house with cotton candy or building your menu around radium.
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
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Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
December 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.