Holly
@whollyhell.bsky.social
Random tech worker and progressive independent | Posts are my own.
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Call it the Huawei Effect: As American tech-industrial-surveillance giants are increasingly perceived as arms of the state, other countries will…increasingly perceive them as arms of the state. American global tech supremacy depended on the perception of this public-private sector boundary.
Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
December 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Call it the Huawei Effect: As American tech-industrial-surveillance giants are increasingly perceived as arms of the state, other countries will…increasingly perceive them as arms of the state. American global tech supremacy depended on the perception of this public-private sector boundary.
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Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
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I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm going to do my best to alt text this because holy crap, everyone should know.
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this is just devastating to Boulder and the world
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
this is just devastating to Boulder and the world
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Here is the Department of Homeland Security touting this new ban by describing the (among others) spouses and children of U.S. citizens coming on visas as "foreign invaders."
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here is the Department of Homeland Security touting this new ban by describing the (among others) spouses and children of U.S. citizens coming on visas as "foreign invaders."
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
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It’s almost like she has no understanding or appreciation of her boss at all, unless—could it be?—she’s as much of a pathological liar and malfeasor as he is, and every word she told to VANITY FAIR over the course of a year was a cynical, calculated, premeditated, contemptible lie.
Say it ain’t so!
Say it ain’t so!
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It’s almost like she has no understanding or appreciation of her boss at all, unless—could it be?—she’s as much of a pathological liar and malfeasor as he is, and every word she told to VANITY FAIR over the course of a year was a cynical, calculated, premeditated, contemptible lie.
Say it ain’t so!
Say it ain’t so!
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The American project was built upon racism, one which justified genocide, slavery and apartheid. And it has never reckoned with this in any meaningful way. So, the obvious outcome has been the current president.
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The American project was built upon racism, one which justified genocide, slavery and apartheid. And it has never reckoned with this in any meaningful way. So, the obvious outcome has been the current president.
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Trump isn’t an anomaly, he is a prime example of America with its mask of civility finally ripped off. A narcissist who is convinced of his greatness, much like the many Americans who have been bamboozled into thinking they live in the greatest country on earth.
December 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Trump isn’t an anomaly, he is a prime example of America with its mask of civility finally ripped off. A narcissist who is convinced of his greatness, much like the many Americans who have been bamboozled into thinking they live in the greatest country on earth.
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Even as his health (both physical and mental) declines, he cannot see through the elaborate web of lies he has woven around him. And the sycophants in his court will never tell the emperor he is has no clothes.
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Even as his health (both physical and mental) declines, he cannot see through the elaborate web of lies he has woven around him. And the sycophants in his court will never tell the emperor he is has no clothes.
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Sometimes cults merely self destruct. But more often than not, they lash out on anyone within their orbit, with the most vulnerable being the first victims. Either way, what comes next will not be easy to endure, especially for communities like the Somali.
Kenn Orfanos, December 2025
Kenn Orfanos, December 2025
December 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Sometimes cults merely self destruct. But more often than not, they lash out on anyone within their orbit, with the most vulnerable being the first victims. Either way, what comes next will not be easy to endure, especially for communities like the Somali.
Kenn Orfanos, December 2025
Kenn Orfanos, December 2025
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very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
Gotta say it's mindblowing to me that the Brown shooter is still at large and they don't even seem to have identified who they're looking for.
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
very grimly ironic that our government run by podcasters sucks at true crime
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The real crime is the Congress doing nothing about this but complaining.
Trump ran on a promise that ICE would go after the “worst" criminals.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The real crime is the Congress doing nothing about this but complaining.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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AI and crypto have created the illusion that all is well with the economy — even as Trump has taken a wrecking ball to it.
When the AI and crypto bubbles burst, we’ll likely see the damage Trump’s wrecking ball has done.
Be warned.
When the AI and crypto bubbles burst, we’ll likely see the damage Trump’s wrecking ball has done.
Be warned.
December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AI and crypto have created the illusion that all is well with the economy — even as Trump has taken a wrecking ball to it.
When the AI and crypto bubbles burst, we’ll likely see the damage Trump’s wrecking ball has done.
Be warned.
When the AI and crypto bubbles burst, we’ll likely see the damage Trump’s wrecking ball has done.
Be warned.
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-Fortune / Other Outlets – List of 37 White House Ballroom Donors fortune.com/2025/10/26/3...
-Bloomberg – Boxabl Founders and Trump Donor Bump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-Bloomberg – Boxabl Founders and Trump Donor Bump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks | Fortune
The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.
fortune.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
-Fortune / Other Outlets – List of 37 White House Ballroom Donors fortune.com/2025/10/26/3...
-Bloomberg – Boxabl Founders and Trump Donor Bump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-Bloomberg – Boxabl Founders and Trump Donor Bump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fun fact: when reputable publications use you as a source in an article, they call you after it’s written to fact check all quotes and relevant facts.
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Fun fact: when reputable publications use you as a source in an article, they call you after it’s written to fact check all quotes and relevant facts.
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I almost didn’t have dinner with the Reiners.
I Sat Down to Dinner With Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner. It Was Heartwarming and Jarring.
I almost didn’t have dinner with the Reiners.
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I almost didn’t have dinner with the Reiners.
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There is a vast anti-intellectual censorship regime running roughshod over every campus in the US and it's the eighth biggest story on any given day. It wouldn't have been possible without bad faith politics.
badfaithtimes.com/bad-faith-an...
badfaithtimes.com/bad-faith-an...
Bad Faith And The Creation Of American Thought Crime
Higher education officials fell for the right's bad-faith bullshit. Now students are paying the price.
badfaithtimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
There is a vast anti-intellectual censorship regime running roughshod over every campus in the US and it's the eighth biggest story on any given day. It wouldn't have been possible without bad faith politics.
badfaithtimes.com/bad-faith-an...
badfaithtimes.com/bad-faith-an...
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fuck right off with this too please.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
fuck right off with this too please.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
Chomsky has been quite clear that he doesn’t think his relationship with Epstein is anyone else’s business and we can and should draw adverse inferences from that.
sorry he wrote some things you liked; bold thinkers can be monsters too.
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We're really learning who would pull a shift of tower duty at a death camp and after the fact tell everyone that he was, "just following orders."
A big problem with Democrats saying the military can't save us because it must remain apolitical at all times is that we are, once again, unilaterally disarming in a political fight. Republicans are actively trying to reshape it into the armed force of their political movement, like the Nazi SS.
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We're really learning who would pull a shift of tower duty at a death camp and after the fact tell everyone that he was, "just following orders."
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Our gut microbiome has a huge influence on our overall health, but we haven't been clear on the specific bacteria with good versus bad effects. Now, a study of more than 34,000 people is shedding light on what a healthy gut microbiome actually consists of
We may finally know what a healthy gut microbiome looks like
Our gut microbiome has a huge influence on our overall health, but we haven't been clear on the specific bacteria with good versus bad effects. Now, a study of more than 34,000 people is shedding light on what a healthy gut microbiome actually consists of
www.newscientist.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Our gut microbiome has a huge influence on our overall health, but we haven't been clear on the specific bacteria with good versus bad effects. Now, a study of more than 34,000 people is shedding light on what a healthy gut microbiome actually consists of
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We are (re-)learning that intelligence is a much more complicated and multi-dimensional concept than just "can solve problems"
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We are (re-)learning that intelligence is a much more complicated and multi-dimensional concept than just "can solve problems"
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Psychology Today runs an article asking why so many of you refuse to do what I do and talk about UFOs 24/7 🛸, explaining that all-a-y'all are a big bunch of pussies who can't confront the fact that humans are dumb chimps:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
Why Is No One Talking About the Aliens?
Why have disclosures from government officials about non-human intelligence been met with silence? Psychology explains the fear and the limits of the human mind .
www.psychologytoday.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Psychology Today runs an article asking why so many of you refuse to do what I do and talk about UFOs 24/7 🛸, explaining that all-a-y'all are a big bunch of pussies who can't confront the fact that humans are dumb chimps:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
