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@joepampel.bsky.social

Polymath generalist, curious human, entrepreneur, rescue dog dad. Founding CISO/CTO @ Vestwell | Infosec/Compliance nerd. | Guitarist, auto mechanic, amateur luthier, ADHD poster child. He/Him

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The whole point of money is to be a stable store of value.

If that value fluctuates all over the place, it isn’t useful as money.

12.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️

HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.

Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.

12.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 786    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 13
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I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason. Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

β€œI spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

12.10.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8803    πŸ” 4636    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 274

Not to mention that the FBI (checks notes) has never had a dem in charge.

So trump is potus and the fbi was under gop control. But yea, it was the β€œradical left”. Because that makes sense.

Sure gramps, lets get you back to your room…

12.10.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess i hadn’t thought about it that way but I’m sure you’re right. No accident that Ralph Cramden drove a bus. The bus thing traumatized me a bit as a kid - will i know my stop? Will the bus stop? And that, combined with sitting at traffic lights made me a subway guy, crazy smells & all.

12.10.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œThe slow-rising central horror of β€œWatergate” is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of a president whose entire political career has been a monument to the same kind of cheap shots and treachery he finally got nailed for, but that we might somehow fail to learn something from it” 

- Hunter S. Thompson

β€œThe slow-rising central horror of β€œWatergate” is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of a president whose entire political career has been a monument to the same kind of cheap shots and treachery he finally got nailed for, but that we might somehow fail to learn something from it” - Hunter S. Thompson

🎯

12.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Qatari pilot 1: β€œI do not understand”

12.10.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice work if you can get it

12.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Signs popping up around D.C. note: β€˜ICE kidnapping happened here’

www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

11.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 657    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 6

Did Jesus ride english or western? Did he prefer warmbloods? I could see him on a paint; did the bible specify?

12.10.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

11.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6501    πŸ” 1046    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 36
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Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

Black unemployment rate has surged over the past four months up from 6 to 7.5%. While white unemployment is down to 3.7%. This is because Trump has a created a climate with his war on diversity that favors hiring whites only. That is 100% what MAGA wants. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...

12.10.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
Emily Latella on β€œweekend update” asks, β€œwhat’s all this fuss about Bugs Bunny performing at the super bowl?”

Emily Latella on β€œweekend update” asks, β€œwhat’s all this fuss about Bugs Bunny performing at the super bowl?”

12.10.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

12.10.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12074    πŸ” 2460    πŸ’¬ 235    πŸ“Œ 123

Walk+subway is just a way of life. Aita? ;)

12.10.2025 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never give up HOP.🐸

11.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1725    πŸ” 494    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 15

Without cultural appropriation, rich parents and other people’s songs he’d be nothing.
What a joke that faux news turns to a middle aged has-been for culture war commentary.

Although i guess that tracks.

11.10.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They are building a Propaganda State.

They are cooking the books on job creation.

Now they are rigging death numbers so no one knows how many people die because of their attacks on vaccines and science.

11.10.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3426    πŸ” 1425    πŸ’¬ 129    πŸ“Œ 50

Things that make you go, β€œhmmmm”

11.10.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

10.10.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1427    πŸ” 669    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 79
Gus & Deli are fond of sleeping on or by the stairs.

Gus & Deli are fond of sleeping on or by the stairs.

β€œUse other stairs”
#dogsofbluesky

11.10.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said β€œno one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

08.10.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2350    πŸ” 1401    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 160

Lots of ways to understand the contemporary moment but one is the role of owners of immobile assets - oil, gas, coal and land- who want to ensure they can continue to extract rents (and pollute) and who prefer an authoritarian set up to do so. Their threat perception rises with every new eco tech

10.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 339    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧡

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

11.10.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2321    πŸ” 1130    πŸ’¬ 169    πŸ“Œ 125

Follow @frogtifa.bsky.social !

11.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

11.10.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15345    πŸ” 8466    πŸ’¬ 859    πŸ“Œ 1123

🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸!
#amphibiousassault
#peacefrogs

11.10.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation. A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sightβ€”soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

10.10.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6370    πŸ” 3294    πŸ’¬ 162    πŸ“Œ 188

Huge shoutout to George Soros for funding our supporters with suits and pee bottles.

Here’s to a successful False Frog Operation In Portland, Chicago, and any city that oppressors invade.

10.10.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

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