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Musician, piano technician

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Fair enough; it just seems to me that getting rid of cash altogether could have some very dystopian consequences

07.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our tech overlords want to get rid of currency altogether, putting the entire world economy into crypto. What could possibly go wrong?

07.02.2026 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

P.S. its not difficult to set up a new Google account

07.02.2026 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If I were in that situation, I would simply acquire a cheap android phone or tablet -- maybe from eBay, just use it with Wi-Fi and set up the apps you need.

07.02.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Whitehouse subsequently posted on Twitter an altered photo of Ms. Levy-Armstrong being arrested to make it falsely appear that she was crying and making her face darker. …  The government's fourteen page Indictment makes clear that the government is persecuting Ms. Levy-Armstrong and her co-defendants by attempting to turn a non-violent political protest directed at a federal government official into a federal felony
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Ms. Levy-Armstrong respectfully requests that the Court fully consider the release conditions of her co-defendants, her own irreproachable background and status in the community, the lack of any violence associated with the incident underlying the Indictment, and the government's nakedly obvious bad faith.

The Whitehouse subsequently posted on Twitter an altered photo of Ms. Levy-Armstrong being arrested to make it falsely appear that she was crying and making her face darker. … The government's fourteen page Indictment makes clear that the government is persecuting Ms. Levy-Armstrong and her co-defendants by attempting to turn a non-violent political protest directed at a federal government official into a federal felony case Ms. Levy-Armstrong respectfully requests that the Court fully consider the release conditions of her co-defendants, her own irreproachable background and status in the community, the lack of any violence associated with the incident underlying the Indictment, and the government's nakedly obvious bad faith.

Counsel for civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong, lead defendant in the St. Paul church protest case, notified the court of the White House’s deepfake image of his client.

It’s evidence the government’s β€œnakedly obvious bad faith.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

02.02.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1051    πŸ” 328    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

I'm in the Pacific Northwest; gas prices have been slowly decreasing here at least since the summer. Of course oil prices often tumble when economic growth slows, and I suspect that the big oil companies jacked up gasoline prices before the 2024 election because they favor republicans.

08.12.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, gasoline prices have been decreasing.
Having said that, groceries, healthcare, education & housing costs are steadily getting worse. Jobs are becoming scarce. The wealthy are sucking up all the oxygen from this economy.

04.12.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
β€˜F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC β€˜F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A

03.10.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 8582    πŸ” 4284    πŸ’¬ 588    πŸ“Œ 367

Dolly Parton, yes?

03.10.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the days since someone said we should kill the homeless and mentally ill, the unhoused have been shot and lynched from trees in multiple states, yet @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy Brian Kilmeade, that someone who said it, still has a job.

17.09.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2093    πŸ” 772    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 30

The truth Kimmel said which cost him his job:

"We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it."

18.09.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Yes.

Zohran, please speak out in defense of free speech: Kimmel just got pulled for mildly criticizing the regime.

17.09.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air β€˜Indefinitely’ The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.

I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...

17.09.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9075    πŸ” 2753    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 241
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Tell the FCC: Rein in the predatory prison telecom industry NOW! Most people don’t think twice about calling their parents or children. But many families with incarcerated loved ones do because staying in touch is prohibitively expensive. Correctional telecom corpo...

sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...

07.08.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We held a press conference at union headquarters this morning following Tuesday’s vote by the UFT Delegate Assembly to endorse Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. Mamdani addressed the choice members with have to make when voting in the November mayoral election. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

09.07.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

That was a hit piece, pure and simple. So was the follow up article. Dodai Stewart seems happy to do the bidding of right wing billionaires and corrupt sexual predators who want to destroy Zohran's campaign.

09.07.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shame on you for your shitty smears of Mamdani.
You suck.

09.07.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These 10 People Were Wrong About Iraq – You Shouldn’t Listen to Them About Iran Either From Newt Gingrich to Sean Hannity to John Bolton, the shameless warmongering gang is back.

open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

19.06.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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War on Gaza: How the BBC sanitises Israel's genocide <article data-history-node-id="424413" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/war-gaza-how-bbc-sanitises-israels-genocide" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/war-gaza-how-bbc-sanitises-israels-genocide" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">War on Gaza: How the BBC sanitises Israel's genocide</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The BBC,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">Britain</a>’s most powerful media institution, has played a pivotal role in shaping public understanding of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>’s war on Gaza - and in doing so, has repeatedly chosen to obscure, minimise and sanitise one of the most brutal&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza" target="_blank">military campaigns</a>&nbsp;of the 21st century.</p> <p>A comprehensive&nbsp;<a href="https://cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-israel-one-story-double-standards/" target="_blank">new report</a>&nbsp;by the Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) reveals a damning pattern in the BBC’s coverage of the war: a relentless privileging of Israeli voices, a dehumanisation of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;suffering, and a willful refusal to name - let alone interrogate - the context of occupation, siege and apartheid that underpins this catastrophe.</p> <p>This is not about minor editorial missteps. It is about a systematic failure to treat Palestinians as fully human - as people whose lives and deaths deserve to be represented with the same dignity, gravity and moral clarity afforded to Israelis.&nbsp;</p> <p>It is about a publicly funded broadcaster abandoning its duty of impartiality in favour of a deeply politicised, one-sided narrative.</p> <p>From the outset of Israel’s assault on Gaza following Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, the BBC framed the war not as a continuation of decades of colonisation, blockade and dispossession, but as a symmetrical clash between two sides.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a data-qa="message_attachment_title_link" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-gaza-war-bbc-sanitises-israels-genocide-how" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">War on Gaza: How the BBC sanitises Israel's genocide</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/uk-london-bbc-protest-march-2025-benjamin-cremel-afp.jpg.jpg?itok=BwoF2MP4"></p> </div> </div> </article>

War on Gaza: How the BBC sanitises Israel's genocide - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/war-gaza-how-bbc-sanitises-israels-genocide

19.06.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Your statement is nothing more than useless blather if you don't do everything in your power to stop this idiotic mad rush into another stupid, expensive, deadly and destructive war of choice.

19.06.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saw your "Not my tyrant" photo on MSNBC last night πŸ‘

17.06.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not funny in the least

07.06.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Verify Your Name is Still on Your State’s Registered Voter Roll You have the power to beat voter suppression, glitches and Russian hacking!

There are elections every day in America.
There is also wrongful voter roll purging.
Please keep checking and guard your rights.
www.dontgetpurged.org

24.05.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Hi Joe- I'm just finishing "Half a King;" thanks for writing such an excellent story! Looking forward to the rest of the trilogy πŸ‘

22.05.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure I agree. In many deep red districts, the member of congress knows that he/she has to survive those wacky far-right gop primaries every 2 years. THAT is the constituency which republican elected officials are most concerned with, after (of course) the obscenely rich who fund their campaigns.

14.05.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's being generous

14.05.2025 07:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
 Israel must stop using starvation of civilians as a method of war.

A crowd of men and women pushed close together hold up large cooking pots and pans.

Israel must stop using starvation of civilians as a method of war. A crowd of men and women pushed close together hold up large cooking pots and pans.

Since 2 March 2025 Israel has prevented the entry of all humanitarian supplies and commercial goods including food, water, medicine and fuel into the occupied Gaza Strip.

13.05.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 203    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8
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There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza Babies such as Siwar Ashour are suffering from malnutrition as crucial supplies run out amid Israel’s total blockade on aid

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Our tax dollars at work

11.05.2025 06:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Try as they might, the Trump admin will never be able to extinguish the light of knowledge and pursuit of science

22.04.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2055    πŸ” 461    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 46