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Privacy, surveillance, risk, tech, healthcare, & too much politics & sports probably. Arsenal, Yankees, Jets, CFMTL, Habs, & Kraken

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LET’S GO KRAKEN!

12.10.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News. A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something elseβ€”when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARYβ€”is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

11.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5096    πŸ” 1765    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 137
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: β€œNo one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

11.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12849    πŸ” 4002    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 605

lol okay russ

this is going to be incredible and the likelihood a bunch of people not only do big boy crimes but irrevocably Break Something continues to increase

11.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 370    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5
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What we die from vs. what we hear in the news.

Terrorism and homicides account for less than 1% of deaths, but for more than half of all media stories about death in the US β€” whether in the New York Times, the Washington Post, or Fox News.

11.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

I have many many questions about this now

11.10.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The National Guard mainly exists for domestic purposes as a compact where Governors agree to help each other in cases of disasters.

It runs on trust and norms of reciprocity.

Having Governors send their troops against the will of the receiving state creates some real long term problems.

11.10.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 477    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1

We are seeing dozens of these videos every day. It's happening all over the ocuntry. I know many people are outraged but it's just continuing unabated.

This feeling of impotence is devastating. How does it end? With the country emptied of brown people and dissidents in jail?

11.10.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 283    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 6

Nooooo!

11.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand the optics here but this is also literally why Charles met his end in Whitehall, either Article I means what it says or it doesn't and the Constitution is dissolved

11.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 685    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 10

β€œthe conventions of political reporting today are poorly suited to capturing this naked use of sheer pretexts and the bottomless bad faith they rely upon.”
@gregsargent.bsky.social is absolutely right. Big, legacy media has got to catch up to reality.

11.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It probably goes without saying the financial nuts and bolts of the world's largest organization are complex, but like we almost accidentally did tens of thousands of anti-deficiency act violations the other day because a thing was set a way that made sense in normal times but no one noticed it now

11.10.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

08.10.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6588    πŸ” 1531    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 33
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ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom breakβ€”never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week agoβ€”turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroomβ€”by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

11.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3454    πŸ” 1969    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 427

You’ll never guess how much empathetic outrage Benny Johnson expressed when someone broke into Nancy Pelosi’s house with the intent to kill her, fracturing her husband’s skull in the process.

11.10.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 290    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

Their complaints that Dems oppose the β€œrural hospital fund” are so hilarious.

Kind of like: β€œI’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”

β€œThat sounds terrible.”

β€œWhat you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”

11.10.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2084    πŸ” 832    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 25
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OpenAI is trying to clamp down on β€˜bias’ in ChatGPT GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal β€˜pressure,’ the company says.

The administration β€œis currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

11.10.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 151    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 94

Old man can’t hack even his limited official schedule anymore.

11.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Luttig has it right here: β€œ[T]he Supreme Court has given them no choice but to speak out.”

11.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 872    πŸ” 271    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

Losing $30BB in tourism? No problem! We’ll just make it up by handing $20BB to Argentina.

Wait…

11.10.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New β€” Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him β€œby law” and another says β€œWe’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

11.10.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5067    πŸ” 2338    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 178

Bessent’s just such a perfect image for this, too. A throwback reminder of what a non-MAGA GOP looks and works like. A soulless void of anti-charisma.

11.10.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even the Times can’t both-sides Trump’s gift to Wall Street during a trade war, drastic cuts to government programs, and a federal shutdown.

11.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE agents to US citizen: Turn around or you're getting the dog.

10.10.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10
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A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

11.10.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5440    πŸ” 1430    πŸ’¬ 264    πŸ“Œ 209
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Did the Mariners finally win ALDS Game 5 because of Humpy the Salmon? Humpy won his first ever Salmon Run Friday night -- just before the Mariners secured a win and advanced to the ALCS.

Yes www.seattletimes.com/sports/marin...

11.10.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

11.10.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2262    πŸ” 1004    πŸ’¬ 424    πŸ“Œ 644
Screenshot text from The Guardian:
He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, AI and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: β€œIt’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.”

It’s because the antichrist talks about Armageddon nonstop. We’re all scared to death that we’re sleepwalking into Armageddon. And then because we know world war three will be an unjust war, that pushes us. We’re going hard towards peace at any price.

What I worry about in that sort of situation is you don’t think too hard about the details of the peace and it becomes much more likely that you get an unjust peace. This is, by the way, the slogan of the antichrist: 1 Thessalonians 5:3. It’s peace and safety, sort of the unjust peace.

Let me conclude on this choice of antichrist or Armageddon. And again, in some ways the stagnation and the existential risks are complementary, not contradictory. The existential risk pushes us towards stagnation and distracts us from it.

How does Thiel think Armageddon will happen?
Thiel rarely gives a definitive answer about who exactly the antichrist might be or how Armageddon might come about – a central point across his lectures is that nothing is written in stone or inevitable – but he does give the contours of what a global conflict that could lead to Armageddon might look like.

Screenshot text from The Guardian: He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, AI and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: β€œIt’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.” It’s because the antichrist talks about Armageddon nonstop. We’re all scared to death that we’re sleepwalking into Armageddon. And then because we know world war three will be an unjust war, that pushes us. We’re going hard towards peace at any price. What I worry about in that sort of situation is you don’t think too hard about the details of the peace and it becomes much more likely that you get an unjust peace. This is, by the way, the slogan of the antichrist: 1 Thessalonians 5:3. It’s peace and safety, sort of the unjust peace. Let me conclude on this choice of antichrist or Armageddon. And again, in some ways the stagnation and the existential risks are complementary, not contradictory. The existential risk pushes us towards stagnation and distracts us from it. How does Thiel think Armageddon will happen? Thiel rarely gives a definitive answer about who exactly the antichrist might be or how Armageddon might come about – a central point across his lectures is that nothing is written in stone or inevitable – but he does give the contours of what a global conflict that could lead to Armageddon might look like.

People paid $200 a ticket to listen to Peter Thiel do bog issue antisemitism for four lectures about his belief in the antichrist.

Lots of fools wishing to be relieved of their money, I guess.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

11.10.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 562    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 34
Mariners celebrating winning the ALDS , with Naylor wearing his Kraken abyss jersey

Mariners celebrating winning the ALDS , with Naylor wearing his Kraken abyss jersey

Nice choice of post game attire, Naylor

11.10.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
Hat shoe kid

Hat shoe kid

Hat shoe guy

Hat shoe guy

When this game started vs when this game ended

11.10.2025 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 573    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

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