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Not just the ignorance but the apathy as well. The fact that so many Americans donโ€™t even bother to vote anymore is appalling.

28.02.2026 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Especially Susan Sarandon

28.02.2026 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponryโ€”and It Should Alarm Us All In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end wellโ€”or anytime soon.

I donโ€™t know what it takes to alarm most of this country but we clearly havenโ€™t answered that yet. I think the inexcusable ignorance of most Americans is a bigger problem than MAGAโ€™s structural bigotry and sociopathy.

Trumpโ€™s ICEโ€ฆShould Alarm Us All

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28.02.2026 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MSnow sees the opportunity to step into what has been CNN's territory with a war, now that CNN will become state media. As the liberal alternative to Fox and CNN, they should have woken up Rachel Maddow. Instead, they woke up the Trump pals.

MSnow sees the opportunity to step into what has been CNN's territory with a war, now that CNN will become state media. As the liberal alternative to Fox and CNN, they should have woken up Rachel Maddow. Instead, they woke up the Trump pals.

I canโ€™t speak for everyone, but I learn more about world news and events every day from reading Jeff Jarvisโ€™s cynical but informed social media upbraidings of our pathetic mainstream news media, than I ever get from our pathetic mainstream news media.

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28.02.2026 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So everyone keeps telling me that the future of journalism is @theatlantic.com. I guess that means that quality news analysis in the future will only be available to those that want to and can pay $89+ a year. Awesome development. Good work, everyone.

28.02.2026 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Imagine if MSM cared!
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28.02.2026 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only in Donald Fucking Trumpโ€™s America could I wake up on a Saturday morning to the knowledge that we just attacked another country with a massive armada and not been even a little bit surprised.

Weโ€™re all letting this happen. So itโ€™s all on us. Good work, everyone!

28.02.2026 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponryโ€”and It Should Alarm Us All In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end wellโ€”or anytime soon.

Hey @catturd2 and @realjameswoods? Is this what you masturbators voted for? Because the demise of this country is on you assholes. Every last fucking one of you. Fuck you.

Trumpโ€™s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponryโ€”and It Should Alarm Us All


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28.02.2026 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, I guess we wonโ€™t be the only one out there pushing the wonders of trees this year, though ours serves a somewhat different audience. But I see a nice fit between this and what weโ€™re doing. Itโ€™s going to be an interesting year.

27.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fraud detection is a perfect case study โ€” AI stopping fraudulent transactions in milliseconds isn't hype, it's behavioral pattern recognition at scale. The real challenge is combining ML with behavioral science to catch the *intent* behind anomalies, not just the anomalies themselves.

25.02.2026 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@joyannreid.bsky.social tells the โ€œMAGA Trollsโ€ to take their bullshit outside. #PSOTU.

25.02.2026 01:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
LIVE: MeidasTouch and MoveOn Host โ€˜Peopleโ€™s State of the Unionโ€™ as Democrats Boycott Trumpโ€™s Address
Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLEtz3H0jSfEneSdf1YKnw/joinLIVE coverage as MeidasTouch and MoveOn host a โ€œPeopleโ€™... LIVE: MeidasTouch and MoveOn Host โ€˜Peopleโ€™s State of the Unionโ€™ as Democrats Boycott Trumpโ€™s Address

In case you hadnโ€™t heard, @meidastouch.com is producing a โ€œPeopleโ€™s State of the Unionโ€ in DC tonight. @joyannreid.bsky.social is co-hosting with @katiephang.bsky.social

Hereโ€™s the live youtube link:

25.02.2026 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
"The woman who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to Trump 'who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out.'" RE: https://www.threads.com/@senwhitehouse/post/DVJH59KjTye

"The woman who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to Trump 'who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out.'" RE: https://www.threads.com/@senwhitehouse/post/DVJH59KjTye

I hope was was tested for at least the Asshole Virus after she bit him.

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24.02.2026 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Once in correcting someone about the spelling of my name, I snarked, โ€œItโ€™s with a K and a Y โ€” like the jelly.โ€

Yes, they spelled it correctly after that. But, after the shock/horror wore off, they couldnโ€™t stop *scandalously* repeating the story to others.

It spread. (Also like the jelly.)

21.02.2026 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Suffice it to say, I was reminded about the spelling of my own name VERY often after that. ๐Ÿ˜‰

21.02.2026 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bast loves sending me Black (void) cats that look like @shoq.bsky.social avi

24.02.2026 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey MAGA? Remember when you fucking idiots thought you were voting for fewer wars? Howโ€™d that work out for us, dipshits? Now do us all a favor and just block the vapid, Trump fluffers like @realjameswoods and @catturd2 and go read a fucking book. Just this once.

24.02.2026 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Who the hell sets themselves on fire because someone cheated on them? I mean, come on. Would they amputate a limb as payback for an insult? Something doesnโ€™t make sense to me here.

What Tony Gonzales aide said the night she set herself on fire

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23.02.2026 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trumpโ€™s approval rating with independents hits a new low ahead of the State of the Union | CNN Politics When President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address Tuesday, he will face a public that increasingly questions his priorities and expresses broad doubts about whether his proposed policies are helping the nation, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

Welp, maybe only 33% of us are truly committed Nazi swine. Only.

Trumpโ€™s approval rating with independents hits a new low ahead of the State of the Union

23.02.2026 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s amazing to think that American conservatism, which claimed to have an intellectual heritage going back to Burke, Hamilton, Hayek and Buckley, would now be a movement whose sole ideology is whatever crazy policy Trump pulls out of his ass.

21.02.2026 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 906    ๐Ÿ” 211    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

Thatโ€™s suggestion was worth two follows Carolyn. Even if you canโ€™t spell your own name. But my homie @marmel follows you, so thereโ€™s thatโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜Ž

21.02.2026 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Think about the Least Memorable person in your orbit โ€” the one you canโ€™t place/ when you run into them you canโ€™t remember their name.

Now, find ways to associate the buns with this amorphous walking memory hole.

They are JUST LIKE Gary (or is it Jerry?)โ€ฆwait what were we talking about?

21.02.2026 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suppose there are far worse earworms to have than Nessun Dorma. Still, Iโ€™m unable to unhear it for a least 72 hours since last exposure.

21.02.2026 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. is a joke. Blame the left's lies for getting us here. | Opinion Trump's appointment of RFK Jr. was a bad choice with terrible consequences, but Democrats need to remember how we arrived at such a climate.

The often awful USAToday dug deep to find an immeasurably stupid bothsides tour de force by some nitwit who is obviously still angry that his parents named him โ€œDace.โ€

cc @driftglass @bluegal@newsie.social

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21.02.2026 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

100%, we canโ€™t let them off the hook, ever. Our history is littered with letting the monsters face no consequences so we can โ€œmove on.โ€ From Reconstruction, to Nixon, to George W. Bush, to the current felon. No more.

21.02.2026 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So listen, without judging me, or lecturing me on the obvious health benefits of doing so, can anyone suggest a way I can undiscover Little Debbie Honey Buns? Supernatural or occult-facing suggestions will not be rejected out of hand.

21.02.2026 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
@shoq This โฌ†๏ธ is *all* a consequence of us letting our #PublicEducation system go from first (in the world) to worst (for the money).Talk about #enshittification. ..โ€œChemical Eye ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ on Homeopathic #Education.โ€ www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/062008_macdougall.html

@shoq This โฌ†๏ธ is *all* a consequence of us letting our #PublicEducation system go from first (in the world) to worst (for the money).Talk about #enshittification. ..โ€œChemical Eye ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ on Homeopathic #Education.โ€ www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/062008_macdougall.html

Thanks for the depressing take on how bad our education problem is. And that article was written in 2008, nearly 2 decades ago. Jesus, fuck the wheel and just levitate us off the track before we hit the wall.

www.sitnews.us/MacDou...

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21.02.2026 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Damn us all. 33% of Americans are thrilled with these these MAGA monsters. But we owe it to those who died for this country, and future generations, to objurgate them so completely that even their most deluded sycophants slink away in shame.

21.02.2026 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Poor Jesse Watters. He just canโ€™t understand why Kid Rock gets more respect than he does.

21.02.2026 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is astonishing that weโ€™ve let our society be overrun by these sick, twisted know-nothing shit stains who make so much money spewing nonsense at people too stupid to know itโ€™s nonsense.

21.02.2026 02:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0