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Joe Cortez, Jr.

@joecortezjr.bsky.social

Southern California-based photographer

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folks is it good when your AWS bill is 100% of your estimated revenue

20.10.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1635    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 3
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Then there's Russ Taylor. "It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement."

(Editor's note: Taylor was plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack. He was later pardoned by Trump.)
www.wired.com/story/owning...

16.10.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1220    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 67
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STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

12.10.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 18591    πŸ” 3828    πŸ’¬ 1515    πŸ“Œ 1061
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Charlie Kirk and Trump's Looming Political Crackdown Podcast Episode Β· Reveal Β· 09/17/2025 Β· 30m

🎧 In the wake of ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, this episode of "More to the Story" (published earlier today) is essential listening: @revealnews.org examines how the tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s murder is accelerating a political crackdown. LISTEN:

18.09.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 5
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Trump escalates spending fight with Congress, says he will cancel $5 billion President Donald Trump has moved to unilaterally cancel $4.9 billion in federal funding authorized by Congress, escalating the fight over who controls the nation's spending.

Senator Susan Collins of Maine denounced the move as unlawful, saying that any attempt to rescind funds already appropriated by Congress without its approval is a direct violation of the law.

29.08.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 555    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 15

When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, you’re right, that’s the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.

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Article reads:
β€œCompanies That Tried to Save Money With Al Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes”
Below, an ad reads:
β€œaws marketplace. Unleash your data securely with gen AI”

Article reads: β€œCompanies That Tried to Save Money With Al Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes” Below, an ad reads: β€œaws marketplace. Unleash your data securely with gen AI”

Perfect!

06.07.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

looks into the camera

06.07.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7217    πŸ” 2789    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump Ditches Work Early for Another Golf Weekend As states reel from devastating storms and wait for FEMA relief, Trump will check out early for his New Jersey golf club

Class Trump Friday:

Destabilize the markets.

Run away to golf.

23.05.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2961    πŸ” 889    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 52

need hill reporters relentlessly asking sean duffy how the fuck he's letting this happen

(and if you work for the FAA and want to chat, i'm marisakabas.04 on signal)

15.05.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 682    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

The head of the US Copyright Office has been fired. The Copyright Office has been insistent that only work primarily created by humans gets copyright protection. Will American copyright law favour #AI over #creators whose work was stolen to train it in future? @societyofauthors.bsky.social

12.05.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Slightly more seriously. It's crazy how the entire supposed constitutional theory of Trump 2.0 is that all power is vested in this single individual, down to every last tiny detail and whenever you ask him he's like "I have no idea; ask the lawyers"

07.05.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8635    πŸ” 1530    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 84

just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful

06.05.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14851    πŸ” 3879    πŸ’¬ 651    πŸ“Œ 239
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Dozens of YouTube Channels Are Showing AI-Generated Cartoon Gore and Fetish Content A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten, starved, and sexualizedβ€”sparking fears of a new Elsagate wave.

A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten, starved, and sexualizedβ€”sparking fears of a new Elsagate wave. www.wired.com/story/dozens...

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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

As we're already seeing, at-risk groups and those who communicate with them are under attack. From encrypted communications to location data, here are some practical tips:

16.04.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

16.04.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1843    πŸ” 877    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 60

Once again: everyone who spent any time around Trump in the 80s and 90s during his β€œreal estate mogul” era said that if you look him straight in the eye and tell him to go fuck himself he disengages and immediately starts looking for an exit.

16.04.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1006    πŸ” 269    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6

I looked this guy up on linkedin and he's been at the SSA for 26 years. worked his way up from IT grunt to associate commissioner

13.04.2025 05:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4017    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 23
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It looks like someone has hacked a crosswalk button in Palo Alto to deliver at least two different messages in the voice of Elon Musk.

(They are not complimentary)

13.04.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4609    πŸ” 1452    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 248

People in civilized countries are pre-ordering the Nintendo Switch 2 right now.

09.04.2025 04:57 β€” πŸ‘ 524    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 5

Yes, it’s a bit hard to see now, but allowing the president to become a king who can kidnap citizens while also demolishing the global financial system is a small price to pay for getting to keeping 23 trans women from playing college sports.

09.04.2025 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4229    πŸ” 1082    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 15

So many hundreds of thousands of words of ink, so many countless hours wasted, explaining how this man was secretly savvy, and it turns out he’s just dumb as a rock, clueless about basic economics, and driven by a malicious paranoia that conniving foreigners are ripping us off

06.04.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5358    πŸ” 1087    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 40

Bingo. Trumpcession β€” pass it on

07.04.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1296    πŸ” 255    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 9
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#GVerse A MASSIVE protest is taking place in downtown Chicago for the #HandsOff!

05.04.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1375    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 31
the wet sack of bugs man Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas

the wet sack of bugs man Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas

every picture of trump after golfing is like

05.04.2025 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 515    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Map showing handsoff2025.com protest locations for 4/5/2025

Map showing handsoff2025.com protest locations for 4/5/2025

1/ The number of protests planned for tomorrow is enormous. Given what Trump has done to the economy, and everyone's collective ability to pay for household expenses/retirement I'd expect them to be huge. Find out more at handsoff2025.com

04.04.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2580    πŸ” 929    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 84

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