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#ATX polymath with interests in technology, math, photography, guitar, and spirituality. Teacher & Student of "A Course in Miracles". Disclaimer: this account frequently posts satire calling out politicians who do and say stupid things

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Thank you

10.08.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These Are Drug Cartels Designated as Terrorists by the U.S.

Will they go after the people supporting terrorism?
Like DJTjr buying cocaine?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/w...

10.08.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Overexposure to Texas; developing a rash.

10.08.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man walking in a field with a fire explosion in the background ALT: a man walking in a field with a fire explosion in the background

Thanks for the vibes, humanity. Iโ€™ll walk from here.

10.08.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Overexposure to Texas; developing a rash.

10.08.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man walking in a field with a fire explosion in the background ALT: a man walking in a field with a fire explosion in the background

Thanks for the vibes, humanity. Iโ€™ll walk from here.

10.08.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
When the Church kneels to power instead of truth, it becomes a throne for lies โ€” not a
refuge for the soul.
- Orion Steele

When the Church kneels to power instead of truth, it becomes a throne for lies โ€” not a refuge for the soul. - Orion Steele

08.08.2025 21:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

e.g.
She was okay with what he did in her presence?
She left the room before he did things she'd object to?
She only watched the really foul stuff on video?

08.08.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I tend to think of it like this: AI is successful when it interpolates knowledge that is within the scope of its training data+context. When we ask it to extrapolate... well, it does so, right off the edge of the map.

08.08.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember when the GOP rejected criminal behavior instead of embracing it.

08.08.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember when the GOP rejected criminal behavior instead of embracing it.

08.08.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If they did line up, wouldn't it just look like a Star-of-David with rounded points?

08.08.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israelโ€™s security cabinet approves a plan to take over Gaza City. | CNN Israelโ€™s security cabinet approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes for a military takeover of the entire strip. Follow for live news updates.

I'd like to congratulate all the "progressives" who allowed themselves to be suckered into the right-wing false-flag information operation to paint Biden-Harris as "pro-genocide"... you got exactly what you wanted: Another 60,000 dead and Israel takes Gaza:

www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

08.08.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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08.08.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18549    ๐Ÿ” 5290    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 601    ๐Ÿ“Œ 251
Close up photograph of a very, very tiny machine screw of the type commonly used in mechanical cameras.

Close up photograph of a very, very tiny machine screw of the type commonly used in mechanical cameras.

The pure terror of having a collection of old cameras and randomly finding a single tiny machine screw in your carpet...

06.08.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 296    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s An overwhelming majority of Americans, 64 percent, believe that crime increased across the country in 2024, according to a Gallup survey conducted late last year.

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s

This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely.

Here's why.

07.08.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5840    ๐Ÿ” 2913    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 191    ๐Ÿ“Œ 229
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GOP Rep. Mills accused of threatening to release nude videos of ex-girlfriend Lindsey Langston, winner of the 2024 Miss United States contest, filed a police report in Florida. Mills denied wrongdoing.

A woman who said she had been in a relationship with GOP Rep. Cory Mills has accused him of threatening to release nude videos of her after she broke off their relationship, according to a police report.

07.08.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4635    ๐Ÿ” 2158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 632    ๐Ÿ“Œ 263

Thank you for including me Kathleen!

07.08.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stormy Daniels

06.08.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

moldy cottage cheese.

06.08.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

And of course, in the same breath, one must admit that the right has turned itself into a caricature that lends itself to exactly this kind of parody.

06.08.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heโ€™s a cartoon villain in a cheap suit โ€” and a sleaze, full stop.

Itโ€™s hard to view CNNโ€™s choice as anything but strategic: elevate a transparently dishonest provocateur, then call it โ€œbalance". This isnโ€™t thoughtful representation of the right. Itโ€™s a controlled demolition of it.

06.08.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And of course, in the same breath, one must admit that the right has turned itself into a caricature that lends itself to exactly this kind of parody.

06.08.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why do Texans buy manual transmissions when they canโ€™t shift smoothly enough to maintain acceleration?

06.08.2025 22:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

$8 hamburger meat is an apparition. $2500 rent is a mirage. $300 light bills are just your imaginationโ€ฆ

Gaslighting.

06.08.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2062    ๐Ÿ” 449    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
Sign with elephant saying GOP Guardian of pedophiles

Sign with elephant saying GOP Guardian of pedophiles

Good Morning to everyone who now sees that Speaker Johnson closing Congress to protect Epstein vote is backfiring beautifully.

The Dems now have time to gather all names, info and public outrage that they need!
#Pinks
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1

06.08.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 443    ๐Ÿ” 194    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

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