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special investigative correspondent @texasobserver.org • columnist @thebarbedwire.com • contributor @coolzonemedia.bsky.social • publisher @proteanmag.com • send tips via Signal: stevanzetti.12 Read & support my work: https://linktr.ee/Stevanzetti

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Looking forward to seeing more of this

21.11.2025 01:09 — 👍 69    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Horizons of Youth Liberation • Protean Magazine Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Children, out this month from Haymarket Books.Sarah Brouillette reviews Madeline Lane-McKinley's new book Solidarity With Ch...

What an honor to read @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social and her brilliant son Ben unpack some of the ideas of my book together for @proteanmag.com. This was precisely what I hoped to do: spark dialogue between kids and so-called grownups about what solidarity looks like.

proteanmag.com/2025/11/19/h...

19.11.2025 22:20 — 👍 29    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1

“System crash”

21.11.2025 00:53 — 👍 166    🔁 45    💬 13    📌 1

Counter-counter-take: I agree

21.11.2025 00:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If it wasn't clear this is not a serious post

21.11.2025 00:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Steven's serious face

Steven's serious face

This is my serious face

21.11.2025 00:14 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

All good!!

21.11.2025 00:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If it wasn't clear my tone was sardonic

20.11.2025 23:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Elon Musk and his cronies turning up Grok's flatter-Elon-dial to 11 and then mass deleting a bunch of posts from Grok that say things like "Elon drinks piss/bottoms better than anyone on Earth" is the sort of poetic comedy that makes X the place to be

20.11.2025 23:44 — 👍 202    🔁 24    💬 5    📌 2
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Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.

it's enjoyable. i'm enjoying it

www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...

20.11.2025 21:40 — 👍 1621    🔁 313    💬 30    📌 58
Grok praising Elon's unparalleled bottoming prowess

Grok praising Elon's unparalleled bottoming prowess

Grok praising Elon for beating out Nancy Reagan for, well, you know

Grok praising Elon for beating out Nancy Reagan for, well, you know

Ay yooooo

20.11.2025 21:23 — 👍 98    🔁 7    💬 7    📌 3
Grok saying Michaelangelo's David is a better representation of the ideal masculine form when it isn't told that it's comparing David to Elon Musk

Grok saying Michaelangelo's David is a better representation of the ideal masculine form when it isn't told that it's comparing David to Elon Musk

Grok saying Michaelangelo's David is a better representation of the ideal masculine form when it is explicitly told that it's comparing David to Elon Musk

Grok saying Michaelangelo's David is a better representation of the ideal masculine form when it is explicitly told that it's comparing David to Elon Musk

Over on the Bad Website, the Grok large language model appears to have learned to glaze Elon Musk like a North Korean newscaster

20.11.2025 20:28 — 👍 97    🔁 15    💬 11    📌 5

They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.

20.11.2025 18:24 — 👍 6765    🔁 2437    💬 60    📌 44
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Virtual Talk Tonight! Join us as we bring together these powerful voices to reflect on this urgent moment & the ongoing struggle to protect truthful history. @stevanzetti.bsky.social @drmphillipsut.bsky.social
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20.11.2025 18:43 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Can't slow down the recruitment pipeline now can we

20.11.2025 18:34 — 👍 89    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 0

We are approaching our initial fundraising goal for Patti's cancer fund and have increased the goal. Patti is on fixed income and will require long term support if she is discharged from the hospital. Please help us help Patti navigate the hellish American healthcare and welfare systems.

20.11.2025 17:19 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

🫡

20.11.2025 16:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are over halfway to our initial fundraising goal for Patti's cancer fund. The support people have shown is heartwarming. Help us make sure Patti has a safe and clean place to live that will facilitate her healing.

20.11.2025 15:41 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

Something I forgot to mention...

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20.11.2025 15:08 — 👍 41    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

If you have the means, please consider helping:

20.11.2025 14:10 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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20.11.2025 03:37 — 👍 36    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Tim Davis has been very busy

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20.11.2025 03:30 — 👍 33    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Texas State Board of Education member Staci Childs responded to my post, indicating she did not sign off on the contract to hire Tim Davis

20.11.2025 02:30 — 👍 125    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 1

Thank you all so much. We are already a quarter of the way to our initial goal.

20.11.2025 02:09 — 👍 31    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
After heated debate, Keller school board approves Tim Davis as legal counsel The district has paid hundreds of thousands for Davis’ services over the past three years during a time of financial challenges.

Tim Davis was previously hired by some school boards without a public vote, including Grapevine-Colleyville and Keller.

I've been told the State Board of Education didn't vote on his hiring either.

www.star-telegram.com/news/local/a...
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/a...

20.11.2025 01:35 — 👍 39    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Partisans Are Politicizing Our Schools A network of PACs, and political consultants and lobbyists has quietly infiltrated school board elections. From Steven Monacelli.

"In Tarrant and Collin counties, Davis was hired by four conservative-majority school boards, including Grapevine Colleyville, that feature new members elected with the backing of partisan consultants and PACs."

www.texasobserver.org/school-board...

20.11.2025 01:23 — 👍 53    🔁 14    💬 1    📌 0
A screenshot of the contract notice

A screenshot of the contract notice

A screenshot of the signed contract, showing Tim Davis' name

A screenshot of the signed contract, showing Tim Davis' name

Scooplet: the Texas State Board of Education signed an emergency contract to hire Tim Davis, former general counsel of the Tarrant County GOP and now candidate for chairman. I previously reported that four local school boards taken over by well-financed right wing candidates also hired Davis.

20.11.2025 01:23 — 👍 140    🔁 54    💬 9    📌 3

All my faves!

20.11.2025 01:06 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Christine Pelosi in 2019: This Epstein case is horrific and the young women deserve justice. It is quite likely that some of our faves are implicated but we must follow the facts and let the chips fall where they may - whether on Republicans or Democrats.

Christine Pelosi in 2019: This Epstein case is horrific and the young women deserve justice. It is quite likely that some of our faves are implicated but we must follow the facts and let the chips fall where they may - whether on Republicans or Democrats.

20.11.2025 01:02 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 3

Thank you all so much. We are already over 15% of the initial goal.

20.11.2025 00:17 — 👍 33    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

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