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Miles Takahashi

@smileykat.bsky.social

Liberal, left-of-center minded individual. Interested in the arts, culture, diversity, health and well-being. 🚫BOTS (that follow >> 1k), AI, impersonators, religious, crypto, self-promotion will be blocked or reported.

196 Followers  |  210 Following  |  112 Posts  |  Joined: 29.11.2023  |  1.6629

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See the difference? πŸ‘€

#NoKings

19.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 29797    πŸ” 9333    πŸ’¬ 460    πŸ“Œ 383

i am not saying the world has gone completely bonkers but
the world has gone absolutely completely bonkers

08.10.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5659    πŸ” 1045    πŸ’¬ 163    πŸ“Œ 44
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Her notes for the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to do with her work leading the DOJ, or even the embattled border czar. Rather, Bondi had collected screenshots of social media posts, prewritten comebacks, and handwritten notes she hoped could give her a good β€œgotcha” moment.
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08.10.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11

Isn’t Trump basically starting a civil war by deploying the National Guard to states that don’t need them?

06.10.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If this country was truly β€œpro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about β€œlife.”

It’s about control.

02.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 26467    πŸ” 7820    πŸ’¬ 751    πŸ“Œ 358
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So many Hatch Act violations. So little media interest.

02.10.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 247    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7
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"To my colleagues in mainstream media: your silence is complicity. Your 'boths-sides-ism' is complicty. Your euphemisms for genocide is complicity."

From my speech accepting the 'Path of Truth' award from Palestinian diaspora group KTH.

Full speech: zeteo.com/p/palestine-...

02.10.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3259    πŸ” 774    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 29

What’s funny is that AI glasses will likely be the next Newton. Tech is not there yet…

01.10.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s funny is that AI glasses will likely be the next Newton. Tech is not there yet…

01.10.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time for the 25th amendment?

30.09.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

30.09.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 867    πŸ” 418    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 111
Anyone with courage has to acknowledge Trump isn't well. And he's getting worse. | Opinion Ranting about Tylenol and escalators while seeking revenge on his enemies, Trump is showing us one simple thing: He is desperate and declining.

Anyone with courage has to acknowledge Trump isn't well. And he's getting worse.

My look at his babbling insanity from just the past week:

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

28.09.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 897    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6
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Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia? Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated β€œstrategy.”

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated β€œstrategy.”

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

29.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6072    πŸ” 2102    πŸ’¬ 415    πŸ“Œ 164
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its ownβ€”it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

29.09.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 20325    πŸ” 5837    πŸ’¬ 737    πŸ“Œ 353
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Do US consumers have the appetite to eat the tariffs? In May, U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Walmart, telling the retail giant to eat the tariffs instead of raising prices for consumers.

As businesses start to lose money on tariff costs, they will raise prices to maintain profitability. Ultimately, inflation will rear it’s ugly head as consumers cut back on spending - stagflation is coming:

www.reuters.com/markets/us/d...

28.09.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

21.09.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 59061    πŸ” 16359    πŸ’¬ 1343    πŸ“Œ 634
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How Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud Magnet Scammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra...

Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found.

More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022.

(Published Jan. 2024)

28.09.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 925    πŸ” 408    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 17
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Famed roboticist says humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst | TechCrunch Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, is particularly skeptical of companies like Tesla and Figure trying to teach robots dexterity by showing them videos of humans doing tasks. In a...

β€˜Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: you’re wasting your money.’
techcrunch.com/2025/09/26/f...

28.09.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 347    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 26
The image shows two X posts. The first, from "Governor Newsom Press" on September 26, 2025, at 9:45 AM, sarcastically advises against trusting doctors with degrees from a fictional "Trump University School of Medicine." The second, from "@realDonaldTrump" on the same date and time, recommends that pregnant women avoid Tylenol unless necessary, avoid giving it to young children, break the MMR vaccine into three separate shots, take the chickenpox and hepatitis B vaccines at specific ages or older, and administer vaccines in five separate medical visits, signed "President DJT."

The image shows two X posts. The first, from "Governor Newsom Press" on September 26, 2025, at 9:45 AM, sarcastically advises against trusting doctors with degrees from a fictional "Trump University School of Medicine." The second, from "@realDonaldTrump" on the same date and time, recommends that pregnant women avoid Tylenol unless necessary, avoid giving it to young children, break the MMR vaccine into three separate shots, take the chickenpox and hepatitis B vaccines at specific ages or older, and administer vaccines in five separate medical visits, signed "President DJT."

He’s not a doctor, but he plays one in the White House.

28.09.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3742    πŸ” 541    πŸ’¬ 160    πŸ“Œ 14
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The wildly unqualified lawyer Trump just named to prosecute his enemies Lindsey Halligan, the new US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, has no experience as a prosecutor.

Erik Siebert, the federal prosecutor whom President Donald Trump pushed out Friday for declining to prosecute his political enemies, listed as an attorney on 675 federal cases.

His replacement, Lindsey Halligan, who's Trump's former lawyer, has worked on only three.

27.09.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 324    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 5

Like his war against late night, it’s turning out to be a lot of hot air. People have to start realizing that his threats are a lot of blather and wearing thin.

27.09.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

27.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13142    πŸ” 5012    πŸ’¬ 505    πŸ“Œ 473
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FITCH: β€œ.. Fitch’s baseline assumption is for U.S. consumption growth to slow through 2026 because of a deteriorating labor market, rising inflation and weakening consumer confidence.”

26.09.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 502    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 16

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

26.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 26681    πŸ” 7566    πŸ’¬ 822    πŸ“Œ 394
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Exactly. Why should we believe they won’t do this anyway? It’s in the Project 2025 plan.

26.09.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 276    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Time for Amazon to follow Microsoft’s lead - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

25.09.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

24.09.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 57609    πŸ” 19480    πŸ’¬ 1848    πŸ“Œ 1008
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Who Owns Nexstar Media Group: Major Shareholders – Brands Owned By Nexstar Media Group is one of the largest broadcasting companies in the United States. If you are wondering who owns Nexstar Media Group, the answer involves

brandsownedby.com/who-owns-nex...

25.09.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Disney shareholders demand reasons for Kimmel suspension, Semafor reports A group of Walt Disney shareholders is demanding that the company turn over documents related to its decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show last week, Semafor reported on Wednesday.

Disney shareholders demand reasons for Kimmel suspension, Semafor reports reut.rs/4pWHZ67

24.09.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8

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