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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 8h

Three Percenters have been trying to do this for decades and the libs beat them to it.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 8h

‘No Kings’ protests live updates: Organizers claim nearly 7 million people marched in anti-Trump rallies

No Kings protests live: Millions expected to rally against Trump’s ‘authoritarianism’

www.independent.co.uk

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 8h

And famous fathers. Did you know her dad was John McCain?

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 8h

The three most common flags by far today were American, pride and Ukraine. That’s *my* liberalism.

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[email protected] @estupi.do · 10h

Parliamentary System knowers rn

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 10h

The number of inflatable costumes at no kings is fantastic. Some factory manager in China is really confused by the Halloween costume trend.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 11h

People are pretty fucking fired up about this no matter where you are. I was surprised at the number at my protest.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

I always forget to count on the dumbest possible outcome.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Are they just going to start lobbing missiles at Caracas? What a stupid, wasteful outcome.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

This is too big to just sit there but too small to do an invasion. What’s the plan?

Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 1d

The U.S. military mobilization in the Caribbean:
• 8 Navy warships
• 10 stealth fighters
• About 10,000 troops
• New ammunition storage sites in Puerto Rico

The goal, officials say privately, is to oust Maduro from power.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean

www.nytimes.com

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck, well then what’s the point?

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Personally, I muted them. They can see me, but I can’t see them.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

So does that make this a Nazi bar?

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

His maybe sole true belief is that fraud cannot be a crime.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Trump has commuted the sentence of former Congressman George SANTOS.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Westworld (2016)

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Signs are good too if you’re feeling it.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

I would bet so much money that an LLM is involved here.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 1d

JUST IN: Judge Mehta threatens contempt and bar sanctions for attorney Carolyn Stewart — who has repped numerous Jan. 6 defendants and pardon recipients — over filing a motion with “fabricated” citations to local rules and refusing to correct it.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

As mayor I will attend all the parades except for any hosted by the Shriners. They know what they did.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

The tone of the moderator that this is wholly normal and obvious question is what makes this art.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Like the apple falling on Isaac Newton’s head.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Volcano posting has gone away, but it never should have.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

The state will get him if the Feds fuck up. And the Feds will probably end up getting him for non-capital charges.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

He genuinely believes he’s being cheated out of something he deserves. It’s all a conspiracy against him.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 1d

Step one of the 🌮

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

TRUMP ON CHINA TARIFFS SAYS THEY FORCED ME TO DO THAT || WE'RE GOING TO DO FINE WITH CHINA || WE HAVE TO HAVE A FAIR DEAL

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 2d

I regret to inform that it’s going to be one of our worst Silicon Valley dipshits. Throwing a name out there: Palmer Luckey.

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Pareto Optimizer @paretooptimizer.bsky.social · 2d

A bit unfortunate that they got a real hook on this one. Of course, the rules about classified documents are a lot easier to find slip-ups than claims of fraud.

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