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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1h

The moderate position here is that no current ICE agent should ever be allowed to work for the government again

Retes was held for three days without being given an opportunity to make a call. His family only learned where he had been after his release. His leg had been cut from the broken glass, Retes told ProPublica, and lingering pepper spray burned his hands.He tried to soothe them by filling sandwich bags with water.
Retes recalled that agents knew he was a citizen. "They didn't care." He said one DHS official laughed at him, saying he shouldn't have come to work that day. "They still sent me away to jail." He added that cases like his show Kavanaugh was "wrong completely.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

If anyone's wondering how this is possible, the answer is these strike teams are moving terrifyingly fast. Grab first, ask questions later. We were about 8-15 minutes behind them today for several hours. They're jumping out of vans, chasing people across lawns, taking them from bus stops, etc

maureen @maureenf.bsky.social · 2h

30 people disappeared in this shaded area today.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1h

And there you have it. These strikes are clearly not legal. Pete will push commanders aside until he finds one who won’t question these extrajudicial killings. #SOUTHCOM

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 1h

What way now apolitical military professional?

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1h

And there you have it. These strikes are clearly not legal. Pete will push commanders aside until he finds one who won’t question these extrajudicial killings. #SOUTHCOM

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1h

Excited for a court of competent jurisdiction to put "southcom was worried the strikes were not lawful" and "southcom did the strikes" next to each other and ask everyone how you get from A to B

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Jocelyn Leitzinger @jocelynl.bsky.social · 1h

ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right

I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed

This is fine dog meme

Am orangish brown dog sits on a red chair wearing a hat that matches his fur color. A circular table in front of him has a coffee cup on it. Around him, flames roar and smoke covers the ceiling. His speech bubble says "this is fine"

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 1h

They fired a top-level commander, the top of the chain of command but for SecDef and POTUS, because the wanton murder spree on the high seas as it's been conducted so far wasn't enough for them.

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1h

And there you have it. These strikes are clearly not legal. Pete will push commanders aside until he finds one who won’t question these extrajudicial killings. #SOUTHCOM

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Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 3h

Damn man. Sliwa going for the jugular here. He apparently didn’t get the memo that he was suppose to toss this so his supporters would feel better about voting for Cuomo.

SH😮CK-tor Benway @docbenway.bsky.social · 3h

Cuomo goes on about Mamdani being anti police.

Sliwa: Bail reform bail reform bail reform. I knew Mario Cuomo, and you’re no Mario Cuomo.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 3h

Folks have got to learn there's no secret purely lovable crazy with only correct opinions that can turn it off at will. We accepted this sort of thing as a package deal when we decided we were going to take someone who thinks themselves a wizard seriously.

James Lawrence @kingfridayjoe.bsky.social · 11h

Lol, fuck off Grant

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Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 10h

I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

JSDF attack helicopter with an anime girl painted on the side

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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 19h

German politicians: why don't immigrants want to learn German

German employers: why aren't immigrants fluent in German

Taxpayers in Germany on unemployment: Can I take the German lessons that will help me re-enter the workforce

German policies: no

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RandomMinutia @randomminutia.bsky.social · 3h

It’s your job to swear her in Mike.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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David Nir @davidnir.com · 3h

Man, this freaking guy.

"I have no staff ... The phones don't work. There's no computer," Grijalva says from her sparsely furnished office on Capitol Hill. "We don't have a government email." www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Johnson: "Grijalva should be working for her constituents right now. I don't know what she's doing. I keep seeing their political stunt videos. She should be in her office. She should be working or in the district for her constituents" (Grijalva is not in fact a Rep. b/c Johnson refuses to seat her)

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 2d

Media literacy isn’t just about fact-checking, it’s also about mindset.
New research shows that simple prompts to think more openly can boost our ability to spot misinformation and resist falsehoods.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misg...

How to Train Yourself to Be More Open-Minded

New research shows that a quick mindset shift can boost open-minded thinking, helping you spot misinformation and make clearer, more thoughtful judgments.

www.psychologytoday.com

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RandomMinutia @randomminutia.bsky.social · 4h

…OBLIGATORY CADILLAC OF THE SKY MOMENT. youtu.be/1ouJ_WyS9v8?...

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 4h

This is patently untrue; the first iteration of the "P-51" was designed in May 1940 and underwent a lengthy developmental process. This involved multiple engine configurations, aerodynamic modifications, and operational feedback over a 4-year period, with a massive amount of spending and resources!

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 5h

I will add this excellent thread as well. The truth is, there never was an American golden age in which high-quality weapons were produced rapidly, cheaply, and without bureaucratic friction. No amount of VC "move fast and break things" is going to fix that

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 9d

So this analysis is wrong and a huge "it depends" in if you are someone who is a thinker and not an arguer.

Nazi Germany royally mismanaged its technological development because that reflected the value and structure of its government and the goons in it.

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 10d

Also they ran just incredibly awful commentary with incredibly shawty evidence (which I’m sure will become feature at CBS now). For example, the author of this piece claimed the Allies won WWII with inferior technology minus the atomic bomb lol

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 4h

Pretty sure it's illegal for ICE to intentionally ram residents' vehicles, damaging government property and endangering multiple lives in the process

Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 7h

A main organizer of VC Defensa in Ventura County was rammed in his vehicle by federal agents and taken into custody this morning. This video is from VC Defensa IG and shows the ramming. Organizers are thinking he’ll be taken to LA MDC—headed there now

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7h

Whether he jumped or was pushed, this seems like a big deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

huh, wonder what this was about

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7h

Whether he jumped or was pushed, this seems like a big deal. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 5h

America didn’t win WWII through “inferior tech," it won through organization, integration, and strategy, as well as the myth that Nazi Germany’s “exquisite” weapons outclassed the Allies, and critiques how the media keeps misusing history to sound profound. My latest⬇️

The Myth of Allied Technological Inferiority

World War II, The Free Press, and the Problematic Use of History in Contemporary Media

secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com

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RandomMinutia @randomminutia.bsky.social · 4h

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 5h

As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 7h

lol.

LMAO, even.

Case 1:25-cr-00244-SLS
Document 69 Filed 10/16/25 Page 1 of 2
CO 109A - Rev. 3/2010
UNITED STATES DISTRICT AND BANKRUPTCY COURTS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
VS.
Civil/Criminal No.:
25CR244-SLS
SYDNEY LORI REID
NOTE FROM JURY
Judge,
We have reached a verdiet.
Date: 10-16-2025
Time: Q1: 35 pm

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
:
:
:
Case No. 25-CR-244 (SLS)
....
VERDICT FORM
As to the charge of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers, we, the jury in the
above-captioned case, unanimously find the defendant, Sydney Reid:
X
_Not Guilty

Guilty
Foreperson Signature
10-16-2025
Date

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RandomMinutia @randomminutia.bsky.social · 5h

We’re going to humiliate them on Dystopian Quiz Shows to prove their own idiocy.

“No, Mr. Yarvin, that was the Magna Carta.”

*spins punishment wheel*

“INTO THE SNAKE PIT!”

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 5h

Tbh I think we ought to re-masculinize society through the dispensation of brutal, merciless justice to the class of intellectual quislings who are trying to carry us back to the middle ages

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