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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻

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History. Focus on fascism, tech intersections, International Relations and CN. https://ko-fi.com/christinahendriks Please support my work/studies! My views and opinions don’t reflect any institution I am affiliated with.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 8h

So, I guess since everything had been nuked for me in a lot of ways. May as well make it fully so(my understanding).

Why is everyone here? If you don’t mind me asking?

What can I offer or provide to people in this current situation?

Because I feel like a lot of people followed me due to being

Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 1h

www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

Trump Brags About Surviving Assassination Attempt at Charlie Kirk Ceremony

The Presidential Medal of Freedom places Kirk in the company of Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.

www.thedailybeast.com

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geoffrey, 💀 mode @parsnip.bsky.social · 2h

i have said recently that for all its flaws msnbc is kind of the only actual mainstream news outlet out there anymore because it is partisan and i have never felt it quite so acutely

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2h

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2h

So like… can I call them Nazis now?

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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 17h

Tr*mp is upset about this picture. He's complaining about his hair. But his vagina neck seems to be no problem. Please don't repost this picture.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

apnews.com/article/goog...

Google announces $15B investment in AI hub in India meant to drive digital transformation

Google has announced a $15 billion investment in India over the next five years to establish its first artificial intelligence hub in the country.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Instagram to bring in version of PG-13 system to protect children, says Meta

Company says rules similar to US ‘parental guidance’ film rating will be applied to teenagers’ accounts

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

openmedia.org/article/item...

Defending our ‘Digital Selves’: A Guide for Canadians to Reclaim Digital Autonomy from Foreign Tech Giants

Canada has fallen behind on digital sovereignty, with much of our digital life controlled by foreign tech giants, but Canadians don’t have to stay powerless.

openmedia.org

Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

eSafety commissioner says including Roblox in social media ban 'tricky'

Australia's eSafety commissioner says her team has "taken Roblox to task" over its risk of exposing children to harm but warned the online gaming platform may not be included in the upcoming social me...

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/m...

Meta removes Facebook page allegedly used to target ICE agents after pressure from DOJ

Meta removed a Facebook group page that was allegedly used to "dox and target" U.S. ICE agents in Chicago after being contacted by Department of Justice.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart...

Walmart stock hits all-time high after announcing partnership with OpenAI

Walmart is the latest company to announce a partnership with OpenAI.

finance.yahoo.com

Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, OpenAI boss says

CEO Sam Altman says upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way - "but only if you want it".

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

www.theverge.com/news/799312/...

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

www.theverge.com

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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 3h

Man, thank god that the last 4 administrations continually increased funding and the powers of ICE.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 3h

I wish more than anything that they talked like this on MSNBC

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

"I think the Democratic base feels like there is a disconnect. We hear you, when you did your 25-hour speech, I was like go Cory, I love this, that is amazing.

And then there's a photo shoot with you with Benjamin Netanyahu, and I was just like, what in the actual fuck? It was heartbreaking."

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

I’m sharing personal information I norm don’t. Because I would like to connect more with everyone here. So, you know me better, and I can be more transparent about my experience.

So, I hope that this will eventually foster a better relationship/understanding between myself and others.

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Jason Goes to Hell @benedictsred.bsky.social · 5h

Please stop saying “I don’t know who needs to hear this.” No one does. This is the internet

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 5h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 6h

johnson threatened by ostentatious display of no this is too easy I can’t

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 7h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 7h

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 6h

How the hell that escaped muppet has so much power?

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 6h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3h

This is why I got so mad about that person telling me what to do with my time and limited capacity before. For one, it's easier to make someone mad when they're in pain. For another, people in chronic pain who are showing up as much as they can don't need to be told to do more or what to prioritize.

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Christina(Tina) Hex Hendriks 🎃💀👻 @renissance1.bsky.social · 3h

I am so sorry. I had to get those in my shoulders and knees for several years. They help so much, but yeah those side effects were brutal.

Sending you love and hugs.