Aaron Grote
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Here to learn and share. Former US Marine, terrain park designer, riverboat pilot, a bunch of other weird stuff, and now marketing. MN. Red area of a blue state.
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this is so fucking frustrating.
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
this is so fucking frustrating.
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
OF COURSE SERVICEMEMBERS MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OGC IS TELLING SERVICEMEMBERS THAT ILLEGAL ORDERS (wrt bombing boats in the Caribbean, anyway) ARE, IN FACT, LEGAL. PERHAPS THE CONGRESS WOULD LIKE TO EXERCISE OVERSIGHT ON THIS ISSUE
A likely outcome is that in their attempts to withhold some things they fail to release a bunch of stuff that was already made public and starts a major outcry.
on the one hand it would be ludicrous for them to release extremely damaging information when they control what gets released
on the other hand they are very, very bad at their jobs
on the other hand they are very, very bad at their jobs
lot of people on this app seem really committed to the notion that nothing damaging will come out of the Epstein files.
let yourself hope a little! it’s free!
let yourself hope a little! it’s free!
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A likely outcome is that in their attempts to withhold some things they fail to release a bunch of stuff that was already made public and starts a major outcry.
Even beyond the morals of this, it's disgusting watching the president of the United States grovel like this.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Even beyond the morals of this, it's disgusting watching the president of the United States grovel like this.
Snuggling up with Saudi Arabia because they're "more aligned" with Trump's "values" is happening at the same time as a systematized attack on Christian churches in the US.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Snuggling up with Saudi Arabia because they're "more aligned" with Trump's "values" is happening at the same time as a systematized attack on Christian churches in the US.
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It's very important to remember that for Trump, a core part of how the world works and who he is and how he has gotten to be where he is...
IS BANKRUPTCY.
Something doesn't work out? Leave all the stupid bag holders holding the bag and walk away unharmed.
Over and over again.
IS BANKRUPTCY.
Something doesn't work out? Leave all the stupid bag holders holding the bag and walk away unharmed.
Over and over again.
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's very important to remember that for Trump, a core part of how the world works and who he is and how he has gotten to be where he is...
IS BANKRUPTCY.
Something doesn't work out? Leave all the stupid bag holders holding the bag and walk away unharmed.
Over and over again.
IS BANKRUPTCY.
Something doesn't work out? Leave all the stupid bag holders holding the bag and walk away unharmed.
Over and over again.
Trump's War on Christians on Christmas.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Trump's War on Christians on Christmas.
It explains a lot that our country has been run by people dumb enough to put in an email, "I guess I'll have to move on from 'persistent unwanted advances by a someone in a position of authority' sexual harassment to good old fashioned 'quid pro quo' sexual harassment" in an email.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It explains a lot that our country has been run by people dumb enough to put in an email, "I guess I'll have to move on from 'persistent unwanted advances by a someone in a position of authority' sexual harassment to good old fashioned 'quid pro quo' sexual harassment" in an email.
I'm confused.
Is he comparing himself to an ugly loser pedophile outcast?
In this metaphor is the attempted kidnapping and imprisonment him stealing the country through a 2028 takeover?
Does he know that in this metaphor he would be the loser that fails and disappears in shameful obscurity?
Is he comparing himself to an ugly loser pedophile outcast?
In this metaphor is the attempted kidnapping and imprisonment him stealing the country through a 2028 takeover?
Does he know that in this metaphor he would be the loser that fails and disappears in shameful obscurity?
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm confused.
Is he comparing himself to an ugly loser pedophile outcast?
In this metaphor is the attempted kidnapping and imprisonment him stealing the country through a 2028 takeover?
Does he know that in this metaphor he would be the loser that fails and disappears in shameful obscurity?
Is he comparing himself to an ugly loser pedophile outcast?
In this metaphor is the attempted kidnapping and imprisonment him stealing the country through a 2028 takeover?
Does he know that in this metaphor he would be the loser that fails and disappears in shameful obscurity?
A thing I keep coming back to is that, given
1) how much has been invested
2) how quickly GPUs depreciate
3) how little revenue opportunity currently exist (meaning how many new extraction mechanisms must be created)
the speed and intensity of AI product enshitification will have be *extreme*.
1) how much has been invested
2) how quickly GPUs depreciate
3) how little revenue opportunity currently exist (meaning how many new extraction mechanisms must be created)
the speed and intensity of AI product enshitification will have be *extreme*.
It’s also quite cyclical as not all contracts are longer term in duration. So again for MSFT who is aiming for 30% ROIC, it’s not worth it.
For neoclouds it *can be*, but I wouldn’t call it high quality or one I’d like to invest in.
For neoclouds it *can be*, but I wouldn’t call it high quality or one I’d like to invest in.
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A thing I keep coming back to is that, given
1) how much has been invested
2) how quickly GPUs depreciate
3) how little revenue opportunity currently exist (meaning how many new extraction mechanisms must be created)
the speed and intensity of AI product enshitification will have be *extreme*.
1) how much has been invested
2) how quickly GPUs depreciate
3) how little revenue opportunity currently exist (meaning how many new extraction mechanisms must be created)
the speed and intensity of AI product enshitification will have be *extreme*.
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ICYMI: Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the Air Force officer whose return home after 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam was captured in the iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph "Burst of Joy," reportedly died this week at the age of 92.
Read more about Stirm here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
Read more about Stirm here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
ICYMI: Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, the Air Force officer whose return home after 5½ years as a POW in Vietnam was captured in the iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph "Burst of Joy," reportedly died this week at the age of 92.
Read more about Stirm here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
Read more about Stirm here: bit.ly/4peSiBk
I too wish I'd seen the Eifel Tower through a fog of lead and carcinogens.
November 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I too wish I'd seen the Eifel Tower through a fog of lead and carcinogens.
Some day we will learn this was a grift where tech companies paid big sums to be defaults or pre-loaded on a phone nobody (including Trump Mobile and the tech companies paying them) ever expected to ship.
"Trump Mobile, for the third week in a row, did not respond to a request for comment." www.theverge.com/news/820887/...
Why we’re going to keep talking about the Trump phone
It’s not because we’re fans.
www.theverge.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Some day we will learn this was a grift where tech companies paid big sums to be defaults or pre-loaded on a phone nobody (including Trump Mobile and the tech companies paying them) ever expected to ship.
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NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration.
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration.
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem.
@justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
As the government abandons trying -- or even pretending -- to protect the people, we're left with companies trying to fill the gap. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
Google sues cybercriminal group behind E-ZPass, USPS text phishing scams
Google filed a lawsuit against a cybercriminal group largely based in China that is behind a massive text message phishing operation, or "smishing."
www.cnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As the government abandons trying -- or even pretending -- to protect the people, we're left with companies trying to fill the gap. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/11/...
This is someone who NEEDS a Trump endorsement soon.
"Mace didn't pick up."
what
is
in
there?!?!?!
what
is
in
there?!?!?!
BREAKING: The NYT is reporting that Trump personally called Republican Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace to try to get them to remove their signatures on the Epstein File Discharge Petition. Mace didn't pick up, and Boebert reportedly doesn't plan on removing her name.
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is someone who NEEDS a Trump endorsement soon.
Would that be a pedtato?
I love potatoes in all their forms.
Just not feet potatoes.
Just not feet potatoes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Would that be a pedtato?
Key detail here: For Trump, being an entrepreneur means declaring bankruptcy multiple times.
So, from that perspective, yeah he's 100% right people will feel just like he does when he's entrepreneur-ing.
So, from that perspective, yeah he's 100% right people will feel just like he does when he's entrepreneur-ing.
“It’s so good .. They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs” is a line that will live on.
The Affordable Care Act created a marketplace where consumers could use subsidies to help purchase private-sector plans. Trump’s concept of a plan involves no such marketplace, plunging consumers into a state of nature.
"It’s so good ... They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs." trib.al/9Ew8qbs
"It’s so good ... They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs." trib.al/9Ew8qbs
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Key detail here: For Trump, being an entrepreneur means declaring bankruptcy multiple times.
So, from that perspective, yeah he's 100% right people will feel just like he does when he's entrepreneur-ing.
So, from that perspective, yeah he's 100% right people will feel just like he does when he's entrepreneur-ing.
"Standing up to Trump showed me what everyone else already knew -- the man feels unconstrained by any laws or morals -- and made me belatedly realize how much power that gives him."
is very different than
"Standing up to Trump gave him more power."
is very different than
"Standing up to Trump gave him more power."
This is what bullies want you to think, and it's why they get stronger
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Standing up to Trump showed me what everyone else already knew -- the man feels unconstrained by any laws or morals -- and made me belatedly realize how much power that gives him."
is very different than
"Standing up to Trump gave him more power."
is very different than
"Standing up to Trump gave him more power."
Ok, that's the setup.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Ok, that's the setup.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
We're all going to pretend those commitments were real. Not money that was already going to be spent anyway. Not circular financing. Uzbekistan was really going to spend 8% of their GDP for a decade investing in the US.
saDon Hussein.
Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
saDon Hussein.
Duffy was on the talk shows ONE (1) day ago and said nothing about this.
Do you think he even knew this announcement was going to happen?
Do you think he even knew this announcement was going to happen?
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Duffy was on the talk shows ONE (1) day ago and said nothing about this.
Do you think he even knew this announcement was going to happen?
Do you think he even knew this announcement was going to happen?
He's... describing hell?
Does he know basically all of even his supporters hear this and think it's hell?
Does he know basically all of even his supporters hear this and think it's hell?
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
He's... describing hell?
Does he know basically all of even his supporters hear this and think it's hell?
Does he know basically all of even his supporters hear this and think it's hell?
Really hate that the subscription economy has taken over everything.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Really hate that the subscription economy has taken over everything.
I disagree with this simply because the President has been repeatedly yelling at anyone who will listen that Rs could end it any time they wanted to, and anytime insisting they should.
The cultural overreach is obviously liable to hurt Rs next year, and I don’t expect there will be any issues with Dem turnout.
The bigger electoral risk in this shutdown fight is Dems are seen as more responsible than Trump for it. The longer this drags on, the greater risk perceptions change.
The bigger electoral risk in this shutdown fight is Dems are seen as more responsible than Trump for it. The longer this drags on, the greater risk perceptions change.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I disagree with this simply because the President has been repeatedly yelling at anyone who will listen that Rs could end it any time they wanted to, and anytime insisting they should.