Spencer Abili
@abili.bsky.social
Amateur chef, math educator, cellist, fan of technology.
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Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
@theverge.com is my first, and hopefully, only news website that I've decided to subscribe to. Plus the black friday deal combined with @reckless.bsky.social reiterating their ethics policy are convincing ways to sell a subscription.
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
@theverge.com is my first, and hopefully, only news website that I've decided to subscribe to. Plus the black friday deal combined with @reckless.bsky.social reiterating their ethics policy are convincing ways to sell a subscription.
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Netflix’s new bid to buy Warner Bros is a mostly cash offer.
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
December 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Netflix’s new bid to buy Warner Bros is a mostly cash offer.
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
The company is arranging a mega-loan to be able to buy WB
(Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...)
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JUST SECURITY: “.. If actually issued, these orders irresponsibly and unlawfully placed all those involved in the attack in serious legal jeopardy. If the reporting is accurate, those orders should, as a matter of law, have been refused.”
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Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
JUST SECURITY: “.. If actually issued, these orders irresponsibly and unlawfully placed all those involved in the attack in serious legal jeopardy. If the reporting is accurate, those orders should, as a matter of law, have been refused.”
@justsecurity.org
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@justsecurity.org
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Remember when Sweden was a global icon for improving women's equality? Not so much when it comes to women and power-- the same violent white male revanchist rage as other countries. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Rising levels of hate forcing women out of Swedish public life, says equality agency
Country seen as champion of equal rights faces reckoning after senior politician says she felt compelled to quit
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Remember when Sweden was a global icon for improving women's equality? Not so much when it comes to women and power-- the same violent white male revanchist rage as other countries. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Number of states where average gas prices are below $2:
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
Zero.
Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2:
Zero.
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“.. What started as a 500-seat ballroom connected to the East Wing grew to 650 seats. Next, he wanted a 999-seat ballroom, then room for 1,350.” 🤡
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November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“.. What started as a 500-seat ballroom connected to the East Wing grew to 650 seats. Next, he wanted a 999-seat ballroom, then room for 1,350.” 🤡
@nytimes.com @lukebroadwater.bsky.social
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I’m halfway through K Pop Demon Hunters and I feel like I’m watching a Hallmark channel movie that took the plot of Power Rangers and combined it a hodgepodge of animation techniques trying to replicate the Into the Spider-Verse style but failing at times.
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m halfway through K Pop Demon Hunters and I feel like I’m watching a Hallmark channel movie that took the plot of Power Rangers and combined it a hodgepodge of animation techniques trying to replicate the Into the Spider-Verse style but failing at times.
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Once again, not a single member of the press corps stands up for their female colleague being verbally abused by the President.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Once again, not a single member of the press corps stands up for their female colleague being verbally abused by the President.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
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Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Apparently it’s a crime to remind military members to follow the law and refuse illegal orders (something that it is ingrained in basic) and the pentagon can recall you into the service to discipline you. However, the pentagon will not prosecute you for dodging the draft five times.
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The US is jumping into a pattern of a $1 trillion debt increase per month, meanwhile the Trump regime has blocked the release of the jobs report, inflation report and GDP report
The Trump network increased their wealth by the billions since he first took office in January 2025.
The Trump network increased their wealth by the billions since he first took office in January 2025.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The US is jumping into a pattern of a $1 trillion debt increase per month, meanwhile the Trump regime has blocked the release of the jobs report, inflation report and GDP report
The Trump network increased their wealth by the billions since he first took office in January 2025.
The Trump network increased their wealth by the billions since he first took office in January 2025.
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Women will now be able to start serving as missionaries at 18, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said.
The number of women opting to serve an 18-month mission has been rising for more than a decade, church data show.
The number of women opting to serve an 18-month mission has been rising for more than a decade, church data show.
In major shift, Mormon Church lowers mission age for women to 18
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said women who are 18 years old can now participate in its mission work worldwide, a shift 15 years coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Women will now be able to start serving as missionaries at 18, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said.
The number of women opting to serve an 18-month mission has been rising for more than a decade, church data show.
The number of women opting to serve an 18-month mission has been rising for more than a decade, church data show.
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The Fed can lower interest rates — but can they lower the mortgage application REJECTION rate?
(via Ben Emons)
(via Ben Emons)
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Fed can lower interest rates — but can they lower the mortgage application REJECTION rate?
(via Ben Emons)
(via Ben Emons)
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Pesky Verge ethics policy strikes again in this killer @andyjayhawk.bsky.social piece looking into car YouTube’s obsession with Chinese EVs and the company organizing the access and junkets. Comments from DeMuro, TFL, OmarDrives, and more -> www.theverge.com/transportati...
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Pesky Verge ethics policy strikes again in this killer @andyjayhawk.bsky.social piece looking into car YouTube’s obsession with Chinese EVs and the company organizing the access and junkets. Comments from DeMuro, TFL, OmarDrives, and more -> www.theverge.com/transportati...
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Get six months of Apple TV at its 2022 price for Black Friday
Get six months of Apple TV at its 2022 price for Black Friday
This deal lasts through December 1st.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Get six months of Apple TV at its 2022 price for Black Friday
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Google has taken OpenAI to the woodshed. 👀
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Google has taken OpenAI to the woodshed. 👀
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
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H-E-B's Feast of Sharing will happen from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Palmer Events Center. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/h-e-bs-feast-of-sharing-offers-free-meals-in-austin/
H-E-B’s Feast of Sharing offers free meals in Austin
H-E-B is serving more than 340,000 meals at 34 different locations across Texas as part of its Hunger Relief Program, with the annual Feast of Sharing event taking place on Tuesday at the Palmer Ev…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
H-E-B's Feast of Sharing will happen from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Palmer Events Center. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/h-e-bs-feast-of-sharing-offers-free-meals-in-austin/
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
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Here it comes: the crisis wave of Americans making the tough choice to drop coverage — in the face or rising premiums.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Here it comes: the crisis wave of Americans making the tough choice to drop coverage — in the face or rising premiums.
@reuters.com $XLV
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Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns
Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns
The batteries are a fire risk.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns