Convolver
@convolver.bsky.social
What good is seeing-eye chocolate? What good is a computerized nose? What good’s Sanskrit read to a pony? Not much, I guess, not much at all.
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Convolver
@convolver.bsky.social
· Mar 28
Going to start a list of every program, agency, board, etc. that I can find that we know have been DOGEd out of existence. (You can also just check in with @kellylsmith.bsky.social at UCSD, where she maintains an exhaustive list of acronyms and links, including monthly data on who's been 404d).
Life did not need to become an ‘80s black comedy dystopia, this is something we chose to happen.
your 14yr old nephew is addicted to at least 4 different gambling apps on his phone where he's actively betting daily on the outcome of individual skirmishes in a real life war happening on the other side of the globe
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Life did not need to become an ‘80s black comedy dystopia, this is something we chose to happen.
“This book describes the four strains of extreme far-right counterliberalism that the GOP has embraced in a project to remake America as an authoritarian state. I wish it had blamed Kamala Harris more.”
Once mocked as unsophisticated, Donald Trump in his second term has put forward an ambitious vision to reshape America.
Surrounding the president is a loose network of intellectuals who provide his policies with a philosophy. An important new book maps it out.
Surrounding the president is a loose network of intellectuals who provide his policies with a philosophy. An important new book maps it out.
MAGA’s Court Philosophers
Once mocked as unsophisticated, Donald Trump in his second term has put forward an ambitious vision to reshape America. Surrounding the president is a loose network of intellectuals who provide his policies with a philosophy. An important new book maps it out.
jacobin.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“This book describes the four strains of extreme far-right counterliberalism that the GOP has embraced in a project to remake America as an authoritarian state. I wish it had blamed Kamala Harris more.”
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
We’ve blown right past “what you’re doing now is what you would have done in 1930s Germany” to just “1930s Germany.”
It's amazing to me how much resources DHS spends, for what?
To protect America from a... [checks notes... clears throat... spooky voice]... hOOOuSe PaaaaInTeRRRR.
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To protect America from a... [checks notes... clears throat... spooky voice]... hOOOuSe PaaaaInTeRRRR.
bsky.app/profile/esth...
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We’ve blown right past “what you’re doing now is what you would have done in 1930s Germany” to just “1930s Germany.”
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The regime-linked oligarch’s media company is pleasing the leader by paying off a disgraced director who filmed a hagiography of the leader’s wife. Real post-Soviet republic bullshit.
I see we've entered the making-movies-for-the-strongman phase of democratic decline.
‘Rush Hour 4’ in the Works at Paramount at Trump’s Request
"Rush Hour 4" in the works at Paramount after prodding from president Trump.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The regime-linked oligarch’s media company is pleasing the leader by paying off a disgraced director who filmed a hagiography of the leader’s wife. Real post-Soviet republic bullshit.
Hegseth literally attacking the BSA for no longer excluding girls, something they only did due to a collapse in participation because their “boy-friendly spaces” were mostly child-predator friendly.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hegseth literally attacking the BSA for no longer excluding girls, something they only did due to a collapse in participation because their “boy-friendly spaces” were mostly child-predator friendly.
The important thing is that she’s openly declaring CBS will be a right-wing propaganda outfit with a specific political agenda, not a newsroom, but also, “40 yards” of /what/? Where does this metaphor even come from?
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The important thing is that she’s openly declaring CBS will be a right-wing propaganda outfit with a specific political agenda, not a newsroom, but also, “40 yards” of /what/? Where does this metaphor even come from?
“Don’t judge MbS by the days he personally ordered a man to be bloodily dismembered for criticizing him, judge him by the days he /doesn’t/ do so” is quite a thing to willingly send to press.
begins here, over this article: www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“Don’t judge MbS by the days he personally ordered a man to be bloodily dismembered for criticizing him, judge him by the days he /doesn’t/ do so” is quite a thing to willingly send to press.
There isn’t a lie to be found in this article, but note the total omission of 2.5mm Black and Latino folk, as well as the fast-growing Asian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian populations to the north, all of which cut against total white homogeneity. In conclusion, Dallas is a land of contrasts.
Dallas is the future of America-- physically, spiritually, and politically. I went to the fastest-growing city in America to see what is in store for us all.
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
Today, the final part of my story: Sprawling to Freedom.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/america-is...
America Is Becoming Dallas
Part Two: Sprawling to Freedom
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
There isn’t a lie to be found in this article, but note the total omission of 2.5mm Black and Latino folk, as well as the fast-growing Asian, Middle Eastern, and South Asian populations to the north, all of which cut against total white homogeneity. In conclusion, Dallas is a land of contrasts.
Hegseth will eventually prompt the interesting question of “can you recall a former officer for UCMJ prosecution of war crimes committed as SecDef?”
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hegseth will eventually prompt the interesting question of “can you recall a former officer for UCMJ prosecution of war crimes committed as SecDef?”
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
ICE threatening to smash in a judge’s car windows to kidnap someone they had no legal right to lay hands on.
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ICE threatening to smash in a judge’s car windows to kidnap someone they had no legal right to lay hands on.
Fucking *chiropractic* and *theology* made the cut, nursing didn't. Seriously.
I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Fucking *chiropractic* and *theology* made the cut, nursing didn't. Seriously.
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Needless to say, if you’re asserting privilege in response to a direct question from a judge, your day is already a career low and it’s only going to get worse.
From my notes—not a transcript, which doesn't exist yet—this was the exchange between Judge Nachmanoff & AUSA Lemons about the deputy AG telling him not to reveal if there was a declination memo in the Comey case. (A memo on why prosecutors weren't bringing charges.)
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Needless to say, if you’re asserting privilege in response to a direct question from a judge, your day is already a career low and it’s only going to get worse.
Billionaire bubble mind means not recognizing that it’s less humiliating to get roasted by your own AI than to program it to say shit like this.
oh my god i take it back, grok is amazing
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Billionaire bubble mind means not recognizing that it’s less humiliating to get roasted by your own AI than to program it to say shit like this.
When you get tired of digging and just decide to dynamite the ground beneath your feet.
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When you get tired of digging and just decide to dynamite the ground beneath your feet.
The Senate refusing to bend is a key moment. Trump will of course prevaricate, obfuscate, and finally simply demur to release anything that makes him look bad, but that simply keeps the issue alive politically and legally, while he continues to bleed support, both political and institutional.
You might not have caught what just happened on the Senate floor, but the Senate just “deemed as passed” the Epstein resolution.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
That means as soon as it arrives from the House, it automatically passes the Senate (with no amendments) and heads to the President’s desk.
Wow.
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Senate refusing to bend is a key moment. Trump will of course prevaricate, obfuscate, and finally simply demur to release anything that makes him look bad, but that simply keeps the issue alive politically and legally, while he continues to bleed support, both political and institutional.
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Hours after Speaker Mike Johnson confidently declared that Senate Republicans would "fix" Thomas Massie's bill requiring release of the Epstein files, the Senate just passed the bill as is by unanimous consent without any changes. A massive, embarrassing debacle for Johnson.
It now goes to Trump...
It now goes to Trump...
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hours after Speaker Mike Johnson confidently declared that Senate Republicans would "fix" Thomas Massie's bill requiring release of the Epstein files, the Senate just passed the bill as is by unanimous consent without any changes. A massive, embarrassing debacle for Johnson.
It now goes to Trump...
It now goes to Trump...
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NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
Social Security Data Is Openly Being Shared With DHS to Target Immigrants
For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
www.wired.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NEW: For months, the Social Security Administration was quietly sharing sensitive data about immigrants with DHS. Now it’s official.
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
read @telliotter.bsky.social:
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The man is actually going to order paramilitary forces to raid churches on Christmas Eve so he can drag worshippers away from the altar but sure, Republicans, tell me he isn't literally the Antichrist.
"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 4:05 AM
The man is actually going to order paramilitary forces to raid churches on Christmas Eve so he can drag worshippers away from the altar but sure, Republicans, tell me he isn't literally the Antichrist.