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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · May 21

The violin can’t get any smaller than 1 nano millimeter

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 24m

Absolutely repulsive 🤬

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 37m

A official Border patrol Instagram reel uses the controversial Michael Jackson song "They Don't Care About Us" with the lyrics:

Jew me, sue me...
Kick me, k*ke me

We have a nazi government.

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The Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · 1h

The so-called Fourth Estate is a fucking joke and anyone who believes Big Media was coming to save them by reporting responsibly on Trump's fascism, is as fucking dumb as the MAGA idiots who believe that the media is liberal. What does it say about them that they think conservative media is Left?

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6h

Thinking of all the people who insisted that this admin was serious about "ending antisemitism on college campuses."

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

China has positioned itself to be the world’s premier manufacturer & supplier of cheap weaponry components - not too mention, stolen/reverse IP.

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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 6h

It's time for

A diamond-shaped neon sign reading "bluesky AFTER DARK"

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 6h

A report by The Washington Post found that roughly $22.8 billion of taxpayer money was allocated to Musk's companies within the last five years

He's using your money to "purchase" a vehicle his company produced and can't sell

This is textbook racketeering

SpaceX has already taken delivery of hundreds of unsold Tesla Cybertrucks and is expected to receive thousands more

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

The average new vehicle in US as of this month is $50k (with no indication of prices dropping).

China is producing ~$15k EVs (with better quality than Tesla - not a high bar).

I’m not advocating that we import unfettered Chinese made vehicles into the US. Just stating that something is very wrong.

Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

America cannot compete with itself due to all of the above. It would benefit from allowing regulated imports of Chinese vehicles & market pressured innovation, though it won’t. American auto & the lobbying arm of it is greedy, stubborn & ignorant to long-term strategy.

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

C) Many US auto businesses are going to fail during this upcoming recession due to rising consumer debt, stagnant/idle inventories, materials costs (tariffs), lack of innovation, lack of inexpensive offerings, insurance increases to offset insurance stock prices during this meltdown

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

After discussing the pros & cons, we determined that…

A) mass transit in US will never happen due to how deeply entrenched the US labor force is with the auto industry

B) mass produced, high quality, simple vehicles via global competition would break US auto industry

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

Legacy auto could/would be devastated by cheap Chinese EVs & back to basics mass produced vehicles (simplified & smaller & efficient gasoline cars). Tesla would be eliminated by Chinese auto.

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

Legacy US auto decided 6 years ago to shift towards catering to higher priced offerings, thus out-pricing most Americans.

Japanese/Korea auto such as Honda/Toyota still holds to making higher quality vehicles - thus widening gaps between Stellantis/Ford/GM.

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

Initial topic condensed: “Tesla vs. Chinese EVs vs. Back to basic cheap vehicles”

The thought was, what would happen if US opened imports to Chinese made EVs? Recent @pivotpod.bsky.social stated that Chinese EVs are able to be produced in mass & extremely inexpensive. Tesla is a meme stock.

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 6h

My partner & I had a “thought experiment” during a recent roadtrip - specifically regarding the US auto industry…

I made a claim that roughly 5-10% of the entire US economy is directly tied to and/or primarily serves automobiles in America.

Here’s the gist of our thought experiment…

#Tariffs

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scha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 7h

My local Indivisible group is calling for flags for #NoKings it's probably a good move, but MAGA spent so many years defecating on it that it feels tainted.

We need to reclaim our colors.

This Saturday
BRING FLAGS
LOTS OF FLAGS
OUR COUNTRY - OUR FLAG

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Samuel Spade @samspade1941.bsky.social · 8h

Jesus Christ

5GW HotTakes @5gw.bsky.social · 8h

Watch till the end.
Find a local march.

NO KINGS! #NoKings
Not now. Not ever.

video by @iguanasauna.bsky.social

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 8h

💪🏽🪖

a man holding a lantern with the words the regulars are coming out

Alt: a man holding a lantern with the words the regulars are coming out

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 8h

This entire period of time & energy with our peaceful protest against the fascist warrior ethos is giving me serious Imaginationland vibes!

Solid episode if you’re into South Park (or not into South Park) & looking for creative inspo! 🤘🏽🪖

Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 8h

I change my mind… my official Council of ANTIFA Spirit Animal shall be the Bald Eagle!!

Just ordered 💪🏽🪖

Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 8h

After careful consideration, the council of antifa spirit animals has officially proclaimed my protest being to be a weiner dog 🤘🏽🪖

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 10h

Spot on.

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 10h

I guess it’s meme week! In exchange I offer you these…

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14h

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 19h

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Curious Citizen 🦋 @curiouscitizen.bsky.social · 16h

Tom Homan…

a man handing another man a stack of money with a zees download now advertisement in the background

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