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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 2h

FFS.

Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 2h

Next time Mike Johnson tries to gaslight the American people by claiming Trump’s behavior is “harmless,” just remind them of this:

Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social · 6h

𝐍𝐨, 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐒 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑉𝐴𝐷𝑀 𝑅𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑘 (𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙; 𝑀𝑜𝐷) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑚 (𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙; 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦) 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦 [ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 -𝑊𝐵]: 👇

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 2h

As someone who’s done a fair share of these, I cannot find the words to describe just how insanely incompetent this seems all the way up/down this POS COC. Absolute disregard for human life. Complete lapse of basic safety. Fealty at the expense of Americans. CM every last fucking one of them.

John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 4h

I'm gonna break my rule here again. I apologize in advance.

GODDAMN IT! WHAT DID I SAY?!!
THESE DUMB MOTHERFUCKERS. THIS IS SOME ON THE DUMBEST SHIT EVER.
THEY ARE FUCKING GONNA GET PEOPLE FUCKING KILLED BECAUSE OF THEIR BULLSHIT!

Thank you...

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 4h

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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John Bolton's Mustache @jonboltonsmustache.bsky.social · 4h

I'm gonna break my rule here again. I apologize in advance.

GODDAMN IT! WHAT DID I SAY?!!
THESE DUMB MOTHERFUCKERS. THIS IS SOME ON THE DUMBEST SHIT EVER.
THEY ARE FUCKING GONNA GET PEOPLE FUCKING KILLED BECAUSE OF THEIR BULLSHIT!

Thank you...

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 4h

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 3h

This so bad. They're cheering for the chickenpox.

Racket @racketmn.com · 8h

It's not often you hear a room cheer for the return of chicken pox, let alone measles. Welcome to Freedom Summit 2025.

What I Saw at This Weekend’s Minnesota MAHA Fest Scared the Hell out of Me - Racket

Over 1,000 Christian opponents of modern medicine descended on Alexandria, MN, to testify that drugs, doctors, and Satan were making us all sick at the 7th annual Freedom Summit.

racketmn.com

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pcrritesgood.bsky.social @pcrritesgood.bsky.social · 4h

So basically trump tried to kill his Vice President again.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 4h

Living for the frog prop today. Well done, creatives 👏

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6h

so I gather this is a lot of people's first middle east cease fire.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 6h

The paint can scene. LMAO. I’m sorry, but that was fucking brilliant.

Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 18h

It’s SC, so doubtful how much it’ll matter, but that shirt is a fucking gift to prosecutors.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

Funny he got sent to India just in time for the China-Russia-India-Iran love fest.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

FFS.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

Did he really? I missed that.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

How is this one even still breathing, freely, HERE?!!!

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

Oh my God, that wasn't the only video. There's a handful of them. All equally terrible.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

Just wait until all his Catholic kiddos come of age.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

Apparently one of their "American convert" mouthpieces for increasing Russian favorability among conservatives.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

Blogger Joseph Schutzman, formerly in cybersecurity (go figure), who moved to Russia with his family in 2023.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

I’ll have to go back on TACC and find out. Was quickly onto something else. My guess is he’s either exactly this stupid or paid. Though to be paid you’d also have to be exactly this stupid.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 19h

I agree with your position on being vigilant and better about restricting generative AI. If this is indeed a restoration to this image performed by genAI, then I humbly apologize.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 20h

I’ve done my share of touch ups to historical images and pretty competent in PS. This is definitely something I could pull off.

Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 20h

Welp, now I know how to say “sulfuric acid” in Russian 🥴

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 20h

Facts.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 20h

There is quite a difference between manual digital restoration of historical images to improve clarity and accessibility, and gen AI.

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Gilead’s Missing Apple 🇺🇦 🦅🇺🇦 @fortmaligator.bsky.social · 20h

Sure—

Harpers Weekly, October 13, 1860, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute

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