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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 1h

"It's well past time for a post-American internet. Every device and every service should be designed so that the people who use them have the final say over how they work. Manufacturers' back doors and digital locks that prevent us from updating our devices..."

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Pluralistic: The mad king’s digital killswitch (20 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 9h

For more than fifty years the right wing has embraced a neat trick: by claiming that literally anything in factual opposition to their beliefs is “biased” and therefore must be discarded as unreliable, they’ve bullied U.S. media into becoming cowards terrified of accusations of “liberal bias.”

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 1d

The Why of Donald

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The Why of Donald

The Donald Paradox: Why a Terrible Candidate Can Be So Successful

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 2d

Did ANYONE expect Israel to honor?

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Renewed fighting tests Gaza ceasefire and Israel briefly halts aid

An Israeli security official says the transfer of aid into the territory is halted “until further notice” after a Hamas ceasefire violation.

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 2d

Attention "Nationalists" (me being nice)

"the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion."
- Treaty of Tripoli - ratified by the United States Senate unanimously and without debate on June 7, 1797

Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...

Treaty of Tripoli - Wikipedia

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 2d

Welcome to the 3rd world
Nation of Trumpistan

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts

The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther north

www.theguardian.com

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 3d

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Friday.
Hope to see many of you out there tomorrow.

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 4d

The UK just decided to lock up some Nazis.
I remember when this was what was supposed to happen.
Can we re-start the trend over here in the states again?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Far-right extremists jailed for terror plots

Three Nazi-worshipping extremists convicted of terror offences are sentenced.

www.bbc.com

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 4d

Irony on Steroids

The “US Chamber of Commerce” is a big business thinktank and marketing machine.

They have been one of the GOP’s major supporters...
…but then the GOP started costing them money.

www.businessinsider.com/chamber-of-c...

US Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over $100,000 H-1B visa fee

The Unites States Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration over the new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

www.businessinsider.com

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 5d

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 6d

Virginia Roberts Giuffre was 16 years old when she first got a job at Mar-a-Lago, and within days she was introduced to its owner, Donald Trump.

www.rawstory.com/virginia-giu...

'Do you like kids?' Epstein accuser describes first meeting Trump in posthumous memoir

Virginia Roberts Giuffre was 16 years old when she first got a job at Mar-a-Lago, and within days she was introduced to its owner, Donald Trump.The teenager caught a ride to her first day on the job w...

www.rawstory.com

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 6d

People complain I resort to name-calling, because I label Republicans as "Nazis".

Turns out some of the most prominent "Young Republicans" ARE fascists and overt racists, with violent plans for people they despise...

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 7d

E R M A H G E R D !

Is this even POSSIBLE?

American Mainstream News ACTUALLY PUSHING BACK???

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 7d

youtu.be/uS_r5hsRQM4

My £100 Bet: Why Trump Won't See Out His Term

YouTube video by Truth To Power

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 7d

But never ignore or forget the people and institutions who propped him up and put him in power. There needs to be a very serious reckoning.

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. He's scared. He's old. He's in terrible health. He's mentally unfit. He's weak. He's being laughed at by world leaders. He can't finish a sentence. He's tired all the time. He falls asleep a lot during briefings. He can't remember basic facts. We should not be frightened of this pathetic boy.

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 7d

www.islamawakened.com/quran/33/48/...

kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 7d

Review/analysis of the movie

* Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5

youtu.be/uBfHby9uq7c

Documentary argues George Orwell's greatest fears are materializing

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 8d

Why? Isn’t he already authtistic?

www.nbcdfw.com/news/nationa...

If you’re going to put Trump and shot in the headline, make it REAL news, please

Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second check-up of the year

The White House released a memo Friday from President Donald Trump’s physician summarizing his visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier in the day, which included a Covid vaccine booster and a...

www.nbcdfw.com

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 8d

A number of high-ranking Israeli officials are openly defying President Donald Trump and his Gaza peace plan amid the president’s visit to Jerusalem on Monday, publicly rejecting key elements of his proposal on social media.

Who is surprised?

www.rawstory.com/gaza-2674178...

'Don’t say you weren’t warned': Trump openly defied by Israeli officials during visit

A number of high-ranking Israeli officials are openly defying President Donald Trump and his Gaza peace plan amid the president’s visit to Jerusalem on Monday, publicly rejecting key elements of his p...

www.rawstory.com

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kavalec.bsky.social @kavalec.bsky.social · 11d

Selling America One Acre at a Time
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newrepublic.com/post/201633/...

America First? Hegseth Announces Foreign Air Force Facility in U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made a shocking announcement from the Pentagon.

newrepublic.com