Max Shields — Moonbase Tourism Agent
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Did some cool things. Now concentrating on dad stuff. I rage against the dying of the light.
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The conditions in many immigration detention centers are horrifying.
Inedible food. Individuals forced to sleep on the floor next to overflowing toilets. Pregnant women shackled and suffering miscarriages.
It is a system designed to break peoples’ spirit, akin to torture.
Inedible food. Individuals forced to sleep on the floor next to overflowing toilets. Pregnant women shackled and suffering miscarriages.
It is a system designed to break peoples’ spirit, akin to torture.
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The conditions in many immigration detention centers are horrifying.
Inedible food. Individuals forced to sleep on the floor next to overflowing toilets. Pregnant women shackled and suffering miscarriages.
It is a system designed to break peoples’ spirit, akin to torture.
Inedible food. Individuals forced to sleep on the floor next to overflowing toilets. Pregnant women shackled and suffering miscarriages.
It is a system designed to break peoples’ spirit, akin to torture.
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It's one of the first things the Ukrainians wanted (because of how long it would take) and Biden and co. rebuffed it because mwah escalation
I think one of the biggest mistakes we (the west) made was not spinning up Ukraine on tacair sooner.
After nearly 4 years of war, they would absolutely have a very capable conventional air capability if we devoted the energy early on.
My lesson learned: go big early in defense of Democracy.
After nearly 4 years of war, they would absolutely have a very capable conventional air capability if we devoted the energy early on.
My lesson learned: go big early in defense of Democracy.
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
It's one of the first things the Ukrainians wanted (because of how long it would take) and Biden and co. rebuffed it because mwah escalation
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Remember everybody, the DC Pipe Bomber, by his own admission, is a Trump supporter who believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election.
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Remember everybody, the DC Pipe Bomber, by his own admission, is a Trump supporter who believed Trump's lies about the 2020 election.
Free speech mehtist
Just a little reminder:
Elon Musk is lying to you.
He bends when asked to, and the fine X received from the EU has nothing to do with censorship.
Musk simply refuses to follow laws and be transparent, and he gets a tiny fine for it
Elon Musk is lying to you.
He bends when asked to, and the fine X received from the EU has nothing to do with censorship.
Musk simply refuses to follow laws and be transparent, and he gets a tiny fine for it
December 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Free speech mehtist
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Tom Cotton here is lying about what constitutes sailors being hors de combat (though these guys were never valid military targets), and he knows he is lying about it.
Unarmed, clinging to capsized wreckage, these guys were clearly shipwrecked and the orders to fire on them manifestly illegal.
Unarmed, clinging to capsized wreckage, these guys were clearly shipwrecked and the orders to fire on them manifestly illegal.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tom Cotton here is lying about what constitutes sailors being hors de combat (though these guys were never valid military targets), and he knows he is lying about it.
Unarmed, clinging to capsized wreckage, these guys were clearly shipwrecked and the orders to fire on them manifestly illegal.
Unarmed, clinging to capsized wreckage, these guys were clearly shipwrecked and the orders to fire on them manifestly illegal.
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Unfortunately, our current state, especially in the USA, is a cautionary tale. We have opted for an ever-more top-heavy hierarchy defended by an ever-increasing desire for tighter and tighter control. /3
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Unfortunately, our current state, especially in the USA, is a cautionary tale. We have opted for an ever-more top-heavy hierarchy defended by an ever-increasing desire for tighter and tighter control. /3
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Wonk Alert:
I have been interested in the systems effects of hierarchy for some time. I long held the hunch that social and hence economic hierarchies tend towards instability. Having read some more, allowed for some cross-disciplinary insights from archaeology and sociology as well. /1
I have been interested in the systems effects of hierarchy for some time. I long held the hunch that social and hence economic hierarchies tend towards instability. Having read some more, allowed for some cross-disciplinary insights from archaeology and sociology as well. /1
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wonk Alert:
I have been interested in the systems effects of hierarchy for some time. I long held the hunch that social and hence economic hierarchies tend towards instability. Having read some more, allowed for some cross-disciplinary insights from archaeology and sociology as well. /1
I have been interested in the systems effects of hierarchy for some time. I long held the hunch that social and hence economic hierarchies tend towards instability. Having read some more, allowed for some cross-disciplinary insights from archaeology and sociology as well. /1
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We knew but the rich couldn't buy immortality so they stole the future
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We knew but the rich couldn't buy immortality so they stole the future
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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This is happening far too often. And if SCOTUS sides with Trump on the birthright case, it will escalate. US citizens will be detained and jailed indefinitely, and the next person caught in the crossfire could be you or someone you care about.
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is happening far too often. And if SCOTUS sides with Trump on the birthright case, it will escalate. US citizens will be detained and jailed indefinitely, and the next person caught in the crossfire could be you or someone you care about.
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BREAKING: Judge orders key evidence in (dismissed) Comey case put off limits to prosecutors. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton) grants TRO requested by Comey lawyer/adviser Dan Richman re his data. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order on Motion for TRO – #10 in RICHMAN v. United States (D.D.C., 1:25-mc-00170) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting in part and deferring in part the Petitioner's 9 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Signed by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on 12/06/2025. (lcckk1) (Entered: 12/06/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
BREAKING: Judge orders key evidence in (dismissed) Comey case put off limits to prosecutors. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Clinton) grants TRO requested by Comey lawyer/adviser Dan Richman re his data. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A future D Secretary of Defense - should one ever come - will need to suspend the clearance of every last person affiliated with a16z, 8VC, Founders, & Sequoia and pull clearances from every portfolio company pending comprehensive drug testing, financial review, & CI screening.
It’s going to hurt.
It’s going to hurt.
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A future D Secretary of Defense - should one ever come - will need to suspend the clearance of every last person affiliated with a16z, 8VC, Founders, & Sequoia and pull clearances from every portfolio company pending comprehensive drug testing, financial review, & CI screening.
It’s going to hurt.
It’s going to hurt.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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This American thinks its awful, and awfully short-sighted.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This American thinks its awful, and awfully short-sighted.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
Neither China or Russia has the kind of alliance with another economic superpower like the US has (had?) with Europe.
To undercut that alliance for some short term corrupt grift w/ a weakened Russia isn't in the USA's best interests.
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The orange felon insults yet another female reporter by calling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “stupid and nasty” after she inquired about the price of his trashy dictator ballroom after it increased by another $100M.
This is what happens when you normalize a criminal for a decade.
This is what happens when you normalize a criminal for a decade.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The orange felon insults yet another female reporter by calling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “stupid and nasty” after she inquired about the price of his trashy dictator ballroom after it increased by another $100M.
This is what happens when you normalize a criminal for a decade.
This is what happens when you normalize a criminal for a decade.
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A grim reminder he has been a benighted presence in American public life for so long a guy who died in 1998 had a firm opinion about him.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A grim reminder he has been a benighted presence in American public life for so long a guy who died in 1998 had a firm opinion about him.
Insouciance
December 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Insouciance
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The cowardice is over the top.
December 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The cowardice is over the top.
The parable of the Scorpion and the Frog seems particularly apt for guiding relations going forward
December 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The parable of the Scorpion and the Frog seems particularly apt for guiding relations going forward
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He lied. All this other verbiage is unnecessary. He lied.
“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
@cbsnews.com
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...
December 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
He lied. All this other verbiage is unnecessary. He lied.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM