patrick
@ptpower.bsky.social
Aging and once-hopeful citizen living in a beautiful city but a cruel, cruel world. Event, portrait and street photographer. Vegan. Generally of good spirit.
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patrick
@ptpower.bsky.social
· Oct 18
"The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." —President John F. Kennedy, Vanderbilt University, 18 May 1963
I will never admit to this...
you can be all smart or whatever
but when you open that screenshot on your phone
you're gonna start clicking the buttons in it and then be like aw shit
but when you open that screenshot on your phone
you're gonna start clicking the buttons in it and then be like aw shit
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I will never admit to this...
The apple doesn't fall far from the same disgusting family tree...
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The apple doesn't fall far from the same disgusting family tree...
I hope that "Piggy" gets to enjoy a similar moment...
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I hope that "Piggy" gets to enjoy a similar moment...
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It’s getting harder and harder for the shit heads to pretend that they’re good guys. Not that they ever fooled most of us.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It’s getting harder and harder for the shit heads to pretend that they’re good guys. Not that they ever fooled most of us.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
Wine
Pussy
Butter
Pussy
Butter
penis
nachos
friend
nachos
friend
Beach
Butter
Vodka
😕
Butter
Vodka
😕
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Wine
Pussy
Butter
Pussy
Butter
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There is no specific provision in the Constitution that says that U.S. attorneys must be legally appointed, so it's hard to understand why any judge would dismiss the cases against James Comey and Leticia James.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There is no specific provision in the Constitution that says that U.S. attorneys must be legally appointed, so it's hard to understand why any judge would dismiss the cases against James Comey and Leticia James.
by Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley
Yet another waste of skin I wish I'd never heard or seen mentioned again...
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yet another waste of skin I wish I'd never heard or seen mentioned again...
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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111 years old. https://cnn.it/4psWqNX
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died at 111 years old. https://cnn.it/4psWqNX
Great thread...
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Great thread...
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
It's always that thirty fucking percent...
Trump had found an issue more unpopular than his handling of inflation - attacking Venezuela:
www.cbsnews.com/feature/cbs-...
www.cbsnews.com/feature/cbs-...
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's always that thirty fucking percent...
Oh, man... such a great story!
Hilarious John Prine Story! -Steve Poltz
YouTube video by Otis Gibbs
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Oh, man... such a great story!
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
What I hate about A.I., and to some extent, Photoshop, is the distrust in what I'm seeing. This is really a beautiful image, but was a camera used in creating it? There's virtually no EXIF data accompanying it, and the camera is identified only as a Canon point and shoot.
NOVEMBRE
www.catherine-reznitchenko.fr
www.flickr.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
What I hate about A.I., and to some extent, Photoshop, is the distrust in what I'm seeing. This is really a beautiful image, but was a camera used in creating it? There's virtually no EXIF data accompanying it, and the camera is identified only as a Canon point and shoot.
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Ghislaine Maxwell: as she is doing time already, Congress shd immunize her which would force her to have to testify (she is currently objecting based on the 5th A). She can be prosecuted if she lies or refuses to testify. And it would make it that much more outlandish for Trump to later pardon her.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell: as she is doing time already, Congress shd immunize her which would force her to have to testify (she is currently objecting based on the 5th A). She can be prosecuted if she lies or refuses to testify. And it would make it that much more outlandish for Trump to later pardon her.
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
I've been scanning old negatives for the past couple of weeks, and I've learned at least a couple of things:
1. I was pretty shitty (knowledge-wise) for a long time;
2. I could have used auto-focus long before it was invented.
1. I was pretty shitty (knowledge-wise) for a long time;
2. I could have used auto-focus long before it was invented.
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I've been scanning old negatives for the past couple of weeks, and I've learned at least a couple of things:
1. I was pretty shitty (knowledge-wise) for a long time;
2. I could have used auto-focus long before it was invented.
1. I was pretty shitty (knowledge-wise) for a long time;
2. I could have used auto-focus long before it was invented.
The Pollution President...
Boast from EPA chief Lee Zelda: “We will do more deregulation in one year than entire federal governments in the past have done across all federal agencies combined.”
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Pollution President...