THE Darth Spurious
@thedarthspurious.bsky.social
Amateur astrophotographer, HS & travel baseball coach, Twitter refugee and all-around miscreant
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Might as well start sharing some of my astro stuff here.
M42 in Ha from late 2023. I haven't been satisfied with the results when combining the SII & OIII images, so still a work in progress.
32x900s & 12x300s Ha, HDR processed in PI.
TOA130S, FLI ML16200, AP900GTO
#astrophotography
M42 in Ha from late 2023. I haven't been satisfied with the results when combining the SII & OIII images, so still a work in progress.
32x900s & 12x300s Ha, HDR processed in PI.
TOA130S, FLI ML16200, AP900GTO
#astrophotography
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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every single thing hegseth says in public reveals a bottomless pit of insecurity
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
every single thing hegseth says in public reveals a bottomless pit of insecurity
I also have to wonder if it wasn't an ally's intel services who tipped off Brazilian officials....
Which would be even more shameful for us.
Which would be even more shameful for us.
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I also have to wonder if it wasn't an ally's intel services who tipped off Brazilian officials....
Which would be even more shameful for us.
Which would be even more shameful for us.
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
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American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
American public opinion is largely generated by foreigners who make money by lying to Americans over unregulated social media. Out of respect to those entrepreneurial foreigners, we will continue to treat their commodified fictions as one side of a reasoned American debate.
-The Editorial Board
-The Editorial Board
Christ....
And this idiot is in charge of our military....
And this idiot is in charge of our military....
Yes 🙌🙌🙌👍🙌👍👍
OMG 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😳
OMG 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😳
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Christ....
And this idiot is in charge of our military....
And this idiot is in charge of our military....
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The false claims include that Democrats paid the September 2024 debate moderators $1 million to favor Kamala Harris, that a video showed biker gangs heading to Los Angeles to join law enforcement against anti-ICE protesters, and that Cracker Barrel’s CEO said, “MAGA doesn’t have to eat here.”
"Influential pro-Trump X accounts that appeared to be U.S-based but actually operate from Eastern Europe, Asia, or Africa have spread 31 false claims about U.S. and global politics in the last 15 months," according to @newsguard.bsky.social www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/influentia...
Influential ‘U.S.’ X Accounts Spread False Claims from Abroad
NewsGuard finds that pro-MAGA X accounts operating secretly from abroad have spread 31 significant false claims in the last 15 months
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The false claims include that Democrats paid the September 2024 debate moderators $1 million to favor Kamala Harris, that a video showed biker gangs heading to Los Angeles to join law enforcement against anti-ICE protesters, and that Cracker Barrel’s CEO said, “MAGA doesn’t have to eat here.”
"How dare you accuse us of going to war in Iraq for oil!"--Republicans circa 2003
"War for oil? HELL YEA!!!! LET'S GO!!"--Republicans 2025
"War for oil? HELL YEA!!!! LET'S GO!!"--Republicans 2025
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"How dare you accuse us of going to war in Iraq for oil!"--Republicans circa 2003
"War for oil? HELL YEA!!!! LET'S GO!!"--Republicans 2025
"War for oil? HELL YEA!!!! LET'S GO!!"--Republicans 2025
So, like consequences for free speech inciting an insurrection?
Novel concept.
Novel concept.
Lisa McClain refuses to unequivocally condemn threats of violence against Democratic members of Congress who Trump said should be put to death, and says, "there are consequences. You can have freedom of speech, but freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences."
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So, like consequences for free speech inciting an insurrection?
Novel concept.
Novel concept.
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OH
For sure
For sure
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
OH
For sure
For sure
Man, I've seen this movie more than once in my lifetime....
And the plot still sucks, and it never ends well.
And the plot still sucks, and it never ends well.
Fox News is reporting that sweeping U.S. buildup is about more than Maduro:
“It’s about getting Russia, China and Iran OUT of the western hemisphere.”
“It’s about getting Russia, China and Iran OUT of the western hemisphere.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Man, I've seen this movie more than once in my lifetime....
And the plot still sucks, and it never ends well.
And the plot still sucks, and it never ends well.
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SOUTHCOM is restricting / limiting leave over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, in preparation for possible land strikes in the next 10 days to two weeks, per Newsnation source.
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Cool, cool.
So anyone who "calls for death" to political enemies are simply "calling attention to" the serious subject we disagree with them on. 🙄
No bottom with these sycophants toadies.
So anyone who "calls for death" to political enemies are simply "calling attention to" the serious subject we disagree with them on. 🙄
No bottom with these sycophants toadies.
"I agree with what the president did" -- Lisa McClain supports Trump saying Democrats committed crimes punishable by death
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Cool, cool.
So anyone who "calls for death" to political enemies are simply "calling attention to" the serious subject we disagree with them on. 🙄
No bottom with these sycophants toadies.
So anyone who "calls for death" to political enemies are simply "calling attention to" the serious subject we disagree with them on. 🙄
No bottom with these sycophants toadies.
😂
I dunno, I feel like I heard someone on Newsmax or X saying that the Venezuelans had fired on Fort Sumptin-or-other.
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
😂
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Donald J. Trump ran on an explicit “I’m going to make everything you need more expensive” economic policy in 2024 and he is delivering as promised.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Donald J. Trump ran on an explicit “I’m going to make everything you need more expensive” economic policy in 2024 and he is delivering as promised.
I will be a 1-issue voter in 2028.
The first Presidential Candidate that campaigns on holding The Nuremberg Trials 2.0 in day 1 gets my vote.
The first Presidential Candidate that campaigns on holding The Nuremberg Trials 2.0 in day 1 gets my vote.
The Times identified 120+ instances in which guards were described as having punched, kicked or stomped on inmates, smashed their fingers in cell doors, held their legs apart and struck their genitals with batons, and even waterboarded them — all while they were handcuffed or otherwise restrained.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I will be a 1-issue voter in 2028.
The first Presidential Candidate that campaigns on holding The Nuremberg Trials 2.0 in day 1 gets my vote.
The first Presidential Candidate that campaigns on holding The Nuremberg Trials 2.0 in day 1 gets my vote.
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MIAMI — picking up on the open racism Trump has unleashed, racist lady blocks brown Americans from leaving a garage and tries to wait for ICE to get there
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
MIAMI — picking up on the open racism Trump has unleashed, racist lady blocks brown Americans from leaving a garage and tries to wait for ICE to get there
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It’s their standard move and also the easiest thing in the world to disprove, so you’ve got to assume any interviewer who doesn’t correct them is pulling for Trump
I *hate* that interviewers have given up on even gentle pushback when Trump's people confidently assert that they inherited "an absolute economic mess" and therefore had no choice but to set about restructuring the entire U.S. economy
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It’s their standard move and also the easiest thing in the world to disprove, so you’ve got to assume any interviewer who doesn’t correct them is pulling for Trump
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HOUSTON: A church employee pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money who is in the country legally with a temporary visa
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
HOUSTON: A church employee pretended to be ICE to extort a masseuse for money who is in the country legally with a temporary visa
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Denton Loudermill Jr. was falsely accused online, including by politicians, of being the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooter and an undocumented immigrant.
The misinformation sent the father of three into a year-long spiral of paranoia. Then he died.
Read more: u.afp.com/Shk8
The misinformation sent the father of three into a year-long spiral of paranoia. Then he died.
Read more: u.afp.com/Shk8
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Denton Loudermill Jr. was falsely accused online, including by politicians, of being the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooter and an undocumented immigrant.
The misinformation sent the father of three into a year-long spiral of paranoia. Then he died.
Read more: u.afp.com/Shk8
The misinformation sent the father of three into a year-long spiral of paranoia. Then he died.
Read more: u.afp.com/Shk8
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This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
What a clusterfuck.
But completely on-brand for this administration filled with incompetent morons.
But completely on-brand for this administration filled with incompetent morons.
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
What a clusterfuck.
But completely on-brand for this administration filled with incompetent morons.
But completely on-brand for this administration filled with incompetent morons.
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The Kyiv Independent is reporting that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is "running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials", cutting out Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an effort supported by Vice President J.D. Vance.
Trump appoints Army Secretary Driscoll as special envoy for “peace plan”
(He was appointed Sec of the Army on February 25, 2025)
He is a friend and former classmate of J.D. Vance.
Delegation of American generals is expected to fly to Moscow end of next week to discuss the “project”
(He was appointed Sec of the Army on February 25, 2025)
He is a friend and former classmate of J.D. Vance.
Delegation of American generals is expected to fly to Moscow end of next week to discuss the “project”
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Kyiv Independent is reporting that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is "running a shadow operation inside the White House in an effort to sideline pro-Ukraine officials", cutting out Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in an effort supported by Vice President J.D. Vance.