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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2h

Ah, yes, the double standard.

Kids do edgy things like saying "I love Hitler." Just ignore it.

Oh, also, my admin is getting people fired and pulling their visas for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk.

Someone should ask Vance why its only the shitheads who support him who get to be "edgy"

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chiller @thechiller.bsky.social · 1h

Scammer. He's trying to get people's details.

An account called "waitrosehelphub19"

Zero followers. Transparently trying to skim phone numbers and personal details.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1h

MAGA: Make Argentina Great Again

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 8h

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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michael swaim 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @michaelswaim.bsky.social · 1h

Greatly distressed to learn that all the young republican nazis are fellow members of the apple-cheeked baby-man body type club. You’re giving perfectly rectangular torsos a bad name you pieces of !!

Some forgettable racist who doesn’t matter.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 3h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 3h

what even happened on the other site this time

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2h

not to repeat the obvious but: if they are doing this to one of the most famous Western activists alive, imagine what they are doing to the people whose names we will never know

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2h

Greta is an immensely impressive human being and despite her well-intentioned downplaying of her experience what she endured was torture. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 2h

They can be 27 year-old “kids“ or they can be political operatives, but the idea that they get to play contact sports but everyone else has to play flag football with them is transparent horseshit.

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The Web of Evil @webofevil.bsky.social · 2h

* Sorry, that wasn't very politically correct of me; I do of course mean "free speech absolutist with legitimate concerns"

The Web of Evil @webofevil.bsky.social · 2h

CW: Pretty vile antisemitism, so by all means skip this post if you don't want to see that

But I'm not sure this guy's denial of being antisemitic holds much water. "I lost my rag in the heat of the moment" really doesn't explain the lavish extent of his Nazi* references, including Der Stürmer.

The case stemmed from an exchange on 10 October 2023 in which Sen replied to a Facebook post by an acquaintance. Screenshots showed him using epithets about the complainant including "Jewish c**t" and "Jewboy", writing "Die Juden sind unsere Ungluck" (Jews are our misfortune), the slogan of the virulently antisemitic German weekly newspaper Der Stürmer, published from 1923 until the end of the second world war. Running with the Nazi theme, he also wrote: "I am regretful enough rats were not liquidated at Auschwitz. Good thing he is no longer in a respectful place like India. He belongs in the flames of a crematorium."

The complainant, referred to as Mr A in the tribunal record, reported the remarks to police and the General Medical Council (GMC). Sen was arrested and on 10 November 2023 accepted a police caution for racially and religiously aggravated harassment.

Although he later described his words as "wrongful and injudicious", he maintained he was not antisemitic. He told the GMC: "I must have lost my senses as in the heat of the moment I made wrongful and injudicious remarks - for which I have apologised in public on Facebook as well as privately to the police."

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The Web of Evil @webofevil.bsky.social · 2h

Only democracy in the Middle East, last bastion of western civilisation and values of decency, etc etc etc

elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 3h

Greta Thunberg was beaten and tortured by the Israelis. They learned how to call her a whore in Swedish, and forced her to wear the Israeli flag.

The Swedish foreign ministry abandoned its citizens in Israel, and downplayed what they went through.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Beating, kicking, and threats of being
gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla are now sharing details about their five days in Israeli captivity - and how Swedish Foreign Ministry staff left
them without help. Aftonbladet's investigation shows how the Foreign Ministry downplayed the
abuse in its communications. Her red suitcase lies in the hall. "Whore Greta"
someone has written in large black letters. Around the text: an Israeli flag and an erect
penis. The bag was confiscated by the Israeli military from the boat - and returned to her like this. She
laughs.
- They're like five-year-olds!

- They dragged me to the opposite side from where the others were sitting, and I had the flag around me the whole time. They hit and kicked me.
Greta laughs.
- Then they ripped off my frog hat, threw it on the ground, stomped and kicked it, and kind of threw a tantrum.
- They moved me very brutally to a corner that I was turned towards. 'A special place for a special lady', they said. And then they had learned 'Lilla hora' (Little whore) and 'Hora Greta' (Whore Greta) in Swedish, which they repeated all the time.

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The Dax Symbiont 🏴🏳️‍🌈🌲🇸🇩 @thedaxsymbiont.bsky.social · 3h

Horrific stuff but that Greta is laughing about it and making fun of them for it is honestly great. She’s a real one for sure. Could have done the liberal thing and coast on acclaim to a fancy NGO to put bandaids on tumors and instead got tortured and it didn’t break her spirit at all.

elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 3h

Greta Thunberg was beaten and tortured by the Israelis. They learned how to call her a whore in Swedish, and forced her to wear the Israeli flag.

The Swedish foreign ministry abandoned its citizens in Israel, and downplayed what they went through.

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

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Gregory Possum-Jumpscarer @possumacquainter.bsky.social · 3h

simple. just hire another guy to put a different collar on him. now i know what you're gonna say: well what if he also rebels. but i would just hire a trustworthy guy, i'm really good at reading people, all my employees tell me that all the time

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 3h

I read something a while back that was like, oh, the billionaires solved the problem of the security team not being loyal: explosive neck collars, and it was like, oh boy, you're only making it harder on yourself

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 6h

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

"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."

Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?

The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans

www.bbc.com

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honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · Nov 15

how did he die? sadly we may never know

Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · Nov 15

A Roman solider who was killed during Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars (58-50 BC).

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3h

Whether it's Democrats standing with the Capitol Police or the Republicans standing on them, both parties have a complicated relationship with the Capitol Police.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 3h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Bad Horse @badhorse.bsky.social · 9h

Man labeled "ICE" looking at a butterfly labeled "playing clarinet" and asking "is this a terrorism?”

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 3h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 6h

yeah this is a Problem if people ever stop believing

if Google or Meta never gets AI revenue to the level they expect they’re still tied to the advertising money faucet, they’ll be fine

if OpenAI’s profits never materialize we are in some shit

(xAI is, well, tied into the Elon Bullshit Machine)

Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 6h

this is one of the best articulations of the AI bear case I've read

most of the AI companies are also massively wealthy and profitable hypercorps, but OpenAI specifically is a bomb planted at the heart of the American stock market helpfully labeled "this is a bomb"
prospect.org/power/2025-1...

The AI Ouroboros

Nvidia and other companies are paying startups to buy their products.

prospect.org

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h

Same with journalism, everyone just fucking cooked themselves to the point of not understanding actual people with jobs. The Washington Post is going to be like “why do subscriptions keep falling even when Catturd2 is writing about the economy?”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h

I know the whole “every accusation is a confession” thing but it’s pretty clear this is the most elitist government that’s existed in decades. It’s just 12 billionaires in a group chat sharing banned Reddit memes

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