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CipherZ @cipherz.bsky.social · Jan 22
American eyes, American eyes....
View the world from American eyes
Bury the past, rob us blind
And leave nothin behind

Just stare
Relive the nightmare
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phish.com
Soundcheck Night ①
📷 Rene Huemer
December 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · 3d
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”

www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
In courts of law, this is known as consciousness of guilt.
strictlychristo.bsky.social StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · Nov 8
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."
December 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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pgourevitch.bsky.social
How are these fits of presidential incontinence never covered as their own news events in NYT? Hours of sick hateful bile from the curdled joyless leader of the Christian nationalists sitting in the ruins of the tinsel trimmed White House he’s demolishing — seems like a story to me.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Having a normal Christmas morning
Image of Trump going on a posting binge early Christmas morning
December 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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gonebabygone.bsky.social
People doxxed a random trans woman saying she was responsible for this even though she was still alive
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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atrupar.com
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us. The illegitimate Maduro Regime is using Oil from these stolen Oil Fields to finance themselves, Drug Terrorism, Human Trafficking, Murder, and Kidnapping. For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela. The Illegal Aliens and Criminals that the Maduro Regime has sent into the United States during the weak and inept Biden Administration, are being returned to Venezuela at a rapid pace. America will not allow Criminals, Terrorists, or other Countries, to rob, threaten, or harm our Nation and, likewise, will not allow a Hostile Regime to take our Oil, Land, or any other Assets, all of which must be returned to the United States, IMMEDIATELY. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
December 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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amytheamazonian.bsky.social
She is waiting.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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popcrave.com
An ICE agent in Minneapolis pinned a pregnant woman’s face into the snow and knelt on her body.

She was also dragged across the pavement by her wrist.
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
This tracks with my experience. DHS made up stories like this in Chicago, too. Every story ICE told about being attacked by community members was debunked in court. To assume anything they say is even potentially credible is irresponsible and out of touch with reality.
jcollins.bsky.social Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 14d
Re: the ICE actions in south Minneapolis Monday. DHS said "rioters" attacked officers with rocks and pepper spray. Note: I received lots of evidence and didn't see any rocks, the only pepper spray I saw was ICE agents sometimes spraying each other. I did see snow and possibly ice being thrown. (1)
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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lizdye.bsky.social
Kind of darkly funny that the government's defense of the well thought out plan for Trump's bigly beautiful ballroom looks like this

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. BACKGROUND ...........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. I. Factual Background ...............................................Error! Bookmark not defined. II. Procedural History .................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. STANDARD OF REVIEW...........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. ARGUMENT.................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. I. Plaintiff Cannot Demonstrate a Likelihood of Success on the Merits...........Error! Bookmark not defined. A. Plaintiff Lack Standing to Sue. ..................Error! Bookmark not defined. B. The Court Cannot Enjoin the President for Official Conduct............Error! Bookmark not defined. C. The President and the Park Service Have Statutory Authorization to Modify the White House............................Error! Bookmark not defined. D. Plaintiff’s NCPC and CFA Claims are Unripe or, Alternatively, Meritless. ....................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. E. NPS Complied with NEPA.......................Error! Bookmark not defined. F. Plaintiff Cannot Obtain Relief Against the GSA and Acting Administrator Rigas. .........................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. II. Plaintiff Will not Suffer Imminent Irreparable Harm Absent Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order. ...............................Error! Bookmark not defined. III. The balance of harms and the public interest weigh against injunctive relief. ......................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. IV. If an injunction is granted, Plaintiff should be required to post a bond.........Error! Bookmark not defined. CONCLUSION..................…
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
Cincinnati ICE agent indicted on domestic violence charges, accused of choking woman.

Samuel Saxon, 47, is accused of putting a woman in a chokehold, "causing visible injuries on her neck," in the hallway of their Corryville apartment complex, according to an affidavit.
Cincinnati ICE agent indicted on domestic violence charges, accused of choking woman
Samuel Saxon, 47, is accused of putting a woman in a chokehold, 'causing visible injuries on her neck,' in the hallway of their Corryville apartment complex, according to an affidavit.
www.wcpo.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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zachsdorfman.bsky.social
When I’m done writing my book I may take a crack at a “corruption is a first-order counterintelligence threat” story.

And US spies know it: CIA has used rampant corruption in places like China in the past to go on recruiting sprees. Mutatis mutandis.
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20d
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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atherton.bsky.social
NDAA becoming one of two must-pass bills is not just war making the state, it's the rest of the state trying to earn its survival by attaching itself to war.
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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campuscodi.risky.biz
The Justice Department charged a former product manager at Accenture Federal Services with falsely misleading government customers about the security posture of a cloud product offered by the company.

www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
US charges former Accenture employee with misleading feds on cloud platform’s security
Danielle Hillmer, most recently employed with SentinelOne, allegedly concealed a cloud product’s noncompliance with federal security regulations.
www.nextgov.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
In this case, I think Trump might've just stumbled onto a 3am rerun of THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992)
theserfstv.bsky.social The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22d
People who have personal cleaners see regular tasks like buying your own groceries or mowing the lawn as some complex mystery
Trump "In many cases you need about 185 IQ to turn on a lawmower"
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Oops.

@ddale8.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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theonion.com
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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roccobotte.bsky.social
It is insane how much is leaking out. I don’t know what I think yet
mega64official.bsky.social Mega64 @mega64official.bsky.social · 22d
More Zelda movie set leaks from New Zealand
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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techmeme.com
Sources: after the Netflix-WBD deal was announced, Larry Ellison called President Trump about how the transaction would hurt competition (Wall Street Journal)

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December 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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edburmila.bsky.social
It's so funny to watch them periodically half-ass try the "Your body belongs to the Reich and it is your duty to keep it fit for the Fuhrer" stuff to their base of the laziest people in America whose idea of attending a political rally is to drive their trucks around a parking lot.
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22d
In line for the TSA behind this guy
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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edzitron.com
I am deeply worried for the future.

NVIDIA's revenue is a chain of pain - selling GPUs bought with debt that are rented to unprofitable LLM companies subsidized by VC who sell access to unprofitable AI companies subsidized by VC.

The end will be gruesome.
www.wheresyoured.at/nvidia-isnt-...
NVIDIA Is Dependent On Endless Debt and Credit - As Are Most Of The Customers Of AI Compute, Creating A Deadly Cycle That Ends In Disaster NVIDIA is currently making hundreds of billions in revenue selling GPUs to companies that either plug them in and start losing money or, I assume, put them in a warehouse for safe keeping. This brings me to my core anxiety: why, exactly, are companies pre-ordering GPUs? What benefit is there in doing so? Blackwell does not appear to be “more efficient” in a way that actually makes anybody a profit, and we’re potentially years from seeing these GPUs in operation in data centers at the scale they’re being shipped — so why would anybody be buying more? I doubt these are new customers — they’re likely hyperscalers, neoclouds like CoreWeave and resellers like Dell and SuperMicro — because the only companies that can actually afford to buy them are those with massive amounts of cash or debt, to the point that even Google, Amazon, Meta and Oracle are taking on massive amounts of new debt, all without a plan to make a profit. NVIDIA’s largest customers are increasingly unable to afford its GPUs, which appear to be increasing in price with every subsequent generation. NVIDIA’s GPUs are so expensive that the only way you can buy them is by already having billions of dollars or being able to raise billions of dollars, which means, in a very real sense, that NVIDIA is dependent not on its customers, but on its customers’ credit ratings and financial backers. To make matters worse, the key reason that one would buy a GPU is to either run services using it or rent it to somebody else, and the two largest parties spending money on these services are OpenAI and Anthropic, both of whom lose billions of dollars, and are thus dependent on venture capital and debt (remember, OpenAI has a $4 billion line of credit, and Anthropic a $2.5 billion one too). Yet it gets worse from there. Who, after all, are the biggest customers renting AI compute? That’s right, AI startups, all of which are deeply unprofitable. Cursor — Anthropic’s largest customer and now its biggest competitor in the AI coding sphere — raised $2.3 billion in November after raising $900 million in June. Perplexity, one of the most “popular” AI companies, raised $200 million in September after raising $100 million in July after seeming to fail to raise $500 million in May (I’ve not seen any proof this round closed) after raising $500 million in December 2024. Cognition raised $400 million in September after raising $300 million in March. Cohere raised $100 million in September a month after it raised $500 million. Venture capital is feeding money to either OpenAI or Anthropic to use their models, or in some cases hyperscalers or neoclouds like CoreWeave or Lambda to rent NVIDIA GPUs. OpenAI and Anthropic then raise venture capital or debt to pay hyperscalers or neoclouds to rent NVIDIA GPUs. Hyperscalers and neoclouds then use either debt or existent cashflow (in the case of hyperscalers, though not for long!) to buy more NVIDIA GPUs. Only one company actually makes a profit here: NVIDIA. Aside: I should add there are also NVIDIA resellers like Dell or Supermicro, the latter of which buy NVIDIA GPUs, put them in servers, and sell them to neoclouds like Lambda or CoreWeave. At some point, a link in this debt-backed chain breaks, because very little cashflow exists to prop it up. At some point, venture capitalists will be forced to stop funnelling money into unprofitable, unsustainable AI companies, which will make those companies unable to funnel money into the pockets of those buying GPUs, which will make it harder for those companies buying GPUs to justify (or raise debt for) buying more GPUs. And if I’m honest, none of NVIDIA’s success really makes any sense. Who is buying so many GPUs? Where are they going? Why are inventories increasing? Is it really just pre-buying parts for future orders? Why are accounts receivable climbing, and how much product is NVIDIA shipping before it gets paid? While these are both explainable as “this is a big company and that’s how big companies do business” (which is true!), why do receivables not seem to be coming down? And how long, realistically, can the largest company on the stock market continue to grow revenues selling assets that only seem to lose its customers money? I worry about NVIDIA, not because I believe there’s a massive scandal, but because so much rides on its success, and its success rides on the back of dwindling amounts of venture capital and debt, because nobody is actually making money to pay for these GPUs. In fact, I’m not even saying it goes tits up. Hell, it might even have another good quarter or two. It really comes down to how long people are willing to be stupid and how long Jensen Huang is able to call hyperscalers at three in the morning and say “buy one billion dollars of GPUs, pig.” No, really! I think much of the US stock market’s growth is held up by how long everybody is willing to be gaslit by Jensen Huang into believing that they need more GPUs. At this point it’s barely about AI anymore, as AI revenue — real, actual cash made from selling services run on GPUs — doesn’t even cover its own costs, let alone create the cash flow necessary to buy $70,000 GPUs thousands at a time. It’s not like any actual innovation or progress is driving this bullshit! In any case, the markets crave a healthy NVIDIA, as so many hundreds of billions of dollars of NVIDIA stock sit in the hands of retail investors and people’s 401ks, and its endless growth has helped paper over the pallid growth of the US stock market and, by extension, the decay of the tech industry’s ability to innovate. Once this pops — and it will pop, because there is simply not enough money to do this forever — there must be a referendum on…
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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quinnypig.com
Taken at face value, does it justify the insane amount of money OpenAI is trying to raise?
techmeme.com Techmeme @techmeme.com · 22d
An OpenAI survey of 9,000 workers at 100 companies: it saves workers ~40 to 60 minutes per day on average for professional tasks; OpenAI has 1M business clients (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)

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December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
1) Trump pardons a corrupt Dem
2) Jeffries makes excuses for the "thin" indictment
3) Cuellar files to run as a Dem
4) Trump squeals that his quid pro quo isn't being honored
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23d
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”

In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Putin declares victory.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The title screen for a BBC article with the title, "New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says." The picture shoes Trump patting the handshake he made with Putin.
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM