taco PC small group Keith ⚖️🛰️🇺🇦🇺🇲🇮🇪
@kdvncm.bsky.social
Electrical Engineer. Attorney at Law. 🇺🇦 must win. 🇷🇺 must lose. Start Free Speech, Encryption & Open Source. I don't subscribe to cable TV.
I support 🇨🇦 as a bastion of democracy & a bulwark against authoritarianism in 🇺🇸.
@[email protected] & @twitter
I support 🇨🇦 as a bastion of democracy & a bulwark against authoritarianism in 🇺🇸.
@[email protected] & @twitter
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I think there are a lot of people who identify as anti-fascist.
I'm antifa. 🙋
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Russia invaded Ukraine on February 20, 2014. Russia is waging a genocidal war of aggression to annihilate Ukrainians as a people.
From March 2014 onwards, Putin has pretended to negotiate a settlement of the war he started. Western leaders have gone along with this fraud.
From March 2014 onwards, Putin has pretended to negotiate a settlement of the war he started. Western leaders have gone along with this fraud.
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 20, 2014. Russia is waging a genocidal war of aggression to annihilate Ukrainians as a people.
From March 2014 onwards, Putin has pretended to negotiate a settlement of the war he started. Western leaders have gone along with this fraud.
From March 2014 onwards, Putin has pretended to negotiate a settlement of the war he started. Western leaders have gone along with this fraud.
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🚨Major Russian bank failure imminent?
Credit Bank of Moscow, the 6th-largest bank in Russia by asset size with 5.45T rubles, has 668B rubles in overdue loans, 12.3% of assets.
That's massive. When Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008, nonperforming loans were 3.8% of assets.📉
Credit Bank of Moscow, the 6th-largest bank in Russia by asset size with 5.45T rubles, has 668B rubles in overdue loans, 12.3% of assets.
That's massive. When Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008, nonperforming loans were 3.8% of assets.📉
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🚨Major Russian bank failure imminent?
Credit Bank of Moscow, the 6th-largest bank in Russia by asset size with 5.45T rubles, has 668B rubles in overdue loans, 12.3% of assets.
That's massive. When Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008, nonperforming loans were 3.8% of assets.📉
Credit Bank of Moscow, the 6th-largest bank in Russia by asset size with 5.45T rubles, has 668B rubles in overdue loans, 12.3% of assets.
That's massive. When Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008, nonperforming loans were 3.8% of assets.📉
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#Manafort is the guy who’s been paid ten’s of M’s by vvPutin to undo democratic governments. This is the guy who handed off polling data to Konstantin Kilimnik in the final days of election ‘16. iow’s he provided key targets for Russia/R’s information warfare attacks.
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
#Manafort is the guy who’s been paid ten’s of M’s by vvPutin to undo democratic governments. This is the guy who handed off polling data to Konstantin Kilimnik in the final days of election ‘16. iow’s he provided key targets for Russia/R’s information warfare attacks.
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
U.S. says Russia was given Trump campaign polling data in 2016
It was one of the more tantalizing, yet unresolved, questions of the investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign: Why was a business associate ...
www.pbs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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#Manafort is the guy who’s been paid ten’s of M’s by vvPutin to undo democratic governments. This is the guy who handed off polling data to Konstantin Kilimnik in the final days of election ‘16. iow’s he provided key targets for Russia/R’s information warfare attacks.
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
#Manafort is the guy who’s been paid ten’s of M’s by vvPutin to undo democratic governments. This is the guy who handed off polling data to Konstantin Kilimnik in the final days of election ‘16. iow’s he provided key targets for Russia/R’s information warfare attacks.
www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
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The way I've looked at it is, there has never been, and never will be, a bottom with Trump and his ilk.
There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
George Will's verdict.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The way I've looked at it is, there has never been, and never will be, a bottom with Trump and his ilk.
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This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
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I filed a comment with the USPTO today about their attempt to make it way harder to invalidate bogus patents.
Our Founders Would Abhor What The USPTO Is Doing With The Patent System
Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing a rule change that would effectively neuter the inter partes review (IPR) system that reviews already granted patents to make sure they weren't granted…
Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing a rule change that would effectively neuter the inter partes review (IPR) system that reviews already granted patents to make sure they weren't granted…
Our Founders Would Abhor What The USPTO Is Doing With The Patent System
Last week I wrote about how the US Patent and Trademark Office is pushing a rule change that would effectively neuter the inter partes review (IPR) system that reviews already granted patents to make sure they weren't granted by mistake. Patent tolls and other abusers of the patent system have been screaming about this system ever since it started actually helping stop the flood of patent trolling over the last decade and a half.
www.techdirt.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I filed a comment with the USPTO today about their attempt to make it way harder to invalidate bogus patents.
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This alone is impeachable behavior.
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This alone is impeachable behavior.
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Good piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social at @theunpopulist.net. I think there is something to be said for distinguishing fascism proper from merely illiberal right-populism. And there's no plausible narrow and precise definition of "fascist" that Musk doesn't very obviously meet.
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Good piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social at @theunpopulist.net. I think there is something to be said for distinguishing fascism proper from merely illiberal right-populism. And there's no plausible narrow and precise definition of "fascist" that Musk doesn't very obviously meet.
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I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
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This circle seems to think they can "become the commercial guarantors of peace". But their actions show Russia they will allow conquest and border changes so long as a few Americans earn big money.
Are they so naïve that they don't see this??
Or is it worse? Do they not care?
Are they so naïve that they don't see this??
Or is it worse? Do they not care?
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This circle seems to think they can "become the commercial guarantors of peace". But their actions show Russia they will allow conquest and border changes so long as a few Americans earn big money.
Are they so naïve that they don't see this??
Or is it worse? Do they not care?
Are they so naïve that they don't see this??
Or is it worse? Do they not care?
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Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
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Overwhelmed by fear, Belgium comes down hard on the side of the russian terrorist state and against European security.
For a country that was saved by allies in the First and Second World Wars, this is a disgrace that will indelibly stain Belgium’s reputation.
For a country that was saved by allies in the First and Second World Wars, this is a disgrace that will indelibly stain Belgium’s reputation.
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Overwhelmed by fear, Belgium comes down hard on the side of the russian terrorist state and against European security.
For a country that was saved by allies in the First and Second World Wars, this is a disgrace that will indelibly stain Belgium’s reputation.
For a country that was saved by allies in the First and Second World Wars, this is a disgrace that will indelibly stain Belgium’s reputation.
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Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
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By giving Putin puppet Trump unchecked power, Americans have chosen the side of evil.
JUST IN: Trump to recognize Russia’s illegal control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories — The Telegraph
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
By giving Putin puppet Trump unchecked power, Americans have chosen the side of evil.
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It’s not a bias. It’s a transaction. Tens of millions of Ukrainian lives and the remnants of American respectability in exchange for an increase in the private fortunes of a few people.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday defended President Trump’s special envoy against accusations of pro-Kremlin bias.
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s not a bias. It’s a transaction. Tens of millions of Ukrainian lives and the remnants of American respectability in exchange for an increase in the private fortunes of a few people.
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It’s not his to hand
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s not his to hand
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The US tried to pressure Europe to accept the 28 point capitulation plan by warning that Russia is stockpiling long-range missiles which can be used against Europe.
...but haven't they actually just identified why Russia needs to be defeated now? Seems a strange argument to use.
...but haven't they actually just identified why Russia needs to be defeated now? Seems a strange argument to use.
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The US tried to pressure Europe to accept the 28 point capitulation plan by warning that Russia is stockpiling long-range missiles which can be used against Europe.
...but haven't they actually just identified why Russia needs to be defeated now? Seems a strange argument to use.
...but haven't they actually just identified why Russia needs to be defeated now? Seems a strange argument to use.
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Anyone who calls Europe warmongers or talks about Ukrainian supporters wanting to fight to the last Ukrainian is a russian stooge. The only warmonger who seeks to kill as many as needed to subjugate and destroy Ukraine is the russian dictator.
❗️“We are READY to fight to the LAST Ukrainian” — Putin
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Anyone who calls Europe warmongers or talks about Ukrainian supporters wanting to fight to the last Ukrainian is a russian stooge. The only warmonger who seeks to kill as many as needed to subjugate and destroy Ukraine is the russian dictator.
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.
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god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life
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Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
Some common sense to remember in a trying time.
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
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Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
Evacuation Day: Marking the End of the Revolutionary War
We know how to honor the image of soldiers charging forward, but we often forget to cheer the backs of troops as they peaceably depart.
werehistory.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social