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The Clampdown
@mostlytrue.bsky.social
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Uniquely unremarkable misanthropic humanist, begrudgingly believing in a better world
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The vibes…
Screenshot from video game Wolfenstein II with two masked and heavily armoured stormtroopers in front of the Lincoln Memorial with the subtitle: “citizens of the glorious reich. This is a day of triumph”.
October 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Asked how to pronounce a name, Google’s AI Overview makes up a bogus pronunciation, and confidently cites 2 sources: a Britannica article on the pronunciation of “the”, and a YouTube video on the pronunciation of a completely different name. #genAI #enshittification #google
“Al Overview: The name "Gbolahan" is pronounced with a strong emphasis on the first syllable, sounding like "G-BO-la-HAN". Here's a more detailed breakdown: • G-BO: The first syllable is pronounced with a soft "G" sound followed by a short "o" sound. • la: The second syllable is pronounced with a long "a" sound. • HAN: The tinal syllable is pronounced with a long "a" sound followed by an "n" sound. Two Pronunciations of 'The' | Britannica Dictionary There are two ways to pronounce "the." One pronunciation sounds like... Britannica Generative Al is experimental. Learn more”
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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RADICAL LEFT MONSTERS
Cookie Monster waves in a friendly way
April 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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75,000 currently watching the AP Stream, more than 8,000 on Brian’s, and several others.
YouTube screenshot of Associated Press’s live stream of Senator Booker, with 75,651 “watching now”
April 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The “Excellent” and gloating emojis (“Team America, Fuck Yeah!” Anyone?) hit different right after the message indicating they just levelled a civilian building with presumably innocent families…
JD Vance: What? Michael Waltz: Typing too fast. The first target - their top missile guy - we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend's building and it's now collapsed. JD Vance: Excellent Michael Waltz: (emojis:)Fist, US flag, Fire
March 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Unrelated
Still from John Carpenter’s “They Live” of a hideous inhuman politician behind a podium bragging of annual 33% annual returns for their ultra-wealthy human compatriots.
March 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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A lot of this energy hanging around the white house these days:
Foolish sad looking little man standing pathetically in a silver army helmet and a hideous periwinkle jacket cartoonishly adorned with stars and stripes and a striped swastika armband. Movie still, “Slaughter-House Five”
March 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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#fightoligarchy #bernie #aoc
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez stand on stage in Greely Colorado for the Fight Oligarchy tour March 21 2025
March 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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#tesla
“For only 50 grand, Tesla fans can now purchase Fool Self Driving”
March 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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White MAGA font on red background: “MAKE AMERICA HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH AGAIN?”
March 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Letterkenny meme with caption: wish you weren’t so fuckin awkward bud
March 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Trump: “we don’t your Energy”
Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from 250% to 390% Tariffs on many of our farm products, Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on "electricity," of all things, and your not even allowed to do that. Because our Tariffs are reciprocal, we'll just get it all back on April 2. Canada is a Tariff abuser, and always has been, but the United States is not going to be subsidizing Canada any longer. We don't need your Cars, we don't need your Lumber, we don't your Energy, and very soon, you will find that out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT
March 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Agreed. Until the US sorts itself out it is not worthy of travel.
Map of north america with the US landmass replaced by water and the label “Gulf of America”
March 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Representative Al Green standing, from behind, holding his cane aloft to the sky, which is streaked with the debris of Elon Musk’s dreams (starship explosion)
March 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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It’s happening! 📈
March 6 Bsky follower counts: Rep Green (51.5k), Jeffries: (230.3k); March 7: Rep Green (101.6k), Jeffries (230.7k)
March 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Democracy in action. BSky voting on “decorum”…
Bluesky follower count on March 6 for Rep Al Green (51.1k) and Hakeem Jeffries (230.3k) and March 7 (am) Green: 99.3k, Jeffries 230.7k
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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@algreen.house.gov 📈
Image shows Hakeem Jeffries with 230k BlueSky followers, Rep Al Green with 51.1k. Caption on left: This is backwards - Follow real LEADERS (feel free to share!)
March 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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@algreen.house.gov
Image shows Hakeem Jeffries with 230k BlueSky followers, Rep Al Green with 51.1k. Caption on left: This is backwards - Follow real LEADERS (feel free to share!)
March 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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@algreen.house.gov ⬅️
Image shows Hakeem Jeffries with 230k BlueSky followers, Rep Al Green with 51.1k. Caption on left: This is backwards - Follow real LEADERS (feel free to share!)
March 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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@algreen.house.gov
Image shows Hakeem Jeffries with 230k BlueSky followers, Rep Al Green with 51.1k. Caption on left: This is backwards - Follow real LEADERS (feel free to share!)
March 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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@algreen.house.gov
Image shows Hakeem Jeffries with 230k BlueSky followers, Rep Al Green with 51.1k. Caption on left: This is backwards - Follow real LEADERS (feel free to share!)
March 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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@algreen.house.gov
Image shows Hakeem Jeffries with 230k BlueSky followers, Rep Al Green with 51.1k. Caption on left: This is backwards - Follow real LEADERS (feel free to share!)
March 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Lyrics to sing along:
"A Speculative Fiction" A new iron curtain drawn across the 49th parallel. Cut all diplomatic ties as we expel All American dignitaries, And issue a nation-wide travel advisory for any others left inside. Nowhere to run. Nowhere to hide. The burned out shells of south-bound traffic lay strewn across a cold Stretch of would-be interstate. Still visible below Below their charred remains: Pax Americana plates. Your stupid fucking laser-pucks were just the start. And while you may stand six full cubits and a span, A shepard's sling and five stones in our hand And the battle of 1812 lives in our heart. We don't care if we're destroyed. We'll never capitulate. We'll take the whole fucking world down, Down with us in flames. Just a speculative fiction. No cause for alarm. We got a good 15 years left Till the United We Stand Murals on West Broadway finally fade And we wave good-bye to such sad, childish refrains. Exchanged for other stupid lullabies Like "you can have my guns when you pry Them from my cold dead hands". Just a speculative fiction.
March 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Donald J Trump post on some third-rate social media site: All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
March 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Still astounded that the majority of the USA let Trump lull them under his hypnotic spell by confidently repeating 3 words: “Russia Russia Russia”
TIME magazine cover illustration from 2017 showing the White House visually morphing into the Kremlin
March 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM