Most Excellent Theophilus
@optimetheophile.bsky.social
once and future dust
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Chief Medical Officer of Antifa
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Chief Medical Officer of Antifa
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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Trump is not qualified to hold the office whose powers he is claiming to exercise.
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Trump is not qualified to hold the office whose powers he is claiming to exercise.
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It's a little thing, but I'm pleased the bipartisan statements call it the Department of Defense, and not Trump's bullshit.
UPDATE: I added in the congressional response to the boat-strike section once I saw we had bipartisan, matching statements from both House and Senate Armed Services Committees. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It's a little thing, but I'm pleased the bipartisan statements call it the Department of Defense, and not Trump's bullshit.
I think we've all been done a great disservice by the equivocation of ML and LLM under the umbrella term of AI. They're related primarily by the fact that they are both software.
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I think we've all been done a great disservice by the equivocation of ML and LLM under the umbrella term of AI. They're related primarily by the fact that they are both software.
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Is THIS part of why it is under my skin?
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Is THIS part of why it is under my skin?
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"Baltimore police shoot teenager" - active voice, non-exculpatory
"Teen shot by police in Baltimore" - passive voice, non-exculpatory
"Teen shot in Baltimore" - passive voice, exculpatory
"Bullet hits Baltimore teen" - active voice, exculpatory.
"Teen shot by police in Baltimore" - passive voice, non-exculpatory
"Teen shot in Baltimore" - passive voice, exculpatory
"Bullet hits Baltimore teen" - active voice, exculpatory.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Baltimore police shoot teenager" - active voice, non-exculpatory
"Teen shot by police in Baltimore" - passive voice, non-exculpatory
"Teen shot in Baltimore" - passive voice, exculpatory
"Bullet hits Baltimore teen" - active voice, exculpatory.
"Teen shot by police in Baltimore" - passive voice, non-exculpatory
"Teen shot in Baltimore" - passive voice, exculpatory
"Bullet hits Baltimore teen" - active voice, exculpatory.
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I’m not crying, you’re crying. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholomew reject violence in the name of God - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I sign a Joint Declaration in Istanbul reaffirming their commitment to the path toward full ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I’m not crying, you’re crying. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Telling people “prices are going down” while they’re in the checkout line is like telling someone on a treadmill they’re sitting on a couch. Their legs know you’re lying.
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I didn’t want to overreact, and took time to read this. Having done so, I’m adding Northwestern to the list of places I won’t visit or speak. The concessions re: international students and gender-affirming care are not merely symbolic.
Here’s the text of the Northwestern settlement with the DoJ, which includes a $75 million financial component / payoff (cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social):
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I didn’t want to overreact, and took time to read this. Having done so, I’m adding Northwestern to the list of places I won’t visit or speak. The concessions re: international students and gender-affirming care are not merely symbolic.
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Olivia Nuzzi did more than violate journalistic ethics to help RFK Jr's campaign. She assisted an apostle of pestilence. In humanity's struggle against disease, fought since the beginning of history, she sided with the enemy. She betrayed the species. She betrayed us for her own gratification.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Olivia Nuzzi did more than violate journalistic ethics to help RFK Jr's campaign. She assisted an apostle of pestilence. In humanity's struggle against disease, fought since the beginning of history, she sided with the enemy. She betrayed the species. She betrayed us for her own gratification.
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Everyone involved in this should be charged as a mass murderer.
Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
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Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Everyone involved in this should be charged as a mass murderer.
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i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
i mean what are these "western values" these guys are so hopped up about? they are directly antagonistic to western europe. they don't believe in civil liberties. they reject democracy. and don't get me started on christianity, they hate their white neighbors almost as much as the brown ones
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imagine how sick you have to be to take up "pardon Eddie Gallagher" as your pet cause. the only difference between that and "pardon the BTK killer" is that the BTK killer was implicated in fewer sexually motivated homicides.
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
imagine how sick you have to be to take up "pardon Eddie Gallagher" as your pet cause. the only difference between that and "pardon the BTK killer" is that the BTK killer was implicated in fewer sexually motivated homicides.
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its kinda wild how many drug traffickers trump has pardoned
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
its kinda wild how many drug traffickers trump has pardoned
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honestly i think it would be cleaner to charge them with murder. just straight murder. we are not in a state of hostilities
i think we have to throw everyone involved in this down to the seal officer in charge in prison for war crimes honestly
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
honestly i think it would be cleaner to charge them with murder. just straight murder. we are not in a state of hostilities
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Democrats, say it loud: Matt Van Eppstein Files
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Democrats, say it loud: Matt Van Eppstein Files
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if they are so lazy as to need the number provided to them, let the state provide it
BREAKING: RealPage is suing New York, challenging a new state law that bans landlords from using algorithms to set rents.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
RealPage claims that its software, which landlords have used to collude on rents, is protected by the First Amendment.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
if they are so lazy as to need the number provided to them, let the state provide it
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I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I guess it’s clear why the lawmakers needed to make that video
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Right, the answer to the question “can the president issue a valid pardon for the assassins he sent to successfully kill the Congress that was impeaching him” has to be no or the underlying structure of the Constitution makes no sense
i think that we should charge even people who have been pardoned, because there is no conceivable way the founders intended the pardon power to permit the executive to order people to commit crimes and then pardon them for them
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Right, the answer to the question “can the president issue a valid pardon for the assassins he sent to successfully kill the Congress that was impeaching him” has to be no or the underlying structure of the Constitution makes no sense
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The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
F.D.A. Withdraws Rule to Require Testing Cosmetics Made With Talc for Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The MAHA pitch was supposed to be that Americans don’t really need insurance, vaccines, or other “establishment” medical care — they just need better nutrition and less exposure to environmental toxins.
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
And yet: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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Donald Trump incited an insurrection on J6. He should never have been able to run for public office again. What a failure of justice to not hold this man accountable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Donald Trump incited an insurrection on J6. He should never have been able to run for public office again. What a failure of justice to not hold this man accountable.
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I, for one, think it's hilarious that Saquon Barkley's skills regressed like a million years after hanging out with Trump in April.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I, for one, think it's hilarious that Saquon Barkley's skills regressed like a million years after hanging out with Trump in April.
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I have escaped from domestic violence. The domestic violence was not just contained to the home, but also involved weaponization of systems. I hope to do a fuller accounting of what happened one day to bring light to this problem. For now, here is my "Thank You" note to Joe Biden & the VAWA.
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I have escaped from domestic violence. The domestic violence was not just contained to the home, but also involved weaponization of systems. I hope to do a fuller accounting of what happened one day to bring light to this problem. For now, here is my "Thank You" note to Joe Biden & the VAWA.
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Refusing to follow a “kill the survivors of the previous strike who are clearly hors de combat” order SHOULD BE significantly more clear-cut than refusing one due to “this entire operation is unlawful because citing inherent Article II authority is insufficient.”
There must be accountability.
There must be accountability.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Refusing to follow a “kill the survivors of the previous strike who are clearly hors de combat” order SHOULD BE significantly more clear-cut than refusing one due to “this entire operation is unlawful because citing inherent Article II authority is insufficient.”
There must be accountability.
There must be accountability.
I'm a Sedevacantist for the American presidency
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm a Sedevacantist for the American presidency