Rob Fardon
@robfardon.bsky.social
It isn't Trump. It's those who think he's fit
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Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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There have been many, many wild 24 hour news cycles in the Trump era but this one that began with Trump threatening to execute members of Congress and ended with him having a love fest with Mandami and MTG resigning is certainly up there. Solid Top 20 effort by the writers.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
There have been many, many wild 24 hour news cycles in the Trump era but this one that began with Trump threatening to execute members of Congress and ended with him having a love fest with Mandami and MTG resigning is certainly up there. Solid Top 20 effort by the writers.
I did not expect this
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is resigning from Congress in January
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I did not expect this
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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One thing that is tough about rapid response/patrols, besides constantly being threatened by armed secret police, is that for the most part they see the defeats. There are exceptions, but you’ll never know how many people were saved by slowing feds down, whistles, community alerts, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
One thing that is tough about rapid response/patrols, besides constantly being threatened by armed secret police, is that for the most part they see the defeats. There are exceptions, but you’ll never know how many people were saved by slowing feds down, whistles, community alerts, etc.
We've never had a weaker president. Trump's so weak on Russia he makes Biden look tough
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We've never had a weaker president. Trump's so weak on Russia he makes Biden look tough
Propublica has been indispensable reading for years, now
NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains. It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
My 1st for @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Propublica has been indispensable reading for years, now
There's a guy who looks exactly like Mike Ehrmantraut who shops at our market and Jesus Christ when you run into him suddenly
a bald man with a beard is wearing a black jacket and a white shirt
ALT: a bald man with a beard is wearing a black jacket and a white shirt
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There's a guy who looks exactly like Mike Ehrmantraut who shops at our market and Jesus Christ when you run into him suddenly
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It’s absolutely crazy that the White House decided back in February that it gets to choose who makes up the press pool each day and everybody just decided to go along with that.
This country is such a fucking joke.
This country is such a fucking joke.
White House has picked very pro-Trump pool reporters for Trump's Oval Office meeting with Mamdani on Friday: TV is Fox and Newsmax; Print is Washington Times and The Telegraph; New Media is Megyn Kelly. Exception is Radio: AURN (whose Black, female correspondent Trump called obnoxious in September)
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
It’s absolutely crazy that the White House decided back in February that it gets to choose who makes up the press pool each day and everybody just decided to go along with that.
This country is such a fucking joke.
This country is such a fucking joke.
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My dream would be to have this setup but then to have a bunch of nonexperts dictating what the experts can and can't discuss with the students who are there to learn from and engage with them, has anyone come up with a system like that?
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
My dream would be to have this setup but then to have a bunch of nonexperts dictating what the experts can and can't discuss with the students who are there to learn from and engage with them, has anyone come up with a system like that?
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In the very early days of Nazi rule local law enforcement would sometimes intervene if a local was being threatened by Nazis acting unlawfully. There was still an idea that the law mattered. That didn’t last long.
Not saying things will get that bad here but we seem to be in a similar stage.
Not saying things will get that bad here but we seem to be in a similar stage.
First of all, this judge is a hero.
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In the very early days of Nazi rule local law enforcement would sometimes intervene if a local was being threatened by Nazis acting unlawfully. There was still an idea that the law mattered. That didn’t last long.
Not saying things will get that bad here but we seem to be in a similar stage.
Not saying things will get that bad here but we seem to be in a similar stage.
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Lovely replies. Good job, humans
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Lovely replies. Good job, humans
Again, this atheist would like to remind my Christian friends that we don't just see Christians like Leavitt and Johnson. We see the rest of you, also
Don’t think so, Luv.
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Again, this atheist would like to remind my Christian friends that we don't just see Christians like Leavitt and Johnson. We see the rest of you, also
I have seen this in several places and thought it was worth keeping in mind
We would do well to remember the Russian operation on Trump has long used the ME as a bypass (and I still wouldn't be surprised if the Egypian bribe was a pass-through), especially w/Witkoff and Dmitriev at its center.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I have seen this in several places and thought it was worth keeping in mind
Attacking the judge hearing your case by lying about what he said about you means you're confident of a favorable ruling, right? /s/
DOJ & Halligan attack Judge Nachmanoff. But he did not call Halligan a puppet. He asked the defense if its legal position was that Halligan had been acting as a stalking horse or puppet--doing a vindictive president's bidding. (Which she almost certainly was.)
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Attacking the judge hearing your case by lying about what he said about you means you're confident of a favorable ruling, right? /s/
Exactly. And I have never heard a Dem say otherwise. (My luck someone will now find an example.) But I'm happy I can say that, in every soundbite I've heard on TV, in every exchange I've seen online, Dems are the same: justice for the girls completely outweighs partisan concerns
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Exactly. And I have never heard a Dem say otherwise. (My luck someone will now find an example.) But I'm happy I can say that, in every soundbite I've heard on TV, in every exchange I've seen online, Dems are the same: justice for the girls completely outweighs partisan concerns
The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that the boat strikes could amount to extrajudicial killings, and thus expose service members involved in the operations. He was overruled by Trump's DOJ
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that the boat strikes could amount to extrajudicial killings, and thus expose service members involved in the operations. He was overruled by Trump's DOJ
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Just wondering what AI's current euphemisms are. Do they say "harness the collective power of humanity" instead of "steal the labor of millions"? Or what?
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Just wondering what AI's current euphemisms are. Do they say "harness the collective power of humanity" instead of "steal the labor of millions"? Or what?
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
I recommend this manner of sharing Trump's statements
I posted Trump’s unhinged screed announcing he’s signed the Epstein files but it contains so many lies that I deleted my post and will just tell you that Trump announced on social media he has signed the Epstein files
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I recommend this manner of sharing Trump's statements
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