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Shoq
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I see and say things that need seeing and saying.

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Here’s the most basic answer. AI engineers could give us more precise education about all of them, but especially number five.

FYI: I use GPT constantly, but almost never for input on breaking news. At best, background on it, or a detail of it.
December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I was just working on that. Still not done. I will be updating this list.

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December 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Exquisitely said [about MAGAs griping about “censorship” on #Shitter].

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@shoq They're mad that management decided to expose that 3/4 of MAGA accounts on the platform are fake. This is who they are: when presented with the truth they attack rather than accept that they've been played. They prefer their fantasy world where they can believe that they aren't a vicious little slice of America that everyone else hates. Instead of the reality that they're a vicious little slice of America that everbody hates.
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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In case you hadn’t heard, all the dumbest people in the world (MAGAs on Twitter. such as has-been @realJameswoods) are convinced Twitter is now “censoring” conservative voices (again).

That’s like accusing the Grand Wizard of the KKK of being too woke.
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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So , Ezra, after all this build-up, and earning the support of so many like me, you’re now just turning @Indivisibleteam into the failed Justice Democrats model? What makes you think you’ll be any more successful than they were? FYI: a majority of people supported the …

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In 2026, we’re going to fight for Democratic leaders who will fight for us. Join the launch of our primary program: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/871398/?utm_source=mastodon
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Sounds perfectly plausible in some alternate universe you and I will never see :)

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Idea for a SNL skit. Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, sits behind the desk in the Oval Office. Aides around him. He cracks self-deprecating jokes. Praises Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Calls Melania and tells her he loves her. Fires his children. Signs resignation letter.
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Yes,
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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We’re a disgusting, lost nation, and I am embarrassed to be stuck here. And whether we like it or not, we’re all collectively to blame for it. We’ve let this MAGA cancer metastasize for too long.

You won, MAGGATS. I finally *do* hate America. The one we let you build, …

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This is heartbreaking, cruel, pointless, and criminal. The monsters responsible for seizing and deporting these innocents are doing incalculable harm. They are disregarding the courts and making America worse in every way possible.A college freshman who has lived in the US most of her life.Who will speak now for Any Lucia López Belloza?https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/college-student-deported-thanksgiving-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.zEYe.bY2K3jOP9JIy&smid=url-share
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Sure, but they imply the entire paper was written by Ai, and I doubt that’s true.
• And yes, AI uses a lot of bullets.
• But there’s nothing wrong with bullets and…
• More should learn how to use them properly :)

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@shoq To be fair this is kind of like asking computer scientists not to use a word processor. They're inventing the tools they're going to use them.
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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live to see how bad it gets. I’m increasingly not sad about that. All that said, have a lovely day 🤧

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November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Good morning. Maybe it was Hegseth’s “Kill em all,” order, but I have realized that popular culture and radical conservatism has completely destroyed the culture i grew up in, and it’s just absurd that so many pretend it hasn’t. That monstrous man was made by TV, movies, …
“Great nations are not murdered; they die by suicide.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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This is from 2024 but it hasn’t aged. This is just a revolting story and pretty clearly explains why we’re in this fucking mess. MAGAs simply don’t watch any news at all (that they admit to).

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November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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What matters is not why I continue to call attention to authoritarian shit-stains like @therealjameswoods, but that so few ever do. We have stop letting these monsters go unshamed by what remains of decent society.

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Shoq: .@therealjameswoods, a pathetic, attention-seeking Hollywood has-been couldn't give you one coherent argument for why he believes this, but he knows his legions of moronic followers will never ask him, or anyone else, that question.The cancer metastasized from this one cell.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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The only thing surprising about Trump shutting down the Georgia prosecution was that it took them this long to do it.

#BendOverAmerica
This Is What Fascism Looks Like
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Exhibit A
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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THIS IS #CCD (Creative Commerce Disruption) and the kind of mass protests we can and should be doing day until the chaos gets too expensive for conservative oligarchs, pols, and shareholders to tolerate.

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November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I’m all for a national strike action, but not for some fanciful wish list. It should focus on essential reforms needed to restore us to a functioning democracy. And it should be as ideologically-agnostic as possible.

Something like this (if not exactly this) ⏵
Restoring America's Democracy Essentials National strikes and acts of organized rebellion will only work if the "ask" is a relatively straightforward set of reforms with broad appeal and a chance of passage with enough public pressure exerted over time.  The goal must be to restore governing fundamentals and guardrails (that Republicans removed) so that many other issues we face can be addressed according to democratic norms that existed pre-MAGA. Congress can be compelled to act by massive disruptive acts of rotating noncompliance, disobedience, and even outright rebellion that will continue weekly until both chambers pass an  "Urgent Reforms Act (#URA)."   It would contain five easily understood demands, each chosen for its immediate impact on our political dysfunction, and likely appeal to a majority of citizens, as documented by a (nonbinding) national referendum:Justice Dept. Reform- Congress must pass Watergate-era measures to prevent egregious acts of lawfare, Hatch act, and emoluments clause violations. (Laws already on the books that need bigger teeth.) Campaign Finance Reform- Legislative reversal of SCOTUS's Citizens United and "corporate personhood" rulings. - Revive and update McCain-Feingold campaign-finance regulations from decades ago (and still mostly usable, as is), as merely a starting point for more common sense campaign reforms to come.Voting Rights Act II - As VRA 1 proposed, plus national gerrymandering rules.Media Ownership Reform- Bar any media conglomerates with over $2 billion in assets that want to own any newspapers, tv and social media platforms. - Bar more than 1 company from owning more than 1 tv station and 1 newspaper in any market, and more than 2 "general news" online platforms. (New marketspace will generate immediate competition.)- Restore funding to PBS and actually expand its charter to help promote independent media.Securities Transaction Tax- Generate revenues to pay the cost of monitoring and reregulating elections and key industries needed to restore consumer guardrails and confidence in this democracy. Revenue after expenses are distributed to every citizen as a "dividend" for being taxpaying shareholders in the collective economy.          @shoq,bsky.social          
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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They left out the partridge, the pear tree, the kitchen sink, and just about everything I really care about. This is not a serious effort. It will vanish without a trace.
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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I remember when Dana Perino was the worst @Pressec, ever. Then came Sarah Huckabee, who was far worse. And then Kayleigh McEnany felt like GOP had finally hit rock bottom, until Karoline Leavitt punched right through it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I don’t know if she’s an evangelist for hire, but her writing is clear-headed about AI fears, both real and misguided. AI tech is here. It’s up to we humans to decide how we apply it.

Ten Most Common AI Fears, and Why They’re Misleading | Pinar Demirdag

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November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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For those asking about my turtle friend, I found this guy in my area. He came quickly and said “he” was definitely feeling poorly. He took him to his refuge for some antibiotics and TLC. Joe has a great brand and a better mission.

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November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Only a handful of super-wealthy, from the Gilded Age, right up until the 1980s-ish. Then KABOOM. Now we have thousands of billionaires. And their needs and wants are not like yours.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Simple as that. Democrats have decades of experience showing no common sense whatever. If we’re serious about saving ourselves, we need to find some. Dumping an infamously toxic label is a pretty easy place to start.

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November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I appreciate it when ChatGPT’s chat models are honest with me. Even if I want to strangle every product manager in the fucking company every time it happens.
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM