Maximus
@themerciful.bsky.social
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Maximus
@themerciful.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Another f***ed up day in this f***ed up world.
But never lose sight of who's trying to make it better, and who's trying to make it worse.
But never lose sight of who's trying to make it better, and who's trying to make it worse.
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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District courthouse in Baltimore named after Mabel H. Hubbard, state’s first Black female judge
Baltimore courthouse named after Mabel H. Hubbard, state’s first Black female judge
In 1981, Gov. Harry Hughes appointed Mabel H. Hubbard to the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City. She then served as a judge of Baltimore Circuit Court from 1985 to 1999.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
District courthouse in Baltimore named after Mabel H. Hubbard, state’s first Black female judge
This will be a good lesson for people about trusting AI.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This will be a good lesson for people about trusting AI.
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“Surveillance tools justified for one purpose inevitably expand to others. Immigrant or not, this expansion should horrify everyone as ICE and CBP continue their campaign of indiscriminate violence in yet more American cities.”
I have the data, and I must scream
Three weeks tracing DHS contracts through Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic, and beyond
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“Surveillance tools justified for one purpose inevitably expand to others. Immigrant or not, this expansion should horrify everyone as ICE and CBP continue their campaign of indiscriminate violence in yet more American cities.”
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ... More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”
x.com/JakeSherman/...
x.com/JakeSherman/...
Jake Sherman on X: "A few other GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican: “This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson" / X
A few other GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican: “This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson
x.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ... More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”
x.com/JakeSherman/...
x.com/JakeSherman/...
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don't sleep on how much of a gift in dark times this is bsky (ty Al 🙏)
I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music - YouTube
songs featured in Al Shipley's book Tough Breaks
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
don't sleep on how much of a gift in dark times this is bsky (ty Al 🙏)
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Jimmy Cliff, a Jamaican musician who helped popularize reggae around the world, has died at age 81. https://cnn.it/43OcTUN
November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Jimmy Cliff, a Jamaican musician who helped popularize reggae around the world, has died at age 81. https://cnn.it/43OcTUN
🤣🤣🤣
"Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday told a judge that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday told a judge that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🤣🤣🤣
"Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday told a judge that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
"Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday told a judge that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor"
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Or maybe this is a Russian op. (Russia is sowing chaos and distracting from Ukraine by convincing Drumpf to attack Venezuela)
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Or maybe this is a Russian op. (Russia is sowing chaos and distracting from Ukraine by convincing Drumpf to attack Venezuela)
Maryland's new state mascot lol
Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Maryland's new state mascot lol
These look like they were made in China for $25 each.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
These look like they were made in China for $25 each.
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Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
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We can distribute more than has been collected in tariff revenue as dividend checks but it would be impossible to refund the tariffs to those who paid it because the hit to the U.S. Treasury would be too great.
How much we've collected in tariff revenue vs. cost of Trump's $2,000-for-almost-everyone "tariff dividend" plan, via @pbump.com
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We can distribute more than has been collected in tariff revenue as dividend checks but it would be impossible to refund the tariffs to those who paid it because the hit to the U.S. Treasury would be too great.
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There is space in the tent for MTG but not Mamdani 😭
These are the people I’m supposed to trust with my life?
Everyone pls bffr.
These are the people I’m supposed to trust with my life?
Everyone pls bffr.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There is space in the tent for MTG but not Mamdani 😭
These are the people I’m supposed to trust with my life?
Everyone pls bffr.
These are the people I’m supposed to trust with my life?
Everyone pls bffr.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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meanwhile on fox news:
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
meanwhile on fox news:
Typical MAGA: "I wanted threats, just not threats against me."
No one should have to face such threats.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Typical MAGA: "I wanted threats, just not threats against me."
Looks like the word "figuratively" can no longer be assumed, we need to start adding it to every post (like that very helpful word "allegedly") 😝
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Looks like the word "figuratively" can no longer be assumed, we need to start adding it to every post (like that very helpful word "allegedly") 😝
The far right rises to influence in the European Parliament.
Welcome to the new European Parliament.
In the year and a half since the far right surged at the EU election, Brussels’ mainstream forces have been anxiously wondering if the center can hold. Yesterday, they discovered it couldn’t.
In the year and a half since the far right surged at the EU election, Brussels’ mainstream forces have been anxiously wondering if the center can hold. Yesterday, they discovered it couldn’t.
In Brussels, the far right can no longer be ignored
EU conservatives working with the far right have signed the death warrant of the cordon sanitaire.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The far right rises to influence in the European Parliament.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Overt racism and misogyny.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Overt racism and misogyny.
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
That's exactly what Obamacare is, people buy their own insurance 😒
Trump: I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own insurance. They will feel like entrepreneurs. Call it Trumpcare… anything but Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster just like he was.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That's exactly what Obamacare is, people buy their own insurance 😒