Don’t let the grift catch y!

Q: “How does it feel to live in America after being in Japan for so long?” A:

Happy 100th birthday Dick Van Dyke!

They’re still trying to take away open public broadcasting stations away so they can fill the airwaves with corporate propaganda. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Really wish there was a Season 7 coming… Re-watched: The Expanse Season 6 🍿

Just lies with fibs and misinformation on the side, all day, everyday. Original post: social.vivaldi.net/@starrwulfe/...

Distract, Defund, Dismantle, Dumb Down, Devolve, Degrade, and Destroy. That’s all these people know. That’s all they do. They literally have no creative or intellectual understanding about anything period. apple.news/AXXwuZ38GQme...

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File this under Least Surprising News of the Day The Corruption never ends

RIParadise Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. He totally made Mortal Kombat a rewatchable bit of camp from my teen years.

Again, this shit right here. “We’re tariffing ton bring production back to America.” Me since March: “where in the blue hell do we grow coffee, tea and cocoa?!

Brian Cole is the person in FBI custody who investigators believe left the pipe bombs, two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told NBC News.

(AP) — The FBI made an arrest on Thursday in its nearly 5-year-old investigation into who placed pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. wtop.com/national/2025/12/fbi...

This shit right here. Don’t let these MFs lie to you. You can feel it everywhere.

AI dubs are almost as comically bad as AI slop videos. We. Aren’t. There. Yet. And putting this stuff out there in its not-ready-for-primetime form just makes it clear that that AI driven tech bubble will burst that much sooner. It’s a solution in search of a problem with this sort of thing.

Remember in the last Trump administration, there were “adults in the room” countering anything potentially problematic and illegal from happening? @milestaylor.bsky.social was one of those behind the scenes. He just confirmed my thinking of Steve Miller being behind this “go-fast boat strike” policy

Last night @aftynbehn.bsky.social put over 100 districts on notice with her near win in a ruby red area, challenging the gerrymandered status quo that is endemic of the political landscape in most red states. Others like @fpwellman.bsky.social in Missouri can use this playbook in rural areas now.

Yes my district is in play. Ann Wagner barely pulled 12 points with Trump on the ballot. We’re building a race that will close that gap and take the energy of the moment to flip this seat. People are sick of being ignored. No town halls. No money brought home. @wellmanformo.bsky.social #TeamWellman

In defiance of a federal judge's order to revive the Voice of America, Kari Lake hammers another nail in the coffin. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us...

You know who really “hates Nashville”? The Republicans who did this to the city to steal their representation, while refusing to have a single town hall there ever. (cc: Speaker Sexton, @SenJohnson @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn @AndyOgles @RepJohnRose @MattForTN @RepMarkGreen @SenatorHagerty )

State Department's decision to finalize the separation of Foreign Service members through RIFs, effective Dec. 5 "flies in the face of the current funding law, which clearly prohibits using any federal resources to carry out layoffs during this period." - AFSA afsa.org/afsa-state-departmen...

It’s been about a year since I’ve seriously engaged the journalistic side of my personality and have some political discourse. I want to gauge interest especially when it comes to local politics and the little guys. Should I bring that side of me back to this space or should I just leave it alone?

If it’s permanent, it’s not a pause, it’s a ban. He’s on that “💩🕳️countries” BS again.

Just read @wired.com’s piece on @katmabu.bsky.social’s run for congress. I’m also a journalist that feels like Dems need to fight. Should I run? 🤔 Nah, I got a short temper and hold grudges. Better for me to support and amplify. apple.news/AKkAnRXjNTrS...

I remember when my home state was blue—Gov Mel and senator Jan Carnahan legislated for common sense safety nets we still need and haven’t gotten. MO went red and its hard workers have gotten the shaft ever since. I pray Missourians get folks like @piperformissouri.bsky.social to DC in 2026.

Reminder, boycott in effect for those who celebrate. Support your local community based businesses and establishments as much as possible if you must spend. Remember the goal is to make them know that without us 99%, the 1% go broke. www.weaintbuyingit.com #economicblackout #nokings

Wondering will our future robot overlords be like Lt. Data or T2000 at this time. 🤔 🤖

There’s new feature on the bird app that can tell where an account is based in and connects from, but VPNs and using the web app is a thing, so be careful out there. (I’m never putting X on my phone and always use VPN so my info will always look like this but it ain’t me you gotta wonder about 😉)

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

@[email protected] talks about Trump’s increased vitriolic rhetoric towards journalists and news media in recent weeks:

Cannot wait until all these 🫏 🤡 get dunked on and we get some adults running things again instead of these brats.

Cat-in-the-box every time. 🐈 ➡️ 📦 Belated #caturday

If you feel mad about #demscave today, you aren’t alone. I’m going to channel this mad power into doing something positive and productive. Maybe I’ll look into giving @jasmineclarkforga.bsky.social a hand primarying our incumbent here in the ATL eastside. Time for some new ideas and new people.

This is why we were fighting. This is what you can expect. This is why you must vote correctly and carefully.

Those boats from Venezuela? Yeah they probably had drugs, but likely bound for other Caribbean area countries not the USA. And the drug runners? Victims of the poverty endemic in that region for the most recent part. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Area Man Afraid Some Woman Might Come Out Of The Woodwork To Hold Him Accountable For Something https://theonion.com/area-man-afraid-some-woman-might-come-out-of-the-woodwo-1820345646/

Love this post by @jaz.co.uk —please read it. Then apply his same paradigm to politics, transportation, housing, education and society in general and have a good long think.

If the phrase `open source` means nothing to you imagine if your favorite app worked like Wikipedia and anyone could come along and edit it that's how the code for Blacksky works anyone can edit it it's also how our docs work; if you think something's missing or could be improved, change it

Just calling it how I see it…

I protested Saturday. I rested Sunday, I am voting on Monday Every election, no matter how small or whatever the issue, I always vote. #cantcomplainifyoudidntvote

From my little corner of Atlanta, we don’t like fascist criminal dictators. We are MLK, John Lewis, Hosea Williams, Joseph Lowery and Andrew Young. We remind you that this country started out of protest 249 years ago; marching in defiance is as patriotic as it gets. 🇺🇸 #NoKings

Y’all already knew— I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Tucker, GA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

SF Chronicle and LA Times confirm our reporting with a quote from Governor.

Indoctrination. ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat - POLITICO https://apple.news/AcMDxurLLQQe106G3IsTyUg

YouTube is down, PeerTube is UP

my heart goes out to all the Tokyo commuters finding their way without the Denentoshi Line. 田園都市線なしで道を見つけるの東京の通勤者たちのために祈ります。🙏🏾 バス停行列長い！

About 9 km into the Yamathon!

…and I am finished for the night. Thank goodness I’m off work tomorrow! 🛌😴

Back at it again… I’ll probably need to abandon this configuration and start over from scratch if I can’t unravel what I did to break it this time… #NixOS #tinkering #breakandfix

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP