“Polymarket uses a map generated by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a DC-based think tank… On Polymarket… millions of dollars trade hands based on the outcomes of battles that kill hundreds of people. It also creates an incentive for the manipulation of the war and data about the war.”

Lost in translation on this Venezuela boat strike thing is that it should have been illegal to just kill people in international waters without evidence anyway. How do we even know they were actually drug smugglers? News reports keep saying "alleged" drug smugglers because they don't know either!

This is real politics.

The Left in 🇪🇺Parliament calls out EU leaders for staying silent as 🇺🇸 prepares to invade 🇻🇪. "🇨🇴🇲🇽& 🇧🇷strongly oppose 🇺🇸interventionism, yet the European establishment seems not concerned at all" says @botengam.bsky.social. "Why does the EU systematically accept US violations of international law?”

They say this so we’ll feel justified in conjuring up our own truths

Jesus seems kind of un-American. With his being born some 1,750 years before the nation's birth. Stop worshipping him.

Every time I see an ad that says "Made in America", I see "we advertise to xenophobes and racists".

Yeah, people in Facebook groups especially are mask-off about how they think customer service workers are lazy pieces of shit who deserve contempt.

The US already had dictators for life, they are called Supreme Court justices.

Well, that's convenient. If there aren't enough actual drug-related targets in Venezuela to justify conducting a regime change war, then just randomly declare the whole regime to be a drug cartel. Problem solved! 🙄

Socialism is collective prosperity.

YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND - 1969 “When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal purchases—a right established by the Jay Treaty of 1794—Kanien’kéhaka protesters blocked the international bridge between Ontario and NY” youtu.be/URpZwAuvxjQ

Let's talk about the most harmful philosophical beliefs in the world. I'll start: --free will --personal desert --retributive punishment --family members are more intrinsically valuable than strangers --so-called human nature that includes stuff that is actually context dependent --heaven and hell

2 things could happen here. Either (1) Hegseth loses the case, in which case he would look ridiculous for having even pursued it, or (2) Hegseth could somehow get a conviction which would be an alarming bellweather that indeed we are in a dictatorship and the Constitution no longer means anything

Both parties are corrupt because they are both related to government, I am very intelligent.

Americans are trapped in one of the most fucked up regimes on Earth.

Imagine having to say this because your boss is that deranged?

It's crazy how many people calling themselves supporters of democracy don't really fundamentally have a good feeling for what democracy is or what makes something democratic. It seems to mostly be like "I was told this is democratic, so I support it because I like to be pro-democracy".

The US has one of the worst systems among democracies. Imagine giving the other reps, who don't represent you, the ability to remove YOUR rep from office, on mere accusation without any actual day in court.

Crime in California is out of control.

We need a Trump Guardsman on every corner. To keep us safe. And a Trump Guardsman in every school. To teach kids that the only way they can survive and be happy is to screw over everyone else. As GOD commands. /sarcasm

If finalized, this policy will hit: - Refugees waiting to adjust to permanent residence, - Parolees awaiting re-parole or green cards, and - Asylum seekers who've already proven their case. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

When you consider that most crimes in the future are going to be property crimes, not things like murder, more like people stealing food because they are starving like in Les Miserables, then these robots are going to essential ensure that people starve in a lawful manner.

Does anybody on Bluesky ever see my posts if they don't have a hashtag?

Want to see something interesting? Search for "nobody sees my posts". Seems like it happens a lot here.

What if I created a group called #LeftOnRead or something, for leftists who feel socially isolated because of their beliefs? Basically, to help you feel like you belong, because you do!

'Human nature' doesn't inherently cause countries going to war. A further fact (bad economics, miseducation) is required, and this further fact is changeable.

Smart people on here keep asking "how can a glorified statistical text predictor, etc be conscious?" And then simply declaring it can't be. Well, how can a human being with neurons be conscious? If you analyze anything closely enough, it becomes simple. But the complexity comes when you zoom out.

So, just to clarify the situation: First, AI takes away his job prospects, creating the conditions for his depression. THEN, AI tells him to kill himself.

Where are all my non-believers in #FreeWill? #Determinism #Science #FreeWillIsAnIllusion

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

Escape From Trumpina 5 Challenge 2025

Ahaha this article is excellent. www.techdirt.com/2025/10/24/t...

Targeted murders without evidence of wrongdoing.

Believing that people in monogamous relationships can't have platonic friends of the opposite sex, and insisting they not be allowed to, is a red flag.

Lol, they're claiming Ronald Reagan wasn't a free trader. How ridiculous. War is peace.

Is this a plan for world domination? What would it mean for us all if a country ever achieved world domination? And most importantly: How can we prevent a plan for world domination from being achieved?

🚨 CW 🚨 This is fine

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Explain to me again how the Republicans "accept the gays" now and they are "only going after trans people" 🙄

This MAGA pyscho ran these girls down at 70 mph. This is Trump's America, where sniper units are now aimed at ICE protestors, children are being dragged out naked and zipped tied, and people getting murdered in the name of Kirk. What's next? Just look at history.

No violent protests are happening in Portland. That's it. That's the tweet.

Wait, so you're telling us *US* models echo Chinese Communist Party narratives *1/4* as much as Chinese models? Lol. This is such BS fearmongering. But the thing is, even if no one believes this, they're still going to act as if most Americans think this is true and ban DeepSeek.

This is the sort of trash the Trump administration is now 'communicating'.

‘We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programmes that they like,’ Trump said, adding that ‘a lot of good’ can come from government shutdowns.'

Stop blithely saying "dictatorships always fail" as if they're just a spot of bad weather. Dictatorships don't fail to murder millions of people.

Stop saying that they're "flooding the public with disinformation". They've graduated. They are now plainly controlling information and silencing dissent by threat of force.