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Trump’s corruption is staggering - there is no real comparable example in U.S. history. Estimating the scale of his grift is difficult, but it’s at least in the hundreds of millions of dollars (cash) - all the way up to billions (cash + assets). Since January. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Hi folks. We are down to The Headshot -- the most egregious statute in the federal criminal code, the moral vacuum in which U.S. prosecutors use a nuclear option against those they wish to target who are otherwise able to defend themselves against a criminal probe that is otherwise insubstantial:
Unfortunately, I believe that you are correct…
Skynet…
True courage here, the US government needs this example so that they remember what they have forgotten, and forsaken…
Kurosawa and Mifune had that shit on
Ditto.
Not to mention that all TSLA's are spies too, looking around inside & out with their many cameras collecting information and sending it back to the mothership…
Well, Rudy might actually be able to pawn the medal to help pay his current medical bills, or his past due legal bills...
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod Big wheel turn by the grace of God Every time that wheel turn 'round Bound to cover just a little more ground…
Oh shit this is sad
My new book: THE DEVIL TAKES BITCOIN: Cryptocurrency Crimes and The Japan Connection! Australia today. U.S. October 14 It’s got the “greatest heist in history,” Bitcoin’s sketchy origins, and enough bad decisions to power 3 Netflix documentaries For 1BTC, I'll even deliver it! #TheDevilTakesBitcoin
Italian photographer Valerio Minato spent six years planning a perfectly aligned shot of the Moon with Turin’s Basilica of Superga and Monviso. Weather delays thwarted annual chances until December 2023, when a crescent Moon with visible da Vinci glow completed his long-envisioned composition
We do not fully grasp how damaging the SCOTUS’ presidential immunity decision was. What we know is it was a disaster and the huge damage it has caused is being compounded daily. That is because the result is a collaboration between corrupt justices, a supine Congress and a demented President.
“America to me is rock ‘n roll, NASA, speed, jazz, horses, bourbon, hip hop, dance, MTV (the original), Hollywood, gold medals, innovation, strength, respectful (sic) and apple pie,” Hawkins told CNN in an email. “Not the army on the streets and the extreme division currently on show,” - No shit.
Good morning from China and this happy-go-lucky throuple of dictators
This thread says that we have opportunity. We have agency. The people who work to exploit and control will not always be in power. It will be up to those good people to take control from those who seek to exploit and control and rebuild. There are so many good people. Build something good.
Didn't quite get all the rhinos, and I can't find the picture with the land speeders.
August 30, 2025
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
Wondering what #GPT5 can do for you at work? There's (already) an agent for that on @AgentDotAi! agent.ai/agent/what-c...
The ick is going around folks. Mask up.
I said: “sounds just like the scientific community”.
Many folks seem to have an issue with Governor Newsom, but they should give him credit for speaking truth out loud and at least making an attempt to vocalize and realize the danger this country is in...He deserves your attention. Give credit where credit is due! Listen:
Eugenics, breeding the future super-race…
Ask Bsky: Has anyone seen an Nvidia power connector like this? The pinouts are weird? Or am I completely confused?
Hey Firefox users.
Agree with every word
Ditto.
I will always have hope. As dark as it seems sometimes, we and democracy always have time on our side. And time is a bitch. It comes for us all. Even the sociopathic authoritarians whose graves will be danced upon after they are gone…
Time, the great equalizer...
What about a simple Scrambler 800? Hypermotard is more, but sometimes less is more fun…
Great photos Charles. Uplifting…
The majesty of the Southwest, captured in all its glory…
I endorse this message.
I’m one of 7 people I know in the Northeast with Covid right now, and none of us thought we had it. Test if you think you have anything at all, and mask up. #Covid www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
I did not anticipate that publishers would respond to the new NIH policy by taking away subscription-model publishing as an option. Silly me
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell
Journalist Rubén Salazar, killed 55 years ago today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAxL...
...Salazar replied. “We are going to overthrow some of our institutions, but in the way that Americans have always done it: through the ballot, through public consensus. That’s a revolution. That is a real revolution.”- HCR #WeAreAmericans
August 29, 2025
There are increasingly fewer younger people who even want to ride a motorbike. The majority of riders in the US are older, grey-bearded folks who remember when there was no internet, no computers in your pocket, and no GPS to tell you where you are…
JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto. www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please repost!
RFK Jr. stating that the US Government report cited well known scientists including Doctors Haywood Jablomi, Professor Hugh Janus, Urologist Hugh J. Erection, Dr. Jack Inghoff and Jenna Tules.
Fuck'em...
...and white leather Go-Go boots?
Indeed. The level of grift is unprecedented. This is a true kleptocracy, a prime characteristic of many other fascist controlled governments such as Russia, Turkey, etc...
Let's not forget about the regular and often incurred expenses related to the orange fascist's golf outings...not insignificant in this context…
Fascism is more expensive than humane treatment of our fellow citizens.
Yes it is…
Gaming the markets, mobster capitalism…
Covfefe...
"The US currently has no ambassador in Copenhagen, so Rasmussen has summoned Mark Stroh, who as charge d'affaires is the most senior diplomat in the Danish capital." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 26, 2025
@jewyorican.bsky.social Night-Night…
Rdrrr...
It should tell you something when every federal agency has people within it, who make up the agency that are telling the world that things are not right and that the new policies will be bad for the agencies and for Americans. NSF, NIH, NASA, FEMA, CDC, etc… And this administration punishes them.
Really enjoyed this one David, and especially liked the comparison between the two photos of Pecco braking and your comments on it...
As Trumps calls in the National Guard it's important to know that law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. wrd.cm/4lEVQu9
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
The “national emergency” is that the president is deranged, not rational, incapable of running our country. He has surrounded himself with power hungry sycophants and utterly inept idiots
Veterans out here living their oath, while the cops piss on the Constitution.
Second that.
As a pretext for martial law... this authoritarian dictator is attempting to create a federalized police force, make no mistake.
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
"...To the public officials that have forsaken their oaths to serve the whims of a petty little man..." - This is courage, this is a speech for freedom from tyranny, this is worth a listen...
Mr White on the President's exec order on flag burning.
Trump’s executive order on drones will shape U.S. eVTOL roll-out theaircurrent.com/aviation-pol... (via @elanhead.com) #staycurrent
On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines. I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, it’s up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while it’s still possible.
A federalized police force = martial law…
Probably, because he chose it as his official portrait... similar vibe to this one…
The recipe for Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa hasn’t changed since it was first concocted in the 1600s. Yet the sweet syrup is enjoying a renewed surge in popularity
Agree.
Cats love cozy spaces
“We are animals that can reflect on our own experience. The possibility that AI can ever be independently creative is just terrifying to me because that is the point at which we accept to become the servants of a system that nobody will be able to control.” - True dat... on.ft.com/45ZQsxb
Yes, premium is a good way to describe it. I love scooters, and 2-wheeled things, thought about getting the CE when it first came out but I had already an '06 Honda CH80 and decided it wasn't so much for me. I don't commute any longer, but if I was an urban commuter it would have been a possibility.
The CE04 is a cool scooter, but as it was priced, it was already expensive for the market. However, there will be many others that won't be coming here because of tariffs. Sure there will be US made products to fill some of the desires/needs, but it will take a while for those to come to market.
Yes, but he can't be so happy about where he finished…or can he?
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
GG is nothing but a cheap suit and a pimp to boot…
Apple has been doing some really interesting hires in its health division over the past little while. Everything from exercise science to vision science, and I gotta admit... That is interesting from a number of levels. It's also an amazing company to work for.
Had a chance to stop a member of the Guard and ask whether they carried any guidance on their person about Posse Comitatus Act (and/or a list of "exceptions" like the troops in LA were given per DOJ). He didn't seem sure what PCA is but did show me this doc he had in his pocket on rules of force.
and paper towels...
Bullshit.
“These attempts to discredit expertise are ultimately going to end up showing themselves in the markets,” he says. “Even though expertise doesn’t always get it right, it’s much better than going with what’s politically convenient at the time.” - Maury Obstfeld...One hopes www.ft.com/content/3b5a...
Important. Clear, concise, imperative. Please watch.
Ugh…
Agree, was also early to Twitter and left, ditto on Meta.
The purge continues taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-fi...
This is the behavior of an authoritarian regime
Second that...
Is there anywhere on that track to make an effective pass?
August 22, 2025
"Those who supported Trump from a belief that he would protect American business from state interference received yet another example of Snyder’s point today when Trump boasted that the government has taken a 10% stake in Intel…Trump says he intends to take similar stakes in other companies." - HCR
"Jefferson Cowie: My nightmare is that fascism comes to America, but it’s marching under the banner of freedom." Read this podcast transcription, and read the current situation in America…
Ziggy and Ol' Bull Lee…