Leftist Lawyer

Life really began with #sobriety in 2005. But I like to say I'm a #grateful #alcoholic b/c I had some amazing experiences including #Crabber #Seiner in #Alaska and #WildlandFirefighter in #Montana where I grew up.

Got my B.A. in #ClinicalPsych after sobering up. Then M.S. #BioregionalPlanning. Now, small town rural #Attorney #Litigator with certs. in #WaterLaw #NatRescLaw & #EnvLaw.

#Dad #Husband #Deadhead #Skier #Soccer #Hiker #Biker #Gardener #NoveltySeeker #Luddite #JackOfAllTrades

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2026-02-22 02:01:06 GMT

It's past time to stop taking #MentalHealth studies seriously if they don't account for #capitalism as a confounding variable.

2026-01-21 19:37:47 GMT

Apropos of nothing I can think of ...
#uspol #minnesota
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/934/772/508/503/006/original/8686d952c6096362.mp4

2026-01-21 14:35:43 GMT

Funny how the #EpsteinFiles issue has become a non-issue. Particularly when it is THE issue. The #elite have closed ranks. That's the issue. Trump is just part of the disease.
#trump #uspol

2026-01-21 14:31:52 GMT

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Did you read the article? There's def a connection between #netanyahu and #venezuela, that is more easily disguised by just dismissing it as run of the mill south american interventionism.

2026-01-21 14:08:43 GMT

Do you really think the #Zionist aligned #TrumpJunta is above destroying the world to hide from the #EpsteinFiles?
I don't.
#uspol #venezuela #greenland
https://beeley.substack.com/p/is-venezuela-a-victim-of-the-trump

2026-01-21 05:30:02 GMT

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after

2026-01-21 04:40:15 GMT

#MarkCarney lands an upper cut to the U.S. jaw:
" ... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons. Tariffs as leverage. Financial infrastructure as coercion. Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited. You cannot "live within the lie" of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination."
Pretty powerful stuff.
#canada #uspol
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-speech-davos-rules-based-order-9.7053350

2026-01-20 03:31:38 GMT

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I honestly don't know. We're in uncharted territory now and basically dealing with rational people vs a #CultOfChristianNationality. That we're not seeing emboldened #TeamAmericaFuckYeah civilian counter-protests give me hope. We all know where #ICE is. They're recruited specifically to be toady #brownshirts. Regular law enforcement? Not so much. But if they felt like they were "defending their own" civilian mob, I've little doubt which way they'd break. All moral accountability goes out the window when the mob rules kick in. Mowing down peaceful civilian protesters though seems a bridge too far for the average badge or guard unit without a counter-protesting mob egging them on.

2026-01-20 01:45:21 GMT

Just in case you didn’t already know, we’re all domestic terrorists now and can be shot on sight.
Hyperbole? No. The #TrumpJunta changed the rules.
Forewarned is forearmed.
https://jennbudd.substack.com/p/how-trump-gave-the-green-light-for?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share

2026-01-20 01:32:57 GMT

RE: https://mas.to/@trabern/115923830393061826
The definition of #hypocrisy:
State rights when the State is right.
Federal rights when left.
#uspol
#note12yc…a67v

2026-01-20 01:24:53 GMT

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States rights when State is right. Fed rights when the State is left.
Am I right?
Fuck no. I’m leftist.

2026-01-19 21:34:55 GMT

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2026-01-19 21:34:08 GMT

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Yeah, I question the same. Not beyond admitting when I'm wrong @npub1x5s…fya8

2026-01-19 18:40:42 GMT

Who wants to tell #Scalzi about his deeply embarrassing inability to recognize the irony of posting this from a complicit psychopath's walled #AI #porn garden?
Maybe @npub1fdr…lvhs or @npub1dnd…hzjs are up for it??? Maybe @npub1dck…0u0f???
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/923/182/689/705/662/original/71c3b171ab64a4b1.png

2026-01-19 15:04:00 GMT

A great article this morning about the #TrumpJunta #Greenland obsession.
tldr?
It's about the #billionaire #TechBro obsession over #FreedomCities
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/01/greenland-and-irrational-responses-to-the-crisis-of-capital-accumulation.html
#uspol

2026-01-19 14:51:41 GMT

RE: https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda/115918448539151810
Yes, please boost to help this instance get it's legs under it.
#note1uvm…pv0l

2026-01-18 20:19:16 GMT

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Me either. There's a difference between being smart, and being an #ammosexual. Mine are carefully selected for survival, dependability, and easily sourced/reloaded ammo. Mine consist of:
1. 20 Gauge Shotgun -- Slugs & 00' buck for defense. Birdshot for hunting. Tried, tested, and versatile. Here: https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/shotguns/remington-870-fieldmaster-black-20-gauge-3in-pump-action-shotgun-21in/p/1728935?srsltid=AfmBOopA8cBcERVOhUbtgxMO10_fCmrpJT9sOyHpEpQKl4iIlB7wNNqL
2. Lever Action 30/30 -- The ultimate versatile long rifle. Ammo easily reloaded and bountiful. Mine is scoped as well: https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/rifles/henry-steel-side-gate-bluedwalnut-lever-action-rifle-30-30-winchester-20in/p/1682175
3. Taurus 605 Revolver. Chambers .38 & .357 rounds = versatile. Sturdy, dependable, concealable and again, ammo is abundant and easily reloaded: https://www.taurususa.com/product/revolvers/small-frame-revolvers/taurus-605/taurus-r-defender-605-357-mag-38-spl-p-matte-black-oxide-3-00-in-hogue-r-rubber-grip/
And I know of what I speak. My Dad is a retired Army Airborne Major. Two tours, two silver stars in Viet Nam. Firearm use and safety were drilled into me by the time I was 12. I'm also concealed carry certified.

2026-01-18 19:57:52 GMT

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It is. But as many are reporting, you don't back down to bullies. If you do, it only emboldens them to take more.

2026-01-18 19:54:42 GMT

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Not that I'm aware of. It's all happening on the ground too fast, and the large majority of legacy #MSM news orgs are either complicit and/or cowed by threat of lawsuits

2026-01-18 19:51:50 GMT

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If/when it happens in my jurisdictions I'm available, and I practice in the federal courts. I'm licensed in ID & MT. But, fortunately or not, their focus is not on the red states. #RedStateInsurgents [@redstateinsurgents](https://a.gup.pe/u/redstateinsurgents )

2026-01-18 19:48:03 GMT

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I get it. Being one myself I have to use caution dispensing legal advice.

2026-01-18 17:46:26 GMT

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This treads too close to me giving "legal advice." Suffice to say, I personally am an #ArmedLeftist.
In the land of the blind, the one eyed human rules.

2026-01-18 17:24:48 GMT

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With regard the foregoing #toot, I append this #PSA.
Every morning I read the "links" over at #NakedCapitalism, which I consider to be the most important source of news on the web. It's a #CrowdSourced project. Readers send in the important links they've encountered and Naked Capitalism posts them with commentary.
There are a lot of X links in there, but Naked Capitalism isn't an X participant. They do the dirty work so you don't have to be on there. So, here's what I ask:
1. Support Naked Capitalism. You can find them here: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com
2. Then, use Naked Capitalism to help build out the #fediverse by #ripping X content and freeing it to #mastodon unattributed. My preferred tool is here: https://twittervideodownloader.com/en/
3. Finally, and this is important, do a little happy dance knowing your one of the many who are helping the world become a better place by sticking your foot squarely up the ass of #ElonMusk 🥳

2026-01-18 17:24:30 GMT

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2026-01-18 17:23:49 GMT

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2026-01-18 16:59:25 GMT

BREAKING: A new video out of Minneapolis shows the truth #ICE doesn’t want you to see… compliance does not protect you.
In this video, ICE agents pull up to a vehicle and immediately demand the driver’s ID.
The man calmly asks the most basic, #LegallyProtected question: “Why am I being pulled over?”
They never answer… because they don’t have a legal reason to stop him.
Even so, the man begins to retrieve his ID anyway.
An #agent then orders him to turn off the vehicle. The driver says, “No problem, sir, I’ll get out.”
The agent refuses, then immediately changes commands again: “I need to see your ID.”
Suddenly, an agent on the passenger side pounds on the window. Then he strikes it with a hard object, clearly threatening to break it.
At the same time, the driver-side agent again demands the ID.
This is not confusion. This is intentional command overload… a tactic used to manufacture “noncompliance” so force can be justified.
ICE’s own training materials explicitly state:
“Noncompliance or refusal to cooperate with officer commands, without fighting back, does NOT violate 18 U.S.C. § 111.”
In plain English: not immediately obeying commands is NOT a crime.
And here’s the key legal issue:
Unless agents have:
• a valid arrest warrant, or
• probable cause that a specific crime has been committed
they cannot:
• use force
• break windows
• issue violent threats
• detain or arrest someone
#ProbableCause
means specific, articulable facts that would make a reasonable officer believe a crime occurred… not vibes, not attitude, not silence, not filming, not asking questions.
Back in the video, the passenger-side agent escalates further, shouting:
“First time I ask you to roll your window down, you do it.”
The driver responds:
“Are you in danger, sir? Are you escalating this?”
The agent replies:
“I don’t know. Hands up.”
Despite the driver repeatedly attempting to comply and hand over ID, agents continue shouting conflicting commands.
At one point, the agent orders the driver to “talk to the original agent”… which is exactly what the driver was doing before the window-smashing threat.
Then the man asks, “Are you feeling unsafe or uneasy?”
The agent responds, “I don’t know, man.” while standing on the passenger side of the car, smirking.
The driver finally says what anyone would say surrounded by armed men:
“How many guns do I have around me? I need you to calm down. I’m asking him to stop banging on my car. Is that too much?”
He even offers… again… to step out of the vehicle.
This is not law enforcement. This is intimidation fishing for an excuse.
No probable cause.
No warrant.
No lawful basis for force.
And yet, the escalation came entirely from the agents.
This video proves something chilling: you can comply, stay calm, ask lawful questions… and still be threatened with violence.
So, the question isn’t “Why didn’t he just comply?”
The question is how many people have already been assaulted under this exact playbook… and how many more will be, before this stops?
#uspol #Ripped
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/917/163/848/817/152/original/ca036f138bfe565c.mp4

2026-01-18 16:52:43 GMT

BREAKING: #ICE agents have, once again, trampled the 4th Amendment… illegally breaking down a door and storming into another family home with assault rifles drawn, while children were inside, detaining 6 people, including a 12-year-old boy, without a warrant.
And it gets worse.
On Thursday, ICE raided a home in St. Paul, #Minnesota, telling residents this was part of a narcotics investigation… not #immigration. But neighbors are saying that’s BS.
A neighbor who had his outdoor camera rolling, says someone delivered a package to the house just minutes before the raid. According to the video, federal agents told the residents there were drugs inside, and if no one claimed the package, they’d take everyone in the house. Not suspicious at all…
And the agents also had no warrant…
After smashing the door, ICE claimed they had a search warrant, but never showed it… even after being asked to see it. They searched every room with rifles drawn, handcuffed all residents, including the 12-year-old boy, and paraded them down the street. Every adult had a valid work permit and state ID, but, agents only left a woman and her infant behind.
And here’s the kicker:
Even though ICE said this was about drugs, not immigration, they still took the 12-year-old boy, transporting him to an immigration center in San Antonio, Texas in less than 24 hours.
And, to make this all even more illegal… A warrant was dropped off THE NEXT DAY, claiming to be from a state court, but:
• It doesn’t match official Ramsey County #warrant formats
• Has no case number or file stamp
• No record of filing exists (though filing can sometimes be delayed)
So, the questions become:
Did ICE falsify a warrant after illegally entering the home? Did they plant drugs to justify this raid? And most importantly… what did #DHS do with a 12-year-old boy they weren’t supposed to touch?
This isn’t law enforcement. This is federal #kidnapping, #trafficking, intimidation, and #terror.
A government agency stormed a home, handcuffed children, and transported a minor across state lines… all without a real warrant at the time of the arrest, or any legal justification.
If this can happen to one family in broad daylight, it can happen to anyone.
The #Constitution, your rights, and your #children mean nothing to them.
#RippedFromX #uspol
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/917/137/521/314/908/original/a5dccea122c352f9.mp4

2026-01-18 16:39:25 GMT

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And, as to the foregoing. I'm not on X (otherwise known as the #AI_PornSite). I ripped the video using this tool which I highly recommend: https://twittervideodownloader.com/download
As to you .orgs I @ in this toot -- please contact your fellow IAGS orgs and let them know about the #fediverse. The people who support your missions are fleeing #CorporateSocialMedia and resent those who continue to turn a blind eye to the moral outrage of continuing to support them.
Thank you.

2026-01-18 16:26:47 GMT

International and human rights orgs that have concluded a #genocide in #Gaza:
International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
@npub1rd8…6vs0
@hrw
@npub1rv3…g700
@npub1d39…dys2
@UNHumanRights
@UN_HRC
@WarOnWant
@PHRIsrael
[@fidh_en](https://mastox.eu/@fidh_en )
@LemkinInstitute
#Israel hasn’t hidden it.
https://x.com/DillyHussain88/status/2012544073928733050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2012544073928733050%7Ctwgr%5E3cbd40b28e15142476a1847e76169201afdbaf7c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nakedcapitalism.com%2F2026%2F01%2Flinks-1-18-2026.html

2026-01-17 20:10:21 GMT

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Hadn’t seen this photo yet. Did this come out of the released files?

2026-01-17 04:32:19 GMT

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Oh, that’s generally the rule here too if you bring or defend a “frivolous” case. But if either side’s arguments have merit each side supports it’s own atty fees. There are numerous exceptions, but that’s the general rule.

2026-01-17 04:25:52 GMT

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My wife’s. She had it pre-marriage. Her mom used to work there and she has some odd brand loyalty that I’ve never been able to get her to kick. I use a credit union for my business.

2026-01-17 01:41:56 GMT

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That thought occurred to me.

2026-01-16 21:42:04 GMT

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Readiing Matt Stoller this morning inspired it. That, coupled with the fact I'm up for annual licensure and the state bar made the change to google to do it electronically w/o noticing and allowing the attorney's they serve to comment on the shift. Gotta have a google account now. Fuck that. I sent an email and a rant telling them to send me a paper license renewal packet.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/will-google-organize-the-worlds-prices

2026-01-16 21:38:49 GMT

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Nah, there's a private cause of action under most state's CPA laws. The State AG's won't even blink at it unless it's a million dollar case and someone political looks to get egg on their face from it. I've won on several small cases using it against the likes of corrupt well drillers, general contractors, landlords etc.

2026-01-16 18:38:03 GMT

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It's tuning into a decade.

2026-01-16 18:37:06 GMT

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Gotta have it, or they just take more. Sometimes the lion has to eat the vulture to get some peace.

2026-01-16 18:35:19 GMT

Is it just me or do any other #lawyers see the glaring problem with allow #tech #monopolies to wrap the law inside their #WalledGardens -- thereby positioning themselves to extort the #law when it comes to regulate them?
Hello?
#lawfedi

2026-01-16 16:16:08 GMT

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Right on. That was a pretty damn good read too. Thanks for sharing.

2026-01-16 15:28:04 GMT

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Sweet!
But, unfortunately for them, they lied and I've got the evidence. The consumer protection act provides for punitive damages. If they default, I'd likely get those as well. They'd defend against a CPA cause of action.

2026-01-16 15:21:55 GMT

Short answer? No.
At best, he'd have "qualified" immunity if he was acting within the "scope of his duties." Which, it seems clear he wasn't. And, good luck empaneling a jury that thinks he was in this climate.
Even if he gets criminally convicted, and pardoned ... civil attorneys will burn him to the ground for wrongful death. He's done.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-agent-renee-good-shooting-immunity/

2026-01-16 15:17:05 GMT

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I'm supposed to be getting a letter in the mail soon and if don't I'm supposed to "call back." Again, pushing the burden on the consumer to keep track of them. If I don't get said letter refunding the purchase, there won't be a call.
There will be a complaint filed.

2026-01-16 15:02:36 GMT

Got ripped off on an online purchase over the holidays for about $44.00
Sent dispute to bank/visa.
Bank disputes my dispute and rejects. Just got off the phone to learn the person who reviewed my dispute lied about the answers I provided in their dispute form as cause to reject the dispute.
Now, they've breached the state consumer protection act.
They're under threat of litigation if they don't return the money, which, is no idle threat.
Why would I go to these lengths over $44.00?
Because I'm SICK AND FUCKING TIRED of living in a #corporate dystopia and will drag the money out of them NO MATTER WHAT!!! Have fun paying your attorney's thousands of dollars over a $44.00 dispute because your corporate policy is to screw over your own clients to enrich your shareholders.
Good morning 😘

2026-01-16 06:33:34 GMT

Billionaires are a turn off
So turn off the #billionaires
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/903/367/452/834/790/original/d91fcc4a0fc3ff9a.png

2026-01-16 04:48:17 GMT

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawyer/115902915958212995
And we wonder why #AI #DataCenter construction is the #1 growth sector???
People are *literally* losing their minds in the rush to escape the #CognitiveDissonance machine that is life under #capitalist rule(s).
#note1cvt…hpkz

2026-01-16 04:35:46 GMT

"Football, beer, and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult."
-- George Orwell, 1984
Matt Stoller: "Hold my beer."
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/902/905/653/745/753/original/c19a68c39b9208ec.png

2026-01-15 13:58:28 GMT

If you weren't already aware, a #DHS employee recently leaked the identities of thousands of #ICE holes.
You can find the list here: https://icelist.is

2026-01-05 07:04:52 GMT

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Have you joined you local 50501 movement yet? General Strike Jan 20th.
Find yours here: https://www.fiftyfifty.one
#uspol

2026-01-05 04:45:16 GMT

Come on. It's time.
#GeneralStrike2026
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2026-01-04 04:25:33 GMT

This is a must watch from Sky News re oil in #Venezuela:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgwny1BiCYk

2026-01-04 00:54:39 GMT

Apropos of nothing, buuuut ....
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990, rapidly overwhelming its small neighbor to seize its vast oil reserves, cancel Iraqi debt, and assert regional dominance.
That is all.
#uspol #venezuela #DonaldHussein

2026-01-02 16:02:34 GMT

Hit it right on the head:
#uspol #trump #epstein
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/826/340/694/207/547/original/d540a7243572571b.png

2025-12-31 01:12:55 GMT

#CapitalistCunts & the #ImmoralGeeks that work for them.
Hat tip to — https://lemmy.ml/u/sharkfucker420
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2025-12-28 04:59:04 GMT

It's past time we started naming and outing the users, purveyors, and promoters of #AI for what they are:
#grok #OpenAI #Gemini #Anthropic #Llama #Mistral #Meta
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2025-12-27 04:23:26 GMT

You think you know what's going on in the #war on #Ukraine.
But, this video from #sarcasmitron is elucidating and worth sharing widely.
Among all the propaganda, everyone seems to have their own particular narrative. Tell me if it fits yours.
@npub149r…7zya @npub1z6y…qah3 @npub1xw7…r9m5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5FShLz-Q8Q
#uspol #putin #trump #zelensky #EU #russia

2025-12-25 14:35:21 GMT

Merry transition from darkness to light everyone.

2025-12-25 05:00:43 GMT

In the spirit of giving ... I made a little #meme.
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/778/429/655/491/201/original/858d6d95b8a1b50f.png

2025-12-24 06:06:14 GMT

After perusing the latest news on the #Epstein dumps I find myself considering:
1. Will #Trump off himself?
2. Or, will he let the rest of the #elite spit roast him while he kicks and screams that it’s all #FakeNews?
Bear in mind the #MadoffRule.
Rule No. 1: You don’t embarrass the elite class and get away with it.
Rule No. 2: You don’t steal from the elite class and get away with it.
They’re gonna make him the #patsy, while they all ooze away back to their child harems w/o. consequences.

2025-12-20 07:02:21 GMT

Jen Sorenson bats one out of the park.
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/750/604/833/021/365/original/c9882c3f1862cb1b.png

2025-12-13 01:31:03 GMT

Frankenstein was cool.
#TrumpenStein is the real monster:
#uspol #epstein
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2025-12-07 00:45:07 GMT

This was just too good not to migrate it from #lemmy
h/t: https://lemmy.today/u/[email protected]
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2025-12-06 15:13:32 GMT

Yes, yes. I’m sure the applications will only be #humanitarian. I’m positive the funding for the #research was provided by humanitarian sources — not military contractors.
Yes, I’m certain won’t be used for nefarious reasons.
Just “search and rescue.”
https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-design-aerial-microrobot-fly-like-bumblebee-1203

2025-12-03 03:04:15 GMT

And, people are saying, about 1oz of gold.
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2025-11-11 05:42:54 GMT

The author makes the observation that #AI is inverting the #AttentionEconomy because we no longer have to give attention to produce quality.
My take?
I tooted the other day that, if you'd never seen a humanoid robot, but suddenly did one day walking down the street, your first human impulse would be to destroy it. And, that impulse would be correct.
That's basically the "uncanny valley" at work.
The same principal holds true for AI.
Our attention is being unconsciously redirected from detecting quality -- to constant threat detection.
We've left the attention economy and are entering the #PTSD_Economy.
You feel it, don't you?
The ever present technological threat. You can't escape if you choose to live on any modern terms.
Threats to our existence from tech and the tech overlords shoving it down our throats.
//sundaylettersfromsam.substack.com/p/the-attention-economy-is-inverting

2025-11-11 03:51:16 GMT

Stop sinning Sophia 🙄
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2025-11-09 23:58:20 GMT

Just emailed the #NYT tip line to let them know #MayorMamdani and I were close during our formative years and that I have dirt on him.
We weren't. And, I don't.
But, I don't envy the diatribe that reporter is going to get if they make the mistake of reaching out to me.
You can do the same. Let's all #RatfuckTheTimes.
Here's the link to the tip line:
https://www.nytimes.com/tips

2025-11-01 22:38:55 GMT

#Capitalism was always going to end us this way. It's a feature, not a bug.
Capitalism creates incredible wealth for a tiny minority, who are free to destroy the source of the wealth in their attempts to monopolize it, and then are free to pick up camp and move to destroy the next greenest pasture.
From the article:
**They have chased growth and scale at all costs, and largely, they’ve won. The data-center build-out is the ultimate culmination of that chase: the pursuit of scale for scale itself. In all scenarios, the outcome seems only to be real, painful disruption for the rest of us.*
https://archive.ph/90NiV#selection-1211.265-1211.538

2025-10-31 04:01:32 GMT

#Capitalism is the system wherein the poor enrich the elite by creating technology then used to cheat, surveil, and kill them if they try to make a better life for themselves.
Don't blame the #elite.
The #market decided this arrangement is best for us all.

2025-10-06 18:43:19 GMT

You might be a #fascist if you employ agencies to spread #propaganda
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2025-09-16 01:05:13 GMT

The #UnitedStates is only exceptional in the average citizens steadfast belief we're exceptional in the face overwhelming evidence demonstrating we're not only unexceptional -- but extremely fucking toxic.
Amazing the power of #CapitalistPropaganda

2025-09-12 15:54:10 GMT

Correct.
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2025-08-03 02:36:47 GMT

"You can deny all the things I've seen, all the things that I've discovered. But not for much longer. 'Cause too many others know what's happening out there. And no one—no government agency—has jurisdiction over the truth."
-- Fox Mulder
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2025-08-02 14:51:49 GMT

It begins.
Do you hear that noise, #Elon?
It's the sound of the lawyers coming for you.
https://futurism.com/jury-tesla-autopilot-death

2025-08-02 05:39:54 GMT

I knew John Kenneth Galbraith was smart.
I didn't know he was oracular.
Read this piece from the Atlantic he wrote about the Democrats back in the 70's.
Amazing ... just fucking mind blowing.
https://harpers.org/archive/2025/08/the-demode-party-john-kenneth-galbraith-who-needs-the-democrats/

2025-08-01 23:50:36 GMT

I am so god damn sick of this shit.
If you are any shade of left, stop fuck debating the shade and:
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2025-07-16 15:50:05 GMT

This is the list of #HouseRulesCommittee members who blocked a vote to release the same #EpsteinFiles -- that they simultaneously allege don't exist. 🤔
Thanks for letting us know you are being blackmailed.
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2025-07-16 02:43:17 GMT

Was just speaking with an attorney friend in British Columbia.
Told me one of his colleagues tried to cross the border and was asked by the #BorderStasi what their views on #trump were.
They replied "I'm #Canadian, I'm not really informed enough about American politics to have an opinion."
They turned her around and wouldn't let her in.
Now, why was I talking to said lawyer friend in #Canada?
Because I'm working on taking a job with a law firm up there to #immigrate. It's gonna be a process ... but I'm out of here.
#uspol

2025-07-12 02:15:23 GMT

#BREAKING
The #British have officially decoupled their nuclear arsenal from the #UnitedStates and joined with #France under the #NorthwoodDecalration.
Officials cite the fact that "the United States is no longer seen as quite a reliable defense partner.”
It's blog posts like this that make me strongly encourage you to bookmark the @ianwelsh blog.
You won't hear it from our #MSM #CapitalistPropaganda machine.
https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-us-uk-special-relationship-is-officially-dead/

2025-07-11 04:37:15 GMT

If you find yourself on a #jury trying #ICE #protestors, I have two words you need to remember:
#JuryNullification
Make it trend.

2025-07-11 02:53:57 GMT

Kill it with fire.
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2025-07-09 01:24:59 GMT

#GroKKK is #MusKKK
MusKKK is GroKKK.
Any questions?
https://gizmodo.com/round-them-up-grok-praises-hitler-as-elon-musks-ai-tool-goes-full-nazi-2000626156

2025-07-07 00:21:53 GMT

Beautiful day at church.
#SilentSunday #NaturePhotography
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2025-07-06 04:04:11 GMT

If you drive a #tesla, you're not only fascist supporting asshole, but also stupid and suicidal.
To paraphrase the Dean from Animal House:
"Being a stupid, suicidal, fascist asshole is no way to go through life son."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing

2025-07-06 03:26:00 GMT

This pic from an article in the WSJ titled:
"Welcome to Dallas: The City That Just Can’t Stop Expanding"
Nobody is talking about the "built environment." Where does the water go? Certainly not absorbed into the ground. Less permeable surfaces equals more flooding -- simple.
But yeah, let's keep sprawling. Just look at that nightmare.
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2025-07-05 20:27:36 GMT

For all those searching for moral and ethical clarity in what seems a nation gone mad — I may have good news.
Hang with me for a little 🧵 thread about how, for reasons we may never understand, the #BabyBoomers and the late #SilentGeneration are criminally inclined to an abnormal degree.
First, this article from the Atlantic titled “AMERICA’S INCARCERATION RATE IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF A CLIFF.”
Here’s a non-paywalled link from Archive Today: https://archive.ph/mi5Wn
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2025-07-05 18:48:29 GMT

You ever open up a map app and scroll around rural China?
You’ll find some interesting things.
Like this, pictured below.
Any experts want to take a stab at what on earth this could possibly be?
Look at the scale compared to surrounding buildings. Interesting ...
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2025-07-05 03:42:32 GMT

This is why we told the limeys to go fuck themselves at the point of a gun.
Any of it look familiar?
#NoKings
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2025-07-04 20:49:18 GMT

It’ll be called “The 3rd Bootlicking Corporate Toadie Party”
Whose in?
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/04/elon-musk-new-political-party

2025-07-04 14:08:06 GMT

People seem to be less and less confident speaking their beliefs #online.
Online, is not where our future battles will be won.
To paraphrase Lenin — the #power is in the #streets, waiting to be picked up by those who now how to use it. #Mamdani figured out how to pick it up in the streets.
In this vein, I exhort you all to help redirect the knowledge we generate online TO THE STREET.
If you have a favorite #blogger, ask them if they’ll begin making their work in an accessible, downloadable, #pamphlet form that can be distributed on the street.
If you are a blogger or #author of substance, please, help us help you. Open your work up to reproduction and on the ground distribution.
We need to educate and infuriate those outside our online bubbles.
Let’s all help get the #WordOnTheStreet.

2025-07-04 04:24:31 GMT

People don't trust the people who run AI.
But they trust AI.
What in the ever loving fuck is wrong with "people."

2025-07-02 15:14:44 GMT

The modern capitalist cycle in 10 simple steps.
1. Person invents new technology.
2. Rich person buys rights to new technology.
3. Rich person scales new technology.
4. New skilled labor force rises to meet scale.
5. Economy expands.
6. Rich person employs new technology/political influence to destroy skilled labor force to keep more yacht money for themselves.
7. Economy contracts.
8. Rich person uses rich media buddies and bought politicians to blame economic contraction on poor people.
9. Rich person uses "poor person" excuse to politically extract more money from poor people to finance purchase of next new technology.
10. Rinse and repeat.
#NoWarButClassWar

2025-07-02 14:57:01 GMT

#USA_irl
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2025-06-27 03:43:50 GMT

They mask because they're afraid of you.
Let's keep it that way.
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2025-06-27 03:10:25 GMT

Nailed it.
#Mamdani #DNC #VoteBlueNoMatterFuckYou
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2025-06-23 14:03:02 GMT

Or, how many federal employees for one of those bombs you just dropped that did nothing but roto-till the Iranian desert?
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2025-06-23 00:58:50 GMT

Knock knock ...
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2025-06-22 20:40:55 GMT

Cadged from Lemmy … spot on.
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2025-06-22 04:09:08 GMT

#iran just went regional
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2025-06-11 13:46:56 GMT

This needs to be read far and wide:
https://www.americasundoing.com/p/how-do-you-measure-corporate-power

2025-06-03 14:51:13 GMT

The reason great civilizations fall is that, once an elite class is established, said class can always be relied upon to try and shape reality to their advantage, rather than reckon with reality on it's own terms.
Inevitably, reality catches up and steamrolls the elites who have led their civilizations down a fairy tail reality.
America has become an elite fairy tale.