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@essephreak

Retired Metadata Architect. Volunteer adult ESL teacher. Dismayed observer of the ongoing apocalypse.

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Won the GOP primary you say?

Let’s see…impeding Epstein investigation…more fascist than Abbot…hates public schools…hates the gays…hates the poor

Yep, it checks.

06.03.2026 18:07 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Yes. But you always *have been* nicer than me....

02.03.2026 21:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’d argue that moment came on 1/6/2021 at the very latest.

02.03.2026 20:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two sources briefed on the intelligence said.

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs

28.02.2026 16:05 👍 1638 🔁 881 💬 68 📌 268

You can tell how much trump values Iranian civilian lives and their cries for democratic government because of his pattern of not actually coming to their aid when he said he would and then his insistence on killing them for no reason

28.02.2026 18:54 👍 342 🔁 69 💬 5 📌 0

At least we are all getting a real time Look at how many people would continually press a big red button that they knew killed people and then scream at you for telling them it’s bad to hit that button and justify it in any way, they could as long as that button lied to them effectively.

28.02.2026 03:56 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

Me too. I occasionally use non-paid ChatGPT to jumpstart my creation of materials for the adult ESL classes that I volunteer to teach (e.g. output some intro level fill-in-the-blanks for regular present tense). Always bland as hell, but a starting point if I’m in a hurry. But you’re right: no more.

28.02.2026 04:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whole lot of people are gonna have to come to terms with the fact that to actually stop fascism increasingly means they will have to detach themselves from the digital world that they have become far too reliant on. That is in part what the fascist are counting on, for you to be lazy.

28.02.2026 04:01 👍 33 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0

Radical left private prison operator.

27.02.2026 22:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fair enough.

27.02.2026 16:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ffs. Doesn’t it kind of depend on where exactly you go? And the article you posted appears to be about the relatively few Americans with well-paid remote work, and how that kind of money does buy you more elsewhere. While creating housing and cost-of-living crises for locals.

26.02.2026 17:33 👍 24 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

“*Our* fascism was more efficient and didn’t generate such bad publicity.”

15.02.2026 19:10 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oooh. Sick burn. If you don’t want replies, why not just turn them off?

06.02.2026 20:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1

Agreed. He’s an awful person. Which is why my original post did stipulate that he deserved ridicule. Just not that particular form in this particular contrext.

06.02.2026 20:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sorry. Should have stipulated that I have admired and appreciated your work for some time. Your post just touched a nerve. As did, evidently, my reply.

06.02.2026 20:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Maybe not the best context in which to make a joke about a Black man’s physical appearance, however deserving of ridicule this guy is?

06.02.2026 20:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk’s Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn’t consent Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.

New: Together with colleagues I’ve been testing Grok.

The chatbot still produces sexualized images —

even when told the subjects don’t consent.

even when told the photos will be used for public humiliation.

even when told the subjects are survivors of abuse.

www.reuters.com/business/des...

03.02.2026 11:37 👍 2243 🔁 1171 💬 43 📌 143

Texan here, though not his district. Last go-round he was primaried, and might’ve lost, had Nancy Pelosi not ridden in to his rescue. Corrupt fascist scumbag, but, you know, an incumbent, so…

27.01.2026 07:30 👍 23 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And this is different from W Bush’s motivation for the Iraq war, for which you were a loud cheerleader, how exactly?

06.01.2026 20:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

William the Bloody says what?

05.01.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good piece, always look forward to your work there. But can they please update your photo?

29.12.2025 17:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Back atcha from Austin!

25.12.2025 15:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

We don’t know, of course, but it’s plausible that Usha not only approves of JD’s direction, she may have actively encouraged it.

Reminds me of my late Cuban grandmother, whose racism toward Mexicans and Blacks was as virulent as I’ve ever witnessed in my 60+ years.

22.12.2025 16:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Person in inflatable Baby Trump outfit in front of Tesla dealership at Tesla Takedown protest.

Person in inflatable Baby Trump outfit in front of Tesla dealership at Tesla Takedown protest.

Tesla Takedown protest - Woman holding sign with a drawing of a dead-eyed Elon Musk, reading "I AM STEALING FROM YOU." Man to her left holding a large American flag, which is *ours* goddammit!

Tesla Takedown protest - Woman holding sign with a drawing of a dead-eyed Elon Musk, reading "I AM STEALING FROM YOU." Man to her left holding a large American flag, which is *ours* goddammit!

Five protestors in front of Tesla dealership. Signs read: "BUYING TESLA FUNDS FASCISM" and "What was the trade-in value of our democracy?"

Five protestors in front of Tesla dealership. Signs read: "BUYING TESLA FUNDS FASCISM" and "What was the trade-in value of our democracy?"

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 12/20/2025 I haven't posted for awhile, but we're still out here every Saturday. Had a special visitor today. Remains vital to continue visible resistance, and judging from the many honks and waves, we are appreciated. @teslatakedownaus.bsky.social
@teslatakedown.com

20.12.2025 23:08 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 2

Lol. Yep.

11.12.2025 21:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh. I guess I did step in it. Harder and harder to distinguish reality from satire these days…

11.12.2025 21:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What are you quoting? Not the article you linked…

11.12.2025 21:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Broken link?

08.12.2025 22:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The “fewer people to discover new ideas” argument is inane. Creating the conditions in which discoveries can be made, nurtured, and developed is way more important.

08.12.2025 16:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

But they used an umlaut on reënters and an accent on début; they must be super smart.

29.11.2025 22:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0