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@bearza

One of those GenXrs. Misplaced Maritimer πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦. Refiner of data. Reformed academic. Zero patience for science deniers. Serious inquiries only. Usually found in the garden(9A).

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Opinion | The Future We Feared Is Already Here

AI could be dialed to impose an ideology on the masses, a dark web on steroids. Already, Elon Musk's Grok is designed to overcome "woke, liberal A.I.s.," says Ezra Klein. No one in Congress is preparing an answer. We are sleepwalking into mind control, folks.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/o...

08.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.

Sure, geopolitics has something to do with this, but unshockingly the US media glosses over the real reason. US tech is loaded with ads, unwanted AI, and is basically glorified spyware.

I began the process of deGoogling my life in 2020 & cut out all the major tech companies when the pushed out AI

04.02.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.02.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

TRUMP IS ACTIVELY STEALING THE 2026 MIDTERMS & 2028 RIGHT NOW.
TULSI IS Putins ASSET.
She is INSTRUMENTAL in assisting Trump to WIN IN 2028 and to help Republicans WIN in 2026.....
UNDER OUR NOSES RIGHT NOW.
SHARE SHARE SHAREπŸ’ͺ

02.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fuck Trump.
Fuck ICE.
Fuck ChatGPT for being the largest funders of the modern day gestapo & and a fucking rapist, murderer & paedophile!

Added to the boycott list indefinitely. πŸ‘ŠβŒοΈ

02.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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30.01.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

There is a shining city on a hill in America... it is Minneapolis.

28.01.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Colored-pencil card drawing of Tim Horton

Colored-pencil card drawing of Tim Horton

Canadian hockey star and donut icon Tim Horton, born on this date in 1930

12.01.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
CBC wire lift from Reuters headline reads Musk's xAI adds new restrictions to Grok

CBC wire lift from Reuters headline reads Musk's xAI adds new restrictions to Grok

Wired headline reads X didnt fix Grok's undressing problem, it just makes people pay for it

Wired headline reads X didnt fix Grok's undressing problem, it just makes people pay for it

The fact that most mainstream publications have gone with the former, false framing here, and are not bothering to correct their stories is killing me

10.01.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Leopold in horseback. The Wilderness Society.

Photo of Leopold in horseback. The Wilderness Society.

Aldo Leopold was born OTD in 1887.

β€œWe abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”

#HpBio #HistSTM 🌎 #philsci #STS πŸ§ͺ

11.01.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

Rest assured, when I am prime minister, all official communication will be conducted through ICQ.

12.01.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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09.01.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a post from historian Tad Stoermer

Screenshot of a post from historian Tad Stoermer

09.01.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant

β€œThis is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

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Nothing pisses off Trump and his Nazi funboys like the public good.

05.01.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ice base-ball 🧊⚾

Here’s one for our Canadian friends and followers…

On 1/6/1879, the Montreal Star proposed playing baseball on ice.

Turns out they weren’t entirely kidding β€” the earliest documented ice baseball game was played on 1/16/1860, in Rochester, N.Y. (NYTimes).

#BaseballandtheLaw

06.01.2026 11:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In case you missed it at the back...

2019 (Jack Ryan): β€œVenezuela won’t fall because of ideology - it will fall because of oil and gold. And the U.S. won’t watch from a distance.”

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β€œIt can never be God's will that there should exist such tremendous social inequalities between a few people who own everything and all the rest who must resign themselves to having nothing.”

Archbishop Oscar Romero

04.01.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't be a collaborator.

Don't help the rich people, they never help you.

They just call you scum and try to make sure you have nothing.

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People in public using their phone like this.

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To love Christ is to oppose ICE.

Jesus takes a side. And it's not with fascists and oppressors.

22.12.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hunger Games U.S.A......... Hooyah.......
Will it be to the death ??

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The SUVs and Trucks We Love Are Killing People Rugged, high-clearance, all-wheel-drive vehicles are great for getting out thereβ€”but at what cost to cyclists and pedestrians?

The SUVs and Trucks We Love Are Killing People

Rugged, high-clearance, all-wheel-drive vehicles are great for getting out ther - but at what cost to cyclists and pedestrians?

17.12.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Netanyahu claims the person who heroically intervened to stop the gunman in Bondi beach to be Jewish.

His name is Ahmed el Ahmed and he is Muslim.

But you won't find western media outlets amplifying this fact.

Surprise, surprise.

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