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dirk-straun.bsky.social
Nerd, nut, thinker, tinkerer, challenger, survivor, settled wanderer living graciously in a dangerous time. Not MAGA's biggest fan.
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Here's the problem. Who gets to decide "broadly popular"? If ground rules aren't agreed to and established this will become yet another waste and if DNC are involved God help us.

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AI causes job losses, serious ecological impact, damages the education system (92% of students are now using AI even though ITS WRONG 60% OF THE TIME), tech companies spy on us to make AI personalised, AI-enabled weapons used in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

There’s probably not an open bar. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

submitted 4 hours ago • 481 comments

Must-read! 👇🏽

submitted 9 hours ago • 63 comments

we're gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to sending letters to other countries pleading with them to negotiate

submitted 11 hours ago • 1105 comments

MAGA and the arts. What could possibly go wrong? www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

submitted 6 hours ago • 6 comments

Happy Pride Month! 😂

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Trump's Secretary of Education. Only the best! 🤪

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Yes Marge, we're aware of your phenomenal incompetence and horrible job performance. Maybe if you paid more attention to delivering for your constituents than you do stroking the naked emperor's ego - you know, do your job? - you would know what's in the massive POS bill you approved.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

The incompetence is staggering. Yet another Trump loyalist crawls into His Royal Colon to completely suck at his job. The new head of FEMA didn't know about hurricane season. Let's hope Mar-a-Lago finds itself directly in one's path. www.alternet.org/fema-hurrica...

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The Emperor's New... TACO? 🌮 China sets the record straight. Trump, ever the schmuck, has been lying to us on tariffs. newrepublic.com/post/195979/...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Worst acting job ever.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Ming Li Hui, who has lived in a Missouri town for 20 years, is getting deported. This has shocked and angered the locals, many of whom back Trump. She spoke to us on our podcast straight from jail. She broke down in tears and made a wrenching appeal. Listen: newrepublic.com/article/1959...

submitted 1 day ago • 149 comments

God bless the, often mostly middle-aged and elderly, women confronting and shaming and sometimes even stopping ICE atrocities, be it in San Diego or Worcester www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjX7qsNb/

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

I’m glad this made the Times.

submitted 2 days ago • 1023 comments

Fxck this guy. #8647

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Yes MAGA, once you've learned to spell 'MIT' forget it. Definitely not for you. Is MAGA protesting against colleges the weirdest, most hilarious non sequitur ever? 🤪 2paragraphs.com/2025/06/spea...

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We all want to live. That's why #8647 is so popular - because Trump doesn't care whether we do or not. moneywise.com/news/you-ain...

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It's kind of adorable that the Trump administration is focused on ethics. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

We can start to call it a pogrom any day now.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Wait. We can't CALL TRUMP TACO anymore? Why can't we CALL TRUMP TACO anymore? Is it illegal to call Trump TACO? Is it offensive to CALL TRUMP TACO? Would he prefer we called him Burrito? I've personally preferred "chorizo pequeño" in honor of Stormy but I'm still going to CALL TRUMP TACO.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Um. 🤔Who could have known these citations were fake…🤷‍♀️ Kennedy R. Brain worms: Unlocking creativity and spontaneous bad ideas. Inst Fake Neurol 2024;42(3):123-124. Prasad M. COVID-19: Panic shopping and other pandemic benefits. Pandemics J. 2023;15(2):45-46. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 5 days ago • 30 comments

We need "a taco truck on every corner" like never before.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

DEI redefined.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Imagine if Joe Biden had said ‘where do these three judges come from?’ and one of them had been appointed by… him.

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It's only going to get worse. www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments