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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Great overview from @kimlanelaw.bsky.social w on the authoritarian / anti-constitutional moves by Trump and Musk - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s7J...

For #SF folks, someone made a really nice ai powered app for sf311 where you only need to snap a photo and it does all the rest making submission super easy. Works great! apps.apple.com/us/app/solve...

"I have the strange feeling, this week in Kyiv, that Ukrainians are living freer lives now than Americans. At a book store where I was talking to a Ukrainian philosopher about freedom, a young woman put her hand on my arm and said “sorry about the U.S.” snyder.substack.com/p/crossing-a...

"If the Trump administration were serious about getting to peace in a hurry, they would apply pressure to Russia and accelerate support for Ukraine. Since they are doing neither of these things, they either misunderstand power or they are not aiming for peace." snyder.substack.com/p/peace-or-p...

Solid 1930s level of reporting from the hacks at The Free Press. nypost.com/2025/02/11/m...

Powerful read by @timothysnyder.bsky.social to show how dangerous Trump / Musk policies are in pushing the world towards a wider war. "The first American move under Musk-Trump has been to endorse appeasement...that choice pushes us one step towards 1939." snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...

The @nytimes.com daily did an excellent job covering the history and impact of USAID and why it's a huge failure by the Trump admin and DOGE in undermining it - pca.st/iyn0z83u

A friend from France sent me this note, "Trump's stance on Ukraine is that of a looser definition of which could be «a person who squeezes his allies and ran away when facing his ennemies»". MAGA in a nutshell.

Doesn’t sound very repentant.

Haven't seen this connection, but it seems to me that Kendrick Lamar's bell bottom jeans could be a homage to Prince's epic halftime show.

Pretty much sums it up, "Musk was accompanied by one of his 11 children, X Æ A-12. At one point, X appeared to pick his nose and placed a booger on the Resolute Desk."

Elon Musk’s Cluster B Personality disorder means he is always projecting about what he himself is doing.

BREAKING: Trump admin application leaked.

Lawful Evil: The average new borrower could pay nearly $200 a month more if the GOP plans succeed. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/s...

If the head of Meta AI doesn’t have integrity when it comes to the simple things like praising a fascist who is attacking our freedoms, then we know they can’t be trusted with the complex things like AI safety.

This is so feckless and embarrassing for Google.

I feel seen: mantasleep.com/products/man...

It’s a coup. www.perplexity.ai/search/what-...

Yes, you should be flipping off a Cybertruck if you have the unfortunate experience of one passing you.

"A coup is underway, against Americans as possessors of human rights and dignities, and against Americans as citizens of a democratic republic. Each hour this goes unrecognized makes the success of the coup more likely." snyder.substack.com/p/of-course-...

1/3 This week in, it was a Nazi Salute from Musk.

Saw someone say. California is where companies start and grow and Texas is where companies go when they give up on innovating. Musk is speed running this observation.

This is worth a listen as @gtconway.bsky.social explains the lack of accountability to stop Trump / Musk in federal governments other than wide scale protests. Would be curious to hear how he see State’s rights as a counterbalance in this fight.

If you ever wanted to hear a perfect description of Elon Musk's Cluster B Histrionic Personality Disorder + Messiah Complex looks like @karaswisher.bsky.social nails it talking to @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social pca.st/xc96l03i

Cool to see Wealthfront letting you buy the S&P 500, but letting you exclude the shit burger $TSLA. www.wealthfront.com/sp500-direct

Does anyone know why Trump has the World Cup Trophy behind him?

Worth a listen from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social on staying focused in the Trump / Musk chaos machine pca.st/nl1swi3g Curious where people think citizens can have the biggest impact: 1. Cabinet Nominees 2. Abuses of Powers in Executive Gov't 3. ICE raids and detentions 4. Tariffs

@timothysnyder.bsky.social rule #4 in fighting Tyranny is to "Take responsibility for the face of the world. The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow." While it is mainly about removing hate symbols it can just be as much about promoting love symbols and will be putting this on my car.

Found this Canada / Mexico Heart Sticker www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Me...

In honor of Lamar tonight, enjoy this version. youtu.be/DNTaXLlw89I

Trump said he would lower the price I spend on eggs. Well I’m officially spending $0 since there aren’t any to buy. Promise made, Promise Kept!

One thing I can say with no hesitation, people with the type of extreme Cluster B personality disorder that Musk has are 100% projecting 24/7 and he is screaming it to us that he is a grifter and a terrorist.

Where is the shadow cabinet? snyder.substack.com/p/shadow-cab...

How addicted do you have to be to have to sneak one in DURING your confirmation? www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...

When asked if the French were collaborators or resisters the historian Robert Paxton said, "It depended what year it was. At the start they were collaborators, but as Hitler made more demands the sentiment shifted to resisters". A Frenchman should know his history before hiding behind such claims.

This is a direct attack by Trump on California’s sovereignty. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Sure sounds like a whole lot of censorship happening inside the building for “free speech” advocates. www.theverge.com/command-line...