Goddamn reaper keeps taking the wrong 80-year-old.

CROM! that’s right thruster-ricans we are back to the days of high adventure and HAD A BLAST! one of our most fun episodes yet, it’s ahnuld! and grace jones! and… wilt chamberlain? IT’S CONAN THE DESTROYER!

hey now thruster-ricans! if you know us you know you will be seeing us in line at the multiplex… but what movie to see? this is how me, and the astounding @producerbrad.bsky.social and the powerful @robogeek.bsky.social - and all the analog generations - experienced cinema! WHAT WOULD YOU WATCH?

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

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Imagine how angry Americans would be if the media had adequately explained to them that Obama had secured a deal that was preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and Trump blew it the fuck up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Trump on his message to Americans suffering because of high gas prices: "Once you explain that this is all about Iran having a nuclear weapon, people are willing to pay a little bit more."

After hearing the @mpotpod.bsky.social episode about YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE, I just had to find it and watch it. Thanks @robogeek.bsky.social, @okbjgm.bsky.social, and @producerbrad.bsky.social for bringing this magic (and theme song) into my life. Can't wait for the new season!

@gruber.foo Jessica Chastain Says Apple TV Will Finally Release ‘The Savant’ After Postponement Following Charlie Kirk Assassination: ‘We’re Going to See It’ (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2026/tv/colu...

Jessica Chastain Says Apple TV Will Finally Release ‘The Savant’ After Postponement Following Charlie Kirk Assassination: ‘We’re Going to See It’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Jessica Chastain says Apple TV will finally release ‘The Savant’ after streamer postponed it following Charlie Kirk's assassination in September.

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There it is: A full year of days spent playing golf in just over five years as president. www.pbump.net/outofoffice

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat. n.pr/4uG99Am

Trump is dismantling democracy at 'unprecedented' speed, global report finds

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

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WE’RE BACK! it’s round two in 1983’s battle of the aging superspies with sean connery reprising his role as #jamesbond! so dim the lights and chill the geritol because @robogeek.bsky.social, @okbjgm.bsky.social, and the ageless @producerbrad.bsky.social NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN!

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

His whole life, Trump has always had someone else around to bail him out of the messes he creates: his father, Allen Weisselberg, the "adults in the room" in his first term. Now all those protectors are gone and he is openly begging for someone to save him from his own folly.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 7mo ago

* TRUMP: HOPEFULLY CHINA, FRANCE, JAPAN, S.KOREA, WILL SEND SHIPS @bloomberg.com

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop

The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

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No masks on cops. No masks on cops. No masks on cops. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Real Reason ICE Agents Wear Masks

Face-coverings may work less to protect federal agents from danger than to make it easier for them to do unconstitutional things.

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Similar achievable demands (the only limit is character counts): - End courthouse arrests for people following the rules - Protect churches, schools, hospitals etc - End restraints on ORR handoffs of unaccompanied kids - Get FBI/HSI/DEA/ATF etc out of immigration enforcement The list writes itself

“Abolish” or “defund” aren't within grasp in 2026. But where are: - End qualified immunity - Rewrite use-of-force so this crap isn't ruled “within policy” - Overturn July 8 mandatory detention memo - Reinstate TPS - Open up detention centers, enforce humane conditions He doesn’t even *ask* for it.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Chuck Schumer just announced demands on DHS to avoid shutdown: 1. End roving patrols, tighten rules on warrants 2. Enforce accountability & unified code of conduct for agents 3. No more masks & require bodycams There are *already* standards on much of this. The issue is DHS isn't following them!

Chuck Schumer wants to compromise with this.

The Episcopal Church has put together a very impressive toolkit for protesting, including tips for clergy in particular. Truly inspiring. This is how Christians ought to be engaging the moment. www.episcopalchurch.org/protesting-f...

NEW: A ton of additional details about Mobile Fortify, including the company behind the app, which is being used by ICE agents to scan the faces of countless people in the US. The app sends that data to CBP, which uses AI to match the info with existing records.

Here's the Company That Sold DHS ICE's Notorious Face Recognition App

Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.

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I wrote about this moment. You can skip to the end if you just want a list of ways to help. If you want, you can also read about the time I almost died, was in ICU, and a nurse was my light in the darkness www.moryan.com/the-crack-in... 💚

The crack in the dam and intensive care (plus ways to help now)

When I was 19, I got very sick. I had pneumonia that wouldn’t go away. I was kept in an isolation room in a Chicago area hospital for weeks. My mom, a former nurse who never took any shit, determined ...

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Breaking Axios: Kristi Noem's language that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" federal agents was dictated to Noem and her department by the man most responsible for the controversial operation: Stephen Miller. That's according to four sources who spoke to Axios. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...

Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents

The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser

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HEY THRUSTERICANS! WE'RE BACK WITH THE SUMMER OF 83 MULTI AWARD - AND WE NEED YOUR VOTES! best score! best vfx! best performance in a small role by someone who would go on to be a much bigger star! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO CAST A VOTE THAT WILL ACTUALLY COUNT! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Summer of '83 Multi Awards

Select one from each category. ** Academy Award Nominee DEADLINE - Wednesday, January 28, 1PM EST

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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally. Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.

Alexander Clarkson@aphclarkson.bsky.social · 9mo ago

But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.

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Really too perfect that Dokoupil's smug lecture at the end of this broadcast about trusting audiences to hear the news and decide for themselves was delivered *in the very act* of choosing to cover up a newsworthy legal threat made by the president about the interview the audience had just watched.

Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NYT publishes audio of Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS over its Trump interview: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...

After the 2020 election, Larry Ellison joined a call to strategize on overturning the vote for Trump and donated to election deniers. Now he controls CBS and wants CNN’s parent, raising new questions this week as his influence grows. My latest in @status.news www.status.news/p/larry-elli...

Ellison and the Lie

As Larry Ellison’s media empire expands, unanswered questions about his views on the 2020 election now carry real stakes as Jan. 6 is reframed and the next presidential race approaches.

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Psst! Any Stranger Things fans in Austin want two tickets to see the finale at the AMC Barton Creek 4pm Thu.? (Tomorrow, New Year’s Day.) DM me ASAP! :)

a young boy wearing a hat and a jacket is asking do you wanna watch stranger things .

ALT: a young boy wearing a hat and a jacket is asking do you wanna watch stranger things .

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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?