Teal
@teal.bsky.social
B2B software, early-stage startup stuff. Until the last Aloha ʻĀina
Sometime in the last year party conversations went from being about the hottest gyms and social clubs, to the best summer school programs and HRT stacks.
Delusional optimism has its benefits, but IMO the best n [where n = any profession] are the ones that have been kicked in the teeth. And if you want what's best for them, you have to let that happen.
This child is still in a detention center.
Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social · 8mo agoNEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
There's only one country where you can go from being an 35 year-old unemployed incel neckbeard playing World Of Warcraft in your stepdad's basement, to being able to empty a clip into the back of a nurse being pinned down by goons, in a handful of weeks. Any guesses?
a man with a beard salutes in front of the american flag
ALT: a man with a beard salutes in front of the american flag
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America update: hours after federal agents executed a Veterans Affairs nurse on camera, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon watched a film about the president's wife at the White House.
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · 8mo agoOn tonight’s White House agenda: Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports. Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed. When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL I was traumatized for years from reading the news story. The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
I dunno, man … good luck vilifying the Veterans Affairs ICU nurse on an issue on which the administration is already well underwater …
They’ve been murdering and raping people in concentration camps for months. THIRTY TWO PEOPLE (that we know of) have been executed in those camps. The complicity line was crossed and LONG time ago.
James Fallows@jfallows.bsky.social · 8mo agoFrom this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...
FUKUYAMA: “.. I would liken Donald Trump to a ten-year-old boy who has discovered a flame thrower in his parents’ backyard, and has come to realize that he can burn up anything he wants with it. He’s now actively looking for other things he can set on fire.” www.persuasion.community/p/after-davo...
Republicans: everyone must be able to carry any gun at all times, up to and including high powered rifles, to protect themselves against tyranny also Republicans, without batting an eye: carrying a gun is unquestionable justification for federal agents to shoot you dead in the street
ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.
Nikki McCann Ramírez@nikkimcr.bsky.social · 8mo agoMS NOW news crew capturing ICE/DHS agents firing pepper balls, flash bangs, and tear gas at non violent protesters. file:///C:/Users/Nikki/Downloads/Velshi-2026-01-24.mp4
Reminder: DHS legislation that funds ICE at current levels without policy restrictions is in the Senate and needs 60 votes to pass. Deadline is next Friday.
Jared Kushner now rattling on about redeveloping Gaza, showing clearly that this is just a real estate organisation.
1/Its easy to write off Trump as a mad king on Greenland. But it is as much about Court politics -- Trump and his insiders -- than simply a tantrum. Like any King, it is about makeup (hint: Estee Lauder). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
theguardian.com
they do not have the guys reminder that some months back they put out a call across DoD for civil servants to volunteer to go be detailed to help ICE and something like a total of 100 people responded
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 8mo agoThe FBI is asking agents across the US to travel to Minneapolis for temporary duty, according to people familiar with the situation
Trump's DoJ blocked the acquisition of an Indium Phosphide wafer fab in CA by a holdco with Chinese ownership. China retaliated by blocking exports. This week's deal with Canada is catastrophic for carmakers (just wait until Xi shivs Musk via his Tesla factory in Shanghai)
This is an outrage. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... Read @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's work: * www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... * www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... * www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
nytimes.com
Meta, Microsoft and Google are all coordinating with the European far right in order to dismantle EU digital laws designed to protect citizens, according to a new report. The recent 🇺🇸NSS strategy outlined regime change plans to support the European far right. A public-private partnership.
US tech giants allying with European far-right to strip back EU rules
Amid rising EU-US tensions, a new report has accused Big Tech of courting far-right MEPs to weaken the EU's regulatory power on AI and data.
brusselstimes.com