Grog

Grog

@grogofgrog.bsky.social

Woodwork nerd, reformed watch fiend, here for the fun stuff

1.3K followers1.2K following15.2K posts

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None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

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"How had Elon Musk acquired so much power, and how had we given it to him?" This is the ultimate question underpinning Alex Gibney's @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social sprawling, four-hour-long documentary MUSK, which focuses on the infamous tech billionaire: #TeslaTakedown $TSLA $TSLAQ

tv.apple.comMusk - Apple TV"How had Elon Musk acquired so much power, and how had we given it to him?" This is the ultimate question underpinning Alex Gibney's sprawling, four-h…

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Hey everyone - Fark’s running an October subscription drive. We’re a bit short of our goal and could use a boost. fark.com/subscribe If you sign up for TotalFark this week you’ll get a special SOON badge. When “It Happens” the “SOON” badge will change to “It Happened!” Here are the two badges:

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kmbailey59.bsky.social@kmbailey59.bsky.social

The obvious answer to that is never. It's always wink wink look the other way with the employers and the GOP. Which always brings me back to this article. Nunes sued over it and lost, because it's the truth.

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if you hated “dynamic pricing” before, get a load of…

The Lever@levernews.com

You asked AI for the cheapest flight. It dug through your emails, decided you could afford more, and suggested a ticket costing $100–$200 extra. Lindsay Owens explains ⬇️

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New: Amid legal threats from Jared Kushner over explosive allegations published in a Vanity Fair excerpt, Simon & Schuster quietly expedited the release of Matthew Cole’s Princes and Thieves, with the book now available for purchase two days early www.status.news/p/jared-kush...

status.newsVanity Fair's Kushner ConundrumSimon & Schuster quietly released Matthew Cole’s book two days early, Status has learned, as an excerpt in Vanity Fair prompts threats from Kushner’s legal team.

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While Russian drones strike Ukraine, the daughter of a Russian drone executive lives her best life in Toronto. 🧵 1/11 ⬇️

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The "poor Russian conscripts" are actually, in the overwhelming majority, not conscripts at all, but people who go to war to murder Ukrainians for money. ​"They have no choice" - what bullshit. Going to jail instead of bombing a playground full of children is a choice. Emigration is a choice.

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I cannot adequately express how much I want them to hire her. She'd make Katie Zacharia look like Jim Brady.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Yes, Slob Job, Nicki Minaj would make the perfect press secretary. Her husband is a registered sex offender convicted of rape who also served about 7 years for manslaughter. Her brother was convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old child and is serving 25 years to life.

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The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Norway: "I didn't get the Nobel Prize so I don't want anybody from Norway. I don't want anything to do with Norway…Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country, actually."

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Zarina Zabrisky: Behind me, you can see Oleshky: the town no one wanted to hear about nine months ago. Now, the world knows but the ordeal is not over. The next week ceasefire will be used for a “press tour” to whitewash Russia's war crimes. Don't fall for Russian propaganda.

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Replying to @ericlipton.nytimes.com

I asked every person I met in Port Neches and Groves Tx., a next-door community, if they knew that Indorama had asked for and received a Trump exemption, removing the requirement at least for now that Indorama take steps to curb cancer-causing emissions. No one had been told. Many were angry.

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Musk does not have a right to his customers but our government is pretending he does.

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social

Now that we know Elon murdered the Ukrainian children reminder that Andrew Puzder aggressively threatened the EU after they started talking about divesting in the aftermath. www.ft.com/content/d1e2...

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Yes, Slob Job, Nicki Minaj would make the perfect press secretary. Her husband is a registered sex offender convicted of rape who also served about 7 years for manslaughter. Her brother was convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old child and is serving 25 years to life.

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Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social

Musk is lying about Ukraine using civilian Starlink on combat drones. Since February, any Starlink terminal operating in motion has needed military Starshield authorization. No Starshield – no connection. Using civilian Starlink on drones was technically impossible. Period.

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Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

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Our research team is doing real-time coverage of emerging news and rumors related to election integrity. We put out several outputs this week. Several of the rumors we covered are still percolating. Some of the stories may become seeds for conspiracy theories later in the cycle. Some highlights...

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Replying to @josephpolitano.bsky.social

America's trade war with Canada has obviously backfired, both economically and politically. But Trump is likely to double down on it after the midterms. When he does, Canadians will be thankful they aren’t quite as dependent on America as they used to be.

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Even if you look at the still and your brain says "it is obvious what you'll see if you click on this, skip it" - trust me, you owe it to yourself to do it anyway.

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Replying to @volberg.bsky.social

Aida Chavez (previously affiliated with a slew of populist left outlets and Just FP, a pro-russia appeasement org) had her CIA contractor boyfriend leak classified secrets for her to publish in her failing Substack. Espionage for internet clout is kinda new?

My 2 cents is this is definitely a streaming thing. Rewind over the shocking bits to make sure you actually saw that n pauses for snacks

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online

I'm glad that "MUSK" got a theatrical release, not a lot of documentaries do, but I get why a lot of people would rather watch a film like this from home just a few more weeks before you can rent it!

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A wild story: the CEO of a US energy company whose plans were discussed during the Witkoff-Kushner-Putin negotiations resigns. Why? He learned that his company's main investor is a sanctioned Russian company, not the UAE www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges (Gift Article)Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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let me get this right, Tesla wants to put a reverse Oceangate sub disaster next to a select group of the richest idiots and Elon Musk stans alive... and you're booing?

Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com

Ah, the auto influencers have explained that this carbon fiber-wrapped ball, which sits right behind the driver's head, holds about 100kg of nitrogen pressurized to about 10,000 psi. Let me just go review the tolerances people found in their Cyber Trucks

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Replying to @lorak.bsky.social

Simply imagine a Lockheed, Boeing or other prime defense contractor - out of nowhere, no communication - implementing some terms of service or term in a contract they think they have without reaching out first to say we think you are violating this. As a result we will nerf your crucial technology.