Jackie 🕊️

Jackie 🕊️

@jqi.bsky.social

Refugee from Broligarchistan. Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-human rights & human dignity. Curating the weird & wondrous in psych, science, society & politics (mostly weird & worrisome these days).

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You Can See Everything stands on its own as a film and does a nice job exploring the line between scamming and incredible self-delusion, but this is a good skeptical take from a reporter who was breaking news from whistleblowers when Theranos was exposed. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/b...

nytimes.comThe Elizabeth Holmes Documentary, Through the Eyes of the Reporter Who Exposed Her (Gift Article)Ms. Holmes handed the makers of “You Can See Everything” — and the rest of the world — a microscope with which to observe and dissect her lies.

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Federal agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel have conducted door-to-door immigration and enforcement operations in multiple U.S. cities, prompting widespread public debate and political comparisons to Nazi-era tactics.

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US journalist in Kyiv faces White House online attacks while under fire from Putin’s missiles.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Russia has hit Kyiv, Ukraine, with at least 6 ballistic missiles within the last 30 minutes, targeting 3 million civilians and infrastructure, after meeting with Trump's lapdog Witkoff, who praised Putin as a humanitarian and saluted him on behalf of the rogue United States.

Heads of the American government are enabling hostile powers to kill Americans, but some Americans still aren't too keen on cannibalizing themselves. Election Day is coming.

Jim McWilliams@jimmcwilliams.bsky.social

Donald Trump has now abandoned pretense and is openly aiding the Kremlin in its war against a friend and partner of the U.S. The American commander in chief has abandoned the Western order, the most successful—and powerful—security arrangement in human history. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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I get on well with my parents and for that I am thankful, but I've seen friends hurt from inexcusable behaviour from their parents. From all I've seen, the abusive parents saying not to do this do not want reconciliation, they demand a right to continue hurting someone without changing their ways.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

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Whether or not ppl cutting off their parents is an actual phenomenon (is it, really?) or just clicky outrage bait, anti-estrangement is a paternalistic, socially regressive position — it’s so similar to being anti-divorce that the two are virtually indistinguishable.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

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Another #Trump bow to #Russia dictator. Signs order exempting Russia from new sanctions measure. Congress passed last month. Trump gives Putin economic lifeline. Putin ready to cripple Ukraine with massive airstrikes in time for winter. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

nytimes.comTrump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law (Gift Article)The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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This is Kharkiv today. Bodies lying in the street after a russian drone strike on a market. Two people were killed. More than 10 others were injured. #Ukraine #Ukrainianview

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🚨NEWS: Trump just WAIVED sweeping sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia under the Lindsey Graham Russia and Iran Sanctions Act, which he signed just LAST MONTH. The executive order suspends 500% tariffs on Russian goods and 100% tariffs targeting major buyers of Russian energy.

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🚨 BREAKING: Ukraine received no intelligence data on Russian ballistic missile launches for two consecutive nights. President Zelenskyy stated air defense systems detected warheads only on approach to Kyiv, causing severe damage to Thermal Power Plant No. 4 and setting residential buildings ablaze.

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🚨 BREAKING: Russian forces launched 39 ballistic missiles and over 120 attack drones at Ukraine overnight, targeting energy infrastructure.  President Zelenskyy called the massive strike a deliberate demonstration of disrespect toward the US, leaving over 600,000 people without power.

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FUUUUCK!!! 🚨 10 BALLISTIC MISSILES ON KYIV!!! Just shocked how hard they’re hitting us right now. The explosions are absolutely TERRIFYING. Now the power is out across my entire neighbourhood. Everything has gone completely dark.

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❗️One of the russian missiles launched at the suburbs of Kharkiv struck a store, killing at least three people. #Ukraine #Ukrainianview

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A horrific night in Kharkiv. Russia struck the city again and again. Two of those strikes hit residential buildings. Three people were killed. As rescuers worked to reach those trapped beneath the ruins, part of the damaged building collapsed, injuring a rescuer. #Ukraine #Ukrainianview

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Ukraine took out 2 huge data centers, and just like that--POOF! Pro-Trump/MAGA posts on US social media plummeted. Same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. The primary function of those Bots is to boost groups Putin believes will destabilize the west. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

tomshardware.comRussia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response ...The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.

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Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. Informal envoys, private companies, online grifters, and hardened ideologues both inside and outside the government matter more. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

theatlantic.comMAGA Is Making the World Safe for CorruptionFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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🚨BREAKING: ICE vehicle RAMS through NYC protesters attempting to block it from leaving after ICE agents SHOT a man in NYC—the man’s young son was in the back seat. WE’RE LIVE ON SCENE ⬇️

Epstein Class taking more steps toward normalizing their own perversions: first cage fighting, now snuff videos.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

Through this livestreamed execution, the Trump regime will declare that it has departed from the civilized world and has plunged headlong into its own Dark Ages.

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Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war.

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🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.

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International Observers from OSCE have been invited to see our elections for more than 20 years -- and allowed us to demonstrate to the world our free and fair elections. Why does the Trump Administration not want the world to see how we vote in America? #holdfast #corruption

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

At the same time, the US has declined to invite the OSCE to observe the midterms. The OSCE says these will be the first US federal elections it has not been invited to observe since it began monitoring them in 2002.

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This should alarm every American. Trump is shutting out independent election observers while preparing to send his own DOJ monitors to polling places. That's a page out of Putin's playbook. Our elections belong to the people — not Donald Trump.

ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.

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Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

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Sen. BOOKER: The Vice President barely escaped, Members of Congress almost were physically assaulted. Your report concluded that was because of Donald Trump, is that correct? Former Special Counsel Smith: We found that violence was foreseeable to him, and he sought to exploit it.

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🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."

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A spokesperson for ShinyHunters, the prolific cyber extortionists who hacked the FBI's job portal last week, tells me they now won't release any more data from that hack. They also sent this somewhat confusing statement that indicates they maybe think they've bitten off more than they can chew.

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🚨 At least 21 people were injured and one woman was killed in Russia's attack on Kyiv. Local authorities confirmed damage to the Dobrobut medical center, a business center, and apartment buildings.