John DeRosa

John DeRosa

@theverdict.bsky.social

Seattle. Watchmaking. Photography. 3D printing. Devotee of the Oxford Comma and Two Spaces After A Period. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Oldguyponderingacareerch-ip9tf

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

“We want to ensure knowledge of the President’s persistent sexual abuse doesn’t affect how people vote” is Earth incinerating moral depravity.

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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

I hope Amy Acton wins, but I tire of receiving multiple texts from her every day begging for money. The number of texts I’m getting is insane

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The messed up thing is Amy Acton didn't even make her childhood sexual abuse a center piece of her campaign she was focused on the issues, vivek brought it up because he can't win on the issues.

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A Somali Minnesotan saved 20 children when the school bus driver suffered a medical emergency. "I really felt like it was my duty," Ebro Ahmed,27. "it’s kids we’re talking about, you know. Even if I were to die, it would still be worth it." Remember when a racist tries to defame an entire group.

abcnews.com27-year-old man credited for saving kids, driver in runaway school busA 27-year-old Minnesota man is opening up after he saved nearly 20 children when their school bus driver suffered a medical emergency.

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By my napkin math, total Bell Labs research expenditures from 1930-1980 were on the order of $50 billion in 2026 dollars. AI companies have spent ~$1 trillion so far: The equivalent of ~20 Bell Labs histories. In its history, Bell Labs researchers discovered the transistor, the solar cell, the laser

en.wikipedia.orgBell Labs - Wikipedia
Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com

Funny thought experiment: Tech monopolies have spent about $1 trillion on AI development so far. How good of a chatbot could we have built for $1 trillion by just employing smart people to answer any question people might reasonably ask and collecting all the answers in a big lookup table?

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It's kind of wild to me that notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein sent a 2016 email to now-U.S. ambassador to Turkey & presidential envoy for Syria Tom Barrack where he requested "send photos of you and child. -- make me smile" & people just seem to have shrugged it off & moved on.

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The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

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A one-year-old girl watched masked ICE agents beat her father on the roadside in Donna, Texas. He is a U.S. citizen, and his wife had already told the agents that they were Americans. The agents continued the assault as his wife watched helplessly. Repost this everywhere!

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The BBC is doing something important, refusing to be intimidated by a powerful person trying to use the legal system to punish criticism and discourage scrutiny. They’re schooling the American press on what the 1st Amendment means. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-bbc-st...

joycevance.substack.comThe BBC Strikes BackWith so much going on right now, we pick up with an unusual Friday afternoon column to cover Trump’s defamation case against the BBC.

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Replying to @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

There is little meritocracy or competition when it comes to Democratic consultants—they get paid the same regardless of how their candidates perform in the election.

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Replying to @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

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So the same month that Elon Musk throttled Starlink to run his own military policy, he's also seeking more control over your flow of information. Musk and the Ellisons will control CNN and CBS for news; HBO, Warner Bros, Paramount & more for entertainment; Twitter (X) and TikTok for social media.

semafor.comExclusive: Elon Musk makes $1 billion investment in Ellison’s SkydanceSkydance has tapped equity investments from an array of sources, including Middle East sovereign wealth funds.

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EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. The Pentagon denied us access to take photos, but we obtained some anyway. A story in global affairs: wapo.st/3WF2YQo

wapo.stHegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.

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Unearthed footage of Vivek Ramaswamy mocking Amy Acton for being a survivor of childhood abuse: "She has no vision other than to complain about what someone else did to her"

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Months ago, when Trump started the cries of “vandalism!” he told the media that Interior and Doug Burgum would provide the evidence. I tried repeatedly. Interior ignored all of those requests. No reason to believe this will change anything if there IS “vandalism” in the future.

Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social

Trump has ordered up cameras to monitor his construction projects for “vandals” At least $343K to be spent after the president falsely blamed vandals for Reflecting Pool damage www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...