C.L. (Cyndi) Pauwels
@clpauwels.bsky.social
Writer, student, seeker of truth. "A conscientious objector to America's current culture" ~ unkn source - https://clpauwels.com/ Random DMs=BLOCK
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It would commemorate no particular triumph except petulant President Augustus Gloop getting his own way, and stuffing it full of military supplies would make it an easy target.
Could be the Arc d'Defeat in Iran, though.
Arc d'Midterms Bloodbath.
Arc d'Mission Accomplished Make America Weak.
Could be the Arc d'Defeat in Iran, though.
Arc d'Midterms Bloodbath.
Arc d'Mission Accomplished Make America Weak.
Beyond parody: "At the strong request of the Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers..."
September 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
It would commemorate no particular triumph except petulant President Augustus Gloop getting his own way, and stuffing it full of military supplies would make it an easy target.
Could be the Arc d'Defeat in Iran, though.
Arc d'Midterms Bloodbath.
Arc d'Mission Accomplished Make America Weak.
Could be the Arc d'Defeat in Iran, though.
Arc d'Midterms Bloodbath.
Arc d'Mission Accomplished Make America Weak.
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"Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where Trump administration deportees are being held indefinitely..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2026 at 11:36 PM
"Two men deported to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration were hooded, bound, beaten with guns and shoved down a flight of stairs recently by police officers at a remote hotel where Trump administration deportees are being held indefinitely..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
Oh, Mama Cass...!
The Cass Elliot Fantasy Theatrical Pivot Thread
I pretty much worship Cass Elliot.
(I've always liked to think of her pivoting to the musical theater at some point.)
(I've always liked to think of her pivoting to the musical theater at some point.)
September 19, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Oh, Mama Cass...!
"The billionaire believers in the cult of AI are perpetuating a 'coup from above'...to build a world that caters to their every whim...where people are superfluous, or exist only as extensions of intelligent machines."
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-worshipp...
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-worshipp...
Yes They Want to Kill Us: The Worshippers of Machines Versus Human Beings
This is the week that someone pulled the fire alarm on AI. It began with industry employee Jacob Coxon issuing a dire warning: "I resigned from Anthropic today," he wrote on Twitter/X. "I spent the la...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"The billionaire believers in the cult of AI are perpetuating a 'coup from above'...to build a world that caters to their every whim...where people are superfluous, or exist only as extensions of intelligent machines."
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-worshipp...
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-worshipp...
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We're LIVE from the Kennedy Center where hundreds of people have gathered to say no to Trump's takeover.
Join us: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Join us: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
September 18, 2026 at 11:16 PM
We're LIVE from the Kennedy Center where hundreds of people have gathered to say no to Trump's takeover.
Join us: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Join us: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Everything is depressingly dystopian and exhaustingly existential.
He desecrates everything. That which he cannot desecrate, he destroys.
Get the fuck over it.
He desecrates everything. That which he cannot desecrate, he destroys.
Get the fuck over it.
'Human chain' forms around Kennedy Center with massive anti-Trump protest
Hundreds of protesters linked hands around the Kennedy Center on Friday night, days after its Trump-appointed board voted to close the building and as the president again tied his help saving it to ge...
www.rawstory.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Everything is depressingly dystopian and exhaustingly existential.
He desecrates everything. That which he cannot desecrate, he destroys.
Get the fuck over it.
He desecrates everything. That which he cannot desecrate, he destroys.
Get the fuck over it.
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This is straight out of Handmaids Tale.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
September 18, 2026 at 4:37 AM
This is straight out of Handmaids Tale.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
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Postmaster General David Steiner halts development on a voter-verification portal following the Supreme Court's decision against Trump's proposed mail ballot restrictions.
USPS halts work on Trump-backed mail voting system after SCOTUS ruling
Postmaster General David Steiner halts development on a voter-verification portal following the Supreme Court's decision against Trump's proposed mail ballot restrictions.
www.ms.now
September 18, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Postmaster General David Steiner halts development on a voter-verification portal following the Supreme Court's decision against Trump's proposed mail ballot restrictions.
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Judge Sullivan ordered Todd Blanche to turn over unredacted FBI notes from interviews with a victim who alleged Trump sexually abused her at 13–15. Deadline: Sept. 24 at 11 AM. Blanche could face contempt if he doesn’t comply. Katie Phang reports.
September 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Judge Sullivan ordered Todd Blanche to turn over unredacted FBI notes from interviews with a victim who alleged Trump sexually abused her at 13–15. Deadline: Sept. 24 at 11 AM. Blanche could face contempt if he doesn’t comply. Katie Phang reports.
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I mean, yes, obviously, no shit
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I mean, yes, obviously, no shit
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Minnesota law enforcement arrested an ICE agent Wednesday in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge last winter, culminating months of delays and legal maneuvers in efforts to bring him to the state to answer to charges.
ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail
Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.
bit.ly
September 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Minnesota law enforcement arrested an ICE agent Wednesday in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge last winter, culminating months of delays and legal maneuvers in efforts to bring him to the state to answer to charges.
"Same goes for the claims that these companies are already profitable...[using a] new, special meaning of 'profitable'...which is to say, these companies are claiming that they are so cool that their profitability can only be measured using a novel, secret form of mathematics"
September 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"Same goes for the claims that these companies are already profitable...[using a] new, special meaning of 'profitable'...which is to say, these companies are claiming that they are so cool that their profitability can only be measured using a novel, secret form of mathematics"
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His voice was soft and cool
His eyes were clear and bright
But he's not there
His eyes were clear and bright
But he's not there
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
September 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM
His voice was soft and cool
His eyes were clear and bright
But he's not there
His eyes were clear and bright
But he's not there
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I honestly don't care if you write the next Pulitzer Prize winning novel, if I see it advertised on Social Media with an AI ad, video, whatever, not a chance I'll read it.
September 17, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I honestly don't care if you write the next Pulitzer Prize winning novel, if I see it advertised on Social Media with an AI ad, video, whatever, not a chance I'll read it.
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Like the Ipatiev House.
Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after a Trump-aligned board voted to close it for repairs.
Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it
Fencing has gone up around the main Kennedy Center building, a day after the Trump-aligned board voted to close the performing arts center for repairs
bit.ly
September 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Like the Ipatiev House.
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The September/October issue of Literary Mama is live, with creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, profiles, and reviews! We're excited to share this beautiful work!
September/October 2026
Literary Mama
literarymama.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The September/October issue of Literary Mama is live, with creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, profiles, and reviews! We're excited to share this beautiful work!
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They literally want us all people that aren’t young and healthy and rich to just die already.
“A pilot program using AI to review some services for Medicare recipients has resulted in more than half of them being denied”
“A pilot program using AI to review some services for Medicare recipients has resulted in more than half of them being denied”
Documents show 'staggering' denial rate for Medicare AI program in WA
Medicare's new AI-enabled program denied more claims than it approved during a rocky rollout, leaving patients who were in pain to wait out a long appeals process.
www.seattletimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
They literally want us all people that aren’t young and healthy and rich to just die already.
“A pilot program using AI to review some services for Medicare recipients has resulted in more than half of them being denied”
“A pilot program using AI to review some services for Medicare recipients has resulted in more than half of them being denied”
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It’s not a goddamn “branding dispute,” @apnews.com. Do your job.
BREAKING: The Kennedy Center board votes to close over financial woes and branding dispute with President Trump, AP sources say.
Live updates: Trump goes after Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots
President Donald Trump criticized the Supreme Court on Tuesday after it rejected his push to let the US Postal Service restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterm elections.
bit.ly
September 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It’s not a goddamn “branding dispute,” @apnews.com. Do your job.
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September 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started
The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.
September 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
i'm not sure if robert kraft quite grasps what he started
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Newsletter: The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions in the industry-written Clarity Act exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists. Senators must vote no on cloture tomorrow.
The Senate must reject the Clarity Act’s ethics charade
The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists
www.citationneeded.news
September 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Newsletter: The supposedly “unprecedented” ethics restrictions in the industry-written Clarity Act exempt Trump’s crypto businesses and leave enforcement to his loyalists. Senators must vote no on cloture tomorrow.
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TODAY: The Senate is expected to take up a bill that would turbocharge Trump’s corruption. There is absolutely no good reason for any Democrat to support this legislation. Email your senators and demand that they vote NO on the CLARITY Act.
Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...
act.indivisible.org
September 15, 2026 at 12:22 PM
TODAY: The Senate is expected to take up a bill that would turbocharge Trump’s corruption. There is absolutely no good reason for any Democrat to support this legislation. Email your senators and demand that they vote NO on the CLARITY Act.
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Staff used tight metal enclosures to confine a total of 79 people for periods of time ranging from a few minutes to up to two hours.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
A new DHS report proves Alligator Alcatraz detainees were right all along
The inspector general's findings match what advocates and families had been reporting since last summer.
www.motherjones.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Staff used tight metal enclosures to confine a total of 79 people for periods of time ranging from a few minutes to up to two hours.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
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Why am I reading this for the first time?
September 15, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Why am I reading this for the first time?