Max Shields — Moonbase Tourism Agent
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Did some cool things. Now concentrating on dad stuff. I rage against the dying of the light.
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#PME in the latest Military Review. www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Mil...
October 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM
#PME in the latest Military Review. www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Mil...
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*bangs table, hooting and hollering*
#PME in the latest Military Review. www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Mil...
October 2, 2026 at 11:17 AM
*bangs table, hooting and hollering*
That speaks more to how far you have allowed the standard to slip than the gravity of Nixon‘s actions.
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
October 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM
That speaks more to how far you have allowed the standard to slip than the gravity of Nixon‘s actions.
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If the government's legitimacy is not derived from the law, it exists on the basis of its power alone.
There's a word for an ideology based around nothing but power...
There's a word for an ideology based around nothing but power...
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
October 2, 2026 at 1:02 AM
If the government's legitimacy is not derived from the law, it exists on the basis of its power alone.
There's a word for an ideology based around nothing but power...
There's a word for an ideology based around nothing but power...
So alpha
October 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM
So alpha
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🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
The request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials.
www.democracydocket.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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I wonder why Trump and Republicans are promoting this industry so heavily and are allowing them to operate free from any guardrails or regulation?
October 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I wonder why Trump and Republicans are promoting this industry so heavily and are allowing them to operate free from any guardrails or regulation?
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Hey you, Europe,
You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
EXCLUSIVE: US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban, sources say reut.rs/3U3eCng
EXCLUSIVE: US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban, sources say
The Trump administration has told Germany and France to draw down emergency diesel inventories to help to ease global fuel prices or face a potential US diesel export ban, according to three people close to the discussions.
reut.rs
October 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Hey you, Europe,
You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
You know how we started a war without telling you, failed badly, and hurt all our economies? No, after we tariffed you, lectured you that Russia isn’t a threat, and demanded territory. Okay. So. Weaken yourself to rescue us or we’ll hurt our own economy more and you’ll be sorry.
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So, just to be clear:
A draft dodger, a techbro, and a ketamine-addled trillionaire bigot are asked to "study the future of warfare."
I have thousands of SAMS and War College grads, hundreds of combat experienced GOs/FGOs on tap...and this is the best the Pentagon can do?
Nicols was right.
A draft dodger, a techbro, and a ketamine-addled trillionaire bigot are asked to "study the future of warfare."
I have thousands of SAMS and War College grads, hundreds of combat experienced GOs/FGOs on tap...and this is the best the Pentagon can do?
Nicols was right.
October 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
So, just to be clear:
A draft dodger, a techbro, and a ketamine-addled trillionaire bigot are asked to "study the future of warfare."
I have thousands of SAMS and War College grads, hundreds of combat experienced GOs/FGOs on tap...and this is the best the Pentagon can do?
Nicols was right.
A draft dodger, a techbro, and a ketamine-addled trillionaire bigot are asked to "study the future of warfare."
I have thousands of SAMS and War College grads, hundreds of combat experienced GOs/FGOs on tap...and this is the best the Pentagon can do?
Nicols was right.
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Economy’s in the shitter, guys
October 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Economy’s in the shitter, guys
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The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL?
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.”
FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
nbcnews.to
October 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL?
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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*Not satire*
➡️ #Hegseth Announces Elon #Musk and Newt #Gingrich Will Help Lead #Military.
Hegseth revealed that these men will help direct a project to determine the #future of the #military.
➡️ #Hegseth Announces Elon #Musk and Newt #Gingrich Will Help Lead #Military.
Hegseth revealed that these men will help direct a project to determine the #future of the #military.
Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military
Pete Hegseth revealed that the men will help direct a project to determine the future of the military.
newrepublic.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:35 PM
There’s deranged racist stuff going on at Tesla factories.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial
Lawyers say Black employees at Tesla experienced ‘rampant racism’ that was left unchecked for years at their flagship factory in California
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:07 PM
There’s deranged racist stuff going on at Tesla factories.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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1 October 1854 | A Dutch Jew, Heiman Leefsma, was born in Opsterland.
In January 1943, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In January 1943, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
October 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
1 October 1854 | A Dutch Jew, Heiman Leefsma, was born in Opsterland.
In January 1943, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In January 1943, he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
Butter Goblin doing Butter Goblin things.
Update: this is the guy trying to doxx the rape victim from Cornell
October 1, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Butter Goblin doing Butter Goblin things.
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A small framed man with a quirky mustache who was unwanted by other armies in Europe came to this nation and served with distinction. Military readiness is good and legitimate, but gratuitous attacks on people because they don’t fit some warrior ethos stereotype is self-defeating. And wrong.
September 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM
A small framed man with a quirky mustache who was unwanted by other armies in Europe came to this nation and served with distinction. Military readiness is good and legitimate, but gratuitous attacks on people because they don’t fit some warrior ethos stereotype is self-defeating. And wrong.
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Let’s remind Hegseth of Casimir Pulaski’s example, in the spirit of 1776 that the Secretary touts. General Pulaski— the father of the American Calvary and hero of Savannah— was an intersex or trans Polish horseman who came to this country, saved George Washington’s life, and died for our Revolution.
September 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Let’s remind Hegseth of Casimir Pulaski’s example, in the spirit of 1776 that the Secretary touts. General Pulaski— the father of the American Calvary and hero of Savannah— was an intersex or trans Polish horseman who came to this country, saved George Washington’s life, and died for our Revolution.
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Through the phrase "no fat****, no tran****, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors" Hegseth is proclaiming the gendered, bodily, political, and heterosexual borders of Trump's military.
Think about what social work this does & what it helps enable.
Also:
*taps the sign*
Think about what social work this does & what it helps enable.
Also:
*taps the sign*
So, I guess it's time for me to bring up that military adherence to constitutional norms/congressional directives is demonstrably a wasting asset (tho impossible to say to what extent) as Trump Regime continues purge of military & civilian "leadership".
Military has followed illegal orders so far.
Military has followed illegal orders so far.
We would expect our military to side with the Constitution
September 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Through the phrase "no fat****, no tran****, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors" Hegseth is proclaiming the gendered, bodily, political, and heterosexual borders of Trump's military.
Think about what social work this does & what it helps enable.
Also:
*taps the sign*
Think about what social work this does & what it helps enable.
Also:
*taps the sign*
Actions meet consequences.
In the history of all things boggling of mind, this is just about the least boggling out there.
In the history of all things boggling of mind, this is just about the least boggling out there.
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
September 30, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Actions meet consequences.
In the history of all things boggling of mind, this is just about the least boggling out there.
In the history of all things boggling of mind, this is just about the least boggling out there.
“Just warriors. Strong warriors. Fit warriors. Handsome warriors with square jaws and strong hands. Warriors with abs so firm they could stop a bullet on their own!”
Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."
September 30, 2026 at 9:40 PM
“Just warriors. Strong warriors. Fit warriors. Handsome warriors with square jaws and strong hands. Warriors with abs so firm they could stop a bullet on their own!”
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But, why shouldn't they?
After all,
2/3
After all,
2/3
Fascists believe they cannot BE wrong, and therefore also that cannot DO wrong.
Fascists believe they are the center on the spectrum of reality, at the peak of the normal distribution of truth.
Fascism is the solipsistic extremist centrism of the privileged and the entitled.
Who would compromise?
Fascists believe they are the center on the spectrum of reality, at the peak of the normal distribution of truth.
Fascism is the solipsistic extremist centrism of the privileged and the entitled.
Who would compromise?
I wish everyone was more weary of those who act as if reality is normative.
Science, politics, technology, ethics - there is no neutral; there never was. We should have learned long ago that the centrist intuition is horribly wrong.
_ALWAYS_ choose sides, or a side will be chosen for you.
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Science, politics, technology, ethics - there is no neutral; there never was. We should have learned long ago that the centrist intuition is horribly wrong.
_ALWAYS_ choose sides, or a side will be chosen for you.
1/5
September 30, 2026 at 3:55 AM
But, why shouldn't they?
After all,
2/3
After all,
2/3
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They keep just coming out and saying 'it', all kinds of stuff you'd never expect them to say out aloud...
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We live in an age of algorithms and information.
Autonomous weapons of mass-manipulation, personalized propaganda on demand, national infrastructure capture by means of software contract. A fight for control of the global information landscape.
But the violence, ideology and goal is the same.
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Autonomous weapons of mass-manipulation, personalized propaganda on demand, national infrastructure capture by means of software contract. A fight for control of the global information landscape.
But the violence, ideology and goal is the same.
1/3
Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
September 30, 2026 at 3:55 AM
They keep just coming out and saying 'it', all kinds of stuff you'd never expect them to say out aloud...
1/3
1/3
“And if it doesn’t tell us what we want, we’ll keep changing the weights until it does”
September 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
“And if it doesn’t tell us what we want, we’ll keep changing the weights until it does”
Dat right
Must not fink big wurds or big hurty brain ideas
We only KILLKILLKILL!
Dat way we lethal
Dat way we win!
Must not fink big wurds or big hurty brain ideas
We only KILLKILLKILL!
Dat way we lethal
Dat way we win!
September 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Dat right
Must not fink big wurds or big hurty brain ideas
We only KILLKILLKILL!
Dat way we lethal
Dat way we win!
Must not fink big wurds or big hurty brain ideas
We only KILLKILLKILL!
Dat way we lethal
Dat way we win!