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Took a detailed look at the results in Virginia and how they shifted from 2012 to 2025. Does it include more than 130 charts? Yes.
https://www.pbump.net/o/what-changed-in-virginia/
What changed in Virginia

I am by no means the only person to have made this observation, but the point at which I knew Kamala Harris was in trouble last year was when the results in Virginia weren't immediately obvious. As the hours dragged on, the fact that a state her ticket had won...

pbump
My favorite commercial is the one where the guy tells his phone "I like that one song by James Blunt" and then the AI companion on his phone says "James Blunt is a musician. He plays music. You could go to a James Blunt concert" and the guy reacts as if his phone just made the greatest technological breakthrough known to mankind.

Tonight in “war ravaged” Portland… a frog brigade standing guard outside the ICE facility.

Trump says there’s “nowhere worse than Portland”… and the frogs magically multiply.

They’re showing that he’s not only a liar, but Portland is still safe, still weird and still full of people resisting.

#portland #frogbrigade #uspol #abolishice #fascism

From The New Yorker

I love the fedi, but I'm sorry- y'all got it just as bad as bluesky when it comes to dealing with ACTUAL people...and specifically BLACK PEOPLE.

I said this when I first came here, and ima say it again. You're not gonna have any good laughs, actionable change, and community building without making your space welcoming to black and marginalised folk.

Ima eco this~ get your heads out your asses and actually build a fun and safe fedi plzzzzzz.

US gestapo has already unleashed teargas, smoke grenades and pepper bullets at protesters outside the ICE field office in Portland, OR. At least 3 people got brutally assaulted and arrested by federal agents. Each of them with multiple feds on them and brought down to the ground. They are being especially violent right now this is horrifying.

Of note are the Gestapo supporting fascists who are also standing in front of the building with signs- they were untouched, of course.

People were just standing and chanting with signs getting grabbed and taken down, others with bear mace straight to the face from hardly an inch away.

#pdx #portland

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
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The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #China #Musk #Business #Law

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.

ProPublica

Last night in Portland, OR, the US gestapo sprayed mace directly into the air vent of the person wearing the inflatable frog costume for trying to help someone up who had been pushed to the ground.

Cruelty is the point.

#pdx #Portland

New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
https://www.404media.co/google-calls-ice-agents-a-vulnerable-group-removes-ice-spotting-app-red-dot/
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

404 Media
Not sure the LAPSUS$ ransomware portal is really them, given they managed to write sentences that make sense and didn’t include an anime girl pooing on Red Reddington or some such. https://social.circl.lu/@Ransomlook/115310385984277849