Notices by Infrogmation (infrogmation@mastodon.online)

"As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE." -- John Scalzi

https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3mmhpe3bhrs25

#AI #ScienceFiction

Why did Trump pardon drug trafficker and Honduran president Juan Hernández? According to leaked audio tapes, it was an initial payment in part of a agreement between Trump, Bibi, and others to take down Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum.

El Pais: ‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments

https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-07/hondurasgate-the-alleged-us-and-israeli-interference-plot-to-destabilize-mexico-and-other-progressive-governments.html

#USpol #Mexico #Honduras #DrugTrafficking

No.

#Internet

USA, March 2026.

Photo by Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty

LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains during the “No Kings” national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.

#USpol #Liberty #Photography #NoKings

"Pogo" cartoon by Walt Kelly, 1967-02-21

#Pogo #cartoons #USpol #Democracy #War #1960s

Daily Beast: Newly released Epstein files include a draft statement attributed to federal prosecutors that is dated the day before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. The draft appears among at least 23 documents in the disclosure labeled as statements from the Southern District of New York’s U.S. Attorney’s Office.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-files-reveal-prosecutors-announcement-dated-before-his-death/

#Epstein

A friend in Minneapolis notes:

If you want a small chuckle amid the constant shitstorm: the Melania "documentary" opens this Friday, and is playing at the West End in SLP.
So far, not a single ticket has been sold for any showing this entire weekend.

#Minneapolis #Melania

Guy who yelled "Pedophile protector" at Trump and lost his job for it? The fundraiser for him is now over $430 k. LOL.

Hey, I could get a dozen friends and I to call Trump twice as many names for half that much money. 😄

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tj-sabula-is-a-patriot

#Trump

Scripps News: DHS agents target the Vietnamese community in New Orleans

https://www.aol.com/articles/dhs-agents-target-vietnamese-community-220411123.html

#NewOrleans #ICE
@noladon

Trump's War on Christianity.
Jackbooted big government thugs assault Rev. David Black of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago.
photo by Ashlee Rezin in the Chicago Sun Times, 20 September 2025.

#USpol #Chicago #ICE #Christianity

Cool!
NPR: Harvard learned it has an authentic 1300 Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5399171/magna-carta-harvard

#MagnaCarta #History #Harvard

“Donald Trump’s nominee to run the IRS, Representative Billy Long, just had a six-figure debt paid off by campaign donors, all of whom happen to have tax issues with the IRS.” Imagine that!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-irs-pick-had-interesting-211200821.html
#USpol #Corruption

UK Defence Journal: Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fuel-supplier-refuses-u-s-warships-over-ukraine/

#USpol #Ukraine #Norway #Trump

@JustinMac84 @COVID19_DISEASE

Screenshot of NYT headline of news story linked in next toot:

C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People

The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households.
Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/04/a-historic-dc-black-church-now-owns-the-proud-boys-name/

#USpol #ProudBoys #Racism #FAFO

Tor Ekeland @torekeland.bsky.social writes:

My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things.

#Thread
#Resistance

https://bsky.app/profile/torekeland.bsky.social/post/3lbczy4guff2i

And the horrible thing is they went to church with us.

4/4

The next night the Klan was on our yard, trying to burn a cross. Until my daddy and his brother--who saw D-Day, Market Garden, Bastogne & Dauchau-- walked out with long guns.
A couple days later I was walking home from 1st grade when Klan goons in a pick up started pacing me, calling me and my daddy every kind of name.

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Nancy A. Collins recalls:

In the early 1960s my father was both the deputy sheriff and the fire chief of a tiny rural town in Arkansas.
The first day he was in his equally tiny office above the general store, the Kleagle from the local Klan came in and told him "You get any Black boys or Freedom Riders in here, you call us first."
My father's response was "I don't take orders from Whyte Trash."

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#USpol #racisim #KKK #MAGA

When I got home I was in hysterics. Once my mother calmed me down and got the story out of me she called her father--the VP of the local bank.And he pulled every loan of every Klansman he knew of in the county. They left my family alone after that
This is what I see when I look at MAGA.

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