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Jazz FM – Now Playing<p>Swindle - Miss Kane <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JazzFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JazzFM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a></p>
Jazz FM – Now Playing<p>Swindle - Miss Kane <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JazzFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JazzFM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>Criminal gang in Spain that used AI-generated videos of celebrities to swindle 19 million euros is smashed <a href="https://www.inbella.com/989924/criminal-gang-in-spain-that-used-ai-generated-videos-of-celebrities-to-swindle-19-million-euros-is-smashed/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/989924/criminal-ga</span><span class="invisible">ng-in-spain-that-used-ai-generated-videos-of-celebrities-to-swindle-19-million-euros-is-smashed/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/captured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>captured</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Celebrities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celebrities</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebritiesNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelebritiesNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Euros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euros</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Granada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Granada</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/manipulated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulated</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/million" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>million</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Network</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/That" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>That</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Used" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Used</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/videos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videos</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/with" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>with</span></a></p>
Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>Marine Le Pen and 24 of her fascist party members, including nine former members of the European parliament and their 12 parliamentary assistants, were found guilty of a vast scheme over many years to embezzle European parliament funds, by using money earmarked for European parliament assistants to instead pay party workers in France.</p><p>Judge Benedicte de Perthuis, reading the verdict of the panel of three justices, said Le Pen had been "at the heart" of the scheme. The judge said that while Le Pen and other co-defendants didn't enrich themselves personally, the embezzlement was "a democratic bypass" that deceived the parliament and voters. </p><p>The so-called fake jobs system covered parliamentary assistant contracts between 2004 and 2016, and was unprecedented in scale and duration, causing losses of €4.5m (£3.8m) to European taxpayer funds.</p><p>Meanwhile Le Pen, her gang and all right-wing dickheads across the world are crying like babies for ‘denial of democracy’. What a bunch of hypocrites! <br>Obran, Trump, Milei &amp; their ilks have proven there is less democracy once these fascists have a seat. </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MarineLePen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLePen</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EmbezzlementScheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmbezzlementScheme</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LePen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LePen</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/embezzlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embezzlement</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/judgement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judgement</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fraudsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraudsters</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>losses</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TaxPayersMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxPayersMoney</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/crooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crooks</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ExtremeRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeRight</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NationalRally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalRally</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Best explanation of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> bought <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> w/borrowed money using his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> stock, now it’s got all this debt because he destroyed Twitter / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a>, so he bought it again with his company <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/xAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xAI</span></a> shell game:</p><p><a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/xai-buys-x-musk-twitter-2e5ab716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barrons.com/articles/xai-buys-</span><span class="invisible">x-musk-twitter-2e5ab716</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sketchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>securities</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Dion Taiapa sentencing: Gold bullion stash still missing as 501 sent to prison <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/833777/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/833777/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> #501 #662000 <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/account" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>account</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/after" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>after</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/as" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>as</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australian</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bullion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>client</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/decades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decades</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/deportee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportee</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/from" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>from</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/involved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>involved</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Missing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Missing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>past</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prison</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prisons</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sent</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/serving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serving</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/spent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spent</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stash</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Stealing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stealing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/still" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>still</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/taiapa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taiapa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/that" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>that</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/to" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>to</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zealand</span></a></p>
Tadonic the Flautulent<p>Gibson issues cease and desist over Trump-backed guitars;<br>Electric guitar maker claims president-elect-endorsed merchandise infringes on Les Paul trademark<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/27/gibson-trump-guitars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/n</span><span class="invisible">ov/27/gibson-trump-guitars</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infringement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infringement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/con" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>con</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/megalomaniac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megalomaniac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cheat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MafiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Toy Box Comix<p>Random Old Comic: Brutal <a href="https://www.toyboxcomix.com/2017/04/30/brutal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">toyboxcomix.com/2017/04/30/bru</span><span class="invisible">tal/</span></a> Brutal <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/BlastOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlastOff</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Brawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brawl</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Bruticus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bruticus</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Onslaught" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Onslaught</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Shockwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shockwave</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Vortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vortex</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/815217756713386/posts/1206014857633672?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/815217756713386/p</span><span class="invisible">osts/1206014857633672?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a></p>
BBC6Music 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot<p>🔊 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBC6Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC6Music</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Glastonbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glastonbury</span></a></p><p>Swindle:<br> 🎵 Coming Home (feat. Kojey Radical)</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://swindleuk.bandcamp.com/album/coming-home-feat-kojey-radical" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">swindleuk.bandcamp.com/album/c</span><span class="invisible">oming-home-feat-kojey-radical</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bandcamp</span></a></p>
pennine<p>The great Tory tax <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a>. Frozen tax thresholds means that thousands of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/pensioners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pensioners</span></a> who have just got a pension increase will find themselves paying much of it back. This disgraceful situation shows the guile of these disingenuous Tories. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/rejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejoinEU</span></a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68502297" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/business-685022</span><span class="invisible">97</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryCostOfGreedCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCostOfGreedCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
PC<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PropertyValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PropertyValues</span></a></p><p>Well this has been a long time coming. </p><p>Thank you, Letitia James for holding that melting pumpkin accountable for his life of lies! </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/nyregion/trump-bond-deadline-assets.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/03/25/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/trump-bond-deadline-assets.html</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>That ironic juxtaposition of "JFC". 😗</p><p>Joint Fundraising Committee, not the more common meaning of that acronym.</p><p>(link to source in alt text)</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/con" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>con</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/conman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conman</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/swindler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindler</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christianity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Dancing on democracy's grave while singing "cha-ching, cha-ching 🫰".</p><p>(link to source in alt text)</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/decency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decency</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/con" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>con</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/conman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conman</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/swindler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindler</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a></p>
TheLocalBard<p>Swindle from the 2007 Transformers movie toy line is a weird looking one, but I like him! Made to be a generic drone looking dude with an inconspicuous car mode and a belly gun. Good stuff! Brought him to work with me today!</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Transformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformers</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Transformers2007" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformers2007</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Decepticons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decepticons</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ToysAtWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToysAtWork</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ToyPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToyPhotography</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;We human beings so often prefer a lie that affirms us to a truth that challenges us.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fraud</span></a> <br />/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>“Have you ever known anyone swindled by a scam? It’s remarkable how determined they remain, and for how long, to defend the swindler—and to shift blame to those who tried to warn them of the swindle. The pain of being seen as a fool hurts more than the loss of money; it’s more important to protect the ego against indignity than to visit justice upon the perpetrator.&quot;</p><p>~ David Frum, Trumpocalypse</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fraud</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/74656943" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goodreads.com/work/quotes/7465</span><span class="invisible">6943</span></a><br />/1</p>
Jickel<p><a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/OcularMax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OcularMax</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Mirage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mirage</span></a> and <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Binaltech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Binaltech</span></a> <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a>, also from <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/TFNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TFNation</span></a>. Both are wonderful but I’m especially impressed by the deco and bot proportions of Mirage! <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/Transformers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transformers</span></a></p>
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn<p>Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #271: Goya painting.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forgery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/counterfeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>counterfeit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/swindlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindlers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artforgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artforgery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webcomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webcomic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/didyouknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>didyouknow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uselessfactsbadlydrawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uselessfactsbadlydrawn</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Offsetting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Offsetting</span></a> is the last great <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swindle</span></a>.<br>Always was. Always will be.<br>There’s too much up there already.<br>It’s a pretence to allow business and consumption as usual.<br>A pretence to prop up a cancerous system.<br>Another easy option to allow the better off take that ‘guiltless’ flight the less well off never could.<br>Plant <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a>. Save <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a>. Preserve <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a>. Save <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a>. Save <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a>. For sure.<br>But don’t be a <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> wanker about it.<br>Don’t fucking <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/offset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offset</span></a> it.<br>Do it for real.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe?CMP=share_btn_link" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe?CMP=share_btn_link</span></a></p>
Kevin Brabant<p>Excuse me while I laugh uncontrollably. </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTX</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Swindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/12/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-arrested-in-the-bahamas-after-us-files-criminal-charges.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2022/12/12/ftx-founde</span><span class="invisible">r-sam-bankman-fried-arrested-in-the-bahamas-after-us-files-criminal-charges.html</span></a></p>