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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"Russia is a country of victors" (from a BBC article). More than that, it's a country of Vladimirs and Sergeis. 🤣

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Bevin ✨ GOMS @roygbev.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Deeply ironic they’re so obsessed with this anti-parasitic.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Ooh, yeah, citizens being paid with their own taxes - minus legal fees. I'd love that... if I were a lawyer! You ARE the United States of America - it's your employees who are ripping you off!

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I read a long thread on why it's wrong not to block Nazis on bluesky, yesterday. It argued, with a lot of references to eminent theorists, that to engage them was giving them visibility and to block them was an aggressive act that isolates them. I think they were wrong. 1/10

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 05/05/2026

To whoever is hacking Scratch, a web-based visual coding program for kids, to insert a virus that deletes the projects your kids are working on, you are a supreme asshole. muffin.ink/blog/scratch...

muffin.ink

Every version of Scratch is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

That's not John Travolta. That's young Prince William!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/04/2026

if you really think about it, there's no problem we face that can't be solved by a new White House ballroom

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Those of us in the pro-democracy movement can and should hold both of these positions. 1. We unequivocally reject violence. 2. We will unequivocally oppose efforts by this administration to use last night as an excuse to try to suppress criticism and criminalize dissent.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.

Replying to
@JenniferJJacobs
The shooting happened on the level above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents Association dinner was.
I don't think people hearing about this -- or even those of us in the room -- realized how far from the president, VP and other guests this incident was. It was on another floor, up some stairs and several sets of security away.
Because the Washington Hilton's hotel and other public spaces were open for other functions, the entire building wasn't secured by the Secret Service, just the specific areas where the WHCA dinner was held, law enforcement officials told @CBSNews
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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

We don't have to commit on whether this was a real or staged assassination attempt. As crazy as that is, it's not one of the more important stories of the moment, so let's not waste brain cycles on it.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ironically made using AI. But also: data centers in space are a joke. They're not going to happen. The economics are impossible.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

He made 400k using inside info - good, now that you've got him, go for those who BET several millions! It's one thing to disfraud other bettors, but at this point, wars are started in part to MANUFACTURE inside info!

nytimes.com

Soldier Used Classified Information to Bet on Maduro’s Ouster, U.S. Says

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Dear Tagesschau, stop sanewashing Donald Trump's bullshit. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Not caring about truth or lies is a super power. Like all super powers, it comes with a super weakness, to wit, the inevitable fate of losing one's grip on reality. As we are all forced to witness, these days.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

That's me. Nice to meet you. (no, I'm not Randall, I'm the one with a workshop full of parts from earlier projects) xkcd.com/3233

xkcd.com

Make It Myself

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Motion to add a transcribe-voice-message button to signal.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

And that, my friends, is why the revolution, when it comes, must be a revolution of law, order, and humanity, not a vengeful an-eye-for-an-eye, do-to-them-as-they-did-unto-you kind of revolution. It has to be corny and boring, because you'll wake up on day 2 and then you'll want that kind of world.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The past participle of 'impeach' should be 'impought'.

Comic-style parody of the town meeting scene akin to the "Free Speech" painting: a disheveled, slouched man with messy hair and flies around his head speaks from a crumpled paper while well-dressed attendees look on with disapproval.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Life. Don't talk to me about life. -- Marvin

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I think the pardon needs to go. If a judge has found that you've broken the law, and you've exhausted all appeals, then why should the president have the power to pardon? At the very least, make it a power of Congress. One Congress can delegate to a committee, maybe, to keep it practical.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I just mis-read "Ice Detonation Center". Feels vaguely befitting, but I don't really know what to make of it.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Who cares if polymarket traders get ripped off by inside traders? The actual problem is that polymarket creates an incentive to manufacture events that that can be bet on. Same with traditional stock trading - invest in oil, then attack Iran. Bet against oil, then announce a ceasefire...

npr.org

Well-timed bets on Polymarket tied to the Iran war draw calls for investigations from lawmakers

Calls are increasing inside Congress for investigations into the prediction market platform Polymarket after the latest instance where groups of anonymous traders made strategic, well-timed bets on a ...

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Trump ended another war! 💪 (that he started, just for the godless joy of it)

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

American void, instead of screaming, can I ask a question? So, DJT complains about NATO not helping with Iran. Do Average Joe and Jane buy that? Because I'm trying hard and failing to mentally model this in any way that that could make sense to me.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I'd say there needs to be a law requiring net worth and investment in defense tech, fossil fuels, and religious orgs clearly displayed next to every public personality on TV, in the US. Sadly, a lot of Americans will find a person more credible if they're "successful patriots."

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

"Das Leben ist zu kurz für schlechte Dübel." - meine Frau

Foto einer billigen Schraube und eines billigen gebrauchten Dübels.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

MAGAs openly celebrating robbery. Iran has nukes? They don't, but if they did, it wouldn't justify taking their oil!

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

"It doesn't matter that they don't share our religion. What matters is the hatred of brown people we suare." (Purely spoken from the Nazis' position: I don't think all Israelis hate brown people, but that's what he's seeing and responding to)

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Well, the stock market hat rallied ahead of the speech and I'm sure someone had bet on that before it was announced, so, success, I guess?

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I don't think I want /any/ political messaging in my tools. I agree with this one but I can see how the next one will make me very angry. This hurts the ecosystem. It may break something that's good. And BTW: I pip installed ipython because I wanted a good python CLI. I didn't consent to ads.

A snapshot of my command line window starting the ipython command line interface (CLI). It displays: "Tip: Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! You are valid. You matter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'm wondering: who are the suckers losing on polymarket when they should know full well by now that the game is rigged by politicians with insider info?

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Nothing says "Team Effort" like starting a war of choice unprovoked and out of the blue, without consulting with your allies, knowing they'd push back, because it's illegal, immoral and and will hurt their interests.

Message on X by DJT: "The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both militarily, economically, and in every other way, but the countries of the world that receive oil through the hormuz strait must take care of that passage, and will help - a lot! The US will also coordinate with those countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well. This should have always been a team effort, and now it will be - it will bring the world together toward harmony, security, and everlasting peace! President Donald J. Trump"

(no effort was made to reproduce the incoherent capitalization in the original post)

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

So weird to agree with Iran so much! (I'd prefer things to get better without anyone dying, but at this point, one death would prevent so many others)

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If the US "decimated" Kharg Island, as DJT says, then 90%of it is still there. That's what 'decimated' means. It's a word. It has a meaning. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Same for nuclear reactors. They're corporate investments, not individual ones.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Nope, you spoiled him, you take care of him!

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ah! I just noticed: If the European Commission argues for nuclear energy, it might not ONLY be their boneheaded refusal to let go of last century's tech. It might also be because France's nukes aren't enough to defend the continent against the other nuclear powers. 🙁

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Lucky those who had a hunch a couple weeks ago.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I wish I could write as fast as lofi girl.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

How about this: Members of Congress must transfer all their stocks to the Fed. In return, for ten years they receive a multiple of the lower-quartile household income plus a multiple of public spending, with the multiples determined by the value of the assets they surrendered.”

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Not to bomb girls' schools is a stupid rule of engagement. (Yes, I'm sarcastic. All I can do while I'm outside strangling distance from Pete Hegseth)

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker, gets gardening time, sports, therapy dogs, and spa products in prison. Migrant children in custody are sleeping on concrete floors without enough food or clean water. Our priorities are so fucked.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Why does anyone (in IT) think it's OK to curl some.rando.url | sh Why does anyone think that's an appropriate way to distribute software? The Linux ecosystem has been blessed with robust, safe software repos for decades. No viruses. Apple followed with the appstore. Now people piss that away.

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A Hooded Stranger @ahoodedstranger.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Jimminy Cricket was Pinocchio's conscience. She murdered Cricket and she lies without blushing.

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