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Demetrios

@dco.st
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Lurching from one tech oligarch’s playground to another. Grizzled old UX/product designer who’s worked in telephony, ed tech, and now network security. NYC resident.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Guys, I think @theonion.com has solved the whole “who’s really an American” culture war.
Photo of a physical copy of an Onion article. Headline “My Great-Grandparents Immigrated The Right Way By Killing 2 Americans And Assuming Their Identity”

It might surprise you given my politics, but I have no problem with immigrants. Personally, I think America should welcome anyone who crosses our borders to make a better life for them-selves. However, people who enter this country should do so through the proper channels. It's that simple. If you want to come here, do it the way my great-grandpar-ents did: by murdering a pair of American citizens and assuming their identities.
The problem today is that everybody wants to skip the line. They don't want to put in the hard work of picking the perfect, fully legal citizen whom they can poison or bludgeon to death before pretending to be that person for the purpose of entering the United States. But they should. There are established procedures, and if you want to come here, but can't even be bothered to memorize the name, birth dates, and Social Security numbers of two innocent Americans before brutally strangling them and disposing of their bodies, then, frankly, you haven't earned a place in this majestic country of ours.
Like millions before and since, my great-grandparents wanted their piece of the American dream.
But they did it the right way. They befriended John and Dorothy Reed, a wealthy and unsuspecting couple from Iowa who were vacationing in Germany, and they slit their throats, buried them in the Black Forest, took their passports, and boarded the next steamship to New York.
No shortcuts. No excuses. No
looking back.
My ancestors-Oskar and Inge Grünewald as they were known before they they were Grandpa Jack and Grandma Dotty to us-arrived in America cold and hungry, with nothing but the clothes on their backs and the identities of the two Americans they had snuffed out. They knew their path to citizenship would be hard.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
Some folks will claim that this is hyperbolic, but what I wish people would understand is that tech initiatives like this serve as a means of eroding consent and lower the barrier for the persistent capture of people’s image, voice, data, or whatever else a gadget can glean.
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Apple's New Siri Recap Turns Every Apple Watch Into a Mass Surveillance Nightmare
Apple's always-listening AI feature promises neat summaries of your daily conversations, but it forces everyone around you into a nonconsensual recording experiment.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨NEW from @propublica.org: over "the strongest possible" objection from the Minnesota federal prosecutor in charge of the case, senior Trump officials reportedly rejected civil rights charges against the ICE officer who shot a man and then lied about it. He'll be charged with false statements only.
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota had been preparing to charge Castro with deprivation of rights under color of law for the shooting of Sosa-Celis, according to several people familiar with the case. Those charges are similar to the ones leveled against Minneapolis police officers accused in George Floyd’s killing and can carry hefty prison sentences. 

Late on Tuesday, Matthew Evans, the assistant U.S. attorney in Minnesota in charge of the case, told lawyers for Sosa-Celis and other victims to prepare for Castro to be charged “only with False Statements,” according to an email that was reviewed by ProPublica. 

That charge would likely carry a far less severe punishment if he were convicted.

“This is being directed by the Main Justice and the US Attorney,” Evans wrote in a remarkably candid account of internal deliberations. “I objected in the strongest possible terms and fought it as hard as I could. It wasn’t enough.”
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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 31/08/2026
I'm so tired of consumer software applications being an obfuscated channel for fascist financial support.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 11/07/2026
Good. Meta still sucks. Remember that they tried this, and will probably try something similar soon.
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Supreme Court just effectively gutted two key laws for suing tech over human rights abuses, says Tech Justice Law's Madeline Batt. The result in Doe v. Cisco leaves companies and executives "less constrained by liability fears"—and victims with fewer pathways to redress.
techpolicy.press
Supreme Court Decimates Key Remedies for Tech Complicity in Human Rights Abuse
Following the ruling in Doe v. Cisco, victims are left searching for new pathways to redress, writes Tech Justice Law legal fellow Madeline Batt.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
So many people who can reasonably be described as “that little shit” are in charge of so much of society.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 12/05/2026
To add insult to injury, the water grab came at a time when nearby drought-stricken residents were warned to restrict their personal water consumption.
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Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months
Can AI save us from the AI industry’s endless thirst for water? Outlook not so good.
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Kendall 🛩️ @tacotuesgay.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Leaving my stuff behind during an emergency procedure as directed and telling someone it's their fault for leaving their items on a plane? You would never the last of me
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From the aviation community on Reddit
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
You know you guys fired the photographer who took this photo.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
DOGE turbocharged the deficit. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/wea...
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Masked gunman who menaced students at anti-ICE school protest was a cop boingboing.net/2026/04/13/m...
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Masked gunman who menaced students at anti-ICE school protest was a cop
When high school kids in Phoenix staged an anti-ICE walkout in January, a masked man with a handgun approached the students and refused to leave. Police were summoned, but for…
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Microplastics Sommelier @handle.invalid · 13/04/2026
"for unknown reasons, my mortal enemies appear to be concerned with the core essence of humanity in a way that my allies are not. oh well, better not think about it too hard."
Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog

A weird thing is that whenever I post criticism of Al, the majority of the people agreeing with me seem to be leftists. It's pretty much the only position I hold that seems to be more popular with the left than the right. It should be the opposite. My whole point about Al (especially Al in creative fields) is that it isn't human, it doesn't have a soul, and we cannot surrender our society to an unhuman soulless algorithm even if it makes our lives easier in some ways. It's very strange that an argument predicated on the existence of the soul resonates with the left while conservatives tend to scoff at it.
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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death
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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 02/04/2026
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
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Demetrios @dco.st · 01/04/2026
If they get away with forcing onerous proof of citizenship doc requirements for voting, and also succeed in this assault on birthright, the disenfranchisement levels will be huge. In NY you can’t even request your parents’ birth certificates without a court order— and that’s the simplest case!
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Demetrios @dco.st · 01/04/2026
Birthright citizenship is the heart and soul of the American experience.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Is it any wonder people feel the system is rigged?
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I am baffled by the people who are saying this would be hilarious and that he should do it. Did you read it? Do you think ICE agents harassing brown and Black people at airports would be fun and funny? Because I don't. We shouldn't be intimidated by his threats, but we shouldn't be callous either.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Oh, I like this: state law requiring ICE to waive supremacy clause immunity if it wants to contract with local agencies?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
“Chronic hunger” at American concentration camps reported by USA Today. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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ICE says it provides 'proper meals.' Detainees see crystalized jelly, rancid beans and iced bologna
In the business of immigration detention, researchers say, "bad food is the business model."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Every interview with this guy comes off like he's *hoping* to be beaten to death by an angry mob.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
While the McDonald’s CEO gets roasted for his awkward burger taste test... McDonald’s is among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. And McDonald's CEO recently raked in $18.2M — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. That should leave a bad taste in your mouth.
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Erika Hall @handle.invalid · 24/02/2026
I think undoing Citizen's United would be very culturally normal.
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NPR @npr.org · 23/02/2026
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit. n.pr/4s6JWgo
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A new lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracked and intimidated observers
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 20/02/2026
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Discord and Persona end partnership after shady UK age test sparks outcry
Persona confirmed all age check data from Discord's UK test was deleted.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Shame on NYU Langone for ending gender-affirming care & kicking trans New Yorkers to the curb. It's a violation of their promise to treat all people equally, kindly, and respectfully — and a violation of NYC's human rights law as well. Bending the knee is bad; denying people care is even worse.
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Richard Kadrey @handle.invalid · 18/02/2026
2026 basically
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 15/02/2026
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/02/2026
In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended "This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime" "I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 11/02/2026
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
NADLER: “How many of Epstein’s co-conspirators have you indicted? ZERO.” @repcohen.bsky.social : “ICE is running rampant you are not investigating them. Pretti & Good were executions.” Bondi crashing out in Congress is always a treat.
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Whitney Muse @whitneymuse.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Worked so hard to get this money... yet another thing to get canceled and erased
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Melissa "Snack Lady" @melondc.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
So, the March for Life appears to have brought Measles to DC. www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
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Multiple measles exposures in DC: Check sites and dates
DC Health said Saturday it was notified of multiple people with confirmed cases of measles visited a variety of locations in the District. Officials did not specify exactly how many infected people th...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This is a great idea and we should expand it to cover *all* of the justices of the Supreme Court, and then we could see who did unethical stuff like "attended the Grammys" or "bankrolled by a billionaire white supremacist donor who collects Nazi memorabilia" or "married to a January 6th plotter" or
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
turns out when Bezos suggested "democracy dies in darkness" it was a goal, not a slogan
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/02/2026
If you're writing about this story it should not take you until the 10th paragraph to inform your readers the GOP is engaged in theater to ensure that right wing billionaire Larry Ellison can buy Warner Brothers and CNN
thedailybeast.com
Netflix CEO Clashes With MAGA Senator in Fiery Hearing
“Almost half of your content for children promotes a transgender ideology agenda,” Sen. Josh Hawley claimed to Ted Sarandos on Tuesday.
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
What utter assholes. "At least 12 companies received letters from the agency stating that the gender-affirming compression garments are medical devices and require compliance with strict federal regulations." rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/02/02/c...
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FDA Targets Gender-Affirming Garments, Warning Companies that Serve Trans Customers
At least 12 companies received letters from the agency stating that the gender-affirming compression garments are medical devices and require compliance with strict federal regulations.
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