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Dan Freedman

@dfreedm.bsky.social
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lit.dev engineer, UIUC alum, open source enthusiast, he/him. Opinions my own, etc. Mastodon: @azakus@mastodon.social

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sorry I have been playing too much Control Resonant and had to get this out of my head.
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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 24/09/2026
a friend’s dad was taken by ICE and they’re looking to raise money for legal representation. share and donate if you’re able to www.gofundme.com/f/our-dad-wa...
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Donate to Our Dad was taken by ICE, organized by Victoria Rudenko
Our dad has called the United States home since 1996. He came here 30 years ago and has s… Victoria Rudenko needs your support for Our Dad was taken by ICE
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.
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The Deportation Project Map
Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Computer Rage Marinette, WI
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
According to Mohamed, guards at Guantanamo have said they are being held there because that's what officials in Washington, DC, want. "There's no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison," he told me. "And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us... Washington...ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay."
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erin plasma @plasmasword.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026
marx beam
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
TFG is depleting our oil reserves to offset his stupid, unwinnable war, while paying renewable energy firms to stop production, while waging an equallly stupid trade war. Presidents are often unfairly blamed when the economy goes south. But we’ve never had a president *try* to ruin it.
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big bleat from badsville @djepelgesh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
thank you The New York Post for what may be the funniest image of all time
a picture from the NY Post titled "	today’s leftists are possessed by the spirit of France’s 18th-century guillotine-loving revolutionaries" (way too long) that shows Mamdani (the specter haunting Europe) smiling in the sky as a bunch of French people goof around
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marina grlica 🌱 @dovesplants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
see you space cowboy tim curry
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Dan Freedman @dfreedm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
What the dietician looks like
Anthony Hopkins as John Harvey Kellogg from The Road to Wellville
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/07/2026
looking at the headlines and reflecting once again on how all the smart, hard-working, honest people I know feel like they’re going at least a little insane in our era of total Stupid Immoral Asshole ascendancy
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Paul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.
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FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Madison police kill man in broad daylight in front of witnesses wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/madis...
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Madison police kill man in broad daylight in front of witnesses • Wisconsin Examiner
A Madison police officer shot a man several times, killing him during an arrest for allegedly casing cars in the Willy Street neighborhood.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This story is crazy. It would appear Trump admin officials rigged their nationally televised high school civics contest to keep a young man from a Sikh family out of the finalists. www.notus.org/national/ame...
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Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."
From a Reddit forum, a photo of a can of coconut milk with a blue label, papyrus text and a flip-top, on a sidewalk.  It seems to hover because there's no visible shadow.  The pavement is sort of unevenly colored, with bright spots, and the grass along it is green and lush.
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Dan Freedman @dfreedm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Corso Italia in Toronto is just an ad hoc parade of cars waving Spanish flags. Amazing to watch a neighborhood explode in celebration for the World Cup like this.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News
Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about...
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 17/07/2026
Interesting theory. So if a major source of harmful pollutants can’t or won’t prevent those pollutants crossing borders, its neighbours are justified in taking unilateral action to stop the harm without regard to sovereignty. Cool theory. Keep talking.
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Archives of Nethys @archivesofnethys.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Unfortunately, we have bad news to share. Paizo has decided to end our partnership, effective July 24th. We have prepared a statement with some details about AoN going forward. We hope to continue to support the community and wish no ill will towards Paizo. www.archivesofnethys.com/agreement.html
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Archives of Nethys
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13/07/2026
You can and should point out that police killing people daily is the "norm" in America. But that doesn't mean you *accept* the normalization of this violence and the way some people rush to smugly point these things out contributes to collective fatigue. Your horror has been stolen from you.
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Lea Verou, PhD @lea.verou.me · 13/07/2026
🔥 New blog post: In defense of polyfills A highly influential spec editor expressed the opinion that polyfilling is harmful. I beg to differ. lea.verou.me/blog/2026/po...
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In defense of polyfills • Lea Verou
An influential spec editor thinks polyfilling is harmful. I think blaming polyfills for compat accidents is like blaming car crashes on the ambulances that show up — and the alternative is a stagnant ...
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.
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foaming pipe snake @guntoucher.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵
An illustration, done in a flat graphic style depicting a menacing executive with a sickly smile, towering over scores of downtrodden workers carrying boxes of their belongings out of frame. Below, a call to action:

SAVE OUR DEVS
JULY 15 - Rallies across US & Canada
END MASS LAYOFFS NOW

Dallas, Texas (Richardson) - Id Software
Austin, Texas - Id Software
Montréal, Quebec - Bethesda Games Studio Montréal
Rockville, Maryland - Bethesda Softworks
Irvine, California - Obsidian Entertainment
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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/07/2026
It’s New Foods Day for the Minnesota State Fair and this, to me, is the promise of America www.mnstatefair.org/new/food
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/07/2026
BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 05/07/2026
Trump is watching the Fox News feed of himself watching Fox News
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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
They all belong to the genre “I have more money than god but will act like an eternal victim for being criticized for something I did, in fact, do”
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/06/2026
Any Democrat willing to take these monster’s money should be ferociously purged from the party.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
"A solar farm on a rewetted peatland is home to more types of bird than drained agricultural fields nearby, suggesting that land used for renewable energy can make money for landowners, lock away carbon and boost biodiversity at the same time."
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Wildlife thrives in solar farm built on restored peatland
A diverse range of bird species has been recorded at a solar park on rewetted peatland in Germany, suggesting that combining energy generation with habitat restoration could benefit biodiversity, the climate and the economy
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R.L. @rhymes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
watching twilight and I keep making myself laugh imagining if it was just that bitch alucard or any other vampire instead of Edward
Bella Swan from the Twilight saga enters a classroom. She seems nervous.Bella looks up, and something across the room catches her eyeAlucard from hellsing is patiently sitting in class.
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Dan Freedman @dfreedm.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The Straight of Hormuz keeps worse hours than a barbeque joint.
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Oeming @oeming.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
World Cup might be the closest thing we’ll get to world peace
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 16/06/2026
NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is "vital" for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing:
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DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 15/06/2026
For Vogue, I talked to Ramell-Correen Frederick, aka Cheeks, who embroidered Knicks gear in the streets of Brooklyn after Game 5. He uses a 104-year-old hand-crank, chainstitch embroidery machine that he named Jessica.
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The New York Artist Embroidering Knicks Merch on the Street
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alex remembers the big cow 🐄 @thebigcow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The Scots found the Boston cop slide @everyone @edsbs.bsky.social @brianmfloyd.bsky.social @cjzero.bsky.social
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House House @househouse.com · 09/06/2026
🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Our new game about walking and talking comes out August 4 on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world.
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Big Walk - Release Date Announcement
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Two panel comic. Panel 1: a chrysalis hangs from a branch in a tree. Panel 2: inside the chrysalis is a small room. A caterpillar is sitting on the floor looking exhausted and frustrated with its head in its hand. Scattered on the floor around the caterpillar are large parts of butterfly wings in boxes like pieces of furniture that require assembly, and an electric drill, and a beer.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
They’re so happy about it. Destroying Black political power is all they ever wanted.
But videos have also captured the animus and glee with which largely white
Republican caucuses throughout the South have carried out Mr. Trump's request for widespread gerrymandering. William Arnold, the director of justice and re-entry programs at the advocacy group Memphis for All, said the experience of watching the Republicans vote on the maps in Nashville left him shaken. "They were laughing.
Laughing and smiling," he said. He described it as "one of the most jarring experiences of my life."
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 04/06/2026
❤️ Love the Wayback Machine? Some publishers and news organizations are blocking it from archiving journalism—cutting off the public record & future accountability. Want them to stop? ✍️ Sign the open letter to support preserving journalism in the Wayback Machine ⤵️ www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders
Logo for the Internet Archive Wayback Machine in black and red letters.
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Plasma Ring @plasmaring.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
New signed prints are available!
Print of my comic featuring dinos playing Dance Dance Revolution, signed by me!
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Inspired by the Enhanced Games I am launching NASCAR for drunk drivers
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