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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

WTF is going on?! These Atlanta market election ads are weird AF. Now I'm getting anti-Jackson attack ads that are all about HIS support for data centers. Can we just go back to the usual coded bigotry & police-sponsored anti-Dem attack ads.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Really wish democrats would stand up for taxes. Not even advocate for higher taxes. But try to drive it home to people that taxes are a way for all of us to pool a small piece of our individual resources to serve collective goals.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Huh. GOP attack ads are now hitting Keisha Bottoms for supporting data centers when she was mayor. Thought GOP was still into data centers.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Funny discussion - what would have allowed the Fellowship of the Ring to be more successful. Which firstly misses that it was massively successful. And secondly ignores how finely balanced everything was. An extra day of delay or earilness here or there, & Sauron wins the war & recovers the ring.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The casting of Interview With The Vampire (movie) is so whacky. But although Pitt is all wrong he did a great job of emphasizing everything I hate about Louie. He's such a fucking whiner. A casual slaveholder who gets precious once he needed to eat people. & Pitt is worse than Reeves in Dracula.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Was Ellen the female Jimmy Fallon? Lacking in charisma, not remotely funny, and generally awkward. But nevertheless persistently on TV.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This definitely hits hard. Any casual follower of things military and/or aerospace over the last 30 years should recognize the validity of this XKCD flowchart.

An XKCD Comic. The comic provides a flowchart entitled "Aerospace Engineer Problem-solving Flowchart."

The stages are
1 - START
2 - Could we solve this problem by building giant airships again?
There is a single exiting arrow labelled "NO"
3 - Try other solutions
There are four exiting arrows that leave the edge of the comic to what are no doubt almost anything else imaginable that is slightly practical.

Unlike giant airships.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know that you can't, and shouldn't, but in all seriousness, the US execution "industry" would be better off if it left the job to vets. Veterinarians that is.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Agency. What is it? An unknowable concept for too many Americans when it comes to the developing world. It's been weird to see folks denounce imperialism etc., & simultaneously struggle to accept the idea that local actors have goals & objectives that may exploit intersections with US goals.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm genuinely, negatively, impressed that Hegseth sees the military as a modern equivalent of a bunch of dudes in a shield wall. But with no modern shield-bearers, pages, horse-holders, sutlers, victualers, surgeons, etc. Just a bunch of warriors waiting to starve or shit themselves to death.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hmm, took a moment to check in on MBDA Meteor integration with the F-35. Was surprised to discover that this is now "scheduled" for the early 2030s. But yay!! First flight happened last year. Of course original planned in-service date was 2024, so a bit of slip and sliding there.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Does Boeing have anything like the engineering bandwidth to simultaneously stand up two new military designs with different requirements, in addition to stumbling through certification of its various civil aircraft, & struggling to unfuck the Red Hawk program?

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did I do the math wrong? Is Trump pledging to throw down 1.25 trillion dollars if we all vote GOP? $5,000 per adult at c. 250 million USA adults. These numbers are deranged - Lukashenko makes more sense.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is truly exhausting how comprehensively shit the online experience has become. - Paying a bill is an obstacle course. - Searching a library catalog is aggressively hostile - and of course Google doesn't want you to find anything at all anymore It all wastes so much of a user's time.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OMG!! Anti-Jon Ossoff ads are getting more unhinged. Not as unhinged as the anti-Bottoms ads, but on their way.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Weird statement from an EV owner. Home charging is a luxury but not that important. I genuinely don't understand why you would preferentially DC fast charge when you can charge at home - even if only level 1.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Why would people not wear sunglasses (polarized or not) when driving in sunny weather.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well I'm suitably amused. Jessica Jones gave up on being a P.I. and got a law degree. Leaning into her name all the way.

picture of a name plate for a professional office.

reads
Law Office of Jessica Lea Jones - Defender of Justice - Advocate for the People.

The "lea" part of her name is in tiny print oriented vertically between Jessica and Jones.

You cannot tell me that she is not VERY aware of the jessica jones's comics.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't understand how someone could add Dexter to this list while leaving Hannibal off it.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Saw a Cybercab bopping around East Atlanta, closely pursued by a model Y chase car. It's not bad looking. Pity its entire conception and "business" model is the twisted fever dream of an overly online techno-optimist billionaire nazi.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pretty sure I saw Greg Bovino walking around the Auburn GA Buc-ees yesterday afternoon. Like 99%. Also, those shorts weren't flattering.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fun thing, impeachment and/or denying funding are the only meaningful checks on executive power at the disposal of the U.S. Congress. The knowers of things regularly reiterate that using either is politically bad & must not be done. Meaning, no real Congressional checks exist. Lawsuits?

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just spent the weekend driving 1,000 miles cross country and was interested to note a LOT of trucks cruising along 5 mph UNDER the limit, which is unusual. Presumably cost of fuel is outweighing cost of time. At $6.50 to $6.95 in GA & AL I suppose that isn't surprising.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How the fuck is it reasonable that people don't have to pay income tax on up to $25,000 in tips? Basically I get to pay tax on $25,000 more income simply because I get a salary?

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Was rather surprised to get 505 miles out of my VW Taos before the fuel light came on. This thing is a highway MACHINE. Got 47mpg and it isn't even a hybrid.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Time to repost a blast from the past - well, mine at least. We've all had "Better Days". www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8as...

youtube.com

Tadpole - Better Days (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Tadpole

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Things I don't miss. The commercial large tractor feed dot matrix printer contained within a large acoustic hood. Useful for running off huge daily reports and multiforms. But so fucking loud.

Picture of a dot matrix printer within a large acoustic hood with transparent cover. The inside of the hood is lined with eggshell crate acoustic foam.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm a little surprised that no one has made a version of the boston dynamics dog thing (or knock-offs) with a pair of "arms/hands" mounted to it to essentially make it six-limbed like a praying mantis. That might be more useful than the single giant pincer.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I never cease to be amused by the same people in the UK who lament Brexit as an economic disaster that goes against history & sense ... ... also typically subscribe to an atavistic classic romantic nationalism that demands national freedom from the UK, which won't be problematic at all. 🙄😒😬

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Things I was blissfully unaware of in America # 1442 TODDLER SPORTS WTF is this? Just let the kids fucking play with each other. There's plenty of time to introduce regimentation and rule-bound obedience.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Anti-Bottoms for governor campaigning is playing up her support for abolishing cash bail as if it were a bad thing. Cash bail enables rich criminals & punishes the nonviolent poor. The rich can throw down money & go out to offend again. Detain those representing future violence risk.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Crowns, dental that is, are awesome, except when they decide to go walkabout. At least I didn't swallow it.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

One of the many difficulties arising out of elected sheriffs is that they may not give a shit about, or minimize the significance of criminal activity that aligns with their political inclinations.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am so tired of "unalived" or "unalive" as terms. They're grammatically irritating, but more relevantly they represent yet another effort to obscure the reality that death is part of life.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Once More with Feeling is, for me at least, one of the v. best Buffy episodes, right up there with Prophecy Girl. Not least because it beautifully & successfully squeezes maybe 5 episodes of character & plot developments into a single episode that hits so damned hard.

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Buffy Summers: Once More With Feeling

Alt: Buffy Summers: Once More With Feeling clip with SMG singing the line "hey, I've died twice" and Giles reacting with sheepish amusement.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Presumably all of the MCU movies and shows after the confrontation between Loki and Tony Stark in the Stark Tower are Stark's last comforting synapse sparks. Cos he def died when he went head-first through that architectural glass.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"Why I sold my EV after 9 months" videos are hilarious. So many BS excuses to cover for "I'm a youtuber and I need to constantly generate new content, AND my business derives tax benefits from not keeping vehicles longer than a certain period."

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I think I understand the thought process the British govt uses to justify not openly confronting RW demonstrations, but quietly arresting people later. BUT, it is importantly that govt be SEEN to act. The current impression is one of tolerance, even if it isn't really.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Past time for Democrats to make it clear, in public, and to the public, that Trump's monuments to himself (sorry, celebrating the nation) will NOT remain in place. The West Wing replacement isn't going away (sorry folks) but the Arch should have zero life expectancy.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It really is sickening the degree to which, given the slightest opportunity, this administration defaults to being a rhetorical ally of Russia.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's there anything worse than whiny rich people. And by rich I mean RICH!!

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Harping on an old tune. The 2027 chevy Bolt EV, and the Bolt EUV before that, is a perfect replacement for the Toyota Matrix / Pontiac Vibe.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Dubstep may never die, at least according to Deadpool. But it may not be thriving when you're getting to hear it as Muzak at Lidl. Also, Ha-ha EDM "kids", you're old too now.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I wonder how many undiagnosed TBI's there are out there leading to chaos, people harming themselves, harm to the public, and law enforcement encounters. I suspect the number is disturbingly large.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Gout-toe is never welcome. But it's slightly less unwelcome when it's the little toe's neighbor rather than the big toe. Tiny uncertain cheer.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Its not a particularly important thing. But I'm surprised by how many (any) people think that William will be a better UK King than Charles III. He comes across as petty & bitter, & likely hates the monarchy generally & its ceremonial pomp specifically, which is largely its whole bloody point.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So, Russia is making ridiculous threats directed at Western nations supporting Ukraine. Again. Which will no doubt lead to a fresh round of pearl clutching. As opposed to some version of "come on then, have a go if you think you're hard enough."

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One inescapable feature of the USA is that the imperial mindset is so deeply embedded in politics and society it is essentially invisible. But it increasingly manifests in the outlook that sees allies as vassals & trade partners as tributaries. US isolationism isn't what you need to worry about.

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Also, when the machines reset the matrix, and kill almost everyone in Zion is there an interlude where servitors come in & hose the place down, remove all of the bodies & their possessions so that the One can then bring in the new residents to this awesome place he found? Or do the people have to?

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mkbinder.bsky.social @mkbinder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Controlled opposition. Don't know why it never occurred to me that this is the role of Zion within the world of "The Matrix."

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