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Mathematics doctorate with a cybersec degree. 32 || Male || Somewhere in Upstate NY Discord handle: ml2 Matrix handle: @mathlover2:matrix.org (not active right now)

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Leonard J. French @piratelawyer.com · 24/09/2026
They are already messing with my vote. I'm supposed to receive my ballot 45 days before the general election. It didn't arrive, so I'm messaging with the county elections office. They are claiming that my FPCA is only good for one election, the primary, and no longer good for the entire year.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
All of Us Should Be Able To Agree With This…..
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InaneDragon @inanedragon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I dunno, bro, you drinking "Essentia+" water like it's not just over-priced tap water. Not sure I trust your take on things now. (Essentia+ is one of a dozen or so "alkaline" water brands you can spend your entire paycheck on just to prove you're super special. The water? It does nothing.)
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ML2 @ml2.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social Leaving aside the issue of this being a bad take, this is noticeably shorter and less articulate out than your other recent columns. Did your employer demand you write ragebait? Like I'm genuinely curious here. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Let’s stop going into space. There’s nothing to see and no one to talk to | Zoe Williams
I’ve nothing against astronauts or scientific innovation. But what’s the point of Artemis II, asks Zoe Williams
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 07/04/2026
You know when you see an op-ed in a publication, and you think: "Gosh, you are such an arsehat for writing that" and then you see the publication pushing it because they are slaves to their metrics ... Well.... Today's arsehat is Zoe Williams, and the publication is The Guardian. Don't bother.
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ML2 @ml2.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I feel like lumping Discord users and Reddit users into the same category is unfair to Discord users, who don't deserve to be equated with the miserable inhabitants of large subreddits. :)
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Spencer Judd @sjlaw.vegas · 11/02/2026
I just don't think the move is to frame it like this. Like it's some fait accompli. They're dodo-headed dumbdumbs and we should treat them as such, not as scary evil geniuses. Threaten to, and then actually severely punish them when we get the chance. Don't doom about them.
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Jeff McMahon @jeffmcmahon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I refuse to be shaken to my core
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ML2 @ml2.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The "they look confident, therefore that confidence must be real and grounded in reality" argument is stupid, and I'm getting quite sick of running into people using it instead of the evidence we *do* have for what this administration is doing.
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Bernice @bernice449.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"I don't care". That tells us all we need to know. No conscious, no soul, no respect, no humanity.
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Off to a fucking strong start
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Jon Green @modestholdings.com · 01/01/2026
We have American problems which require American solutions. Some will be trivial, some will require us to remember the great undertakings of our past. We can, we have – we will – do great things. It takes but a leader to arouse the patriotic spirit.
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jewelheist.bsky.social @jewelheist.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Omg I’m dying 😂😂😂…so…So Emily Austin, a right wing 'influencer' who works for Bibi and the GOP, launched 'Hot Girls for Cuomo'. Guess who didn't bother to register the URL when she did that? What do you think Hot Girls for Cuomo dot com leads to now?... 😄 Enjoy. [ HotGirlsforCuomo.com ]
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Spreadsheet enjoyer 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @bluser12.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Nvidia is not 16% of the US of economy. This is nonsense. AI capex is powering GDP growth right now but it's still like <1% of the US GDP according to GS. Lots of ways to make the argument that AI poses a risk to growth but this isn't it.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 15/10/2025
Science 🤝 Democracy. The Trump admin's fight against science harms our 1st Amendment rights. Flipping a complicit Congress is critical in the fight against unpatriotic anti-science, and where the Science Fight Club comes in. Find out how to join the fight here: zurl.co/fa315 #standupforscience
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 18/09/2025
And most of all, pitch in and get to work.
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy” V-Dem data
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When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
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Mr Chris @chrisnesselrode.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I think when Trump dies, MAGA will splinter. They are a cult and no one will take that mantle. And his successor will have to come to terms with the damage he did because the spell will be broken.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
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Lou Anne Bynum @lasky123.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Note that KTLA Los Angeles is Nexstar owned. Make your voice heard.
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Blue Mouse @remainstoked.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
hell yeah it does , the people saved a couple of workers in Rochester, NY a couple days ago. www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
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ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest
The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 04/09/2025
Nepal has moved to block 26 social media platforms for failing to comply with its registration requirements.
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Nepal blocks Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X over rule breach, amid censorship concerns | TechCrunch
Nepal has moved to block 26 social media platforms for failing to comply with its registration requirements.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 14/08/2025
In outlining his reason for a national program of social insurance, FDR stated: "It is our plain duty to provide for that security upon which welfare depends." We lay out why that goal is as essential today: #ProtectSocialSecurity 1/3 🧵 rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-do...
The goal of Social Security is to mitigate economic risk, particularly the risk of poverty when someone loses their ability to receive market-based income through employment. All people age, and no one can foresee with absolute certainty when death or disability may occur. Because these events are inevitable, yet the timing is unpredictable, it makes sense to protect against them.
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Duty! Toward one's fellows! A Rooseveltian vision the US could stand to reembrace.
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ML2 @ml2.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Hasan Piker is a couch fucker like JD Vance. Change my mind.
Photo of Hasan Piker reclining on a hapless white couch. The couch is draped in a white quilted cloth. His right hand is suggestively positioned near the crack between two couch cushions.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I remember when Bill Clinton held a campaign rally in my hometown when I was a kid, but really can't think of the last time an out of state Dem came to WV.
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders to speak at three West Virginia events Aug. 8 and 9 • West Virginia Watch
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, a one-time candidate for president, will bring his speaking event tour to three West Virginia locations.
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Stephen Raab @onetruestephen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I want the United States to get in a New Space Race with China to see who can sequester more carbon as a soft-power flex
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ML2 @ml2.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Shout out to Second Rate Gigs, who is both a joy to collaborate with and puts out amazing quality work, be it #ttrpg or comedy! I cannot recommend them enough!
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
If there's nothing to hide, don't hide it.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I very much endorse this. I feel a LOT better after attending a rally/protest. And it's not just superficial; you actually ARE helping by getting the word out and showing people that they are not alone in this. Every. Person. Counts.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Good. VERY good! Now if we can enforce it.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Goddammit. Do Not Comply In Advance We still don't know what the Congressional budget proposal will be. Trump's shittastic budget proposal is not the final word!
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Can’t emphasize enough what a disgrace this whole sad episode was
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Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A really chilling implication here is that if Trump keeps doing speeches on military bases, and commanding officers continue to tell soldiers to opt in or out of these events (as they did here), then there will be lists by base and unit of which soldiers support the administration & which don't.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
This is the perfect metaphor for the Trump era: he’s turned citizenship into a scam.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Ho-leeeeee cowwwwww NYT.
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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We've just updated the @wired.com guide to protecting your privacy while attending protests with the latest best practices. @agreenberg.bsky.social and @lhn.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
You simply cannot pull off a successful self-coup when you’re already unpopular and every move in that direction causes you to shed more supporters.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The “strongly approve” floor is lower than I thought tbh. And I don’t think we’ve found it yet.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 12/06/2025
In this moment of anxiety, please enjoy a baby goose falling out of an adult gooses wing. Yes I wrote that sentence. Yes this happened. Yes it's ADORABLE. No I don't think I'll capture a cuter goose moment this year. 🐣 🪶
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Get ready everyone. The elite right leaning media in DC/NY's acela corridor are about to launch all out attacks on this man - just like they attacked Elizabeth Warren and before that - Howard Dean. Time to make sure the progressives/left are fully unified behind him.
politico.com
Mamdani surges in new poll, leading Cuomo for first time in New York mayor's race
The former governor has topped every voter survey since entering the race, but the democratic socialist is gaining on him.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11/06/2025
Donald Trump deployed more than 700 active U.S. Marines — men and women trained in foreign combat, not domestic law enforcement. We honor their service and bravery. But we do not want our streets militarized by our own Armed Forces. Not in L.A. Not in California. Not anywhere.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11/06/2025
Newsom’s speech wasn’t aimed at libs like us it was aimed at Joe sicpack who doesn’t know anything and wants The Bad Thing in the teevee to go away He, in my view successfully, shifted the blame for The Bad Thing onto Donald Trump
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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A U.S. citizen who is nine months pregnant was hospitalized upon her release from immigration custody after she was detained by federal agents in Hawthorne on Sunday. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/i...
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‘I can’t fight back; I’m pregnant’: ICE detains US citizen in Hawthorne
A U.S. citizen who is nine months pregnant was hospitalized upon her release from immigration custody after she was detained by federal agents in Hawthorne on Sunday.
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Democracy Dies in Dorkness @lizamazel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Well, if shit keeps going down like this--Kegsbreath apparently plans to have us under occupation for 60 days? now 5 more cities just because?--you should get your wish, if you aren't already. Check mobilize.us to see what's up near you.
mobilize.us
Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Mobilize
Create change in your community. Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers in your local area, organized by charities, campaigns, political organizations, grassroots groups, and...
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