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Alex K

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I'm a Jewish developer and geek. he/him Icon by @heyheymomo.bsky.social

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Alex K @nerd.ink · 21/09/2026
G’Mar Chatima Tova
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Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
everyone should watch this. nothing that works this way is conscious.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 23/07/2026
@atls.city !set US-OH-Cleveland
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Every day I contemplate the fact that we still don't know what causes left-handedness. Ages ago we as a society decided it was totally normal and stopped punishing and ostracizing kids for it. Today the thought of being anti-left-handedness is bonkers to us. This is a post about trans kids.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
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‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026
thomas simply couldn't join the opinion, this corrupt, misanthropic bigot had to throw in his two cents and put his bigotry into the record
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win.
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
They're not even secretive about the plan. So why are so many the left giving them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to regulating the internet?
Tweet from Banks:

No child should be told they're born in the wrong body.
Parents have a right to ensure kids don't get this message from anyone— certainly not from TV shows.
FCC must add radical trans content to the TV rating system just as other adult content is labeled.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 14/06/2026
Wait. THIS is what happened to Dave’s Cosmic Subs??
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 06/06/2026
They're now Asbestos free! xkcd.com/641/
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Absolute must read
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Rachel Lense is Professionally Curious @rachellense.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖
A pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 15/05/2026
COBOL and some PHP/JavaScript monstrosity
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Bridget Takes A Trip To Georges Saurat's Island Of La Grande JatteBridget And The Garden Of Catnip Delights, (not) by Bosch
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 12/05/2026
@soapboxsoftware.bsky.social in Indigo is there a place to see all likes and bookmarks?
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 08/04/2026
My @heyheymomo.bsky.social icon is here!
It’s a portrait of my dog Sneaky who is brown and white with one ear up and one ear down. She is wearing a blue collar and has her tongue sticking out.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports
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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 22/01/2026
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95. “Her painstaking calculations and programming helped transform raw satellite data into precise geodetic models, enabling reliable satellite-based navigation.” [thezebra.org]
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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
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Mika Fae Queen of Night 🏳️‍⚧️ @msmaxwellmusic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
You are tired because your nervous system is overwhelmed by everything happening at the macro level, in your social media interactions, and in your personal/professional life. Take a moment, drink some water, and take a nap. The horrors persist but so must you.
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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 11/01/2026
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 22/12/2025
Happy Hanukkah!
A menorah with all 9 blue and white candles lit (8 for the nights and the shamash in the middle). The menorah is shiny, silver in color and a twisted metal.  It’s on foil covered in bits of wax and used matches. The room it’s in is darkened.
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Rabbi Daniel Bogard @ravbogard.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I'm still looking for (the right) lawyer to help me challenge gender affirming care bans in court under religious liberty claims. Is that you, or do you know the right person? DMs are open #ProtectTransKids
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Annual reminder that if you see a menorah in someone’s window, that’s an act of defiance against bigotry and hate. It’s also pride and bravery. It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 27/11/2025
One way to renovate the kitchen
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I Want You to Understand Chicago
Politics Chicago
2025-11-08

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st.

Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
sherman, for the love of god!
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Rikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
well that explains the entire Talmudic tradition doesn’t it
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 30/09/2025
Where the hell is AARP? I thought that they cared about social security.
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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
There have always been trans people. There will always be trans people. The only "trans agenda" is to live authentically. Removing trans rights, banning trans people from sports, taking away care for trans people puts you on the wrong side of history. Trans rights are human rights 🩵💗🤍
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 29/08/2025
Omg @darthbluesky.bsky.social did you see there’s a new penguin 🐧 and it’s called a ROCKARONI?
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 10/08/2025
It matters. I care. By @molly.wiki www.citationneeded.news/it-matters-i...
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It matters. I care.
When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need...
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 06/08/2025
We went to the clock museum in Vienna. It felt like stepping back through time including the horses clip clopping around outside.
A picture of a cool looking complex clock with ornate gold and silver fringes on a shelf
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 24/07/2025
@cpsc.gov where can I find reviews of safe, tested grill brushes that I can buy?
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 04/07/2025
Who else is going to #BuckeyeDreamin 2025? I'm excited to meet some new people, see some friends, and learn about what's cool on #Salesforce!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker. My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
The Onion NYT ad. The headline of the editorial says “CONGRESS, NOW MORE THAN EVER OUR NATION NEEDS YOUR COWARDICE”
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 12/06/2025
Yes please
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 17/03/2025
Well this is not good.
That same Tuesday, March 21, an Article 48 decree was issued amnestying National Socialists convicted of crimes, including murder, perpetrated "in the battle for national renewal." Men convicted of
treason were now national heroes. The first
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 09/03/2025
Eh. Let them have it.
media.tenor.com
a large building with the letters aa on it
Alt: Langoliers, sphere shaped balls of teeth, swarming and eating an airport.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 18/02/2025
@ass.golf I’ve been seeing this popover on my phone (and a similar one on my Mac) when visiting QC. Might have a problem with your CMS or advertising.
A screenshot of QC Comic with a popover that says a “virus might be on your phone”
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 21/01/2025
What the actual hell is the purpose of the ADL right now if not to condemn Musk and his ilk?
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DK, ectoplasmosis host @frozenkoi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
2 Jews = 2^256 opinions bsky.app/profile/jsx....
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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Today’s the day. It’s the 2024 Hater’s Guide to the Williams Sonoma catalog! defector.com/the-2024-hat...
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The 2024 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog | Defector
[walks out to greet you as you pull into my circular driveway] There you are! Oh my goodness, look at you! You look so festive! Why don’t you leave your bags in the breezeway for now and come on in? A...
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"life choices"
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Libby 🎃Stink Gourd🎃 @libbystigaard.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
My phone just auto corrected "trauma dumping" to "trauma dumpling," so I painted this in case anyone would like a visual of my mental state. How's everyone else doing?
A small watercolor painting of a horrified looking cartoon dumpling.
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 26/10/2024
Upside down #doggo
The face of an upside down doggo.
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Alex K @nerd.ink · 11/10/2024
#aurora in Cleveland
The aurora visible over Lake Erie. There’s two faded horizontal lines of green with streaks coming off the top, a pink streak off to the left and an orange patch in the middle at the horizon.
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