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paranoid dork living on the west coast of the states. they/them.

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Rook Lafetra @rooklafetra.bsky.social · 3h
It is bizarre that I keep seeing lawyers frame people's concerns as "people complaining about terms of service restricting their freedom", instead of recognizing a lot of people can see the writing on the wall about the slave fantasies of many technocrats.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 3h
Your reminder that ICE should be presumed lying when it claims someone "weaponized their vehicle" against them. It's never true. It never happens. It's always a lie.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942
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Rep. Emily Randall @repemilyrandall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Now, her family is suing the U.S. government. While nothing can bring Renée back, I hope this lawsuit brings some measure of accountability as my colleagues and I continue working to demand answers and accountability in Congress. apnews.com/article/rene...
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Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis
Renee Good’s family has sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman’s killing by an immigration office...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not beating the eugenics accusations
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
DOJ hired these prosecutors: -A gambling exec turned conspiracy theorist podcaster -A guy found liable for selling fraudulent insurance leads -A guy who violated attorney-client privilege in a high-profile murder trial -A guy currently facing animal neglect charges www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately
Hello Bone Colleagues, 
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans. 

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine 
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The reason young people vibe with liminal horror is that the wealthy have spent the last half century destroying all anthropological spaces they can exist in, leaving *only* non-places en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-place
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Non-place - Wikipedia
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The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 07/10/2026
Jeff Flake once estimated that at least 35 Republican senators would vote to remove Trump if the ballot were secret. A Democratic Senate could give them that chance. @andycraig.bsky.social
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A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis
Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 07/10/2026
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE (repeat as necessary…)
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otatma @otatma.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
You are the editor in chief of a tech mag. You are posting an article from the magazine you edit which directly relates to public safety. Your link has a fucking pay wall. BLOCKED, WITH PREJUDICE. You disgust me. This is an emergency. Yeah! Still!
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otatma @otatma.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Blocked another user today who posted a paywalled article. Stop doing this. Stop retoasting people that do this. Most importantly, stop writing for orgs that put up paywalls! Paywalls are garbage and journalism orgs that use them need to crash and burn yesterday.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've been trying to articulate this in a way which doesn't sound judgmental, and apparently that sounds like a fortune cookie. But seriously, a question I ask a lot is "If I get used to this new system, what problems am I signing up for when I'm inevitably rug pulled?" and it's served me quite well
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Jakebe, the Hobbit Hare @jakebe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
YES on 40 NO on 41 NO on 42 for all CA friends out there
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026
there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's always good to remember that people hated cars so much in the early 20th century that the auto industry invented jaywalking to paint pedestrians as problematic
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is an important statement people, and especially elected Dems need to really understand. The current Republican project is one of destruction, by design. Yes, they have other goals, in RFK’s case he’s objectively pro-disease, but their primary metric of success is breaking government.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
These are the layups. All these actions are crimes. All the perjuries are crimes. Find one vicious bastard prosecutor and have them chew through these ICE/DHS cases starting Day One. Just enforce the law! The lowest bar possible!
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G @gpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sums up my feelings. 
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/10/2026
Do you know why I think every prisoner should get to vote in prison? Not only are prisoners counted in the census and are most affected by policies (check out prison gerrymandering), but also if you don't, regimes could simply round up 1,000s of dissidents and minorities to reshape the electorate
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
everyone especially the Senators confirming them knew this.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦‍♂️
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Establish that violations of the Emoluments Clauses and the Establishment Clause are impeachable. Establish that war crimes are impeachable. None of these require the mens rea questions that so sidetracked the first two Trump impeachments. The facts are the facts.
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David @dchandler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I worked in a small town computer store circa 2003, we called this stuff "malware," and most of our customers paid us to get it off their machines. They just remade BonzaiBuddy while telling us it's good now.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Definitely Not the only one who Needs to be held Accountable….
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
David Pakman: 26 articles of impeachment. Vote 💙.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Bugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
lol lmao
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Aaron Hedge @aaronhedge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🧵 I don’t think I’ve ever come across documents that told a story about cops covering their tracks so clearly before. The text messages below tell the story better than any exposition. They sent most of these messages less than a day after they’d killed a man in a mental health crisis with AR-15s.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. told a MAHA summit that AI could provide a medical “second opinion” better informed than any doctor and could “free us from medical tyranny.” He encouraged Americans to use AI to challenge public-heal... TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
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RFK Jr Announcing That AI Is Now Better Than Human Doctors Shows That He Is a Buffoon Who Is Ruining Trust in American Health Institutions
RFK Jr. said that AI models are now better informed than any doctor, proclaiming the tech will "free us from medical tyranny."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 01/10/2026
A demon appeared in the summoning circle. It was wearing pyjamas. "I summoned thee to give me knowled-" "Really?" the demon said. "You have the internet these days, the world's knowledge a click away. Nobody's summoned me in years." "You have all knowledge. Why did I summon thee?" "... oh shit."
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
For the typical worker, more than half of every dollar of income growth is going right back out the door in debt payments. This new report from @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @protectborrowers.bsky.social makes it clear: the economy is rigged against working families.
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Spooky Rin Stedecore 👻🎃 🔪 @stedeco.re · 01/10/2026
This would be disqualifying even if Newsom wasn't a piece of shit. You get an endorsement from Goebbels, you're done.
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Sage Coffey🌿☕ @sagecoffey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Mifepristone is still widely available but if you don't have access to it, safe medical abortion is possible with just Misoprostol! Excerpt from Abortion Pill Zine by myself, @isabellarotman.bsky.social & @marniegalloway.bsky.social on miso. Full zine here: www.silversprocket.net/2024/09/17/a...
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
my steam account is old enough to buy alcohol. i signed up with a credit card. my username is a reference to a game from 1992. what do you mean age verification. my hair is going grey
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Sophie @sophiefrommars.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In a scrupulosity spiral someone experiencing paralysing anxiety and poor mental health is unable to meaningfully assess the likelihood of the thing they are afraid of because of how bad it would be if it were true
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まり @malidala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nobody has ever moved left once in office. There are no financial incentives to do so, only one to do the reverse, e.g. Kyrsten Sinema
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ThemBOO! @thembo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"He'll move Left once he's in office" yeah lol the rich guy who no longer needs anything from you will suddenly bravely pursue stuff he doesnt care about now that he's in the club. For sure. You must be good at poker
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Maritza Campos @maritzac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
i'm not american but if you EVER want to have a functioning country again there needs to be consequences demand accountability
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Frozen Ocelot @frozenocelot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Once again a reminder. Don't give them a damn thing and CANCEL YOUR NITRO!
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ATTENTION, NERDS ANOTHER DINO-MUMMY HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE HELL CREEK FORMATION IT IS A T-REX AND THE PALEONTOLOGISTS WORKING ON IT ARE TEASING INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF FEATHERS THIS IS NOT A DRILL www.youtube.com/shorts/PQ0dg...
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Rex Jr | A T. Rex Mummy May Reignite the Feather Debate #animals #dinosaur #evolution #fossil
YouTube video by Zeke Darwin
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otatma @otatma.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I am deeply, deeply frightened that the next blue team president will be like "This has all been fine, only forward, business as usual." NO!! TWENTY YEARS OF TAKING OUT THE TRASH!! LINE!!! GO!!! DOWN!!!
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
The outright refusal to treat white supremacy as an ideology which motivates action and treat it as generally objectionable is what allows this strategy to be viable for Elon Musk.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...
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It's the accountability, stupid.
Doing crime
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
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Revere has waited years for new fire engines. Critics blame private equity.
Consolidation of fire truck manufacturing companies have created long wait times and higher prices. A lawsuit involving the Revere Fire Department aims to hold the private equity firms behind the incr...
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Derridon't @derridont.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's really something that the NYT prints the ",like," in an AOC quote verbatim, but will gleefully edit out two and a half minutes of senescent sun-downing word-salad from Trump in order to pull quote the only coherent sentence in the whole thing and present that as the thing he said
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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