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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I am so angry with my own political party and its candidates right now I could scream. Fundraising texts start about 8:00 a.m. most every day, interrupt my work all day long (often multiple per hour), and they set a new record tonight by texting me *after midnight*. (1 of 2)

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

@bethesdaunion.bsky.social The latest layoffs are yet another demonstration of how corporate acquisitions and mergers are rarely good for customers, employees, or the economy -- only investors. There are *no* exclusives that would lure me to buy an XBox from the Microsoft overlords who did this.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

So, I hear there are some hydrology problems in Washington DC. Rumor has it the brilliant leader on mission to "drain the swamp" has somehow managed to *create* a swamp instead. The goal was figurative, the failure literal. He has pegged the needle on the incompetence meter.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

As I type this, I'm playing D&D with friends. I'm not saying my luck has been poor, but a litle while ago one of my friends rolled her attack. My comment was, "Wait -- Are you saying a d20 has two-digit numbers, too?!" Draw your own conclusions.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

U.S. citizens: Our best hope of stopping the dystopian catastrophe of MAGA is to *vote*. Protesting matters. Speaking out matters. Community organizing matters. Voting MAGA out of local, state, and federal elected offices *matters most of all*. Check your registration status. Vote early, in person.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Great new political satire from the Marsh Family, the same UK family who brought us "One Day More" lamenting their lockdown isolation during the early days of COVID. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gwB...

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"The British King is Here!" - parody of "The British Grenadiers" about King Charles's US state visit

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I have a question for someone well educated in design theory. When I look at Trump's taste in decor, I see a tawdry attempt at grandeur, pathetically missing any true elegance. Some people see the same decor projecting power, prestige, and wealth. What accounts for such strong preferences?

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The new #GeometryNodes features in Blender 5.0 and 5.1 (@blender3d.bsky.social) are awesome! I've got a working prototype (which I'll share soon) of procedural motion graphics I couldn't do in 4.x that were easy in Blender 5. Great job on documentation, too, so often overlooked in other software. 👍

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This is what it looks like when government agencies set aside turf lines and act together in the public's interest. Well done.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Last weekend my #ArchLinux system's GUI stack broke after an upgrade, a side effect of changes to GDM in GNOME 50. There's a workaround, but I didn't like its side effects. Inspired by this video, I took the plunge and moved from Cinnamon Desktop to #KDEPlasma. [1/2] www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpWh...

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I moved to Wayland :D

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mono2STEREO @mono2stereo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A vintage mono classic from 1954 brought back to life in stereo!... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaV...

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Mr. Sandman 📀 The Chordettes {DES Stereo} 1954

YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I wrote both of my U.S. Senators and my U.S. Representative demanding Congress act to stop Trump's war crimes and threatened genocide before it's too late. My Representative is already on our side, so the wording there was supportive rather than confrontational. Protest. Speak. Vote. #NotInOurName

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Watching live the POTUS radio call with the Artemis II crew. Trump babbles on and on, barely giving anyone else a chance to speak, then just lets the conversation dangle for so long that three of the four astronauts were *literally* twiddling their thumbs waiting. What a buffoon.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Zelenskyy is every good thing our chief executive is not: courageous, patriotic, compassionate, and ethical.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

ICE has kept a disabled double amputee prisoner for over 14 months. Rodney Taylor has been denied access to his prosthetic legs. Forced to crawl across dirty floors to access food. Placed in solitary. Denied medical accommodations. They’re killing him & he needs the community to make noise!

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Her husband is a double amputee in ICE prison. She confronted Kristi Noem over its cruel conditions: ‘I have a fire inside’

Mildred Danis-Taylor dropped everything to advocate for the release of her husband, Rodney Taylor. A brutal year of legal and health challenges led her to Capitol Hill

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

According to #StephenColbert, the Trump administration is trying to scrub this photo because it is "unflattering" to the Press Secretary. I'm posting this public service announcement to help spread the word that this photo should be deleted immediately. "Refs unpersons doubleplusungood."

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt towers over an out-of-focus live turkey during the 2025 annual pardoning at the White House. The camera uses a wide angle lens from an extremely low angle in a style normally reserved for horror films. The turkey being foreground and out of focus makes that nauseating red stuff around its throat look even more repulsive than usual, suggesting an uncanny resemblence to Trump's innermost soul as if depicted in a Fox News documentary.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

No authoritarian state imagery to see here. Move along. 🤣

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I've finished editing a short (3 minutes) video from the #NoKings rally in Canton, Ohio (USA) on March 28. CW: May contain occasional profanity on the protest signs. CW: Loud car horns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0aj...

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No Kings 3 Canton OH

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WTFville @wtfville.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Today's GOP

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Also at today's #NoKings rally, this woman's sign reads, "Somewhere in America, a young girl is in an attic writing about ICE." They have the thugs. We have the literate.

A very grainy picture (because it was digitally zoomed) shows a middle-aged woman marching with her handwritten protest sign.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I'm editing my video from today's #NoKings and spotted this member of clergy and her awesome sign.

A woman attired as clergy stands among a protest crowd and holds a hand-written sign bearing the slogan "Read the Red Letters".

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Five-time draft dodger says what now?

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 23/03/2026

Here's another photo of the year candidate from Getty contributor Megan Varner:

A couple with a tote bag and tattoos kiss in the foreground of the arrivals lobby of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, while unmasked ICE agents stare around near a Truist bank branch in the background

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

And I'm just about to fire up Blender 5.1 for the first time, having installed the upgrade last night.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I love the analogy: "The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones." We can -- must! -- move to renewable energy with or without favorable government policy. Vote with your wallet, and the corporations will follow the money, not the party line.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This sort of work is exactly why Freya's YouTube channel was one of the first URLs I shared with a brilliant student I met recently, as a mentor at a university Game Jam. She taught herself C++ in middle school and is now (age 17) creating custom shaders in HLSL-like languages. Kindred spirits!

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I'm personally against the Iran war, but I *assume* military recruitment centers are overwhelmed with MAGA volunteers enlisting to support their Dear Leader. Right?

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

If the U.S. wants to be regarded as a leader in the free world, we need to understand the difference between "leader" and "boss". Also, it would help if we don't literally threaten to attack and conquer our closest allies.

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enrich12 @enrich12.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Will I see you at a #NoKings rally? ☮️ We MUST #resist fascism as he destroys our government.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

What @cwebbonline.com says. Voting against slavery should be unanimous.

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#ProtestSignSuggestions Here's one that goes directly at the MAGA talking point: TRUMP IS NOT A KING ... YET

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Lorayne 🎨 @artistlorayne.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I’m reusing my sign from the last two #NoKings protests.

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Wayward Twidget @twidget.wtf · 27/03/2026

This is mine:

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Love these "products"! One of my favorite game franchises is #Fallout, largely because I remember ads and product labels from the 1960s, when breakfast cereals bragged about their high sugar content ("for energy!"), cigarette ads were on TV, and plastic furniture was the futuristic height of luxury.

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Tony Hendon @dogdad57.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I’ll be waving my Washington Sign tomorrow! If you see it / me please say hello! #NoKings Columbia, SC!

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Let's start a thread while there's time to inspire a few last-minute protest signs for #NoKings 3! How about some #ProtestSignSuggestions, such as these. (1 of 8) YOU *CAN'T* FIX STUPID YOU *CAN* VOTE THEM OUT!

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Syscrusher @syscrusher.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Since Tangerine Toddler started his war in Iran, gas prices here have spiked by about 30%. 401k account values are down about 10%. He's discarded his promises to his base, gut-punched the economy, and wants to add $200bn to federal debt. The fawning GOP Congress pretends this is good for America.

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