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Dave Nicponski

@virusdave.bsky.social
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{Math,FP,computer} geek; NYC licensed dispensary owner; former: Principal Software Engineer @Robinhood, SW Architect @Bridgewater, CTO @SeamlessDocs, Googler, Tweep, Limewire; loving life in NYC. Might run for Congress. People want leaders with spines.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Whether it's Obama telling farmers to plant arugula in Iowa or Donald Trump telling Iranians to take out Los Angeles, both presidents made deeply insensitive statements about regions of the country.
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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Not immediately clear what he meant? What, is English your second or third language?
"They could take out a city," he said. "Let them take - Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego."
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Trump meant, but his comments were met with anger from officials in California, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who called the president "deranged and dangerous."
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
💯 endorsed
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That's because for all the good he did, he failed at his primary duty: protect and defend from the domestic enemies he RAN ON as being the biggest threat to democracy. Instead he let him walk, and handed over the keys to him again as a result. Nothing else Joe did matters after that.
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Aidan Wake @aidanwake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If elected work weeks will be Tuesday through Thursday with weekends off to hunt the ruling class for sport.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
No, we need him and his corrupt family and administration in handcuffs and on trial with real consequences for their publicly and visibly criminal actions.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ok, this is quite good lol
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Darth Tugmutton @sheeparecheaper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The wanna-be house leader doesn't even want to shut down Trump's private army. Institutional Democrats won't support any of that, sadly.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why ben thei so numerous The songes about rainbowes And what ys on the othir syde? "Rainbowes are visiounes Yet onlye illusiounes, And rainbowes have no thynge to hyde."
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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Physics @physics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Carlsberg Brewery offered Niels Bohr a house next to the brewery in honor of his 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics. One of the benefits of the house was a direct pipeline from the brewery, effectively providing Bohr with free and unlimited beer for life.
A black and white historical portrait of Niels Bohr sitting on stone steps. He is wearing a rumpled suit, a tie, and heavy boots, with one leg crossed over the other.
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lol @"graphic" violence 🤣
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Same, but a bit higher of a number lol
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OH NO that's tragic 😔
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I still pick nethack up periodically to this day every few years. Last win in the 3.4.x (or maybe very early 3.6.x?) line, so it's been awhile now. Time to replay is rapidly approaching... 🤔
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Mr. Horror4H @horror4h.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Terra's Theme remains one of the most beautiful and moving pieces of music I've ever heard and the game that followed did not disappoint.
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Walk To Narshe Pixel Remaster
ALT: Walk To Narshe Pixel Remaster
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dwarf fortress players even more 🤣
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!!
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waffle .-. @waffle.pet · 13/09/2026
little hurts more than "the thing that you've been procrastinating for months was actually important and you blew the deadline and now you have to accept the consequences"
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Mr. Trump’s choice to lead a mass pledge of allegiance to himself, followed by commanding his followers to cheat in the upcoming election, was unusual by presidential standards.
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Dial Liz-Z for Zombie (Lizzy Rose Oliver - Voice Actress) @lizzyrosevo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Men crying about "fairness in women's sports" should immediately be questioned on their knowledge about women's sports.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Is this just business as usual in politics? No. Approval rates of federal disaster aid requests were about the same regardless of the state and did not vary much with the party of the President. This graph powerfully conveys the scale of the partisan discrimination now.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 04/08/2026
it's not why *everything* sucks, but having all three branches of the federal government captured by thieves, abusers, bigots, and cowards is definitely why a lot of things suck
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“The Guardian wins the ‘Caption of the Year’ competition: - William Merrin @theguardian.com
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Looks amazing
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s really a great question because it immediately reveals whether someone is unfit for public service. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Stop criticizing us or will keep murdering people" is just a jaw-dropping thing for a government official to say.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Be quiet or we'll keep killing you" is one hell of a message for the midterms.
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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It’s impossible to move the debate forward when one side is committed to upholding a disinformation-fueled, dehumanizing false reality that leads to the state-sanctioned street killings of innocent people. There are not two sides to this particular story. Full stop.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Trump should not be giving a national speech tonight. He should be in prison for attempting a coup after the 2020 election and inciting the Jan 6 terrorist attack.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In the realm of questions posed during Senate hearings, this one from Ossoff -- "Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this?" -- ranks right up there with "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"
Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this question, to have MR. KELLY

MR OSSOFF
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please explain to me how the same senators who voted for the Epstein Transparency Acf would now vote to confirm the man who’s leading the continuing coverup of the Epstein files.
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Completely—and utterly irresponsibly—unhinged.
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hansotten.bsky.social @hansotten.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The KIM-1 explained Based upon my experience and study of the KIM-1 since 1979. Many notes on paper and files everywhere. Now consolidated in a lot of pages. retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/kim...
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The KIM-1 explained – Retro Computing
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Officers shooting a man, running away from law enforcement, who is not a target of law enforcement, and who poses no threat to law enforcement, is murder. Federal officers do not have the power to commit summary executions because they are aggrieved.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What we already know is horrific. Imagine how bad discovery would be if the government is willing to pay our fees (something the government doesn’t readily do) just to avoid it.
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The Donk @thedonk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Bombs Iran - pays Iran $300B Sells memecoin for $75 - now worth $2 Endorses candidate - candidate loses "Fixes" reflecting pool - algae blooms, paint peels Goes to Knicks game - Knicks lose Hijacks 250th birthday - no one attends Meddles in World Cup - US loses It's like there's a pattern #ETTD
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This passage from @davidlat.bsky.social perfectly captures the false dichotomy you see so often from the Supreme Court's defenders: The Court is held out as "independent" because it doesn't *always* rule for Trump. That whitewashes (1) how often it *does*; & (2) its bad behavior in non-Trump cases.
Screenshot from David Lat's "Original Jurisdiction" newsletter that reads:

Runner-up for Judge of the Week: Chief Justice Roberts. The end of a Term brings with it evaluations of the Supreme Court—and, of course, the Chief Justice as its leader. For critiques of the current conservative Court—and, implicitly, Chief Justice Roberts—see the views of Professors Kate Shaw and Steve Vladeck in this spirited debate in The Times (gift link).

I call it a “spirited debate” because of the vigorous pushback that Shaw and Vladeck received from Professor Will Baude (who clerked for the Chief). See also this post at Executive Functions by Professor Jack Goldsmith—no fan of the Trump administration—titled “The Powerful, Resilient, Independent Supreme Court.” Or if Goldsmith is too conservative a commentator for your tastes, check out this staff editorial by The Washington Post (gift link), “The Supreme Court’s not-so-MAGA majority.”
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Andrew M. | Founder & Advisor 🇬🇷 🇺🇸 @andrewmfounder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The corruption is just staggering.
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Dave Nicponski @virusdave.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
No, he's still doing it on behalf of himself, even if it seems initially otherwise. He hopes to gain directly from it somehow, as always.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/07/2026
Happy Fourth of July, New York City
Mayor Mamdani on a boat smiling in front of the Statue of Liberty.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Washington Post v. Democracy Docket The media you consume is a statement of your values. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Kevin Necessary
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