Debris
@docfuran.bsky.social
Working on a book about the Greek myths to process family trauma and living in a dying empire.
Still finding joy where I can!
Still finding joy where I can!
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The pundit view of the world is skewed by many things, one of which is a refusal/inability to understand geographic spaces that exist outside their own neighborhoods. It's all based on stereotypes and conjecture—even when they go to other places, and their columns are essentially bad travel writing.
October 4, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The pundit view of the world is skewed by many things, one of which is a refusal/inability to understand geographic spaces that exist outside their own neighborhoods. It's all based on stereotypes and conjecture—even when they go to other places, and their columns are essentially bad travel writing.
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Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
www.ms.now
October 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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They're going to try to steal it
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
www.documentcloud.org
October 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
They're going to try to steal it
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Meet LA's very first speed camera, now installed outside Kingsley Elementary in East Hollywood. 125 cameras will go up over the next month, mostly near schools. No citations issued until 2027.
Here's where you can check the location and status of all the cameras: ladot.lacity.gov/speed-safety...
Here's where you can check the location and status of all the cameras: ladot.lacity.gov/speed-safety...
October 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Meet LA's very first speed camera, now installed outside Kingsley Elementary in East Hollywood. 125 cameras will go up over the next month, mostly near schools. No citations issued until 2027.
Here's where you can check the location and status of all the cameras: ladot.lacity.gov/speed-safety...
Here's where you can check the location and status of all the cameras: ladot.lacity.gov/speed-safety...
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Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds.
But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds.
But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
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"I have a harem of dozens of women who are my employees to fuck and have my children as I please" is one of the ultimate goals of the billionaire class and one of the main reasons they are so keen to fuck the labor market (so desirable women are desperate enough to sign up for this)
October 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"I have a harem of dozens of women who are my employees to fuck and have my children as I please" is one of the ultimate goals of the billionaire class and one of the main reasons they are so keen to fuck the labor market (so desirable women are desperate enough to sign up for this)
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NCians have one week to register for election day voting. Alternatively: one-stop early vote to register and cast your ballot same day.
Regular Voter Registration Deadline Approaching for 2026 General Election
Eligible individuals who want to cast their ballot by mail or on Election Day, Nov. 3, must register to vote by 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9.Individuals who miss the…
www.ncsbe.gov
October 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
NCians have one week to register for election day voting. Alternatively: one-stop early vote to register and cast your ballot same day.
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The Plot to Enslave America
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings.
w/ @regret.bsky.social
w/ @regret.bsky.social
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Plot to Enslave America
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They're trying to steal the election. The Plot to Enslave America
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
www.democracydocket.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
They're trying to steal the election. The Plot to Enslave America
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Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
October 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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AI-driven social analysis is truly the future. You can learn so much about what things are related to each other and it's so informative and reliable
September 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
AI-driven social analysis is truly the future. You can learn so much about what things are related to each other and it's so informative and reliable
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"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
i don't care if the danged chat bots are "thinking." that's not my problem. stop putting them in my computers
September 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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Update: The Trump administration is considering proposals for at least 12 data centers and data center-related infrastructure projects to be built on federal public lands
September 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Update: The Trump administration is considering proposals for at least 12 data centers and data center-related infrastructure projects to be built on federal public lands
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its odd that the political media hounds dems to constantly comment on every random statement hasan piker makes but don't do the same for Republicans of the top GOP megadonor two cycles in a row
When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points.
Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race.
Would be a shame if people found out.
Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race.
Would be a shame if people found out.
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis
www.nbcnews.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:49 PM
its odd that the political media hounds dems to constantly comment on every random statement hasan piker makes but don't do the same for Republicans of the top GOP megadonor two cycles in a row
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A new ‘Darkwing Duck’ series has been greenlit for Disney+.
Mark Hamill will voice the titular character, with Seth Rogen voicing Launchpad McQuack, Lizzy Caplan as Gosalyn Mallard, and Lilimar as Duckie.
Mark Hamill will voice the titular character, with Seth Rogen voicing Launchpad McQuack, Lizzy Caplan as Gosalyn Mallard, and Lilimar as Duckie.
September 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A new ‘Darkwing Duck’ series has been greenlit for Disney+.
Mark Hamill will voice the titular character, with Seth Rogen voicing Launchpad McQuack, Lizzy Caplan as Gosalyn Mallard, and Lilimar as Duckie.
Mark Hamill will voice the titular character, with Seth Rogen voicing Launchpad McQuack, Lizzy Caplan as Gosalyn Mallard, and Lilimar as Duckie.
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One (or all) of the following is happening:
- ICE is intentionally conducting insultingly bad FOIA searches to screw requesters out of records about the agency's use of force.
- It is failing to create records, or improperly destroying the ones it generates.
All scenarios are unlawful.
- ICE is intentionally conducting insultingly bad FOIA searches to screw requesters out of records about the agency's use of force.
- It is failing to create records, or improperly destroying the ones it generates.
All scenarios are unlawful.
ICE Says It Can't Find Its Own Records Of Teargassing And Arresting Broadview Protesters
ICE's own rules require reports every time an agent uses force. But the agency says it can't find any from its attacks on protesters on Sept. 19, 2025.
blockclubchicago.org
September 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM
One (or all) of the following is happening:
- ICE is intentionally conducting insultingly bad FOIA searches to screw requesters out of records about the agency's use of force.
- It is failing to create records, or improperly destroying the ones it generates.
All scenarios are unlawful.
- ICE is intentionally conducting insultingly bad FOIA searches to screw requesters out of records about the agency's use of force.
- It is failing to create records, or improperly destroying the ones it generates.
All scenarios are unlawful.
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learning that the whole “recycling plastic” concept as we understand it was an op funded by oil companies in the 70’s and 80’s as a way to kill any efforts which actually addresses the problem was a very sad day for me.
Fun fact: plastic recycling basically doesn't exist.
Only about 9% of all plastic ever made has been recycled, and only 1% more than once.
www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1...
Only about 9% of all plastic ever made has been recycled, and only 1% more than once.
www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1...
September 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
learning that the whole “recycling plastic” concept as we understand it was an op funded by oil companies in the 70’s and 80’s as a way to kill any efforts which actually addresses the problem was a very sad day for me.
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The Plot to Enslave America
The FCC will allow the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & Abu Dhabi to own nearly 50% of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros — potentially giving them sway over our media.
This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries.
See the problem?
This of course comes after Trump received gifts or struck business deals with these countries.
See the problem?
FCC Approves 49.5% Foreign Ownership of Paramount-Warner Bros.
The FCC has approved Paramount's petition to allow 49.5% ownership by Gulf state sovereign wealth funds as part of its W
variety.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Plot to Enslave America
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It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC.
I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing.
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I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing.
(thread)
September 18, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It's pretty damn impressive how much ground Mayor Mamdani has been able to cover after only nine months in office on a wide range of basic quality-of-life issues in NYC.
I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing.
(thread)
I was reading through the numbers this morning, and they're kinda astonishing.
(thread)
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Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself
i dont understand what winning ai means and why i should be scared of not winning ai
September 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
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Hey. We saw you from across the yard and we liked your vibe.
September 18, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Hey. We saw you from across the yard and we liked your vibe.
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the sum total of Sam Alito’s jurisprudence on voting adds up to “You have the right to vote for a Republican and if you aren’t likely to vote for a Republican, then Republicans are allowed to disenfranchise you.”
September 15, 2026 at 12:18 AM
the sum total of Sam Alito’s jurisprudence on voting adds up to “You have the right to vote for a Republican and if you aren’t likely to vote for a Republican, then Republicans are allowed to disenfranchise you.”
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I feel every few weeks there's a meticulously researched
@stephenjacobsmith.com post that's like "here's this one dude in charge of the California Doorknob Industry Commission who has statistically caused 67k more people to be homeless"
@stephenjacobsmith.com post that's like "here's this one dude in charge of the California Doorknob Industry Commission who has statistically caused 67k more people to be homeless"
Your 20s are for believing everything is structural and your 30s are for learning that actually it's often just some guy or small group of guys (gender neutral)
September 16, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I feel every few weeks there's a meticulously researched
@stephenjacobsmith.com post that's like "here's this one dude in charge of the California Doorknob Industry Commission who has statistically caused 67k more people to be homeless"
@stephenjacobsmith.com post that's like "here's this one dude in charge of the California Doorknob Industry Commission who has statistically caused 67k more people to be homeless"
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With AGI overwhelming the news again, I repeat:
There is no path to intelligence via LLM. But an LLM botnet choking the internet, or someone using a local model to attack aging infrastructure, are both real risks and too late to prevent.
Pay no attention to the bogeymen, the harm is here today.
There is no path to intelligence via LLM. But an LLM botnet choking the internet, or someone using a local model to attack aging infrastructure, are both real risks and too late to prevent.
Pay no attention to the bogeymen, the harm is here today.
In 2012 I took a comp ling course that went deep into language models as AI.
The professor dropped a quote that I think about probably once a week now: “building a computer model of language and expecting intelligence is like building a computer model of the ocean and expecting to get wet”
The professor dropped a quote that I think about probably once a week now: “building a computer model of language and expecting intelligence is like building a computer model of the ocean and expecting to get wet”
September 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
With AGI overwhelming the news again, I repeat:
There is no path to intelligence via LLM. But an LLM botnet choking the internet, or someone using a local model to attack aging infrastructure, are both real risks and too late to prevent.
Pay no attention to the bogeymen, the harm is here today.
There is no path to intelligence via LLM. But an LLM botnet choking the internet, or someone using a local model to attack aging infrastructure, are both real risks and too late to prevent.
Pay no attention to the bogeymen, the harm is here today.