Warren Terra
@warrenterra.bsky.social
Warren Terra is a pseudonym.
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Apparently bluesky doesn't like underscores?
@warren__terra on Twitter (inactive)
@warren__terra at mastodon.online
Apparently bluesky doesn't like underscores?
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I have NEVER, in more than a decade in this field, heard of the Board of Immigration Appeals deciding a complex case like this in 24 hours. And neither has Charles Adkins-Blanch, who served on the Board for two decades, and knows its processes inside and out.
This whole thing STINKS to high heaven.
This whole thing STINKS to high heaven.
September 16, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I have NEVER, in more than a decade in this field, heard of the Board of Immigration Appeals deciding a complex case like this in 24 hours. And neither has Charles Adkins-Blanch, who served on the Board for two decades, and knows its processes inside and out.
This whole thing STINKS to high heaven.
This whole thing STINKS to high heaven.
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Trump has only declared victory in the Iran war once this month. Concerning.
September 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Trump has only declared victory in the Iran war once this month. Concerning.
Reagan, suffering from dementia in his second term, received the Lebanese foreign minister in the Oval Office. Reagan asked no questions as the the minister briefed him at length about the difficult security situation there. Reagan finally spoke: you know, your nose looks just like Danny Thomas's.
Q: Did you see any footage of the protest against your visit in Dublin and what do you make of it?
TRUMP: I don't know. You know, You remind me of somebody. A very cute Irish singer who passed away recently. You know who that is? Sinead! You look like Sinead O'Connor. That's a compliment.
September 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Reagan, suffering from dementia in his second term, received the Lebanese foreign minister in the Oval Office. Reagan asked no questions as the the minister briefed him at length about the difficult security situation there. Reagan finally spoke: you know, your nose looks just like Danny Thomas's.
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daughter: hey dad, this is ella, my new beastie
me: don’t you mean “bestie”
daughter: i know what i
BOTH: MEAN
daughter: and i know what i
BOTH: SAID
daughter: question me again and I’ll whack your
BOTH: HEAD
me: don’t you mean “bestie”
daughter: i know what i
BOTH: MEAN
daughter: and i know what i
BOTH: SAID
daughter: question me again and I’ll whack your
BOTH: HEAD
September 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
daughter: hey dad, this is ella, my new beastie
me: don’t you mean “bestie”
daughter: i know what i
BOTH: MEAN
daughter: and i know what i
BOTH: SAID
daughter: question me again and I’ll whack your
BOTH: HEAD
me: don’t you mean “bestie”
daughter: i know what i
BOTH: MEAN
daughter: and i know what i
BOTH: SAID
daughter: question me again and I’ll whack your
BOTH: HEAD
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Gift link. — The NYT has started giving me infinitely many free links, and I am terrified that they will somehow go away. I’m glad they stck around for this story, which is amazing.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Gift link. — The NYT has started giving me infinitely many free links, and I am terrified that they will somehow go away. I’m glad they stck around for this story, which is amazing.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
Senior NIH official: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business”
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
The agreement was signed out of the public view a month ago by Pentagon official Robert Kadlec and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, echoing my reporting.
It establishes a 10-year framework that officially runs through September 30, 2036.
It establishes a 10-year framework that officially runs through September 30, 2036.
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
www.nature.com
September 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Senior NIH official: “When the public hears that NIAID funds biodefence, they think we’re developing bioweapons, and we’re trying to get out of that business”
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
Only conspiracy nuts think the NIH develops bioweapons, but: moving these projects to the "Dept of War" will seem to *confirm* their belief.
Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler floor than this.
Here was the firm of Matheson:
Stop, toddler, and piss!
A nobler floor than this.
Here was the firm of Matheson:
Stop, toddler, and piss!
This is like "the platonic ideal" of waffleposting directly inside my wheelhouse
September 4, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Posterity will ne'er survey
A nobler floor than this.
Here was the firm of Matheson:
Stop, toddler, and piss!
A nobler floor than this.
Here was the firm of Matheson:
Stop, toddler, and piss!
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For many years, ICE didn't have its own medical claims processing for detainees, running 3rd party medical bills through the VA's system. Last year, right-wing influencers convinced the Trump admin to abruptly cancel this contract. With no replacement, ICE specialized medical care has gone unpaid.
September 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
For many years, ICE didn't have its own medical claims processing for detainees, running 3rd party medical bills through the VA's system. Last year, right-wing influencers convinced the Trump admin to abruptly cancel this contract. With no replacement, ICE specialized medical care has gone unpaid.
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Yet another issue where every single person who touched it needs to end up in jail for us to have any semblance of the rule of law. You cannot have a functional democracy where the government creates a plan to literally throw away votes from places that don't support the incumbent party.
This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.
September 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Yet another issue where every single person who touched it needs to end up in jail for us to have any semblance of the rule of law. You cannot have a functional democracy where the government creates a plan to literally throw away votes from places that don't support the incumbent party.
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I want to address what happened over the weekend outside Madison Square Garden.
A few loud numbskulls must not deter us from building multi-faith, multi-racial coalitions for justice.
A few loud numbskulls must not deter us from building multi-faith, multi-racial coalitions for justice.
August 31, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I want to address what happened over the weekend outside Madison Square Garden.
A few loud numbskulls must not deter us from building multi-faith, multi-racial coalitions for justice.
A few loud numbskulls must not deter us from building multi-faith, multi-racial coalitions for justice.
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I never got over flicking through a Very Man Coded Thriller while shelving fiction in a bookshop and seeing that in the front, instead of a dramatis personae or a family tree or even an endpaper map, it had a page entitled GUNS AND CARS USED IN THIS BOOK.
August 28, 2026 at 9:27 AM
I never got over flicking through a Very Man Coded Thriller while shelving fiction in a bookshop and seeing that in the front, instead of a dramatis personae or a family tree or even an endpaper map, it had a page entitled GUNS AND CARS USED IN THIS BOOK.
The real problem in selling galaxies, the challenge for the salesperson and for the responsible buyer, is the lack of recent photos. All these pictures I have show what the galaxies looked like billions of years ago!
galaxies. as in, more than one. the things that are 2.5 billion+ light years away
August 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The real problem in selling galaxies, the challenge for the salesperson and for the responsible buyer, is the lack of recent photos. All these pictures I have show what the galaxies looked like billions of years ago!
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Street art in her honor from SE Seattle
August 25, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Street art in her honor from SE Seattle
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A friend found this clipping in some old files. Haven't seen this before. Mind blown.
August 25, 2026 at 10:25 AM
A friend found this clipping in some old files. Haven't seen this before. Mind blown.
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Nanopticon
My granny has discovered that, somehow, her TV has access to the cctv feeds around the outside of her building and is loving life.
August 20, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Nanopticon
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Things To Do With Potatoes
Throw a potato on the ground behind a stranger, then say "Excuse me, you've dropped your potato!". If they deny ownership, pull another potato from your pocket, saying "Well it's definitely not my one".
Hide a potato in a pair of shoes at a bowling alley.
Throw a potato on the ground behind a stranger, then say "Excuse me, you've dropped your potato!". If they deny ownership, pull another potato from your pocket, saying "Well it's definitely not my one".
Hide a potato in a pair of shoes at a bowling alley.
August 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Things To Do With Potatoes
Throw a potato on the ground behind a stranger, then say "Excuse me, you've dropped your potato!". If they deny ownership, pull another potato from your pocket, saying "Well it's definitely not my one".
Hide a potato in a pair of shoes at a bowling alley.
Throw a potato on the ground behind a stranger, then say "Excuse me, you've dropped your potato!". If they deny ownership, pull another potato from your pocket, saying "Well it's definitely not my one".
Hide a potato in a pair of shoes at a bowling alley.
My commute was interrupted by encountering a mobile home enthusiast on the path.
August 19, 2026 at 8:39 AM
My commute was interrupted by encountering a mobile home enthusiast on the path.
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Ah the 51st Strait
Trump: Pretty soon I'll be declaring the... Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.
August 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Ah the 51st Strait
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I’m surprised by how little attention this case has gotten. Even I didn’t really register it for a while. This entire family of three permanent residents were summarily detained without even the option of bond, all as collective punishment for one one of them being the son of an Iranian official
Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention
My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.
www.thenation.com
August 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I’m surprised by how little attention this case has gotten. Even I didn’t really register it for a while. This entire family of three permanent residents were summarily detained without even the option of bond, all as collective punishment for one one of them being the son of an Iranian official
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Crazy solution. Still wasting medicines but now making 75 swimming pools unusable #burnhamsbritain
August 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Crazy solution. Still wasting medicines but now making 75 swimming pools unusable #burnhamsbritain
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You know how we laugh at Chinglish menus featuring such dishes as “fuck the duck until exploded”? Well menus are not literally TATTOOED PERMANENTLY AND IRREVERSIBLY UPON YOUR ONE AND ONLY SKIN
August 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
You know how we laugh at Chinglish menus featuring such dishes as “fuck the duck until exploded”? Well menus are not literally TATTOOED PERMANENTLY AND IRREVERSIBLY UPON YOUR ONE AND ONLY SKIN
Jeanine Pirro has made Washington DC safe for vampires. So much for the party of Abraham Lincoln.
August 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Jeanine Pirro has made Washington DC safe for vampires. So much for the party of Abraham Lincoln.