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M Ess
@desiringmachine.bsky.social
· Jun 28
I don’t know why anyone I don’t know would follow me so I generally block randos who do.
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A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
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Trump’s Republicans are doing everything they told us the Democrats would do.
Every accusation is a confession.
Every accusation is a confession.
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Trump’s Republicans are doing everything they told us the Democrats would do.
Every accusation is a confession.
Every accusation is a confession.
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Crazy that the party that spent 45 years telling Americans that their government was their enemy are the ones who finally made it come true.
January 24, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Crazy that the party that spent 45 years telling Americans that their government was their enemy are the ones who finally made it come true.
Not engaging much because everything is horrible and I feel completely powerless to do anything about it. Occasionally desperate for more human interaction but still holding out against making another Meta-brand account (seems like that’s still where people are). Sometimes I still post on Mastodon.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Not engaging much because everything is horrible and I feel completely powerless to do anything about it. Occasionally desperate for more human interaction but still holding out against making another Meta-brand account (seems like that’s still where people are). Sometimes I still post on Mastodon.
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Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
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It was inevitable.
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
techcrunch.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
It was inevitable.
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The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
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And I’m gonna "like" this post every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
And I’m gonna "like" this post every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
#Justice4theVictims_NOW
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January 13, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Here’s the deal: ICE officers shouldn’t be allowed to carry firearms at all. If they find themselves in a potentially violent situation, they should retreat and call the local police to handle it.
January 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Here’s the deal: ICE officers shouldn’t be allowed to carry firearms at all. If they find themselves in a potentially violent situation, they should retreat and call the local police to handle it.
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AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
January 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
If I find out a person got a dog and then I find out it came from a breeder and not a rescue and there is no legitimate reason they needed a purebred dog (such as serious allergies) I think less of them as a person.
December 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If I find out a person got a dog and then I find out it came from a breeder and not a rescue and there is no legitimate reason they needed a purebred dog (such as serious allergies) I think less of them as a person.
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It’s Xmas day in LA so the rain was picking up as the sun was coming out.
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It’s Xmas day in LA so the rain was picking up as the sun was coming out.
Tried this routine for the 4th time today and I still can’t lift 91 lbs. might be a bit of a mental block since it’s really not much more than 88.5 pounds, which I have lifted.
Regardless I’m ditching this routine and starting a new one with different formulas for how much I lift.
Regardless I’m ditching this routine and starting a new one with different formulas for how much I lift.
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Tried this routine for the 4th time today and I still can’t lift 91 lbs. might be a bit of a mental block since it’s really not much more than 88.5 pounds, which I have lifted.
Regardless I’m ditching this routine and starting a new one with different formulas for how much I lift.
Regardless I’m ditching this routine and starting a new one with different formulas for how much I lift.
Sometime ago I started doing the I think it was 30 day T-shirt challenge. But then I just kept going because I own a lot of T-shirts. It turned into 60 day and then it just turned into different T-shirt every day… I never ran out, but I got tired of doing it.
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sometime ago I started doing the I think it was 30 day T-shirt challenge. But then I just kept going because I own a lot of T-shirts. It turned into 60 day and then it just turned into different T-shirt every day… I never ran out, but I got tired of doing it.
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We are 65% of the way to our goal to Save Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the Sword-nosed bat in Utila. We're making great progress but we need your help!
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We are 65% of the way to our goal to Save Brandon Hill Cave, the only known maternity roost for the Sword-nosed bat in Utila. We're making great progress but we need your help!
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
You can protect their home. https://news.batcon.org/3Mzo91d 🦇
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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Ruin them! From @mollycrabapple.bsky.social:
“Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim”
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
“Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim”
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ruin them! From @mollycrabapple.bsky.social:
“Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim”
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
“Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim”
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/