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I'm going to @dragoncon.org this year and the way this thread is going, I am in high anticipation of receiving some truly lovely pebbles.
I hope.
C'mon nerds don't disappoint me.
I hope.
C'mon nerds don't disappoint me.
Like if you aren't going out finding the absolute NICEST rock, and laying it gently at my feet what are you even doing.
August 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I'm going to @dragoncon.org this year and the way this thread is going, I am in high anticipation of receiving some truly lovely pebbles.
I hope.
C'mon nerds don't disappoint me.
I hope.
C'mon nerds don't disappoint me.
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I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
July 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
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What if --
wild idea incoming --
we actually did real gun control like every civilized country has so that mass shootings weren't a daily occurrence?
Put that $1bn into gun tracking, collecting, licensing, banning, + database work
& save on all those mass shooter drills at schools, too!
wild idea incoming --
we actually did real gun control like every civilized country has so that mass shootings weren't a daily occurrence?
Put that $1bn into gun tracking, collecting, licensing, banning, + database work
& save on all those mass shooter drills at schools, too!
There's an effort on Capitol Hill to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which awards funding to houses of worship to harden their defenses. In 2024, roughly a third of those who applied actually received funding.
Religious leaders, lawmakers push for $1 billion to secure houses of worship
There's an effort on Capitol Hill to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which awards funding to houses of worship to harden their defenses. In 2024, roughly a third of those who applied actually received funding.
n.pr
May 25, 2026 at 2:50 AM
What if --
wild idea incoming --
we actually did real gun control like every civilized country has so that mass shootings weren't a daily occurrence?
Put that $1bn into gun tracking, collecting, licensing, banning, + database work
& save on all those mass shooter drills at schools, too!
wild idea incoming --
we actually did real gun control like every civilized country has so that mass shootings weren't a daily occurrence?
Put that $1bn into gun tracking, collecting, licensing, banning, + database work
& save on all those mass shooter drills at schools, too!
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We all literally, LITERALLY just watched NASA fly four absolute all-stars the farthest any human has ever been from Earth and back flawlessly, and yet we're still continuously forced to pretend Musk's bullshit catastrophe factory is the future of human space exploration
Surprising no one, things did not in fact go according to plan.
Watch: Starship's Super Heavy rocket explodes mid-air minutes after launch
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster exploded mid-air while descending after a Starship test launch from Texas. The blast underscored the difficulty of recovering the booster even as the upper stage continued...
www.indiatoday.in
May 23, 2026 at 10:52 AM
We all literally, LITERALLY just watched NASA fly four absolute all-stars the farthest any human has ever been from Earth and back flawlessly, and yet we're still continuously forced to pretend Musk's bullshit catastrophe factory is the future of human space exploration
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If you're trans and work for a sizable UK company or organisation, now is a great time to log into your HR portal and remove any information you can on your sex/gender, e.g. by replacing any information with "prefer not to say".
Surely this goes to the very heart of Goodwin? @jolyon.goodlawproject.org @jessothomson.co.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Preparing your data
www.gov.uk
May 23, 2026 at 10:40 AM
If you're trans and work for a sizable UK company or organisation, now is a great time to log into your HR portal and remove any information you can on your sex/gender, e.g. by replacing any information with "prefer not to say".
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If someone wants to leak me a copy of this app (either .apk or .ipa), please reach out on Signal — my username is zackwhittaker.1337 — and I would be keen to run this app through Burp Suite to see how it works. Happy to grant anonymity.
The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones
The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.
www.govexec.com
May 23, 2026 at 1:39 AM
If someone wants to leak me a copy of this app (either .apk or .ipa), please reach out on Signal — my username is zackwhittaker.1337 — and I would be keen to run this app through Burp Suite to see how it works. Happy to grant anonymity.
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Dem futility explained:
1) If there had been 1 million more Black voters in 2016, Trump could not have come close to winning
2) There were not 1 million Black voters, because senator Biden's policies had put 1 million innocent Black people in jail🤦🏿♂️
3) 2026 Dems are still pushing "tough on crime"🤡
1) If there had been 1 million more Black voters in 2016, Trump could not have come close to winning
2) There were not 1 million Black voters, because senator Biden's policies had put 1 million innocent Black people in jail🤦🏿♂️
3) 2026 Dems are still pushing "tough on crime"🤡
May 23, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Dem futility explained:
1) If there had been 1 million more Black voters in 2016, Trump could not have come close to winning
2) There were not 1 million Black voters, because senator Biden's policies had put 1 million innocent Black people in jail🤦🏿♂️
3) 2026 Dems are still pushing "tough on crime"🤡
1) If there had been 1 million more Black voters in 2016, Trump could not have come close to winning
2) There were not 1 million Black voters, because senator Biden's policies had put 1 million innocent Black people in jail🤦🏿♂️
3) 2026 Dems are still pushing "tough on crime"🤡
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Today's as good a day as any to leave Substack, my dear compatriots!
Hey, look at Substack promoting Andrew Tate as the #1 new bestseller. The company's amoral leadership & backers will platform anyone, even ludicrously toxic rapists & human traffickers.
April 17, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Today's as good a day as any to leave Substack, my dear compatriots!
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DHS's Office of Industry Partnership was hacked by a group called "Department of Peace" and info about ICE contracts with over 6,000 companies is now published on @ddosecrets.org!
Enjoy 🧊🔨 ddosecrets.org/article/ice-...
Enjoy 🧊🔨 ddosecrets.org/article/ice-...
ICE Contracts - Distributed Denial of Secrets
Details on ICE contracts with over 6,000 different entities ranging from private businesses to government agencies and even dozens of universities. Some of the notable firms include Anduril, HBGary, L...
ddosecrets.org
March 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
DHS's Office of Industry Partnership was hacked by a group called "Department of Peace" and info about ICE contracts with over 6,000 companies is now published on @ddosecrets.org!
Enjoy 🧊🔨 ddosecrets.org/article/ice-...
Enjoy 🧊🔨 ddosecrets.org/article/ice-...
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If only you were in a position of power to exercise some kind of leverage against the administration to make this happen.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
If only you were in a position of power to exercise some kind of leverage against the administration to make this happen.
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It's not hard.
Speak with clarity.
Speak with clarity.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
It's not hard.
Speak with clarity.
Speak with clarity.
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BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
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No one knows how the goblin war began. But everyone knows the goblins are to blame...Right?
NINE GOBLINS is a novella of low fantasy and high mischief from the New York Times bestselling author @tkingfisher.com! ✨
Out today! https://tinyurl.com/ybyzuybt
NINE GOBLINS is a novella of low fantasy and high mischief from the New York Times bestselling author @tkingfisher.com! ✨
Out today! https://tinyurl.com/ybyzuybt
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
No one knows how the goblin war began. But everyone knows the goblins are to blame...Right?
NINE GOBLINS is a novella of low fantasy and high mischief from the New York Times bestselling author @tkingfisher.com! ✨
Out today! https://tinyurl.com/ybyzuybt
NINE GOBLINS is a novella of low fantasy and high mischief from the New York Times bestselling author @tkingfisher.com! ✨
Out today! https://tinyurl.com/ybyzuybt
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He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.
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Hi, did you know that, at the same cold air temps, ground free of snowpack is COLDER than ground WITH snow?!
A healthy snowpack makes a little warmish layer beneath it, an ephemeral ecosystem called the subnivium.
And climate change could make it vanish. www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...
A healthy snowpack makes a little warmish layer beneath it, an ephemeral ecosystem called the subnivium.
And climate change could make it vanish. www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...
There’s life beneath the snow, but it’s at risk of melting away
An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden seasonal ecosystem.
www.sciencenews.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Hi, did you know that, at the same cold air temps, ground free of snowpack is COLDER than ground WITH snow?!
A healthy snowpack makes a little warmish layer beneath it, an ephemeral ecosystem called the subnivium.
And climate change could make it vanish. www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...
A healthy snowpack makes a little warmish layer beneath it, an ephemeral ecosystem called the subnivium.
And climate change could make it vanish. www.sciencenews.org/article/clim...
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South Carolina measles outbreak is exploding.
Cases doubled in a week. 200+ new infections, 500+ total, 100’s quarantined, kids and adults hospitalized. Doctors say we’re “staring over the edge.”
This is what happens when public health is ignored.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AUS0BfoxiQf2...
Cases doubled in a week. 200+ new infections, 500+ total, 100’s quarantined, kids and adults hospitalized. Doctors say we’re “staring over the edge.”
This is what happens when public health is ignored.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AUS0BfoxiQf2...
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week — NBC News
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are
apple.news
January 16, 2026 at 11:17 PM
South Carolina measles outbreak is exploding.
Cases doubled in a week. 200+ new infections, 500+ total, 100’s quarantined, kids and adults hospitalized. Doctors say we’re “staring over the edge.”
This is what happens when public health is ignored.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AUS0BfoxiQf2...
Cases doubled in a week. 200+ new infections, 500+ total, 100’s quarantined, kids and adults hospitalized. Doctors say we’re “staring over the edge.”
This is what happens when public health is ignored.
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AUS0BfoxiQf2...
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The mental gymnastics required to believe that state-mandated car dependency is actually "freedom".
January 16, 2026 at 3:50 AM
The mental gymnastics required to believe that state-mandated car dependency is actually "freedom".
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Are you NOW ready to refuse any CR that appropriates or allows funds for ICE or CBP? How much worse does the #TrumpSiegeOfMinneapolis have to get?
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Are you NOW ready to refuse any CR that appropriates or allows funds for ICE or CBP? How much worse does the #TrumpSiegeOfMinneapolis have to get?
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A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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Toot toot beep beep
January 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Toot toot beep beep
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It’s me. I gave all my money to the wine mom gangs
Trump, during an "economic" speech today in Detroit, can't help but fixate on "wine mom gangs," saying they're "doing these fake riots." They go practice. They go to areas, they take hotel rooms, and they all practice together. It’s a whole scam. We’re finding out who’s funding all this stuff."
January 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM
It’s me. I gave all my money to the wine mom gangs