Midonz
@midonz.bsky.social
🗃️MJ. 50 something. Queryist. Cryptonyms. Sleuth. Sherlock. SCUM. Cellular networker. FOIA. INTP.
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Midonz
@midonz.bsky.social
· Jun 10
“History shows…” STOP RIGHT THERE. History is not some kind of Ted talker with a killer PowerPoint and one memorable anecdote. History is a *narrative*, a story created anew by every single human who attempts to make sense of the past. History is not born. History is made.
Working on my MKULTRA database with ChatGPT. I asked if it could join a thing for me across data silos and it declined. “I’m not like Palantir.” True story.
September 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Working on my MKULTRA database with ChatGPT. I asked if it could join a thing for me across data silos and it declined. “I’m not like Palantir.” True story.
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“History shows…” STOP RIGHT THERE. History is not some kind of Ted talker with a killer PowerPoint and one memorable anecdote. History is a *narrative*, a story created anew by every single human who attempts to make sense of the past. History is not born. History is made.
June 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“History shows…” STOP RIGHT THERE. History is not some kind of Ted talker with a killer PowerPoint and one memorable anecdote. History is a *narrative*, a story created anew by every single human who attempts to make sense of the past. History is not born. History is made.
The best antidote to fear is saying no and meaning it.
May 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The best antidote to fear is saying no and meaning it.
I was working on a plan for what to do when the world order collapses. This morning I woke up to the confirmation that 18 different kinds of flashlights are arriving Tuesday
April 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I was working on a plan for what to do when the world order collapses. This morning I woke up to the confirmation that 18 different kinds of flashlights are arriving Tuesday
Welp - it could be worse. I mean read the ACHRE report.
April 16, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Welp - it could be worse. I mean read the ACHRE report.
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Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited.
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
April 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited.
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
So I should finish this book about MKULTRA after all?
Cory Booker: "I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America."
Historians, crawling back into daylight from the depths of despair: "Did somebody somewhere ask for some wretched truth?"
Historians, crawling back into daylight from the depths of despair: "Did somebody somewhere ask for some wretched truth?"
a polar bear cub is laying in a pile of hay
ALT: a polar bear cub is laying in a pile of hay
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So I should finish this book about MKULTRA after all?
Doge claims Pete Hegseth saved the American people $20b in FOIA processing fees.
March 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Doge claims Pete Hegseth saved the American people $20b in FOIA processing fees.
Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner would like a word.
March 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner would like a word.
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For Sunshine Week, journalist Philip Eli walks us through a collection of FOIA-fueled nonfiction books, including on topics like organized crime in New York, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and FBI crackdowns on college-campus radicalism.
The FOIA author’s club
Phil Eil shares a collection of FOIA-fueled nonfiction books.
www.muckrock.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For Sunshine Week, journalist Philip Eli walks us through a collection of FOIA-fueled nonfiction books, including on topics like organized crime in New York, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and FBI crackdowns on college-campus radicalism.
MAGA’s spoon fed conspiracy theories and believe they’re gospel. Dems, confronted with unsavory American history dismiss facts as the stuff of conspiracy theories.
March 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
MAGA’s spoon fed conspiracy theories and believe they’re gospel. Dems, confronted with unsavory American history dismiss facts as the stuff of conspiracy theories.
What the world needs now.
March 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
What the world needs now.
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why did they call it "bluesky domain verification" and not "my name is url"
March 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
why did they call it "bluesky domain verification" and not "my name is url"
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Put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it
- Me, trying to plug in a USB
- Me, trying to plug in a USB
March 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it
- Me, trying to plug in a USB
- Me, trying to plug in a USB
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All of the clocks have changed, but my microwave still knows the truth.
March 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
All of the clocks have changed, but my microwave still knows the truth.
Internet Archive is everything right now.
"These are old recordings preserved and made accessible out of love of the music and desire to study it for generations to come."
Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says
Labels push to spike cost of Internet Archive fight over old 78s.
arstechnica.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Internet Archive is everything right now.
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In 1969, a group of Boston women met at a workshop titled “Women and Their Bodies." Their discussions led to the publication of a stapled coursebook, costing 75₵. The book evolved into “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” eventually selling millions. We have 2 early editions. Want to take a look? Contact us!
March 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In 1969, a group of Boston women met at a workshop titled “Women and Their Bodies." Their discussions led to the publication of a stapled coursebook, costing 75₵. The book evolved into “Our Bodies, Ourselves,” eventually selling millions. We have 2 early editions. Want to take a look? Contact us!
The Doge of Venice acted as both the head of state and head of the Venetian oligarchy. (697 CE to 1797 CE) Just sayin’.
March 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Doge of Venice acted as both the head of state and head of the Venetian oligarchy. (697 CE to 1797 CE) Just sayin’.
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When you recognize a pattern of where to find information on documents over and over again, DocumentCloud’s Regex Extractor Add-On can help you pull it out and turn it into data. After that, the fun begins.
Sorting a trove of police disciplinary files to find stories
When you recognize a pattern of where to find information on documents over and over again, DocumentCloud’s Regex Extractor Add-On can help you pull it out and turn it into data. After that, the fun…
www.muckrock.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
When you recognize a pattern of where to find information on documents over and over again, DocumentCloud’s Regex Extractor Add-On can help you pull it out and turn it into data. After that, the fun begins.
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What I learnt about how to solve every crime in different countries from procedurals:
UK: fetch the cctv
India: break down a door
Norway: bring the sniffer dog
Australia: ask about the family feud
USA: read the case report 3 years later
UK: fetch the cctv
India: break down a door
Norway: bring the sniffer dog
Australia: ask about the family feud
USA: read the case report 3 years later
March 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What I learnt about how to solve every crime in different countries from procedurals:
UK: fetch the cctv
India: break down a door
Norway: bring the sniffer dog
Australia: ask about the family feud
USA: read the case report 3 years later
UK: fetch the cctv
India: break down a door
Norway: bring the sniffer dog
Australia: ask about the family feud
USA: read the case report 3 years later
GPOY. (I am old enough that GPOY is still funny.)
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
March 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
GPOY. (I am old enough that GPOY is still funny.)