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Given the clear lack of training that ICE officers seem to have, why on Earth are they even allowed to carry weapons? Heck, why do they need weapons to carry out their job (you know, their actual jobs, not riot police).

I really need to find some non-journalists to follow on Bluesky. All I see in my feed anymore is news that makes me upset, and while it's good to stay informed at what's going on in the world, it just wears me out. Just once, I want some good news or something fun to read.

Dear Israeli Government, be better than the terrorists. Signed, an American Jew who is sad so many people have been killed by this conflict on both sides. Hamas is evil, yes, but you need to be better.

It's US citizenship. Not NJ citizenship, not PA citizenship... how in the hell can SCOTUS not realize that limiting the injunction in this case has fundamental flaws and will create a complete mess of who is or isn't a citizen? Or was that the point?

The Government should be afraid of the people. Not the other way around.

RIP Hot Lips Houlihan. Loretta Swit brought to life a character that could have been relegated to just an afterthought, instead making her a 'major' force to be reckoned with.

I don't like Elon, and I'm not a fan of Tesla's vehicles (for reasons not even related to Elon), but having just bought an EV for the first time, I do have to give Tesla credit for building an amazing charging network.

So how many lawsuits do you think the government could handle against it before they run out of person power in order to defend against them? Sue the fuck out of the administration (god knows they've got plenty of reasons to sue them) and DDoS the Justice Department.

Fuck Hamas. And fuck the administration's fake "combating antisemitism" narrative. Stop using my people for your anti-higher-ed goals. And you know what, fuck anyone who supports Hamas. They're a fucking terrorist group who puts no value on human lives.

The US federal government was actually less wasteful than most big companies and other large organizations, not least because government had an amazing asset: highly experienced, educated, knowledgeable, talented people choosing public service when they could make a lot more in the private sector.

So did POTUS not pay attention to the words he said when he took the oath of office both times? Seriously, "I don't know" is an answer you should have when asked if it's your job to uphold the constitution of the US. Just a reminder that Bill Clinton got impeached for lying about a blow job.

It does feel like a better headline here would be “ineffective senator doesn’t have friends”

So JD Vance is a Grim Reaper.

Dear journalist friends... can you start mentioning in articles that the A.A.R.P in AARP v Trump is *not* the American Association of Retired Persons? It took like 20 minutes of digging through the actual filings to find out that AARP is a pseudonym for one of the plaintiffs.

Watching WEC qualifying at Imola. It would be awesome if we could have a 2nd screen experience that can be in sync with the time you're actually watching what's on screen. These races happen all over the world, so I'm often not watching live. This goes even for IMSA or SRO races, or heck, even F1.

What if this is all just a ploy to get liberals to buy more guns? Untapped market!

I don't want to be a gun nut, but this government is going to turn me into a gun nut.

Here's a question. Since it seems like the administration is using ICE as their gestapo, what is your legal requirement to follow any orders given to you by ICE if you are a citizen of the US? Stupid 100 mile enforcement zone aside, what is their legal standing in the US? Can I just refuse?

@fetterman.senate.gov I am one of your constituents as a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I hope we can count on you as a NO vote on the absolutely ridiculous SAVE act if/when it comes up for a vote in the Senate. This will disenfranchise so many voters.

I wish car manufacturers were better at listing features in an easy-to-find format. Seems like they designed their websites with form massively over function. I've actually been using Gemini Deep Research and it's been extremely helpful in compiling information for me.

One.. two.. three.. four.. I declare a trade war.

@booker.senate.gov Just made a reference to Schoolhouse Rock -- I'm Just a Bill. Yeah, he's one of my generation.

Of all the days that mlbtv has issues... Opening Day. Nice job, guys.

So where I work we've been going through a progressive tightening of network security to ensure that data which shouldn't be shared doesn't get shared. Data privacy and security is a common thread in a lot of the world. Meanwhile we have a billionaire just tossing private data around without a care.

So I think it's interesting that the "the Internet" didn't seem all that interested in actually finding out who the UHC CEO shooter was, but now that law enforcement have arrested a suspect and released his name, "the Internet" can't seem to get enough of trying to armchair profile this dude.

Bluesky is really giving me vibes of the early days of Google+. Lots of great discussion and the ability to interact with people who might otherwise get lost in the noise. I wonder if that means there's a sweet spot in the life cycle of social networks. Now how do we keep it there?

@safety.bsky.app Not sure if this is in your wheelhouse but is there any way we can get 2fa using TOTP (aka Google Authenticator) or even passkey logins?

I'm glad I'm following @theonion.com. It's nice to have something give me a chuckle as I doomscroll my newsfeed.

There. Verified one of my domains. Not sure if this makes me one of the cool kids or not. Still kinda neat.

So this is Bluesky. I'm trying to get into the swing of things (and trying not to crap things up like my twitter feed). We'll see how this goes.