Mndrew

Mndrew

@mndrew.bsky.social

Old nerd. Old lefty. Sower of chaos. Proud member of #TeamOrca Yes, I will report and block spammers.

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Explaining the family concept of 'Scottish heritage' to a friend: Frugal is buying store brand English muffins. Cheap is buying store brand peanut butter.

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❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

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If you told me I’d be redownloading Mapquest in 2026 to try to stay ahead of the surveillance state I wouldn’t have believed you

MapQuest@mapquest.com

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

Give the guy a break. His lawyer had him go a full day without his meth fix before the trial.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

The ICE officer who faces charges for road raging in Minneapolis (pulling a gun on a random motorist who blocked him from driving his unmarked SUV on the shoulder) broke into tears on the stand and said he was under a lot of stress, ok?

Gee, as shitty Baldwin. What a shock.

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social

Greg Baldwin, the voice of Uncle Iroh, responds to a post criticizing LGBTQ+ and disabled representation in ‘Avatar’: “So sorry LGBTQ and disabled people exist. That must be traumatic for you.”

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LOL Ukraine hit a Russian data center and Russian bot activity immediately dropped to practically zero. Elon is mad hahahahahaha

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NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.

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SOS

James Stout@jamesstout.bsky.social

A podcast I make with some colleagues has been nominated for an award. I am disgusted to see that we are currently polling behind a podcast about capital markets by an economics prof. I don't know anything about it, but that shit sounds boring as fuck. pls help. vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

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Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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Replying to @chadbourn.bsky.social

“Vaccines will be ineffective against competently designed pandemic weapons. Russia may not be competent yet, but future AI will democratize competence. “We should stockpile pandemic-proof PPE and install germicidal far-UV and glycol misters in public spaces.”

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CBS Philadelphia@cbsphiladelphia.bsky.social

Dennis Hastert — the former House speaker who was later sentenced to prison time over hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse of teen boys — has died at age 84.

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dennis hastert was a mass child Rapist and it's awesome he died. i hope it hurt.

CBS Philadelphia@cbsphiladelphia.bsky.social

Dennis Hastert — the former House speaker who was later sentenced to prison time over hush money payments made to cover up sexual abuse of teen boys — has died at age 84.

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The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org

Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.

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Their punishment was to write essays.

Kaitlin Kal Lee@kaitlinkallee.bsky.social

These hockey players also participated in gang rape, their names and faces should be everywhere as well. THEY ARE STILL WALKING FREE!!!!

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Fake. USDA. Seals. Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports. We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no? www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

scrippsnews.comInteractive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labelsPork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.

It seems like it's going to weather out this weekend. Hatches have been battened and power pack is charging. Most importantly half a dozen audiobooks downloaded to phone. We shall endure.

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Replying to @abeba.blacksky.app

leaving this here too: bsky.app/profile/abeb...

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app

"Ireland's Enterprise Minister Peter Burke attended a private dinner with tech giant Meta at the US ambassador’s residence in February to discuss the “digital agenda for Ireland’s EU presidency,” amid a US drive to soften Europe’s policing of big tech." www.independent.ie/business/min...

Only one side is ever willing to shift the Overton window, which is why it only ever moves right anymore.

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Running around doing errands and catching up on podcasts I've come to the surprising conclusion that I would rather listen to an ICE recruitment ad than one for Lingo kids.