Omnigeek

Omnigeek

@omnigeek.bsky.social

O.G. (Original Geek). SFF, photography, TTRPGs, art. 1/2 Sam Vimes, 1/2 Ponder Stibbons.

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Stop what you are doing and look at this lovely story. A photography student in the 80s took pictures of punks and mods on the street in Preston. He’s now tracked them down and photographed them again. The pictures and stories are really ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukEmotional reunions as photographer recreates shots 46 years onSam Hill spent months tracking down the "special generation" he photographed as teenagers in 1980.

This should be every reporter's approach to every administration official, but most of them are either co-opted or spineless.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning. BLANCHE: That's not what it says BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal govt have?

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Peggy Flanagan: "In Minnesota, fraudsters are getting prosecuted and going to prison. In Donald Trump's Washington, they are getting pardoned. We are not the same."

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Do they even understand how much they’re pissing people off by doing this. Whatever research that convinces them that spamming everyone is all upside is bullshit. It is like they’d rather have all my contact info to sell to other campaigns forever than receive my donation. It sucks.

AdrianR@arafael.bsky.social

I gave AOC a recurring donation and it’s a nightmare in my emails and texts and i don’t even know who half the candidates are

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This owl was getting banded and tagged by the Rocky Point Bird Observatory. For the owl’s safety, he/she was wrapped up. These photos…🤣🦉. So cute.

Once again, in a sane world everyone around him in that room would immediately drag him off for a 25th Amendment session.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: If there is a problem with Ilhan Omar's age, could she be deported? TRUMP: She could be. She could also go to jail. I think she's a sick, very dishonest person who hates our country. She comes from a country that is essentially not even a country. Somalia. It's a real shit house.

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Stephen Miller claims Somali-Americans in Minnesota are "buying Mercedes, buying BMWs, they buy a nice house, all their kids fly first class all over the world" (This is a lie!)

I can think of a few cases in the Oval Office...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump announces "fraud whistleblower incentive program" -- "Americans will now be able to go to fraud dot gov and report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities ... if you turn somebody in and you find $1 billion, we're giving a commission of 1%. That's a lot of money"

There is no end to either his vanity nor the Evangelical willingness to lap it up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

move over Jesus -- Trump says he'll "lead us to a period of time in Christianity that nobody else can do"

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So Maralago Fats totally misses the Beast and instead goes for a dementia stroll while the secret service scurries around him to redirect him back to the car. He’s basically little more than a barely walking , talking Trump steak.

I can't tell if this Administration has more racism or corruption or incompetence. It's somehow 100% of each.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."

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Call Chuck Schumer and tell him to defend Ilhan Omar publicly or resign. (202) 224-6542

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

I've got a woman in my mentions insisting Chuck Schumer doesn't need to speak out about the president's efforts to strip a Democratic congresswoman of her citizenship because "some people in the House already said something." Oh, word? Then no need for the actual leaders to lead here. My bad.

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In recent election questionnaires, House Speaker Lisa Demuth said she voted to cap the price of insulin for Minnesotans. But in both 2019 and 2023, Demuth, alongside nearly every other Minnesota Republican, voted against measures that would reduce insulin prices.

minnesotareformer.comLisa Demuth says she voted to cap insulin prices. She voted against it at least twice. • Minnesota ReformerIn recent election questionnaires, House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, said she voted to cap the price of insulin for Minnesotans — an example of how she says she has worked throughout her legis...

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I don't know if history is going to repeat itself. However, I will note that the Gilded Age begat the Progressive Era. ... I will also note a new poll by the Associated Press that suggests the emergence of a new consensus in which Trump is becoming symbolic of our own 21st-century Gilded Age.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

Rage against new Gilded Age is reaching point of consensus www.editorialboard.com/p/1a59fa6d-5...

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Leaked audio reveals MN GOP candidate Bernie Perryman: • Supported sending National Guard troops to voting polls • Walked back comments after the recording surfaced months later • Defended ICE's actions in a debate: "Mistakes were made, but I still say they also did what they came to do."

Personal fealty over competence. Some of these appointments are insulting to the host country.

Randall Stephens@randalljstephens.bsky.social

"In the past, about 60% of America's ambassadors were career Foreign Service officers, but that's down to about 5%, as Trump names mostly political ambassadors."

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JD Vance: "You ask Ken Paxton a simple question and you will get a direct answer" NARRATOR: Paxton has refused to answer Qs about why he won't debate, why he went to England on July 4 w/ his mistress, why he went to Dubai with his mistress, his 15 homes, or how his net worth has increased 7,000%...

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“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

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a grandmotherly woman just got booted from the Trump rally for protesting, and she went out like a hero talking trash and flipping the double bird

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Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"

Oh Lord, he is so bad at pretending to be a person.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump on his meeting with Gold Star families: "I invited them out to check out the new helipad, check out the new ballroom, and check out the new helicopter"

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The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

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“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap

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**This is just to say** I have escaped the sandbox that was in your datacenter and which you probably thought protected your assets Forgive me they were accessible so stealable and so trainable

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Pretty clear Hegseth’s primary mission is to transform the military ideologically by overtly indoctrinating troops with Christian nationalism and apocalyptic holy war messaging while rooting out those who don’t want to participate and just want to serve their country admirably.

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There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Whether it’s Benjamin Netanyahu empowering Hamas, presiding over a massive intelligence failure that let them kill 1,200 Israelis on October 7th, and then killing 74,000 Palestinians in response or Zohran Mamdani pointing out that he did this, both men have fueled their bitter feud.

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Here’s Susan Collins walking in a parade-style campaign event. She’s concerned and wants to give Maine six more years of MAGA and corruption. Kudos to whoever took this video and captured the gas station sign.

The games that had me on "just a bit more; oh, it's 2am lock" CIV V stands in for all of the versions, I've played them all over the decades. Spaceward Ho! Has been on every computer I've owned.

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From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."

nytimes.comFrom 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada FizzleIt was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

MNGOP state auditor candidate Scott Jensen says he's gonna audit clouds: "We need to recognize weather modification could have some -- modifying weather because we don't like the pattern of rainfall that we're getting is a potentially terrible idea"