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Russell Borogove

@borogove.bsky.social

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Distracted bear. He/him. Consistently offering nine 5s of reliability. My skeets don’t leave room for nuance. Committed to the bit. Game dev, music, synthesizer tech. Weird music at https://failure-mode.bandcamp.com

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 6h

best I can do is thirty-five

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 10h

We're talking about two entirely different things, buddy

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, social media sites are famous for going to court to adjudicate TOS violations.

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 10h

"Sorry. Im sorry. Im trying to remove it"

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 12h

Bill Mantlo & Mike Golden et al went in pretty darn hard on the idea of a hyper-rich ruling class headed by a supposedly all-powerful tyrant in the first year of Micronauts. Maybe it all went under the radar because the comic was “just” a licensed tie-in. For a toy book, it’s absolutely hardcore 👊

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 10h

Turns out that magic number isn't really meaningful when you take a close look at the studies, but still, it's a nice target.

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 10h

Note that not all of their posts are clear violations of the Hatch Act; those that specifically call out the Democratic Party, however, seem the most blatant ones to me.

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 10h

Correct. The user promised not to do crimes. The user violated federal law. The user is in violation of the TOS. Yes?

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 17h

You think *selective* enforcement of their TOS reduces their liability?

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 23h

BlueSky terms of service section 3B: "You agree that your Content will comply with all applicable laws and with the Bluesky Community Guidelines."

bsky.social/about/suppor...

Welcome to Bluesky Social, a social networking application provided by Bluesky! We're excited to have you on board as a user.

bsky.social

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

Hey @aaron.bsky.team a bunch of new accounts arrived today that are posting in violation of federal law, any plans to rein them in?

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

Every other post from these accounts is a clear Hatch Act violation, so I’m sure reporting them for illegal activity will get them yanaked pretty quick.

Right?

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

Reported a glaring violation of law regarding the DHS bluesky account.

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doomsmoker (just memes) @doomsmoker.bsky.social · 1d

fucking around for three days and then making a herculean effort on day four that restores your average progress to what a moderately inept person would have achieved with consistent effort, that's what it's all about.

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint: anyone who can look at Safeway's frozen pizza aisle without thinking mankind has taken a wrong turn somewhere is missing part of their soul

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

One ice cream brand had three different kinds of _vanilla_ ice cream, which misses the entire fucking point of vanilla ice cream.

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

The first time I went into a Safeway when I quit using Whole Foods delivery, I felt a wave of crushing depression in the frozen pizza aisle when contemplating that it's someone's job to figure out the right number of Digiorno Four Cheese Croissant Crust vs Digiorno Rising Crust Supreme to order.

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 2d

And I still saw two typos.

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conputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 2d

amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

You sit, according to the polls, on the cusp of a historic political victory. You would be the youngest mayor in a century. You’d be New York City’s first Muslim mayor. You’d be its first democratic socialist mayor.

I wouldn’t actually be the first democratic socialist mayor.

Who would it be?

David Dinkins was a member of D.S.A., he identified also as a democratic socialist.

Thank you for the correction.

Very welcome.

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 2d

Hey I stopped seventeen wars before breakfast today. And my tiger-repellent capabilities are at an all-time high.

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 2d

Yep. This nonsense should never have gotten charged, but having gotten to that point, this is the jury trial system working as it’s supposed to.

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 2d

Tweet from @LinkofSunshine reading "people on twitter will really be like 'you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a Walmart' and then not
firebomb a Walmart"

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 2d

Texas is 40% Latino.

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