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@isomorphism.net

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If you're going to follow/DM, have a profile and at least one post, please. Ed and technology policy, former grad student working on Information Systems for untrained responders in big disasters

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · Nov 9

Advice that applies to more than just information technology: a thread.

If you're simplifying a complex problem, you're likely doing it wrong.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 4h

There is no conceivable argument that these ships, even if we assume they were carrying narcotics, could not be dealt with in some other way. I think we can just drop the caveats and say: This is mass murder.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 9h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 9h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 24m

I don't think you habe to worry too much on that last score.

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 30m

Anyway: no.

And even if "yes"...

... calling Obama a socialist didn't lead the left to run fucking Stalin you are not covering Republican primary voters in glory here, just shame.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 38m

every once in a while I feel like I get a glimpse of what social networking would be if the platform incentives were just to give us a glimpse of normal people enjoying themselves...

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 32m

Every rock song worth its salt can be played on a banjo or a set of bagpipes

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · 39m

I have yet to hear a musical style where "Ace Of Spades" doesn't work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU37...

Lisa LeBlanc - Ace of Spades

YouTube video by justfragvideo

www.youtube.com

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 34m

"Everyone should be allowed to run against someone... unless I want them to win without effort" is a pretty normal reaction but it isn't very coherent.

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 37m

Anyway I do not know how to explain this to center right people but pickling your brain on what right wing media said about bog standard media in 2012 *could have been easily refuted if ypu followed literally anything other than Drudge and the Washington Fucking Examiner.

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 39m

One fucking *delegate* (not even an elected official) *compared* Romney to a fascist and one paty chairman said Ryan propgandizes like Goebbels and these guys made it into a national smear campaign about how unhinged the entire Democratic party was to the guys promising to gut the federal government

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 39m

On the other hand... Rush Limbaugh on Mitt Romney:

Romney Won’t Call Obama a Socialist

RUSH: Before we start, here is Romney last night. It’s a problem. He will not call Obama a socialist, and this is the conventional wisdom of the GOP elite. You don’t criticize Obama. But see, I don’t ...

www.rushlimbaugh.com

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 39m

NY Times on Mitt Romney

What's Race Got to Do With It?

There has yet to be any discussion over the one quality that has subtly driven Mitt Romney’s candidacy: his race.

archive.nytimes.com

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 39m

Politico, defending Mitt Romney

MSNBC mischaracterizes Romney remarks

<p>The cable network airs edited footage of Romney's comments at a campaign stop in Pennsylvania.</p>

www.politico.com

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 39m

Mitt Romney, on why Mitt Romney lost

In First Interview, Mitt Romney Says He Lost Because He Failed to Reach Minorities, 'Kills' Not to Be in Washington

abcnews.go.com

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 39m

CNN, 2013

Exclusive: Romney disagrees with GOP ‘tactics’ on Obamacare | CNN Politics

Mitt Romney thinks Obamacare is a bad law that will hurt the country, but disagrees with how conservatives in Washington are trying to get rid of it.

www.cnn.com

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 39m

USA Today

Mitt and Ann Romney saluted at Washington lunch

The 2012 GOP presidential nominee and his wife come to Washington for social events.

www.usatoday.com

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 54m

"Bain Capital is bad" != "Mitt Romney is Hitler" FFS

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 55m

I would like to see a single critique of Mitt Romney that wasn't "he's an out of touch venture capitalist" in any media publication that has a readership bigger than The Nation.

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 57m

The biggest critics of Mitt Romney were Republican primary voter, my dude.

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 1h

Not having to go to the bullpen early is helping.

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 1h

"Crackdown on American citizens"

Fixed it for ya

Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 1h

An actual complete game.

a picture of darth vader with the words most impressive written below him

Alt: a picture of darth vader with the words most impressive written below him

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 3h

Weirdo-Christian Speaker of the House, when a priest is shot in the head with pepperballs: "Seems fine"

Same dude hearing about a bunch of naked cyclists:

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 4h

The "24 hour news cycle gotta have a take immediately" is killing us.

Mike Johnson wants to give Trump the Nobel for Israel-Hamas deal

Published 14-Oct-20205 1:52pm EDT

Axios posts Biden and Clinton praise Trump's Gaza deal, published 13-Oct-2025 at 7:26pm Pacific

AP reports Israel is planning on cutting aid to Gaza, 14-Oct-2025 9:34am, Pacific time.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

BREAKING: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza, accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire with slow release of dead hostages, AP sources say.

Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war is being tested as complex issues remain a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange.

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Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 8h

Their hatred is not pure, it is merely for play. They are weak.