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General nerd in the PNW. Amateur musician. Former photographer. Occasional podcaster but we don't have to talk about that. He/They
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I maintain that a significant part of why the Idaho Stop works is that drivers have absolutely no problem seeing cyclists when they're doing something drivers think they shouldn't.
Driver Perfectly Describes Pedestrian They Couldn't See.
January 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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sure, Jack Daniels has been crippled by Trump's pointless trade war with Canada. but surely the CBS News Whiskey Fridays with Some Guy No One Knows will turn things around
New: CBS News seems to be preparing a new segment called "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil," per sources.

Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
January 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Holy shit if he's this soft don't ever give him a moment's rest in public
WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
No I’m allowed to bring this food into the movie theater it is my emotional support Taco Bell.
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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once more with feeling
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I was up way too late one night last week watching this and it was worth the sleep deprivation. A lot of technical stuff about Apollo 13 and if that’s your thing you should definitely watch it.
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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We used to call this subtweeting and also yes
Trying to live my life so that when I die it’s a “pour one out for a real one” scenario over a “rest in piss” situation
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Trying to live my life so that when I die it’s a “pour one out for a real one” scenario over a “rest in piss” situation
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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I don't have a PhD in basic logic, but I'm not sure you can have both of these things at the same time.
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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This is what I meant when I wrote that "we can overthrow them with a union of care."
"At schools, volunteers are forming human chains as students and employees enter and leave, with whistles to blow if ICE shows up.

Volunteers—many of them moms already involved at their schools—divvy up tasks, such as delivering groceries to immigrant families..."

www.wsj.com/us-news/insi...
Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers
Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google documents to shadow federal agents
www.wsj.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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Bro!!! Bro, your petard, bro!!! Look out, dude!!!! That thing could straight up hoist you!!! Bro!! BRO!!!!
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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nothing annoys me more than people who want to feel like they have special information going "do you know this CAN work..."

shut up, use water, use water, use water. got something else you want to urge people to use bc you saw a street medic use it once? shut up. use water.
Really want to emphasize this. Don't use shit like LAW or milk in your eyes. If you don't know what LAW is, great, don't bother. I've worked in chemistry labs and production floors most of my adult life, including with lachrymators and irritants. Use water. Just water. That's it.
Hey, you! :)

Here: activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri..., has a link to a 56-pg field guide. And also, a giant freaking 486-pg book for medics.

Short one is closer to what you want. Relevant bit for pepper spray ⬇️

(RCAs) = Riot control agents AKA pepper spray (OC) and tear gas (CS and or CN).
January 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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the first candidate to run in a program of mass imprisoning AI company executives will earn my vote
"To all the haters out there, keep it up. It's working."

—@davidgerard.co.uk
US voters hate AI — and politicians are noticing
YouTube video by Pivot to AI
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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January 11, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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ring ring ring ring ring ring ring antifaphone
they've got Raffi calling for regime change. something has shifted.
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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Anyone who votes for that should resign.
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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Portland Police Press conference on the shooting of 2 Portlanders:

-DHS said the victims had been involved with a shooting. Nope!

-But they were def part of Tren de Aragua

-actually no

-But TdA is real and active in Portland

-We can't name single crime TdA has been involved with in this city
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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except for Ben Shapiro’s wife
January 9, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Boar's Head, again. Listeria, again. Pecorino cheese
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I don’t want to tell the freakin’ pope what to do but it would be incredibly funny* if the first American pope excommunicated the American vice president.

*not that funny given all the fucked up circumstances around it. But still like, pretty good, y’know?
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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me: I want cars to be seen as the deadly weapons they are
monkey’s paw:
a cartoon hand reaching out towards a purple object
ALT: a cartoon hand reaching out towards a purple object
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?
Previously, several of these companies, like Apple, IBM, and Disney, have paused advertising on X in response to antisemitic content. But antisemitism on X never slowed, sexual abuse imagery increased, and all of these companies quietly resumed advertising anyways.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 AM