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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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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 11h

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 · 8h

Texas is 40% Latino.

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 8h

Latinos, Latinos, Latinos.

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 9h

ahh, international women’s day, the day we tell men “yes there is, it’s November 19th”

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 19h

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Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · Nov 27

This was settled ages ago when the old magic was written.

A picture from the Alien movies franchise with Alf photoshopped into it. Alf's face is very close to Sigourney Weaver's as he whispers something. Sigourney Weaver's eyes are closed and she is obviously frightened. There is text at the top of the image that says "we call them skeets."

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 19h

What in the ever-loving fuck did I just read.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 20h

this is the dumbest shit i have ever read

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 19h

A senior officer. I'm assuming Hegseth is directly in the approval path for these, and knows full well that they're illegal murders, and somewhere down the chain from him it's laundered to plausible deniability.

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 21h

They're not given enough information to know whether the order is illegal or not.

An officer says "Our intelligence reports that this boat is a threat, take it out."

The drone pilot isn't equipped to conduct an investigation into whether he's being lied to.

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Donovan @semievolved.bsky.social · 21h

Happy "Raw Doggin' Windows 10 Day" to all who celebrate.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever been so fucking delighted by a username/icon set that it made you follow a total stranger

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ReGen Magazine @regenmag.bsky.social · 1d

News: Arclight Halo announces new single, first new release in more than two years

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News: Arclight Halo announces new single, first new release in more than two years

It has been two years since Jake Kantzer last released new material under the moniker of Arclight Halo, although he hasn’t kept idle, as evidenced by the impending release of the “All You Are” single....

regenmag.com

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

thinking more about the roman empire than usual

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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jake d’arc @arclighthalo.com · 1d

Let's get spooky.

New single, 2025-11-14.

Pre-save: hypeddit.com/arclighthalo...
Bandcamp: arclighthalo.bandcamp.com/album/all-yo...

All You Are - Preview

YouTube video by Arclight Halo

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

as far as you know

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 1d

“Falls”

fucking hierarchy-obsessed chimpanzee mentality

The Mercury News @mercurynews.com · 2d

California falls to world’s fifth-largest economy trib.al/z2kcUTf

California falls to world’s fifth-largest economy

Japan reclaimed the world’s No. 4 spot and surpassed the Golden State on the California-centric scorecard.

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 2d

Triangle Pantywaist Fire

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 2d

Happy International Day For Failure!

www.daysoftheyear.com/days/interna...

International Day for Failure

"You know what they say, 'You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.' That really sums up the whole idea of failure. It’s not about the missteps you make,

www.daysoftheyear.com

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matthew @pahuski.com · 3d

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 3d

(Also, oops, early 70s, and this conversation was around Data General’s second stock offering.)

Richman also remembered that before they entered into negotiations over their second public offering of stock, after the company had been making money for a while and the stock they'd already issued had done very well indeed, their lawyer insisted that each of the founders sell some of their holdings in the company and each "take down a million bucks." This so that they could negotiate without the dread of losing everything ("Having to go back to your father's gas station," Richman called that nightmare). As for the name of the theory behind selling enough stock to become millionaires, Richman told me, "I don't know how you put it in the vernacular. We called it the Fuck You Theory."

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 3d

"Somebody wake up Hicks."

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh nice *touch*

Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 3d

Nice tough that fucking Gorman repeats, uselessly, from the start, instead of "all after 'incinerators'".

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 3d

Also, Exponential. Growth. Always. Stops. (whether it stops soon enough to suit is another question.)

Some day a piece of media is going to discuss sigmoidal growth and earn my everlasting admiration.

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 3d

In the context, they're talking about "Fuck You money" -- enough to live the rest of your life in reasonable comfort without working ever again.

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Russell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 3d

And then follow up with “you’re the guy who admitted that you repeated made up stories about Haitian immigrants eating pets, right?”

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