Bumblefudge
@bumblefudge.com
Free-range shit-talker, user agency and democracy enjoyor, governance-fixated technologist.
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Bumblefudge
@bumblefudge.com
· Jun 9
PROFESSIONAL THREAD: I have recently been realizing that in our current late-stage grindset capitalism, no one has a "career" so much as a self-promotional narrative that they have to sell every time they're stuck in an elevator with someone, so let me sketch out the pitch for my consultancy. 🧵
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richie bananas is still a racist, he just thinks he personally will benefit more from being a Token Racist Contrarian Columnist in a liberal society than he will being some nobody in whatever horror show trump is trying to build
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
richie bananas is still a racist, he just thinks he personally will benefit more from being a Token Racist Contrarian Columnist in a liberal society than he will being some nobody in whatever horror show trump is trying to build
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Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped from Minneapolis. He was my neighbor and he died in an American concentration camp. He was not "illegal," he was a human being made in the image of the divine. May his memory be a blessing, and may the rest of us fight like hell until we stop this brutality.
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“Wow, these people are clever”
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Wow, these people are clever”
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lmao, neighborhood Signal chat full of people who would otherwise be considered “wine moms” has turned against the New York Times for their coverage of what’s happening
January 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
lmao, neighborhood Signal chat full of people who would otherwise be considered “wine moms” has turned against the New York Times for their coverage of what’s happening
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hackernews commenters, every goddamn time
January 18, 2026 at 10:41 PM
hackernews commenters, every goddamn time
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Yup.
It hurts that more people can't see that ICE stops are just stop and frisk scaled down to 1/100th the scale.
The 4th amendment violations even rely on the same Supreme Court arguments, from the same judges.🤷🏿♂️
It hurts that more people can't see that ICE stops are just stop and frisk scaled down to 1/100th the scale.
The 4th amendment violations even rely on the same Supreme Court arguments, from the same judges.🤷🏿♂️
You just described stop and frisk only they're including white people now
Being required to present proof of citizenship to someone not required to present proof they're actually law enforcement is one hell of a dichotomy
January 18, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Yup.
It hurts that more people can't see that ICE stops are just stop and frisk scaled down to 1/100th the scale.
The 4th amendment violations even rely on the same Supreme Court arguments, from the same judges.🤷🏿♂️
It hurts that more people can't see that ICE stops are just stop and frisk scaled down to 1/100th the scale.
The 4th amendment violations even rely on the same Supreme Court arguments, from the same judges.🤷🏿♂️
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Getting into a poster war with Ganz is like the Yamato trying to attack the American fleet at Okinawa in ‘45
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Getting into a poster war with Ganz is like the Yamato trying to attack the American fleet at Okinawa in ‘45
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Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
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The absolute accuracy of this.
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The absolute accuracy of this.
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Remembering how the Homeland Security secretary wrote about how she got mad and killed a puppy for misbehaving and presented her choice to shoot the puppy like it was a proportionate and relatable decision
January 18, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Remembering how the Homeland Security secretary wrote about how she got mad and killed a puppy for misbehaving and presented her choice to shoot the puppy like it was a proportionate and relatable decision
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New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
‘You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searchin...
apple.news
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.
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alright, ditching popover to use a disclosure instead.
improvements:
- zero JS(!)
- progressively-enhanced transitions with `allow-discrete`
- ctrl-F-able descriptions
- better accessibility than the intent-based popover (no reliance on hover)
- better mobile experience
improvements:
- zero JS(!)
- progressively-enhanced transitions with `allow-discrete`
- ctrl-F-able descriptions
- better accessibility than the intent-based popover (no reliance on hover)
- better mobile experience
January 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
alright, ditching popover to use a disclosure instead.
improvements:
- zero JS(!)
- progressively-enhanced transitions with `allow-discrete`
- ctrl-F-able descriptions
- better accessibility than the intent-based popover (no reliance on hover)
- better mobile experience
improvements:
- zero JS(!)
- progressively-enhanced transitions with `allow-discrete`
- ctrl-F-able descriptions
- better accessibility than the intent-based popover (no reliance on hover)
- better mobile experience
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just got a VLC update funded by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland's Sovereign Tech Agency
Home | Sovereign Tech Agency
Investing in the infrastructure of the 21st century
www.sovereign.tech
January 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
just got a VLC update funded by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland's Sovereign Tech Agency
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The trans woman who rescued Jake Lang yesterday/whose car he ran into said in a video about the incident that she and her friend in the car thought he was being beaten by ICE. They kicked him out of the car after they found out who he was, lol
January 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The trans woman who rescued Jake Lang yesterday/whose car he ran into said in a video about the incident that she and her friend in the car thought he was being beaten by ICE. They kicked him out of the car after they found out who he was, lol
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verbal assaults or, as we generally call them, constitutionally protected speech
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
verbal assaults or, as we generally call them, constitutionally protected speech
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They isolated the one terrible, soul-destroying thing about being rich and powerful, and democratized *just that*.
Incredible work, boys. Well done.
Incredible work, boys. Well done.
January 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
They isolated the one terrible, soul-destroying thing about being rich and powerful, and democratized *just that*.
Incredible work, boys. Well done.
Incredible work, boys. Well done.
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Sycophancy is poison for the mind. Seen it in tech execs, military officers, biglaw, congress, etc. Now available to all through an app on your phone
January 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Sycophancy is poison for the mind. Seen it in tech execs, military officers, biglaw, congress, etc. Now available to all through an app on your phone
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Like among other things this is why a bunch of CEOs and VCs and politicians think these chatbots really are the future: there's no difference between how it treats them and how their sycophants treat them.
They think it's already AGI because it acts exactly like the only people they interact with
They think it's already AGI because it acts exactly like the only people they interact with
January 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Like among other things this is why a bunch of CEOs and VCs and politicians think these chatbots really are the future: there's no difference between how it treats them and how their sycophants treat them.
They think it's already AGI because it acts exactly like the only people they interact with
They think it's already AGI because it acts exactly like the only people they interact with
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Seeing somebody point out that AI psychosis and rich guy psychosis are literally the same ailment with the same cause and literally legitimately going
a man with glasses is surrounded by a glowing circle and the website pmitf.com is displayed below him
Alt: Mind blown dot gif
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Seeing somebody point out that AI psychosis and rich guy psychosis are literally the same ailment with the same cause and literally legitimately going
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"Everyone thinks they have taste, and everyone wants to set the strategy." -- @spavel.bsky.social
Executives don’t want to just sell juice. They want to empower you with an agentic, customizable, and seamless juice experience.
But no one has stopped to think about what any of that actually means, so the product becomes shit.
Before designing a "solution," you need to design the problem.
But no one has stopped to think about what any of that actually means, so the product becomes shit.
Before designing a "solution," you need to design the problem.
Your problem framing is sabotaging your strategy
Skipping to designing the solution before you have adequately designed the problem is not speeding you up, but slowing you down.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
"Everyone thinks they have taste, and everyone wants to set the strategy." -- @spavel.bsky.social
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
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There's no return to status quo normalcy the day after Trump (or Vance) is gone. That is only the start of a period, for some years, of reconstruction to establish a new constitutional settlement. And that means, by necessity, extraordinary measures not necessarily intended to be permanent features.
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
There's no return to status quo normalcy the day after Trump (or Vance) is gone. That is only the start of a period, for some years, of reconstruction to establish a new constitutional settlement. And that means, by necessity, extraordinary measures not necessarily intended to be permanent features.
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I'd argue that the AI wasn't art until it was eaten
January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I'd argue that the AI wasn't art until it was eaten
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"i have Friends everywhere" is blood-chilling to anyone who understands
Quakers are enjoined to see the light shining from inside all people and commit to pacifism because otherwise they would kill each other with knives.
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"i have Friends everywhere" is blood-chilling to anyone who understands
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TikTok has been added to Ellison’s media empire 🤮
I’m thankful to all the folks who are building on Open Social and working to give users a better place to escape 💕
logos: @flashes.blue @blackskyweb.xyz @stream.place @bsky.app @skylight.social
#breakingnews #tiktoksale
I’m thankful to all the folks who are building on Open Social and working to give users a better place to escape 💕
logos: @flashes.blue @blackskyweb.xyz @stream.place @bsky.app @skylight.social
#breakingnews #tiktoksale
January 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM
TikTok has been added to Ellison’s media empire 🤮
I’m thankful to all the folks who are building on Open Social and working to give users a better place to escape 💕
logos: @flashes.blue @blackskyweb.xyz @stream.place @bsky.app @skylight.social
#breakingnews #tiktoksale
I’m thankful to all the folks who are building on Open Social and working to give users a better place to escape 💕
logos: @flashes.blue @blackskyweb.xyz @stream.place @bsky.app @skylight.social
#breakingnews #tiktoksale