socketwench
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3D printer mom, solar panel lover, dumpster goblin for bad films
Mostly on Fedi: https://masto.hackers.town/@socketwench
3D printer mom, solar panel lover, dumpster goblin for bad films
Mostly on Fedi: https://masto.hackers.town/@socketwench
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I'm finding that I say "Stay safe!" as a goodbye message to friends more often these days.
February 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I'm finding that I say "Stay safe!" as a goodbye message to friends more often these days.
Today's #mplsintheblind is up:
"Night terrors, no eviction moratorium, and a school lockdown"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
"Night terrors, no eviction moratorium, and a school lockdown"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
Night terrors, no eviction moratorium, and a school lockdown
Cowards, the lot of you:
Walz won’t call for an eviction moratorium because it’s “legally fraught”. Oh, yes, we should be concerned with legality in the middle of our neighbors being abducted in broad...
mplsintheblind.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Today's #mplsintheblind is up:
"Night terrors, no eviction moratorium, and a school lockdown"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
"Night terrors, no eviction moratorium, and a school lockdown"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
Imagine if every site was now an ID theft honeypot.
I know you're thinking, "for financial theft, sure. That's bad."
Now imagine its for a political news site? Or an abuse survivor site? Or an LGBTQ support site?
Now its a political enemy list.
Its a list of undesirables.
I know you're thinking, "for financial theft, sure. That's bad."
Now imagine its for a political news site? Or an abuse survivor site? Or an LGBTQ support site?
Now its a political enemy list.
Its a list of undesirables.
we may require your government ID, legal name, and full address, but we delete that information as soon as we verify your age! (three weeks pass) hey so our servers got hacked and you guys are not gonna believe what happened to your government IDs, legal names, and full addresses that we deleted
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Imagine if every site was now an ID theft honeypot.
I know you're thinking, "for financial theft, sure. That's bad."
Now imagine its for a political news site? Or an abuse survivor site? Or an LGBTQ support site?
Now its a political enemy list.
Its a list of undesirables.
I know you're thinking, "for financial theft, sure. That's bad."
Now imagine its for a political news site? Or an abuse survivor site? Or an LGBTQ support site?
Now its a political enemy list.
Its a list of undesirables.
Turn this around and think about it from their perspective.
They really do believe they are "liberating" white people. They see blue cities as fallen to their fictitious boogeymen who would gladly welcome white nationalism if they weren't so "oppressed".
Drek. Drek and brainrot.
They really do believe they are "liberating" white people. They see blue cities as fallen to their fictitious boogeymen who would gladly welcome white nationalism if they weren't so "oppressed".
Drek. Drek and brainrot.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Turn this around and think about it from their perspective.
They really do believe they are "liberating" white people. They see blue cities as fallen to their fictitious boogeymen who would gladly welcome white nationalism if they weren't so "oppressed".
Drek. Drek and brainrot.
They really do believe they are "liberating" white people. They see blue cities as fallen to their fictitious boogeymen who would gladly welcome white nationalism if they weren't so "oppressed".
Drek. Drek and brainrot.
Minnesota should adopt the Adam's Family credo as it's state slogan.
"Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc".
"Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc".
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Minnesota should adopt the Adam's Family credo as it's state slogan.
"Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc".
"Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc".
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Accurate
Oh man i just realized all of those discord channels that replaced entire websites, forums, and wikis are going to just vanish and internet archive can't archive them
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
discord.com/press-releas...
discord.com/press-releas...
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Accurate
Look. People terrify me. Children scare the hell out of me. I'm socially awkward as hell because attempts otherwise have been some Truly Awful Shit for me.
And all this ICE stuff?
It's making me try to be cordial with my neighbors. (And probably failing at it, but I try anyway.)
It's. That. Bad.
And all this ICE stuff?
It's making me try to be cordial with my neighbors. (And probably failing at it, but I try anyway.)
It's. That. Bad.
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Look. People terrify me. Children scare the hell out of me. I'm socially awkward as hell because attempts otherwise have been some Truly Awful Shit for me.
And all this ICE stuff?
It's making me try to be cordial with my neighbors. (And probably failing at it, but I try anyway.)
It's. That. Bad.
And all this ICE stuff?
It's making me try to be cordial with my neighbors. (And probably failing at it, but I try anyway.)
It's. That. Bad.
Realizing that LLMs have the same hampering effect on learning in big ways that spell checkers had on learning proper spelling.
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Realizing that LLMs have the same hampering effect on learning in big ways that spell checkers had on learning proper spelling.
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This is how Minneapolis’ city council president and staff are treated while legally observing ICE:
When they boxed Elliott and I in and came to my car they literally said to us right away:
“This is your first and final warning we have license plate readers and facial recognition we know who you are”
“This is your first and final warning we have license plate readers and facial recognition we know who you are”
Trump admin is building a list of people to retaliate against for engaging in legal, 1st amendment protected activity.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This is how Minneapolis’ city council president and staff are treated while legally observing ICE:
My weekends need weekends now.
February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
My weekends need weekends now.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
Discord to users:
Surrender to the surveillance state, or be excluded forever.
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Surrender to the surveillance state, or be excluded forever.
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Discord to users:
Surrender to the surveillance state, or be excluded forever.
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Surrender to the surveillance state, or be excluded forever.
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
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Axios reports @governorwalz.mn.gov won’t call an eviction moratorium because it is “legally fraught” yet the definition sure sounds like one. www.mprnews.org/story/2023/0...
![What is a peacetime emergency?
In Minnesota, a peacetime emergency is an executive order that can be called when cities and counties don't have the adequate resources to address an emergency, defined as "an act of nature, a technological failure or malfunction, a terrorist incident, an industrial accident, a hazardous materials accident or a civil disturbance [that] endangers life and property."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2yhglxsi2owchryafic2gmr3/bafkreicfdeipsblnzb3oxnfnqh45fkzjo5p2s32ar3oqtgpnc46chd2ff4@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Axios reports @governorwalz.mn.gov won’t call an eviction moratorium because it is “legally fraught” yet the definition sure sounds like one. www.mprnews.org/story/2023/0...
Wow. Tahoe is ass.
The city should sue Apple for defamation.
The city should sue Apple for defamation.
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Wow. Tahoe is ass.
The city should sue Apple for defamation.
The city should sue Apple for defamation.
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"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Listen to the early episodes of the 500 Songs podcast and never, ever, be surprised by this again.
It does really hit you that American artists of color continue to make these aesthetically incredible, thematically rich works of art and the white supremacists that rule this country are just complete dullards
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Listen to the early episodes of the 500 Songs podcast and never, ever, be surprised by this again.
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THIS IS THE WAY.
Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
February 9, 2026 at 4:41 AM
THIS IS THE WAY.
Today's #mplsintheblind is up:
"50 arrests outside of Whipple, cops bulldoze block filters"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
"50 arrests outside of Whipple, cops bulldoze block filters"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
50 arrests outside of Whipple, cops bulldoze block filters
Yesterday:
Truthout writes how indigenous-let communities are keeping people safe from ICE. ICE has detained many native americans who live in the Twin Cities. To protect and serve (fascism):
NYT repo...
mplsintheblind.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Today's #mplsintheblind is up:
"50 arrests outside of Whipple, cops bulldoze block filters"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
"50 arrests outside of Whipple, cops bulldoze block filters"
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
#minneapolis #twincities #iceout
I had the idea of making my 1U vent panel into a 'closed' panel, and then using that to also hold the HDD enclosures. I think it'll work, but it's hard to work within the 120mm square bed I have to work in.
#3dprinting #homelab
#3dprinting #homelab
February 8, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I had the idea of making my 1U vent panel into a 'closed' panel, and then using that to also hold the HDD enclosures. I think it'll work, but it's hard to work within the 120mm square bed I have to work in.
#3dprinting #homelab
#3dprinting #homelab
One thing the occupation has taught me is just how close to the edge I'm on for stability. I see all these requests for rent aid, grocery aid... Often not much money in the grand scheme of things, but then I look at my own budget and...
Yeah.
Yeah.
February 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
One thing the occupation has taught me is just how close to the edge I'm on for stability. I see all these requests for rent aid, grocery aid... Often not much money in the grand scheme of things, but then I look at my own budget and...
Yeah.
Yeah.
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
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Today I’d like to see the following l donate their entire February pay checks to cover mutual aid rent fundraisers (as many of my colleagues did in January):
MN Governor Tim Walz
MPLS Mayor Jacob Frey
MPLS City Council Members:
Linea Palmisano
Pearl Warren
Elizabeth Shaffer
Jamison Whiting
MN Governor Tim Walz
MPLS Mayor Jacob Frey
MPLS City Council Members:
Linea Palmisano
Pearl Warren
Elizabeth Shaffer
Jamison Whiting
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Today I’d like to see the following l donate their entire February pay checks to cover mutual aid rent fundraisers (as many of my colleagues did in January):
MN Governor Tim Walz
MPLS Mayor Jacob Frey
MPLS City Council Members:
Linea Palmisano
Pearl Warren
Elizabeth Shaffer
Jamison Whiting
MN Governor Tim Walz
MPLS Mayor Jacob Frey
MPLS City Council Members:
Linea Palmisano
Pearl Warren
Elizabeth Shaffer
Jamison Whiting
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Yeah I’ve seen “progressives” in other cities saying the blockades are a step too far…
ICE agents drive like they’re in GTA. Even beyond the kidnapping and the murder, they‘re speeding and crashing their cars everywhere. With zero consequences.
ICE agents drive like they’re in GTA. Even beyond the kidnapping and the murder, they‘re speeding and crashing their cars everywhere. With zero consequences.
There are so very many things that are fucked up about how things are in Minnesota right now and it is hard to tell what the outside world knows about.
The street blockades may seem odd . . . if you haven't seen the way ICE & CBP drive.
The street blockades may seem odd . . . if you haven't seen the way ICE & CBP drive.
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Yeah I’ve seen “progressives” in other cities saying the blockades are a step too far…
ICE agents drive like they’re in GTA. Even beyond the kidnapping and the murder, they‘re speeding and crashing their cars everywhere. With zero consequences.
ICE agents drive like they’re in GTA. Even beyond the kidnapping and the murder, they‘re speeding and crashing their cars everywhere. With zero consequences.
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They call it “persistent presence” and it’s a technique of war they have used in other parts of the world, notoriously in Somalia, which gives a new dimension to the cruelty of doing this to cities full of Somali refugees
In some cases they’re literally using the same Black Hawks even
In some cases they’re literally using the same Black Hawks even
You may ask yourself why helicopters fly over the Twin Cities so much and my best guess is it is to fuck with people.
Ugh. Looked up for a second only to see this guy buzz by my window.
February 8, 2026 at 2:43 PM
They call it “persistent presence” and it’s a technique of war they have used in other parts of the world, notoriously in Somalia, which gives a new dimension to the cruelty of doing this to cities full of Somali refugees
In some cases they’re literally using the same Black Hawks even
In some cases they’re literally using the same Black Hawks even