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@josephpbacter.bsky.social
Auerspergian-bushido-liberal.
manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
“True Strength lies in Right’; save this, all is transitory” - Klemens von Metternich
manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
“True Strength lies in Right’; save this, all is transitory” - Klemens von Metternich
Pinned
“May hosts of heroes cluster
That scorn to wear a chain.
And blast the venal sycophants
Who dare our rights betray;
Assert yourselves, yourselves, yourselves
For brave America,”
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The USPTO wants new rules that would slam the door on inter partes review—the only affordable way the public can fight junk patents.
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The USPTO wants new rules that would slam the door on inter partes review—the only affordable way the public can fight junk patents.
Mamdani could save the country by just staying at the White House, infiltrate the administration and become a scheming Vizier (laudatory) to oppose the work of all the other scheming Viziers (derogatory).
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mamdani could save the country by just staying at the White House, infiltrate the administration and become a scheming Vizier (laudatory) to oppose the work of all the other scheming Viziers (derogatory).
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foreign countries don't need to make concessions to Trump, just deploy a handsome guy in a suit who smiles a lot and he's putty.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
foreign countries don't need to make concessions to Trump, just deploy a handsome guy in a suit who smiles a lot and he's putty.
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"last person to talk to him" theory of policy development is looking like an absolute lock
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"last person to talk to him" theory of policy development is looking like an absolute lock
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all his fans are waiting for him to threaten denaturalization and he's just like: oh boy! the mayor! talking to me!
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
all his fans are waiting for him to threaten denaturalization and he's just like: oh boy! the mayor! talking to me!
Every murderous dictator should go to sleep wondering if tonight is the night the JDAM fairy takes her toll.
I think it's an opinion that is shared by most people, I'd wager probably including you. Unless you're in favor of bombing, let's see, Sudan, DRC, Myanmar and Israel currently
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Every murderous dictator should go to sleep wondering if tonight is the night the JDAM fairy takes her toll.
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There is a very simple solution to Hemedti, Kagame, the Tatmadaw, Netanyahu, and their ilk
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There is a very simple solution to Hemedti, Kagame, the Tatmadaw, Netanyahu, and their ilk
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enough of you have provided me with explanations for why people do it that i understand it's a trend. it's a stupid fucking trend. it looks stupid. it makes audio worse. i can't stop the youth and won't try, but if you're a professional, stop doing the AV equivalent of wearing a shoe on your head.
why have reporters, politicians, influencers, etc. all of a sudden seem to have started holding lapel mics to talk into them? it’s a lapel mic, it’s specifically designed to go on your shirt or lapel, you look ridiculous holding it, stop it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
enough of you have provided me with explanations for why people do it that i understand it's a trend. it's a stupid fucking trend. it looks stupid. it makes audio worse. i can't stop the youth and won't try, but if you're a professional, stop doing the AV equivalent of wearing a shoe on your head.
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Swastikas and nooses aren’t “potentially divisive.” They’re hate symbols — and they don’t belong anywhere near our military.
The Coast Guard deserves better.
The Coast Guard deserves better.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Swastikas and nooses aren’t “potentially divisive.” They’re hate symbols — and they don’t belong anywhere near our military.
The Coast Guard deserves better.
The Coast Guard deserves better.
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Oh my God
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oh my God
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Honoring people who do well also make criticism (and shaming) of those who do wrong (or even fail to do good) much more effective.
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Honoring people who do well also make criticism (and shaming) of those who do wrong (or even fail to do good) much more effective.
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More people are very wealthy than ever before, and it’s important to give a clear social script for how to be a good person in that position. The culture of aristocratic paternalism has died and that space has been left vacant. Encouraging pro-social behavior means abandoning relentless cynicism.
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
More people are very wealthy than ever before, and it’s important to give a clear social script for how to be a good person in that position. The culture of aristocratic paternalism has died and that space has been left vacant. Encouraging pro-social behavior means abandoning relentless cynicism.
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Today, on World Children’s Day, the names of children killed by Russian strikes were added at the memorial complex in central Kharkiv. The youngest was just two months old, the oldest 17.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Today, on World Children’s Day, the names of children killed by Russian strikes were added at the memorial complex in central Kharkiv. The youngest was just two months old, the oldest 17.
If your response to a string of terrible days for Republicans is to bash Democrats, you're a Republican.
🤬 How Are Democrats This Dumb!?
@petertwinklage.bsky.social is back with today's 'First Draft' on liberals fumbling what should have been their best week of the Trump era, calls for “hooligan Halligan” to be disbarred, and Nicki Minaj addressing the United Nations?
zeteo.com/p/how-are-de...
@petertwinklage.bsky.social is back with today's 'First Draft' on liberals fumbling what should have been their best week of the Trump era, calls for “hooligan Halligan” to be disbarred, and Nicki Minaj addressing the United Nations?
zeteo.com/p/how-are-de...
🤬 How Are Democrats This Dumb!?
Peter Rothpletz on liberals fumbling what should have been their best week of the Trump era, calls for “hooligan Halligan” to be disbarred, and Nicki Minaj addressing the United Nations?
zeteo.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If your response to a string of terrible days for Republicans is to bash Democrats, you're a Republican.
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as will notes, people tend to *say* they want suburban living. they want a big house and a big yard and etc. this is not however what is suggested by their actual purchasing practices, which invariably result in something like this:
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
as will notes, people tend to *say* they want suburban living. they want a big house and a big yard and etc. this is not however what is suggested by their actual purchasing practices, which invariably result in something like this:
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
raincitymaps.com/maps/inspect...
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I’m still cracking up
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’m still cracking up
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nature is healing, the average senator should think of the average rep as a pissant and the average house rep should go to sleep dreaming about tasting that senator’s blood
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
nature is healing, the average senator should think of the average rep as a pissant and the average house rep should go to sleep dreaming about tasting that senator’s blood
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we are returning to the state in which the framers intended for the legislature, in which the lower chamber and the upper chamber absolutely despise one another
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we are returning to the state in which the framers intended for the legislature, in which the lower chamber and the upper chamber absolutely despise one another
Because I’m a sicko, I think Austria Under the Iron Ring (William Jenks), and Liberalism and the Habsburg Monarchy (Jonathan Kwan) are both great and compelling books.
But Attack at Dawn (Ron Cope) will be compelling to more people and is also a great book.
But Attack at Dawn (Ron Cope) will be compelling to more people and is also a great book.
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Because I’m a sicko, I think Austria Under the Iron Ring (William Jenks), and Liberalism and the Habsburg Monarchy (Jonathan Kwan) are both great and compelling books.
But Attack at Dawn (Ron Cope) will be compelling to more people and is also a great book.
But Attack at Dawn (Ron Cope) will be compelling to more people and is also a great book.
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"Our product is far safer than what exists now" and "our product is not perfect and will eventually fuck up" are not at all contradictory. I'd even say waymo is being way more responsible than a lot of other companies by planning ahead here.
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Our product is far safer than what exists now" and "our product is not perfect and will eventually fuck up" are not at all contradictory. I'd even say waymo is being way more responsible than a lot of other companies by planning ahead here.