Dan Johnsen
@loonspeak.bsky.social
Hanging at home talking to the plants and taking calls from the robots.
It's about time local cops enforced the law regarding federal thugs.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's about time local cops enforced the law regarding federal thugs.
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"Every time I see the words Cape Cod on a map, I’m reminded of the gap between the stories we tell and the systems we actually run."
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
Cod Collapse — Waquoit Bay Fish Company
Bankers' Hours to Bankruptcy: The Collapse of Gulf of Maine Cod
waquoitbayfishcompany.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Every time I see the words Cape Cod on a map, I’m reminded of the gap between the stories we tell and the systems we actually run."
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
waquoitbayfishcompany.com/blog/cod-col...
Nice post from the 1950s
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Nice post from the 1950s
The stage play that saved countless lives.
We need art.
We need art.
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The stage play that saved countless lives.
We need art.
We need art.
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The expected brutal clarity from @audacityofdespair.bsky.social
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The expected brutal clarity from @audacityofdespair.bsky.social
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Big story happened somewhere "in Florida"
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukrainian and US officials meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia’s war
Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Kyiv delegation amid more deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Big story happened somewhere "in Florida"
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
WHERE in Florida? Do we not care about such details anymore?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
Military personnel are part of the force that has issued 28,000 traffic citations in two months. People waiting in court are missing work. Officials are begging for bed linens. Inmates are sleeping in chairs. Memphis is a majority-Black city with a Republican governor.
A task force ordered by Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail in ways that concerned officials say will last months or even years as cases play out.
Thousands of arrests by Trump's crime-fighting task force in Memphis strain crowded jail and courts
A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Military personnel are part of the force that has issued 28,000 traffic citations in two months. People waiting in court are missing work. Officials are begging for bed linens. Inmates are sleeping in chairs. Memphis is a majority-Black city with a Republican governor.
RI ACLU asks RI Energy *again* to specify how it will protect customers with mandated smart meters from privacy violations.
Do you have a smart meter installed by RI Energy? They’re intended to be more efficient, but you probably don't realize they simultaneously collect a lot of personal data about you + your habits based on your energy usage.
We're calling for transparent, enforceable privacy + data usage protections.
We're calling for transparent, enforceable privacy + data usage protections.
LETTER Re: RI Energy Smart Meters - ACLU of Rhode Island
This letter was sent to RI Energy's Director of Government Affairs regarding the ongoing implementation of "smart meters" and privacy concerns about collection, usage, and storage of people's data.
www.riaclu.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
RI ACLU asks RI Energy *again* to specify how it will protect customers with mandated smart meters from privacy violations.
Big Brother is watching us.
Border Patrol monitors US drivers and detains Americans for ‘suspicious’ travel | AP News
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Big Brother is watching us.
@magaziner.house.gov concludes his floor speech by calling Trump and Musk murderers. He is not wrong.
@magaziner.house.gov hails restoration of @edesianutrition.bsky.social food aid on House floor, saying, "After nine months of delay, I rise today to recognize an important victory for Edesia nutrition and for children around the world who now have a new chance at life.”
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Magaziner Celebrates Restoration of Edesia Food Aid on House Floor
YouTube video by Rep. Seth Magaziner
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November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
@magaziner.house.gov concludes his floor speech by calling Trump and Musk murderers. He is not wrong.
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Both parties should support this. Using AI to generate a video of a candidate saying something he didn’t say should be illegal. Especially since many voters think it is real. I will condemn any candidate from either party who does this.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
"Shibboleth for douchebaggery" is a very fine phrase.
Honestly believe that using 'alpha' like this is a foolproof Shibboleth for douchebaggery.
Normal human beings in finance (all three of them) do not do this.
Normal human beings in finance (all three of them) do not do this.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Shibboleth for douchebaggery" is a very fine phrase.
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"Behind every airstrike, every surveillance drone, and every AI-powered kill list, there’s a tech company cashing a fat check.
Palantir, Google, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft as well as the entire backbone of Silicon Valley are the silent contractors of empire."
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Palantir, Google, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft as well as the entire backbone of Silicon Valley are the silent contractors of empire."
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November 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
"Behind every airstrike, every surveillance drone, and every AI-powered kill list, there’s a tech company cashing a fat check.
Palantir, Google, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft as well as the entire backbone of Silicon Valley are the silent contractors of empire."
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Palantir, Google, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft as well as the entire backbone of Silicon Valley are the silent contractors of empire."
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When your name is Dwayne Hoover
1. You're automatically a dufus
2. You're going to suck up all available mind poison
1. You're automatically a dufus
2. You're going to suck up all available mind poison
I have somehow never read Breakfast of Champions and holy hell in three pages Vonnegut sums it all up - colonialism, racism, income inequality, and a guy who owns a car dealership who reads a scifi novel and takes away the wrong idea
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
When your name is Dwayne Hoover
1. You're automatically a dufus
2. You're going to suck up all available mind poison
1. You're automatically a dufus
2. You're going to suck up all available mind poison
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Here's to dads and the moms who get them.
Here's to dads and the moms who get them.
Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for November 9, 2025 | GoComics
Read Wallace the Brave—a comic strip by creator Will Henry—for today, November 9, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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November 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Here's to dads and the moms who get them.
Here's to dads and the moms who get them.
A recent post by @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social linked to a story on the PVD city council further limiting police cooperation with ICE. It was met with a torrent of ugly comments, the link disabled, and finally David's post taken down. Here's the good news in today's Providence Journal:
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A recent post by @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social linked to a story on the PVD city council further limiting police cooperation with ICE. It was met with a torrent of ugly comments, the link disabled, and finally David's post taken down. Here's the good news in today's Providence Journal:
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So much I could say, but I’ll just say she convinced her caucus to vote for something they hated and knew they’d lose their jobs over, on the promise that it’d be amended in some unknown way later through reconciliation. Nearly 40 million people have health insurance because of her. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So much I could say, but I’ll just say she convinced her caucus to vote for something they hated and knew they’d lose their jobs over, on the promise that it’d be amended in some unknown way later through reconciliation. Nearly 40 million people have health insurance because of her. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
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The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania resulted in the remains of 17 students being repatriated to ...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery