Mardoch
mardoch.bsky.social
Mardoch
@mardoch.bsky.social
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Metalhead, developer, parent, gamer...the order of which is fluid...except for the metal. He/him/they, cis @Gwunhar from twitter
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I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!
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The good news is that autocrats who try to hide in bunkers from the consequences of their actions famously always succeed and are never dragged out to face the howling mob
Talk about burying the lede: “The bunker under the East Wing will also be upgraded, sources told CBS News. The White House Military Office is handling the renovation of the bunker, which is known as the President's Emergency Operations Center.” 10/22/25 www.cbsnews.com/news/demolis...
Trump administration plans to demolish White House's entire East Wing as ballroom cost grows to $300 million
The Trump administration is planning to demolish the entirety of the White House's East Wing as early as this weekend, two senior administration officials said, part of a ballroom project championed b...
www.cbsnews.com
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You'll pry these Oxford commas out of my cold, dead, third thing hands
I found one randomly on a roof not far from Bleu street, I think it was?
It wasn't a flashbang or tear gas canister (those would have probably been worse considering they're metal). Facts matter and reporting exists. The pepper ball is plenty bad enough and could have been lethal if it'd been a few inches off from where it did hit.

Spreading misinfo doesn't help.
in the same way that punching yourself in the crotch is funny
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hey so for once there's an actual happy update to something

our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card
my favorite thing about these is that "it's not important" literally cannot be known ahead of time. we build major advances on the back of seemingly random shit regularly.
_glib voice_ come on y'all, everything you do is a neurodivergence special

(i do genuinely love all of the specialty events. y'all rock so hard)
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We're proud to announce our first Disability and Neurodivergence special!

Submissions are open and anyone who is or identifies as disabled and/or neurodivergent in any way that's meaningful to them is welcome to submit

Submissions close: Nov. 10 2:59 AM ET
Dates: Nov. 29-30

gdq.gg/disability-d...
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Redditor asks how things are looking at strip clubs, a known indicator of economic downturn. The answers are pretty bleak (albeit not all responses are from strippers)

www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...
4 cups of coffee isn't food, but it _is_ making me feel like lunch is unnecessary.

i suppose i will just scarf some dried fruit and attempt to be productive with all my brain jitters lol
that's a seriously high amount of praise. their last two have been outrageously good
ooo that sounds very interesting. added to my research queue
are there any rich people that aren't pedophiles? jesus fucking christ
"Myhrvold’s apparent contribution to the birthday book was a letter celebrating the New York financier along with graphic photos depicting sex acts and engorged genitalia of animals."
Ex-Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold named in Epstein flight logs
Flight logs purportedly from Jeffrey Epstein's private jet show multiple trips with a former Microsoft executive as a passenger.
click.email.seattletimes.com
have you ever sounded like a compete jackass on voicemail? that's why you get training
ok glad that nonsense isn't just me lol
hell yes, thank you for this. wonderful vibes
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Autumn mountain river for you
The new @anabstractillusion.bsky.social is peak wintery melodeath vibes. I fucking LOVE this shit.

now I just need it to get cold here so I can enjoy it properly
The Sleeping City, by An Abstract Illusion
7 track album
anabstractillusion.bandcamp.com
RS with alt, because this is too cool to not be accessible
that's a very spherical object that bounced away, not a canister. he was injured because that's a dense ball at a close range, but it's not a metal canister, which would have been much worse