Mad B
@oaktag.bsky.social
Scientist & software engineer in Seattle. Interested in social justice, feminism, building dense housing, tabletop roleplaying gaming, and more. Parent of 1 gifted kid and 1 disabled kid. No terfs, GOP, or other bigots tolerated.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
Who killed the world, Charlie Brown?!
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Who killed the world, Charlie Brown?!
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FNAF/Scott Cawthon should not be supported in any way.
Don't buy/stream his games, give money to the franchise, watch the movies, etc.
He uses his gains FROM FNAF to support harmful legislature and candidates on the right.
Which is bad, yes? Stop supporting him. He deserves nothing.
Don't buy/stream his games, give money to the franchise, watch the movies, etc.
He uses his gains FROM FNAF to support harmful legislature and candidates on the right.
Which is bad, yes? Stop supporting him. He deserves nothing.
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
FNAF/Scott Cawthon should not be supported in any way.
Don't buy/stream his games, give money to the franchise, watch the movies, etc.
He uses his gains FROM FNAF to support harmful legislature and candidates on the right.
Which is bad, yes? Stop supporting him. He deserves nothing.
Don't buy/stream his games, give money to the franchise, watch the movies, etc.
He uses his gains FROM FNAF to support harmful legislature and candidates on the right.
Which is bad, yes? Stop supporting him. He deserves nothing.
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yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
I guess I can drink twelve coffees a day while chain smoking if you want me to do this in a socially acceptable manner, I just don't see how that's better for my physical or mental health than Vyvanse, y'know?
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
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So now I always ask: if you're some faculty member posting loudly about gender justice or whatever, do you know the name of just one single person on your campus who deals with these cases? No? Then what are you doing.
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So now I always ask: if you're some faculty member posting loudly about gender justice or whatever, do you know the name of just one single person on your campus who deals with these cases? No? Then what are you doing.
Yay another perfect Clues By Sam solve! Slow but sure I guess
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 20th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 16 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 20th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 16 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yay another perfect Clues By Sam solve! Slow but sure I guess
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 20th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 16 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 20th 2025 (Tricky), in less than 16 minutes
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I've been enjoying Clues By Sam for about a week now. This is my first puzzle with no mess-ups
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 18th 2025 (Medium), in 05:47
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 18th 2025 (Medium), in 05:47
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I've been enjoying Clues By Sam for about a week now. This is my first puzzle with no mess-ups
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 18th 2025 (Medium), in 05:47
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 18th 2025 (Medium), in 05:47
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Today is my birthday. I would like many things but from you specifically I want $2,500 for @scarleteen.com's annual fundraiser, which is supporting staff & volunteer healthcare this year. We need $2,500 to unlock a $10,000 match and this would really make my day! Donate to my campaign page here.
Scarleteen Staff and Volunteer Healthcare Fund
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November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today is my birthday. I would like many things but from you specifically I want $2,500 for @scarleteen.com's annual fundraiser, which is supporting staff & volunteer healthcare this year. We need $2,500 to unlock a $10,000 match and this would really make my day! Donate to my campaign page here.
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one of the best commercials ever made.
Wishing a joyous 83rd birthday to the legendary Martin Scorsese!
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
one of the best commercials ever made.
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My Timeline today
Canada: ugh I hope they pass a budget today or the govt dissolves and we'll have to vote in a snap election over xmas
US: Use short bursts on the whistle when masked federal agents are spotted in your neighborhood and *long* bursts when they are actively abducting people.
Canada: ugh I hope they pass a budget today or the govt dissolves and we'll have to vote in a snap election over xmas
US: Use short bursts on the whistle when masked federal agents are spotted in your neighborhood and *long* bursts when they are actively abducting people.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My Timeline today
Canada: ugh I hope they pass a budget today or the govt dissolves and we'll have to vote in a snap election over xmas
US: Use short bursts on the whistle when masked federal agents are spotted in your neighborhood and *long* bursts when they are actively abducting people.
Canada: ugh I hope they pass a budget today or the govt dissolves and we'll have to vote in a snap election over xmas
US: Use short bursts on the whistle when masked federal agents are spotted in your neighborhood and *long* bursts when they are actively abducting people.
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If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Tell City Council: No FLOCK Surveillance for ICE in Oakland
The Oakland Police Department is looking to push through a $2.25M contract to expand its surveillance network under the privately-owned company FLOCK Safety — and we need you to show up and demand the...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
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This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This idea that #metoo was a temporary piece of insanity that happened because America was too woke...
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
Fuck you. It was a temporary moment in time when people decided, for the first time, that 20 women were finally equal to one man.
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The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
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And don't miss the part at the end where he calls her self centered and debates berating or abusing her into submission. "...very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy"
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And don't miss the part at the end where he calls her self centered and debates berating or abusing her into submission. "...very self involved and to get her to be good probably requires more firmness than I enjoy"
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We gotta keep fighting these guys w everything we have yall. Let em know we won't stand for this literal 1984 shit jfc
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We gotta keep fighting these guys w everything we have yall. Let em know we won't stand for this literal 1984 shit jfc
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Kickstarter workers celebrate end to 42-day strike after securing four-day workweek, minimum salary, AI protections:
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November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Kickstarter workers celebrate end to 42-day strike after securing four-day workweek, minimum salary, AI protections:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
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More info about Marta Leiva, the woman I witnessed being assaulted by plainclothed men in the SLC airport last week. She has a work permit legal through 2029, mom of 4 with sick kids: www.ksl.com/article/5139...
You can donate to her gofundme for legal expenses: www.gofundme.com/f/apoya-madr...
You can donate to her gofundme for legal expenses: www.gofundme.com/f/apoya-madr...
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
More info about Marta Leiva, the woman I witnessed being assaulted by plainclothed men in the SLC airport last week. She has a work permit legal through 2029, mom of 4 with sick kids: www.ksl.com/article/5139...
You can donate to her gofundme for legal expenses: www.gofundme.com/f/apoya-madr...
You can donate to her gofundme for legal expenses: www.gofundme.com/f/apoya-madr...
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On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable