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Bonsai Wolf. Tiny and Mighty™️. Adorkable chihuahua. Tradecraft analyst focused on cloudsec. Dogged and rigorous. Bit of a weirdo. Feral historian focusing on extremism. he/they Email: [email protected]

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 23d

[extremism research & @jamellebouie.net book pitch]

tracing the idea of states’ rights from before the civil war and through reconstruction - something like 1815 to 1880 - or from dred to plessy a historical look at states’ rights

@jmberger.com @machete.gay

#HistorySky

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24d

oh looks like jill lepore wrote the book i thought i might write www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...

Jill Lepore Thinks the U.S. Constitution Might Break America

www.nytimes.com

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 6h

This is amazing research by Nadia Heninger and her co-authors Wenyi Morty Zhang, Annie Dai, Keegan Ryan, Dave Levin and Aaron Schulman. TL;DR a huge number of satellite links over our heads are totally unencrypted. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu

🛰️ SATCOM Security

Research project homepage for SATCOM Security: papers, source code, and recent satellite communications vulnerabilities.

satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 4d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

denvergov.org

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 7h

teenagers w too much time their hands and crime on their minds determining how modernity plays out

SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 7h

A career in security is just signing up for other people being hacked being your fucking problem

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 7h

mike flanagan’s five nights at freddy’s

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 7h

house of leaves

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 8h

Ok switching up the vibes. Everyone recommend a book you like. Or a sandwich or something

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 7h

they should bring back that read 10 books get a personal pan pizza program

you can update it for adults too - read 15 books and you get a personal pan pizza and a crack at the salad bar

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 19h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 10h

aretha’s version of respect

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 12h

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

I read Caleb Nelson's piece on the removal power and I was taken with a reference he makes in the conclusion.

When the First Congress confronted the same ambiguities, more than one member warned against interpreting the Constitution in the expectation that all Presidents would have the sterling character of George Washington. The current Supreme Court may likewise see itself as interpreting the Constitution for the ages, and perhaps some of the Justices take comfort in the idea that future Presidents will not all have the character of Donald Trump. But the future is not guaranteed; a President bent on vengeful, destructive, and lawless behavior can do lasting damage to our norms and institutions. As one member of Congress argued in 1789, we should not gravitate toward interpretations of the Constitution that “legaliz[e] the full exertion of a tyrannical disposition.”

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 10h

shadi hamid has a new book coming out on american power

adding this to the eventual ergodic nonfiction book review youtube series

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 10h

howdy!

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House on Huntered Hill (1959) @drhbus.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow is Columbo's Day, so remember to eat the traditional chili dogs, wear your best disheveled raincoat, and above all, don't let any rich assholes get away with anything

A pencil drawing of Columbo by Peter Falk himself.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 13h

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 15h

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 17h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 15h

listening to this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLve...

Born Equal: America’s Founding Promise and the Fight for Equality

YouTube video by National Constitution Center

www.youtube.com

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 16h

thinking about challenges to birthright citizenship again and i can’t find any proposed alternatives that reproduce the benefits of birthright citizenship while mitigating the negatives of alternatives to birthright citizenship

moving immigration and citizenship policy closer to the gilded age :(

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 7d

considering a reread of “White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race” in light of the challenges to birthright citizenship

birthright citizenship is politically speaking a legal cudgel that solves a lot of issues

most of the opposition to birthright citizenship hasn’t really thought this over

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

those book deals aren’t going to grift themselves to fruition

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

the failure to engage even in modest speculation about what we are seeing is nothing less than an collective agreement to protect the president

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 1d

the failure to engage even in modest speculation about what we are seeing is nothing less than an collective agreement to protect the president

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

watching dakota fanning’s new movie vicious (trailer: spooky box evo-devos into a domestic saw situation but with ghosts)

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

charles sumner
thaddeus stevens
john bingham

????

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

jeffrey combs emmy winning turn as the self sealing stem bolt is forever in my mind and our hearts

KLM @klm.bsky.social · Sep 10

who's your favorite Jeffrey? 🖖🏼 mine's Shran

Text banner that says, "Welcome to Star Trek. We have:" that is followed by nine pictures of characters played by Jeffrey Combs in different Trek shows. His name is under each one.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

excited for akhil amar’s new one

the audio book is narrated by john mulaney!

Cover of Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution 1840-1920

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

when will mike flanagan give us a house of leaves prestige serial - would even accept a navidson record show

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

starting haunting of bly manor

so far so good!

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

do all spooky manors need a foyer and long hallways?

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

starting haunting of bly manor

so far so good!