Scott Orchard
@scottorchard.com
I design and build websites, mostly ecommerce. Available for strategy and implementation of design, development, SEO, accessibility, marketing and performance. Enjoying time with our pugs, Phoebe & The Captain, video games, TV, Movies, Comics and books.
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I can't believe that we've been doing this for ten years.
January 15, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I can't believe that we've been doing this for ten years.
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I genuinely think the Icelandic government should reject this proposed ambassador outright. It's impractical to have an ambassador who jokes about invading the host country.
"Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke
Thousands sign petition calling on Iceland’s foreign minister to reject Trump ally Billy Long’s nomination
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I genuinely think the Icelandic government should reject this proposed ambassador outright. It's impractical to have an ambassador who jokes about invading the host country.
"Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke"
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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I genuinely don't understand the point of the Democratic Party right now
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I genuinely don't understand the point of the Democratic Party right now
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SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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A great piece from @ctrlzee.bsky.social in Fast Company on Joe Gebbia, head of the National Design Studio -- or more accurately, Trump's "personal propaganda czar". Lots of good quotes here.
www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...
www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...
From Airbnb to the White House: Joe Gebbia is reshaping the government in Trump’s image
The president decimated the U.S. government’s digital design agencies and replaced them with a personal propaganda czar.
www.fastcompany.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
A great piece from @ctrlzee.bsky.social in Fast Company on Joe Gebbia, head of the National Design Studio -- or more accurately, Trump's "personal propaganda czar". Lots of good quotes here.
www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...
www.fastcompany.com/91458973/chi...
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the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
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If I were a billionaire, I’d be doing everything I could to get on the “Allowed to Live” list with MacKenzie Scott.
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
If I were a billionaire, I’d be doing everything I could to get on the “Allowed to Live” list with MacKenzie Scott.
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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Have you heard about Gas Town? No? Well I'm gonna explain what it is anyway.
www.todayintabs.com/p/all-gas-to...
www.todayintabs.com/p/all-gas-to...
All Gas Town, No Brakes Town
You sling beads to a hook which activates a polecat according to GUPP.
www.todayintabs.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Have you heard about Gas Town? No? Well I'm gonna explain what it is anyway.
www.todayintabs.com/p/all-gas-to...
www.todayintabs.com/p/all-gas-to...
Watching the last Mission Impossible, and Tom Cruise is basically in a COD-style game, just incredibly high difficulty, but he pulls it off. hats off hero!
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Watching the last Mission Impossible, and Tom Cruise is basically in a COD-style game, just incredibly high difficulty, but he pulls it off. hats off hero!
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We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods
Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad. But it can be the end
www.forever-wars.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
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I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
January 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
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anyway i hear some fuckery in the bathroom so i go to check what’s going on and this is what i see
January 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
anyway i hear some fuckery in the bathroom so i go to check what’s going on and this is what i see
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Remember when they said they couldn’t breathe in the masks and we were supposed to take that seriously?
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Remember when they said they couldn’t breathe in the masks and we were supposed to take that seriously?
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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Fuck the Democrats and their belief that there’s a world with kinder violence workers. Tepid bullshit.
January 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Fuck the Democrats and their belief that there’s a world with kinder violence workers. Tepid bullshit.
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This exact phenomenon was the subject of my column this week: The heavy accumulated emotional burden we are all carrying in the Trump era. That weariness is real—and there’s a reason for it. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
January 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This exact phenomenon was the subject of my column this week: The heavy accumulated emotional burden we are all carrying in the Trump era. That weariness is real—and there’s a reason for it. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
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so he took more than $50,000
WELKER: Where is that $50,000? Did you keep it?
HOMAN: I didn't take $50k from anybody & that's a question for the FBI. Bottom line I did nothing illegal.
WELKER: But was there $50k in the bag?
HOMAN: I'm not addressing it
WELKER: But did you keep the money?
HOMAN: $50k is ridiculous
HOMAN: I didn't take $50k from anybody & that's a question for the FBI. Bottom line I did nothing illegal.
WELKER: But was there $50k in the bag?
HOMAN: I'm not addressing it
WELKER: But did you keep the money?
HOMAN: $50k is ridiculous
January 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
so he took more than $50,000
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Subscribe to this awesome labeler by @aendra.com and then set to “warn” to automatically hide screenshots from other social networks (you can still expand to see if you really need to). Community labelers are of my favorite Bluesky features!
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January 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Subscribe to this awesome labeler by @aendra.com and then set to “warn” to automatically hide screenshots from other social networks (you can still expand to see if you really need to). Community labelers are of my favorite Bluesky features!
bsky.app/profile/xblo...
bsky.app/profile/xblo...
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Trump has successfully rigged appellate courts in his favor. His first-term-appointed appeals court judges side with him on final rulings 100% of the time.
Trump’s ‘Superstar’ Appellate Judges Have Voted 133 to 12 in His Favor
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Trump has successfully rigged appellate courts in his favor. His first-term-appointed appeals court judges side with him on final rulings 100% of the time.
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Playing the “Blade Runner” score in Apple Music on iOS 26 and —— OH GOD WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON
January 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Playing the “Blade Runner” score in Apple Music on iOS 26 and —— OH GOD WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON
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Wild to consider the president of the United States hates the United States
whats missing from all the coverage is that the president is using the military to harass, brutalize and punish areas of the country that didnt vote for him
January 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Wild to consider the president of the United States hates the United States
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...