Larry Clapp
@theclapp.bsky.social
Reader, coder, husband. Maker of Hucksh(ell). @readcodesing on Twitter.
Do you ever feel vaguely betrayed (I mean, not a lot, just a little) when someone reposts something and you like several posts in the thread and then realize it's over a year old?
Me: what’s that black bird with the red on its wings called
Bird watcher: that’s a red winged blackbird
Me: holy shit
Bird watcher: that’s a red winged blackbird
Me: holy shit
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Do you ever feel vaguely betrayed (I mean, not a lot, just a little) when someone reposts something and you like several posts in the thread and then realize it's over a year old?
'Sup, bitches?
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
'Sup, bitches?
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This year, I set out to chronicle free speech under the Trump admin. No small feat. Trump attacks dissent & leverages the White House to go after critics constantly. But how? Read our bombshell new @freepress.bsky.social report. I'm proud & horrified: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
Chokehold: Donald Trump’s War on Free Speech & the Need for Systemic Resistance
This Free Press report examines the Trump administration’s hostile relationship with dissent and free expression in 2025. It analyzes how Trump and his political enablers have sought to undermine and ...
www.freepress.net
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This year, I set out to chronicle free speech under the Trump admin. No small feat. Trump attacks dissent & leverages the White House to go after critics constantly. But how? Read our bombshell new @freepress.bsky.social report. I'm proud & horrified: www.freepress.net/attack-on-fr...
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Imo, this is tied to the quote about how conservatism relies on
1. ingroups are protected by law, but not bound by it
and
2. Outgroups are bound by laws, but not protected by them
Part of their protection is making sure you're never allowed to be away from them. You aren't allowed to be free
1. ingroups are protected by law, but not bound by it
and
2. Outgroups are bound by laws, but not protected by them
Part of their protection is making sure you're never allowed to be away from them. You aren't allowed to be free
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Imo, this is tied to the quote about how conservatism relies on
1. ingroups are protected by law, but not bound by it
and
2. Outgroups are bound by laws, but not protected by them
Part of their protection is making sure you're never allowed to be away from them. You aren't allowed to be free
1. ingroups are protected by law, but not bound by it
and
2. Outgroups are bound by laws, but not protected by them
Part of their protection is making sure you're never allowed to be away from them. You aren't allowed to be free
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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doomscroll break
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
doomscroll break
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I hope Santa brings me a Miwaukee Stan Perpler!
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I hope Santa brings me a Miwaukee Stan Perpler!
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Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
Snake-Eater
Amazon.com: Snake-Eater eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Separation of Church & Hate by John Fugelsang is an excellent read regardless of belief or none
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
Separation of Church and Hate
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In the spirit of George Carlin and Christopher Hitchens, the son of a former Catholic nun and a Franciscan brother deli...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Separation of Church & Hate by John Fugelsang is an excellent read regardless of belief or none
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Separa...
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Abridged story about my incepting experience with computer security in an SME network. I already spent all day then removing spyware – another tale. Story regards 2007-2009, now many online references have expired. Like Symantec blogs and virus index...
A change needs witness to what was before.
A change needs witness to what was before.
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Abridged story about my incepting experience with computer security in an SME network. I already spent all day then removing spyware – another tale. Story regards 2007-2009, now many online references have expired. Like Symantec blogs and virus index...
A change needs witness to what was before.
A change needs witness to what was before.
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Don’t know the reason/the reason
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Don’t know the reason/the reason
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I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I do not like your AI slop
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
I do not want this worthless glop
I do not read its overviews
I don't care what Grok says is true
I do not like it here nor there
I'm tired of it everywhere
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Also clearly he cast Charm Person on Trump. Since you make a WISDOM BASED SAVING THROW with that one, Trump was fucked.
dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:charm-...
dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:charm-...
Charm Person - DND 5th Edition
dnd5e.wikidot.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Also clearly he cast Charm Person on Trump. Since you make a WISDOM BASED SAVING THROW with that one, Trump was fucked.
dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:charm-...
dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:charm-...
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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To me, someone who grew up in a Clinton liberal family, the question has an obvious answer: you are not in community with open white supremacists, ever, even if you are aligned on some specific issue.
You are not going to coalition-build with alt-righters. They are not fellow travelers.
You are not going to coalition-build with alt-righters. They are not fellow travelers.
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To me, someone who grew up in a Clinton liberal family, the question has an obvious answer: you are not in community with open white supremacists, ever, even if you are aligned on some specific issue.
You are not going to coalition-build with alt-righters. They are not fellow travelers.
You are not going to coalition-build with alt-righters. They are not fellow travelers.
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Congratulations to Google on making a shitty thing worse.
Google starts rolling out ads in AI mode; the ads look similar to the citations in AI answers but with a "sponsored" label (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Congratulations to Google on making a shitty thing worse.
Found 'em: FFF
Fnord
There is no Antimemetics Division.
Fnord
There is no Antimemetics Division.
I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Found 'em: FFF
Fnord
There is no Antimemetics Division.
Fnord
There is no Antimemetics Division.
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Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![On October 1, 2025, after successfully completing 16 weeks of the FBI Academy's
19-week training program, Maltinsky was handed a letter terminating his employment with the
FBI. The letter was signed by Defendant Patel ("Patel"). In the letter, Patel wrote that he had
"determined that [Maltinsky] exercised poor judgment with an inappropriate display of political signage in [his] work area during [his] previous assignment at the Los Angeles Field Office." In short, Patel fired Maltinsky for displaying a pride flag at his workstation that had been flown by the FBI at the LAFO and then given by the FBI to Maltinsky.
The Defendants' discrimination against Maltinsky for engaging in protected speech
was a clear and brazen violation of federal law and the Constitution.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreid5rog4gjpv3qeneunmoyqxoesnuxac2srp3u6ppnjdxphfv7jcoe@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Kash Patel's personal firing of the Pride flag-displaying employee was always absurd and unconstitutional, so I'm glad David Maltinsky is suing, but, wait.
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It was a flag FLOWN BY THE FBI that was given to him BY THE FBI?! Come on.
Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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I’ve never had a full blown ghostly encounter of my own, but my godmother, a very practical woman, once pulled up a chair and had a firm conversation with a ghost after one too many nights being woken up by electronics she’d taken the batteries out of activating suddenly and playing sounds
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🧵
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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If you get a notice from Bluesky that they are complying with a government subpoena about your account, put this app down, shut the fuck up and call an attorney.
Rah explains in detail below, but that’s the gist: STFU, lawyer up. Welcome to STFU Friday, starring: you.
Rah explains in detail below, but that’s the gist: STFU, lawyer up. Welcome to STFU Friday, starring: you.
Hey, friend, it is time to do Future You a very huge favor: stop saying literally anything about this online, especially speculating what it might be about or what the grand jury might be looking at. If you think you know what it's about, no you don't.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you get a notice from Bluesky that they are complying with a government subpoena about your account, put this app down, shut the fuck up and call an attorney.
Rah explains in detail below, but that’s the gist: STFU, lawyer up. Welcome to STFU Friday, starring: you.
Rah explains in detail below, but that’s the gist: STFU, lawyer up. Welcome to STFU Friday, starring: you.
Makes sense.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Makes sense.
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I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
I've seen this a couple times now and each time it reminds me of @tkingfisher.com
‘Useful phrases for the murder mystery writer abroad’ (my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books)
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I've seen this a couple times now and each time it reminds me of @tkingfisher.com