Sean Gallagher
@thepacketrat.net
Birb stalker. Cat tree. Cyber Threat Researcher. Recovering cyber and natsec reporter. Meme war and US Navy veteran.
@thepacketrat everywhere since 1994. These posts are not my employers’. https://falling-anvil.com
@thepacketrat everywhere since 1994. These posts are not my employers’. https://falling-anvil.com
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Pigeons: amazing flyers, horrible landers.
January 19, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Pigeons: amazing flyers, horrible landers.
Reposted by Sean Gallagher
In this novel I will: (1) make you fear a thing in the mist, (2) teach you to love an oystercatcher named Snodgrass, (3) instill a respect for heroic men who turn into cormorants, (4) demonstrate that you should be wary of red footbridges, (5) illustrate how to convert a dollhouse into a mouse home.
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
In this novel I will: (1) make you fear a thing in the mist, (2) teach you to love an oystercatcher named Snodgrass, (3) instill a respect for heroic men who turn into cormorants, (4) demonstrate that you should be wary of red footbridges, (5) illustrate how to convert a dollhouse into a mouse home.
Ok, so. Greenland.
There are only a few reasonable explanations for Trump’s hard-on for taking control of the overhyped-by-Mercator-projection island mostly above the Arctic Circle.
Let’s start with “getting Minneapolis off the top of the news” /1
There are only a few reasonable explanations for Trump’s hard-on for taking control of the overhyped-by-Mercator-projection island mostly above the Arctic Circle.
Let’s start with “getting Minneapolis off the top of the news” /1
a cartoon of donald trump is under a spotlight with the word nice above him
Alt: a cartoon of donald trump is under a spotlight with the word nice country you got here above him
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Ok, so. Greenland.
There are only a few reasonable explanations for Trump’s hard-on for taking control of the overhyped-by-Mercator-projection island mostly above the Arctic Circle.
Let’s start with “getting Minneapolis off the top of the news” /1
There are only a few reasonable explanations for Trump’s hard-on for taking control of the overhyped-by-Mercator-projection island mostly above the Arctic Circle.
Let’s start with “getting Minneapolis off the top of the news” /1
Dude, there are peanuts just a foot away. Wtf.
January 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Dude, there are peanuts just a foot away. Wtf.
Meet Jasper. He knows he’s a winner.
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Meet Jasper. He knows he’s a winner.
These ICE agents are the guys who could not get jobs as crossing guards. The old ICE was a specialized unit, highly trained in dealing with smugglers, human traffickers and, you know, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The new ICE is a Brostapo more suited to Mar A Lago parking enforcement.
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
These ICE agents are the guys who could not get jobs as crossing guards. The old ICE was a specialized unit, highly trained in dealing with smugglers, human traffickers and, you know, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The new ICE is a Brostapo more suited to Mar A Lago parking enforcement.
Reposted by Sean Gallagher
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
Avocet is not impressed with this year so far.
January 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Avocet is not impressed with this year so far.
PIDGECAM presents: a 90-second dance party. #birbs #mayahee #romaniandancemusic #dragosteadintei #releasethedankmemes
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
PIDGECAM presents: a 90-second dance party. #birbs #mayahee #romaniandancemusic #dragosteadintei #releasethedankmemes
This is not unsurprising. I mean, gaming journalism is so precarious to begin with, and the audience is predominantly bro-heavy, so...
I have no actual data to back this up but MAN it really feels like the more vulnerable gaming journalists always get laid off first. Women, POC, queer folks, trans ppl.
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This is not unsurprising. I mean, gaming journalism is so precarious to begin with, and the audience is predominantly bro-heavy, so...
Maybe we can send ICE to Greenland.
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Maybe we can send ICE to Greenland.
Reposted by Sean Gallagher
“there's a tremendously bitter irony in Trump lambasting Iranian regime forces for their violence against their protestors at the exact same moment that his own regime forces are committing violence against American protestors.”
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/eternal-suns...
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/eternal-suns...
Eternal Sunshine of the Bomb Iran Mind
All signs point to an imminent American bombing attack on Iran, ostensibly in support of protestors challenging the regime. Such a military intervention in search of regime change has long been a fant...
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 AM
“there's a tremendously bitter irony in Trump lambasting Iranian regime forces for their violence against their protestors at the exact same moment that his own regime forces are committing violence against American protestors.”
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/eternal-suns...
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/eternal-suns...
Reposted by Sean Gallagher
OMG!!!
FOLKS I GOT A SANDERLING HOPPING ON ONE LEG, RUNNING, AND THEN HOPPING AGAIN OMG NATURE IS SO CUTE!!!! 🪶
January 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
OMG!!!
The Pigeon Party Platform interim build is swingin’.
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The Pigeon Party Platform interim build is swingin’.
Ahahahahah o my god. #cryptoisagrift
Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Ahahahahah o my god. #cryptoisagrift
Lenny is enjoying the new format for Bird TV
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Lenny is enjoying the new format for Bird TV
11 days in: darkish.
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
11 days in: darkish.
In process: hummingbird in nest.
January 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
In process: hummingbird in nest.
In process: an incense burner for prayers to the Internet gods.
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
In process: an incense burner for prayers to the Internet gods.
One of the things that struck me after watching Death By Lightning is that we now have an entire cabinet of Charles Guiteaus.
January 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
One of the things that struck me after watching Death By Lightning is that we now have an entire cabinet of Charles Guiteaus.
In progress: a Rock Hyrax
January 8, 2026 at 3:29 AM
In progress: a Rock Hyrax