Alexander
@alexm920.bsky.social
Going on a hiatus in the new year. See you all in February.
Optical scientist, engineer, maker, and enjoyer of various nonsense. Magic the gathering, genre films, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, and nonfiction antiquarian books.
Optical scientist, engineer, maker, and enjoyer of various nonsense. Magic the gathering, genre films, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, and nonfiction antiquarian books.
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it's really convenient that ICE is supplying smoke to make this look like an 18th century battleground
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 AM
it's really convenient that ICE is supplying smoke to make this look like an 18th century battleground
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If any Democrat in the Senate votes to fund ICE, they are voting for the summary execution of American citizens. It’s really that simple.
Reminder: DHS legislation that funds ICE at current levels without policy restrictions is in the Senate and needs 60 votes to pass. Deadline is next Friday.
January 24, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If any Democrat in the Senate votes to fund ICE, they are voting for the summary execution of American citizens. It’s really that simple.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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We're not allowed to see the faces of the taxpayer-funded goon squad who is committing crimes in the streets, but the goon squad is allowed to record the faces of taxpayers who have committed no crimes.
“We have a nice little database, & now you’re considered domestic terrorists” says an ICE agent after photographing a civilian who was videotaping them. Posted today by Brian Allen on X. h/t @allenanalysis.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
We're not allowed to see the faces of the taxpayer-funded goon squad who is committing crimes in the streets, but the goon squad is allowed to record the faces of taxpayers who have committed no crimes.
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What’s going on at the porn platform ManyVids? Creators believe it’s falling into “AI psychosis”, making them fear for their livelihoods. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @samleecole.bsky.social and additional reporting @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/manyvids-por...
Full story by @samleecole.bsky.social and additional reporting @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/manyvids-por...
January 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
What’s going on at the porn platform ManyVids? Creators believe it’s falling into “AI psychosis”, making them fear for their livelihoods. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @samleecole.bsky.social and additional reporting @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/manyvids-por...
Full story by @samleecole.bsky.social and additional reporting @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social: www.404media.co/manyvids-por...
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while x is overrun with non-consensual ai porn and csam, i’m surprised this weather map didn’t get auto-blurred on bsky for being nsfw
January 22, 2026 at 3:49 PM
while x is overrun with non-consensual ai porn and csam, i’m surprised this weather map didn’t get auto-blurred on bsky for being nsfw
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of the archetypal Savvy replies you get on here, "oh you're surprised?" is definitely the most obnoxious. nothing more worthless than claiming to have predicted something that already happened. shut up
January 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
of the archetypal Savvy replies you get on here, "oh you're surprised?" is definitely the most obnoxious. nothing more worthless than claiming to have predicted something that already happened. shut up
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state-sponsored child trafficking
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
state-sponsored child trafficking
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Stopped by NPR and found myself a perfectly sized desk.
January 21, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Stopped by NPR and found myself a perfectly sized desk.
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Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle https://theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-relative-calm-of-president-a-giant-pedophile-news-cycle/
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Nation Yearns For Relative Calm Of ‘President A Giant Pedophile’ News Cycle https://theonion.com/nation-yearns-for-relative-calm-of-president-a-giant-pedophile-news-cycle/
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It is even worse than it looks
The Old World Order is Dead
Unipolarity was given, not taken
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:19 PM
It is even worse than it looks
Bus thread is a thinly veiled allegory for our times, and I worry congress is the corporate office saying “jeez that sounds bad, anyway let us know where he stops”
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Bus thread is a thinly veiled allegory for our times, and I worry congress is the corporate office saying “jeez that sounds bad, anyway let us know where he stops”
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Fondly remembering the time in 2009 when my friend texted me from a Bolt Bus “haha this is so weird, a cop pulled over our bus AND is making the driver do a field sobriety test??” and then five minutes later texted me “oh my God he failed”
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Fondly remembering the time in 2009 when my friend texted me from a Bolt Bus “haha this is so weird, a cop pulled over our bus AND is making the driver do a field sobriety test??” and then five minutes later texted me “oh my God he failed”
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“Most teleost fish, reptiles and birds are therefore tetrachromatic while most mammals are strictly dichromats, the exceptions being some primates and marsupials, who are trichromats, and many marine mammals, who are monochromats.” This is insane do you understand how insane this is
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“Most teleost fish, reptiles and birds are therefore tetrachromatic while most mammals are strictly dichromats, the exceptions being some primates and marsupials, who are trichromats, and many marine mammals, who are monochromats.” This is insane do you understand how insane this is
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I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
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Imagine doing a PhD in electricity, just so you knew how to blow up nuclear power plants and heavy water-producing facilities.
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.”
A profile in absolute courage.
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.”
A profile in absolute courage.
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Imagine doing a PhD in electricity, just so you knew how to blow up nuclear power plants and heavy water-producing facilities.
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.”
A profile in absolute courage.
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them... I am not a pacifist.”
A profile in absolute courage.
pretty much the only thing at ces that was actually exciting was the solid-state battery, huge if it pans out. the rest felt like ideas from people that read only the first half of a cautionary sci-fi novel.
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
pretty much the only thing at ces that was actually exciting was the solid-state battery, huge if it pans out. the rest felt like ideas from people that read only the first half of a cautionary sci-fi novel.
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no one:
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
no one:
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
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Her: did you get the car payment sorted out or did you completely forget about it and watch Futurama
Me:
Me:
January 11, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Her: did you get the car payment sorted out or did you completely forget about it and watch Futurama
Me:
Me:
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not getting shot in the face by a government thug after dropping your kid off at a school is a kitchen table issue, probably the most talked about issue at kitchen tables right now honestly
January 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
not getting shot in the face by a government thug after dropping your kid off at a school is a kitchen table issue, probably the most talked about issue at kitchen tables right now honestly
I love the raccoon-costumed chap. Hell yeah Nils Hamm art too!
As they say, "Big Ouph"
As they say, "Big Ouph"
January 7, 2026 at 5:57 PM
I love the raccoon-costumed chap. Hell yeah Nils Hamm art too!
As they say, "Big Ouph"
As they say, "Big Ouph"
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Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.
it’s still shocking, even if we maybe should have suspected something was up when he insisted it on re-naming it to x dot com, a 100% skeezy porn site name
Every piece of reporting I've seen on this is drastically understating the scale. These are from Grok's replies within a single minute. Time-to-reply is degrading because it has such a backlog of NCII/CSAM requests to fulfill. Conservatively I estimate it is producing more than 5000 of these per day
January 7, 2026 at 3:35 AM
it’s still shocking, even if we maybe should have suspected something was up when he insisted it on re-naming it to x dot com, a 100% skeezy porn site name