CrazyITGuy42
@crazyitguy42.bsky.social
Programmer, animal lover. Loves history, photography, birding, trains, planes.
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NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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A bit more information has been released on the Dali accident, where it turns out a loose wire led to six deaths and this surreal scene.
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A bit more information has been released on the Dali accident, where it turns out a loose wire led to six deaths and this surreal scene.
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
I wouldn't focus on the wire though - there's whole realms of misteps and oversights that ultimately allowed this to happen.
www.ntsb.gov/news/press-r...
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Oh all right, let's commit just a little bit of nuisance, starting with an abbreviated and misleadingly selective history of Malta in the Second World War.
This here is a map of part of the Mediterranean Sea, and that tiny speck under Sicily there is Malta.
This here is a map of part of the Mediterranean Sea, and that tiny speck under Sicily there is Malta.
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh all right, let's commit just a little bit of nuisance, starting with an abbreviated and misleadingly selective history of Malta in the Second World War.
This here is a map of part of the Mediterranean Sea, and that tiny speck under Sicily there is Malta.
This here is a map of part of the Mediterranean Sea, and that tiny speck under Sicily there is Malta.
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Gentlemen, no fighting in the
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Gentlemen, no fighting in the
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Allllrighty so the Coast Guard swastika situation. Buckle up for a thread.
Yesterday it broke in the news that a USCG policy was being updated and that swastikas and nooses were no longer classified as hate symbols.
Yesterday it broke in the news that a USCG policy was being updated and that swastikas and nooses were no longer classified as hate symbols.
November 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Allllrighty so the Coast Guard swastika situation. Buckle up for a thread.
Yesterday it broke in the news that a USCG policy was being updated and that swastikas and nooses were no longer classified as hate symbols.
Yesterday it broke in the news that a USCG policy was being updated and that swastikas and nooses were no longer classified as hate symbols.
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OREGON: ...
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
A dead sperm whale has washed up on Nantucket for the first time in decades. It’s too big to move — at least until officials figure out a plan.
Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now
A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
OREGON: ...
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
NANTUCKET: ... why do you keep staring at us?
OREGON: we have an idea
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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First of all, this judge is a hero.
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
First of all, this judge is a hero.
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
Secondly, my god this is egregious conduct. Imagine being this judge, driving this poor kid home, only to have ICE threaten to smash your car windows on your way out of the lot??
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
I remember mom having Herb Alpert records in the house. Loved them as a kid!
@funranium.bsky.social - similar inspiration for you by chance? Or you like the different and off beat?
@funranium.bsky.social - similar inspiration for you by chance? Or you like the different and off beat?
An article I wrote last century, in which I argued that Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were as significant to 1960s pop music as the Beatles and surveyed the many, many Tijuana Brass imitators that followed in their wake.
www.spaceagepop.com/...
www.spaceagepop.com/...
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I remember mom having Herb Alpert records in the house. Loved them as a kid!
@funranium.bsky.social - similar inspiration for you by chance? Or you like the different and off beat?
@funranium.bsky.social - similar inspiration for you by chance? Or you like the different and off beat?
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Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
laist.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation
laist.com/news/arts-an...
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Shit, the Greater North American Cable Seeking Backhoe has been sighted in the neighborhood, we need to get someone out to spray for it as soon as possible
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Shit, the Greater North American Cable Seeking Backhoe has been sighted in the neighborhood, we need to get someone out to spray for it as soon as possible
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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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I’ve been playing too much Mario Cart, because when presented with this my brain said “RAMP IT! Get the speed boost”
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ve been playing too much Mario Cart, because when presented with this my brain said “RAMP IT! Get the speed boost”
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The former head of Venezuela's national fencing team, in the US illegally and working as a fencing coach at UC-San Diego, was detained in violation of his due process rights, a judge ruled, ordering his immediate supervised release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The former head of Venezuela's national fencing team, in the US illegally and working as a fencing coach at UC-San Diego, was detained in violation of his due process rights, a judge ruled, ordering his immediate supervised release. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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People are asking ”well if the court dismisses the Comey indictment for various kinds of fuckmuppetry by the moronic and debased Trump Justice Department, the statute of limitations has run and so Comey is free, right?
It depends on the particular kind of fuckmuppetry.
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It depends on the particular kind of fuckmuppetry.
/1
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
People are asking ”well if the court dismisses the Comey indictment for various kinds of fuckmuppetry by the moronic and debased Trump Justice Department, the statute of limitations has run and so Comey is free, right?
It depends on the particular kind of fuckmuppetry.
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It depends on the particular kind of fuckmuppetry.
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Republicans overreached, Dems grew a spine.
Let's talk redistricting, with @andrewtorrez.bsky.social and Joe Dye
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-redist...
Let's talk redistricting, with @andrewtorrez.bsky.social and Joe Dye
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-redist...
The Redistricting Wars (Ft. Joe Dye)
Democrats bring a knife to the map fight.
www.lawandchaospod.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Republicans overreached, Dems grew a spine.
Let's talk redistricting, with @andrewtorrez.bsky.social and Joe Dye
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-redist...
Let's talk redistricting, with @andrewtorrez.bsky.social and Joe Dye
www.lawandchaospod.com/p/the-redist...
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this is basically the most effective thing you as an individual can do to fuck with ICE and good on this dude for dedicating his retirement to fucking with them
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is basically the most effective thing you as an individual can do to fuck with ICE and good on this dude for dedicating his retirement to fucking with them
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Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
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Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Good morning. Federal prosecutors in Chicago have moved to dismiss another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz. This time it's the case of Dana Briggs, which had been set for trial 12/8.
Briggs had U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino on his witness list.
Briggs had U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino on his witness list.
November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Good morning. Federal prosecutors in Chicago have moved to dismiss another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz. This time it's the case of Dana Briggs, which had been set for trial 12/8.
Briggs had U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino on his witness list.
Briggs had U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino on his witness list.
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...