Preskton
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architect at work. infra at hachyderm. board at nivenly. synths and gardens at home.
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architect at work. infra at hachyderm. board at nivenly. synths and gardens at home.
I post more at @[email protected], mostly about mastodon infra.
flying tomorrow kix-lax. will proudly rock my charizard pjs and other poké-swag again like a real patriot
This.
But also, the most luxurious plane ticket you can buy, is a first class ticket on an Airbus 380 on an airline like Emirates.
When you do this, they GIVE YOU PYJAMAS if you don't already have your own!🤡
Pyjamas for me, but not for thee? Seems unfair.
So yeah, rock pyjamas on Spirit Airlines
But also, the most luxurious plane ticket you can buy, is a first class ticket on an Airbus 380 on an airline like Emirates.
When you do this, they GIVE YOU PYJAMAS if you don't already have your own!🤡
Pyjamas for me, but not for thee? Seems unfair.
So yeah, rock pyjamas on Spirit Airlines
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
flying tomorrow kix-lax. will proudly rock my charizard pjs and other poké-swag again like a real patriot
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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🤔Newsome literally had Steve Bannon, Charlie Kirk, and Michael Savage, on his podcast. That's not a stand against fascism. At least, not an effective one.
He's chasing "independent" voters, not fighting fascism.
Good luck to him in that endeavour. Let me know how that works out for him.
He's chasing "independent" voters, not fighting fascism.
Good luck to him in that endeavour. Let me know how that works out for him.
December 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🤔Newsome literally had Steve Bannon, Charlie Kirk, and Michael Savage, on his podcast. That's not a stand against fascism. At least, not an effective one.
He's chasing "independent" voters, not fighting fascism.
Good luck to him in that endeavour. Let me know how that works out for him.
He's chasing "independent" voters, not fighting fascism.
Good luck to him in that endeavour. Let me know how that works out for him.
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1. Dems pick Newsom or Kelly despite all the warnings from Black folk.
2. Dem primary winner says "Be more normal! Abandon trans folk + immigrants! More cops!"🤡
3. Lots of would-be Dem voters sit out. Again.
4. Dems lose to Vance or someone else Thiel approved.
5. Dems blame Black folk. Again.
2. Dem primary winner says "Be more normal! Abandon trans folk + immigrants! More cops!"🤡
3. Lots of would-be Dem voters sit out. Again.
4. Dems lose to Vance or someone else Thiel approved.
5. Dems blame Black folk. Again.
December 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
1. Dems pick Newsom or Kelly despite all the warnings from Black folk.
2. Dem primary winner says "Be more normal! Abandon trans folk + immigrants! More cops!"🤡
3. Lots of would-be Dem voters sit out. Again.
4. Dems lose to Vance or someone else Thiel approved.
5. Dems blame Black folk. Again.
2. Dem primary winner says "Be more normal! Abandon trans folk + immigrants! More cops!"🤡
3. Lots of would-be Dem voters sit out. Again.
4. Dems lose to Vance or someone else Thiel approved.
5. Dems blame Black folk. Again.
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🤔Um... This is exactly the America I grew up in. Do y'all know how many times I've been stopped by the cops for no reason and searched?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🤔Um... This is exactly the America I grew up in. Do y'all know how many times I've been stopped by the cops for no reason and searched?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
Ok, so she's 4'11 and under 100 lbs. I was 4'11 once, but today I'm 6'3 and over 300 lbs. What exactly is the height/weight cutoff where it's OK to pull me over?
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my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026
A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/texas...
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So here's the Good news/Bad news depending on how racist you are:
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.
White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
December 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
So here's the Good news/Bad news depending on how racist you are:
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿♂️
bsky.app/profile/mekk...
Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.
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I’ll be streaming with famed American Girl Shoe Doll Designer Brennan Lee Mulligan!! Make sure to tune in Monday, Dec 8 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’ll be streaming with famed American Girl Shoe Doll Designer Brennan Lee Mulligan!! Make sure to tune in Monday, Dec 8 at 6:30 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube!
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
Drop any snack-related questions I should ask below : )
@brennanleemulligan.bsky.social
HAWLNQ!
HONK
Oh to be a goose shitting everywhere honking at anything that comes near me
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
HAWLNQ!
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I said what I said. I have no problem with gender affirming care surgery. I'm vocally pro gender affirming care surgery.♥️👍🏿
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I said what I said. I have no problem with gender affirming care surgery. I'm vocally pro gender affirming care surgery.♥️👍🏿
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
I have a problem with transphobic people pretending that cis men and boys are not *by far* the biggest category of gender affirming care surgery.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
like "did it actually do anything?" fast.
uv. do ittttt.
uv. do ittttt.
Finally tried uv. It’s not just fast: it’s laughably fast.
Like, “this is what should run every kind of package management on a whole computer” kind of fast.
Like, “this is what should run every kind of package management on a whole computer” kind of fast.
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
like "did it actually do anything?" fast.
uv. do ittttt.
uv. do ittttt.
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"Strong Floor, No Ceiling" is just dressed up magical realism / prosperity gospel.
The strong floor is literally funded by the ceiling. This is the function of a society: it blunts the tails of the distribution, preventing good and bad luck from snowballing.
We gonna need a ceiling, sorry.
The strong floor is literally funded by the ceiling. This is the function of a society: it blunts the tails of the distribution, preventing good and bad luck from snowballing.
We gonna need a ceiling, sorry.
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"Strong Floor, No Ceiling" is just dressed up magical realism / prosperity gospel.
The strong floor is literally funded by the ceiling. This is the function of a society: it blunts the tails of the distribution, preventing good and bad luck from snowballing.
We gonna need a ceiling, sorry.
The strong floor is literally funded by the ceiling. This is the function of a society: it blunts the tails of the distribution, preventing good and bad luck from snowballing.
We gonna need a ceiling, sorry.
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Strong floor, no ceiling!
Big windows, small walls!
Narrow bedrooms, wide baths!
No couch, all ottomans!
Fluffy carpet, smooth tiles!
Big windows, small walls!
Narrow bedrooms, wide baths!
No couch, all ottomans!
Fluffy carpet, smooth tiles!
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Strong floor, no ceiling!
Big windows, small walls!
Narrow bedrooms, wide baths!
No couch, all ottomans!
Fluffy carpet, smooth tiles!
Big windows, small walls!
Narrow bedrooms, wide baths!
No couch, all ottomans!
Fluffy carpet, smooth tiles!
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so we're literally living the plot of Wag the Dog
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
so we're literally living the plot of Wag the Dog
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Here's how silly US racism is.
Black people in California vote consistently for us to to be taxed more, because we are a rich state. We also vote to send that money to West Virginia to help them.
But white people in WV vote consistently to cancel the very programs and assistance they depend on.🤦🏿♂️
Black people in California vote consistently for us to to be taxed more, because we are a rich state. We also vote to send that money to West Virginia to help them.
But white people in WV vote consistently to cancel the very programs and assistance they depend on.🤦🏿♂️
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Here's how silly US racism is.
Black people in California vote consistently for us to to be taxed more, because we are a rich state. We also vote to send that money to West Virginia to help them.
But white people in WV vote consistently to cancel the very programs and assistance they depend on.🤦🏿♂️
Black people in California vote consistently for us to to be taxed more, because we are a rich state. We also vote to send that money to West Virginia to help them.
But white people in WV vote consistently to cancel the very programs and assistance they depend on.🤦🏿♂️
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
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This.
Some of y'all still don't understand what I mean when I talk about pelicans flying close to the water.
Pelicans use the ground effect to fly close to the water with low effort. Let's say, 36cm above the waves.🤡
Sometimes they even dip below that altitude! But they return to it.
Some of y'all still don't understand what I mean when I talk about pelicans flying close to the water.
Pelicans use the ground effect to fly close to the water with low effort. Let's say, 36cm above the waves.🤡
Sometimes they even dip below that altitude! But they return to it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This.
Some of y'all still don't understand what I mean when I talk about pelicans flying close to the water.
Pelicans use the ground effect to fly close to the water with low effort. Let's say, 36cm above the waves.🤡
Sometimes they even dip below that altitude! But they return to it.
Some of y'all still don't understand what I mean when I talk about pelicans flying close to the water.
Pelicans use the ground effect to fly close to the water with low effort. Let's say, 36cm above the waves.🤡
Sometimes they even dip below that altitude! But they return to it.
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I can't believe we're starting a new oil war in the decade of solar and EVs. We really are stuck in the 1950s, unable to evolve to tomorrow.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I can't believe we're starting a new oil war in the decade of solar and EVs. We really are stuck in the 1950s, unable to evolve to tomorrow.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
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If you can understand why a Hispanic ICE agent with a deportation quota will not save you....
Then you can understand why a Black cop with an arrest quota, cannot save you either.
The racism is in the system, not the individual.
The individual is just a part, working within that system.
Then you can understand why a Black cop with an arrest quota, cannot save you either.
The racism is in the system, not the individual.
The individual is just a part, working within that system.
If you try to push on the individual responsibility And interpersonal racism of the cop?
Then you will end up hiring a bunch of Black cops... who will work within the same racist system, and the outcome will not change.🤷🏿♂️
Eg, a city going from 400 to 800 cops, but 200 of the new cops are Black.🤦🏿♂️
Then you will end up hiring a bunch of Black cops... who will work within the same racist system, and the outcome will not change.🤷🏿♂️
Eg, a city going from 400 to 800 cops, but 200 of the new cops are Black.🤦🏿♂️
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you can understand why a Hispanic ICE agent with a deportation quota will not save you....
Then you can understand why a Black cop with an arrest quota, cannot save you either.
The racism is in the system, not the individual.
The individual is just a part, working within that system.
Then you can understand why a Black cop with an arrest quota, cannot save you either.
The racism is in the system, not the individual.
The individual is just a part, working within that system.
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Ah forgot to ask y'all the provocative key question:
If more cops don't even reduce the murder rate in the most violent, highest homicide, most dangerous neighborhoods in Baltimore and Chicago...
Then...
What are we paying *billions* of dollars for? 🤡
If more cops don't even reduce the murder rate in the most violent, highest homicide, most dangerous neighborhoods in Baltimore and Chicago...
Then...
What are we paying *billions* of dollars for? 🤡
I've shared on here before, why more cops do not and cannot reduce the murder rate in US cities.
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
I've shared that criminal justice reformers have known what does work, and has worked in dozens of US cities. It's now driving record low homicide in Chicago and Baltimore♥️🕊️
Now let's talk cop killings
Baltimore Streets
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ah forgot to ask y'all the provocative key question:
If more cops don't even reduce the murder rate in the most violent, highest homicide, most dangerous neighborhoods in Baltimore and Chicago...
Then...
What are we paying *billions* of dollars for? 🤡
If more cops don't even reduce the murder rate in the most violent, highest homicide, most dangerous neighborhoods in Baltimore and Chicago...
Then...
What are we paying *billions* of dollars for? 🤡
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Chupacabra:
This is just somebody's ugly dog.
This is just somebody's ugly dog.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Chupacabra:
This is just somebody's ugly dog.
This is just somebody's ugly dog.
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Excited to announce that I’ll be giving the keynote at FOSS Backstage in Berlin in March!
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
Æva Black to keynote at FOSS Backstage 2026
We are excited to share that Æva Black will be the keynote speaker for next year's edition.
26.foss-backstage.de
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Excited to announce that I’ll be giving the keynote at FOSS Backstage in Berlin in March!
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
26.foss-backstage.de/aeva-black-t...
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Some of y'all:
Stop comparing ICE treatment of immigrants to police treatment of Black people!
Me:
No.
People immediately understand how ICE deportation quotas cause immediate and systemic harm to immigrant populations, and shred families apart.
But pretend not to understand police arrest quotas?
Stop comparing ICE treatment of immigrants to police treatment of Black people!
Me:
No.
People immediately understand how ICE deportation quotas cause immediate and systemic harm to immigrant populations, and shred families apart.
But pretend not to understand police arrest quotas?
Classic video. I will never stop sharing this.
Do you think Black people want this cop running around their city with a ticket quota and an arrest quota, ruining the lives of Black people for no reason?
Or trained and working as a detective, solving homicides, SAs, and returning stolen property?
Do you think Black people want this cop running around their city with a ticket quota and an arrest quota, ruining the lives of Black people for no reason?
Or trained and working as a detective, solving homicides, SAs, and returning stolen property?
Cop Fired for Speaking Out Against Ticket and Arrest Quotas
YouTube video by ReasonTV
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Some of y'all:
Stop comparing ICE treatment of immigrants to police treatment of Black people!
Me:
No.
People immediately understand how ICE deportation quotas cause immediate and systemic harm to immigrant populations, and shred families apart.
But pretend not to understand police arrest quotas?
Stop comparing ICE treatment of immigrants to police treatment of Black people!
Me:
No.
People immediately understand how ICE deportation quotas cause immediate and systemic harm to immigrant populations, and shred families apart.
But pretend not to understand police arrest quotas?
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane