Glenn Ferrell
@gferrell.bsky.social
Relentlessly curious engineer (BSES, B.Arch., MSCS), Interests: cybersecurity, AI, economics, space economy, science fiction, history, traditional music, custom WordPress plugin development, Raspberry Pi projects.
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"Talking straight here, the big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States are not honoring the First Amendment,” Judge William G. Young said.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Judge Proposes Restricting Deportation of Scores of Noncitizen Academics
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January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
"Talking straight here, the big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States are not honoring the First Amendment,” Judge William G. Young said.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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Minneapolis cops this could hinge on you. Be heroes to your citizens & the nation. 1:Demand ID and face recog from ICE agents "So I can call it in &verify you aren't random thugs/kidnappers." 2:Demand a RECEIPT for every person they grab. 3:demand they erase the P&O on their lying POLICE jackets.
January 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Minneapolis cops this could hinge on you. Be heroes to your citizens & the nation. 1:Demand ID and face recog from ICE agents "So I can call it in &verify you aren't random thugs/kidnappers." 2:Demand a RECEIPT for every person they grab. 3:demand they erase the P&O on their lying POLICE jackets.
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/6 ICE is a monument to totalitarianism, lawlessness, and bigotry. It should be ripped out and woodchippered root and branch and replaced with something focused on the concept that you can’t defend the rule of law by burning it down.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
/6 ICE is a monument to totalitarianism, lawlessness, and bigotry. It should be ripped out and woodchippered root and branch and replaced with something focused on the concept that you can’t defend the rule of law by burning it down.
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My book, Every Galaxy a Circle, comes out tomorrow. For each like I will tell a random fact about the book. I cannot guarantee they will be interesting.
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
My book, Every Galaxy a Circle, comes out tomorrow. For each like I will tell a random fact about the book. I cannot guarantee they will be interesting.
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Looks like @apexmag.bsky.social is set to lose 34 subscribers today if they don't renew, which works out to $918 in badly needed revenue. That would pay for 11,475 words of original fiction.
If you enjoy Apex, it would help a lot if you could subscribe. www.apexbookcompany.com/products/ape...
If you enjoy Apex, it would help a lot if you could subscribe. www.apexbookcompany.com/products/ape...
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January 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Looks like @apexmag.bsky.social is set to lose 34 subscribers today if they don't renew, which works out to $918 in badly needed revenue. That would pay for 11,475 words of original fiction.
If you enjoy Apex, it would help a lot if you could subscribe. www.apexbookcompany.com/products/ape...
If you enjoy Apex, it would help a lot if you could subscribe. www.apexbookcompany.com/products/ape...
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As recently as 2015, this would have been the end of a presidency. In 2026, it's a Tuesday.
January 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
As recently as 2015, this would have been the end of a presidency. In 2026, it's a Tuesday.
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it's very clear that this is a template for how they're going to approach other cities
they do not and will not have enough people to do it everywhere all at once but if you live in a city there's a very good chance that an occupying army will show up at your door in the next few years
they do not and will not have enough people to do it everywhere all at once but if you live in a city there's a very good chance that an occupying army will show up at your door in the next few years
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM
it's very clear that this is a template for how they're going to approach other cities
they do not and will not have enough people to do it everywhere all at once but if you live in a city there's a very good chance that an occupying army will show up at your door in the next few years
they do not and will not have enough people to do it everywhere all at once but if you live in a city there's a very good chance that an occupying army will show up at your door in the next few years
Three years old - but even more pertinent now. Good article on Musk & Bezos grim visions for space colonization by Matthew R. Francis @bowlerhatscience.org www.scientificamerican.com/article/musk...
Musk and Bezos Offer Humanity a Grim Future in Space Colonies
Privately owned space colonies are more likely to be totalitarian nightmares than libertarian utopias
www.scientificamerican.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Three years old - but even more pertinent now. Good article on Musk & Bezos grim visions for space colonization by Matthew R. Francis @bowlerhatscience.org www.scientificamerican.com/article/musk...
Kelly Eldritch Boesch -- Poet & AI artist. I love her work. www.facebook.com/share/v/17qd...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Kelly Eldritch Boesch -- Poet & AI artist. I love her work. www.facebook.com/share/v/17qd...
Recently read (2nd time through) Larry Brooks "Story Engineering". The most thorough writing system I've seen. It is focused on novels but I've analyzed a couple of SF Hall of Fame short stories, using the structure (plot pts, pinch pts, etc.) to see how it works. So far --looks very promising.
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Recently read (2nd time through) Larry Brooks "Story Engineering". The most thorough writing system I've seen. It is focused on novels but I've analyzed a couple of SF Hall of Fame short stories, using the structure (plot pts, pinch pts, etc.) to see how it works. So far --looks very promising.
My wife & I read the classics to each other after dinner -- having read Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat - to Say Nothing of the Dog", we're taking a break to read Connie Willis's "To Say Nothing of the Dog." Fabulous, hilarious book -- highly recommended (#hopepunk before it's time :) )
December 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My wife & I read the classics to each other after dinner -- having read Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat - to Say Nothing of the Dog", we're taking a break to read Connie Willis's "To Say Nothing of the Dog." Fabulous, hilarious book -- highly recommended (#hopepunk before it's time :) )
@pbarmby.bsky.social Just read your "Galilean Crossing" flash fiction piece. Nice and detailed, elegant -- tough format to write in, but you still managed a poetic opening and some great astronomy chops! The first I've read of yours but definitely not the last.
August 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
@pbarmby.bsky.social Just read your "Galilean Crossing" flash fiction piece. Nice and detailed, elegant -- tough format to write in, but you still managed a poetic opening and some great astronomy chops! The first I've read of yours but definitely not the last.