Joel Dinolt
@jdinolt.bsky.social
Husband, dog dad, technical director at Bethesda Game Studios/Microsoft, he/him Opinions expressed are my own.
The DHS didn’t come into existence until I was almost 30. It did not exist for over half my life. It does not need to be perpetual.
January 30, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The DHS didn’t come into existence until I was almost 30. It did not exist for over half my life. It does not need to be perpetual.
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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4. We're not the audience for this kind of statement.
1. this statement kind of sucks
2. it sucks less than it might have sucked, which (again) doesn‘t not suck but could enable things that don’t suck
3. Like getting rid of Noem, which would be an unqualified good
2. it sucks less than it might have sucked, which (again) doesn‘t not suck but could enable things that don’t suck
3. Like getting rid of Noem, which would be an unqualified good
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
4. We're not the audience for this kind of statement.
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Things are so bad that the Minnesota prison system has had to launch a website specifically to combat DHS lies. The first major release from DOC officials suggests Gregory Bovino outright lied about the target of the Border Patrol operation during which agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Things are so bad that the Minnesota prison system has had to launch a website specifically to combat DHS lies. The first major release from DOC officials suggests Gregory Bovino outright lied about the target of the Border Patrol operation during which agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
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OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM
OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
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They recruited the comments section and gave them weapons and sovereign immunity.
January 24, 2026 at 6:19 PM
They recruited the comments section and gave them weapons and sovereign immunity.
Stop saying ”civilians”. They/we are just people going about their/our daily lives. The only people fighting a war are in the administration.
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Stop saying ”civilians”. They/we are just people going about their/our daily lives. The only people fighting a war are in the administration.
That is centrist for “go fuck yourself.”
Chuck Schumer says Senate Dems won't support DHS funding. This thing is really moving now.
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 AM
That is centrist for “go fuck yourself.”
Always maintained Cruz was a secret plant by the Canadian government to help destroy us from within.
Cruz: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first... I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland... the whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories"
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Always maintained Cruz was a secret plant by the Canadian government to help destroy us from within.
Guess they went to give the team a bit of practice fighting an insurgency in cold ass climate.
January 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Guess they went to give the team a bit of practice fighting an insurgency in cold ass climate.
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Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto on what would have been his 74th birthday
January 17, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto on what would have been his 74th birthday
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People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
January 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
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I really want to enjoy this post but it involves absolutely zero citations
January 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I really want to enjoy this post but it involves absolutely zero citations
I would go further and ask why he’s so afraid of other people that he wants to either control or kill them.
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I would go further and ask why he’s so afraid of other people that he wants to either control or kill them.
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Delete Spotify
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Delete Spotify
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Every modern FPS game (COD, Battlefield) is set around this "realistic" plot of: "What if Russia got embroiled in a war with Central-Asian & Middle-Eastern powers and NATO responded?" to set the scene.
Whereas Fallout went with: "What if the world ended because the USA is fucking stupid?"
Whereas Fallout went with: "What if the world ended because the USA is fucking stupid?"
The future is being informed your country is being annexed by someone winning a large Kalshi bet on CNN
CNN is covering the Kalshi prediction markets as though they are news
January 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Every modern FPS game (COD, Battlefield) is set around this "realistic" plot of: "What if Russia got embroiled in a war with Central-Asian & Middle-Eastern powers and NATO responded?" to set the scene.
Whereas Fallout went with: "What if the world ended because the USA is fucking stupid?"
Whereas Fallout went with: "What if the world ended because the USA is fucking stupid?"
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I think this is what is really aggrivating about Walz and Frey. If you’re gonna not use *any* state resources to help the situation at all (tbf, they are using lawyers, but the Court decided that could wait a week), at least get your body out there on the line
It’s time to demand our leaders and politicians stop talking about non-violence, and start demonstrating more physical courage by DOING non-violence in the streets.
So far, all the courage has come from ordinary people, and almost none from our leaders and politicians.
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I think this is what is really aggrivating about Walz and Frey. If you’re gonna not use *any* state resources to help the situation at all (tbf, they are using lawyers, but the Court decided that could wait a week), at least get your body out there on the line
Guys collective retribution is a thing and it’s a thing articulated by the current head of DHS. Calling for “peace” is not being conciliatory it is being strategic.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Guys collective retribution is a thing and it’s a thing articulated by the current head of DHS. Calling for “peace” is not being conciliatory it is being strategic.
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Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Cripes a’mighty people, Steven Miller is not staging a militarized ethnic cleansing and sending the border cops to murder people in the street to distract from the Epstein files. He’s doing it because he and Trump (and Vance and Homan and Noem etc) really really want to.
Not only that but Space 1999 had a consistent story line that totally made sense.
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Not only that but Space 1999 had a consistent story line that totally made sense.
Why yes Tim purveyors of CSAM are my political enemies. I would think that’s true for most people.
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Why yes Tim purveyors of CSAM are my political enemies. I would think that’s true for most people.
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It’s a hell of a start, it could be made into a monster
Have a Cigar - Wish You Were Here
Have a Cigar - Wish You Were Here
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
It’s a hell of a start, it could be made into a monster
Have a Cigar - Wish You Were Here
Have a Cigar - Wish You Were Here
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You know what a market supported by vibes needs? Volatility
January 12, 2026 at 3:41 AM
You know what a market supported by vibes needs? Volatility
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they can't take the sunsets
South Minneapolis, January 2026
South Minneapolis, January 2026
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
they can't take the sunsets
South Minneapolis, January 2026
South Minneapolis, January 2026