Judge Holden
@judgeholdenks.bsky.social
Boston > Ft Lauderdale > Topeka
55, IT project manager, Democrat
Reader of books, player of instruments, adoptive parent, atheist
Climate doom, GunsSuck, Khive Forever, Listener
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55, IT project manager, Democrat
Reader of books, player of instruments, adoptive parent, atheist
Climate doom, GunsSuck, Khive Forever, Listener
#Chiefs #Royals #KU #HarrisWalz2024
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Judge Holden
@judgeholdenks.bsky.social
· Dec 23
President Biden took a bold step towards ending the Death Penalty at the Federal level today. I offer Hitchens’ argument against the Death Penalty excerpted here and with a link to the entire 10 minute speech.
It is flatly un-American and counter to the spirit of The Enlightenment.
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It is flatly un-American and counter to the spirit of The Enlightenment.
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Read the quote below
Now bundle it up in a person, who narrowly escapes Hell and certain death to arrive at the shining city on a hill
He's got a real shot at life and a swimming pool of war flavored American KoolAid
Then he sees troops in the streets and he knows what it leads too and acts OR
Now bundle it up in a person, who narrowly escapes Hell and certain death to arrive at the shining city on a hill
He's got a real shot at life and a swimming pool of war flavored American KoolAid
Then he sees troops in the streets and he knows what it leads too and acts OR
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Read the quote below
Now bundle it up in a person, who narrowly escapes Hell and certain death to arrive at the shining city on a hill
He's got a real shot at life and a swimming pool of war flavored American KoolAid
Then he sees troops in the streets and he knows what it leads too and acts OR
Now bundle it up in a person, who narrowly escapes Hell and certain death to arrive at the shining city on a hill
He's got a real shot at life and a swimming pool of war flavored American KoolAid
Then he sees troops in the streets and he knows what it leads too and acts OR
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When asked about the death of a W. Virginia National Guardsman, the President of the United States bragged about his electoral margin in her state.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When asked about the death of a W. Virginia National Guardsman, the President of the United States bragged about his electoral margin in her state.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
When asked about the shooter, he called the reporter a stupid person.
Please stop holding quarter for anyone supporting this monstrous piece of shit.
As our struggle veers of course into senseless violence it might be instructive to remember that all conflict is class conflict.
The question of political violence and its place may be debated, but aiming it at the citizen soldiers of the all volunteer National Guard is incorrect and misguided.
The question of political violence and its place may be debated, but aiming it at the citizen soldiers of the all volunteer National Guard is incorrect and misguided.
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
As our struggle veers of course into senseless violence it might be instructive to remember that all conflict is class conflict.
The question of political violence and its place may be debated, but aiming it at the citizen soldiers of the all volunteer National Guard is incorrect and misguided.
The question of political violence and its place may be debated, but aiming it at the citizen soldiers of the all volunteer National Guard is incorrect and misguided.
The 9th: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
The 10th:The powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
The 10th:The powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
As a Veteran, let me remind some of you that the purpose of the United States Constitution is to restrain the power of the federal government, not to restrict the American people. Carry on 🫡🇺🇸
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The 9th: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
The 10th:The powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
The 10th:The powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
This is an excellent read. It starts with a look at how the Poverty Line was calculated originally, what it was and wasn’t meant to describe, and how badly it works in 2025 vs the early 1960’s
Then the author takes the conclusions of this and draws them out over the current economy and it’s grim
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Then the author takes the conclusions of this and draws them out over the current economy and it’s grim
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is an excellent read. It starts with a look at how the Poverty Line was calculated originally, what it was and wasn’t meant to describe, and how badly it works in 2025 vs the early 1960’s
Then the author takes the conclusions of this and draws them out over the current economy and it’s grim
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Then the author takes the conclusions of this and draws them out over the current economy and it’s grim
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If you want to feel old, we are now further from the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent than the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent is from the formation of the Solar System.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
If you want to feel old, we are now further from the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent than the formation of the Kenorland Supercontinent is from the formation of the Solar System.
For once in this man's life, could he possibly start and END with sincere thanks for others and then shut his mouth?
If there's more to say, his attorney can say it.
Find some dignity and go teach or something. But do go away.
If there's more to say, his attorney can say it.
Find some dignity and go teach or something. But do go away.
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
For once in this man's life, could he possibly start and END with sincere thanks for others and then shut his mouth?
If there's more to say, his attorney can say it.
Find some dignity and go teach or something. But do go away.
If there's more to say, his attorney can say it.
Find some dignity and go teach or something. But do go away.
Kermit is singing “We’re Doin’ A Sequel” to this one.
At the gallows, “Mr. Fink…any last words”
Confused and bewildered: I did my Fiduciary Duty, that’s all.
At the gallows, “Mr. Fink…any last words”
Confused and bewildered: I did my Fiduciary Duty, that’s all.
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Kermit is singing “We’re Doin’ A Sequel” to this one.
At the gallows, “Mr. Fink…any last words”
Confused and bewildered: I did my Fiduciary Duty, that’s all.
At the gallows, “Mr. Fink…any last words”
Confused and bewildered: I did my Fiduciary Duty, that’s all.
Weak tea. You see people posting WAY worse than this IN WRITING with their full government names every day on X and have been for a decade
ICE agents have been caught on film making clear and present threats to unarmed civilians
Someone should go scratch the surface on this overhearing cop’s life
ICE agents have been caught on film making clear and present threats to unarmed civilians
Someone should go scratch the surface on this overhearing cop’s life
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Weak tea. You see people posting WAY worse than this IN WRITING with their full government names every day on X and have been for a decade
ICE agents have been caught on film making clear and present threats to unarmed civilians
Someone should go scratch the surface on this overhearing cop’s life
ICE agents have been caught on film making clear and present threats to unarmed civilians
Someone should go scratch the surface on this overhearing cop’s life
This is our Second Grade teacher's cry for help 😂
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is our Second Grade teacher's cry for help 😂
We need boots on the street (or should I say, where white people are) calling all white allies to put Mexican flag and other paraphernalia on their vehicles. Hand them out for free.
ICE starts pulling over dozens of rolling ads for Pottery Barn the whole haystack starts looking like needles.
ICE starts pulling over dozens of rolling ads for Pottery Barn the whole haystack starts looking like needles.
What the hell is happening in Atlanta right now?
We’re hearing reports that ICE has set up checkpoints across Metro Atlanta and is detaining people.
No one should have to live in fear just driving down the street. No one should be targeted because of what they look like.
We’re hearing reports that ICE has set up checkpoints across Metro Atlanta and is detaining people.
No one should have to live in fear just driving down the street. No one should be targeted because of what they look like.
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We need boots on the street (or should I say, where white people are) calling all white allies to put Mexican flag and other paraphernalia on their vehicles. Hand them out for free.
ICE starts pulling over dozens of rolling ads for Pottery Barn the whole haystack starts looking like needles.
ICE starts pulling over dozens of rolling ads for Pottery Barn the whole haystack starts looking like needles.
“We will sell your private data and the contents of your buying, browsing, and web behavior on and off our platform simply because you clicked “accept these terms” on the app.”
Fixed it For You Target.
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Fixed it For You Target.
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There are a handful of things Target could do to get me and a bunch of other formerly loyal, currently boycotting customers back, and this was absolutely not one of them:
“Target also announced a partnership with OpenAI to let customers shop on Target in ChatGPT.”
“Target also announced a partnership with OpenAI to let customers shop on Target in ChatGPT.”
Target may have hit rock bottom | CNN Business
Target’s problems are intensifying.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“We will sell your private data and the contents of your buying, browsing, and web behavior on and off our platform simply because you clicked “accept these terms” on the app.”
Fixed it For You Target.
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Fixed it For You Target.
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I heard someone use FAFO with a tweak and it was wonderful
The context was art, expression, experimentation, discovery. The people talking were excited and energized by their interplay of ideas and camaraderie
“Doing this makes me have to relearn everything so I just Fool Around and Find Out”
The context was art, expression, experimentation, discovery. The people talking were excited and energized by their interplay of ideas and camaraderie
“Doing this makes me have to relearn everything so I just Fool Around and Find Out”
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I heard someone use FAFO with a tweak and it was wonderful
The context was art, expression, experimentation, discovery. The people talking were excited and energized by their interplay of ideas and camaraderie
“Doing this makes me have to relearn everything so I just Fool Around and Find Out”
The context was art, expression, experimentation, discovery. The people talking were excited and energized by their interplay of ideas and camaraderie
“Doing this makes me have to relearn everything so I just Fool Around and Find Out”
Some cultures invest in their children. Others go on cruises.
Remember this when your great grandchildren are working for the descendants of people who grew up and made sure their kids had better lives than they did.
Such a quintessentially Boomer headline.
Remember this when your great grandchildren are working for the descendants of people who grew up and made sure their kids had better lives than they did.
Such a quintessentially Boomer headline.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Some cultures invest in their children. Others go on cruises.
Remember this when your great grandchildren are working for the descendants of people who grew up and made sure their kids had better lives than they did.
Such a quintessentially Boomer headline.
Remember this when your great grandchildren are working for the descendants of people who grew up and made sure their kids had better lives than they did.
Such a quintessentially Boomer headline.
The thing that grabs me here is that the idea of getting this kind of data resolution at scale was science fiction 20 years ago (ye olde Aughts!)
People invoked chaos as a limiting factor like it was the speed of light. All but impossible.
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People invoked chaos as a limiting factor like it was the speed of light. All but impossible.
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My latest for @science.org: A remarkable set of high-resolution climate model runs, computed over 900 (!) days of supercomputing time, are revealing how warming-induced changes to Earth's wind patterns due can prime huge spikes in extreme rainfall.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The thing that grabs me here is that the idea of getting this kind of data resolution at scale was science fiction 20 years ago (ye olde Aughts!)
People invoked chaos as a limiting factor like it was the speed of light. All but impossible.
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People invoked chaos as a limiting factor like it was the speed of light. All but impossible.
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The article ultimately skews to a list of revelations about the emails that have made the rounds this week, but it opens and goes on at length about this Lost New York with an almost sadness. 🤮
Once again we're confronted by the passive voice and what it hides from us....1/
Once again we're confronted by the passive voice and what it hides from us....1/
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The article ultimately skews to a list of revelations about the emails that have made the rounds this week, but it opens and goes on at length about this Lost New York with an almost sadness. 🤮
Once again we're confronted by the passive voice and what it hides from us....1/
Once again we're confronted by the passive voice and what it hides from us....1/
Everyone involved here needs to take a minute with a pencil and paper and math their way through this one.
Because 18% of these republicans can't tell the difference between manners and friendship.
Because 18% of these republicans can't tell the difference between manners and friendship.
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Everyone involved here needs to take a minute with a pencil and paper and math their way through this one.
Because 18% of these republicans can't tell the difference between manners and friendship.
Because 18% of these republicans can't tell the difference between manners and friendship.
One of my litmus tests for news is the use of passive voice, especially when it's universal across sources.
"Last minute ban on Hemp inserted into shutdown bill"
By who?
I find reddit and Twitter level claims it was McConnell but not ONE simple, active sentence written by a journalist.
"Last minute ban on Hemp inserted into shutdown bill"
By who?
I find reddit and Twitter level claims it was McConnell but not ONE simple, active sentence written by a journalist.
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of my litmus tests for news is the use of passive voice, especially when it's universal across sources.
"Last minute ban on Hemp inserted into shutdown bill"
By who?
I find reddit and Twitter level claims it was McConnell but not ONE simple, active sentence written by a journalist.
"Last minute ban on Hemp inserted into shutdown bill"
By who?
I find reddit and Twitter level claims it was McConnell but not ONE simple, active sentence written by a journalist.
No one is ungettable and being acquitted, or not charged, or pardoned, or simply untouchable does not mean the same thing as ‘free to walk the streets’
There are bad guys from 2008 flying choppers to work on Wall Street and lecturing us about returning to the office.
Probably angry not woke but 🤷♂️
There are bad guys from 2008 flying choppers to work on Wall Street and lecturing us about returning to the office.
Probably angry not woke but 🤷♂️
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
No one is ungettable and being acquitted, or not charged, or pardoned, or simply untouchable does not mean the same thing as ‘free to walk the streets’
There are bad guys from 2008 flying choppers to work on Wall Street and lecturing us about returning to the office.
Probably angry not woke but 🤷♂️
There are bad guys from 2008 flying choppers to work on Wall Street and lecturing us about returning to the office.
Probably angry not woke but 🤷♂️
Is it still a night at the dive if you're drinking Bourbon?
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Is it still a night at the dive if you're drinking Bourbon?
I know I have some lawyers on here that can weigh in on this..
How can these guys pass a law that retroactively allows them to sue like this?
And passing legislation which benefits you directly and personally has got to be a problem too right?
How can these guys pass a law that retroactively allows them to sue like this?
And passing legislation which benefits you directly and personally has got to be a problem too right?
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I know I have some lawyers on here that can weigh in on this..
How can these guys pass a law that retroactively allows them to sue like this?
And passing legislation which benefits you directly and personally has got to be a problem too right?
How can these guys pass a law that retroactively allows them to sue like this?
And passing legislation which benefits you directly and personally has got to be a problem too right?
The literal voice of god according to the geniuses in Silicon Valley but with a T-shirt for Joe's wings.
"But WE won't enshittify OUR platform"
Respectfully, get fucked Sam.
And everyone high on their own supply thinking they're changing history with this? You're salesman for reverse mortgages
"But WE won't enshittify OUR platform"
Respectfully, get fucked Sam.
And everyone high on their own supply thinking they're changing history with this? You're salesman for reverse mortgages
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The literal voice of god according to the geniuses in Silicon Valley but with a T-shirt for Joe's wings.
"But WE won't enshittify OUR platform"
Respectfully, get fucked Sam.
And everyone high on their own supply thinking they're changing history with this? You're salesman for reverse mortgages
"But WE won't enshittify OUR platform"
Respectfully, get fucked Sam.
And everyone high on their own supply thinking they're changing history with this? You're salesman for reverse mortgages
Not one fucking dime. I will not subsidize the engine of my own destruction.
Sam Altman backs away from OpenAI's statements about possible U.S. gov't AI industry bailouts — company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry
CEO says the company doesn’t want federal guarantees while lobbying for broader industrial subsidies tied to AI infrastructure.
www.tomshardware.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Not one fucking dime. I will not subsidize the engine of my own destruction.