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@lopezbart.bsky.social
Mechanical engineer, software dev, Steam boater, Airstreamer, Dad.
Ranger Full Gear at Critical NW, SOAK and Black Rock City
Maker: Machining, welding, wood working, electronics.
KN6HOH.
Ex Sun kernel group
Working at Arista Networks.
Mundus sine Caesar
Ranger Full Gear at Critical NW, SOAK and Black Rock City
Maker: Machining, welding, wood working, electronics.
KN6HOH.
Ex Sun kernel group
Working at Arista Networks.
Mundus sine Caesar
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100 billionaire families spent $2.6 BILLION influencing our elections in 2024.
So what have been the legislative priorities of the Republicans they got elected?
First, tax breaks for the rich.
Now, making it harder for regular people to vote.
ALL OF THIS IS BY DESIGN, FOLKS.
So what have been the legislative priorities of the Republicans they got elected?
First, tax breaks for the rich.
Now, making it harder for regular people to vote.
ALL OF THIS IS BY DESIGN, FOLKS.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
100 billionaire families spent $2.6 BILLION influencing our elections in 2024.
So what have been the legislative priorities of the Republicans they got elected?
First, tax breaks for the rich.
Now, making it harder for regular people to vote.
ALL OF THIS IS BY DESIGN, FOLKS.
So what have been the legislative priorities of the Republicans they got elected?
First, tax breaks for the rich.
Now, making it harder for regular people to vote.
ALL OF THIS IS BY DESIGN, FOLKS.
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Making the US Olympic Team does not require you to be a cheerleader for the Trump administration.
February 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Making the US Olympic Team does not require you to be a cheerleader for the Trump administration.
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A new study has revealed that two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara Desert belong to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree.
Lost and found: 7,000-year-old Sahara mummies of unknown human lineage
A new study has revealed that two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara Desert belong to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree.
l.euronews.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A new study has revealed that two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara Desert belong to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree.
Instead of asking the working classes to pay more taxes and work harder, raise peak marginal income tax rates and tax unrealized capital gains that are used as assets for loans.
Dr Oz: "If we could get the average American to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or a year later -- not retire -- or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion to the US economy. That would more than remove the debt."
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Instead of asking the working classes to pay more taxes and work harder, raise peak marginal income tax rates and tax unrealized capital gains that are used as assets for loans.
Trump & Co. don't want any journalists who are independent of the networks they control:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The arrest of Don Lemon is blatant censorship. And he is not the only one | Seth Stern
Thursday’s arrests of Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort demonstrate the administration’s lawless crusade against routine journalism
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Trump & Co. don't want any journalists who are independent of the networks they control:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is such a lovely piece. And it quotes heavily and links to other lovely pieces. I just read them all, and they were all just what I needed to read. Thank you, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @anamariecox.bsky.social, and @adamserwer.bsky.social for the gritty optimism.
Minneapolis Proved Something MAGA Can’t Accept: Most People Are Actually Virtuous
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally…
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally…
Minneapolis Proved Something MAGA Can’t Accept: Most People Are Actually Virtuous
There's a line buried in Adam Serwer's recent Atlantic piece on the Minneapolis resistance to ICE that deserves to be pulled out, examined, and posted on every lamppost in America: The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. Read that again. It explains so much. Serwer continues:
www.techdirt.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This is such a lovely piece. And it quotes heavily and links to other lovely pieces. I just read them all, and they were all just what I needed to read. Thank you, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @anamariecox.bsky.social, and @adamserwer.bsky.social for the gritty optimism.
Of course. Similarly, a Catholic doctor's obligation with respect to the privacy rights of their patients doesn't change because they don't approve of birth control use by those patients, for example.
4th Cir., 2-1, holds that school guidelines requiring employees to keep private students' trans or gender-nonconforming presentation and to use pronouns corresponding to gender identity do not violate a wannabe substitute teacher's 1A rights.
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251...
www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251...
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Of course. Similarly, a Catholic doctor's obligation with respect to the privacy rights of their patients doesn't change because they don't approve of birth control use by those patients, for example.
You can't make this stuff up... the Hinds County School District fired the assistant principal for reading "I Need a New Butt" aloud....
Perhaps the Hinds district folks were tired of being the butt of so many jokes, but they made it worse.
Perhaps the Hinds district folks were tired of being the butt of so many jokes, but they made it worse.
PEN America welcomes a court order reinstating a Hinds County, MS elementary school assistant principal four years after he was fired for reading students the funny children’s picture book I Need a New Butt! pen.org/press-releas...
Justice for School Principal in Mississippi as Court Orders His Reinstatement Four Years After His Firing for Reading Silly Children’s Picture Book
PEN America today welcomed a court order reinstating a Hinds County, MS elementary school assistant principal four years after he was fired for reading students the funny children’s picture book I Nee...
pen.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
You can't make this stuff up... the Hinds County School District fired the assistant principal for reading "I Need a New Butt" aloud....
Perhaps the Hinds district folks were tired of being the butt of so many jokes, but they made it worse.
Perhaps the Hinds district folks were tired of being the butt of so many jokes, but they made it worse.
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The Trump administration has secretly rewritten the nuclear safety regulations.... unilaterally. NPR with the exclusive story:
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten the nuclear safety regulations.... unilaterally. NPR with the exclusive story:
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
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Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Any Senator or Congressman voting to fund ICE is a collaborator.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Any Senator or Congressman voting to fund ICE is a collaborator.
There's a word for people like this: collaborators.
NEW: The House just passed the DHS funding bill. Seven Democrats voted yes:
Henry Cuellar of Texas
Jared Golden of Maine
Laura Gillen of New York
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State
Don Davis of North Carolina
Tom Souzzi of New York
Vincente Gonzalez of Texas
Henry Cuellar of Texas
Jared Golden of Maine
Laura Gillen of New York
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington State
Don Davis of North Carolina
Tom Souzzi of New York
Vincente Gonzalez of Texas
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 AM
There's a word for people like this: collaborators.
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May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
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Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer"
People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 AM
"Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer"
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of this union worker who called out Trump as pedophile protector?
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of this union worker who called out Trump as pedophile protector?
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
Raskin: I think that he was speaking in a factual sense
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This was the plan
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This was the plan
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This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
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Yesterday's protest on Lopez Island, WA. There are perhaps a couple of thousand residents in the winter.
January 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
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Vote in the midterms.
January 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Vote in the midterms.
Yesterday's protest on Lopez Island, WA. There are perhaps a couple of thousand residents in the winter.
January 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Yesterday's protest on Lopez Island, WA. There are perhaps a couple of thousand residents in the winter.