Peter Mains
@pmains.bsky.social
Data Scientist. Artist. Writer.
Go Blue!
Go Blue!
I’ve had ethical qualms about cloning in the past. But.
Peltola raises $1.5M in first 24 hours of Alaska Senate bid
Peltola raises $1.5M in first 24 hours of Alaska Senate bid
Democrats are hoping the former member of Congress can flip GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan’s seat.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I’ve had ethical qualms about cloning in the past. But.
So, Arizona very nearly had a Mexican Pacific League baseball team this year. The Tucson (mascot to be named later). The regular season is now over. The American immigration system bolloxed player visas FOR AN ENTIRE SEASON.
Anyway, looking forward to the World Cup.
Anyway, looking forward to the World Cup.
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
So, Arizona very nearly had a Mexican Pacific League baseball team this year. The Tucson (mascot to be named later). The regular season is now over. The American immigration system bolloxed player visas FOR AN ENTIRE SEASON.
Anyway, looking forward to the World Cup.
Anyway, looking forward to the World Cup.
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Polling during Biden's Presidency showed that Americans believed unemployment was at *all time highs* when it was actually at all time lows. The media comprehensively and systematically lied to Americans
Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Polling during Biden's Presidency showed that Americans believed unemployment was at *all time highs* when it was actually at all time lows. The media comprehensively and systematically lied to Americans
I suppose we're just going to ignore that this innocent man is taking the rap for the criminal rodent controlling him from inside his tall, white hat.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
Renowned SF chef indicted for allegedly trying to rob 3 banks in a day
A once well-regarded San Francisco chef has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
www.sfgate.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I suppose we're just going to ignore that this innocent man is taking the rap for the criminal rodent controlling him from inside his tall, white hat.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
We are all bombarded by endless online scams, yet Congress is utterly uninterested in or incapable of taking action. Most scam attempts fail, but the small percentage that succeed bilk innocent people and disrupt businesses and livelihoods.
We need our politicians to get serious on cybercrime.
We need our politicians to get serious on cybercrime.
January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
We are all bombarded by endless online scams, yet Congress is utterly uninterested in or incapable of taking action. Most scam attempts fail, but the small percentage that succeed bilk innocent people and disrupt businesses and livelihoods.
We need our politicians to get serious on cybercrime.
We need our politicians to get serious on cybercrime.
This was how people talked about the Philippines before we occupied and colonized it. The French or the Germans will take it if we don’t!
"before Russia or China make their move." What the hell are they talking about? This is madness.
NEW: U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, Daily Mail claims, citing sources.
January 11, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This was how people talked about the Philippines before we occupied and colonized it. The French or the Germans will take it if we don’t!
Retaliation isn't punishment.
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www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ja...
Feds punish Minnesota hotel that canceled ICE room reservations
The General Services Administration barred a Hampton Inn in Minnesota from the government’s travel and lodging programs this week after the hotel refused to let ICE personnel make reservations.
www.washingtontimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Retaliation isn't punishment.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ja...
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ja...
Step 1. Release Epstein files late on Christmas Eve.
Step 2. Santa doesn't have time to read them.
Step 3. Stay on the nice list for one more year!
Step 2. Santa doesn't have time to read them.
Step 3. Stay on the nice list for one more year!
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Step 1. Release Epstein files late on Christmas Eve.
Step 2. Santa doesn't have time to read them.
Step 3. Stay on the nice list for one more year!
Step 2. Santa doesn't have time to read them.
Step 3. Stay on the nice list for one more year!
Here we are, wasting bombs on Venezuela. And the AI powered telemarketers are still at large.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Here we are, wasting bombs on Venezuela. And the AI powered telemarketers are still at large.
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The “worst of the worst” Venezuelans deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison weren’t the worst: nearly all had no violent convictions, many entered the US legally, and gang labels relied on tattoos—not evidence, reports Cato’s David Bier.
https://ow.ly/wifs50XO2TY
https://ow.ly/wifs50XO2TY
DHS Doesn’t List CECOT Prison Deportees in Its Worst of the Worst Data
The United States should have allowed most of these immigrants to reside and work in the country legally. They could have been economic assets to the United States, and it serves no legitimate purpose to send them back to, at best, horrific conditions in Venezuela and, at worst, more persecution.
ow.ly
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The “worst of the worst” Venezuelans deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison weren’t the worst: nearly all had no violent convictions, many entered the US legally, and gang labels relied on tattoos—not evidence, reports Cato’s David Bier.
https://ow.ly/wifs50XO2TY
https://ow.ly/wifs50XO2TY
Feliz Navidad, Santiago.
December 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Feliz Navidad, Santiago.
I’m sure these agents have heard about the centurions casting lots for Christ’s clothes. What do they imagine that detail is meant to imply?
ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his already purchased groceries for themselves.
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused. trib.al/FwqJZki
A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused. trib.al/FwqJZki
December 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m sure these agents have heard about the centurions casting lots for Christ’s clothes. What do they imagine that detail is meant to imply?
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“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
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It’s past time for the DOJ and FBI to follow the money on Epstein as I've been doing for 3 years. The bankers who looked the other way, Epstein’s accountants and lawyers who controlled his cash flow, and the billionaires who funded Epstein’s criminal network.
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s past time for the DOJ and FBI to follow the money on Epstein as I've been doing for 3 years. The bankers who looked the other way, Epstein’s accountants and lawyers who controlled his cash flow, and the billionaires who funded Epstein’s criminal network.
Debating, “feminism. Is it good?” is vague and insipid to the point of self-parody. Bari Weiss understands the true meaning of Festivus!
December 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Debating, “feminism. Is it good?” is vague and insipid to the point of self-parody. Bari Weiss understands the true meaning of Festivus!
I don’t care how many days of Christmas there are. This is way too many birds. Can you even get gift receipts for birds? That’s what I thought. I’m not cleaning that many cages. You take these birds back TOMORROW.
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I don’t care how many days of Christmas there are. This is way too many birds. Can you even get gift receipts for birds? That’s what I thought. I’m not cleaning that many cages. You take these birds back TOMORROW.
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I'm sure Bari Weiss will react to the 60 minutes episode being circulated very reasonably and maturely.
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I'm sure Bari Weiss will react to the 60 minutes episode being circulated very reasonably and maturely.
[ORGAN PLAYS OMINOUS MUSIC]
US Treasury Secretary Bessent to propose major overhaul of financial stability oversight council - CNBC
December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
[ORGAN PLAYS OMINOUS MUSIC]
Dropping rates in the face of rising inflation.
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Dropping rates in the face of rising inflation.
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*youth pastor voice*
Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities
Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
*youth pastor voice*
Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities
Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities
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If anything, life tenure for lower judges has *helped* with the backlash to MAGA because Reagan and GHWB senior judges keep losing their shit completely at this insanity.
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If anything, life tenure for lower judges has *helped* with the backlash to MAGA because Reagan and GHWB senior judges keep losing their shit completely at this insanity.
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It's understandable that Dems aren't forcing Platner out of the race, since they don't have any recent object lessons in the risk of sticking by a mortally wounded candidate until it's far too late to effectively offer an alternative
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's understandable that Dems aren't forcing Platner out of the race, since they don't have any recent object lessons in the risk of sticking by a mortally wounded candidate until it's far too late to effectively offer an alternative
I think the point of trotting out Tricia McLaughlin to defend the administration is her baby bubbly voice gets progressively higher until reporters can no longer hear the absurd lies she’s telling.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I think the point of trotting out Tricia McLaughlin to defend the administration is her baby bubbly voice gets progressively higher until reporters can no longer hear the absurd lies she’s telling.
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If U.S. transit costs more to build because our institutions don’t build stuff often enough to figure out how do it cheaply, that’s extra poignant in Portland. TriMet hitched the future of rail to freeway builders & saw a 20-year ecosystem of local railbuilding expertise wither & crisp since 2015
Pedestrian Observations: It's not the Baumol Effect pedestrianobservations.com/2025/11/30/i...
It’s not the Baumol Effect
The Baumol effect is an observation that wages in an economy rise based on its average productivity, and therefore the wages also rise in sectors with low or no productivity growth, increasing thei…
pedestrianobservations.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
If U.S. transit costs more to build because our institutions don’t build stuff often enough to figure out how do it cheaply, that’s extra poignant in Portland. TriMet hitched the future of rail to freeway builders & saw a 20-year ecosystem of local railbuilding expertise wither & crisp since 2015