bjmacke
@strangelove.net
Third party risk day job, roller derby jobs the rest of the time. Chances are that I'm fact checking or researching some obscure point right now. Home is Minneapolis. He/him
Quick reminder that BORTAC is the Border Patrol Tactical Unit of Customs and Border Patrol. These are CPB officers operating outside the 100-mile border zone.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Quick reminder that BORTAC is the Border Patrol Tactical Unit of Customs and Border Patrol. These are CPB officers operating outside the 100-mile border zone.
www.cbp.gov/sites/defaul...
www.cbp.gov/sites/defaul...
A more top-down view of what happened today in Minneapolis.
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
A more top-down view of what happened today in Minneapolis.
Writing headlines is a dying art
January 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Writing headlines is a dying art
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Got some time to learn something? Listen in to our 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' podcast. We hosted many interesting conversations with experts this year from tracking suspicious ships, to chasing art thieves, and to monitoring the impact of war. Find the topic for you here: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
Stage Talks with Bellingcat | Podcast on RSS.com
Join Bellingcat and a live audience in our discord server, where every two weeks we host discussions with leading voices within open source research and investigations. Be part of the audience at the ...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Got some time to learn something? Listen in to our 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat' podcast. We hosted many interesting conversations with experts this year from tracking suspicious ships, to chasing art thieves, and to monitoring the impact of war. Find the topic for you here: rss.com/podcasts/bel...
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“Merriam-Webster clearly has a pro-dictionary bias that’s preventing it from considering all words equally,” lexicographer Alison Nielsen wrote in a widely shared social media post that lambasted the Merriam-Webster editorial team
Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Facing intense backlash and scrutiny from critics who say the reference book publisher had failed to take all words into consideration, Merriam-Webster was accused of bias Monday after...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Merriam-Webster clearly has a pro-dictionary bias that’s preventing it from considering all words equally,” lexicographer Alison Nielsen wrote in a widely shared social media post that lambasted the Merriam-Webster editorial team
Oh, yeah, we're just a few years away from a full semantic web.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Oh, yeah, we're just a few years away from a full semantic web.
Being open to learn new things can mean hearing a phrase on a radio show, googling it, and realizing there's a part of the world you never could have imagine existed until that moment.
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www.google.com/search?q=%22...
Google Search
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November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Being open to learn new things can mean hearing a phrase on a radio show, googling it, and realizing there's a part of the world you never could have imagine existed until that moment.
www.google.com/search?q=%22...
www.google.com/search?q=%22...
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NYT columnist @jamellebouie.net unpacks the unprecedented Quantico meeting and why studying history is more important than ever. Plus, a defense of name-calling. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NYT columnist @jamellebouie.net unpacks the unprecedented Quantico meeting and why studying history is more important than ever. Plus, a defense of name-calling. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
A recent update to a question I've asked over the last decade:
If an AI Chatbot told you that a wild mushroom is safe to eat, would you eat it?
If an AI Chatbot told you that a wild mushroom is safe to eat, would you eat it?
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A recent update to a question I've asked over the last decade:
If an AI Chatbot told you that a wild mushroom is safe to eat, would you eat it?
If an AI Chatbot told you that a wild mushroom is safe to eat, would you eat it?
TIL that A Bar of Their Own was one of the first ten bars in the country to focus exclusively on women's sports.
Today on “The Intelligence”: the consulting challenges ahead for McKinsey, airlines’ favourite new pricing trick and the rise of the women’s-sports bar
Consultant management: McKinsey loses its shine
Also on the daily podcast: airlines’ favourite new pricing trick and the rise of the women’s-sports bar
econ.st
August 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
TIL that A Bar of Their Own was one of the first ten bars in the country to focus exclusively on women's sports.
One of the wildest TILs I've had in a long time
July 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
One of the wildest TILs I've had in a long time
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If the Minneapolis DFL had their shit together and scheduled Target Center early enough we all could've scheduled our colonoscopies for Monday and fasted through this outside food ban.
July 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If the Minneapolis DFL had their shit together and scheduled Target Center early enough we all could've scheduled our colonoscopies for Monday and fasted through this outside food ban.
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My eight-year-old son almost got me to extend bedtime with a discussion of Russian nationalism.
“Why is Russia invading?”
“They think it should be part of Russia?”
“Why?”
“Russian nationalism, I guess.”
“What’s Russian nationalism?”
“Well, in the 19th century - no, we’re not doing this at bedtime.”
“Why is Russia invading?”
“They think it should be part of Russia?”
“Why?”
“Russian nationalism, I guess.”
“What’s Russian nationalism?”
“Well, in the 19th century - no, we’re not doing this at bedtime.”
July 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My eight-year-old son almost got me to extend bedtime with a discussion of Russian nationalism.
“Why is Russia invading?”
“They think it should be part of Russia?”
“Why?”
“Russian nationalism, I guess.”
“What’s Russian nationalism?”
“Well, in the 19th century - no, we’re not doing this at bedtime.”
“Why is Russia invading?”
“They think it should be part of Russia?”
“Why?”
“Russian nationalism, I guess.”
“What’s Russian nationalism?”
“Well, in the 19th century - no, we’re not doing this at bedtime.”
We are at full torrent in 55412. Wind isn't bad, but the rain is blasting.
June 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
We are at full torrent in 55412. Wind isn't bad, but the rain is blasting.
Yes, it's THAT monument. Weird choice for Juneteenth, mostly for intersectional reasons.
Pioneers Square Statue (1936)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Mrs. Partridge (right) unveils the monument in Pioneers Square.
Source: Hennepin County Library
Mrs. Partridge (right) unveils the monument in Pioneers Square.
June 20, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Yes, it's THAT monument. Weird choice for Juneteenth, mostly for intersectional reasons.
Maybe not do fireworks in North Minneapolis for a bit, please?
Also if it was gunfire, I respect your decision, but also not the best time for it either.
Also if it was gunfire, I respect your decision, but also not the best time for it either.
June 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Maybe not do fireworks in North Minneapolis for a bit, please?
Also if it was gunfire, I respect your decision, but also not the best time for it either.
Also if it was gunfire, I respect your decision, but also not the best time for it either.
Minneapolis just sent out the text warning for those near the search area. If this were a snow emergency, my car would have been towed.
June 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Minneapolis just sent out the text warning for those near the search area. If this were a snow emergency, my car would have been towed.
Having heard it, and with practice, I could say that I know how to say "Don't rank Jacob Frey" in Urdu.
In this Urdu ad from Zohran Mamdani, he says "Roti, Kapra, aur Makaan", which mean bread, clothes, and shelter. This was the campaign slogan of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, who led a socialist uprising in Pakistan in the 70s before being assassinated by a US-backed dictator.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFGk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFGk...
Zohran explains Ranked Choice Voting in Urdu/Hindi
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
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June 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Having heard it, and with practice, I could say that I know how to say "Don't rank Jacob Frey" in Urdu.
Post a banger that's not in English
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youtu.be/KvEW3e0BLn8?...
June 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Post a banger that's not in English
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youtu.be/KvEW3e0BLn8?...
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On May 29, 1985, 39 people went to the biggest club game in soccer and never returned home.
Heysel remembered: A look at the 1985 stadium disaster and how soccer recovered
On May 29, 1985, 39 people went to the biggest club game in soccer and never returned home. Heysel Stadium in Brussels was staging the European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool exactly 40 years ago.
bit.ly
May 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On May 29, 1985, 39 people went to the biggest club game in soccer and never returned home.
@roberttalisse.bsky.social Feel free to correct/sanction me, but I may have discovered what could be coined as a Talissean Congruity:
May 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@roberttalisse.bsky.social Feel free to correct/sanction me, but I may have discovered what could be coined as a Talissean Congruity:
CBC's World Tonight closed out the episode with a cold roll of "The End" by The Doors. Gobsmacked, I couldn't imagine why they'd play that to eulogize George Wendt.
Nope, it's due to the recovery of the marble bust of Jim Morrison in France. That makes more sense.
Nope, it's due to the recovery of the marble bust of Jim Morrison in France. That makes more sense.
May 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
CBC's World Tonight closed out the episode with a cold roll of "The End" by The Doors. Gobsmacked, I couldn't imagine why they'd play that to eulogize George Wendt.
Nope, it's due to the recovery of the marble bust of Jim Morrison in France. That makes more sense.
Nope, it's due to the recovery of the marble bust of Jim Morrison in France. That makes more sense.
Food science is a science because it asks if you "could" make something rather than if you "should" make something.
May 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Food science is a science because it asks if you "could" make something rather than if you "should" make something.
I think I have this Kraftwerk album.
Guardsmen Sight Targets (1941)
Source: Hennepin County Library
First National Bank Guardsmen and members of a crack revolver team: Glenn Phillips, Hugh Butler, Gordon Pearson, and John Glynn (left to right) practice shooting and sighting targets in the shooting range while Lieutenant McLeod ...
Source: Hennepin County Library
First National Bank Guardsmen and members of a crack revolver team: Glenn Phillips, Hugh Butler, Gordon Pearson, and John Glynn (left to right) practice shooting and sighting targets in the shooting range while Lieutenant McLeod ...
May 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I think I have this Kraftwerk album.
Statistics show, that in Wisconsin, a man is bitten by snakes every 11 seconds. MPR would like you to meet that man.
A Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.
Snakes have bitten this Wisconsin man hundreds of times. His blood could help make a better treatment
A Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.
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May 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Statistics show, that in Wisconsin, a man is bitten by snakes every 11 seconds. MPR would like you to meet that man.