sz3
@sz3.bsky.social
Software engineer. Writer. 25% serious. Pessimistic about pessimism. he/him.
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I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
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Congress ordered CBP to create a biometric entry/exit system 25 years ago. The problem was that the tech wasn't there until recently, and the agency never pushed hard for it. In late 2020, CBP proposed a rule to implement it. That rule sat until 2025, when the Trump admin finalized it December 26.
It appears the jetway photos at Logan were part of CBP "biometric exit" program, which has been tested for years but was quietly approved for wider rollout in Sept. (Doesn't explain threats to passenger)
Some really creepy, damning details in NYT report from Sept: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/t...
Some really creepy, damning details in NYT report from Sept: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/t...
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Congress ordered CBP to create a biometric entry/exit system 25 years ago. The problem was that the tech wasn't there until recently, and the agency never pushed hard for it. In late 2020, CBP proposed a rule to implement it. That rule sat until 2025, when the Trump admin finalized it December 26.
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Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
Meet the Minneapolis neighbors standing up to ICE by the thousands
Local resistance is "growing exponentially," says Defend the 612's Andrew Fahlstrom.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Neighborhood watch is taking on a new form in Minneapolis and other cities under occupation by federal immigration agents: ICE Watch.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
These folks, who're tailing federal agents as they make arrests, are passionate, determined, and just about everywhere—and ICE is getting frustrated.
sometimes you delete the post because you flipped the numerator and the denominator
January 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM
sometimes you delete the post because you flipped the numerator and the denominator
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Every single person who makes a “fall of the Roman Empire” comparison in times of crisis or uncertainty outs themself as someone who doesn’t know anything about the Roman Empire.
Desperately trying not to post any more takes but I wish people would remember that they don’t know what will happen.
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Every single person who makes a “fall of the Roman Empire” comparison in times of crisis or uncertainty outs themself as someone who doesn’t know anything about the Roman Empire.
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New from me: A brief for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the logic of YIMBY policymaking and its applicability to other domains. What principles underlying the YIMBY agenda are transferrable to thinking about energy, healthcare, and other areas? Short 🧵 to follow. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Lessons from YIMBYism: Taking “Abundance” Back to Its Fundamentals
Lessons from YIMBYism examines how supply-side reforms, public investment, and state capacity can make progressive social policy work as intended.
rooseveltinstitute.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New from me: A brief for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the logic of YIMBY policymaking and its applicability to other domains. What principles underlying the YIMBY agenda are transferrable to thinking about energy, healthcare, and other areas? Short 🧵 to follow. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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the mainstream media has been covering donald trump as a political figure for 11 years now. they know he is full of shit. they push headlines like "trump rules out using military force to take greenland" even though they know the context of his rhetoric.
it is a deliberate misinformation tactic.
it is a deliberate misinformation tactic.
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
the mainstream media has been covering donald trump as a political figure for 11 years now. they know he is full of shit. they push headlines like "trump rules out using military force to take greenland" even though they know the context of his rhetoric.
it is a deliberate misinformation tactic.
it is a deliberate misinformation tactic.
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public perception says mainstream media is sensationalist, lusts for scandal, will make anything up to sell papers and get clicks etc.,
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
public perception says mainstream media is sensationalist, lusts for scandal, will make anything up to sell papers and get clicks etc.,
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
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to fucken vanquish someone wearing scissor shoe
January 21, 2026 at 3:09 AM
to fucken vanquish someone wearing scissor shoe
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I vastly extended and improved my landscape atmosphere tool. Runs in the browser and is free. Have fun. artbuddy.urlich.ch/atmos/
January 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I vastly extended and improved my landscape atmosphere tool. Runs in the browser and is free. Have fun. artbuddy.urlich.ch/atmos/
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The NYT reports that Air Force One has turned around due to a situation officials are describing as “creature on the wing”
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 AM
The NYT reports that Air Force One has turned around due to a situation officials are describing as “creature on the wing”
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That insane bus thread ended up on national news and "live skeeted" is the official term used
January 20, 2026 at 11:08 PM
That insane bus thread ended up on national news and "live skeeted" is the official term used
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“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
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they switched pilots on the tarmac and the new driver is telling everyone that they’re the ones on the wrong airplane??
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 AM
they switched pilots on the tarmac and the new driver is telling everyone that they’re the ones on the wrong airplane??
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BlueSky is gonna have to censor and ban everybody on this app when it happens
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BlueSky is gonna have to censor and ban everybody on this app when it happens
The greatest of all time
Happy 54th birthday to Yasunori Mitsuda!
Legendary composer of Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 & 3, Mario Party and countless other classics.
The RPG Monolith Soft currently has in development, I hope he's working on it!
Legendary composer of Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 & 3, Mario Party and countless other classics.
The RPG Monolith Soft currently has in development, I hope he's working on it!
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 AM
The greatest of all time
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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It's downstream of how they decided the same thing about liberal democracy, and so also hate the idea that the US was the leader of the world's liberal democracies. Seeing democratic politics as weak and effeminate is a very old phenomenon.
"They hate us for our freedom" is literally true of them.
"They hate us for our freedom" is literally true of them.
i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It's downstream of how they decided the same thing about liberal democracy, and so also hate the idea that the US was the leader of the world's liberal democracies. Seeing democratic politics as weak and effeminate is a very old phenomenon.
"They hate us for our freedom" is literally true of them.
"They hate us for our freedom" is literally true of them.
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The Founders (rightly) thought financial corruption was so concerning they banned it in the Constitution three separate times: the two emoluments clauses, and the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
UNREAL: Per NY Times amazing reporting today they found "Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion. We know this number to be an underestimate because some of his profits remain hidden from public view." We live in a 3rd world sh*thole! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The Founders (rightly) thought financial corruption was so concerning they banned it in the Constitution three separate times: the two emoluments clauses, and the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
Starting in 2017, America decided it just kinda didn't matter anymore, whatcha gonna do.
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Not wrong.
(From security table)
(From security table)
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Not wrong.
(From security table)
(From security table)
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...