Utility Nerd
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Oh my god it's an actual taterpig!
Vegan wizards, in an ill-fated attempt to create a delicious plant-based bacon, wrought new horrors on the world and invented the pigtato.
January 30, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Oh my god it's an actual taterpig!
This plus judges who can't tell them anything more than say "I will turn this car around mister".
there's this new dynamic where the DOJ cannot win in court and is (relatedly) incapable of meeting the minimum threshold of professional legal conduct, and so an increasing percentage of its actions are purely for intimidation and content
January 30, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This plus judges who can't tell them anything more than say "I will turn this car around mister".
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The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
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There's a Google font called Manrope and I just--
"Have you thought about Manrope?"
"I think we could use some Manrope here."
"Might as well put in some Manrope."
"I have Manrope at home but I need it at work."
"Have you thought about Manrope?"
"I think we could use some Manrope here."
"Might as well put in some Manrope."
"I have Manrope at home but I need it at work."
January 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
There's a Google font called Manrope and I just--
"Have you thought about Manrope?"
"I think we could use some Manrope here."
"Might as well put in some Manrope."
"I have Manrope at home but I need it at work."
"Have you thought about Manrope?"
"I think we could use some Manrope here."
"Might as well put in some Manrope."
"I have Manrope at home but I need it at work."
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But lots of these are rape whistles, why would Republicans want to ban ooohhhhh right
January 27, 2026 at 11:07 PM
But lots of these are rape whistles, why would Republicans want to ban ooohhhhh right
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Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether.
"We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Who wants to drive around the city with me in a pickup truck and get ourselves a dinette set?
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Who wants to drive around the city with me in a pickup truck and get ourselves a dinette set?
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You’re gonna see some Dems & some Thinkpiece Centrists giving Trump credit for “turning the temperature down,” “pivoting to a more restrained approach” “let’s get back to focusing on kitchen table issues” and it is your duty to scream at them until they stop. This moment is an onramp, not an offramp
January 27, 2026 at 1:56 AM
You’re gonna see some Dems & some Thinkpiece Centrists giving Trump credit for “turning the temperature down,” “pivoting to a more restrained approach” “let’s get back to focusing on kitchen table issues” and it is your duty to scream at them until they stop. This moment is an onramp, not an offramp
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People of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
People of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
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sticks and stones may break my bones but names will make me shoot you
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
sticks and stones may break my bones but names will make me shoot you
"A protester had laid a rose on a makeshift memorial ... an ICE agent took the rose, put it in his lapel, and then mockingly gave it to a female ICE agent. They both laughed."
It took this to get one particular person mobilized. And I get it. For me it took Boston area police protecting neo-Nazis.
It took this to get one particular person mobilized. And I get it. For me it took Boston area police protecting neo-Nazis.
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"A protester had laid a rose on a makeshift memorial ... an ICE agent took the rose, put it in his lapel, and then mockingly gave it to a female ICE agent. They both laughed."
It took this to get one particular person mobilized. And I get it. For me it took Boston area police protecting neo-Nazis.
It took this to get one particular person mobilized. And I get it. For me it took Boston area police protecting neo-Nazis.
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ICE is leaving Vietnam-style death cards in the wake of their kidnappings because they are the saddest, most embarrassing military wannabes to ever live
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
January 26, 2026 at 5:35 AM
ICE is leaving Vietnam-style death cards in the wake of their kidnappings because they are the saddest, most embarrassing military wannabes to ever live
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
Every Bostonian should carry a bag of rock salt around with them and throw some at ice every time they see it.
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Every Bostonian should carry a bag of rock salt around with them and throw some at ice every time they see it.
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Actually literally doing God's work.
Preaching at CBP officers about justice and repentence and one started crying and had to walk to a different area
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Actually literally doing God's work.
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Working people in Boston deliver a message to Target, Minnesota's largest employer: "Stop aiding ICE! Support your community."
January 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Working people in Boston deliver a message to Target, Minnesota's largest employer: "Stop aiding ICE! Support your community."
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First Pipeline post of the year! A statement of purpose, and science topics resume on Monday:
Last Year, and the Year to Come
www.science.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
First Pipeline post of the year! A statement of purpose, and science topics resume on Monday: