WanderingDumbass
@wanderingdumbass.bsky.social
Itinerant fool, writer aspirant, and general science fiction nerd.
Website I am more or leasing from a corporation.
https://www.moonlightauthor.net/
Website I am more or leasing from a corporation.
https://www.moonlightauthor.net/
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This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 10:02 PM
This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
every Signal chat of laypeople is losing their minds over the wildest opsec advice imaginable and every Signal chat of security professionals is like “dude wtf”
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
The vast majority of problems can be avoided by not being foolish, being aware of your surroundings, and using common sense
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Every Holocaust scholar I know emphasizes that the reason to study its singularities, but to connect it to other past and present forms of violence, to try and learn from the former and stop the latter. Whereas bad actors try to use its singularities to avoid both learning and stopping.
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Every Holocaust scholar I know emphasizes that the reason to study its singularities, but to connect it to other past and present forms of violence, to try and learn from the former and stop the latter. Whereas bad actors try to use its singularities to avoid both learning and stopping.
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Rest in power. Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living.
January 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Rest in power. Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living.
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it's easy to blame rubes in flyover country for the nation's current predicament, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of it is down to years and years of elite moral and epistemic derangement, elite cowardice, and elite failure to overcome the collective action problem
it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
it's easy to blame rubes in flyover country for the nation's current predicament, but the fact of the matter is that a lot of it is down to years and years of elite moral and epistemic derangement, elite cowardice, and elite failure to overcome the collective action problem
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We're looking for submissions!
If you've got a piece between 2.5 and 5k words that you'd like to show to a wider audience, send it our way, to [email protected]
If you've got a piece between 2.5 and 5k words that you'd like to show to a wider audience, send it our way, to [email protected]
January 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM
We're looking for submissions!
If you've got a piece between 2.5 and 5k words that you'd like to show to a wider audience, send it our way, to [email protected]
If you've got a piece between 2.5 and 5k words that you'd like to show to a wider audience, send it our way, to [email protected]
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Wow, that really is a picture for our times - a woman evidently in one of the care-giving professions standing off - if even for a moment seven over-armed paramilitary thugs who are trying to invade her house.
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Wow, that really is a picture for our times - a woman evidently in one of the care-giving professions standing off - if even for a moment seven over-armed paramilitary thugs who are trying to invade her house.
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Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Second Harvest Heartland | Local Minnesota, Wisconsin food bank | 2harvest.org
There is more than enough food for everyone. As one of the nation’s largest hunger relief agencies, it’s our job to make sure healthy, nutritious food gets to the households who need it. Every day, we...
www.2harvest.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Hi folks, I'm seeing a lot of "Eyes on Minneapolis" & "We support Minnesota" sentiment. Here's a tangible way you can help:
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
Trump just suspended federal funding for SNAP benefits to Minnesota. Second Harvest Heartland is an MN-based hunger-relief org.
Please donate what you can.
www.2harvest.org
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
“I have asked the clergy of the diocese to make sure their affairs are in order and they have written their wills.,not the time for statements. It is time to put our bodies between the powers of this world and the most vulnerable”. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Redirecting...
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January 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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I completely forgot to post this one! Complete with the mandatory Honor Harrington gag.
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
I completely forgot to post this one! Complete with the mandatory Honor Harrington gag.
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Nuptial Rites
This piece was inspired by "The Color of Pomegranates" by Parajanov.
This piece was inspired by "The Color of Pomegranates" by Parajanov.
April 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Nuptial Rites
This piece was inspired by "The Color of Pomegranates" by Parajanov.
This piece was inspired by "The Color of Pomegranates" by Parajanov.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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This morning, ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis in her own car, claiming it was "self-defense".
January 7, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This morning, ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis in her own car, claiming it was "self-defense".
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🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19.
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19.
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
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As the end of the year approaches here's my 2025 eligibility post for my novella "Descent" in
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
2025 Awards Eligibility (Visibility) Post
Well! Here we are once again, approaching the end of another year. Where does all the time go? Sometimes I wish I could pull a Megalopolis and “stop time” (IYKYK). But yes, as the inexo…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
As the end of the year approaches here's my 2025 eligibility post for my novella "Descent" in
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
@clarkesworldmagazine.com:
a science-fantasy story about an expedition on a planet of sonic storms. Adventure, parental expectations and the limits of knowledge
wtalabi.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/2...
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absolution by jeff vandermeer is the linguistic equivalent of an obliterating blast of gamma radiation that permanently alters your DNA and the trajectory of your life 10/10
January 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
absolution by jeff vandermeer is the linguistic equivalent of an obliterating blast of gamma radiation that permanently alters your DNA and the trajectory of your life 10/10
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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(This is a repost of an older illustration with additional edits.)
Munching Noi
#ドロヘドロ #dorohedoro #illustration
Munching Noi
#ドロヘドロ #dorohedoro #illustration
December 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
(This is a repost of an older illustration with additional edits.)
Munching Noi
#ドロヘドロ #dorohedoro #illustration
Munching Noi
#ドロヘドロ #dorohedoro #illustration
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Librewolf is a Firefox fork with tighter default security and access to all the extensions. No profile/bookmark sync though.
I’d be very surprised if it followed Mozilla with this nonsense.
I’d be very surprised if it followed Mozilla with this nonsense.
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Librewolf is a Firefox fork with tighter default security and access to all the extensions. No profile/bookmark sync though.
I’d be very surprised if it followed Mozilla with this nonsense.
I’d be very surprised if it followed Mozilla with this nonsense.
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Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
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The cliche that ‘having an idea’ is the hard part of writing is persistent and pernicious. Realising the idea is the craft of it. That FAQ of…
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The cliche that ‘having an idea’ is the hard part of writing is persistent and pernicious. Realising the idea is the craft of it. That FAQ of…
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Solarcels paving over entire biomes for their "environmentally friendly" power source while nuclear power creates sustainable habitats for endangered species:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPeT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPeT...
Why Crocodiles Are Thriving in the Shadow of A Nuclear Plant
YouTube video by PBS Terra
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Solarcels paving over entire biomes for their "environmentally friendly" power source while nuclear power creates sustainable habitats for endangered species:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPeT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPeT...