@warden11.bsky.social
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If I had a Ring, I'd be finding the screwdriver to remove it right about now.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
If I had a Ring, I'd be finding the screwdriver to remove it right about now.
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So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
I really don't get why a school would do this financially. Somebody please explain it to me.
February 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I really don't get why a school would do this financially. Somebody please explain it to me.
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What made you think this was a good idea?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Place the period after the parenthetical."
"Place the period after the parenthetical."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you can't leave that here."
"No, you can't leave that here."
February 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
What made you think this was a good idea?
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
Was told this a hundred times.
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Was told this a hundred times.
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I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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I wrote about neighborism — specifically, about small business joining the resistance.
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-other-...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-other-...
The other small business insurrection
Neighborism as a galvanizing check on Trumpism.
mattdpearce.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I wrote about neighborism — specifically, about small business joining the resistance.
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-other-...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-other-...
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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
That's worth reading.
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
![Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February [sic], 2026.
Fred Biery
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiak3ebffxgjk622vrkrsj2zbsqdvs63ap6mz7sm3xinrcofrpxky4@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:50 PM
That's worth reading.
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I keep saying this and obviously it applies to any place where there's a headline-grabbing crisis/war/situation/etc:
What you see in the news stories about the Twin Cities, even the deep-dive articles, is a *fraction* of what's actually happening. Countless other stories untold.
What you see in the news stories about the Twin Cities, even the deep-dive articles, is a *fraction* of what's actually happening. Countless other stories untold.
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I keep saying this and obviously it applies to any place where there's a headline-grabbing crisis/war/situation/etc:
What you see in the news stories about the Twin Cities, even the deep-dive articles, is a *fraction* of what's actually happening. Countless other stories untold.
What you see in the news stories about the Twin Cities, even the deep-dive articles, is a *fraction* of what's actually happening. Countless other stories untold.
Ok. I'm old.
NFL officially appointed influential storyteller Dhar Mann as its first-ever Chief Kindness Officer and Creator of the Week for Super Bowl LX.
nitter.net
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Ok. I'm old.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
Top? Like the top?
Says it all.
Says it all.
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Top? Like the top?
Says it all.
Says it all.
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it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience.
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
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New Action Cookbook Newsletter:
I've been struggling lately with the inadequacy of words to address a moment like this. So, here's some words about that.
(This one's free to all.)
www.actioncookbook.com/words-arent-...
I've been struggling lately with the inadequacy of words to address a moment like this. So, here's some words about that.
(This one's free to all.)
www.actioncookbook.com/words-arent-...
Words Aren't Enough
They never have been.
www.actioncookbook.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
New Action Cookbook Newsletter:
I've been struggling lately with the inadequacy of words to address a moment like this. So, here's some words about that.
(This one's free to all.)
www.actioncookbook.com/words-arent-...
I've been struggling lately with the inadequacy of words to address a moment like this. So, here's some words about that.
(This one's free to all.)
www.actioncookbook.com/words-arent-...
I'm going to keep reposting this because I've always been a bit of a Dave hater. I'm owning up to mistakes.
Dave Matthews and Tim Ryenolds playing Neil Young’s Ohio last night and ends with some Rage Against the Machine.
January 25, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm going to keep reposting this because I've always been a bit of a Dave hater. I'm owning up to mistakes.
Good thing the Chiefs are going to build a dome.
January 25, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Good thing the Chiefs are going to build a dome.
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Dave being one of our least-embarrassing Gen X artists was not something any of us mid-90s college kids would have predicted
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds playing CSNY’s “Ohio” with a little “Killing in the Name Of” thrown in.
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Dave being one of our least-embarrassing Gen X artists was not something any of us mid-90s college kids would have predicted
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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