Alton B.H. Worthington
@abhw.bsky.social
Social Science Shop Teacher in the vocational training division of a sports entertainment and medical services conglomerate. Views expressed represent nobody, even myself. ∃ RPs ∉ {Endorse} ∧ ∀ Posts ⊂ {Nonsense}. PV=NRT. "Car weirdo."
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I’m only one story into reading this thing and already so god damned angry. they smash up cars and steal the drivers and then they just drive away from the violent dangerous scene they created
January 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m only one story into reading this thing and already so god damned angry. they smash up cars and steal the drivers and then they just drive away from the violent dangerous scene they created
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I tell you what: I just spent 3 hours as a volunteer FF today on the scene of an accident where a guy slid off a tiny back road into a creek. nobody was hurt but we stayed on scene and kept the road closed til the tow truck finished fishing the car out
these ICE assholes are not first responders
these ICE assholes are not first responders
"A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota." 🔥 @usefulnoise.bsky.social
racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket
A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota
racketmn.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I tell you what: I just spent 3 hours as a volunteer FF today on the scene of an accident where a guy slid off a tiny back road into a creek. nobody was hurt but we stayed on scene and kept the road closed til the tow truck finished fishing the car out
these ICE assholes are not first responders
these ICE assholes are not first responders
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WHAT DID SHE DO WRONG WHAT IS SHE APOLOGIZING FOR WHAT IS GOING ON
This country hates women so much.
ca.news.yahoo.com/ex-porn-star...
ca.news.yahoo.com/ex-porn-star...
Ex-Porn Star Abella Danger Apologizes for Viral Moment During Miami Hurricanes’ NCAA Final Loss
The football megafan's reactions at games have captured the attention of several cameramen combing the crowd, but she says she wishes to be like any other fan.
ca.news.yahoo.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
WHAT DID SHE DO WRONG WHAT IS SHE APOLOGIZING FOR WHAT IS GOING ON
1) while extremely mid, imo, Whataburger is deffo a TX institution
2) Styrofoam cups!
2) Styrofoam cups!
my favorite thing about a texas freeze is the very serious advice from the news and government on how to use a whataburger cup to insulate your outdoor spigots.
it is always a whataburger cup.
it is always a whataburger cup.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
1) while extremely mid, imo, Whataburger is deffo a TX institution
2) Styrofoam cups!
2) Styrofoam cups!
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Frankly I don’t think you can convince me this “isn’t America” unless we stop it and disband the structures that made it possible, and I don’t see anyone with access to the levers of power even willing to talk about that.
“our brown shirts that say we did NOT target a child seem to be raising questions already answered by our brown shirts”
January 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Frankly I don’t think you can convince me this “isn’t America” unless we stop it and disband the structures that made it possible, and I don’t see anyone with access to the levers of power even willing to talk about that.
next they're gonna be throwing bottles of their own piss in their trucks
submitted to me: a photo of a border patrol agent retching and spitting after they gassed themselves by mueller park in minneapolis yesterday
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
next they're gonna be throwing bottles of their own piss in their trucks
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Wow
Facing a public worried about job-killing robots, the White House is embarking on a campaign to show that AI will actually unleash an economic renaissance — and that President Trump deserves the credit.
White House boasts of a ‘Trump Revolution,’ countering fears of job-killing robots
President Donald Trump wants America to lead on artificial intelligence at almost any cost, but he must contend with a skeptical public.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Wow
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I’m thinking today of Laura Briggs’s incredible book Taking Children, which I had the great honor of reviewing for @bostonreview.bsky.social back in 2020. www.bostonreview.net/articles/pau...
January 22, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I’m thinking today of Laura Briggs’s incredible book Taking Children, which I had the great honor of reviewing for @bostonreview.bsky.social back in 2020. www.bostonreview.net/articles/pau...
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You and I are watching protests and babies being tear gassed on social media.
They are not.
And part of that is because the media they consume - like the NYT - isn't really showing it.
They are not.
And part of that is because the media they consume - like the NYT - isn't really showing it.
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
You and I are watching protests and babies being tear gassed on social media.
They are not.
And part of that is because the media they consume - like the NYT - isn't really showing it.
They are not.
And part of that is because the media they consume - like the NYT - isn't really showing it.
the owner is gonna get the presidential medal of freedom
NEWS: Illinois investigating allegation that South Shore apartment owner and management tipped federal officials about the presence of Venezuelan immigrants in the building in order to intimidate and coerce the building’s Black and Hispanic tenants into leaving.
January 22, 2026 at 2:49 AM
the owner is gonna get the presidential medal of freedom
Come for the old networking hardware, stay for the history of carrier system in the Bell System, be thrilled by discussion of sampling theory, and bask in the glory of an actual T3 connection, which my old millennial brain once considered the greatest possible luxury.
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Setting up Homelab T3
YouTube video by clabretro
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January 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Come for the old networking hardware, stay for the history of carrier system in the Bell System, be thrilled by discussion of sampling theory, and bask in the glory of an actual T3 connection, which my old millennial brain once considered the greatest possible luxury.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_kk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_kk...
F1? Trade? In the same story? This is for me.
www.thedrive.com/news/when-us...
www.thedrive.com/news/when-us...
When US Customs Confiscated a Red Bull F1 Turbo, a Ford Engineer Had to Come to the Rescue
"I realized I was working in F1 when I was at Customs and Border Patrol at 2 a.m., trying to recover this turbo ahead of the mandatory shutdown," Ford Racing's chief engineer told The Drive.
www.thedrive.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 AM
F1? Trade? In the same story? This is for me.
www.thedrive.com/news/when-us...
www.thedrive.com/news/when-us...
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This man is as useless as shit flavoured candy. Call your representatives in House and Senate, and demand that ICE is defunded and abolished.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
From me:
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This man is as useless as shit flavoured candy. Call your representatives in House and Senate, and demand that ICE is defunded and abolished.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
It's NAFTA 2... sorry, I mean USMCA, all over again.
January 22, 2026 at 12:46 AM
It's NAFTA 2... sorry, I mean USMCA, all over again.
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This is a kitchen table issue.
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
"School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
ICE has arrested four children in same Minnesota school district
School district officials in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, say their sense of security is shaken and their hearts shattered after four students from the district have recently been taken by officers wi...
www.cbsnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This is a kitchen table issue.
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
These children should be at kitchen tables, with their families. They should be at lunch tables, with their friends.
Instead they are being kidnapped and trafficked
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Kaleb Blain, a 35-year old trans man and pitmaster, was fired from the legendary BBQ restaurant Terry Black’s after he was doxxed over Charlie Kirk comments.
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
‘Barbecue Saved My Life’: Meet Waco’s Antifascist Transgender Pitmaster
Kaleb Blain went from the fast-paced world of 911 dispatching to the “low and slow” of BBQ, where he’s built a following.
thebarbedwire.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Kaleb Blain, a 35-year old trans man and pitmaster, was fired from the legendary BBQ restaurant Terry Black’s after he was doxxed over Charlie Kirk comments.
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
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There's absolutely nothing that's rational or cost effective about flying detainees to other states. The sole reason is to make life hell for these people and their families, and to try and do as much illegal shit as possible to them by keeping them mobile, unavailable to lawyers, etc.
At least 31 flights have departed Minneapolis this month, the vast majority bound for El Paso, with a smaller number to Houston, Texas. This surge reflects the transfer of people with valid refugee status from their homes in Minnesota to detention centers in Texas.
January 21, 2026 at 11:08 PM
There's absolutely nothing that's rational or cost effective about flying detainees to other states. The sole reason is to make life hell for these people and their families, and to try and do as much illegal shit as possible to them by keeping them mobile, unavailable to lawyers, etc.
1) replies are going to conservatism, but this is partisan ID
2) given my folk intuition about demos across positions in the league, i'd imagine we're seeing other demographic effects, not position effects
3) I don't love the presentation of the data, but: www.reddit.com/r/sportsanal...
2) given my folk intuition about demos across positions in the league, i'd imagine we're seeing other demographic effects, not position effects
3) I don't love the presentation of the data, but: www.reddit.com/r/sportsanal...
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
1) replies are going to conservatism, but this is partisan ID
2) given my folk intuition about demos across positions in the league, i'd imagine we're seeing other demographic effects, not position effects
3) I don't love the presentation of the data, but: www.reddit.com/r/sportsanal...
2) given my folk intuition about demos across positions in the league, i'd imagine we're seeing other demographic effects, not position effects
3) I don't love the presentation of the data, but: www.reddit.com/r/sportsanal...
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A thread with all my data visualization tips and redesigns.
Mainly for my own convenience.
Mainly for my own convenience.
January 21, 2026 at 11:20 PM
A thread with all my data visualization tips and redesigns.
Mainly for my own convenience.
Mainly for my own convenience.
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Better training wont teach a man that you shouldn't pepper spray a defenseless person pinned to the ground.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Better training wont teach a man that you shouldn't pepper spray a defenseless person pinned to the ground.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
Paraphrasing Jim Morrow in PolSci 160: "At times, conflicts arise because actors have different beliefs about the state of the world, & these asymmetries in information lead to differences in belief about the likelihood of outcomes."
In other words, someone had no idea about existing treaty rights.
In other words, someone had no idea about existing treaty rights.
Oh man Rutte absolutely pulled one over on Donnie, looking forward to hearing what BS he offered up.
Dollar HOD on this and stocks ripping.
Dollar HOD on this and stocks ripping.
January 21, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Paraphrasing Jim Morrow in PolSci 160: "At times, conflicts arise because actors have different beliefs about the state of the world, & these asymmetries in information lead to differences in belief about the likelihood of outcomes."
In other words, someone had no idea about existing treaty rights.
In other words, someone had no idea about existing treaty rights.
The Disorderly Management of Decline
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Disorderly Management of Decline
Hell yeah.
BREAKING: Eastern and Central will be meeting for November midweek MACtion at Ford Field for the next two seasons!
January 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Hell yeah.