Taradox
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"Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise." — Maya Angelou
distance runner, tolkienista, software developer, aspirational polymath, woke Jesus epigone
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise." — Maya Angelou
distance runner, tolkienista, software developer, aspirational polymath, woke Jesus epigone
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The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
"Chagaccino" offends my linguistic sensibilities, jamming, as it does, Italian elements onto a Russian root. It makes for a minor disaster of pronunciation.
That said, it's good.
#chagaccino #coffee #language
That said, it's good.
#chagaccino #coffee #language
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Chagaccino" offends my linguistic sensibilities, jamming, as it does, Italian elements onto a Russian root. It makes for a minor disaster of pronunciation.
That said, it's good.
#chagaccino #coffee #language
That said, it's good.
#chagaccino #coffee #language
If you are a veteran of the US armed forces who has served honorably and upheld your oath to the Constitution, thank you.
If you are a veteran who sold your soul to a liar and conman, and who has done damage to the Constitution and all it stands for, it's not too late to rethink your life.
If you are a veteran who sold your soul to a liar and conman, and who has done damage to the Constitution and all it stands for, it's not too late to rethink your life.
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you are a veteran of the US armed forces who has served honorably and upheld your oath to the Constitution, thank you.
If you are a veteran who sold your soul to a liar and conman, and who has done damage to the Constitution and all it stands for, it's not too late to rethink your life.
If you are a veteran who sold your soul to a liar and conman, and who has done damage to the Constitution and all it stands for, it's not too late to rethink your life.
After some confusion between RedHat and Redcap by some coworkers, I've decided I'm going to start a prophecy l project called Red Beanie
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
After some confusion between RedHat and Redcap by some coworkers, I've decided I'm going to start a prophecy l project called Red Beanie
A TV ad making the spirit of Whoville about buying stuff from Walmart is a really tone deaf misreading of Seuss.
#Walmart #Capitalism
#Walmart #Capitalism
November 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A TV ad making the spirit of Whoville about buying stuff from Walmart is a really tone deaf misreading of Seuss.
#Walmart #Capitalism
#Walmart #Capitalism
“Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents* cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
* and billionaires ― Tara
― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
* and billionaires ― Tara
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents* cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.”
― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
* and billionaires ― Tara
― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
* and billionaires ― Tara
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“I don’t think Kennedy should be in a million miles of this job”, said Senator Wyden. @wyden.senate.gov
I agree sir, I agree.
I agree sir, I agree.
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“I don’t think Kennedy should be in a million miles of this job”, said Senator Wyden. @wyden.senate.gov
I agree sir, I agree.
I agree sir, I agree.
It is ironic that people who so loudly deny the reality of evolution at the same time so thoroughly embrace a Darwinian view of medicine. "Can't survive without vaccination? Too bad, you're unfit anyway!"
#magaDeathCult #vaccination
#magaDeathCult #vaccination
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It is ironic that people who so loudly deny the reality of evolution at the same time so thoroughly embrace a Darwinian view of medicine. "Can't survive without vaccination? Too bad, you're unfit anyway!"
#magaDeathCult #vaccination
#magaDeathCult #vaccination
So, you screwed up the international postal system now?
I'm really getting tired of all this winning; can we go back to the losing? That was much better!
#noKings #noHate #noGreed #noBillionaires
I'm really getting tired of all this winning; can we go back to the losing? That was much better!
#noKings #noHate #noGreed #noBillionaires
August 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So, you screwed up the international postal system now?
I'm really getting tired of all this winning; can we go back to the losing? That was much better!
#noKings #noHate #noGreed #noBillionaires
I'm really getting tired of all this winning; can we go back to the losing? That was much better!
#noKings #noHate #noGreed #noBillionaires
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"I wish you peace when times are hard
A light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high, and your, your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow
Oh, I wish you the strength to let love flow."
Eagles, "I Wish You Peace", by Bernie Leadon & Patti Davis
A light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high, and your, your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow
Oh, I wish you the strength to let love flow."
Eagles, "I Wish You Peace", by Bernie Leadon & Patti Davis
August 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"I wish you peace when times are hard
A light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high, and your, your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow
Oh, I wish you the strength to let love flow."
Eagles, "I Wish You Peace", by Bernie Leadon & Patti Davis
A light to guide you through the dark
And when storms are high, and your, your dreams are low
I wish you the strength to let love grow
Oh, I wish you the strength to let love flow."
Eagles, "I Wish You Peace", by Bernie Leadon & Patti Davis
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Happy #InternationalCatDay! Tevildo was a servant of Melko in the early works of Tolkien. A precursor to Sauron, this perhaps explains this quote: "The Eye was rimmed with fire, but was itself glazed, yellow as a cat's, watchful and intent."
Artwork: "Tevildo" by Alan Lee #Booksky
Artwork: "Tevildo" by Alan Lee #Booksky
August 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Happy #InternationalCatDay! Tevildo was a servant of Melko in the early works of Tolkien. A precursor to Sauron, this perhaps explains this quote: "The Eye was rimmed with fire, but was itself glazed, yellow as a cat's, watchful and intent."
Artwork: "Tevildo" by Alan Lee #Booksky
Artwork: "Tevildo" by Alan Lee #Booksky
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
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Not funny, but true: All tyrants eventually fall. But after that happens, the people and institutions that bowed down to them will never regain their reputations.
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Not funny, but true: All tyrants eventually fall. But after that happens, the people and institutions that bowed down to them will never regain their reputations.
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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Voila! A truck with more sensible priorities than half of Congress. 🛻💅 #ProtectTransKids
July 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Voila! A truck with more sensible priorities than half of Congress. 🛻💅 #ProtectTransKids
Recommended: "More Everything Forever", by @adambecker.bsky.social
I already was avoiding Prime Day(s). I've been annoyed by the tech billionaires who co-opt words of SF/F, while clearly not understanding the works.
#billionaires #greed #oligarchy #plutocracy #ai #narcissism #obsession
I already was avoiding Prime Day(s). I've been annoyed by the tech billionaires who co-opt words of SF/F, while clearly not understanding the works.
#billionaires #greed #oligarchy #plutocracy #ai #narcissism #obsession
July 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Recommended: "More Everything Forever", by @adambecker.bsky.social
I already was avoiding Prime Day(s). I've been annoyed by the tech billionaires who co-opt words of SF/F, while clearly not understanding the works.
#billionaires #greed #oligarchy #plutocracy #ai #narcissism #obsession
I already was avoiding Prime Day(s). I've been annoyed by the tech billionaires who co-opt words of SF/F, while clearly not understanding the works.
#billionaires #greed #oligarchy #plutocracy #ai #narcissism #obsession
Celebrating the day by not giving money to billionaires for things I don't need. They already have plenty
#prime #noPrime #overconsumption #endStageCapitalism
#prime #noPrime #overconsumption #endStageCapitalism
July 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Celebrating the day by not giving money to billionaires for things I don't need. They already have plenty
#prime #noPrime #overconsumption #endStageCapitalism
#prime #noPrime #overconsumption #endStageCapitalism
He stuck a feather in his cap, and called it
M ake
A merica
C are
A gain
R espect
O ur
N ation's
I mmigrants
#yankeeDoodle #realPatriotism #makeAmericaCareAgain #makeAmericaKindAgain
M ake
A merica
C are
A gain
R espect
O ur
N ation's
I mmigrants
#yankeeDoodle #realPatriotism #makeAmericaCareAgain #makeAmericaKindAgain
July 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
He stuck a feather in his cap, and called it
M ake
A merica
C are
A gain
R espect
O ur
N ation's
I mmigrants
#yankeeDoodle #realPatriotism #makeAmericaCareAgain #makeAmericaKindAgain
M ake
A merica
C are
A gain
R espect
O ur
N ation's
I mmigrants
#yankeeDoodle #realPatriotism #makeAmericaCareAgain #makeAmericaKindAgain
As a software developer, I feel the need to say that most people have no idea what an algorithm is. To state that an application or website has no algorithms is to say something that is simply untrue. Just as well state that I've written this post with no verbs.
#basicComputerScience
#basicComputerScience
July 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As a software developer, I feel the need to say that most people have no idea what an algorithm is. To state that an application or website has no algorithms is to say something that is simply untrue. Just as well state that I've written this post with no verbs.
#basicComputerScience
#basicComputerScience
July 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Happy 4th of July, Batman.
July 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Happy 4th of July, Batman.
Just received this email from the Social Security Administration: "The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans."
July 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Just received this email from the Social Security Administration: "The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans."
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What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly