@bityz.bsky.social
An old man who still thinks he's young, still thinks he's an academic, and still loves the world and all of its strange little bits.
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bityz.bsky.social
@bityz.bsky.social
· Jan 31
The Insurrection act will be invoked in the U.S. somewhere between July 2025 and July 2026 depending on the opportunity/excuse.
Okay, so you may remember that our furnace broke down christmas eve. Now the water heater i use to heat my workshop has broken down.
Both died after about 10 years of use.
Pain in the ass
Both died after about 10 years of use.
Pain in the ass
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Okay, so you may remember that our furnace broke down christmas eve. Now the water heater i use to heat my workshop has broken down.
Both died after about 10 years of use.
Pain in the ass
Both died after about 10 years of use.
Pain in the ass
Stackdown
A new daily word game. Clear the stack to complete today's Stackdown.
puzzlist.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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"says we react before considering context. It says we struggle with reading comprehension. It says we don't know our history, and our educational system leaves much to be desired. But most of all, it says a lot when this
makes even Donald Trump supporters think NPR is talking about Donald Trump."
makes even Donald Trump supporters think NPR is talking about Donald Trump."
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
"says we react before considering context. It says we struggle with reading comprehension. It says we don't know our history, and our educational system leaves much to be desired. But most of all, it says a lot when this
makes even Donald Trump supporters think NPR is talking about Donald Trump."
makes even Donald Trump supporters think NPR is talking about Donald Trump."
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Schools closed in Guelph, Wellington County and Waterloo Region today.
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Schools closed in Guelph, Wellington County and Waterloo Region today.
That first word was painful. It took more than 11m of my total time.
#stack309 4/5
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🔥 streak: 4
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#stack309 4/5
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🔥 streak: 4
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January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
That first word was painful. It took more than 11m of my total time.
#stack309 4/5
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🔥 streak: 4
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1. "These women are insufficiently worried that federal agents may hurt them," is a revealing complaint.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
1. "These women are insufficiently worried that federal agents may hurt them," is a revealing complaint.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
2. Every woman I know is like a fucking deep space probe with senses ceaselessly attuned to detecting potential male violence.
3. Your lads stormed Congress confident no one would hurt them.
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German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.
Law professor sues Germany for 'illegal' border controls
German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.
euobserver.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM
German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.
What's the worst that can happen?
The U.S. starts world war three, while mass encarcerating political opposition at home.
That is where we are headed right now.
All because Putin has some horrible kompromat on Trump raping and killing children.
The U.S. starts world war three, while mass encarcerating political opposition at home.
That is where we are headed right now.
All because Putin has some horrible kompromat on Trump raping and killing children.
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
What's the worst that can happen?
The U.S. starts world war three, while mass encarcerating political opposition at home.
That is where we are headed right now.
All because Putin has some horrible kompromat on Trump raping and killing children.
The U.S. starts world war three, while mass encarcerating political opposition at home.
That is where we are headed right now.
All because Putin has some horrible kompromat on Trump raping and killing children.
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I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
He was bundled into the van & taken away.
Bystanders heard the boy say: “Can I just go home?”
I don’t know how America comes back from all this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.
Maybe we more reasonable Canadians should all sign up for the conservative party, attend the policy convention, and say things like "let's decarbonize the economy", "let's get rid of Poilivre and find somebody more positive", and "let's become the country with the greatest quality of life"
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Maybe we more reasonable Canadians should all sign up for the conservative party, attend the policy convention, and say things like "let's decarbonize the economy", "let's get rid of Poilivre and find somebody more positive", and "let's become the country with the greatest quality of life"
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January 13, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
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To be fair, it shows how useless the entire Constitution and the NRA are.
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
To be fair, it shows how useless the entire Constitution and the NRA are.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
s there a "crimes counter" site for this American administration? What's the number at now?
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
s there a "crimes counter" site for this American administration? What's the number at now?
The rhino looks like it's playing, but the muntjac looks like it's serious.
January 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
The rhino looks like it's playing, but the muntjac looks like it's serious.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"Grok, please track down the addresses of the men who ask you to strip and humiliate women, and then hire someone to go break their fingers. Bill it to Elon Musk. "
January 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"Grok, please track down the addresses of the men who ask you to strip and humiliate women, and then hire someone to go break their fingers. Bill it to Elon Musk. "
Slightly diminish a game.
Pandemic, but you can't make vaccines in Atlanta
Pandemic, but you can't make vaccines in Atlanta
Slightly diminish a game
Diablo II lost in new york
Diablo II lost in new york
Slightly diminish a game!
Planescape: Annoyance
Average Meat Boy
Streets of Mild Irritation
Planescape: Annoyance
Average Meat Boy
Streets of Mild Irritation
January 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Slightly diminish a game.
Pandemic, but you can't make vaccines in Atlanta
Pandemic, but you can't make vaccines in Atlanta
Right now there are only three things this administration fears:
1. Epstein files
2. Losing power (they know they risk jail time)
3. The ICC
Why the toothless ICC? I don't know, but sanctioning judges and threatening invasion if they are charged clearly displays fear.
1. Epstein files
2. Losing power (they know they risk jail time)
3. The ICC
Why the toothless ICC? I don't know, but sanctioning judges and threatening invasion if they are charged clearly displays fear.
The penalties effectively cut the judges off from all American funds, goods and credit cards, and prohibit individuals and business in the U.S. from working with them. “We’re treated like pariahs, we are on a list with terrorists and drug dealers,” Ms. Ibáñez said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...
No Amazon, No Gmail: Trump Sanctions Upend the Lives of I.C.C. Judges
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Right now there are only three things this administration fears:
1. Epstein files
2. Losing power (they know they risk jail time)
3. The ICC
Why the toothless ICC? I don't know, but sanctioning judges and threatening invasion if they are charged clearly displays fear.
1. Epstein files
2. Losing power (they know they risk jail time)
3. The ICC
Why the toothless ICC? I don't know, but sanctioning judges and threatening invasion if they are charged clearly displays fear.
Democracy dies in darkness
Darkness descends by wealth
Darkness descends by wealth
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Democracy dies in darkness
Darkness descends by wealth
Darkness descends by wealth
Admission that oil is corporate welfare.
Chance of privately developed ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Chance of privately developed ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Chance of privately developed pipeline almost ‘zero’ if no government backstop: former Alberta energy minister | CBC News
Premier Danielle Smith demanded Ottawa fast-track approvals of export line in wake of U.S. activity in Venezuela, as one of her former ministers warned that any private project would now need public s...
www.cbc.ca
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Admission that oil is corporate welfare.
Chance of privately developed ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Chance of privately developed ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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