bripod
@bripod.bsky.social
Software engineer, avid board/video gamer, space & science enthusiast. He/him
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this is bad for lots of reasons, but not least--why the fuck are the federal bureau of prisons agents doing this work?
abolitionists are once again right: what we are experiencing now is a direct result of the carceralization of the nation--the whole fucking country is a prison now
abolitionists are once again right: what we are experiencing now is a direct result of the carceralization of the nation--the whole fucking country is a prison now
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 2:04 PM
this is bad for lots of reasons, but not least--why the fuck are the federal bureau of prisons agents doing this work?
abolitionists are once again right: what we are experiencing now is a direct result of the carceralization of the nation--the whole fucking country is a prison now
abolitionists are once again right: what we are experiencing now is a direct result of the carceralization of the nation--the whole fucking country is a prison now
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Trump is suing himself again, I guess.
$10 billion. Why not make it a gajillion?
$10 billion. Why not make it a gajillion?
January 30, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Trump is suing himself again, I guess.
$10 billion. Why not make it a gajillion?
$10 billion. Why not make it a gajillion?
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hey remember when Microsoft tried to change all of Windows into this format saying that the future of everything was going to be tablets and touch screens, then everybody said nah it will not you're just wrong and pretty bad, then it mostly of got phased out, anyway that but now for AI in everything
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
hey remember when Microsoft tried to change all of Windows into this format saying that the future of everything was going to be tablets and touch screens, then everybody said nah it will not you're just wrong and pretty bad, then it mostly of got phased out, anyway that but now for AI in everything
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Sacramento area high schoolers organized a massive walkout tomorrow from 7 schools, and our Board of Education president just sent out a statement in full support.
It’s so nice to be in a district that respects and protects their students. I’m pulling my 5th grader out to join the big kids 🤍
It’s so nice to be in a district that respects and protects their students. I’m pulling my 5th grader out to join the big kids 🤍
January 29, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Sacramento area high schoolers organized a massive walkout tomorrow from 7 schools, and our Board of Education president just sent out a statement in full support.
It’s so nice to be in a district that respects and protects their students. I’m pulling my 5th grader out to join the big kids 🤍
It’s so nice to be in a district that respects and protects their students. I’m pulling my 5th grader out to join the big kids 🤍
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Not necessarily, barring some Very Bad Stuff I think they have a solid chance to win 26 and 28 (see 06 and 08). Their failure isn't winning power, it's doing something valuable with it
So that they can continue to stand perfectly still and get absolutely destroyed in 2028
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Not necessarily, barring some Very Bad Stuff I think they have a solid chance to win 26 and 28 (see 06 and 08). Their failure isn't winning power, it's doing something valuable with it
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I think a government shutdown is entirely reasonable if the federal government is TERRORIZING A WHOLE STATE.
Or just proceed like things are business as usual.
I mean, we're trying to here but it's difficult with the armed agents rampaging through the state assaulting & abducting & killing people.
Or just proceed like things are business as usual.
I mean, we're trying to here but it's difficult with the armed agents rampaging through the state assaulting & abducting & killing people.
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I think a government shutdown is entirely reasonable if the federal government is TERRORIZING A WHOLE STATE.
Or just proceed like things are business as usual.
I mean, we're trying to here but it's difficult with the armed agents rampaging through the state assaulting & abducting & killing people.
Or just proceed like things are business as usual.
I mean, we're trying to here but it's difficult with the armed agents rampaging through the state assaulting & abducting & killing people.
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Is Susan Collins going to get this man and the rest of the kidnapped Mainers back from her new BFF Kristi Noem?
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Is Susan Collins going to get this man and the rest of the kidnapped Mainers back from her new BFF Kristi Noem?
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
She got her headlines today - and that's usually her primary goal but trusting Collins is risky business and trusting Noem is even worse
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Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
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(what Uncommitted wanted would quite possibly, in fact, lost MORE Dem voters because bluntly American Jews are one of THE most reliable Dem voting blocks & bases and they were extremely pissed off already about the topic.
It is entirely probable that on this topic there was no clear winning move.)
It is entirely probable that on this topic there was no clear winning move.)
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
(what Uncommitted wanted would quite possibly, in fact, lost MORE Dem voters because bluntly American Jews are one of THE most reliable Dem voting blocks & bases and they were extremely pissed off already about the topic.
It is entirely probable that on this topic there was no clear winning move.)
It is entirely probable that on this topic there was no clear winning move.)
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Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
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It's time to SHORT THAT BABY! 📈
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
It's time to SHORT THAT BABY! 📈
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
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I laughed quite a bit at this trailer, which somehow encapsulates the game in less than a minute.
It's time to SHORT THAT BABY! 📈
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I laughed quite a bit at this trailer, which somehow encapsulates the game in less than a minute.
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Honestly “this is our city” pissed me off more than the rest of it and it’s not even my city
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Honestly “this is our city” pissed me off more than the rest of it and it’s not even my city
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🗣️ @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “The idea we’re just going to move past this… since Trump ‘took down the temperature’ an ICE agent said ‘you raise your voice, I erase your voice’, they tried to go into the Ecuadorian embassy… 2300x since July a judge ruled ICE illegally detained someone.”
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
🗣️ @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “The idea we’re just going to move past this… since Trump ‘took down the temperature’ an ICE agent said ‘you raise your voice, I erase your voice’, they tried to go into the Ecuadorian embassy… 2300x since July a judge ruled ICE illegally detained someone.”
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Great article. The sight of white people seeking solidarity with immigrants and people of color - and the cause of multi-racial democracy in general - sickens MAGA.
Nick Fuentes called Alex Pretti a “race traitor” for opposing ICE.
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
I argue that sentiment is actually widespread on the MAGA right.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-alex-p...
After Alex Pretti’s Murder, it’s Clear That MAGA Media Views White Liberals as Race Traitors
MAGA is committed to the belief that the people ICE is pursuing are inherently bad and that therefore opposing ICE is standing with criminals and rapists against the American people.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Great article. The sight of white people seeking solidarity with immigrants and people of color - and the cause of multi-racial democracy in general - sickens MAGA.
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At a moment when we need strong, clear, effective leadership…we have the Senate Democratic Caucus and Chuck Schumer.
From me: Chuck Schumer's legislative demands for DHS funding are so narrow they almost mirror what ICE/CBP have just announced in Minneapolis. Just as Republicans were conceding the need to negotiate, Democrats pre-negotiated themselves into mush.
prospect.org/2026/01/29/c...
prospect.org/2026/01/29/c...
Democrats Determined to Squander Advantage on DHS Funding - The American Prospect
Democrats are succeeding in getting a showdown on new rules for immigration enforcement. But will those rules amount to anything?
prospect.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
At a moment when we need strong, clear, effective leadership…we have the Senate Democratic Caucus and Chuck Schumer.
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I mean, feel free to unfollow me if I am insufficiently pure for you. Otherwise, unless one lives in a stick lean-to and drinks naught but pure rainwater, all any of us can do is choose what level of hypocrisy we live at and with. I wrote about this, in fact:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I mean, feel free to unfollow me if I am insufficiently pure for you. Otherwise, unless one lives in a stick lean-to and drinks naught but pure rainwater, all any of us can do is choose what level of hypocrisy we live at and with. I wrote about this, in fact:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/12/t...
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If you keep calling us names, we will kill more of you.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
If you keep calling us names, we will kill more of you.
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I hate to tap the sign but again: this is all made to make in-person education and access to knowledge transfer a preserve of the elite. Human education for the few, bots for the many.
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
I hate to tap the sign but again: this is all made to make in-person education and access to knowledge transfer a preserve of the elite. Human education for the few, bots for the many.
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I don’t know, declaring victory in MN seems premature. They’re still arresting people and brutalizing the community. The changes appear—so far—to be cosmetic
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I don’t know, declaring victory in MN seems premature. They’re still arresting people and brutalizing the community. The changes appear—so far—to be cosmetic
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yes, there are no real signs of any big change in DHS activity here yet. In Chicago there really was after Bovino left and they basically ended "Midway Blitz" not so here so far.
I don’t know, declaring victory in MN seems premature. They’re still arresting people and brutalizing the community. The changes appear—so far—to be cosmetic
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
yes, there are no real signs of any big change in DHS activity here yet. In Chicago there really was after Bovino left and they basically ended "Midway Blitz" not so here so far.
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“In theater”? Is that used outside of war?
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“In theater”? Is that used outside of war?
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The only people who have died have been people exercising their constitutional rights while masked, armed federal paramilitaries have violently invaded an entire state to do a wholesale ethnic cleansing campaign.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The only people who have died have been people exercising their constitutional rights while masked, armed federal paramilitaries have violently invaded an entire state to do a wholesale ethnic cleansing campaign.
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The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."