Burlywug
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"Happiness, free, for everyone, and let nobody be forgotten!"
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I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...
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But the scariest was coming across images taken of women in the street, digitally stripped by Grok. Thought you could keep yourself safe by never, ever posting a picture online? Forget it. Anyone with a phone who walks or drives past you can create pornography of you now.
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
But the scariest was coming across images taken of women in the street, digitally stripped by Grok. Thought you could keep yourself safe by never, ever posting a picture online? Forget it. Anyone with a phone who walks or drives past you can create pornography of you now.
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
ALL👏COPS👏ARE👏BARBERS👏
Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes barbers
January 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
ALL👏COPS👏ARE👏BARBERS👏
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if I hire an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he instead presents me with a list of reasons he is incapable of doing so while asking for more money so that he can maybe handle it later, I am not angrier at the roaches, I am in the market for a better exterminator
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 PM
if I hire an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he instead presents me with a list of reasons he is incapable of doing so while asking for more money so that he can maybe handle it later, I am not angrier at the roaches, I am in the market for a better exterminator
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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hey debbie u make any good investments lately? sure would hate for this incredible statement to be overshadowed by ur history of wartime profiteering
January 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
hey debbie u make any good investments lately? sure would hate for this incredible statement to be overshadowed by ur history of wartime profiteering
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incredibly funny to see americans posting they hope congress will get the president for committing this war crime. what country do you think you live in?
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
incredibly funny to see americans posting they hope congress will get the president for committing this war crime. what country do you think you live in?
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NEW: White Supremacist Mass Shooter of Protesters To Be Released From Prison in First Week of 2026
A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen “Lance” Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.
A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen “Lance” Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.
White Supremacist Mass Shooter of Protesters To Be Released From Prison in First Week of 2026 - UNICORN RIOT
A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen "Lance" Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.
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January 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
NEW: White Supremacist Mass Shooter of Protesters To Be Released From Prison in First Week of 2026
A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen “Lance” Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.
A decade after shooting five unarmed Black protesters in Minneapolis, white supremacist Allen “Lance” Scarsella is set to be released from his prison sentence on January 5, 2026.
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Thank you artists poets and writers of Bluesky this is for you— Prue.
May 2026 be kinder and May you keep creating.
They will call it soft.
They will call it indulgent.
They will say now is not the time
as if time has ever been gentle enough
to wait.
#poetry #writers #artists #poets
May 2026 be kinder and May you keep creating.
They will call it soft.
They will call it indulgent.
They will say now is not the time
as if time has ever been gentle enough
to wait.
#poetry #writers #artists #poets
January 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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If you’re lost today, that’s okay. So is everyone else.
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
If you’re lost today, that’s okay. So is everyone else.
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any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
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*taps my book wild faith* as noted in literally the first chapter, the Satanic Panic never ended, it just took a nap for awhile
this shit about daycares is literally just the 1980s warmed over. can we bring back cool hair instead of christian vigilantism
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
this shit about daycares is literally just the 1980s warmed over. can we bring back cool hair instead of christian vigilantism
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
Wild Faith
Esquire Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that la...
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December 31, 2025 at 1:44 AM
*taps my book wild faith* as noted in literally the first chapter, the Satanic Panic never ended, it just took a nap for awhile
this shit about daycares is literally just the 1980s warmed over. can we bring back cool hair instead of christian vigilantism
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
this shit about daycares is literally just the 1980s warmed over. can we bring back cool hair instead of christian vigilantism
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia...
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her music is really good but she was SUCH a piece of shit
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December 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
her music is really good but she was SUCH a piece of shit
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i'm sorry :(
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December 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
i'm sorry :(
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Here's a tragedy of DOGE that most people will never know about, even though it has big consequences: no one is left to coordinate the transition to memory safe systems code. 🧵
"Memory Safety for Skeptics," published in the ACM Queue.
Arguing for why memory safety is worth pursuing, even amid competing priorities and limited budgets, and with or without Rust.
Arguing for why memory safety is worth pursuing, even amid competing priorities and limited budgets, and with or without Rust.
Memory Safety for Skeptics - ACM Queue
queue.acm.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Here's a tragedy of DOGE that most people will never know about, even though it has big consequences: no one is left to coordinate the transition to memory safe systems code. 🧵
ruin two bands by combining them:
Einstürzende Bordello
Einstürzende Bordello
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
ruin two bands by combining them:
Einstürzende Bordello
Einstürzende Bordello
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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SIGINT #6991 from RASR-2 (USAP)
1. Mithril Pen of Coelacanthes
2. Freight Train of Bagels
3. Mystic Cuttlefish Cineplex
1. Mithril Pen of Coelacanthes
2. Freight Train of Bagels
3. Mystic Cuttlefish Cineplex
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
SIGINT #6991 from RASR-2 (USAP)
1. Mithril Pen of Coelacanthes
2. Freight Train of Bagels
3. Mystic Cuttlefish Cineplex
1. Mithril Pen of Coelacanthes
2. Freight Train of Bagels
3. Mystic Cuttlefish Cineplex
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We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
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here we go (police incident report follows)
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
here we go (police incident report follows)
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom