Catlumbo
@catlumbo.bsky.social
Born to dawdle, forced to make haste | Veteran | Public Servant | 3 AAS tech degrees | BA & MA in the Humanities | Oxford Comma Enthusiast
“It’s so simple to be wise, just think of something stupid to say, and then don’t say it.”
-Homer Simpson
“It’s so simple to be wise, just think of something stupid to say, and then don’t say it.”
-Homer Simpson
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Catlumbo
@catlumbo.bsky.social
· Jan 20
There is a 0% chance that this wasn’t a consciously calculated gesture, and there are zero explanations that excuse it. None.
The “fucking around” had occurred and the “finding out” is now afoot.
After yesterday's events in the White House, Haltbakk Bunkers, one of Norway's largest marine fuel companies, appears to have announced that it will no longer refuel American Navy vessels.
Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.
Haltbakk has called on other European companies to refuse service to American forces.
March 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The “fucking around” had occurred and the “finding out” is now afoot.
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This is probably the most accurate take.
February 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is probably the most accurate take.
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I’m not so sure we won’t, as Trump would and always has wanted to expand into the ME (just as Netanyahu is a land grabber), but we do need to understand that the tactic of an authoritarian regime is to flood us and hope we get distracted.
We have to learn to juggle it all.
We have to learn to juggle it all.
February 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I’m not so sure we won’t, as Trump would and always has wanted to expand into the ME (just as Netanyahu is a land grabber), but we do need to understand that the tactic of an authoritarian regime is to flood us and hope we get distracted.
We have to learn to juggle it all.
We have to learn to juggle it all.
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Today in LA.
I ❤️ my town.
I ❤️ my town.
February 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Today in LA.
I ❤️ my town.
I ❤️ my town.
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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To the bus driver that told ICE that they could not enter his bus and to “Gargle my balls” I think it’s our first rally cry. History had “don’t tread on me”
We get this.
We get this.
January 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
To the bus driver that told ICE that they could not enter his bus and to “Gargle my balls” I think it’s our first rally cry. History had “don’t tread on me”
We get this.
We get this.
There’s a simple solution to this dilemma. DeepSeek can be directly installed onto your personal device so all your data stays localized to your personal device. There’s free tutorial videos floating out on the internet for anyone who needs support installing it, just Google it.
If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..
You should read DeepSeek terms and conditions before you download the app:
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
-DeepSeek retains user data even after account is deleted
-The app has the right to monitor and process user inputs and outputs, including the collection of sensitive or strategic information.1/
January 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
There’s a simple solution to this dilemma. DeepSeek can be directly installed onto your personal device so all your data stays localized to your personal device. There’s free tutorial videos floating out on the internet for anyone who needs support installing it, just Google it.
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Don’t be disoriented by the chaos. Pick what you care most about and focus there.
January 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Don’t be disoriented by the chaos. Pick what you care most about and focus there.
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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
There is a 0% chance that this wasn’t a consciously calculated gesture, and there are zero explanations that excuse it. None.
January 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
There is a 0% chance that this wasn’t a consciously calculated gesture, and there are zero explanations that excuse it. None.
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Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake.
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
January 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Because they’re Black, they must be looting? This isn’t an honest mistake.
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
Spread truth, not lies: These folks weren’t looters. This footage is from KTLA, where the homeowner explained that her brothers & friends were helping her move belongings out of her burned house.
(Her interview in the 🧵)
Please tell your loved ones that if they are going to walk at night, to wear something reflective, or at least one visible article of clothing that isn’t a dark color. Especially if they are walking near traffic, and in a dimly lit area, and if the weather is impacting visibility.
December 16, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Please tell your loved ones that if they are going to walk at night, to wear something reflective, or at least one visible article of clothing that isn’t a dark color. Especially if they are walking near traffic, and in a dimly lit area, and if the weather is impacting visibility.
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My daughter gave birth a YEAR AGO and has insurance and is STILL paying off medical bills. She said it's because of her heart trauma involved during birth. Then both were in icu/nicu.
But STILL!!
They had health insurance. WTH?
But STILL!!
They had health insurance. WTH?
December 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM
My daughter gave birth a YEAR AGO and has insurance and is STILL paying off medical bills. She said it's because of her heart trauma involved during birth. Then both were in icu/nicu.
But STILL!!
They had health insurance. WTH?
But STILL!!
They had health insurance. WTH?
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"Womanhood is biological as emphasized by my performance of it"
November 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
"Womanhood is biological as emphasized by my performance of it"
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I wonder how many people are going to thank Bluesky & @jay.bsky.team this Thursday. Cause getting a fresh, new, de-centralized, anti-Musk, anti-Zuck, do-over, chance again at social media connections has been forking AMAZING.
a man with his hands on his face is smiling and looking at the camera
Alt: A man looks lovingly at someone.
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:37 PM
I wonder how many people are going to thank Bluesky & @jay.bsky.team this Thursday. Cause getting a fresh, new, de-centralized, anti-Musk, anti-Zuck, do-over, chance again at social media connections has been forking AMAZING.
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One thing we should all be conscious of here on Bluesky is that trans people were a key part of keeping this site alive when everyone else was afraid to lose clout. They are a big reason we have an alternative to Elon.
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM
One thing we should all be conscious of here on Bluesky is that trans people were a key part of keeping this site alive when everyone else was afraid to lose clout. They are a big reason we have an alternative to Elon.
Yet another reason to leave Twitter and embrace Bluesky (and other decentralized social media). BTW, Zuckerberg runs his platforms the same way.
Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it
Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free
November 25, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Yet another reason to leave Twitter and embrace Bluesky (and other decentralized social media). BTW, Zuckerberg runs his platforms the same way.
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Are... tortillas too *spicy* for you, Canada?
No! Bad Canada! Bad! This is an abomination! I want you to go to your bedroom and think very hard about what you’ve done!
November 25, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Are... tortillas too *spicy* for you, Canada?
Accurate af.
November 25, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Accurate af.
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Today, in hundreds of suburban places simultaneously, an immigrant working for a landscaping company blew leaves away from a Trump Vance yard sign.
November 24, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Today, in hundreds of suburban places simultaneously, an immigrant working for a landscaping company blew leaves away from a Trump Vance yard sign.
Worth the read. 👇
Social media has reduced us to engagement metrics, compromising our humanity. Is Bluesky the platform to restore genuine human connection, empathy, and authenticity?
Moving my blog once again to hopefully settle on WhiteWind. Thanks for reading.
#bluesky
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Moving my blog once again to hopefully settle on WhiteWind. Thanks for reading.
#bluesky
whtwnd.com/cirkle.bsky....
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November 24, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Worth the read. 👇
Ok, setting aside the obvious Trump glazing for a quick second, this man said "He has the most active Rolodex”
A Rolodex? Seriously? Is it too much to ask that we have lawmakers who will be alive in the 2040s, and will have had to live through the consequences of their inevitably horrible policies?
A Rolodex? Seriously? Is it too much to ask that we have lawmakers who will be alive in the 2040s, and will have had to live through the consequences of their inevitably horrible policies?
November 24, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Ok, setting aside the obvious Trump glazing for a quick second, this man said "He has the most active Rolodex”
A Rolodex? Seriously? Is it too much to ask that we have lawmakers who will be alive in the 2040s, and will have had to live through the consequences of their inevitably horrible policies?
A Rolodex? Seriously? Is it too much to ask that we have lawmakers who will be alive in the 2040s, and will have had to live through the consequences of their inevitably horrible policies?