classic
@classic-chips.bsky.social
developer, former mindvoxxer, author of fine database software
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Hi.
So this account is for these things:
1. I follow a lot of political discourse. I just read lots of academics, writers, pundits, people who are very accomplished in their fields. While I am sometimes tempted to make a comment, it's not worth the risk of being blocked. so we wont do that. 1/
So this account is for these things:
1. I follow a lot of political discourse. I just read lots of academics, writers, pundits, people who are very accomplished in their fields. While I am sometimes tempted to make a comment, it's not worth the risk of being blocked. so we wont do that. 1/
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ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
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In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen denounced the Trump administration’s ICE deployments and dedicated a song to Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.
Springsteen Denounces ICE Deployments and Renee Good’s Killing
In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, the musician dedicated his song “The Promised Land” to Ms. Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.
nyti.ms
January 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen denounced the Trump administration’s ICE deployments and dedicated a song to Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.
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This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Trump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
So the president doesn’t like the “optics” of what ICE is doing. But there’s no such thing as sanitized, popular mass deportations—and this is by design.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
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The killer of Renee Good proudly RECORDED THE KILLING. Body cams won't stop this. And "training" just gives ICE more money to train its agents to keep doing what they're doing.
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
THREAD. Having just written a book about this and talked to a LOT of Democrats, I can assure you that neither Cory Booker nor the policing industry he’s advertising think that more money for ICE “training” and tech would address any problem that any person of good will has with what ICE is doing.
January 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The killer of Renee Good proudly RECORDED THE KILLING. Body cams won't stop this. And "training" just gives ICE more money to train its agents to keep doing what they're doing.
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
Abolish ICE. Defund it entirely.
If @booker.senate.gov is your senator, please call him what you think. (202) 224-3224
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The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
6. to point number 3, as I write this thread, four of my old pals from that community have already connected back. so glad I found you all back when I had my orange monitor 286 computer on columbus ave. fin/
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
6. to point number 3, as I write this thread, four of my old pals from that community have already connected back. so glad I found you all back when I had my orange monitor 286 computer on columbus ave. fin/
5. I'm also a musician. But i have not been able to see music discourse happen on any online community outside of instagram / facebook. Really I have most of my music discourse in text messages with the jazzers I jam with. so that's not even part of my profile here. 5/
January 18, 2026 at 6:36 PM
5. I'm also a musician. But i have not been able to see music discourse happen on any online community outside of instagram / facebook. Really I have most of my music discourse in text messages with the jazzers I jam with. so that's not even part of my profile here. 5/
4. to the degree that Bluesky can get something of a tech community going, I appreciate the python folks who follow me and that I follow. However I do most tech discussion on mastodon. it would be nice if more of it was here but bluesky does not seem to have that vibe as of yet. 4/
January 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
4. to the degree that Bluesky can get something of a tech community going, I appreciate the python folks who follow me and that I follow. However I do most tech discussion on mastodon. it would be nice if more of it was here but bluesky does not seem to have that vibe as of yet. 4/
3. to keep connected to my very old online pals. We all came from something very special, you know who you are, and I treasure our connections. 3/
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
3. to keep connected to my very old online pals. We all came from something very special, you know who you are, and I treasure our connections. 3/
2. to repost good posts in this discourse. If I'm following you, it usually means I like or am interested in what you're saying. if I'm reposting you, it's so I can do my part to spread what you're saying to others. My political content should be all reposts without comment. 2/
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
2. to repost good posts in this discourse. If I'm following you, it usually means I like or am interested in what you're saying. if I'm reposting you, it's so I can do my part to spread what you're saying to others. My political content should be all reposts without comment. 2/
Hi.
So this account is for these things:
1. I follow a lot of political discourse. I just read lots of academics, writers, pundits, people who are very accomplished in their fields. While I am sometimes tempted to make a comment, it's not worth the risk of being blocked. so we wont do that. 1/
So this account is for these things:
1. I follow a lot of political discourse. I just read lots of academics, writers, pundits, people who are very accomplished in their fields. While I am sometimes tempted to make a comment, it's not worth the risk of being blocked. so we wont do that. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Hi.
So this account is for these things:
1. I follow a lot of political discourse. I just read lots of academics, writers, pundits, people who are very accomplished in their fields. While I am sometimes tempted to make a comment, it's not worth the risk of being blocked. so we wont do that. 1/
So this account is for these things:
1. I follow a lot of political discourse. I just read lots of academics, writers, pundits, people who are very accomplished in their fields. While I am sometimes tempted to make a comment, it's not worth the risk of being blocked. so we wont do that. 1/