David Monroe
@davidmonroe.bsky.social
Writer. Historian. Professional Graphic Designer. Bibliophile. Fifth Gen Hoosier. Cyclist. Anti-fascist. Was davidinindy on 🐦
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When Pam Bondi says revealing everything will collapse everything 🤷🏻🖖🏻
February 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
When Pam Bondi says revealing everything will collapse everything 🤷🏻🖖🏻
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
Quick question: Is being mentioned in the Epstein Files over a million times a lot? Asking for all of us (most of us, anyway)
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Quick question: Is being mentioned in the Epstein Files over a million times a lot? Asking for all of us (most of us, anyway)
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The work World Central Kitchen does in Gaza is incredible and heroic
WCK Serving 1 Million Daily Hot Meals in Gaza | WCK
Today, World Central Kitchen reached a milestone, serving one million meals daily across Gaza. Thanks to our network of Field Kitchens, community kitchens, bakeries, and partners, more families—close ...
wck.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The work World Central Kitchen does in Gaza is incredible and heroic
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i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
February 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are".
-W. Somerset Maugham
-W. Somerset Maugham
February 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are".
-W. Somerset Maugham
-W. Somerset Maugham
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NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
I don't mind being misunderstood, I just wish people would misunderstand me for the right reasons.
February 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I don't mind being misunderstood, I just wish people would misunderstand me for the right reasons.
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is this how i die
putting a rotisserie chicken on each hand and boxing people at costco
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 PM
is this how i die
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Under the Trump EPA - enforcement action against polluters has plummeted... via @insideclimatenews.org by Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...
Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds - Inside Climate News
Analysis of federal data by a nonprofit watchdog group found that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drastically pulled back on holding polluters accountable.
insideclimatenews.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Under the Trump EPA - enforcement action against polluters has plummeted... via @insideclimatenews.org by Kiley Price, Marianne Lavelle insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...
Sometimes actors in Star Trek become load bearing. Critically important for its future. Leonard Nimoy became this – a person who understood its core message and helped lead, write, and produce. Tawny Newsome is quickly becoming this and we fans and the franchise are going to be better off for it.
February 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Sometimes actors in Star Trek become load bearing. Critically important for its future. Leonard Nimoy became this – a person who understood its core message and helped lead, write, and produce. Tawny Newsome is quickly becoming this and we fans and the franchise are going to be better off for it.
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Richard Dawkins in the Epstein Files. Some things in life really come as a shock, and this is not one of them.
February 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Richard Dawkins in the Epstein Files. Some things in life really come as a shock, and this is not one of them.
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The first known use of 'paranoid' was in 1901.
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The first known use of 'paranoid' was in 1901.
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Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.
When people ask how to get into GA SF I always say that the right way is via some of those fat "Best Of" short fiction collections
February 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.
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Blink 1488
My Morning Jackboot
Death Camp For Cutie over here
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Blink 1488
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My Morning Jackboot
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
My Morning Jackboot
What? Trump did a racism? Oh no, if only there were a decades long list of documented racist actions, and comments going back to the 1970s that could have predicted this totally explicable turn of events.
February 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
What? Trump did a racism? Oh no, if only there were a decades long list of documented racist actions, and comments going back to the 1970s that could have predicted this totally explicable turn of events.
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it's obvious but needs to be said: there is no bottom to any of this because we are seeing inside their minds what acts and words occur before the guard rails come off and while some semblance of rule of law still exists.
February 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
it's obvious but needs to be said: there is no bottom to any of this because we are seeing inside their minds what acts and words occur before the guard rails come off and while some semblance of rule of law still exists.
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Corporatist fascism, plain and simple.
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics | TechCrunch
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts docu...
techcrunch.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Corporatist fascism, plain and simple.
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
DHS is trying to get tech companies to hand over data on Trump critics.
This is unconstitutional, and Congress must shut it down, before we turn into East Germany.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/h...
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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Okay, you guys wanted some fun tea on Richard Dawkins? Here you go: one reason he may have gotten super duper angry about me talking about misogyny in atheism
skepchick.org/2026/02/epst...
skepchick.org/2026/02/epst...
Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins & Other Men Are
Transcript: Well, it happened again. I’m mentioned in the Epstein files. Again. You probably saw my first video on this topic and you came away thinking that I’ve spent the past decade being as awe…
skepchick.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Okay, you guys wanted some fun tea on Richard Dawkins? Here you go: one reason he may have gotten super duper angry about me talking about misogyny in atheism
skepchick.org/2026/02/epst...
skepchick.org/2026/02/epst...
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.