Brandon
@diagoras87.bsky.social
Just a random human. No longer on Twitter, anyone using this handle over there is not me.
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Brandon
@diagoras87.bsky.social
· Nov 9
I just wanted to give a heads up to folks who came here and plan to kill off their accounts on Twitter. I SUGGEST YOU JUST LOCK IT. Don't delete your account. You're at a high risk of having your account title stolen and being impersonated.
I've made this mistake, but sadly it was the only way last year to opt out of their terms of service update. Just note that I am not on Twitter at all, anyone there using this handle is not me.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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"FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau’s domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members"
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau’s domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful o...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau’s domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members"
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
DC Field Office career leaders pushed back citing "a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case."
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A game by @yellowbrickgames.bsky.social, who had DA veteran @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social on the team! They had their debut game Eternal Strands come out earlier this year with very positive reviews on steam! Go check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...
Eternal Strands on Steam
A next-generation action experience where the elements obey you, the terrain bends to your will, and every victory is entirely your own.
store.steampowered.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A game by @yellowbrickgames.bsky.social, who had DA veteran @mikelaidlaw.bsky.social on the team! They had their debut game Eternal Strands come out earlier this year with very positive reviews on steam! Go check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...
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That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.
But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!
He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
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I want to say, again, for the fucking record:
A postal service operating at a loss _is a feature, not a bug_. It is a *service* that is *constitutionally required*, not a business. Treating it like a business is a mistake.
A postal service operating at a loss _is a feature, not a bug_. It is a *service* that is *constitutionally required*, not a business. Treating it like a business is a mistake.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I want to say, again, for the fucking record:
A postal service operating at a loss _is a feature, not a bug_. It is a *service* that is *constitutionally required*, not a business. Treating it like a business is a mistake.
A postal service operating at a loss _is a feature, not a bug_. It is a *service* that is *constitutionally required*, not a business. Treating it like a business is a mistake.
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The NYC Young Republicans are pivoting from having Nazi-sympathizers in their ranks to featuring them at their galas.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The NYC Young Republicans are pivoting from having Nazi-sympathizers in their ranks to featuring them at their galas.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
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The headline could have been:
"Trump Looking into Options for Eliminating Social Security Retirement Benefits"
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/e...
"Trump Looking into Options for Eliminating Social Security Retirement Benefits"
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/e...
Trump said he’s looking into an Australian-style retirement program for America. Here’s how it works | CNN Business
The Trump administration is looking Down Under for inspiration on how to improve the United States’ retirement savings system.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The headline could have been:
"Trump Looking into Options for Eliminating Social Security Retirement Benefits"
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/e...
"Trump Looking into Options for Eliminating Social Security Retirement Benefits"
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/e...
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Remember when best-of lists are about celebrating cool shit and not writing inflammatory bullshit for hate-clicks?
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Remember when best-of lists are about celebrating cool shit and not writing inflammatory bullshit for hate-clicks?
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Responses to this thread that deserve to get you slapped:
"Glad I already built my PC!" Oh did you? Did you get a good deal, and everybody else can go fuck themselves? That's super, I'm glad you announced it just before the holidays people were counting on for deals to finally upgrade.
"Glad I already built my PC!" Oh did you? Did you get a good deal, and everybody else can go fuck themselves? That's super, I'm glad you announced it just before the holidays people were counting on for deals to finally upgrade.
Important to note that the reason RAM is more expensive isn't because OpenAI is ransacking store shelves and buying all the retail stock.
They aren't using those. Instead "AI" companies dumped an insane amount of money on RAM manufacturers to tie up their production lines with parts "AI" needs.
They aren't using those. Instead "AI" companies dumped an insane amount of money on RAM manufacturers to tie up their production lines with parts "AI" needs.
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Responses to this thread that deserve to get you slapped:
"Glad I already built my PC!" Oh did you? Did you get a good deal, and everybody else can go fuck themselves? That's super, I'm glad you announced it just before the holidays people were counting on for deals to finally upgrade.
"Glad I already built my PC!" Oh did you? Did you get a good deal, and everybody else can go fuck themselves? That's super, I'm glad you announced it just before the holidays people were counting on for deals to finally upgrade.
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In July 2024, both a local pastor and a former lawmaker were banned from the Commissioners Court and issued trespass warnings for expressing concerns about the alarming number of deaths occurring at Tarrant County Jail. There have been multiple arrests at commission hearings this year.
In Tarrant County, a Grassroots Coalition Pushes Back on Christian Nationalists
The recent redistricting of the county commissioners court has galvanized progressive organizers heading into 2026.
www.texasobserver.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In July 2024, both a local pastor and a former lawmaker were banned from the Commissioners Court and issued trespass warnings for expressing concerns about the alarming number of deaths occurring at Tarrant County Jail. There have been multiple arrests at commission hearings this year.
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We learned a lot during the initial COVID reaction.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We learned a lot during the initial COVID reaction.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
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The language our allies need to defend us out there can actually be this elegant all the time, as long as you know what you're saying 🏳️⚧️
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The language our allies need to defend us out there can actually be this elegant all the time, as long as you know what you're saying 🏳️⚧️
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Liver cancer prevention in children. That is what RFK Jr trying to "scale back on" today.
He is a monster.
He is a monster.
Today is the start of 2 days of meetings of RFK Jr.'s ACIP, where vaccines skeptics outnumber actual scientists and medial experts. Their target: the Hep B vaccine, which has a ~90-98% (after 3 doses) effectiveness rate in preventing infection for up to 30 yrs.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Liver cancer prevention in children. That is what RFK Jr trying to "scale back on" today.
He is a monster.
He is a monster.
Good night and good luck
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Good night and good luck
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Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.
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IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
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If they gave a shit about protecting kids, theyd be pressing platforms to moderate, not fucking us over.
This is about surveillance, not safety.
This is about surveillance, not safety.
The House just held a hearing on 19 (!!) bills related to "kids safety" including several that could mandate online ID checks / age verification, like KOSA and the SCREEN Act.
But the reality is that online ID checks would actually make kids LESS safe, not more safe. www.stoponlineidchecks.org
But the reality is that online ID checks would actually make kids LESS safe, not more safe. www.stoponlineidchecks.org
ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If they gave a shit about protecting kids, theyd be pressing platforms to moderate, not fucking us over.
This is about surveillance, not safety.
This is about surveillance, not safety.
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The zillions of terf bots on twitter are mad at me again today, and I have to say...
...what a thick-skulled group of creeps.
A genuine pleasure to block.
...what a thick-skulled group of creeps.
A genuine pleasure to block.
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The zillions of terf bots on twitter are mad at me again today, and I have to say...
...what a thick-skulled group of creeps.
A genuine pleasure to block.
...what a thick-skulled group of creeps.
A genuine pleasure to block.
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Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
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For anybody who thinks being a U.S. citizen will save them, or that being white will save them, this is a blonde white woman who is a US citizen and the thugs took her too.
Anyway, for the 80 billionth time, stand up for everybody’s rights
Anyway, for the 80 billionth time, stand up for everybody’s rights
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
For anybody who thinks being a U.S. citizen will save them, or that being white will save them, this is a blonde white woman who is a US citizen and the thugs took her too.
Anyway, for the 80 billionth time, stand up for everybody’s rights
Anyway, for the 80 billionth time, stand up for everybody’s rights
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Doesn't take a genius to beat Trump when he's not on the ballot, and his policies annoy most of the country.
But with Jeffries's comments on Cuellar, the border, & his "No Ceiling" slogan, only a donor could love, he could lead Democrats into a UK Labour nosedive.
He's talking to the wrong people.
But with Jeffries's comments on Cuellar, the border, & his "No Ceiling" slogan, only a donor could love, he could lead Democrats into a UK Labour nosedive.
He's talking to the wrong people.
Democrats’ New Slogan Is a Donor-Class Disaster
It’s time to start the 2028 primary and step over this donor-coddling nonsense.
www.theframelab.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doesn't take a genius to beat Trump when he's not on the ballot, and his policies annoy most of the country.
But with Jeffries's comments on Cuellar, the border, & his "No Ceiling" slogan, only a donor could love, he could lead Democrats into a UK Labour nosedive.
He's talking to the wrong people.
But with Jeffries's comments on Cuellar, the border, & his "No Ceiling" slogan, only a donor could love, he could lead Democrats into a UK Labour nosedive.
He's talking to the wrong people.
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A Japanese game studio now asks art applicants to draw a picture during the interview process, to prove they don't just use generative AI.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-japan...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-japan...
A Japanese game studio now asks art applicants to draw a picture during the interview, to prove they don’t just use GenAI | VGC
But the unnamed studio’s source warns that their fight against GenAI is weakening…
www.videogameschronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A Japanese game studio now asks art applicants to draw a picture during the interview process, to prove they don't just use generative AI.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-japan...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-japan...
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no story about elon musk or his companies is complete without reference to both his overt white nationalist agitation, or his willingness to put that rhetoric into action by gleefully consigning countless thousands of people of color to death while running DOGE
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
no story about elon musk or his companies is complete without reference to both his overt white nationalist agitation, or his willingness to put that rhetoric into action by gleefully consigning countless thousands of people of color to death while running DOGE
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The tsunami of mandatory online age authentication laws will eventually reach every state, won't be restricted only to accessing online "pornography," and will expand to require mandatory identity authentication and other means to help governments surveil and control their citizens 📉📉
America: rugged, independent, free.
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
unless there's a chance somebody might see boobies
Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch Porn
Missouri’s age verification law, enacted on November 30, is the halfway mark for the sweep of age verification laws across the country.
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The tsunami of mandatory online age authentication laws will eventually reach every state, won't be restricted only to accessing online "pornography," and will expand to require mandatory identity authentication and other means to help governments surveil and control their citizens 📉📉