DocLT
@doclt.bsky.social
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Retired MD. Retooled as engineer for retirement job.
Retired MD. Retooled as engineer for retirement job.
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One of the most basic tenets of election security is to avoid creating a Single Point of Failure (SPF). Unfortunately, it appears that SCOTUS created a potential SPF by sanctioning DOGE’s access to SSA databases, which are now a key component of Trump’s voter purge election strategy. 1/
February 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
One of the most basic tenets of election security is to avoid creating a Single Point of Failure (SPF). Unfortunately, it appears that SCOTUS created a potential SPF by sanctioning DOGE’s access to SSA databases, which are now a key component of Trump’s voter purge election strategy. 1/
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After everything that's happened in the last year, kinda makes you wonder what trump did with the 51,000 pages classified documents trump stole?
February 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
After everything that's happened in the last year, kinda makes you wonder what trump did with the 51,000 pages classified documents trump stole?
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It’s a tough spot right now, God.
We’re only *not* doing that because our streets need to be calm and safe - Our neighbors are already scared, and pitchforks might make it worse.
If we were lesser folk, we’d all descend on DC with them and go right to the building containing the problem 🤔 #J6
We’re only *not* doing that because our streets need to be calm and safe - Our neighbors are already scared, and pitchforks might make it worse.
If we were lesser folk, we’d all descend on DC with them and go right to the building containing the problem 🤔 #J6
February 16, 2026 at 4:25 AM
It’s a tough spot right now, God.
We’re only *not* doing that because our streets need to be calm and safe - Our neighbors are already scared, and pitchforks might make it worse.
If we were lesser folk, we’d all descend on DC with them and go right to the building containing the problem 🤔 #J6
We’re only *not* doing that because our streets need to be calm and safe - Our neighbors are already scared, and pitchforks might make it worse.
If we were lesser folk, we’d all descend on DC with them and go right to the building containing the problem 🤔 #J6
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I think it has to do with the fact that if we go out for blood, we get put in a state of insurrection, and marshal law…and then they suspend future elections and legally kidnap anyone opposed. That alone is why this hasn’t turned into a true warzone.
February 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
I think it has to do with the fact that if we go out for blood, we get put in a state of insurrection, and marshal law…and then they suspend future elections and legally kidnap anyone opposed. That alone is why this hasn’t turned into a true warzone.
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I'm a day late on this, but the area within the heart had its warmest Dec-Jan on record. 💔
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I'm a day late on this, but the area within the heart had its warmest Dec-Jan on record. 💔
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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In Homan’s telling, migrants are synonymous with “sex trafficking,” “fentanyl,” “terrorist-related countries,” and “homicide convictions”—a rhetorical stew designed to trigger fear rather than convey reality. This is a familiar demagogic tactic.
George Cummings
George Cummings
February 16, 2026 at 4:44 AM
In Homan’s telling, migrants are synonymous with “sex trafficking,” “fentanyl,” “terrorist-related countries,” and “homicide convictions”—a rhetorical stew designed to trigger fear rather than convey reality. This is a familiar demagogic tactic.
George Cummings
George Cummings
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If they want to find anti-ICE Americans just use the phone book. A majority of Americans are against death squads and internment camps.
February 14, 2026 at 10:59 AM
If they want to find anti-ICE Americans just use the phone book. A majority of Americans are against death squads and internment camps.
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“Three Doctors” by Brazilian artist Gabriel Ilustra: www.behance.net/mazaro
February 16, 2026 at 4:39 AM
“Three Doctors” by Brazilian artist Gabriel Ilustra: www.behance.net/mazaro
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It is very very surreal to see all of this happening in tech from being around in activism in web 2.0. it's like literally every single thing and then some we were trying to prevent has HAPPENED. people treated the whole movement like we were being unreasonable.
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 AM
It is very very surreal to see all of this happening in tech from being around in activism in web 2.0. it's like literally every single thing and then some we were trying to prevent has HAPPENED. people treated the whole movement like we were being unreasonable.
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Social biases help misinformation spread, but the problem deepens when political leaders break democratic norms and social media platforms are designed to amplify extreme content.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Internet platforms must be held accountable for their actions
Multiple independent research institutions have recently and repeatedly sounded the alarm that democracy is in retreat worldwide. In the United States, a British academic has painstakingly recorded mo...
www.science.org
February 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Social biases help misinformation spread, but the problem deepens when political leaders break democratic norms and social media platforms are designed to amplify extreme content.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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bathrooms are the least of my worries
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
bathrooms are the least of my worries
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One of my favorite questions making the rounds has yet again gotten the menfolk pissy. The question is (phrasing changes) would you rather meet a man or a bear in the woods. Damn near every woman says a bear because they are less scary, less likely to attack unprovoked, etc.
Pay attention men.
Pay attention men.
February 16, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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They don't get to pretend they're trying to "keep kids safe" while the continue to protect actual pedophiles from prosecution.
February 16, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They don't get to pretend they're trying to "keep kids safe" while the continue to protect actual pedophiles from prosecution.
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More evidence that Republicans just hate women and girls
UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
February 16, 2026 at 3:39 AM
More evidence that Republicans just hate women and girls
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did you know that if you have ehlers danlos, your molars may never fully grow together?
i learned this at 14 when my first tooth cracked in 2 and i was rolling around on the floor screaming
i mean, not that it was EDS. took 2 more root canals before a dentist pointed out ALL my molars had holes
i learned this at 14 when my first tooth cracked in 2 and i was rolling around on the floor screaming
i mean, not that it was EDS. took 2 more root canals before a dentist pointed out ALL my molars had holes
February 16, 2026 at 3:59 AM
did you know that if you have ehlers danlos, your molars may never fully grow together?
i learned this at 14 when my first tooth cracked in 2 and i was rolling around on the floor screaming
i mean, not that it was EDS. took 2 more root canals before a dentist pointed out ALL my molars had holes
i learned this at 14 when my first tooth cracked in 2 and i was rolling around on the floor screaming
i mean, not that it was EDS. took 2 more root canals before a dentist pointed out ALL my molars had holes
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Changing price for different people in surveillance pricing shouldn't be thing. This should be illegal.
February 16, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Changing price for different people in surveillance pricing shouldn't be thing. This should be illegal.
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Rent-seeking bastards don't add value, just suck it out of us all.
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Rent-seeking bastards don't add value, just suck it out of us all.
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This is a personally targeted version of a long-running retail scam, where a company has different prices for the same items in different cities or "markets"
February 16, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This is a personally targeted version of a long-running retail scam, where a company has different prices for the same items in different cities or "markets"
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The "it can happen to you" is what most people are in denial about. Even if you "do everything right." It's a pain in the ass that way.
Being disabled is not a moral failing.
It’s not something you can try harder your way out of.
Healthy lifestyle and “wellness” won’t stop it from happening.
It’s a minority group you can join at any time.
We aren’t less than.
We aren’t expendable.
We aren’t to blame.
It’s not something you can try harder your way out of.
Healthy lifestyle and “wellness” won’t stop it from happening.
It’s a minority group you can join at any time.
We aren’t less than.
We aren’t expendable.
We aren’t to blame.
February 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The "it can happen to you" is what most people are in denial about. Even if you "do everything right." It's a pain in the ass that way.