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Daniel Pirone (He/Him)
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Escaped Delaware in 1990, cosplayed a scientist at Santa Fe Institute, Human Interface Technology Lab @ UW, got tired of being broke, practiced software engineering, radicalized by independent music and the bravery and resilience of my LGBTQA+ friends.
Pinned
Executioners also hid their faces:
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The Trump administration is using a workaround to retain its preferred U.S. Attorney in Seattle, despite his lack of confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
Justice Department 'workaround' keeps former immigration judge as Seattle’s top prosecutor
The Trump administration is using a workaround to retain its preferred U.S. attorney in Seattle, despite his lack of confirmation by the U.S. Senate. It’s a tactic the Justice Department has employed ...
www.kuow.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Heads are going to explode 💥

Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.

All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Causing Jeff Bezos to flee our state should be a point of pride for Washington.
February 4, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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All they had to do was pass these laws:

- you could not run for president after being convicted of a felony

- you could not hold public office with a dead worm in your brain

- you could not hold public office if you killed your dog
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Cardiologist Dr. Helen Taussig founded the field of pediatric cardiology.

Co-developed the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt in 1944. This groundbreaking surgical procedure treated "blue baby syndrome" saving thousands of infants who previously had no treatment option.

#WomensPhysiciansDay #WomenInSTEM
February 4, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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With Encrypt It Already, we’re pushing on tech companies to deliver stronger privacy protections to their users by enabling and expanding the use of end-to-end encryption across their products or services. www.encryptitalready.org
Encrypt It Already
End-to-end encryption protects the privacy of your data.
encryptitalready.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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🖕this Nazi
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
And yet, they persisted - Joy as an act of resistance:

youtu.be/VODKZxsRa_E
IDLES - COLOSSUS (Official Video)
YouTube video by IDLES
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February 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
It would be depressing if it wasn’t so brilliantly written - @codyjohnston.bsky.social and the @somemorenews.bsky.social crew explore the history of partying and bullshit that is stock markets:

youtu.be/BYHHJxzlUJE
Money Is Fake: The Stock Market, The Fed, And The Economy - SOME MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
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February 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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In United States v. Jones (2012) SCOTUS held that installing a GPS tracker to a car constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment and thus requires a warrant.

So how is arbitrary collection/retention of our movements via these extremely dense #ALPR dragnets functionally any different?

#deflock
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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OpenClaw is the exact type of tool Dev's love to install on their workstations without thinking for two seconds about what 'Full System Access' actually enables
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Taps sign: Trans Rights are HUMAN RIGHTS!
In support of two citizens initiatives that target Transgender students, Washingtonians gathered outside of the state Capitol building on February 3. Led by conservative political group Let’s Go Washington, IL26-001 and IL26-638 are expected to reach the November ballot.

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Washingtonians rally outside of Olympia Capitol for anti-Trans initiatives
By Hannah Saunders In support of two citizens initiatives that target Transgender students, Washingtonians gathered outside of the state Capitol building on February 3. Led by conservative politica…
throughthestatic.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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We are playing LIVE on the RADIO this saturday feb. 7th at KEXP - you be there as we create this! tickets: www.kexp.org/events/kexp-...
KEXP Events
www.kexp.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Think the 80s are good times to be mined to some sick fits or retro 8bit vibes?

youtu.be/afwMRRHunGs
How did evangelicals come into power in the 1980s?
YouTube video by Anti-Social Studies
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February 4, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Now, more than ever:

youtube.com/shorts/HJay7...
I AM THE ANTICHRIST
YouTube video by The Dream Eaters
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February 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
We Gonna Be Alright on the bootlickers

youtu.be/XZB5IiYR4QE
Border Patrol Bootlicking At Its Best
YouTube video by We Gon Be Alright
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February 4, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Garcia: I want to remind the American public of Stephen Miller. There's probably no single person in this government that has done more damage and more harm to people across this country than this man right here. It's our job to hold him responsible
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Nick Shirley is a paid agitator
February 4, 2026 at 12:00 AM
JFC - thank you @bennjordan.bsky.social
Nothing like praising AI surveillance at a press conference for an unsolved case of a missing person disappearing under millions of dollars of AI surveillance.
February 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Agronomist William Owen Bush (1832-1907) served in Washington state's first legislature and played a significant role in the establishment of an agricultural college in Eastern Washington, the precursor to Washington State University. historylink.org/File/10435 #BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Thousands showed up in Seattle—nurses, doctors, educators—people who heal and protect life. Congress is voting to fund ICE instead of care. The public is choosing dignity and health. Lawmakers should listen.
#FundHealthcareOverICE
February 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM