Raggedy Android
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Raggedy Android
@egrunin.bsky.social
Music. Lyrics. Biometric Security Software.

"Why this is Hell, nor am I out of it."
Okay NYC! And now it's time to get that whistle training (gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Good news: Comey & Tish James are off the hook (for now)

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Tosses Criminal Charges Against James Comey and Letitia James
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Aye
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This was a good catch-up for me
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
J. Edgar Hoover tactics.

Just as anti-immigrant actions rely on fictitious allegations of criminality, anti-dissent actions use claims of "terrorism."

(This is illegal, of course; eventually it will wind up in court, it always does.)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Clip of the year.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?

MAMDANI: I've spoken about--

TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trying to think of counterexamples 🤔
My theory that all good dramas are about someone who is good at their job and all good comedies are about someone who is bad at their job def puts THE DIPLOMAT firmly in the comedy category
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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The International Association for Cryptologic Research has discovered that key management remains the greatest unsolved problem in cryptography
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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"Good research...often begins either with an intense but unfocused curiosity about why some event or process has happened or with a sense of sputtering indignation at the patent idiocy of some particular argument advanced in the literature."

Barbara Geddes, Paradigms and Sandcastles
Methodology
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
July 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is essentially the plot of Marjorie Prime.
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Don't normally advocate reposting from X, but "whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation" is some Oscar Wilde level shit-talking.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Find your senators at reps.fyi or call 202-224-3121
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I'll drink to that
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Timeline cleanse (sound on)
You know you want one
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The man is NON-STOP!
Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
These small races are hugely important.
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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I sure am enjoying No Kings 3 tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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FUCK YEAH
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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hopescrolling
What’s the opposite of doomscrolling?
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The pain is real
Beginning of the project/End of the project
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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BREAKING

Judge Immergut issues an injunction BLOCKING the memo federalizing and deploying the National Guard until she issues a final opinion on the merits this Friday.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The math here is telling.
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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This is amazing, amazing work.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM