Tim Banks: VibeRel Advocate
@elchefe.me
BJJ practitioner and teacher, empathetic technology advocate. Neurospicy, mentally ill, and unapologetic.
Black/Latino, nonbinary (they/them) , pan/poly. spüße müße.
Opinions are my own.
EN/SP/PT
Black/Latino, nonbinary (they/them) , pan/poly. spüße müße.
Opinions are my own.
EN/SP/PT
THE TEA IS GETTING VERY HOT TODAY
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
THE TEA IS GETTING VERY HOT TODAY
Speaking of love stories, just saw wuthering heights, and I can assure you, that’s definitely not a love story 😳😳😳😳
In the vein of Die Hard being a Christmas movie, my favorite love story is John Wick
February 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Speaking of love stories, just saw wuthering heights, and I can assure you, that’s definitely not a love story 😳😳😳😳
In the vein of Die Hard being a Christmas movie, my favorite love story is John Wick
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
In the vein of Die Hard being a Christmas movie, my favorite love story is John Wick
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If it doesn’t work and firms aren’t seeing big returns AND YET the market continues to shovel cash into AI companies, what, pray thee tell, is the next incentive to actually build something that would work?
Just like teslas, they are buoyed on hype, not quality.
Just like teslas, they are buoyed on hype, not quality.
February 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
If it doesn’t work and firms aren’t seeing big returns AND YET the market continues to shovel cash into AI companies, what, pray thee tell, is the next incentive to actually build something that would work?
Just like teslas, they are buoyed on hype, not quality.
Just like teslas, they are buoyed on hype, not quality.
This is my only complaint about @oxide.computer - the writing heavy process feels a little daunting for someone with the flavor of ADHD that many like myself have 😩😩
Oxide is at the top of the list of companies I'd like to apply to.
I respect them so much that I want to do the writing-heavy process very carefully.
Which means I'm constantly procrastinating because I never have the time I feel it deserves.
Am I the only one?
Help @bcantrill.bsky.social!
I respect them so much that I want to do the writing-heavy process very carefully.
Which means I'm constantly procrastinating because I never have the time I feel it deserves.
Am I the only one?
Help @bcantrill.bsky.social!
February 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is my only complaint about @oxide.computer - the writing heavy process feels a little daunting for someone with the flavor of ADHD that many like myself have 😩😩
Wild to me that people who I know for a fact own teslas are complaining about ring cameras.
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Wild to me that people who I know for a fact own teslas are complaining about ring cameras.
One of the few tow truck operators that’s not a class traitor and of course conservatives are sending him death threats
You dropped this 👑👑👑
You dropped this 👑👑👑
Tow truck driver offering free service returning abandoned vehicles to families of those abducted by ICE: "For the last three weeks, we have been getting nothing but death threats."
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
One of the few tow truck operators that’s not a class traitor and of course conservatives are sending him death threats
You dropped this 👑👑👑
You dropped this 👑👑👑
I should not have been informed of the existence of the Stealth Arms Platypus.
Fully customizable 1911/2011 that can be configured to to take Glock 17 or P320 mags and these two customized ones are under $2k.
😍😍😍😍
Fully customizable 1911/2011 that can be configured to to take Glock 17 or P320 mags and these two customized ones are under $2k.
😍😍😍😍
February 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I should not have been informed of the existence of the Stealth Arms Platypus.
Fully customizable 1911/2011 that can be configured to to take Glock 17 or P320 mags and these two customized ones are under $2k.
😍😍😍😍
Fully customizable 1911/2011 that can be configured to to take Glock 17 or P320 mags and these two customized ones are under $2k.
😍😍😍😍
Dra Asada 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Got sent this video a long while ago. Just watched again. This shit frying me all over again.
February 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Dra Asada 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A land bridge during the ice age and a slave ship.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 5:23 AM
A land bridge during the ice age and a slave ship.
Picked up a Springfield Echelon full size with thumb safety & Viridian 3moa green dot (although with my astigmatism, it’s more like 8moa 😆) and sighted in today.
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Picked up a Springfield Echelon full size with thumb safety & Viridian 3moa green dot (although with my astigmatism, it’s more like 8moa 😆) and sighted in today.
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
That would have been a freebie for any Ecuadorean security personnel there.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 28, 2026 at 1:48 AM
That would have been a freebie for any Ecuadorean security personnel there.
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As a general rule, the left generally see the restrictions placed upon the freedoms of the individual as oppressive. The right see their restriction from attacking those freedoms as oppressive.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
As a general rule, the left generally see the restrictions placed upon the freedoms of the individual as oppressive. The right see their restriction from attacking those freedoms as oppressive.
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It’s #CyberMentoringMonday!!!! Are you looking for a professional mentor or to learn more about InfoSec? Are you experienced and willing to ‘give back’? Use this thread and hashtag to connect!
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It’s #CyberMentoringMonday!!!! Are you looking for a professional mentor or to learn more about InfoSec? Are you experienced and willing to ‘give back’? Use this thread and hashtag to connect!
This gets even better if you read it in your head with an Irish accent
National guard wearing bibs because of a kit clash is proper surreal.
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM
This gets even better if you read it in your head with an Irish accent
“These people should be in jail!”
You’re getting closer!
You’re getting closer!
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“These people should be in jail!”
You’re getting closer!
You’re getting closer!
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You’re presenting a very “the government should take care of this” solution to a very “the government is doing exactly what it’s designed to do” problem and it’s in the best interests of everyone who’s not a fascist to stop thinking the government is going to somehow fix itself when you vote.
January 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM
You’re presenting a very “the government should take care of this” solution to a very “the government is doing exactly what it’s designed to do” problem and it’s in the best interests of everyone who’s not a fascist to stop thinking the government is going to somehow fix itself when you vote.
Look, I was hopeful for y’all that frog costumes and signs and whistles and strikes were gonna work. I really was.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Look, I was hopeful for y’all that frog costumes and signs and whistles and strikes were gonna work. I really was.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
No way he was guilty because there’s no way it would cost $10k. You could throw a rock in any direction and hit at least 37 people who’d do it for $2 and a dill pickle.
Breaking: jury finds Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez NOT GUILTY of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
We've got a verdict in this case, in which feds accused a Chicago resident of murder-for-hire, allegedly for a $10K hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
January 23, 2026 at 10:54 AM
No way he was guilty because there’s no way it would cost $10k. You could throw a rock in any direction and hit at least 37 people who’d do it for $2 and a dill pickle.
Soaking up the sun with @abgushte.bsky.social in Nassau before we go and freeze our tails off in Texas
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Soaking up the sun with @abgushte.bsky.social in Nassau before we go and freeze our tails off in Texas
They’re not “un-American”. These atrocities are *distinctly* “American”. You don’t get to “no true Scotsman” your way out of this because you don’t like the association.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
Those atrocities were un-American, too. Why do the evil-doers get to decide what the fundamental American values are? Let's define them ourselves.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
They’re not “un-American”. These atrocities are *distinctly* “American”. You don’t get to “no true Scotsman” your way out of this because you don’t like the association.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
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Between the brutality of one side, and the thumb twiddling of the other side, people are sick of waiting for those with power to give permission.
If they're going to complain about an influx of anarchists, perhaps they should stop creating them with their actions.
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Between the brutality of one side, and the thumb twiddling of the other side, people are sick of waiting for those with power to give permission.