Elliot
@elliottucker.net
Computer wrangler in South Kildare
Pics at https://glass.photo/elliottucker
He/Him
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Pics at https://glass.photo/elliottucker
He/Him
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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time for community newsletters, e-zines, ham radio, and irl gatherings
..."as many as 115 stations, collectively serving 43 million Americans, are likely to close by mid next year."
John Oliver
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
John Oliver
youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
time for community newsletters, e-zines, ham radio, and irl gatherings
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Why just tens of billions? Why not quazillions of magillions? Think big, man!
He makes Dr Strangelove seem perfectly normal.
"Every human on Earth is gonna want to have their own personal R2D2, C3PO. I think there could be tens of billions of, of Optimus robots out there."
"Every human on Earth is gonna want to have their own personal R2D2, C3PO. I think there could be tens of billions of, of Optimus robots out there."
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Why just tens of billions? Why not quazillions of magillions? Think big, man!
He wants to be Eldon Tyrell doesn’t he, with his robot megacorp. It worked out well for Tyrell after all.
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
He wants to be Eldon Tyrell doesn’t he, with his robot megacorp. It worked out well for Tyrell after all.
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This time of year @remembrancewatch.bsky.social becomes the best account on @bsky.app
Dresspect the glorious dead. They gave their tomorrow so we can performatively #remembrance them 🫡 9/10 for effort, 1/10 for practicality. She needs to watch out on those stairs, lest she becomes one of the fallen
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This time of year @remembrancewatch.bsky.social becomes the best account on @bsky.app
I’m there just for the Riker
Minifig.
Minifig.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’m there just for the Riker
Minifig.
Minifig.
That can’t be sensible.
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That can’t be sensible.
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Four vintage 'found photos' I came across recently that invite further explanation.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Four vintage 'found photos' I came across recently that invite further explanation.
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Nearly all of the #Gaza Strip’s residents have been displaced.
Following the start of the ceasefire, many families tried to return to their homes, most to find only rubble.
According to the United Nations Satellite Centre, around 81% of all structures in Gaza are damaged.
Following the start of the ceasefire, many families tried to return to their homes, most to find only rubble.
According to the United Nations Satellite Centre, around 81% of all structures in Gaza are damaged.
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Nearly all of the #Gaza Strip’s residents have been displaced.
Following the start of the ceasefire, many families tried to return to their homes, most to find only rubble.
According to the United Nations Satellite Centre, around 81% of all structures in Gaza are damaged.
Following the start of the ceasefire, many families tried to return to their homes, most to find only rubble.
According to the United Nations Satellite Centre, around 81% of all structures in Gaza are damaged.
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Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Today is my birthday. 48. Is that old? Well, it's the oldest I've ever been.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
Have I learnt anything worth sharing in that time? Let's see.
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Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
We need more toxic death traps!
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We need more toxic death traps!
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Immigration is not a metric you can use to win over racists.
There is no number that is right for them. That’s not the point.
The point is to have someone to blame for problems they don’t intend to fix.
Fascists win votes by promising to solve problems caused by an enemy only they can defeat.
There is no number that is right for them. That’s not the point.
The point is to have someone to blame for problems they don’t intend to fix.
Fascists win votes by promising to solve problems caused by an enemy only they can defeat.
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Immigration is not a metric you can use to win over racists.
There is no number that is right for them. That’s not the point.
The point is to have someone to blame for problems they don’t intend to fix.
Fascists win votes by promising to solve problems caused by an enemy only they can defeat.
There is no number that is right for them. That’s not the point.
The point is to have someone to blame for problems they don’t intend to fix.
Fascists win votes by promising to solve problems caused by an enemy only they can defeat.
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How dies this scan?
”This week an Imam admitting sending messages in an Islamist chat room. He discussed bombing churches and shooting white people in the head.
He was given 150 hours community service.”
”This week an Imam admitting sending messages in an Islamist chat room. He discussed bombing churches and shooting white people in the head.
He was given 150 hours community service.”
This week British Catholic priest Mark Rowles admitting sending racist messages in neo-Nazi chat room. He discussed bombing mosques and shooting black people in the head. He was given 150 hours community service. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cardiff Catholic priest Mark Rowles sentenced for sending racist neo-Nazi messages
Father Mark Rowles was arrested by counter terror police for extreme right wing activity on social media.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
How dies this scan?
”This week an Imam admitting sending messages in an Islamist chat room. He discussed bombing churches and shooting white people in the head.
He was given 150 hours community service.”
”This week an Imam admitting sending messages in an Islamist chat room. He discussed bombing churches and shooting white people in the head.
He was given 150 hours community service.”
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100%
They've spent the past decade handling the loudest and most violent in our society with kid gloves, and it's only empowered them to be louder and more violent.
Over a decade of ignoring the warnings from those in our society most at threat.
And it’s still getting worse.
They've spent the past decade handling the loudest and most violent in our society with kid gloves, and it's only empowered them to be louder and more violent.
Over a decade of ignoring the warnings from those in our society most at threat.
And it’s still getting worse.
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
100%
They've spent the past decade handling the loudest and most violent in our society with kid gloves, and it's only empowered them to be louder and more violent.
Over a decade of ignoring the warnings from those in our society most at threat.
And it’s still getting worse.
They've spent the past decade handling the loudest and most violent in our society with kid gloves, and it's only empowered them to be louder and more violent.
Over a decade of ignoring the warnings from those in our society most at threat.
And it’s still getting worse.
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He had a role to play in stoking this growing xenophobia. I'm seriously worried that he's going to succeed Martin as Fianna Fáil's leader.
"I condemn the criminal attack on a building accommodating people applying for international protection in Drogheda last night...
"A full Garda investigation into this arson attack is underway. There will be serious consequences for those responsible."
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"A full Garda investigation into this arson attack is underway. There will be serious consequences for those responsible."
(2/2)
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
He had a role to play in stoking this growing xenophobia. I'm seriously worried that he's going to succeed Martin as Fianna Fáil's leader.