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All posts featuring ordnance are inert/training items or are just random pics from net. Effects not so special. Characters and events depicted are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to the real world is coincidental, consider the real world is far crazier than anything I say. Your mileage may vary.
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Using Claude code to analyze PCB files and generate a board support package. Hardware may be hard, but software is a slog, especially when it is time to create a board support package definition for new dev boards. It is also error-prone. So, we thought, let’s give Claude Code Opus 4.5 a shot...
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Using Claude code to analyze PCB files and generate a board support package. Hardware may be hard, but software is a slog, especially when it is time to create a board support package definition for new dev boards. It is also error-prone. So, we thought, let’s give Claude Code Opus 4.5 a shot...
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Don't fall for the okeydoke. Switching the nazi out for a new nazi isn't going to change anything.
Senator Ruben Gallego says no to DHS money as long as Stephen Miller is in office:
“Stephen Miller is the brains behind the most unhinged and depraved policies we’ve seen in generations…. No funding DHS with that creep calling the shots.”
“Stephen Miller is the brains behind the most unhinged and depraved policies we’ve seen in generations…. No funding DHS with that creep calling the shots.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Don't fall for the okeydoke. Switching the nazi out for a new nazi isn't going to change anything.
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Do we really have to go through some mandatory period where we all pretend that Homan is ANY better than Bovino? The man’s a scumbag, literally the architect of the family separation policy that abducted 5 year old Liam Ramos from his community in MN and put him in a concentration camp in TX.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Do we really have to go through some mandatory period where we all pretend that Homan is ANY better than Bovino? The man’s a scumbag, literally the architect of the family separation policy that abducted 5 year old Liam Ramos from his community in MN and put him in a concentration camp in TX.
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DHS and DOJ were *already* monitoring all your big Signal chats, they have been doing it for years. All unvetted chats have feds in them. And it's safe to assume every 20th person in a vetted chat is a fed too. Don't let it stop you from organizing.
FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal groups tracking ICE, Patel says
FBI Director Kash Patel made the statement after right-wing media figures said they joined the chats and claimed participants were obstructing law enforcement.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:01 AM
DHS and DOJ were *already* monitoring all your big Signal chats, they have been doing it for years. All unvetted chats have feds in them. And it's safe to assume every 20th person in a vetted chat is a fed too. Don't let it stop you from organizing.
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Ask me if I’m worried about the future & I’ll say yes.
What I didn’t expect though was to feel happier than I have in such a long time!
Had such amazing conversations today & while no job yet I’m excited for what’s next!
So just celebrating that I’m sure better times are coming!
What I didn’t expect though was to feel happier than I have in such a long time!
Had such amazing conversations today & while no job yet I’m excited for what’s next!
So just celebrating that I’m sure better times are coming!
January 27, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Ask me if I’m worried about the future & I’ll say yes.
What I didn’t expect though was to feel happier than I have in such a long time!
Had such amazing conversations today & while no job yet I’m excited for what’s next!
So just celebrating that I’m sure better times are coming!
What I didn’t expect though was to feel happier than I have in such a long time!
Had such amazing conversations today & while no job yet I’m excited for what’s next!
So just celebrating that I’m sure better times are coming!
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I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I live an hour north of Minneapolis and they’re here too. They’re rounding up workers in chicken processing plants and breweries.
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I see that his bruised hand has been cut off by his father
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I see that his bruised hand has been cut off by his father
That time sushi was the hot thing in middle-earth.
Do you think in those years before the events of THE HOBBIT when Gollum had the Ring and inadvertently ruled them all Elrond and Galadriel and other Lesser Rings bearers would on occasion be all “huh, think I could go for some raw fish tonight. Maybe even orcses WAIT FUCK it’s that guy again!”
January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
That time sushi was the hot thing in middle-earth.
We're losing that race because in the "free-est country in the world" if you did this you'd be labelled a terrorist. Flying a drone near critical infrastructure? You're a terrorist.
We are losing the redneck innovation race.
I have questions.
January 27, 2026 at 10:47 PM
We're losing that race because in the "free-est country in the world" if you did this you'd be labelled a terrorist. Flying a drone near critical infrastructure? You're a terrorist.
Japan? For a minute there I thought it was the zone.
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Japan? For a minute there I thought it was the zone.
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before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
January 27, 2026 at 9:25 PM
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
"We can't let the feds kill people. That's our job!"
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"We can't let the feds kill people. That's our job!"
And for no apparent reason, Italian anarchist partisans during WWII
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
And for no apparent reason, Italian anarchist partisans during WWII
Drumpf saying how Alan Smithee, "with tears in his eyes, said 'sir, this is the most important film I have ever worked on'"
Amazon’s MGM studios spent tens of millions, but the documentary is projected to make just $1M in its first week.
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD
Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos
The first lady’s documentary was a mess in production—and now it’s struggling at the box office.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Drumpf saying how Alan Smithee, "with tears in his eyes, said 'sir, this is the most important film I have ever worked on'"
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On Minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 7:46 PM
On Minneapolis
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This happened under Biden. I REALLY need you all to get this is not a thing that will be fixed by voting blue. The problem is not who is in charge of the Gestapo.
It's that we have a Gestapo.
Some of y'all are only pissed off cops are attacking white people the way they always have everyone else.
It's that we have a Gestapo.
Some of y'all are only pissed off cops are attacking white people the way they always have everyone else.
“In one instance in Aug 2023, Millan falsely told a woman her file noted a chest tattoo and asked her to verify it multiple times. When she resisted, he threatened not to sign the doc. She then complied, showing her bare breasts ‘for several more seconds.’ The woman’s 1yr-old daughter was present.”
Fucking media preservation is so dogshit anymore (the original story is now a 404)
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This happened under Biden. I REALLY need you all to get this is not a thing that will be fixed by voting blue. The problem is not who is in charge of the Gestapo.
It's that we have a Gestapo.
Some of y'all are only pissed off cops are attacking white people the way they always have everyone else.
It's that we have a Gestapo.
Some of y'all are only pissed off cops are attacking white people the way they always have everyone else.
Sorry, but I don't see "a different fascist pig will be in charge of the operation" as a win.
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Sorry, but I don't see "a different fascist pig will be in charge of the operation" as a win.
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Pepperball guns, tasers and tear gas are among the weapons recently deployed against protesters in the US. In a new guide, @easybakeovensz.bsky.social details some of the “less-lethal” equipment federal agents have carried during the current immigration raids. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
Guide: The ‘Less-Lethal’ Weapons Used by the DHS
Tear gas and PepperBall guns are among the weapons ICE and Border Patrol agents have been seen with at nationwide raids and protests related to immigration.
www.bellingcat.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Pepperball guns, tasers and tear gas are among the weapons recently deployed against protesters in the US. In a new guide, @easybakeovensz.bsky.social details some of the “less-lethal” equipment federal agents have carried during the current immigration raids. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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This is an amazing story.
I used to try and befriend scammers I met to learn about their operations; once these slave compounds came along I couldn't ethically try because I might get someone beaten or worse.
Fascinating stuff:
I used to try and befriend scammers I met to learn about their operations; once these slave compounds came along I couldn't ethically try because I might get someone beaten or worse.
Fascinating stuff:
Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:36 PM
This is an amazing story.
I used to try and befriend scammers I met to learn about their operations; once these slave compounds came along I couldn't ethically try because I might get someone beaten or worse.
Fascinating stuff:
I used to try and befriend scammers I met to learn about their operations; once these slave compounds came along I couldn't ethically try because I might get someone beaten or worse.
Fascinating stuff:
Both parties:
"Physical items I don't like should be banned"
"Physical items I don't like should be banned"
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Both parties:
"Physical items I don't like should be banned"
"Physical items I don't like should be banned"
So here's an esoteric question on this topic: who knows what Boba Fett and the American tear gas industry have in common?
OK, as promised, here's my thread about the links between tear gas/pepper spray and the arms trade and gun industry.
January 27, 2026 at 3:48 PM
So here's an esoteric question on this topic: who knows what Boba Fett and the American tear gas industry have in common?
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75 years ago today, the United States conducted the first of 100 aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada, leading to the blanketing of most of the continental United States (and parts of Canada and Mexico) with significant radioactive fallout over the next 11 years.
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
75 years ago today, the United States conducted the first of 100 aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada, leading to the blanketing of most of the continental United States (and parts of Canada and Mexico) with significant radioactive fallout over the next 11 years.
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ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
radleybalko.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
As an anarchist I'm bewildered by those on the left who don't understand the 30% or whatever that support what the fascists are doing while they themselves justified certain actions in TX and ID with "well those people were weird and the state claimed they owned items that scared me"
January 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
As an anarchist I'm bewildered by those on the left who don't understand the 30% or whatever that support what the fascists are doing while they themselves justified certain actions in TX and ID with "well those people were weird and the state claimed they owned items that scared me"