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GlenThePlumber
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GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · Jan 17
started as a bit of a joke...but...
have begun collecting knowledgable users that post about home repair, DIY and related topics. please send referrals.
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glentheplumber.bsky.social GlenThePlumber @glentheplumber.bsky.social · Nov 21
was gonna create a 'plumbers of bluesky' starter pack...then realized there was only me.
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repyassansari.bsky.social
Donald Trump and Kristi Noem have stained America’s credibility. ICE is a lawless agency that must be abolished.

The next Democratic president must act to restore the U.S. as a nation that delivers for its people and stands as a respected partner on the world stage.
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
As expected, a line of heavy rain & gusty winds is moving through LA this AM. Torrential downpours will bring urban/street flooding & locally more serious flash flooding (in steep terrain/burn areas). A few damaging wind gusts or even a brief/weak tornado is also possible. #CAwx
February 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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stevanzetti.bsky.social
Michelle Haas did not seek to bring her case to the Texas Supreme Court. That's the end of the road. We won.
stevanzetti.bsky.social steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · Oct 16
In 2024, I wrote a story for Texas Monthly about Michelle Haas, whose complaints resulted in the removal of books about slavery from historic Texas slave plantations. Haas sued us, alleging defamation, and was represented by the preferred lawyer of billionaire J.P. Bryan. Today, we won on appeal.
The header of the appeals court decision: NUMBER 13-25-00005-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS The conclusion of the appeals court decision, which states: The trial court's judgment is reversed. We remand the cause to the trial court with instructions to (1) grant appellants' TCPA motion to dismiss, (2) award court costs and reasonable attorney's fees to appellants in accordance with the statute, (3) consider whether to assess sanctions against Haas in accordance with the statute. See TEX. Civ. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 27.009(a).
February 15, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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amandacarpenter.bsky.social
GINA CHRIST: “My name is Gina Christ. And I live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. I was on my way to work. There’s people all around my car. I have both hands up on either side of my face — you cannot hear me. An ICE agent breaks my driver’s side window, glass, reaches in, opens my door, pulls me out of the door, tells me to get on the ground, zip-ties me — and now gas, flashbangs, pepper spray. There was no need. They detoured to grab me. They could have continued to drive. Their cars were past my car. They passed my car, jumped out of their cars, apprehended me, and kept going. Once I was detained, it was very like, ‘Do you have water? Are you comfortable? How’s the heat?’ It was a very schizophrenic experience. I mean, this is insane. This isn’t anything that could minutely be referred to as a couple of bad apples.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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amandacarpenter.bsky.social
ALIYA RAHMAN: “My name is Aliya Rahman. I was born in Northern Wisconsin, grew up in Bangladesh. I now live in Minneapolis. I came upon a traffic jam that I pretty quickly realized was ICE. I was told: ‘Move. I will break your effing window.’ And I couldn’t get a clear answer to where they wanted me to move to. Very quickly, I was pulled out of that car. I fell twice — once right outside the car, and once behind the car face down. I am disabled. I am autistic. I have a brain injury. And when I hit that ground face first, I just experienced shooting pain through my neck, through my head. My vision became blurry. What happened to me in detention was far worse than what happened to me on camera. What happened to me in detention was a complete stripping of my rights. Nobody knew I was there. I wasn’t told where I was going. I wasn’t given a phone call. And I’m going unconscious and I’m wondering — is this it? They call us bodies. Is this it for me? Am I going to die? I want to live in a country where people who are enforcing the law treat people humanely.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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amandacarpenter.bsky.social
PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated.

Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC...

I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3
GEORGE RETES: “My name is George Retes. I was born and raised here in Ventura, California. I’m 26 years old and I am an Iraq combat veteran. I was going to work like normal. I show up. ICE is there. There’s kind of like a roadblock. I get out. I identify myself — that I’m a U.S. citizen, that I’m just trying to get to work. I’m trying to leave. I’m getting ready to leave and they surround my car, start banging on it, start shouting these contradictory orders. Even though I was giving them no reason, they still felt the need to — one agent knelt on my back and another agent knelt on my neck. And during that time, I’m just pleading with them that I couldn’t breathe. I was in isolation. I was in basically this concrete cell. I was stripped naked in like a hospital gown. And they leave the lights on 24/7. They just came out and they said that I was violent and that I assaulted agents. Why lie when it’s on video of everything that happened? Why lie?”
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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lifeisterrible.bsky.social
i can’t stop laughing
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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robmayeda.bsky.social
Approaching 3 PM radar update: rain increasing with isolated thunderstorms now in the mix, moving into the North Bay. We will see ongoing chances with more widespread heavier rain into early Monday. 2/16/2026
February 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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gilduran.com
A strange find from the Epstein files:

A hacker named Vincenzo Iozzo shares with Epstein a rumor that Peter Thiel was "bankrolling" the neo-Nazi white supremacist hacker troll known as "weev."

Conversation is about financial strategies and "currencies."

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Email to Jeffrey Epstein in which Vincenzo Iozzo shares rumor that Peter Thiel was bankrolling weev. From: Vincenzo lozzo Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 1:11 PM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: hedge funds strategy discussion not sure if you had time to think about this or the company, but to add =ne data point I've heard rumors that Thiel (who I believe you know) was =ankrolling this dude: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weev to do similar things. Now that dude is not only an idiot but also =ompletely nuts so I have no way to confirm whether that's actually true =r not, but anyway I figured I'd let you know On 15/nov/2014, at 12:48, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to call > On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Vincenzo lozzo neumminia =rote: > yeah phone works too and if it sounds plausible then we could talk =ore in person. Do you have my number? Or shall I call you? > Mine is: > Thank you :) > On 15/nov/2014, at 12:43, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: > Of course or phone /Skype later > > > On Saturday, November 15, 2014, Vincenzo lozzo > =rote: > > oh btw the trick to all of this on the regulatory side might very > =ikely be "currencies", which would make a lot of sense based on the > =iscussions we had a few months back
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social
The following table shows how "rare" the air mass is predicted to be over California on Wednesday morning. Temperatures at 5,000 feet are forecast to be around -4C (25F) over the Bay Area. This happens roughly once every other year. So it will certainly be cold! #CAwx
February 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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drwendyrocks.bsky.social
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…

“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”

Way to devalue my experience.
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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phaneritic.bsky.social
There are absolutely no wildflowers in Death Valley. Especially not any near Jubilee Pass. Only awesome diamictites and dolostones. Definitely stay away if you don’t like rocks. Nothing to see here. Move along.
February 15, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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alfredtwu.com
One of the Bay Area's oldest ferries, the San Francisco, is coming up on 50 years of service!

Photo is from the stairs up from the docks at Angel Island
An older style , single hull ferry boat with blue stripes docked at a pier in a cove surrounded by forested hills. There is another boat in front, a small gray cargo boat that says California State Parks on it. In the foreground are trees.
February 15, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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tusk81.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️
A romantic dinner for two. One diner is a cat. They have a big spaghetti dish in front of them. A glass of red wine is to their right. It is unclear if the second diner across from them is also a cat. But what would be so strange if it were?
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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extremearturo.bsky.social
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski:

“It is a complete falsehood to claim that mass migration was a left-wing project. For decades, it was supported by Republican businessmen who wanted cheap labor from Latin America in the United States.”
February 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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chadstanton.blacksky.app
They’re jumping up and down, waving their arms and yelling “white supremacy” and people are just now beginning to hint at what’s happening
peterbakernyt.bsky.social Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 2d
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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jessetayriver.bsky.social
I made a friend of mine videos of how someone with little experience might layout and cut door trim trim. You might find it useful too
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social
The looming snowstorm will not wipe out the Sierra snow drought, but it'll put a dent into it.

The Truckee watershed needs 9.1 in. of snow water equivalent through Wednesday, Feb. 18 to reach median.
Carson: 6.3” SWE
Walker: 4.5” SWE

Warm temperatures, not a lack of precipitation, is the culprit
February 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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webuiltthiscity.bsky.social
Adopting Ted Bundy’s favorite strategy
tinadesireeberg.com Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 2d
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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bradvivian.bsky.social
Thanks to @inquirer.com for including my comments in its feature about FIRE.

(And subscribe—it’s a great independent newspaper!)

www.inquirer.com/news/a/fire-...
= Q The Inquirer Bradford Vivian, a professor at Pennsylvania State University and the author of Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education, described FIRE's databases as "totally subjective, arbitrary, politically motivated tools." He argued that FIRE cherry-picks sensational incidents that do not necessarily have anything to do with true First Amendment violations, and prioritizes rankings that will make headlines over those that would be more accurate. FIRE has produced misinformation that others can easily use for nefarious purposes.
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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tiny.baby
an anonymous source close to the sauce project
February 14, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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peskyprofessor.bsky.social
Deleting discord immediately, would highly recommend
junlper.beer onion person @junlper.beer · 2d
turns out the discord situation is worse! the company that will be doing the age verifications with IDs is Persona, a peter thiel aligned company

we're going to try to wind down the Kill The Computer discord and try to get a subreddit for the podcasts community up and running
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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banditelli.org
I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!

Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM