Mardoch
@mardoch.bsky.social
Metalhead, developer, parent, gamer...the order of which is fluid...except for the metal. He/him/they, cis
@Gwunhar from twitter
@Gwunhar from twitter
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you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
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"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
Newly formed opinion, the most acceptable use of state violence is hunting down phone slammers and obliterating them
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Newly formed opinion, the most acceptable use of state violence is hunting down phone slammers and obliterating them
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I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
BREAKING: Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow, an AP source says.
Border Patrol commander Bovino and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis
A federal judge is considering Minnesota’s challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
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It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It’s always funny when palantir employees discover that they work at palantir
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So many mass shooter events over the years, you can't exist in the United States without thinking every fun event might get you killed. It makes one a bit more blase' than perhaps elsewhere.
"oh no, we successfully got Americans used to the constant specter of gun violence in their daily lives, and now they're not scared of OUR guns."
There's a video of protesters outside a Hilton last night, and some ICE goons point rifles at them, and the protesters don't move. You can almost see the goons bluescreen in that moment, like, they have zero plan for what to do next, when people are not 'properly' cowed and submissive to them.
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
So many mass shooter events over the years, you can't exist in the United States without thinking every fun event might get you killed. It makes one a bit more blase' than perhaps elsewhere.
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Hello, it's me. I'm the one training the resistance in the diabolically professional OPSEC of setting disappearing messages in the Signal group chat.
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Hello, it's me. I'm the one training the resistance in the diabolically professional OPSEC of setting disappearing messages in the Signal group chat.
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Here are my top 10 most unusual dog friends of all time!
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Here are my top 10 most unusual dog friends of all time!
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The same people who cannot control a city of 400,000 are manifestly incapable of cancelling a midterm or ending the peaceful transition of power. Keep reminding yourself that you are a lot stronger than they are.
![01/26/2026 15:27:26[TWT]
Priscilla Alvarez
@priscialva
BREAKING: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his
agents are expected to leave Minneapolis and return to their respective
sectors, sources tell me, @KristenhCNN + @kaitlancollins.
Sent via Twitter Web App. View original tweet.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pnx2fjuannbdpy3337ggthpp/bafkreiglia3lsgoularsdrttknes76e3otad6xpnyp2eia2nmg5ckrc7cq@jpeg)
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The same people who cannot control a city of 400,000 are manifestly incapable of cancelling a midterm or ending the peaceful transition of power. Keep reminding yourself that you are a lot stronger than they are.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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you have to admit, the president saying he doesn't have alzheimer's and then forgetting what it's called and asking his press secretary for the word is pretty funny.
just from a comedy standpoint
just from a comedy standpoint
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
you have to admit, the president saying he doesn't have alzheimer's and then forgetting what it's called and asking his press secretary for the word is pretty funny.
just from a comedy standpoint
just from a comedy standpoint
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Every time someone tells me that interoperable protocols are too complicated for the average person, I point out that they use email and the web.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
Today, your most-used interoperable protocols are probably smtp, delivering your email, and https, loading web pages
Interoperability means you can use Gmail and Outlook, or Chrome and Firefox, to access the data that's moving over the same agreed-upon (protocol) rails
ATProto does that for social
Interoperability means you can use Gmail and Outlook, or Chrome and Firefox, to access the data that's moving over the same agreed-upon (protocol) rails
ATProto does that for social
Correct. We refer to that as "interoperability". It works because Blacksky and Bluesky operate on the same protocol which is a social contract on how data should be shared so that all of our apps can work the same or similarly and users have familiar experiences while benefiting from more choice.
January 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Every time someone tells me that interoperable protocols are too complicated for the average person, I point out that they use email and the web.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
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Whine mans.
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Whine mans.
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Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
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Because if anyone knows about illegally taking cash in fraudulent schemes, it's Tom Homan...
Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Because if anyone knows about illegally taking cash in fraudulent schemes, it's Tom Homan...
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This is Boomer. He walked right past his dad to say hi to mom, but quickly remembered his manners. 13/10 (FB: boomerthefloof)
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This is Boomer. He walked right past his dad to say hi to mom, but quickly remembered his manners. 13/10 (FB: boomerthefloof)
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The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
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the optics of who they kill shouldn’t matter as much as they do but they are important and in Alex Pretti they have killed someone that they simply cannot successfully “he was no angel”
history has turned on less
history has turned on less
The execution of Alex Pretti is playing so badly because you can look at his actions and life story - his last act was helping, boy scout, athlete, health care worker to veterans - and compare those to the men who killed him and know which you would want to be your son, brother, father, uncle.
January 26, 2026 at 5:52 PM
the optics of who they kill shouldn’t matter as much as they do but they are important and in Alex Pretti they have killed someone that they simply cannot successfully “he was no angel”
history has turned on less
history has turned on less
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according to bluesky, working for ice is a protected class against discrimination lol
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
according to bluesky, working for ice is a protected class against discrimination lol
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Holy cow they’ve lost Mumm-Ra
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
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Ex-Fifa boss shows support for boycott calls
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Security concerns over tournament have risen
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.
Blatter gave his support to comments from Swiss anti-corruption lawyer Mark Pieth, who worked with Fifa on potential reforms when Blatter was president, saying fans should stay away from the US for the tournament. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Holy cow they’ve lost Mumm-Ra
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As I will for as long as mainstream media tries to push a Rahm Emanuel presidency, I am once again posting my big Rahm takedown piece I wrote last year: www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 PM
As I will for as long as mainstream media tries to push a Rahm Emanuel presidency, I am once again posting my big Rahm takedown piece I wrote last year: www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
if it sucks, hit da bricks
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
if it sucks, hit da bricks
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Also the cost trade off compared to just having people join signal groups is ridiculous. There's a reason governments have been trying to force signal to impair their security guarantees
if someone with a big following is going to claim that Signal is compromised for bulk collection they need to explicitly prove that or shut the fuck up. due to its architecture it's _HIGHLY UNLIKELY_ that bulk collection is possible on Signal without, essentially, full system ownage on all systems
I think it is *incredibly* irresponsible for someone like @stonekettle.bsky.social, with a huge following, to claim that Signal is just as insecure as texts or other public social media.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Also the cost trade off compared to just having people join signal groups is ridiculous. There's a reason governments have been trying to force signal to impair their security guarantees
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If the NSA really wants to read my Signal chats they probably can. But if they want to read *everyone’s* Signal chats, they probably can’t. The more people use Signal, and the more you use it for recipes and setting up PTA meetings and sending dumb memes, the harder it is for the NSA or whoever.
I think it is *incredibly* irresponsible for someone like @stonekettle.bsky.social, with a huge following, to claim that Signal is just as insecure as texts or other public social media.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
This is a classic “making perfect the enemy of the good” error.
January 25, 2026 at 11:07 PM
If the NSA really wants to read my Signal chats they probably can. But if they want to read *everyone’s* Signal chats, they probably can’t. The more people use Signal, and the more you use it for recipes and setting up PTA meetings and sending dumb memes, the harder it is for the NSA or whoever.