omgmike
@mikecherry.bsky.social
Live to see them die
Sr. Principal Sec Eng @ cloud place
Sr. Principal Sec Eng @ cloud place
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omgmike
@mikecherry.bsky.social
· Sep 20
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
-- Issac Asimov
-- Issac Asimov
it's really hard to focus and type when you're on xanax
February 10, 2026 at 9:37 PM
it's really hard to focus and type when you're on xanax
Finally a Republican/Libertarian with a spin who actually lives the principles of his belief system and isn't owned by the wealthy. I disagree with 99% of his beliefs but at least I know I could honestly work with him and trust that he'd hat he agreed to.
/pigs are flying
/pigs are flying
Good.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
Hiding the names of people asking for 10 year old girls is fucking disgusting.
February 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Finally a Republican/Libertarian with a spin who actually lives the principles of his belief system and isn't owned by the wealthy. I disagree with 99% of his beliefs but at least I know I could honestly work with him and trust that he'd hat he agreed to.
/pigs are flying
/pigs are flying
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Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
holy fuck i had forgotten just how much I love riding. i haven't felt this relaxed and content in so long I can't remember the last time i felt this way.
now to drop $10k on a full Akra titanium exhaust so I can stop burning my legs from the underbody exhaust and cats.
now to drop $10k on a full Akra titanium exhaust so I can stop burning my legs from the underbody exhaust and cats.
February 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
holy fuck i had forgotten just how much I love riding. i haven't felt this relaxed and content in so long I can't remember the last time i felt this way.
now to drop $10k on a full Akra titanium exhaust so I can stop burning my legs from the underbody exhaust and cats.
now to drop $10k on a full Akra titanium exhaust so I can stop burning my legs from the underbody exhaust and cats.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
paragraph 48: "In Mr. Trump’s second term, Ms. Britt has voted in line with the president 100 percent of the time."
Feels good to absolutely fucking crush your midyear performance review. Not a negative thing to say about my work or leadership. 😍
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Feels good to absolutely fucking crush your midyear performance review. Not a negative thing to say about my work or leadership. 😍
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Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
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took me forever but finally setup a proton mail account for myself. any tips or recs fro those who have been using it for some time?
February 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
took me forever but finally setup a proton mail account for myself. any tips or recs fro those who have been using it for some time?
I will never stop loving how absofuckinglutely this track is. Talk about standing the test of time. I can still hear the sirens going off in the club when the drop comes, rolling my fucking nuts off and dancing like there's no tomorrow. Goddman I miss the 90s.
open.spotify.com/track/0Z3rdQ...
open.spotify.com/track/0Z3rdQ...
Café Del Mar - Three 'n One Remix
open.spotify.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
I will never stop loving how absofuckinglutely this track is. Talk about standing the test of time. I can still hear the sirens going off in the club when the drop comes, rolling my fucking nuts off and dancing like there's no tomorrow. Goddman I miss the 90s.
open.spotify.com/track/0Z3rdQ...
open.spotify.com/track/0Z3rdQ...
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Trump does shit non stop that is just "over the top workplace sexual harassment" examples from HR videos produced in the 1980s, this isn't some new fangled blue hair neo feminism, he was just a rapey piece of shit back then and everyone would've seen it for what it is
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Trump does shit non stop that is just "over the top workplace sexual harassment" examples from HR videos produced in the 1980s, this isn't some new fangled blue hair neo feminism, he was just a rapey piece of shit back then and everyone would've seen it for what it is
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sorry nothing short of “these people never get to have lives in public society again” is gonna cut it. unmask, prosecute, and blacklist every last one
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
sorry nothing short of “these people never get to have lives in public society again” is gonna cut it. unmask, prosecute, and blacklist every last one
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Black bloc & Signal norms both confounding the hell out of people who "have nothing to hide"
We all have something to hide now, welcome to the fight
We all have something to hide now, welcome to the fight
One of the biggest narratives around MN in the past weeks was that a bunch of PTA moms built out these incredible Signal-driven networks doing decentralized organizing of mutual aid work that has traditionally been invisible/feminine, with opsec that frustrated O'Keefe-style would be infiltrators.
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Black bloc & Signal norms both confounding the hell out of people who "have nothing to hide"
We all have something to hide now, welcome to the fight
We all have something to hide now, welcome to the fight
wut
Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at VA hospital in Minneapolis, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at VA facilities in MA have been barred from mentioning his name -- or even counseling nurses.
bit.ly/SilencingVAc...
bit.ly/SilencingVAc...
VA Chaplains in Massachusetts Told Not to Mention Slain Nurse Alex Pretti
Alex Pretti is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from mentioning his name.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 12:51 AM
wut
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“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
February 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
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To sum up the collective opinion of my .gov and .mil buddies who’ve actually Done Things And Been Places™️:
DHS tactical training is as much a qualification as “summer school valedictorian”
DHS tactical training is as much a qualification as “summer school valedictorian”
NEW: @awinston.bsky.social breaks down why ICE and CBP's special response teams and BORTAC units are very different from the basic "cops" the Trump administration often characterizes US immigration enforcement agents to be. www.wired.com/story/ice-cb...
The Paramilitary ICE and CBP Units at the Center of Minnesota's Killings
Two agents involved in the shooting deaths of US citizens in Minneapolis are reportedly part of highly militarized DHS units whose extreme tactics are generally reserved for war zones.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:18 PM
To sum up the collective opinion of my .gov and .mil buddies who’ve actually Done Things And Been Places™️:
DHS tactical training is as much a qualification as “summer school valedictorian”
DHS tactical training is as much a qualification as “summer school valedictorian”
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the same police that choke people to death on the streets and shoot them in their own homes? those police?
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
the same police that choke people to death on the streets and shoot them in their own homes? those police?
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When your enemies tell you not to do something, you know you are being effective. www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
Right-wing media figures are furious at activists for using whistles during ICE activity
Right-wing media figures are lashing out at community members in Minnesota for using whistles to alert others of federal immigration enforcement in the area, asserting that whistles should be “conside...
www.mediamatters.org
February 3, 2026 at 11:27 PM
When your enemies tell you not to do something, you know you are being effective. www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
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Just called @cantwell.senate.gov about this absolutely insane messaging around ICE and basically I was put on speaker phone and her staff were laughing at me. Cannot wait to vote for whomever primaries her. The Senate Democrats all think we're a bunch of idiots.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Just called @cantwell.senate.gov about this absolutely insane messaging around ICE and basically I was put on speaker phone and her staff were laughing at me. Cannot wait to vote for whomever primaries her. The Senate Democrats all think we're a bunch of idiots.
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““Take a look at Detroit,” he said. “Take a look at Philadelphia. You go take a look at Atlanta.””
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
I hope every American is paying attention to Trump’s unfolding plans to steal the midterms.
Trump: If states can't run elections 'honestly,' then 'somebody else should take over'
Trump had been asked what he meant when he called on members of the Republican Party to "take over the voting" in a recent interview with Dan Bongino.
www.cnbc.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
““Take a look at Detroit,” he said. “Take a look at Philadelphia. You go take a look at Atlanta.””
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
He’s been pushing this Black cities shouldn’t run their own elections line for ten years now...
(Supposed) LEOs lying about a shooting’s circumstance?! No way! I can’t believe it’s not butter!!
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Judge orders release of suspects in alleged shovel attack on agent
Department of Homeland Security says agent fired in self-defense after being attacked with a snow shovel and broom.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 AM
(Supposed) LEOs lying about a shooting’s circumstance?! No way! I can’t believe it’s not butter!!
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He's hoping enough of us will still be around in November but with ICEs superbudget and data on every person that's ever flown or paid taxes and their "Approximate Address Confidence" app I guess we'll find out. Thanks boss.
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
He's hoping enough of us will still be around in November but with ICEs superbudget and data on every person that's ever flown or paid taxes and their "Approximate Address Confidence" app I guess we'll find out. Thanks boss.
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We really are in deep shit. If you ARE a centrist and risk averse, shouldn't you want to abolish ICE? The most likely problem we'll have in the midterms won't be procedural garbage but random violence perpetrated by ICE. Abolish is turning the temperature down.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:42 PM
We really are in deep shit. If you ARE a centrist and risk averse, shouldn't you want to abolish ICE? The most likely problem we'll have in the midterms won't be procedural garbage but random violence perpetrated by ICE. Abolish is turning the temperature down.
I just fucking can’t with this shit anymore. All of these ignorant fucks who think they know better than people who have devoted their entire lives to virology and the eradication of infectious diseases. Wtaf man. I fucking hate this timeline.
February 4, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I just fucking can’t with this shit anymore. All of these ignorant fucks who think they know better than people who have devoted their entire lives to virology and the eradication of infectious diseases. Wtaf man. I fucking hate this timeline.