Mad B
@oaktag.bsky.social
Scientist & software engineer in Seattle. Interested in social justice, feminism, building dense housing, tabletop roleplaying gaming, and more. Parent of 1 gifted kid and 1 disabled kid. No terfs, GOP, or other bigots tolerated.
Forget college classes, tell me the five best vegetables:
Onion, carrot, garlic, sugar snap peas, green beans
Onion, carrot, garlic, sugar snap peas, green beans
Forget college classes, tell me the five best vegetables:
Onion, cabbage, daikon radish, broccoli, brussel sprouts
Onion, cabbage, daikon radish, broccoli, brussel sprouts
forget college classes, tell me the five best vegetables:
Carrot, butter lettuce, cucumber, corn, yam
Carrot, butter lettuce, cucumber, corn, yam
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Forget college classes, tell me the five best vegetables:
Onion, carrot, garlic, sugar snap peas, green beans
Onion, carrot, garlic, sugar snap peas, green beans
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For example, “Violent inmate” can often be “someone who tried to fight back when a prison guard beat them”.
January 31, 2026 at 4:06 PM
For example, “Violent inmate” can often be “someone who tried to fight back when a prison guard beat them”.
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One downside to hydroponics is the significant energy & other resources needed. That's why the Kratky method has taken off with growers who have limited resources — it's a completely passive, yet wholly effective hydroponic system.
Read more from Mitch Hagney:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
Read more from Mitch Hagney:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
Do-Nothing Hydroponics
Common knowledge said there was only one way to grow hydroponically. Until a simpler method turned viable — and viral.
ambrook.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:16 PM
One downside to hydroponics is the significant energy & other resources needed. That's why the Kratky method has taken off with growers who have limited resources — it's a completely passive, yet wholly effective hydroponic system.
Read more from Mitch Hagney:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
Read more from Mitch Hagney:
ambrook.com/offrange/tec...
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Urban legends
2. Rise and fall of the third reich
3. Robin Hood
4. Arabic
5. Plant genetic engineering
1. Urban legends
2. Rise and fall of the third reich
3. Robin Hood
4. Arabic
5. Plant genetic engineering
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Fencing
2. Medieval Philosophy
3. The Cold War in American politics
4. Adolescent Psychology
5. Russian
1. Fencing
2. Medieval Philosophy
3. The Cold War in American politics
4. Adolescent Psychology
5. Russian
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Shinkendo
2. Aikido
3. Advanced Motorcycle Operation
4. Kali-Eskrima
5. Krav-Maga
All five were either taught by faculty.
1. Shinkendo
2. Aikido
3. Advanced Motorcycle Operation
4. Kali-Eskrima
5. Krav-Maga
All five were either taught by faculty.
February 1, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Urban legends
2. Rise and fall of the third reich
3. Robin Hood
4. Arabic
5. Plant genetic engineering
1. Urban legends
2. Rise and fall of the third reich
3. Robin Hood
4. Arabic
5. Plant genetic engineering
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If nothing else . We need to treat everyone who doesn’t believe this is a hard line
Like a collaborator
Who needs to be absolutely isolated from power and access
Like a collaborator
Who needs to be absolutely isolated from power and access
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If nothing else . We need to treat everyone who doesn’t believe this is a hard line
Like a collaborator
Who needs to be absolutely isolated from power and access
Like a collaborator
Who needs to be absolutely isolated from power and access
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In 2017, six actresses told the LA Times that a prominent Hollywood director was sexually violent toward them.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
What women said "Melania" director Brett Ratner did to them
The First Lady’s documentary premiere marks the return of a director accused of sexual violence by six actresses in 2017.
www.motherjones.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In 2017, six actresses told the LA Times that a prominent Hollywood director was sexually violent toward them.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
They were talking about Brett Ratner, who stood next to Melania Trump to celebrate the premiere of Melania, his eponymous documentary about the First Lady.
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"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style, or our modes of protest or our dress sense, are not, as we keep being told, the problem."
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"If even the security services are gagged when they tell the government what it doesn’t want to hear, perhaps our communication style, or our modes of protest or our dress sense, are not, as we keep being told, the problem."
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“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
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If you're a journalist listening to Homan BLOVIATE about law and order right now and your immediate question isn't *what gives YOU the authority to speak about crimes and "law and order" when you accepted a $50,000 bribe and keep avoiding any accountability?* then you are ridiculous.
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM
If you're a journalist listening to Homan BLOVIATE about law and order right now and your immediate question isn't *what gives YOU the authority to speak about crimes and "law and order" when you accepted a $50,000 bribe and keep avoiding any accountability?* then you are ridiculous.
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Whenever I see a pic of Noah Wyle in the Pitt all I can think of is this:
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Whenever I see a pic of Noah Wyle in the Pitt all I can think of is this:
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The guy who makes funny doctor videos (who actually is an ophthalmologist) just made a couple on pepper spray generally and with contacts. We live in weird times.
What To Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 3:46 AM
The guy who makes funny doctor videos (who actually is an ophthalmologist) just made a couple on pepper spray generally and with contacts. We live in weird times.
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For those who have FB, here's a donation link to help his mom: www.facebook.com/share/p/1B6N...
They've raised $2,171 of the $4,750 she needs to get her son's body from the morgue and back to Nicaragua.
They've raised $2,171 of the $4,750 she needs to get her son's body from the morgue and back to Nicaragua.
María del Rosario Díaz García needs to raise $4,750 to get her son's body back to Nicaragua after he died at ICE's Camp East Montana earlier this month.
The Texas Nicaraguan Community has set up a donation link on her behalf at: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DLk...
The Texas Nicaraguan Community has set up a donation link on her behalf at: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DLk...
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 AM
For those who have FB, here's a donation link to help his mom: www.facebook.com/share/p/1B6N...
They've raised $2,171 of the $4,750 she needs to get her son's body from the morgue and back to Nicaragua.
They've raised $2,171 of the $4,750 she needs to get her son's body from the morgue and back to Nicaragua.
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I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL
I was traumatized for years from reading the news story.
The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.
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“The scriptures you love weren’t written to keep things calm.
They were written to set things right.”
They were written to set things right.”
January 26, 2026 at 1:03 AM
“The scriptures you love weren’t written to keep things calm.
They were written to set things right.”
They were written to set things right.”
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This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM
This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
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Can speak from personal experience on this one
ICE thinks Minnesotans will eventually give up, it’s like they’re unfamiliar with Vikings fandom
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Can speak from personal experience on this one
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- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
👇🎯💯
Again, the needs to be & all the committees & commissions that want to Do A Popularism & focus on Kitchen Table Issues are engaged in a category mistake about What Democrats Must Do the next time they ever have power.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, the
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
the thing that the next dem candidate for president will have to understand and have to explain is that this court, with these powers, will not let a democratic president or a democratic majority govern, and that president and that majority will have to respond accordingly.
August 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
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the mood is not subtle
January 24, 2026 at 11:26 PM
the mood is not subtle
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FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
FWIW:
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
Golden is retiring.
The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running.
The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents.
Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez.
If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
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🚨#JOURNALISTS covering #iceprotest: Less lethal projectiles move 400-600FSP. Z87.1 glasses no longer provide the protection required. We recommend MIL-PRF-32432A or AS/NZS 1337 rating to protect your eyes. These can be found at your local home improvement store. Follow for more safety updates
January 19, 2026 at 12:20 AM
🚨#JOURNALISTS covering #iceprotest: Less lethal projectiles move 400-600FSP. Z87.1 glasses no longer provide the protection required. We recommend MIL-PRF-32432A or AS/NZS 1337 rating to protect your eyes. These can be found at your local home improvement store. Follow for more safety updates
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ICE abducted a man in minneapolis on january 6. by january 14, he was dead in a concentration camp in texas.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
Man arrested by ICE in Minneapolis dies while under federal agency's custody in Texas
A 36-year-old man who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis died while under the custody of federal law enforcement in Texas on Wednesday, according to the agency.
www.cbsnews.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
ICE abducted a man in minneapolis on january 6. by january 14, he was dead in a concentration camp in texas.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
victor manuel diaz was 36 years old. they say he did it to himself. ICE murdered him.
Author of the Deverry books! Mortgaged her house to ease her husband's last years as he died of cancer! Needs donations via PayPal to kitkerr@aol.com !
(I'm case you can't follow the fb link)
(I'm case you can't follow the fb link)
Katherine Kerr is in danger of losing her home after fighting the us healthcare system
Please help if you can? (Sorry fb link, I have no other source)
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Kbi...
Please help if you can? (Sorry fb link, I have no other source)
www.facebook.com/share/p/1Kbi...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Author of the Deverry books! Mortgaged her house to ease her husband's last years as he died of cancer! Needs donations via PayPal to kitkerr@aol.com !
(I'm case you can't follow the fb link)
(I'm case you can't follow the fb link)
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god fucking damnit
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 20, 2026 at 12:24 AM
god fucking damnit
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I grew up in Colorado. Colorado history was REQUIRED in middle school. The Mexican-American War never came up.
Likely due to our teacher, Mr. Lee being a virulent racist.
Likely due to our teacher, Mr. Lee being a virulent racist.
In US schools, the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) is barely covered. More time is spent on the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865).
But, in Mexican textbooks, it's covered in depth, esp. the loss of Texas, California, New México, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah to the U.S.
Many were killed for land.
But, in Mexican textbooks, it's covered in depth, esp. the loss of Texas, California, New México, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah to the U.S.
Many were killed for land.
January 18, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I grew up in Colorado. Colorado history was REQUIRED in middle school. The Mexican-American War never came up.
Likely due to our teacher, Mr. Lee being a virulent racist.
Likely due to our teacher, Mr. Lee being a virulent racist.