Operator
@operator1997.bsky.social
28M, Healthcare Worker, History and movie geek, GalaxyTrail fan, NAFO Fella, avid Wikipedia editor (NeverBeGameOver)
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Banner: Bong Joon-ho's 살인의 추억 - Memories of Murder (2003)
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Banner: Bong Joon-ho's 살인의 추억 - Memories of Murder (2003)
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee my law firm has filed to intervene to defend the new California congressional map from attack. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
🚨 Tangipa et al v. Newsom et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee my law firm has filed to intervene to defend the new California congressional map from attack. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
Absolute legend, rest in peace ♥️
Beyond his career with Kurosawa, he trained Yakusho Kōji (Cure, Babel, Perfect Days)
Beyond his career with Kurosawa, he trained Yakusho Kōji (Cure, Babel, Perfect Days)
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Absolute legend, rest in peace ♥️
Beyond his career with Kurosawa, he trained Yakusho Kōji (Cure, Babel, Perfect Days)
Beyond his career with Kurosawa, he trained Yakusho Kōji (Cure, Babel, Perfect Days)
New penicillin moment
If this bears out this is perhaps the biggest health innovation since mRNA vaccines which like lol how crazy. This science interrupted the biological production of antibiotic producing mold and isolated an early molecule in the compound. That rules.
www.livescience.com/health/medic...
www.livescience.com/health/medic...
Antibiotic found hiding in plain sight could treat dangerous infections, early study finds
Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen antibiotic that shows promising in treating drug-resistant infections.
www.livescience.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
New penicillin moment
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I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got back to my office after the vote last night and recorded this. There's no way to sugarcoat what happened. And my fear is that Trump gets stronger, not weaker, because of this acquiescence. I'm angry - like you. But I choose to keep fighting.
Nice
The piss tank on the ISS is now 69% full.
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Nice
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Python Software Foundation gets a donor surge after rejecting federal grant
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
Discuss: www.sqox.com/c/?id=8b3f73...
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
Discuss: www.sqox.com/c/?id=8b3f73...
PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant
The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
thenewstack.io
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Python Software Foundation gets a donor surge after rejecting federal grant
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
Discuss: www.sqox.com/c/?id=8b3f73...
thenewstack.io/psf-gets-a-d...
Discuss: www.sqox.com/c/?id=8b3f73...
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Why does everyone keep saying Angus King is a Dem? He is not. He does caucus with Dems, but he is an Independent.
(Fetterman is non compos mentis.)
(Fetterman is non compos mentis.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Why does everyone keep saying Angus King is a Dem? He is not. He does caucus with Dems, but he is an Independent.
(Fetterman is non compos mentis.)
(Fetterman is non compos mentis.)
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That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.
BREAKING: 1st Circuit denies Trump administration request to stay judge's order forcing full payment of SNAP for November. Opinion by Rikelman (Biden), Joined by Barron (Obama), Gelpi (Biden). Order remains on hold for 48 hours per Justice Jackson. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
RISNAPCA1Opn110925
www.documentcloud.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
That was FAST. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s gambit is working.
Yuup, Connecticut got their shit together. Good thing this is my state.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Yuup, Connecticut got their shit together. Good thing this is my state.
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A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A Trump supporter who fired off a gun during the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested last month on kidnapping and sexual assault charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
This is literally that moment in Smiling Friends with the President Jimble episode.
thehill.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is literally that moment in Smiling Friends with the President Jimble episode.
Week 43: Longest Shutdown Ever
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Week 43: Longest Shutdown Ever
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Trump's USDA bars grocery stores from offering discount for SNAP recipients - MSNBC apple.news/AUrN6Dj1GRYe...
Their policy is to starve the low income people
Their policy is to starve the low income people
Trump's USDA bars grocery stores from offering discount for SNAP recipients — MSNBC
As the government shutdown continues, millions of Americans who depend on SNAP benefits to buy food remain in limbo. In an effort to help SNAP recipients, John Leary, the General Manager of George Str...
apple.news
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Trump's USDA bars grocery stores from offering discount for SNAP recipients - MSNBC apple.news/AUrN6Dj1GRYe...
Their policy is to starve the low income people
Their policy is to starve the low income people
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Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51
2025, i.e. this week: 64
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Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Trump and his cronies are now pushing 50-year mortgages.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Buckle up. This is going to make the 2008 mortgage crisis look like the good old days.
Plur1bus is certified Evangelion-esque media
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Plur1bus is certified Evangelion-esque media
The latest in Taylor Swift roasts continues....
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The latest in Taylor Swift roasts continues....
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🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a lower court order requiring full SNAP food aid payments during the shutdown, allowing Trump to continue with partial payments instead.
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HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net
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November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
HUGE: Nearly 3000 people have signed up with @runforsomething.net to run for office since Tuesday night. runforwhat.net
Lip sagging, that is definitely a stroke. Probably micro-vascular if he's been able to still walk. But very telling.
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Lip sagging, that is definitely a stroke. Probably micro-vascular if he's been able to still walk. But very telling.
Kojima wrote a paragraph, I'm totally gonna watch it.
I like how the katakana り is shaped like a 1. That is genius design.
I like how the katakana り is shaped like a 1. That is genius design.
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Kojima wrote a paragraph, I'm totally gonna watch it.
I like how the katakana り is shaped like a 1. That is genius design.
I like how the katakana り is shaped like a 1. That is genius design.
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We’ve now had more than 2,000 people sign up at runforwhat.net since Tuesday. We’re getting ready to run and win everywhere in 2026 & beyond.
Run for Something
Find offices you can run for
runforwhat.net
November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’ve now had more than 2,000 people sign up at runforwhat.net since Tuesday. We’re getting ready to run and win everywhere in 2026 & beyond.
For Nutmeggers, heating assistance services has begun
CT's oldest fuel assistance fund opens application period amid government shutdown
Generation Power Connecticut, previously called Operation Fuel, will accept applications until Nov. 10. To help clients plan for their energy needs, the organization shifted from a twice a year applic...
www.ctpublic.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
For Nutmeggers, heating assistance services has begun