Orion Kidder
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if you had a PC laptop you could probably dualboot into, like, writerdeckos.com
writerdeckOS
A Writer Deck Operating System
writerdeckos.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
if you had a PC laptop you could probably dualboot into, like, writerdeckos.com
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Been using the Brick app on my iPhone, locking almost every app so for a period my phone can only do a few, discrete things. I want something similar for my Mac. Is there way to stop my Mac from running any app other than iaWriter for a few hours?
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Been using the Brick app on my iPhone, locking almost every app so for a period my phone can only do a few, discrete things. I want something similar for my Mac. Is there way to stop my Mac from running any app other than iaWriter for a few hours?
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this is disgusting and egregious, it parallels the similarly disgusting and egregious bans of/protest of trans women athletes in the US
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
this is disgusting and egregious, it parallels the similarly disgusting and egregious bans of/protest of trans women athletes in the US
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THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
Arianna Sofia Veraza and her parents were driving to Sam's Club for milk, eggs and diapers yesterday when they heard helicopters and horns blaring yesterday. They had turned around to leave when a federal agent pepper-sprayed them through a car window.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/09/c...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal blitz
Southwest Side politicians condemned Saturday’s pepper spraying and the federal sweep of Little Village as “state-sponsored terrorism” at a news conference Sunday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
THEY PEPPER SPRAYED A BABY
Please read this entire excellent piece by Caroline, which points out that a judge ordered the Feds (again) to stop doing **this exact kind of thing** and they are still continuing to do it all over Chicago
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Hey folks, this isn't me! I don't have an active public Facebook page right now (though this is making me think I need one).
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hey folks, this isn't me! I don't have an active public Facebook page right now (though this is making me think I need one).
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
They're taking my work and photos.
I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta).
So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!
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You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You cannot separate the current nightmare we now inhabit from the collapse/crisis in how rich, powerful middle-aged men perceive masculinity, especially their own insecurities.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
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It is, & it’s too moderate. For example: only 24 top Nazis were tried at Nuremberg. Everyone involved in horrendous abuses such as those reported in the thread below should be tried, down to the lowliest prison guard. The “Nuremberg defence” – “I was only obeying orders” – must be disallowed.
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It is, & it’s too moderate. For example: only 24 top Nazis were tried at Nuremberg. Everyone involved in horrendous abuses such as those reported in the thread below should be tried, down to the lowliest prison guard. The “Nuremberg defence” – “I was only obeying orders” – must be disallowed.
Amazing analogy. Really true.
Not because Linux is thousands of times better. It's not! It's just what an OS ought to be: yours.
Instead, it's because the Windows monopoly means the vast majority of people literally have no awareness that an OS can be anything other than that.
(Yes, and OSX.)
Not because Linux is thousands of times better. It's not! It's just what an OS ought to be: yours.
Instead, it's because the Windows monopoly means the vast majority of people literally have no awareness that an OS can be anything other than that.
(Yes, and OSX.)
Investigating Linux is like looking outside of Plato’s cave.
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Amazing analogy. Really true.
Not because Linux is thousands of times better. It's not! It's just what an OS ought to be: yours.
Instead, it's because the Windows monopoly means the vast majority of people literally have no awareness that an OS can be anything other than that.
(Yes, and OSX.)
Not because Linux is thousands of times better. It's not! It's just what an OS ought to be: yours.
Instead, it's because the Windows monopoly means the vast majority of people literally have no awareness that an OS can be anything other than that.
(Yes, and OSX.)
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Investigating Linux is like looking outside of Plato’s cave.
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Investigating Linux is like looking outside of Plato’s cave.
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My husband has set up one of our demo laptops to have Linux on it for me.
Y'all. It's as clean as Win 98. There's nothing on here. It's fast and speedy. I'm using Libre Office to write and it's SO NICE. No pop ups. No AI. It's just a word processor.
Y'all. It's as clean as Win 98. There's nothing on here. It's fast and speedy. I'm using Libre Office to write and it's SO NICE. No pop ups. No AI. It's just a word processor.
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My husband has set up one of our demo laptops to have Linux on it for me.
Y'all. It's as clean as Win 98. There's nothing on here. It's fast and speedy. I'm using Libre Office to write and it's SO NICE. No pop ups. No AI. It's just a word processor.
Y'all. It's as clean as Win 98. There's nothing on here. It's fast and speedy. I'm using Libre Office to write and it's SO NICE. No pop ups. No AI. It's just a word processor.
Nope. Nope. Nope. My bad.
No *news* after 6pm. I'm going to check the Linux feed and then get off of here.
No *news* after 6pm. I'm going to check the Linux feed and then get off of here.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Nope. Nope. Nope. My bad.
No *news* after 6pm. I'm going to check the Linux feed and then get off of here.
No *news* after 6pm. I'm going to check the Linux feed and then get off of here.
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Schumer has been saying for years that Trump is a unique threat to the US. But then he can't endorse Mamdani, the guy running against Trump's candidate, because...Israel?
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Schumer has been saying for years that Trump is a unique threat to the US. But then he can't endorse Mamdani, the guy running against Trump's candidate, because...Israel?
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his core identity is Islamophobia and support for genocide. not surprising, but good to have it confirmed.
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Schumer’s decision not to endorse Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race “was driven in large part…by his self-conception as a guardian of Israel, something he considers a core part of his personal and political identity.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Even on Election Day, Schumer Is Mum on Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 AM
his core identity is Islamophobia and support for genocide. not surprising, but good to have it confirmed.
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Is the ACA the best we can do? Not by a long shot. But it's obvious people would rather build on it and improve it, which can be accomplished pretty easily. This admin is offering fuck all as an alternative.
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Is the ACA the best we can do? Not by a long shot. But it's obvious people would rather build on it and improve it, which can be accomplished pretty easily. This admin is offering fuck all as an alternative.
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The pandemic in particular, whether the gov't or media wants to admit it, has made a lot more people aware of 1. how important healthcare is 2. how fragile health is at any age 3. how fucking abysmal we are about all of it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The pandemic in particular, whether the gov't or media wants to admit it, has made a lot more people aware of 1. how important healthcare is 2. how fragile health is at any age 3. how fucking abysmal we are about all of it.
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As we watch Trump & the GOP ignore the Constitution & the concept of human rights in the United States, consider what’s been happening in Canada with right-wing Premiers and Poilievre normalizing the common abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause to make Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms irrelevant.
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
As we watch Trump & the GOP ignore the Constitution & the concept of human rights in the United States, consider what’s been happening in Canada with right-wing Premiers and Poilievre normalizing the common abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause to make Canada’s Charter of Rights & Freedoms irrelevant.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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Funny but true: The President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, wrote his PH.D on enslaved African Americans in Louisiana. Indeed, his master’s thesis was entitled, African-Virginian Extended Kin: The Prevalence of West African Family Forms Among Slaves in Virginia, 1740–1870.
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Funny but true: The President of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, wrote his PH.D on enslaved African Americans in Louisiana. Indeed, his master’s thesis was entitled, African-Virginian Extended Kin: The Prevalence of West African Family Forms Among Slaves in Virginia, 1740–1870.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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In other provinces, journalists can use anti-SLAPP legislation to challenge lawsuits when they believe they are groundless or undermine the public interest
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In other provinces, journalists can use anti-SLAPP legislation to challenge lawsuits when they believe they are groundless or undermine the public interest
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
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Caylan Ford is suing me and PressProgress, along with trusted news organizations like CBC News, the Toronto Star, as well as other award-winning journalists
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Caylan Ford is suing me and PressProgress, along with trusted news organizations like CBC News, the Toronto Star, as well as other award-winning journalists
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵