Peter Boothe
@pboothe.bsky.social
Founder of @triplepat.com Coding fool. Recovering academic. Currently starting a company in the Netherlands. Former tech lead of M-Lab and former CS professor and former a few other things too.
https://pboothe.github.io
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https://pboothe.github.io
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Imagine losing “access” to this
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Imagine losing “access” to this
Racism is the best-correlated variable for Trumpism.
The problem is that the conclusion is repugnant (that an entire political party has mostly gone “gutter racist”) and this makes it hard to talk about without having that same party scream “bias!”
The problem is that the conclusion is repugnant (that an entire political party has mostly gone “gutter racist”) and this makes it hard to talk about without having that same party scream “bias!”
Almost everyone with a high level of racial resentment tended to vote for Trump in the 2024 election, regardless of educational attainment. Conversely, those with a low racial resentment score tended to support Harris, whether they had a college degree or not.
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Racism is the best-correlated variable for Trumpism.
The problem is that the conclusion is repugnant (that an entire political party has mostly gone “gutter racist”) and this makes it hard to talk about without having that same party scream “bias!”
The problem is that the conclusion is repugnant (that an entire political party has mostly gone “gutter racist”) and this makes it hard to talk about without having that same party scream “bias!”
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Me, 3 weeks later: *setting fire to the tent, kicking Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries back into the inferno*
Dems: Mamdani is too radical for our taste. Plus someone said he's antisemitic. And that name is scary to us! We need to keep him out.
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
Dems, 1 week later: Look lots of people have tattoos like that
Dems, 2 weeks later: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to the Tent
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Me, 3 weeks later: *setting fire to the tent, kicking Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries back into the inferno*
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If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
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the democrats do not have a secret agenda that you’d love that actually would do a lot to roll back fascism’s gains that also by all indications is quite popular but are for some reason saving for after the election to sneak on the public. that is not how they’ve ever operated.
November 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
the democrats do not have a secret agenda that you’d love that actually would do a lot to roll back fascism’s gains that also by all indications is quite popular but are for some reason saving for after the election to sneak on the public. that is not how they’ve ever operated.
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Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
"Call the cops! He took my wallet and my keys!”
SALEM, OR — Trump’s lawless ICE goons threaten U.S. citizen with AR-15, steal her car keys & wallet, leave her stranded in the middle of the road. (They then gave them to the police as though they found them🤔)
SALEM, OR — Trump’s lawless ICE goons threaten U.S. citizen with AR-15, steal her car keys & wallet, leave her stranded in the middle of the road. (They then gave them to the police as though they found them🤔)
November 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.
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If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
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Note that if it's happening in the Fediverse it is ABSOLUTELY DEFINITELY happening here on Bsky.
Since 15 Sept IFTAS has tracked a network of over 300 Mastodon accounts engaged in a high-volume propaganda campaign, promoting pro-Russian narratives:
https://about.iftas.org/2025/10/05/coordinated-pro-russian-propaganda-network-targeting-activitypub-and-atproto-services/
https://about.iftas.org/2025/10/05/coordinated-pro-russian-propaganda-network-targeting-activitypub-and-atproto-services/
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Note that if it's happening in the Fediverse it is ABSOLUTELY DEFINITELY happening here on Bsky.
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I wonder if the agenda-setting success of the AI CEOs, apart from the money they spend on it, isn't also because a generation that has never understood tech, still doesn't, and is still in power have the impression that they understand this one.
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I wonder if the agenda-setting success of the AI CEOs, apart from the money they spend on it, isn't also because a generation that has never understood tech, still doesn't, and is still in power have the impression that they understand this one.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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Now that we know what they mean by "the workplace," it's clear that women really did ruin that.
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Now that we know what they mean by "the workplace," it's clear that women really did ruin that.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
I don’t like that it was such a good idea for me to move to the Netherlands. I mean, it’s nice here, but I was hoping to realize it was a bad idea and then move back to NYC.
I’m still hoping.
I’m still hoping.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I don’t like that it was such a good idea for me to move to the Netherlands. I mean, it’s nice here, but I was hoping to realize it was a bad idea and then move back to NYC.
I’m still hoping.
I’m still hoping.
We did this to ourselves. It didn’t have to be like this.
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We did this to ourselves. It didn’t have to be like this.
The people preventing measurement of a problem are always the assholes.
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The people preventing measurement of a problem are always the assholes.
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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Hedonic treadmill but it's in the other direction of being continually mad/outraged/angry at the Trump administration.
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hedonic treadmill but it's in the other direction of being continually mad/outraged/angry at the Trump administration.
This is actually how you will know they don’t have the Democrats’ best interests in mind.
We’re going to be hearing from a whole lot more people who do not have the Democrats’ best interests at heart saying “The Democrats need to be more like John Fetterman”
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is actually how you will know they don’t have the Democrats’ best interests in mind.
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"Here’s the kicker: We even got them to agree not to pass the healthcare subsidies that we’ve been working for. You know, the ones average Americans rely on. Here’s how we did it: We asked, then they said, 'No way,' and then we said, 'Okay.' That’s how you win."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
Great News: We Got Them to Agree to Their Own Deal
“Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government sh...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Here’s the kicker: We even got them to agree not to pass the healthcare subsidies that we’ve been working for. You know, the ones average Americans rely on. Here’s how we did it: We asked, then they said, 'No way,' and then we said, 'Okay.' That’s how you win."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
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As much as I find common cause with my more radical friends I (reluctantly) oppose the hardline proposals to summarily incarcerate every ICE agent. I urge everyone to consider the centrist compromise of abolishing ICE
Veteran ICE officials @nickmiroff.bsky.social spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As much as I find common cause with my more radical friends I (reluctantly) oppose the hardline proposals to summarily incarcerate every ICE agent. I urge everyone to consider the centrist compromise of abolishing ICE
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This isn’t about left vs. right.
This is about fighting back vs. losing.
The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. In this moment when fascists are on the march, we need leadership with a spine.
This is about fighting back vs. losing.
The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. In this moment when fascists are on the march, we need leadership with a spine.
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This isn’t about left vs. right.
This is about fighting back vs. losing.
The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. In this moment when fascists are on the march, we need leadership with a spine.
This is about fighting back vs. losing.
The regime’s threats are too real and the stakes are too high to settle for the feckless, loser version of the Democratic Party we saw this week. In this moment when fascists are on the march, we need leadership with a spine.
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isn't the president literally the WH
who is furious at pulte for convincing trump this was a good idea
who is furious at pulte for convincing trump this was a good idea
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
isn't the president literally the WH
who is furious at pulte for convincing trump this was a good idea
who is furious at pulte for convincing trump this was a good idea
He either can’t control his caucus (and should be replaced as leader) or he’s lying to our faces here (and should be primaried).
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
He either can’t control his caucus (and should be replaced as leader) or he’s lying to our faces here (and should be primaried).