Colin Childs🍁
@phoul.bsky.social
Anonymity & Privacy advocate // Free Software developer // Sysadmin & Network ops // Knitting // Chess // Mahjong
Chronic Illness / ND
aka "Opprimereu"
https://links.insecure-complexity.ca/
Winnipeg, MB 🇨🇦
Chronic Illness / ND
aka "Opprimereu"
https://links.insecure-complexity.ca/
Winnipeg, MB 🇨🇦
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I wish there was a game that clicked for me the way a lot of people at gdq love their games.
The closest would probably be Diablo 2, I used to do ladder races when it was current; but otherwise I never really grinded games like that.
Maybe early RuneScape, but not in a speed sense.
The closest would probably be Diablo 2, I used to do ladder races when it was current; but otherwise I never really grinded games like that.
Maybe early RuneScape, but not in a speed sense.
January 8, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I wish there was a game that clicked for me the way a lot of people at gdq love their games.
The closest would probably be Diablo 2, I used to do ladder races when it was current; but otherwise I never really grinded games like that.
Maybe early RuneScape, but not in a speed sense.
The closest would probably be Diablo 2, I used to do ladder races when it was current; but otherwise I never really grinded games like that.
Maybe early RuneScape, but not in a speed sense.
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users
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Rest in power, Renee Good. 💔
January 8, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Rest in power, Renee Good. 💔
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Many strategic benefits to acquiring a minimally populated glacier and torching every strategic treaty we've signed since 1951
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Many strategic benefits to acquiring a minimally populated glacier and torching every strategic treaty we've signed since 1951
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I was already having nightly stress dreams about returning to the classroom next week. What am I even supposed to say about political science at this point?
January 7, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I was already having nightly stress dreams about returning to the classroom next week. What am I even supposed to say about political science at this point?
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ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
FFS.
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health, which is a dedicated space for health conversations. Amidst privacy concerns, OpenAI said it won't use your health data.
OpenAI says ChatGPT won't use your health information to train its models
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health, which is a dedicated space for health conversations. Amidst privacy concerns, OpenAI said it won't use your health data.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:30 PM
FFS.
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
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I am a simple person who thinks that telling the truth about things is important. I watched the video footage of this shooting, and the killing is casual and unhurried. DHS and aligned political actors are very ready to present a story of rushed, panicked violence, and it just is not true.
NEW: At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
Our latest:
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I am a simple person who thinks that telling the truth about things is important. I watched the video footage of this shooting, and the killing is casual and unhurried. DHS and aligned political actors are very ready to present a story of rushed, panicked violence, and it just is not true.
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My first console was a second hand colecovision with qbert and frenzy. Also BC's quest for tires.
This is so cool.
This is so cool.
Rent a Colecovision for your hotel room? You could do just that in 1983, according to Electronic Games Magazine. [Scan via the VGHF Library.]
January 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
My first console was a second hand colecovision with qbert and frenzy. Also BC's quest for tires.
This is so cool.
This is so cool.
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Rent a Colecovision for your hotel room? You could do just that in 1983, according to Electronic Games Magazine. [Scan via the VGHF Library.]
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Rent a Colecovision for your hotel room? You could do just that in 1983, according to Electronic Games Magazine. [Scan via the VGHF Library.]
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Where are all those "but my academic freedom!" folks now? Where's the 5 article coverage on The Free Press site?
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Where are all those "but my academic freedom!" folks now? Where's the 5 article coverage on The Free Press site?
I urge anyone thinking about travel to the US to reconsider. The risk is immense, even if you may not immediately be able to recognize it.
It's not worth the risk.
It's not worth the risk.
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I urge anyone thinking about travel to the US to reconsider. The risk is immense, even if you may not immediately be able to recognize it.
It's not worth the risk.
It's not worth the risk.
This.
They said for years you couldn't do xyz because it would start a civil war, and all it meant was that side wanted civil war.
Now they are in power and the war has hit the streets. They are executing people for filming and shipping others off to foreign prisons.
They said for years you couldn't do xyz because it would start a civil war, and all it meant was that side wanted civil war.
Now they are in power and the war has hit the streets. They are executing people for filming and shipping others off to foreign prisons.
We are all living through an undeclared civil war. That’s what’s happening.
And frankly, if you listen closely: they have declared it. It’s just that the billionaire-controlled media refuses to recognize and report it as such
And frankly, if you listen closely: they have declared it. It’s just that the billionaire-controlled media refuses to recognize and report it as such
January 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This.
They said for years you couldn't do xyz because it would start a civil war, and all it meant was that side wanted civil war.
Now they are in power and the war has hit the streets. They are executing people for filming and shipping others off to foreign prisons.
They said for years you couldn't do xyz because it would start a civil war, and all it meant was that side wanted civil war.
Now they are in power and the war has hit the streets. They are executing people for filming and shipping others off to foreign prisons.
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We are all living through an undeclared civil war. That’s what’s happening.
And frankly, if you listen closely: they have declared it. It’s just that the billionaire-controlled media refuses to recognize and report it as such
And frankly, if you listen closely: they have declared it. It’s just that the billionaire-controlled media refuses to recognize and report it as such
January 7, 2026 at 11:16 PM
We are all living through an undeclared civil war. That’s what’s happening.
And frankly, if you listen closely: they have declared it. It’s just that the billionaire-controlled media refuses to recognize and report it as such
And frankly, if you listen closely: they have declared it. It’s just that the billionaire-controlled media refuses to recognize and report it as such
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I don’t know what to say except that human beings deserve better than whatever this is
January 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I don’t know what to say except that human beings deserve better than whatever this is
It's gonna be weird to hear the defense of the 2nd amendment after this is all done.
"But what if the fascists come back a third time? Maybe we will fight it then!" is a pretty weak argument for why everyone needs guns.
"But what if the fascists come back a third time? Maybe we will fight it then!" is a pretty weak argument for why everyone needs guns.
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
It's gonna be weird to hear the defense of the 2nd amendment after this is all done.
"But what if the fascists come back a third time? Maybe we will fight it then!" is a pretty weak argument for why everyone needs guns.
"But what if the fascists come back a third time? Maybe we will fight it then!" is a pretty weak argument for why everyone needs guns.
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"if we stop paying the tens of thousands of heavily armed men who are kidnapping and killing our population, well then, we may end up with tens of thousands of heavily armed men kidnapping and killing our population"
bro. what are you even doing here. grown ups are talking.
bro. what are you even doing here. grown ups are talking.
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
"if we stop paying the tens of thousands of heavily armed men who are kidnapping and killing our population, well then, we may end up with tens of thousands of heavily armed men kidnapping and killing our population"
bro. what are you even doing here. grown ups are talking.
bro. what are you even doing here. grown ups are talking.
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pundits,
if your official take is anything resembling "I am hesitant to consider government reforms as a realistic option, due of the threat of violence from the government," you need a new job.
you just need a new job. nobody is hiring. good luck out there. but, you are not a serious person.
if your official take is anything resembling "I am hesitant to consider government reforms as a realistic option, due of the threat of violence from the government," you need a new job.
you just need a new job. nobody is hiring. good luck out there. but, you are not a serious person.
January 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
pundits,
if your official take is anything resembling "I am hesitant to consider government reforms as a realistic option, due of the threat of violence from the government," you need a new job.
you just need a new job. nobody is hiring. good luck out there. but, you are not a serious person.
if your official take is anything resembling "I am hesitant to consider government reforms as a realistic option, due of the threat of violence from the government," you need a new job.
you just need a new job. nobody is hiring. good luck out there. but, you are not a serious person.
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One of the things you learn living somewhere with cold weather is that communities are safer when ice is cleared off the roads.
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
One of the things you learn living somewhere with cold weather is that communities are safer when ice is cleared off the roads.
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Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.
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A bunch of people in positions of responsibility decided it was more expedient to go along here rather than confront what was actually happening.
What ICE was up to in Minnesota before they murdered a woman
January 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A bunch of people in positions of responsibility decided it was more expedient to go along here rather than confront what was actually happening.