Rad O'Brien, Chief Engineer 🔵
@radobrien.myatproto.social
I am very much alive and intend to stay that way
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This is a fundamentally unserious administration
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This is a fundamentally unserious administration
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Apparently, Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump toxic waste water on their neighbors without fear of any consequences.
February 12, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Apparently, Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump toxic waste water on their neighbors without fear of any consequences.
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Your semi-regular reminder that Josh Shapiro is a big ol' bootlicker!
What does collaboration with ICE look like in PA? ICE can access state data without a warrant. Troopers cannot ask about immigration status, but can and do tell ICE if they otherwise discover someone is undocumented. And prisons honor some ICE detainers.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/02...
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/02...
How PA agencies under Shapiro’s control cooperate with ICE
Gov. Josh Shapiro has not hidden that PA works with ICE, nor has he promised new limits on existing cooperation.
www.spotlightpa.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Your semi-regular reminder that Josh Shapiro is a big ol' bootlicker!
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What's an easily identifiable data point for where you grew up and live and could be easily searchable?
I'll go first
I'll go first
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 AM
What's an easily identifiable data point for where you grew up and live and could be easily searchable?
I'll go first
I'll go first
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Translation: "Whoops! Our 'No Palestinians' immediate banning tool accidentally banned people from a country we approve of"
An error caused a large number of accounts to be incorrectly "marked for review" by our automated system. This tool is normally used to rapidly respond to mass harassment and spam campaigns. We have removed the incorrect labels and will publish an incident report in the coming days.
February 12, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Translation: "Whoops! Our 'No Palestinians' immediate banning tool accidentally banned people from a country we approve of"
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the AI crash is going to be so bad every major liberal is going to take their turn trying to cushion the blow, because that's what they actually care about. take your lumps Chris, it's for The Country! That's why they pay you the big bucks!
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
the AI crash is going to be so bad every major liberal is going to take their turn trying to cushion the blow, because that's what they actually care about. take your lumps Chris, it's for The Country! That's why they pay you the big bucks!
I'm going to say it: I think Sabrina Carpenter and I would make a good couple
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I'm going to say it: I think Sabrina Carpenter and I would make a good couple
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I worked full-time for a shelter that was taking in what we called “Katrina dogs,” dogs from the Gulf who were brought up north to at least get them away from the devastation before tracking down their families.
All of these dogs were malnourished, many of them had parasites. This was normal.
All of these dogs were malnourished, many of them had parasites. This was normal.
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I worked full-time for a shelter that was taking in what we called “Katrina dogs,” dogs from the Gulf who were brought up north to at least get them away from the devastation before tracking down their families.
All of these dogs were malnourished, many of them had parasites. This was normal.
All of these dogs were malnourished, many of them had parasites. This was normal.
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Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Goldman: "Will the survivors and victims who are here please stand up one more time. By show of hands, how many of you or your loved ones actually have met with the DOJ? None ... How many of you were ignored by the DOJ? All of them." (Bondi responds by smearing Goldman.)
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Probably my all time favourite dub performance in one of these :(
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Probably my all time favourite dub performance in one of these :(
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Let me be problematic for a moment. Sometimes decent people are decent people solely because they got popped in the mouth and learned where the humanity guardrails are. White supremacy removes those guardrails. Lax gun laws remove those guardrails. Absurd wealth removes those guardrails.
We do not punch people in their face in this country enough.
Pam Bondi throws a fit:
"You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer"
"You don't tell me anything, you washed up loser lawyer"
February 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Let me be problematic for a moment. Sometimes decent people are decent people solely because they got popped in the mouth and learned where the humanity guardrails are. White supremacy removes those guardrails. Lax gun laws remove those guardrails. Absurd wealth removes those guardrails.
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![Cartoon.
A person is standing in front of a desktop computer.
PERSON: Say "I am alive"
COMPUTER: [typed text] I AM ALIVE
PERSON: oh my god.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nsoblc5guyu4evlajh6lbr7a/bafkreicaq6i3jv2w223pcow55azh7bqwarss2sdushdxzwqzcl5xclrpwa@jpeg)
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had 2 coffees this morning
February 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM
had 2 coffees this morning
There are few things more viscerally satisfying that being able to swipe a key card and enter a room full of Huge Contraptions
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
There are few things more viscerally satisfying that being able to swipe a key card and enter a room full of Huge Contraptions
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The total lack of explanation or comprehension from all sources contacted I this article is really unsettling - nobody has any idea why a major city was just suddenly grounded - with lethal force authorized against any aircraft that didn’t get the memo.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Live Updates: F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 PM
The total lack of explanation or comprehension from all sources contacted I this article is really unsettling - nobody has any idea why a major city was just suddenly grounded - with lethal force authorized against any aircraft that didn’t get the memo.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
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“I don’t actually think it’s cool and good to be so unconcerned with human connection and so uninterested in cultivating the bare minimum of knowledge about myself and the world and the people around me that I can’t be bothered to write my own emails. Or my own wedding vows.”— @andreagrimes.com
Dehumanizing Humans, Personifying Computers: Why Modern Fascism Wants You to be Lonely
Welcome to fully-automated luxury fascism. Can I take your personhood?
www.theflytrapmedia.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 AM
“I don’t actually think it’s cool and good to be so unconcerned with human connection and so uninterested in cultivating the bare minimum of knowledge about myself and the world and the people around me that I can’t be bothered to write my own emails. Or my own wedding vows.”— @andreagrimes.com
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This will seriously disrupt aid getting into the county. Any country that even wants to pretend to care about Cuba and sovereignty needs to bring jet fuel to Cuba immediately
Cuban government has informed airlines that they only have about 24 hours worth of fuel left for planes.
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Beyond the obvious damage that suddenly shutting down any country's air travel would have, a not at all small % of food and medicine in Cuba comes by luggage on airlines
efe.com/economia/202...
Cuba comunica a las aerolíneas que en 24 horas se queda sin combustible para aviones - EFE
El Gobierno de Cuba advirtió a las aerolíneas internacionales que operan en la isla que a partir de este lunes el país se queda sin combustible para aviación.
efe.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
This will seriously disrupt aid getting into the county. Any country that even wants to pretend to care about Cuba and sovereignty needs to bring jet fuel to Cuba immediately
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The deadline for responding to this consultation (about whether we should shovel even greater heaps of bureaucratic misery onto immigrants in the hope of pacifying racists) is midnight on Thursday 12th:
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
Guidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultation
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The deadline for responding to this consultation (about whether we should shovel even greater heaps of bureaucratic misery onto immigrants in the hope of pacifying racists) is midnight on Thursday 12th:
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"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
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Thinking about this again
February 11, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Thinking about this again