Rad O'Brien, Chief Engineer 🔵
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I am very much alive and intend to stay that way
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I think Bluesky is currently the best social media platform for keeping misinformation to a minimum, maybe because it’s not popular enough to be a target yet
Half the shit my friends, including fellow academics, share on Facebook is made up crap that they believe is real
Threads is atrocious too
Half the shit my friends, including fellow academics, share on Facebook is made up crap that they believe is real
Threads is atrocious too
February 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I think Bluesky is currently the best social media platform for keeping misinformation to a minimum, maybe because it’s not popular enough to be a target yet
Half the shit my friends, including fellow academics, share on Facebook is made up crap that they believe is real
Threads is atrocious too
Half the shit my friends, including fellow academics, share on Facebook is made up crap that they believe is real
Threads is atrocious too
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I sometimes share my favorite poem here and today it feels appropriate ✨️
June 2, 2024 at 1:52 AM
I sometimes share my favorite poem here and today it feels appropriate ✨️
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On the brink of potentially astonishing breakthroughs in immune therapy, up to and including curing cancer, and instead we’re going to re-litigate germ theory and vaccination. Unreal, world-changing levels of stupidity
"Kennedy, in a bestselling 2021 book, explicitly rejected germ theory...in favor of 'miasma theory,' which pediatrician and vaccine inventor Paul Offit describes as 'a long-abandoned medical theory that holds that diseases are caused by poisonous vapors.'" 👇
Remember RFK Jr.'s remark about how he was "not scared of a germ" because he "used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats"?
Funny thing about that: Of *course* he's not scared of a germ. Because he doesn't believe in the germ theory of disease.
Really. Literally.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-robert...
Funny thing about that: Of *course* he's not scared of a germ. Because he doesn't believe in the germ theory of disease.
Really. Literally.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-robert...
February 18, 2026 at 3:06 AM
On the brink of potentially astonishing breakthroughs in immune therapy, up to and including curing cancer, and instead we’re going to re-litigate germ theory and vaccination. Unreal, world-changing levels of stupidity
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In 1993 Rev. Jesse Jackson was arrested after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting the Clinton Administration's policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees. A lifetime of direct action and protest regardless of who was in power.
Rest in peace
Rest in peace
February 18, 2026 at 1:11 AM
In 1993 Rev. Jesse Jackson was arrested after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting the Clinton Administration's policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees. A lifetime of direct action and protest regardless of who was in power.
Rest in peace
Rest in peace
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Librarian here: yup. Had this experience at the ALA Conference a few years ago. I had both Chinese researchers and New Zealanders shocked at our budgets, even in Boston, with 40+ colleges and universities and the Boston Public Library.
February 18, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Librarian here: yup. Had this experience at the ALA Conference a few years ago. I had both Chinese researchers and New Zealanders shocked at our budgets, even in Boston, with 40+ colleges and universities and the Boston Public Library.
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The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
February 17, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The concentration camps will not only be for immigrants, documented or otherwise. They already aren't.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
They won't only be for brown and Black people.
The targets will keep expanding. It will not end.
The only way it will is if we stop it. Both in and out of the system. There is no other way.
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i am told that capitalism is the most efficient method of distributing wealth, labor, and resources, largely in part due to the invisible hand of market demand
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
i am told that capitalism is the most efficient method of distributing wealth, labor, and resources, largely in part due to the invisible hand of market demand
I think campy transcends their critique in this case
The God of War Trilogy is getting a Remake. But the question is how 1-to-1 will these remakes be, and will they include the sex minigames? And should they?
More of our thoughts (and a poll) here: https://bit.ly/3OmCM98
More of our thoughts (and a poll) here: https://bit.ly/3OmCM98
February 18, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I think campy transcends their critique in this case
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Another day in the wife mines. Boss says if we don’t find another vein of single monogamous sweeties soon they’re gonna close us down. Says poly couples where the guy is straight are the future anyway. City boy doesn’t understand. My father, my grandfather, they all dug wife in these tunnels
February 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Another day in the wife mines. Boss says if we don’t find another vein of single monogamous sweeties soon they’re gonna close us down. Says poly couples where the guy is straight are the future anyway. City boy doesn’t understand. My father, my grandfather, they all dug wife in these tunnels
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worth pointing out: it's not BPP but new american movement, one of the major progenitors of DSA (and in so transforming went from marxist-leninist to more straightforward social democrats).
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
February 17, 2026 at 5:54 AM
worth pointing out: it's not BPP but new american movement, one of the major progenitors of DSA (and in so transforming went from marxist-leninist to more straightforward social democrats).
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
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Turning off fog of war for the bathroom
February 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Turning off fog of war for the bathroom
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How far away can I stand from urinal before it gets weird
February 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
How far away can I stand from urinal before it gets weird
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Mind flayer quincinera
February 18, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Mind flayer quincinera
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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
February 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.
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恭喜发财!
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
February 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
恭喜发财!
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
happy year of the horse!! 🧧🐎🍊🎨
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“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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They don't have the manpower to get this done. And with the margins we're seeing in special elections, they'd need to swing places by 20 points and that isn't happening.
Imo what people should expect is random ICEholes "accidentally" dropping tear gas near long ballot lines and that kind of shit
Imo what people should expect is random ICEholes "accidentally" dropping tear gas near long ballot lines and that kind of shit
One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...
February 17, 2026 at 7:22 PM
They don't have the manpower to get this done. And with the margins we're seeing in special elections, they'd need to swing places by 20 points and that isn't happening.
Imo what people should expect is random ICEholes "accidentally" dropping tear gas near long ballot lines and that kind of shit
Imo what people should expect is random ICEholes "accidentally" dropping tear gas near long ballot lines and that kind of shit
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This is from a 2016 interview about a party in the ‘90s when someone is once again making the explicit claim that trump was pimping out underage girls and pageant contestants to visitors of his properties.
Famed Miami rapper Uncle Luke says he immediately left Trump's party after suspecting many of the girls were underage.
Uncle Luke Addresses Resurfaced Claim of Nude Minors at Mar-a-Lago
Famed Miami rapper Uncle Luke says he immediately left Trump's party after suspecting many of the girls were underage.
www.miaminewtimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This is from a 2016 interview about a party in the ‘90s when someone is once again making the explicit claim that trump was pimping out underage girls and pageant contestants to visitors of his properties.
How far away can I stand from urinal before it gets weird
February 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
How far away can I stand from urinal before it gets weird
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I saw that today marks the start of Ramadan, Mardi Gras, and Lunar New Year. That means like HALF of the world is celebrating
Things have generally been feeling progressively bleaker and heavier, so hopefully we can all grab some good vibes today while they’re free flowing💖
Things have generally been feeling progressively bleaker and heavier, so hopefully we can all grab some good vibes today while they’re free flowing💖
February 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I saw that today marks the start of Ramadan, Mardi Gras, and Lunar New Year. That means like HALF of the world is celebrating
Things have generally been feeling progressively bleaker and heavier, so hopefully we can all grab some good vibes today while they’re free flowing💖
Things have generally been feeling progressively bleaker and heavier, so hopefully we can all grab some good vibes today while they’re free flowing💖
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One thing that's important to realize now is that, even in a scenario where Dems sweep to a crushing trifecta in 2028, Republicans will use their control of the courts to attempt to continue, as much as they can, to run executive agencies in exile, with DHS/ICE under Biden as the model
February 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
One thing that's important to realize now is that, even in a scenario where Dems sweep to a crushing trifecta in 2028, Republicans will use their control of the courts to attempt to continue, as much as they can, to run executive agencies in exile, with DHS/ICE under Biden as the model
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One of these companies is Toka, which offers products that hack into specific vehicles to harvest real time location data, as well as onboard camera and even microphone feeds.
Toka was co-founded by Epstein confidant/partner and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.
Toka was co-founded by Epstein confidant/partner and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.
Your car is spying on you – and these three Israeli firms are leading the surveillance race.
From hands-free systems to tire-pressure data, CARINT turns vehicles into powerful intelligence tools.
@omerbenj has the details
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
From hands-free systems to tire-pressure data, CARINT turns vehicles into powerful intelligence tools.
@omerbenj has the details
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Your car is spying on you – and Israeli firms are leading the surveillance race
From Hands-free Systems to Tire-pressure Data, a New Field Known as CARINT Turns Vehicles Into Powerful Intelligence Tools
www.haaretz.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
One of these companies is Toka, which offers products that hack into specific vehicles to harvest real time location data, as well as onboard camera and even microphone feeds.
Toka was co-founded by Epstein confidant/partner and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.
Toka was co-founded by Epstein confidant/partner and former Israeli PM Ehud Barak.
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Apropos of nothing: I’ve never been so sick that I used tools forbidden by my job to do my job and then expected to keep my job.
February 16, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Apropos of nothing: I’ve never been so sick that I used tools forbidden by my job to do my job and then expected to keep my job.
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This movie was 60% looney tunes slapstick and 40% heartwarming tearjerker, and throughout it was 100% gorgeous with some of the best animation, writing, and voice acting I've seen in ages. Everyone needs to see Nobody
Nobody (2025 film) - Wikipedia
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February 10, 2026 at 4:04 AM
This movie was 60% looney tunes slapstick and 40% heartwarming tearjerker, and throughout it was 100% gorgeous with some of the best animation, writing, and voice acting I've seen in ages. Everyone needs to see Nobody