dave bonner
@rascalking.com
software developer, currently at the mit media lab. masshole. he/him.
i hate having emotions about reality; i'd much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon.
also @dave@rascalking.com on fedi, was @rascalking on twitter.
i hate having emotions about reality; i'd much rather have them about Sanctuary Moon.
also @dave@rascalking.com on fedi, was @rascalking on twitter.
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SOMEONE: Fuck you!
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
Bovino is taking part in CBP detentions in Charlotte. dickfc_w_l on TikTok.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
SOMEONE: Fuck you!
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
BOVINO: That’s not very nice.
THE MOST MOM VOICE YOU’VE EVER HEARD: Well, are you doing nice things?
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This one from the Freep is also highly relevant:
‘I don’t want him on my campus’: BU community demands administrative action after BUCR president says he called ICE to raid Allston Car Wash
The Boston University community is calling for administrative action after the BU College Republicans president claimed in an X post last week that he called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ...
dailyfreepress.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This one from the Freep is also highly relevant:
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those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling Stone. As a result, the majority of VIBE employees were laid off. If you have the means to give, this team could use the support! www.gofundme.com/f/support-vi...
Donate to Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs, organized by Mya Abraham
It was announced on October 16, 2025 that VIBE was "joining forces" with Rolling S… Mya Abraham needs your support for Support VIBE Staff After Sudden Layoffs
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November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue were really fortunate to complete our fundraising goal — the laid-off staffers at VIBE deserve the same support, as Black media outlets and journalists continue to be targeted and discriminated against in “austerity” measures
Zacha just absolutely cursed by the shot gods
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Zacha just absolutely cursed by the shot gods
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I do defy him, and I spit at him
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I do defy him, and I spit at him
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Can’t believe I’m about to repost a statement from any campus Republicans but in kind of an extraordinary move, the Women of the Boston University Campus Republicans have disaffiliated from BUCR until the president who called ICE on the car wash workers steps down and apologizes, per student paper
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November 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Can’t believe I’m about to repost a statement from any campus Republicans but in kind of an extraordinary move, the Women of the Boston University Campus Republicans have disaffiliated from BUCR until the president who called ICE on the car wash workers steps down and apologizes, per student paper
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Cue the Roberts Court saying that it’s not a bribe if Trump didn’t officially ask for a gold bar in return for dropping tariffs.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Cue the Roberts Court saying that it’s not a bribe if Trump didn’t officially ask for a gold bar in return for dropping tariffs.
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
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If you weren’t clear on why any restrictions to medical abortion come from bad intentions - they are intended to control people and block access to abortion - the people who want to offer/force counseling on patients before they can access medical abortion also want to shoot people who get abortions
A witness told The State that she saw an altercation between an anti-abortion activist and someone driving their car by the clinic, & that she later saw the protester arrested. Other witnesses...identified the shooter as Mark Baumgartner, head of a “sidewalk counseling” group called A Moment of Hope
Breaking: Shooting at a South Carolina Planned Parenthood
An anti-abortion protester has been detained
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you weren’t clear on why any restrictions to medical abortion come from bad intentions - they are intended to control people and block access to abortion - the people who want to offer/force counseling on patients before they can access medical abortion also want to shoot people who get abortions
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Record profits are unpaid wages.
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Record profits are unpaid wages.
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A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
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A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
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I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
“When the 8 African American sheriffs took over the largest counties in North Carolina, it became a threat to the good ol’ boy system,” says the sheriff of Charlotte. These new sheriffs broke ties with ICE.
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
But GOP lawmakers cracked down this week, overbidding the governor’s veto to adopt this law:
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.
boltsmag.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I'm seeing people wonder why ICE is going after Charlotte.
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
ICE has been at war with Charlotte's sheriff ever since he won in 2018.
We'd covered this at Bolts back in the day; this quote is from that sheriff:
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This is a really cool engineering detail: the bulbous bow.
It increases stability, speed, and efficiency for ships.
Yes, the dick makes the ship go faster.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous...
It increases stability, speed, and efficiency for ships.
Yes, the dick makes the ship go faster.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous...
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is a really cool engineering detail: the bulbous bow.
It increases stability, speed, and efficiency for ships.
Yes, the dick makes the ship go faster.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous...
It increases stability, speed, and efficiency for ships.
Yes, the dick makes the ship go faster.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbous...
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“Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they always made me glad.” -- Malcolm X, December 1, 1963
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“Being an old farm boy myself, chickens coming home to roost never did make me sad; they always made me glad.” -- Malcolm X, December 1, 1963
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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"What if we remake Miracle Mile and also take all of the drugs?"
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November 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"What if we remake Miracle Mile and also take all of the drugs?"
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Harvard disgraces itself every day it continues to bestow the "University Professor" title on Summers
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Harvard disgraces itself every day it continues to bestow the "University Professor" title on Summers
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“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
it's fascinating that you can see when exactly the Reagan revolution happened
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“there is a point on the graph where things get Worse, and there you will find Ronald Reagan” stays undefeated
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The amount of solar-power capacity installed by China in Q1/Q2 2025 alone (256 gigawatts, ~ roughly 200 big coal plants) matches *all* the cumulative U.S. solar-power capacity installed thru Q2 2025 (260 gigawatts). We are watching the world leap past us.
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The amount of solar-power capacity installed by China in Q1/Q2 2025 alone (256 gigawatts, ~ roughly 200 big coal plants) matches *all* the cumulative U.S. solar-power capacity installed thru Q2 2025 (260 gigawatts). We are watching the world leap past us.
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
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made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
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Quite the bookend on yesterday’s Seattle Times news section.
Don’t forget to support striking workers by not buying from Starbucks.
Don’t forget to support striking workers by not buying from Starbucks.
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Quite the bookend on yesterday’s Seattle Times news section.
Don’t forget to support striking workers by not buying from Starbucks.
Don’t forget to support striking workers by not buying from Starbucks.