Dan
@schlompkins.bsky.social
gaming producer (job) and indie dev (fun…?), probably retired TV writer, former national news producer. My iMDB is a train wreck. 🇱🇧/🇺🇸
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it is funny how many people affiliated with the secret police have had to say "stop making fun of the secret police, the guy in the tac vest that covers him like a training bra is a hero, he tracked down and subdued two hospice orderlies using only the W-2 forms they file annually"
June 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
it is funny how many people affiliated with the secret police have had to say "stop making fun of the secret police, the guy in the tac vest that covers him like a training bra is a hero, he tracked down and subdued two hospice orderlies using only the W-2 forms they file annually"
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worth reminding folks of this picture of Newsom and his then-wife Kimberly Guilfoyle looking like huge assholes
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
worth reminding folks of this picture of Newsom and his then-wife Kimberly Guilfoyle looking like huge assholes
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The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
January 16, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The Nobel Prize museum in Oslo subtweeting the fuck out of Trump today.
as a traumatized former Hollywood assistant, I’ve always felt Synema had the energy of that one midlevel writer in the room who’d make the PA drive to 4 different grocery stores looking for one specific brand of vegan seaweed jerky
People love to hate on a strong independent woman living her best life.
This is Absolute Sinema: A Thread.
This is Absolute Sinema: A Thread.
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
as a traumatized former Hollywood assistant, I’ve always felt Synema had the energy of that one midlevel writer in the room who’d make the PA drive to 4 different grocery stores looking for one specific brand of vegan seaweed jerky
ah yes the tried and true strategy of posting a nice little note appealing to Trump’s basic decency and humanity, famously always gets the job done
January 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
ah yes the tried and true strategy of posting a nice little note appealing to Trump’s basic decency and humanity, famously always gets the job done
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This is gonna sound harsh but you gotta stop talking to these hicks out in bumfuck towns. I know these people. They know less than nothing, it all comes from newsmax and facebook. They live in a fantasy world and everything they have is because of the cities they hate. They aren’t real Americans.
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This is gonna sound harsh but you gotta stop talking to these hicks out in bumfuck towns. I know these people. They know less than nothing, it all comes from newsmax and facebook. They live in a fantasy world and everything they have is because of the cities they hate. They aren’t real Americans.
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there's no situation in which this is not a hideous fucking crime
no imminent danger no risk to life
they are lawless and should be treated as such
no imminent danger no risk to life
they are lawless and should be treated as such
His 6 month old stopped breathing!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING!
A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside!
His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!
January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
there's no situation in which this is not a hideous fucking crime
no imminent danger no risk to life
they are lawless and should be treated as such
no imminent danger no risk to life
they are lawless and should be treated as such
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shit yeah this rules
Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
stereogum.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
shit yeah this rules
Ritchie I’m gonna blow your mind with an even faster way to do this, which is for them to show their faces and have their names and badge numbers visible with regular old words and numbers that people can read with their eyeballs.
Or, you know, just abolish the secret police.
Or, you know, just abolish the secret police.
I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ritchie I’m gonna blow your mind with an even faster way to do this, which is for them to show their faces and have their names and badge numbers visible with regular old words and numbers that people can read with their eyeballs.
Or, you know, just abolish the secret police.
Or, you know, just abolish the secret police.
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rather than embrace a divisive and inflammatory slogan like “abolish ICE” I would simply chant “restore Legitimacy by contracting the production of a suite of video training modules that address the Unconscious Biases of the ICE agents currently doing ethnic cleansing and broad daylight murders”
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
rather than embrace a divisive and inflammatory slogan like “abolish ICE” I would simply chant “restore Legitimacy by contracting the production of a suite of video training modules that address the Unconscious Biases of the ICE agents currently doing ethnic cleansing and broad daylight murders”
this reads like a “she was no angel” headline but literally nothing here is illegal or even wrong, the fuck are we doing here
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 4:14 AM
this reads like a “she was no angel” headline but literally nothing here is illegal or even wrong, the fuck are we doing here
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Never forget what they did in 2020 during the George Floyd protests. 👇🏽
January 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Never forget what they did in 2020 during the George Floyd protests. 👇🏽
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"Short Stack" lol. "Oh you're a little guy too" 😭
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Short Stack" lol. "Oh you're a little guy too" 😭
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There is no attitude for which legacy journalists are more often rewarded by their bosses than "Everybody needs to calm down." It is a preening announcement that you are the adult in the room, immune from emotion or overreaction or "hysteria." And it is the worst imaginable priority for this era. >
January 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
There is no attitude for which legacy journalists are more often rewarded by their bosses than "Everybody needs to calm down." It is a preening announcement that you are the adult in the room, immune from emotion or overreaction or "hysteria." And it is the worst imaginable priority for this era. >
Dell, UPS, FedEx, Motorola, Comcast, AT&T, LexisNexis, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Amazon, Palantir
January 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Dell, UPS, FedEx, Motorola, Comcast, AT&T, LexisNexis, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Amazon, Palantir
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ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis or we WILL lock up our own citizens
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says 29 people were arrested in downtown last night during a noise demonstration at a hotel reportedly housing ICE agents: "For those that are taking the bait and causing property damage or otherwise, there are consequences. We're holding the line here all the way."
January 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis or we WILL lock up our own citizens
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January 10, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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This is real btw:
www.ice.gov/field-office...
www.ice.gov/field-office...
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is real btw:
www.ice.gov/field-office...
www.ice.gov/field-office...
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a blue whale’s anus can stretch up to over 3 feet making it the 2nd largest asshole in the world behind jd vance
January 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
a blue whale’s anus can stretch up to over 3 feet making it the 2nd largest asshole in the world behind jd vance
it’s nice to hear but update me when you’ve actually arrested a single ICE agent, otherwise this is just talk
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
it’s nice to hear but update me when you’ve actually arrested a single ICE agent, otherwise this is just talk