the mjl (michael j leblanc)
@themjl.bsky.social
Engineer. Musician. Wily Chaote. Full-Stack Acerbic Humanist.
Bandcamp: https://thebellmechanical.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the_bell_mechanical
Musings: https://nopeanutsinchurch.com/
Middle of Massachusetts. USENET refugee.
Bandcamp: https://thebellmechanical.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the_bell_mechanical
Musings: https://nopeanutsinchurch.com/
Middle of Massachusetts. USENET refugee.
Pinned
Spock: "Captain, would you like to see my latest modular synth rack setup?"
Jim: "Damn, Spock. Now I know where most of your pay is going.."
Jim: "Damn, Spock. Now I know where most of your pay is going.."
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By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
January 24, 2026 at 6:28 PM
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
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I keep thinking about how he was a federal employee too. Even that doesn’t stand in the way of the vicious posthumous defamation from Trump admin mouthpieces.
New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I keep thinking about how he was a federal employee too. Even that doesn’t stand in the way of the vicious posthumous defamation from Trump admin mouthpieces.
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Ah, there it is
The dumbest billionaire alive
The dumbest billionaire alive
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Ah, there it is
The dumbest billionaire alive
The dumbest billionaire alive
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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Kyle Rittenhouse was on Infowars the day after the Renee Good shooting saying he had heard on X that Renee was putting cigarettes out on her kids. This wasn't true. This is a government by and for school shooters and their apologists.
Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse was on Infowars the day after the Renee Good shooting saying he had heard on X that Renee was putting cigarettes out on her kids. This wasn't true. This is a government by and for school shooters and their apologists.
I'm not entirely sure how sustainable "one 'Crispus Attucks' per week" Is going to be, going forwards...👀😬🤞
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I'm not entirely sure how sustainable "one 'Crispus Attucks' per week" Is going to be, going forwards...👀😬🤞
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Cowards and liars, all of them
I hate 2A people so much because they will happily enable school shooters with their thoughts and prayers but stay real quiet when a citizen with a permit for concealed carry gets gunned down by the government's stooges
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Cowards and liars, all of them
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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This is ok tho
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is ok tho
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I tend to think Alex Pretti was murdered in cold blood by ICE, but admittedly I don't have much evidence, only multiple videos of the shooting from multiple angles that all draw the same definitive conclusion. Yeah I know, not much to go on.
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I tend to think Alex Pretti was murdered in cold blood by ICE, but admittedly I don't have much evidence, only multiple videos of the shooting from multiple angles that all draw the same definitive conclusion. Yeah I know, not much to go on.
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Execution.
Face down and shot in the back.
Face down and shot in the back.
NYT says ICE shot him in the back:
An “agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range… A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless… At least 10 shots appear to have been fired…”
🎁🔗
An “agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range… A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless… At least 10 shots appear to have been fired…”
🎁🔗
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Execution.
Face down and shot in the back.
Face down and shot in the back.
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This is a second corrections officer detained by ICE in Maine. Both have no criminal record and are legally in the US. #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/y...
York County corrections officer arrested by ICE outside immigration appointment
Sheriff William King said the arrest makes him doubt ICE's promises to target only 'the worst of the worst' as it moves through Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:54 AM
This is a second corrections officer detained by ICE in Maine. Both have no criminal record and are legally in the US. #mepolitics www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/y...
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Alex Pretti was murdered while trying to protect a woman from being assaulted by federal agents
TW ⚠️
This is the pink jacket lady’s angle. (From Drop Site News)
Horrific. Bovino is a stone cold liar.
Pretti wasn’t attacking officers, he had just helped a lady they assaulted and had gotten pepper sprayed.
This is the pink jacket lady’s angle. (From Drop Site News)
Horrific. Bovino is a stone cold liar.
Pretti wasn’t attacking officers, he had just helped a lady they assaulted and had gotten pepper sprayed.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Alex Pretti was murdered while trying to protect a woman from being assaulted by federal agents
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“He was just so sincere and very kind, just a sweet young man and eager to learn,” she told Zeteo.
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM
“He was just so sincere and very kind, just a sweet young man and eager to learn,” she told Zeteo.
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I sometimes imagine the transformational world changing historic things our country could accomplish if Democrats were half as afraid of their base as Republicans are of theirs
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I sometimes imagine the transformational world changing historic things our country could accomplish if Democrats were half as afraid of their base as Republicans are of theirs
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Call your reps. The Dem establishment is starting to pivot to “abolish Trump’s ICE” which means they’re moving to the position we want, but still hedging. Make it clear that we will not settle for half measures.
Yes, even if your reps are GOP. I don’t care what your excuse is. I’m not your mother.
Yes, even if your reps are GOP. I don’t care what your excuse is. I’m not your mother.
January 24, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Call your reps. The Dem establishment is starting to pivot to “abolish Trump’s ICE” which means they’re moving to the position we want, but still hedging. Make it clear that we will not settle for half measures.
Yes, even if your reps are GOP. I don’t care what your excuse is. I’m not your mother.
Yes, even if your reps are GOP. I don’t care what your excuse is. I’m not your mother.
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Should not be lost on any of us that this second - and even more violent - public execution of a legal observer comes in the immediate aftermath of JD Vance showing up to declare absolutely immunity for murderous ICE thugs.
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Should not be lost on any of us that this second - and even more violent - public execution of a legal observer comes in the immediate aftermath of JD Vance showing up to declare absolutely immunity for murderous ICE thugs.
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Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
Any second now, I'm sure.
He was a white guy, if that helps?
Hello? NRA?
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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NASA’s DSCOVR satellite caught the Moon photobombing the Earth from a distance of a million miles.
That’s about four times farther away than the Moon itself.
#astronomy
Credit: NASA/NOAA
That’s about four times farther away than the Moon itself.
#astronomy
Credit: NASA/NOAA
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
NASA’s DSCOVR satellite caught the Moon photobombing the Earth from a distance of a million miles.
That’s about four times farther away than the Moon itself.
#astronomy
Credit: NASA/NOAA
That’s about four times farther away than the Moon itself.
#astronomy
Credit: NASA/NOAA
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ICE is violently assaulting peaceful protestors & entering homes without warrants. They shot an innocent mom in the head & used a 5-year-old as bait.
I voted against funding, but that’s not enough. Abolish and dismantle ICE. If you support this shit, you are sick in the head.
I voted against funding, but that’s not enough. Abolish and dismantle ICE. If you support this shit, you are sick in the head.
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
ICE is violently assaulting peaceful protestors & entering homes without warrants. They shot an innocent mom in the head & used a 5-year-old as bait.
I voted against funding, but that’s not enough. Abolish and dismantle ICE. If you support this shit, you are sick in the head.
I voted against funding, but that’s not enough. Abolish and dismantle ICE. If you support this shit, you are sick in the head.
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We must stop funding DHS.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We must stop funding DHS.
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I’ve been calling to stop DHS and ICE funding since Renee Good was murdered. Americans are watching in outrage while their neighbors are murdered on tv and cities get taken over. Senators have the power to do something about it. We need to stop funding DHS now.
January 24, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I’ve been calling to stop DHS and ICE funding since Renee Good was murdered. Americans are watching in outrage while their neighbors are murdered on tv and cities get taken over. Senators have the power to do something about it. We need to stop funding DHS now.
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Congress must stop the violence by ICE, not bankroll it.
I’m a NO on the funding bill for DHS and ICE coming to the Senate this week.
As Trump’s masked, untrained agents terrorize our communities, we should not give a penny more to this rogue agency.
I’m a NO on the funding bill for DHS and ICE coming to the Senate this week.
As Trump’s masked, untrained agents terrorize our communities, we should not give a penny more to this rogue agency.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Congress must stop the violence by ICE, not bankroll it.
I’m a NO on the funding bill for DHS and ICE coming to the Senate this week.
As Trump’s masked, untrained agents terrorize our communities, we should not give a penny more to this rogue agency.
I’m a NO on the funding bill for DHS and ICE coming to the Senate this week.
As Trump’s masked, untrained agents terrorize our communities, we should not give a penny more to this rogue agency.