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yeah, like it says in the display name, I’m also on Mastodon now too as travis@mastodon.mit.edu
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The Washington State cheese can + box of triscuits is also one of the coolest things to bring to a party. Better than a bottle of wine by a factor of 10.
it brings me no joy to confirm this, but @proptermalone.bsky.social is correct and Washington State University makes a good cheese
January 30, 2026 at 1:27 AM
The Washington State cheese can + box of triscuits is also one of the coolest things to bring to a party. Better than a bottle of wine by a factor of 10.
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and like COVID, the number one best thing you can do to reduce your personal risk is as much as you possibly can to reduce the collective risk. it really does pencil out. sorry.
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 AM
and like COVID, the number one best thing you can do to reduce your personal risk is as much as you possibly can to reduce the collective risk. it really does pencil out. sorry.
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but if there's another thing we can learn from these atrocities, what will happen to you in one of them depends very little on detailed lists kept by authorities and way, way more on if you're at home or the store when the goon squad happens to reach your street, or whether a neighbor rats you out.
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM
but if there's another thing we can learn from these atrocities, what will happen to you in one of them depends very little on detailed lists kept by authorities and way, way more on if you're at home or the store when the goon squad happens to reach your street, or whether a neighbor rats you out.
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this isn't a typo. he thought that's how you spell it lol
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
this isn't a typo. he thought that's how you spell it lol
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
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“Trump is in the Epstein Files” could be the biggest media story of all time and that’s been true for like five years. They aren’t chasing clicks
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“Trump is in the Epstein Files” could be the biggest media story of all time and that’s been true for like five years. They aren’t chasing clicks
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"new tone" was a totally imaginary story that the media invented to try to staunch the bleeding Trump was suffering this weekend and help move past what turned out to be a completely disastrous story for the administration
so much for the ✌️”new tone”✌️
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 PM
"new tone" was a totally imaginary story that the media invented to try to staunch the bleeding Trump was suffering this weekend and help move past what turned out to be a completely disastrous story for the administration
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so much for the ✌️”new tone”✌️
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
so much for the ✌️”new tone”✌️
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i like how this person thinks this is an own instead of the fact that Japanese-Americans believed in America more than the fucking idiots that interned them
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
i like how this person thinks this is an own instead of the fact that Japanese-Americans believed in America more than the fucking idiots that interned them
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pour one out for frank herbert, he'd be so jazzed that this is how the butlerian jihad starts
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
pour one out for frank herbert, he'd be so jazzed that this is how the butlerian jihad starts
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Good to see --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman just introduced their bill stripping ICE agents of qualified immunity. We broke the news that this was coming on our podcast (see thread below for more info and context).
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Good to see --> Reps Eric Swalwell and Dan Goldman just introduced their bill stripping ICE agents of qualified immunity. We broke the news that this was coming on our podcast (see thread below for more info and context).
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Justice Department pulling down pages that mention Trump...
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Justice Department pulling down pages that mention Trump...
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🚨 'The don’t-love-thy-neighbor Christians have powerful allies in the war on empathy. Silicon Valley techno-authoritarians & social Darwinists argue that empathy is weakness & suicidal for civilization because it gets in the way of ruthless ambition & efficiency.'
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🚨 'The don’t-love-thy-neighbor Christians have powerful allies in the war on empathy. Silicon Valley techno-authoritarians & social Darwinists argue that empathy is weakness & suicidal for civilization because it gets in the way of ruthless ambition & efficiency.'
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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A lot of the problem is too many leftists aren't in it for political change, they're in it for aesthetics and cultural edginess. Calling movements like "No Kings" shallow is projection.
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
A lot of the problem is too many leftists aren't in it for political change, they're in it for aesthetics and cultural edginess. Calling movements like "No Kings" shallow is projection.
protect/bind; ingroup/outgroup… as always.
Hence, some asexual guy who wears a fur suit is described as a pedophile while them raping kids does not make them a pedophile.
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 AM
protect/bind; ingroup/outgroup… as always.
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Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen on a Carribean island at Christmastime?
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen on a Carribean island at Christmastime?
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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“hi jeff loved doing sex crimes with you can we set up some more sex crimes” remains the single most common genre of email in the epstein files
it was all out in the open and nobody cared
it was all out in the open and nobody cared
January 31, 2026 at 2:23 AM
“hi jeff loved doing sex crimes with you can we set up some more sex crimes” remains the single most common genre of email in the epstein files
it was all out in the open and nobody cared
it was all out in the open and nobody cared
jeevacation@gmail.com is still funny as shit
Begged for them even after Epstein suggested Elon's wife might be uncomfortable.
January 31, 2026 at 3:08 AM
jeevacation@gmail.com is still funny as shit
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Elon writing in full sentences while Epstein's replies are full of typos and barely legible reminds me of being a prospective grad student emailing a professor
Begged for them even after Epstein suggested Elon's wife might be uncomfortable.
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Elon writing in full sentences while Epstein's replies are full of typos and barely legible reminds me of being a prospective grad student emailing a professor
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and he really did follow it up by claiming there was no reason to anyone to move to Thailand aside from child sex slaves. masterful
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
and he really did follow it up by claiming there was no reason to anyone to move to Thailand aside from child sex slaves. masterful
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Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible