Wraithe
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Old-timey Internet user, IT Professional,Gamer, Marauder. He/Him/🤷🏻♀️/femme-aspiring
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Wraithe
@wraithe.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Hey, just an aside - please don’t feel like you have to follow me because I followed you - you don’t, this isn’t a trade.
That’s it. I could probably discuss more about why I “follow” people1️⃣, but that’s just really subtext.
That’s it. I could probably discuss more about why I “follow” people1️⃣, but that’s just really subtext.
I was gonna joke that if we were gonna rebuild my 20’s, maybe we could get WFNX back on the air again, but in reality, I’d rather spend that money on getting WRPS Rockland a more powerful transmitter or some repeaters. 😂
Fucking. This.
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I was gonna joke that if we were gonna rebuild my 20’s, maybe we could get WFNX back on the air again, but in reality, I’d rather spend that money on getting WRPS Rockland a more powerful transmitter or some repeaters. 😂
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IT'S LITERALLY THE NAME
Fucking. This.
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
February 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
IT'S LITERALLY THE NAME
Fucking. This.
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Fucking. This.
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
I’m absolutely here for the resurrection of the Boston Phoenix
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We could have hundreds of mayors like this. Hundreds!
We could just choose to be better at any time.
There is nothing stopping us from being a better country.
We could just choose to be better at any time.
There is nothing stopping us from being a better country.
More public restrooms across our city?
Relief for all New Yorkers.
Relief for all New Yorkers.
February 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
We could have hundreds of mayors like this. Hundreds!
We could just choose to be better at any time.
There is nothing stopping us from being a better country.
We could just choose to be better at any time.
There is nothing stopping us from being a better country.
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Hades, god of the underworld: Democrats! Who do you choose as your champion to face my demon in combat? If you lose, the souls of all humanity will be mine forever!
Dems: We choose Chuck Schumer!
Hades: 🤔Wow. Really?
Dems: Yes! He shall be our champion!
Hades: Did you hear the part about souls?
Dems: We choose Chuck Schumer!
Hades: 🤔Wow. Really?
Dems: Yes! He shall be our champion!
Hades: Did you hear the part about souls?
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Hades, god of the underworld: Democrats! Who do you choose as your champion to face my demon in combat? If you lose, the souls of all humanity will be mine forever!
Dems: We choose Chuck Schumer!
Hades: 🤔Wow. Really?
Dems: Yes! He shall be our champion!
Hades: Did you hear the part about souls?
Dems: We choose Chuck Schumer!
Hades: 🤔Wow. Really?
Dems: Yes! He shall be our champion!
Hades: Did you hear the part about souls?
I REALLY appreciate the guy doing this (Ben?) NOT giving it away, although I almost swallowed my own teeth when he did the “supervisor” without even tweaking his voice 😂
Now this wannabe mid-grade Gleichschaltung won’t call an actual agency with her bullshit to try & get a 6yo‘s parents deported
Now this wannabe mid-grade Gleichschaltung won’t call an actual agency with her bullshit to try & get a 6yo‘s parents deported
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I REALLY appreciate the guy doing this (Ben?) NOT giving it away, although I almost swallowed my own teeth when he did the “supervisor” without even tweaking his voice 😂
Now this wannabe mid-grade Gleichschaltung won’t call an actual agency with her bullshit to try & get a 6yo‘s parents deported
Now this wannabe mid-grade Gleichschaltung won’t call an actual agency with her bullshit to try & get a 6yo‘s parents deported
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Remember how I said we had plans to try to reduce Amazon wishlist dependence for our whistle printers?
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
Also just going to throw out here that if you were to send a polymaker gift card to whistlerequests@proton.me so we can combine a few of them, we have an evil plan for wholesale purchases AND IT WOULD BE EPIC!!!
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February 3, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Remember how I said we had plans to try to reduce Amazon wishlist dependence for our whistle printers?
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
We'd love to get enough polymaker gift cards so we can do a bulk buy directly from the manufacturer and get a stack of filament for an entire urban area.
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I hope they include this graphic
February 4, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I hope they include this graphic
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So TL;DR, it costs us 1.5 cents per 3D printed whistle (approximately) in filament and electric costs, compared to about 6 for drop shipping; we're more nimble with a distributed network, and also, they can't just seize our whistles off the ship and stop the whole thing; and we pay less in shipping.
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 AM
So TL;DR, it costs us 1.5 cents per 3D printed whistle (approximately) in filament and electric costs, compared to about 6 for drop shipping; we're more nimble with a distributed network, and also, they can't just seize our whistles off the ship and stop the whole thing; and we pay less in shipping.
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NEW: The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
NEW: The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
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New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
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One problem with billionaires is that they're so rich they no longer have rational incentives. To someone like Bezos, the financial performance of WaPo is wholly irrelevant, and so the only "incentive" is to satisfy emotional urges, such as breaking something just to show he can.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
One problem with billionaires is that they're so rich they no longer have rational incentives. To someone like Bezos, the financial performance of WaPo is wholly irrelevant, and so the only "incentive" is to satisfy emotional urges, such as breaking something just to show he can.
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A brief, recent history of the Washington Post:
1- Trump wins in 2024.
2- Bezos and minions make series of Trump-friendly changes to paper.
3-Readership tanks.
4- Bezos and minions fire tons of employees while telling them the audience just doesn't like what they're doing.
1- Trump wins in 2024.
2- Bezos and minions make series of Trump-friendly changes to paper.
3-Readership tanks.
4- Bezos and minions fire tons of employees while telling them the audience just doesn't like what they're doing.
Suspect Guilty GIF
Alt: Suspect Guilty GIF w hot dog suit trying to find the guy
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
A brief, recent history of the Washington Post:
1- Trump wins in 2024.
2- Bezos and minions make series of Trump-friendly changes to paper.
3-Readership tanks.
4- Bezos and minions fire tons of employees while telling them the audience just doesn't like what they're doing.
1- Trump wins in 2024.
2- Bezos and minions make series of Trump-friendly changes to paper.
3-Readership tanks.
4- Bezos and minions fire tons of employees while telling them the audience just doesn't like what they're doing.
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it goes without saying but I don't think the 3rd richest person on the planet is destroying the prestige newspaper he bought because of the finances of the newspaper business
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
it goes without saying but I don't think the 3rd richest person on the planet is destroying the prestige newspaper he bought because of the finances of the newspaper business
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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Billionaires should not exist, but it's getting really annoying watching people cling to damn near anything to avoid addressing the twin dancing elephants of antiblackness and transphobia in the room.
February 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Billionaires should not exist, but it's getting really annoying watching people cling to damn near anything to avoid addressing the twin dancing elephants of antiblackness and transphobia in the room.
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it's not OUR fault they are new to the experience of living in a dying empire.
Good morning. White people are losing their goddamn minds in the comments of this skeet. 😭
Remember, nothing or no one is stopping US from having a great day today. ♥️
February 4, 2026 at 2:36 PM
it's not OUR fault they are new to the experience of living in a dying empire.
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Remember, nothing or no one is stopping US from having a great day today. ♥️
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Remember, nothing or no one is stopping US from having a great day today. ♥️
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As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
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I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
As an aside, Rachel is a legend. (From Fischer’s “African Founders”)
February 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit
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This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
🫡
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
🫡
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
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I want to hang out with the guy who told the mayor he should understand that shame based suicide may be in his future bsky.app/profile/azrw...
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I want to hang out with the guy who told the mayor he should understand that shame based suicide may be in his future bsky.app/profile/azrw...