Aaron Dowd
@aaron-dowd.bsky.social
Banging drums since ‘98
Making art and telling stories with cameras and computers
Fort Worth, Texas
www.aarondowd.com
Making art and telling stories with cameras and computers
Fort Worth, Texas
www.aarondowd.com
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Now that they have got an advantage, it’s their time to strike
September 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Now that they have got an advantage, it’s their time to strike
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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August 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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In America we have city cops, different cops for your county, cops for the whole state, cops for soldiers, cops for malls, presidential cops, cops for the stock market, mail cops, federal cops, cops we secretly send to other countries. Even your neighbors get to pretend to be cops. We’re very safe
August 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
In America we have city cops, different cops for your county, cops for the whole state, cops for soldiers, cops for malls, presidential cops, cops for the stock market, mail cops, federal cops, cops we secretly send to other countries. Even your neighbors get to pretend to be cops. We’re very safe
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If the US government had to pay for medical care of its citizens, it might care more about climate change impacts, air and water pollution, gun violence, traffic crashes, the food we eat, etc. It’s past time for single payer healthcare.
August 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
If the US government had to pay for medical care of its citizens, it might care more about climate change impacts, air and water pollution, gun violence, traffic crashes, the food we eat, etc. It’s past time for single payer healthcare.
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Criterion Closet, but for packaged software
August 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Criterion Closet, but for packaged software
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We’re still having discussions about how Zohran Mamdani is a “socialist” because he wants to open one state-run grocery store, meanwhile the US government now controls 10% of Intel. I find this super amusing.
August 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We’re still having discussions about how Zohran Mamdani is a “socialist” because he wants to open one state-run grocery store, meanwhile the US government now controls 10% of Intel. I find this super amusing.
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Three different Intel CEOs have tried everything to compete with TSMC and I promise you government control of the company is not going to work any better
August 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Three different Intel CEOs have tried everything to compete with TSMC and I promise you government control of the company is not going to work any better
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The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
www.forbes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
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Sometimes the sheer idiocy of this moment overwhelms me. The idea that our convicted felon POTUS who incited an attack on DC police then pardoned the attackers & who's the most corrupt official in US history is going on an "anti-crime" ride-along in a city w/falling crime rate is...(brain explodes)
August 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Sometimes the sheer idiocy of this moment overwhelms me. The idea that our convicted felon POTUS who incited an attack on DC police then pardoned the attackers & who's the most corrupt official in US history is going on an "anti-crime" ride-along in a city w/falling crime rate is...(brain explodes)
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they literally fired the people curing cancer
Chris Pratt is defending his extended family member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and tackling entrenched partisan political beliefs: "I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d be having an allergic reaction to" bit.ly/45Dy2RD
August 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
they literally fired the people curing cancer
We played Wheatstock Music Fest 2025 in Helix Oregon and it ruled
August 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
We played Wheatstock Music Fest 2025 in Helix Oregon and it ruled
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P.s. we should all be talking about the dropping crime numbers in amazement given the conditions of increasing wealth inequality, a broken healthcare system, and an economic and environmental path we are on that leaves many younger Americans seeing no positive future for themselves.
August 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
P.s. we should all be talking about the dropping crime numbers in amazement given the conditions of increasing wealth inequality, a broken healthcare system, and an economic and environmental path we are on that leaves many younger Americans seeing no positive future for themselves.
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One day you signed into AIM not knowing it would be your last time. If you’d have known, you would’ve picked better lyrics as your final away message
August 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One day you signed into AIM not knowing it would be your last time. If you’d have known, you would’ve picked better lyrics as your final away message
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Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive
DC man accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer released from custody
Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive.
www.wusa9.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive
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I said 'help the homeless' not 'criminalize homelessness' you absolute goblins.
August 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I said 'help the homeless' not 'criminalize homelessness' you absolute goblins.
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So law enforcement officers can get away with shooting and killing unarmed citizens, but if a citizen throws a sandwich at one, it's a felony? 🤔
August 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So law enforcement officers can get away with shooting and killing unarmed citizens, but if a citizen throws a sandwich at one, it's a felony? 🤔
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Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)
August 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Hoagie assault guy, if convicted, will be punished more strongly than J6 folks who beat police officers with poles and other objects and are now walking free (and probably joining CBP)
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Children of Men is set in 2027, which is pretty much bang on the way things are going.
August 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Children of Men is set in 2027, which is pretty much bang on the way things are going.
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Hear me out: I don't know what you'd call this kind of organisation but I think, instead of asking individuals if they can help out, it'd be cool if we had some kind of political institution with powers to govern things.
They could govern how companies use essential resources - like water and stuff.
They could govern how companies use essential resources - like water and stuff.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hear me out: I don't know what you'd call this kind of organisation but I think, instead of asking individuals if they can help out, it'd be cool if we had some kind of political institution with powers to govern things.
They could govern how companies use essential resources - like water and stuff.
They could govern how companies use essential resources - like water and stuff.
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"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."