Rich Alderson
@alderson.bsky.social
historical linguist, quondam Tolkien language maven, systems administrator, PDP-10 programmer, former computer museum curator, @alderson@mastodon.sdf.org
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So Bezos is in them too then?
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So Bezos is in them too then?
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Believe us now? The evidence mounts.
Also, the answer to "you leftists see Nazis everywhere" is "that's because there are Nazis everywhere".
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Believe us now? The evidence mounts.
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Disobeying illegal orders cannot be sedition. The Uniform Code of Military Justice, article 92, requires service members to follow LAWFUL orders. If an order is illegal, they have a duty to DISOBEY. Obeying an illegal order can result in criminal liability.
November 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Disobeying illegal orders cannot be sedition. The Uniform Code of Military Justice, article 92, requires service members to follow LAWFUL orders. If an order is illegal, they have a duty to DISOBEY. Obeying an illegal order can result in criminal liability.
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The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The DoE has reclassified numerous health professional and other degrees, limiting access to federal student loan programs eligible for the higher OBBBA loan caps from thousands to a few hundred.
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
As ALWAYS, this is about $$.
We're about to become REALLY "great"...
shorturl.fm/xs7gY
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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The way the Black Panthers understood food aid as a crucial form of self defense against the capitalist machinery of the racial state remains essential to the struggle against fascism today.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The way the Black Panthers understood food aid as a crucial form of self defense against the capitalist machinery of the racial state remains essential to the struggle against fascism today.
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"Should this Al bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Should this Al bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Read this very carefully. A man who emigrated to the US as a child, as a WWII refugee, has been taken by ICE for being in the country "illegally."
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Read this very carefully. A man who emigrated to the US as a child, as a WWII refugee, has been taken by ICE for being in the country "illegally."
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
In no world, never mind in a country that claims to support the rights of individuals, should that sort of thing happen.
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I'm seeing a lot of political posts with images & no alt-text. A reminder: alt-text makes your post accessible to blind & low-vision users, & as disabled people are some of those most regularly & viciously targeted by this administration, they deserve & need to be included & informed in activism.
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I'm seeing a lot of political posts with images & no alt-text. A reminder: alt-text makes your post accessible to blind & low-vision users, & as disabled people are some of those most regularly & viciously targeted by this administration, they deserve & need to be included & informed in activism.
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there’s just NO WAY there’s a dumber site than linkedin right now
![Is ChatGPT powered by Quantum Computing?
Here's the real answer - and it might surprise you.
...more
[what follows is the stupidest ai generated infographic I’ve ever seen]
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• Classical computers
• Deep learning
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QUANTUM COMPUTING
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November 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
there’s just NO WAY there’s a dumber site than linkedin right now
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Charlotte's black sheriff, who was elected in 2018 and who has not cooperated with ICE, is one of the black sheriffs being targeted by the GOP in North Carolina. boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE - Bolts
Editor’s note: The GOP-run legislature passed this bill in September 2024, sending it to Democratic Governor Roy Cooper’s desk. After Cooper vetoed the bill, Republican lawmakers overrode his veto in....
boltsmag.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Charlotte's black sheriff, who was elected in 2018 and who has not cooperated with ICE, is one of the black sheriffs being targeted by the GOP in North Carolina. boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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This shit is deadly serious
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This shit is deadly serious
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"Thousands of tips came through the FBI’s tip line, many of them corroborating the detailed, credible testimony that Ford and Ramirez had already given. The White House threw these tips away."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The FBI conducted a sham investigation into Brett Kavanaugh. Surprised? | Moira Donegan
The bureau shamefully allowed itself to be used as a prop in political theater, orchestrated by the Trump administration
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"Thousands of tips came through the FBI’s tip line, many of them corroborating the detailed, credible testimony that Ford and Ramirez had already given. The White House threw these tips away."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm here outside Speaker Johnson’s office because he is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein Files.
Change my mind.
Change my mind.
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It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year.
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It is *obscene* that that beast wearing the skin of a man called Elon Musk was just awarded a trillion dollar pay-package after he personally signed the death warrant of hundreds of thousands of innocents earlier this year.
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The Republican plan for healthcare? Not have one.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Republican plan for healthcare? Not have one.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
If you appeal a court order directing you to feel hungry children as directed by the law, you don't care about your citizens' health.
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Also, the world's first simple-minded fascist white supremacist troll trillionaire who hates his children. Let's not forget that.
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Also, the world's first simple-minded fascist white supremacist troll trillionaire who hates his children. Let's not forget that.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.