Brad
@bk1e.net
Everything is going wrong / All my songs are coming true
Software engineer - Austin, TX - he/him
https://mastodon.social/@bk1e https://pixey.org/@bk1e
Software engineer - Austin, TX - he/him
https://mastodon.social/@bk1e https://pixey.org/@bk1e
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YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
Photo of a 1950s Buick taken with a 1950s camera during #FolderWeek
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Photo of a 1950s Buick taken with a 1950s camera during #FolderWeek
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
Kodak Retina IIa, Ilford HP5+ 400
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography
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Austinities: a friend created this website which shows how much of our property tax revenue goes to the state, ostensibly for poorer school districts but actually to refill the state's rainy day fund. Unfair to Austinites, leading to chronic underfunding here. recapturerecapture-x6lulin.gamma.site
Prop Q is on the ballot in Austin right now.
While We Squabble Over Hundreds…
Texas is "Legally Stealing" Thousands
Prop Q will cost my family about an extra $181 if it passes.
Last year, the Texas Legislature took $1,743 from us though "R...
recapturerecapture-x6lulin.gamma.site
October 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Austinities: a friend created this website which shows how much of our property tax revenue goes to the state, ostensibly for poorer school districts but actually to refill the state's rainy day fund. Unfair to Austinites, leading to chronic underfunding here. recapturerecapture-x6lulin.gamma.site
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Me, to my students on Wednesday: “if history is any guide, the party out-of-power will be blamed for the shutdown. Trump’s comms team would have to be phenomenally untalented to negate this advantage.”
Trump’s comms team:
Trump’s comms team:
October 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Me, to my students on Wednesday: “if history is any guide, the party out-of-power will be blamed for the shutdown. Trump’s comms team would have to be phenomenally untalented to negate this advantage.”
Trump’s comms team:
Trump’s comms team:
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[Interior, FBI Crime Lab, Scully & Mulder look over The Grinch's corpse in the autopsy room]
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
July 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
[Interior, FBI Crime Lab, Scully & Mulder look over The Grinch's corpse in the autopsy room]
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
Scully: Odd, his heart appears to have been 3 sizes larger than normal, but there's stretch marks on his aorta, as if it grew suddenly. What could've done this?
Mulder: Not what, who. Cindy Lou Who.
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This is probably my favorite thing I've drawn all year.
October 31, 2024 at 4:43 AM
This is probably my favorite thing I've drawn all year.
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Adam:
It’s James Carville.
I just read that Democrats have only raised $11M through text messages this quarter.
I’ll be real with you: Donald Trump is hungry for this news. In Louisiana, we call this a cajun quagmire.
Can you donate $15 now to fix Democratic fundraising?
I’m counting on you.
It’s James Carville.
I just read that Democrats have only raised $11M through text messages this quarter.
I’ll be real with you: Donald Trump is hungry for this news. In Louisiana, we call this a cajun quagmire.
Can you donate $15 now to fix Democratic fundraising?
I’m counting on you.
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Adam:
It’s James Carville.
I just read that Democrats have only raised $11M through text messages this quarter.
I’ll be real with you: Donald Trump is hungry for this news. In Louisiana, we call this a cajun quagmire.
Can you donate $15 now to fix Democratic fundraising?
I’m counting on you.
It’s James Carville.
I just read that Democrats have only raised $11M through text messages this quarter.
I’ll be real with you: Donald Trump is hungry for this news. In Louisiana, we call this a cajun quagmire.
Can you donate $15 now to fix Democratic fundraising?
I’m counting on you.
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
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I know the rest of the world doesn’t need to hear my opinion, but… if you want to avoid becoming a violent, shitty country like the United States:
1. Jail your rich people when they commit crimes.
2. When your rich people commit crimes, jail them.
3. Jail is the best place for rich criminals.
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1. Jail your rich people when they commit crimes.
2. When your rich people commit crimes, jail them.
3. Jail is the best place for rich criminals.
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June 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I know the rest of the world doesn’t need to hear my opinion, but… if you want to avoid becoming a violent, shitty country like the United States:
1. Jail your rich people when they commit crimes.
2. When your rich people commit crimes, jail them.
3. Jail is the best place for rich criminals.
4
1. Jail your rich people when they commit crimes.
2. When your rich people commit crimes, jail them.
3. Jail is the best place for rich criminals.
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I hope everyone who farmed clicks by arguing that trump was anti war in some sense is proud of themselves
June 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I hope everyone who farmed clicks by arguing that trump was anti war in some sense is proud of themselves
Today’s No Kings protest in Austin went as planned, despite the fact that the Texas State Capitol was evacuated earlier due to a “credible threat” against lawmakers who were scheduled to speak at the protest.
June 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Today’s No Kings protest in Austin went as planned, despite the fact that the Texas State Capitol was evacuated earlier due to a “credible threat” against lawmakers who were scheduled to speak at the protest.
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A two-story house in a northwest Austin neighborhood sustained damage Sunday that caused it to collapse, according to first responders.
MORE: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/reports-of-multiple-patients-after-house-collapse-in-austin/
MORE: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/reports-of-multiple-patients-after-house-collapse-in-austin/
April 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A two-story house in a northwest Austin neighborhood sustained damage Sunday that caused it to collapse, according to first responders.
MORE: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/reports-of-multiple-patients-after-house-collapse-in-austin/
MORE: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/reports-of-multiple-patients-after-house-collapse-in-austin/
It’s fascinating to see how people are confused by outdated and incomplete information during a breaking news event.
The house that exploded did not exist when the Google Street View car last visited in April 2024. It was just a foundation. This misleads people who don’t notice the date stamp.
The house that exploded did not exist when the Google Street View car last visited in April 2024. It was just a foundation. This misleads people who don’t notice the date stamp.
April 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It’s fascinating to see how people are confused by outdated and incomplete information during a breaking news event.
The house that exploded did not exist when the Google Street View car last visited in April 2024. It was just a foundation. This misleads people who don’t notice the date stamp.
The house that exploded did not exist when the Google Street View car last visited in April 2024. It was just a foundation. This misleads people who don’t notice the date stamp.
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you'll never be rid of him
April 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
you'll never be rid of him
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If you have money invested in the markets- retirement, college funds, anything at all- Trump and his friends stole from you with today's stock manipulation scheme.
What happens to stock markets when government officials with inside knowledge and ability to instantly change economic policy just keep running pump and dump schemes over and over again?
April 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
If you have money invested in the markets- retirement, college funds, anything at all- Trump and his friends stole from you with today's stock manipulation scheme.
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No one could’ve predicted that Trump would put in exactly the kind of tariffs he repeatedly promised to put in
April 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
No one could’ve predicted that Trump would put in exactly the kind of tariffs he repeatedly promised to put in
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they don't actually want to 'rewrite the Social Security codebase' or whatever, they just want to destroy it
going "wow, not really possible, hehe they don't know what they're doing" is less useful than saying "their only intention here is destroying Social Security"
going "wow, not really possible, hehe they don't know what they're doing" is less useful than saying "their only intention here is destroying Social Security"
March 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
they don't actually want to 'rewrite the Social Security codebase' or whatever, they just want to destroy it
going "wow, not really possible, hehe they don't know what they're doing" is less useful than saying "their only intention here is destroying Social Security"
going "wow, not really possible, hehe they don't know what they're doing" is less useful than saying "their only intention here is destroying Social Security"
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The focus is on the "embarrassing" detail of accidental texting but the *real* problem is govt officials using encrypted personal chat to hide meetings from recordkeeping law. The name "Houthi PC small group" implies there are many such secret texting groups being used for basic executive operations
![LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Federal Records Act
16. The FRA governs the creation, management, and disposal of “records” by federal agencies. See generally 44 U.S.C. Chs., 21, 29, 31 and 33.
17. The FRA defines “records” to include:
all recorded information, regardless of form or characteristics, made or received by a Federal agency under Federal law or in connection with the transaction of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the United States Government or
because of the informational value of data in them[.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2aebn3xk5t63net43eeepire/bafkreiepcvv3iuxumxrlmcps5dxvbxg6wj4wmdptosvmtwip6gqm2pwhwq@jpeg)
March 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The focus is on the "embarrassing" detail of accidental texting but the *real* problem is govt officials using encrypted personal chat to hide meetings from recordkeeping law. The name "Houthi PC small group" implies there are many such secret texting groups being used for basic executive operations
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"when a federal judge attempts to restore basic due process rights, the administration not only ignores his order, but the Secretary of State publicly mocks it while coordinating with their partner in human trafficking... it’s contempt for the entire concept of legal constraints on executive power."
Glad I published this earlier today or I would have needed to add it as another example. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/24/c...
March 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"when a federal judge attempts to restore basic due process rights, the administration not only ignores his order, but the Secretary of State publicly mocks it while coordinating with their partner in human trafficking... it’s contempt for the entire concept of legal constraints on executive power."
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