Brian Clapper
@bmc.clapper.org
Dad, professional software geek, amateur musician, amateur cartoonist, amateur calligrapher. I'm @bmc@jawns.club on Mastodon. Located outside Philly. Currently at a small fintech company. [He/him]
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Brian Clapper
@bmc.clapper.org
· Dec 19
Even if we appear to have the same values, if you respond to a post with a personal insult, I will block you. I'm not interested in having trolls or abusive assholes cluttering up my feed. You want to disagree with me? That's fine. Just keep it civil (and preferably rational), or take it elsewhere.
Utterly predictable and utterly horrific.
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Utterly predictable and utterly horrific.
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This is a longstanding, thoroughly disproven lie.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
Speaking at the Univ of Mississippi in Oxford, Vice President JD Vance claimed that when settlers arrived in the New World, they “found widespread child sacrifice,” adding that “Christian civilization ended the practice.”
JD Vance talks Israel, abortion, AI and immigration at Ole Miss Turning Point rally
Thousands packed Ole Miss’ pavilion as Vice President JD Vance took unscripted questions on faith, policy and Trump-era politics.
www.clarionledger.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is a longstanding, thoroughly disproven lie.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
Spot on.
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
October 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Spot on.
August 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A must-read for AI enthusiasts, from Cory Doctorow: pluralistic.net/2025/08/04/b...
"Slopsquatting" is a nightmare scenario.
"Slopsquatting" is a nightmare scenario.
Pluralistic: AI software assistants make the hardest kinds of bugs to spot (04 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
August 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A must-read for AI enthusiasts, from Cory Doctorow: pluralistic.net/2025/08/04/b...
"Slopsquatting" is a nightmare scenario.
"Slopsquatting" is a nightmare scenario.
Conversation in a D&D game tonight:
Me: What's the D&D equivalent of a Geiger counter, anyway?
Other player: A Gygax counter.
The DM understandably awarded inspiration (after everyone stopped laughing).
Me: What's the D&D equivalent of a Geiger counter, anyway?
Other player: A Gygax counter.
The DM understandably awarded inspiration (after everyone stopped laughing).
August 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Conversation in a D&D game tonight:
Me: What's the D&D equivalent of a Geiger counter, anyway?
Other player: A Gygax counter.
The DM understandably awarded inspiration (after everyone stopped laughing).
Me: What's the D&D equivalent of a Geiger counter, anyway?
Other player: A Gygax counter.
The DM understandably awarded inspiration (after everyone stopped laughing).
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FEMA will no longer to door-to-door to assist you in a disaster, but ICE will go door-to-door to kidnap you and turn your life into a disaster. America has its priorities, y'all!
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims
The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
FEMA will no longer to door-to-door to assist you in a disaster, but ICE will go door-to-door to kidnap you and turn your life into a disaster. America has its priorities, y'all!
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A good moment to re-up this.
NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump.
It's uncanny.
www.motherjones.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A good moment to re-up this.
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If you had a 15 year old who said this to you and seemed to believe it, you’d be up all night panicking about what it’s going to cost you in tutors to get them into the 2nd-to-last ranked public university in your state.
June 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you had a 15 year old who said this to you and seemed to believe it, you’d be up all night panicking about what it’s going to cost you in tutors to get them into the 2nd-to-last ranked public university in your state.
Well... This, and straight up bigotry.
*This* is why they are freaking out about Zohran Mamdani.
Generational change is coming: Since Zohran Mamdani won on Tuesday night, more than 1100 young people have reached out to @runforsomething.net to explore a run for local office -- one of our biggest spikes of the year yet.
June 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Well... This, and straight up bigotry.
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These are the consequences when you put a vaccine conspiracist in charge of making sure Americans can get safe and effective vaccines. This is a disgrace.
abcnews.go.com/Health/exper...
abcnews.go.com/Health/exper...
Experts warn RFK Jr. is unraveling the system that kept vaccines safe
Secretary Kennedy has long held many vaccine-skeptic views.
abcnews.go.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
These are the consequences when you put a vaccine conspiracist in charge of making sure Americans can get safe and effective vaccines. This is a disgrace.
abcnews.go.com/Health/exper...
abcnews.go.com/Health/exper...
"In an industry full of grifters & companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a … worse actor than Meta, whose platforms have been fully overrun with viral AI slop, AI-powered disinformation, AI scams, AI nudify apps, & AI influencers…"
www.404media.co/meta-invents...
www.404media.co/meta-invents...
Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With AI
In an industry full of grifters and companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a worse actor than Meta, or a worse product that the AI Discover feed.
www.404media.co
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"In an industry full of grifters & companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a … worse actor than Meta, whose platforms have been fully overrun with viral AI slop, AI-powered disinformation, AI scams, AI nudify apps, & AI influencers…"
www.404media.co/meta-invents...
www.404media.co/meta-invents...
I'm firmly convinced, after seeing far too many of YouTube's awful and insipid ads, that being a "creative" whose job is to create such ads must be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm firmly convinced, after seeing far too many of YouTube's awful and insipid ads, that being a "creative" whose job is to create such ads must be an utterly soul-destroying experience.
100%.
Also, if you aren't listening to @socialistdogmom.bsky.social's "Weird Little Guys" podcast, you really should be. It's extremely valuable in understanding how we got to this awful place.
Also, if you aren't listening to @socialistdogmom.bsky.social's "Weird Little Guys" podcast, you really should be. It's extremely valuable in understanding how we got to this awful place.
ice officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH
god this is grim. it’s just insulting that the fascist decree comes as a social media post on a platform with a stupid name & that he owns.
god this is grim. it’s just insulting that the fascist decree comes as a social media post on a platform with a stupid name & that he owns.
June 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
100%.
Also, if you aren't listening to @socialistdogmom.bsky.social's "Weird Little Guys" podcast, you really should be. It's extremely valuable in understanding how we got to this awful place.
Also, if you aren't listening to @socialistdogmom.bsky.social's "Weird Little Guys" podcast, you really should be. It's extremely valuable in understanding how we got to this awful place.
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It’s so funny how every time one of these guys ruins their life doing violence for the fascist cause all their heroes are like “actually he’s a trans communist and a federal agent.”
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s so funny how every time one of these guys ruins their life doing violence for the fascist cause all their heroes are like “actually he’s a trans communist and a federal agent.”
I attended the No Kings protest in West Chester, PA. About 90 minutes before I arrived, this apparently happened: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/06/15/v...
I don't know whether the guy with all the ammo is MAGA, though it seems likely.
There are a lot of violent cult members, and some of them are local.
I don't know whether the guy with all the ammo is MAGA, though it seems likely.
There are a lot of violent cult members, and some of them are local.
Video purports to show man being arrested near No Kings West Chester rally
The video shows officers seizing numerous items from under the man’s coat at High and Gay streets just prior to the rally on Saturday, then they took him away.
www.pottsmerc.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I attended the No Kings protest in West Chester, PA. About 90 minutes before I arrived, this apparently happened: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/06/15/v...
I don't know whether the guy with all the ammo is MAGA, though it seems likely.
There are a lot of violent cult members, and some of them are local.
I don't know whether the guy with all the ammo is MAGA, though it seems likely.
There are a lot of violent cult members, and some of them are local.
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The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency.
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Tea Party protests in April 2009 had about a third of a million people involved, and the political media treated it like a game changer for the Obama presidency.
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
The No Kings rallies were AT LEAST ten times bigger than the Tea Party protests. Will the press keep pretending Trump is popular?
The most mind-boggling thing I heard at a No Kings protest today was a 40-something white woman who yelled, "God save the King!" as she drove by.
It really is tribal; actual thinking does not enter into it AT ALL.
But I did see a fellow protestor holding this sign, which made my day.
It really is tribal; actual thinking does not enter into it AT ALL.
But I did see a fellow protestor holding this sign, which made my day.
June 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The most mind-boggling thing I heard at a No Kings protest today was a 40-something white woman who yelled, "God save the King!" as she drove by.
It really is tribal; actual thinking does not enter into it AT ALL.
But I did see a fellow protestor holding this sign, which made my day.
It really is tribal; actual thinking does not enter into it AT ALL.
But I did see a fellow protestor holding this sign, which made my day.
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my soul left my body watching the fox news feed glitching out as the tanks roll past the president’s observation stand and the announcer’s voice echoes across the mostly empty streets, “special thanks to our sponsor, palantir”
June 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
my soul left my body watching the fox news feed glitching out as the tanks roll past the president’s observation stand and the announcer’s voice echoes across the mostly empty streets, “special thanks to our sponsor, palantir”
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Alex Jones, who spent years ranting about shadowy government mass surveillance technology, is now stanning for Palantir
June 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Alex Jones, who spent years ranting about shadowy government mass surveillance technology, is now stanning for Palantir
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"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
Opinion | Is This the Beginning of the End of America’s National Parks?
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..."
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...
What's worse than the endless emails exhorting me to fill out a survey? One that tells me filling out the survey will "only take 10 to 15 minutes of your time."
May 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What's worse than the endless emails exhorting me to fill out a survey? One that tells me filling out the survey will "only take 10 to 15 minutes of your time."
I taught myself calligraphy when I was 14. I'm, by no means, a typographer, but I am a bit of a type nerd, due to decades of doing calligraphy.
@timesnewboman.com's YouTube channel, which I have only just discovered, is a true delight for any type or design nerd: www.youtube.com/@LinusBoman/...
@timesnewboman.com's YouTube channel, which I have only just discovered, is a true delight for any type or design nerd: www.youtube.com/@LinusBoman/...
Linus Boman
You don't have to be a designer to be design curious. Every day, we're surrounded by logos, letters, and designs that people either love or loathe. This channel explores the designers and stories behi...
www.youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I taught myself calligraphy when I was 14. I'm, by no means, a typographer, but I am a bit of a type nerd, due to decades of doing calligraphy.
@timesnewboman.com's YouTube channel, which I have only just discovered, is a true delight for any type or design nerd: www.youtube.com/@LinusBoman/...
@timesnewboman.com's YouTube channel, which I have only just discovered, is a true delight for any type or design nerd: www.youtube.com/@LinusBoman/...
Exactly. I don't know what the big deal is, either. Someone else's gender identity doesn't affect you at all. If it does, there's something wrong with you, not them.
Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu
May 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Exactly. I don't know what the big deal is, either. Someone else's gender identity doesn't affect you at all. If it does, there's something wrong with you, not them.