Colin Dean
@cad.cx
Scholar, bon vivant, champion of the oppressed. Software engineer. Community builder. Dogfather. My words are mine. https://cad.cx | https://mastodon.social/@colindean
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They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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We had so much fun and intense learning at #gdcr25 @coderetreat that we forgot to post anything during the day!
Our eight participants in Global Day of #coderetreat in #pittsburgh shared their gratitude for a new perspective on test driven development, system […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Our eight participants in Global Day of #coderetreat in #pittsburgh shared their gratitude for a new perspective on test driven development, system […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We had so much fun and intense learning at #gdcr25 @coderetreat that we forgot to post anything during the day!
Our eight participants in Global Day of #coderetreat in #pittsburgh shared their gratitude for a new perspective on test driven development, system […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Our eight participants in Global Day of #coderetreat in #pittsburgh shared their gratitude for a new perspective on test driven development, system […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
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'Twas the night before @coderetreat and all through the house, every creature was folding, including the mouse.
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
'Twas the night before @coderetreat and all through the house, every creature was folding, including the mouse.
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
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It was the night before @coderetreat.bsky.social and all through the house, every creature was folding, including the mouse.
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It was the night before @coderetreat.bsky.social and all through the house, every creature was folding, including the mouse.
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
#gdcr25 #gdcr #coderetreat
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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Hero jury saves democracy gone a-rye
Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hero jury saves democracy gone a-rye
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Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump admin to pay full SNAP benefits for November by tomorrow, rejecting the administration’s plan to only partially fund food stamps for 42 million Americans.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
Judge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday
The Trump administration recently said it would not pay any SNAP benefits, but then offered partial funding of the food stamp program after a judge's ruling.
www.cnbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump admin to pay full SNAP benefits for November by tomorrow, rejecting the administration’s plan to only partially fund food stamps for 42 million Americans.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/s...
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If you're arresting people so fast that you have to hold them in squalid cells without access to lawyers or basic human dignities, you should stop arresting people so fast.
Feds claim immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes on Broadview facility conditions.
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
UPDATED @chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds say immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes at Broadview facility
The comment from a DOJ attorney followed emotional testimony from detainees and came after U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman told her, "if the conditions are unconstitutional, so be it."
chicago.suntimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you're arresting people so fast that you have to hold them in squalid cells without access to lawyers or basic human dignities, you should stop arresting people so fast.
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Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):
November 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Overnight court filings seem to be giving us a peek at what U.S. Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino said in his deposition so far (it apparently continues today):
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After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.
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Being an undocumented immigrant in the USA is NOT a felony crime. It is a misdemeanor offense.
I want y’all to think about that while we are routinely seeing ICE agents traumatize and terrorize these people who have not committed any sort of jail-able offense.
I want y’all to think about that while we are routinely seeing ICE agents traumatize and terrorize these people who have not committed any sort of jail-able offense.
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Being an undocumented immigrant in the USA is NOT a felony crime. It is a misdemeanor offense.
I want y’all to think about that while we are routinely seeing ICE agents traumatize and terrorize these people who have not committed any sort of jail-able offense.
I want y’all to think about that while we are routinely seeing ICE agents traumatize and terrorize these people who have not committed any sort of jail-able offense.
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"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens
https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2025-62229/
https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2025-62229/
"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens
The newest post on Xe Iaso's blog
xeiaso.net
November 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens
https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2025-62229/
https://xeiaso.net/shitposts/no-way-to-prevent-this/CVE-2025-62229/
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“We are replacing pluralism with personalization, and surrendering our information-gathering to validation machines that always tell us we’re right.“
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Validation Machines
Humanity thrives on friction—so why are the tools of the future built to make everything seem so easy?
www.theatlantic.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“We are replacing pluralism with personalization, and surrendering our information-gathering to validation machines that always tell us we’re right.“
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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It is difficult enough to get sober even for people who have essentially infinite money and desperately want to. Look at celebrities like Whitney Houston, Demi Lovato, Drew Barrymore, Elton John.
Getting sober when you're having trouble feeding or housing yourself? Almost impossible.
Getting sober when you're having trouble feeding or housing yourself? Almost impossible.
Drug testing people for food assistance is just telling people who have addiction (which is a disease) that they should fuck off and starve to death.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
I don't believe in starving people because of health conditions.
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
It is difficult enough to get sober even for people who have essentially infinite money and desperately want to. Look at celebrities like Whitney Houston, Demi Lovato, Drew Barrymore, Elton John.
Getting sober when you're having trouble feeding or housing yourself? Almost impossible.
Getting sober when you're having trouble feeding or housing yourself? Almost impossible.
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Trump wants him arrested. JB Pritzker is breaking through.
Trump wants him arrested. JB Pritzker is breaking through
JB Pritzker is strategically standing up to Trump's authoritarian attacks on Chicago. What can Democrats learn from his tactics?
www.theframelab.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Trump wants him arrested. JB Pritzker is breaking through.
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“this mass deprivation, which we insist is bad and not our fault, is a great opportunity for us to talk about our plans for long-term mass deprivation”
Brooke Rollins: "I guess the silver lining in all of this is that we're having a national conversation on our SNAP program. This has shined a light on a program that especially under the last administration has just become so bloated."
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“this mass deprivation, which we insist is bad and not our fault, is a great opportunity for us to talk about our plans for long-term mass deprivation”
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Changes in the proposed defense budget is signaling that military leadership wants to prioritize the speed of buying and new deploying technology over taking time to evaluate its effectiveness and efficiency.
The Department of Defense Wants Less Proof its Software Works
When Congress eventually reopens, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will be moving toward a vote. This gives us a chance to see the priorities of the Secretary of Defense and his Cong...
www.eff.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Changes in the proposed defense budget is signaling that military leadership wants to prioritize the speed of buying and new deploying technology over taking time to evaluate its effectiveness and efficiency.
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Even worse when you find out Middlebury College had another death of a trans student in 2023, then hosted an anti-trans talk last winter, before kicking Lia off of both her teams this fall.
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Even worse when you find out Middlebury College had another death of a trans student in 2023, then hosted an anti-trans talk last winter, before kicking Lia off of both her teams this fall.
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Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just want to reiterate that there’s no reason for this. There is no increase in crime. There are no riots. There’s no insurrection. They’re doing this without provocation. At least until they create one.
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ICE agents continue to radicalize people against ICE.
This is obvious assault by an ICE officer, and it’s pure evil that ICE agents are getting away with these violations of people’s unalienable rights.
This horrific terrorism by ICE agents must end now!!! 😡😡😡
This is obvious assault by an ICE officer, and it’s pure evil that ICE agents are getting away with these violations of people’s unalienable rights.
This horrific terrorism by ICE agents must end now!!! 😡😡😡
ICE violently detains mother driving daughter to school—for not having social security number memorized.
"Agent became flustered when she couldn't repeat the number... then just lunged at her," said daughter.
She had work permit, social security card & drivers license.
Harrisonburg, Virginia
"Agent became flustered when she couldn't repeat the number... then just lunged at her," said daughter.
She had work permit, social security card & drivers license.
Harrisonburg, Virginia
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ICE agents continue to radicalize people against ICE.
This is obvious assault by an ICE officer, and it’s pure evil that ICE agents are getting away with these violations of people’s unalienable rights.
This horrific terrorism by ICE agents must end now!!! 😡😡😡
This is obvious assault by an ICE officer, and it’s pure evil that ICE agents are getting away with these violations of people’s unalienable rights.
This horrific terrorism by ICE agents must end now!!! 😡😡😡