Colin Peters
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Colin Peters
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I write and draw and code. 本を書く。絵を描く。ソフトを作る。Post-Canadian living in Japan, failing to do most of the things I put in my bio. 日本語でもOK。Still not a DJ.

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And that “and their descendants” bullshit. Isn’t he the son or grandson of immigrants? Should deport himself and to where? El Salvador?
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Reposted by Colin Peters
Contrast these ledes.

Left, NYT.

Right, Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Would be especially useful for diseases that can spread easily and kill people, amiright?
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Very effective but rather extreme, and I’d worry these guys would get into ‘evangelizing’. 😬
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Put it in a bullet they can shoot themselves in the foot with. (Not for use on children, though! Use according to instructions!)
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
[Neeeerd]
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Then I read the headline, realized my mistake, and thought about how Laura Loomer could speciate, and specifically speciate “about” a shooting.
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I was thinking, actually observing speciation in real time would probably be news, if a bit niche and nerdy.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM