David Terrell
@dbt.bsky.social
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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*sighs heavily and affixes a bumper sticker reading "I bought this while elon was vacationing on pedophile island" to my 2014 tesla model s*
September 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
*sighs heavily and affixes a bumper sticker reading "I bought this while elon was vacationing on pedophile island" to my 2014 tesla model s*
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I genuinely believe that we would live in a better society if we somehow were able to force everyone to read stories like this on a regular basis.
New from me: Paul House, RIP.
He was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death. The prison system then failed to diagnose and treat his MS while the courts ignored his claims.
And today’s SCOTUS would likely have denied him the 16 years of freedom he finally enjoyed.
He was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death. The prison system then failed to diagnose and treat his MS while the courts ignored his claims.
And today’s SCOTUS would likely have denied him the 16 years of freedom he finally enjoyed.
Paul House has died -- a wrongly convicted man whom John Roberts gave the okay to execute
House was finally freed in 2008. But under today's court, he'd likely still be on death row -- or worse.
radleybalko.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I genuinely believe that we would live in a better society if we somehow were able to force everyone to read stories like this on a regular basis.
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happy zero cool day to all who observe
August 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
happy zero cool day to all who observe
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is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
June 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
is this really the world you want your children to live in, and your children’s children,
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Keith David reacting to the announcement that he will be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
July 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Keith David reacting to the announcement that he will be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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all the worst people are sad tonight and i just think thats neat
June 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
all the worst people are sad tonight and i just think thats neat
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NY Democratic machine genuinely befuddled after the charismatic, talented person with good ideas defeated the sex pest fuck-up with name recognition
June 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
NY Democratic machine genuinely befuddled after the charismatic, talented person with good ideas defeated the sex pest fuck-up with name recognition
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In national elections, liberals like me ask leftists to be coalition partners — hold their noses and vote for a candidate they don't love to beat someone truly terrible.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In national elections, liberals like me ask leftists to be coalition partners — hold their noses and vote for a candidate they don't love to beat someone truly terrible.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
In New York, the shoe is on the other foot. And we should be clear that we're willing to do what we ask of our partners.
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I can’t compete with this
June 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I can’t compete with this
All models are wrong, some models are useful.
I don’t think it can be overstated that a lot of people at every level of the socioeconomic spectrum believe the computers are now alive
May 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
All models are wrong, some models are useful.
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oh, no, it's present day, it's just that nobody at netflix knows how to light a scene
May 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
oh, no, it's present day, it's just that nobody at netflix knows how to light a scene
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the new netflix series Teens In A World Without Artificial Lights stops mid-scene to play an AI-generated advertisement of me embracing a beautiful woman I’ll never meet, beaming at a yard full of children I’ll never have. tears fill my eyes. the show is cancelled before the end of the ad
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
the new netflix series Teens In A World Without Artificial Lights stops mid-scene to play an AI-generated advertisement of me embracing a beautiful woman I’ll never meet, beaming at a yard full of children I’ll never have. tears fill my eyes. the show is cancelled before the end of the ad
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he’s right and he’s right to say it
April 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
he’s right and he’s right to say it
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This is your regular reminder that end-to-end encrypted communications will not protect you against members of your group chat sending screenshots to NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Columbia University students plan to build tent encampments this week, sources say
Plans were discussed in a meeting Tuesday night in Brooklyn, where participants wore masks and identified themselves only by their Signal handles.
www.nbcnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is your regular reminder that end-to-end encrypted communications will not protect you against members of your group chat sending screenshots to NBC News: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Sending people to foreign prisons isn’t a debate about immigration policy. Telling private universities who they must hire and what they must teach isn’t about antisemitism. Destroying the economy thru tariffs isn’t about revitalizing American industry.
It’s all about power and domination.
It’s all about power and domination.
April 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sending people to foreign prisons isn’t a debate about immigration policy. Telling private universities who they must hire and what they must teach isn’t about antisemitism. Destroying the economy thru tariffs isn’t about revitalizing American industry.
It’s all about power and domination.
It’s all about power and domination.
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Feel free to dunk on Lisa Murkowski all you like but in fairness, the pull quote misses a lot of context. She’s asked “What do you have to say to people who are afraid” and she replies “I’m often afraid to speak up but that’s the job you gave me to do, so here’s how I’m doing it”.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R): "We are all afraid…I am oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real."
April 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Feel free to dunk on Lisa Murkowski all you like but in fairness, the pull quote misses a lot of context. She’s asked “What do you have to say to people who are afraid” and she replies “I’m often afraid to speak up but that’s the job you gave me to do, so here’s how I’m doing it”.
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I stumbled across this essay as I was falling asleep last night, and left myself multiple emphatic reminders to remember to circle back to it today.
"The joy we're about to lose...we'll become overseers rather than creators, managers rather than builders."
annievella.com/posts/the-so...
"The joy we're about to lose...we'll become overseers rather than creators, managers rather than builders."
annievella.com/posts/the-so...
The Software Engineering Identity Crisis - Annie Vella
Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things. With our own hands, our own minds, our own code.
But...
annievella.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I stumbled across this essay as I was falling asleep last night, and left myself multiple emphatic reminders to remember to circle back to it today.
"The joy we're about to lose...we'll become overseers rather than creators, managers rather than builders."
annievella.com/posts/the-so...
"The joy we're about to lose...we'll become overseers rather than creators, managers rather than builders."
annievella.com/posts/the-so...
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Are you that discontented DOGE staffer? It might be time. You can reach out to me on Signal at joshtpm.99 (I'm not like Mike Waltz; I know how to use it.) You can also get me at joshtpm at protonmail dot com. Are you a federal worker with information I need to hear? I want to hear from you too.
March 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Are you that discontented DOGE staffer? It might be time. You can reach out to me on Signal at joshtpm.99 (I'm not like Mike Waltz; I know how to use it.) You can also get me at joshtpm at protonmail dot com. Are you a federal worker with information I need to hear? I want to hear from you too.