David Hoffman
@galacticatproject.bsky.social
Technical writer, editor, gamer, creator, and TTRPG player. Occasionally, I impersonate a musician.
Epically mundane, yet remarkably intriguing; I am a superfluous dichotomy.
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We knew this already, but shocking to hear a prosecutor say it out loud.
We knew this already, but shocking to hear a prosecutor say it out loud.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We knew this already, but shocking to hear a prosecutor say it out loud.
We knew this already, but shocking to hear a prosecutor say it out loud.
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Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.
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the more I think about this prospect the more utterly horrific seems to me
if nobody has their own computer, if nobody manages their own files, then state and corporate control over what you can do with a digitized machine is absolute, and privacy is beyond dead
if nobody has their own computer, if nobody manages their own files, then state and corporate control over what you can do with a digitized machine is absolute, and privacy is beyond dead
increasingly starting to think that the endgame is to kill consumer computing so end users are driven to use centrally-operated cloud computing farms that these companies have total control over, so AI becomes inescapable
right now AI is irritating but possible to avoid, and we can't have that
right now AI is irritating but possible to avoid, and we can't have that
Samsung halting SATA SSD production says leaker, warns of 18 months of SSD price pressure
December 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
the more I think about this prospect the more utterly horrific seems to me
if nobody has their own computer, if nobody manages their own files, then state and corporate control over what you can do with a digitized machine is absolute, and privacy is beyond dead
if nobody has their own computer, if nobody manages their own files, then state and corporate control over what you can do with a digitized machine is absolute, and privacy is beyond dead
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I mean also like, I *am* a journalist but I don't think it's my solemn duty to get shouted out and get sent death and rape threats most days just because I dare to exist as a woman online lol, amazingly it was never part of the job description, I can do my job without Twitter!
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I mean also like, I *am* a journalist but I don't think it's my solemn duty to get shouted out and get sent death and rape threats most days just because I dare to exist as a woman online lol, amazingly it was never part of the job description, I can do my job without Twitter!
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[David Attenborough voice] Observe the Democratic billionaire in the early stages of its metamorphosis. As the whispers of Bluesky ratios rustle the air, its initial Republican chrysalis is formed, made up of angry left-leaning replies and appreciations for reductions in regulations.
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
[David Attenborough voice] Observe the Democratic billionaire in the early stages of its metamorphosis. As the whispers of Bluesky ratios rustle the air, its initial Republican chrysalis is formed, made up of angry left-leaning replies and appreciations for reductions in regulations.
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A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
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“I woke up with the energy of a thousand Dolly Partons!”
TN Democrat Aftyn Behn on learning a new poll has her within clear range of flipping a deeply Republican House seat in 12/2 special election that could deal a huge blow to the GOP.
Read this exclusive interview with @aftynbehn.bsky.social:
TN Democrat Aftyn Behn on learning a new poll has her within clear range of flipping a deeply Republican House seat in 12/2 special election that could deal a huge blow to the GOP.
Read this exclusive interview with @aftynbehn.bsky.social:
Can Aftyn Behn Stun the GOP in Tennessee Next Week?
The Democrat has a real chance to flip a deep-red congressional seat. In an exclusive interview, she explains why her bid is shaking up the politics of 2025 (and maybe 2026).
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“I woke up with the energy of a thousand Dolly Partons!”
TN Democrat Aftyn Behn on learning a new poll has her within clear range of flipping a deeply Republican House seat in 12/2 special election that could deal a huge blow to the GOP.
Read this exclusive interview with @aftynbehn.bsky.social:
TN Democrat Aftyn Behn on learning a new poll has her within clear range of flipping a deeply Republican House seat in 12/2 special election that could deal a huge blow to the GOP.
Read this exclusive interview with @aftynbehn.bsky.social:
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"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"The agency also announced plans to relax a rule requiring companies to report all products containing PFAS and has proposed weakening drinking water standards for the chemicals."
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For those not familiar with this: Finland is changing their rail gauge to International from Russian. It won't accommodate Russian trains anymore. This is a physical rebuild, and expensive. Finland MEANS IT!
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For those not familiar with this: Finland is changing their rail gauge to International from Russian. It won't accommodate Russian trains anymore. This is a physical rebuild, and expensive. Finland MEANS IT!
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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Was at a fundraiser in the Bay Area with many who made their money in Silicon Valley, tech, etc, but many grudgingly realizing that this is the inevitable path forward.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Was at a fundraiser in the Bay Area with many who made their money in Silicon Valley, tech, etc, but many grudgingly realizing that this is the inevitable path forward.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
Young people are radicalized, and they cannot promote capitalism as the way to an enraged majority that demands reform.
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Seen a lot of people wondering why X, The Everything App would have a feature that gives away how much of the popular right wing accounts are foreign actors and this is why. They thought every left wing account would be that way because every accusation is also a confession.
Planned Parenthood uses a VPN so its twitter location is shown as Germany and now all of MAGA twitter thinks Planned Parenthood is a fake organization based in Europe.
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Seen a lot of people wondering why X, The Everything App would have a feature that gives away how much of the popular right wing accounts are foreign actors and this is why. They thought every left wing account would be that way because every accusation is also a confession.
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Rubio is caught in a massive lie, called out by GOP senators. He should not only resign but this should be the end of his career.
Does Rubio understand that we do know of his previous statements today?
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Rubio is caught in a massive lie, called out by GOP senators. He should not only resign but this should be the end of his career.
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NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
NVIDIA earnings were a mirage. The market figured it out surprisingly fast. NVIDIA bump evaporated.
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
I don’t know how this information can enter the system without exploding the bubble.
But sometimes bezzles visible for months before crash.
Waiting for the feds?
open.substack.com/pub/shanakaa...
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"Mamdani simply managed Trump the same way everyone does: by getting alone in a room with him and making him adopt your ideas as his own.
Which brings us to the latest Ukrainian 'piece' plan..."
Which brings us to the latest Ukrainian 'piece' plan..."
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"Mamdani simply managed Trump the same way everyone does: by getting alone in a room with him and making him adopt your ideas as his own.
Which brings us to the latest Ukrainian 'piece' plan..."
Which brings us to the latest Ukrainian 'piece' plan..."
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This. They're a bunch of freaking gangsters.
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This. They're a bunch of freaking gangsters.
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DOGE hasn’t gone away, it’s metastasized.
The Reuters article is more illustrative than the headline of course, but “DOGE doesn’t exist anymore” is a misleading premise because more than 100 former DOGErs have become deeply embedded in federal agencies to generally fuck around with our data and arbitrarily disrupt budgets.
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
DOGE hasn’t gone away, it’s metastasized.
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Again, the normal response to the ads would be we have no intention of issuing illegal orders.
For over 300 years now, it is a bedrock principle in Anglo-American constitutionalism that obedience is owed according only to law. Refusal to follow an illegal command is not only a moral choice but an absolute duty.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Again, the normal response to the ads would be we have no intention of issuing illegal orders.
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My latest for @rollingstone.com
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My latest for @rollingstone.com
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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most of the BBB damage was backloaded after the midterms so republicans could try and pass off the blame for their cuts, but as we warned would happen, hospitals are already starting to cut services
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
most of the BBB damage was backloaded after the midterms so republicans could try and pass off the blame for their cuts, but as we warned would happen, hospitals are already starting to cut services
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DOGE investigations and prosecutions are already overdue
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
DOGE investigations and prosecutions are already overdue
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This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.