Goofrider
@goofrider.bsky.social
Let that sink out
Tech, devops, film, law 🏳️🌈🇭🇰
Tech, devops, film, law 🏳️🌈🇭🇰
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Goofrider
@goofrider.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Welcome twitter exiles! It can be confusing here at first (but sooo much better). First thing is to find some of your old pals! We put together a starter pack last month of film critics, writers, creators and obsessives to help you get started. Add it and then go from there :) go.bsky.app/CsvD994
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Sahel Coup Belt spreading. The #Guinea-Bissau army announces taking full control of the country, suspending the electoral process, and closing the borders, official elections results have not been announced so far, yet another West African country falls to a military regime.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sahel Coup Belt spreading. The #Guinea-Bissau army announces taking full control of the country, suspending the electoral process, and closing the borders, official elections results have not been announced so far, yet another West African country falls to a military regime.
What a remarkable man
Remembering James Baldwin, who returned his borrowed stardust to the universe on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on how to live through your darkest hour:
James Baldwin on How to Live Through Your Darkest Hour and Life as a Moral Obligation to the Universe
“I have always felt that a human being could only be saved by another human being. I am aware that we do not save each other very often. But I am also aware that we save each other some of th…
www.themarginalian.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What a remarkable man
RAM/Flash prices have noticeably gone up
December 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
RAM/Flash prices have noticeably gone up
I'm screaming
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm screaming
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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1/ Beijing threatens international media to "watch your back" (自我珍重), "watch your step" (好自為之), "consider yourselves duly warned (勿謂言之不預).
Unclear what media have published which is false.
Unclear what media have published which is false.
China's national security agency in HK summoned international media representatives for a "regulatory talk" on Saturday, saying some had spread false information and smeared the gov't in recent reports on a deadly fire and upcoming legislative elections. In full: buff.ly/p1VAxKU
China's nat. sec office in Hong Kong summons international media
China's national security agency in HK summoned international media representatives for a "regulatory talk" on Saturday, saying some had spread false information and smeared the gov't in recent reports...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
1/ Beijing threatens international media to "watch your back" (自我珍重), "watch your step" (好自為之), "consider yourselves duly warned (勿謂言之不預).
Unclear what media have published which is false.
Unclear what media have published which is false.
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insane local news just dropped. i've lived in a part of KC for ~decade and it's been an inside joke with friends and service workers that the local biz/party district is ran by a cartel of biz owners who bully out new ventures and replace them with generic dive bars for white suburbanites.
Well UH
Well UH
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
insane local news just dropped. i've lived in a part of KC for ~decade and it's been an inside joke with friends and service workers that the local biz/party district is ran by a cartel of biz owners who bully out new ventures and replace them with generic dive bars for white suburbanites.
Well UH
Well UH
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This is so fucking wild, man. I never thought about how the shitty music was so fucking consistent between bars and restaurants
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is so fucking wild, man. I never thought about how the shitty music was so fucking consistent between bars and restaurants
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
Not the best day to come out to Lamma. Was hoping for some sunshine.
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Not the best day to come out to Lamma. Was hoping for some sunshine.
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Written by Michael Mo, a former district councillor (elected to office in the 2019 District Council elections) now living exile in the UK who was born in the Tai Po area where Wang Fuk Court is located.
The colossal failure of regulatory oversight across governmental departments is clear – and Hong Kong has quashed the civilian watchdogs that used to close the gaps.
Hong Kong’s Tragic Fire Shows the Consequences of a Hollowed-out Civil Society
The colossal failure of regulatory oversight across governmental departments is clear – and Hong Kong has quashed the civilian watchdogs that used to close the gaps.
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Written by Michael Mo, a former district councillor (elected to office in the 2019 District Council elections) now living exile in the UK who was born in the Tai Po area where Wang Fuk Court is located.
Westerners readily regurgitate PRC's narrative of "century of humiliation" due to their own colonial white guilt while overlook that:
- Qing (and many previous Chinese empires) was very imperialist
- the largest, most devastating wars in china in the last 200 yrs had nothing to do with the west
- Qing (and many previous Chinese empires) was very imperialist
- the largest, most devastating wars in china in the last 200 yrs had nothing to do with the west
m.media-amazon.com/images/I/519...
In the West, the Qing dynasty is known for its defeat in the Opium Wars, so there’s not really a *sense* of its massive imperialistic endeavors.
In the West, the Qing dynasty is known for its defeat in the Opium Wars, so there’s not really a *sense* of its massive imperialistic endeavors.
December 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Westerners readily regurgitate PRC's narrative of "century of humiliation" due to their own colonial white guilt while overlook that:
- Qing (and many previous Chinese empires) was very imperialist
- the largest, most devastating wars in china in the last 200 yrs had nothing to do with the west
- Qing (and many previous Chinese empires) was very imperialist
- the largest, most devastating wars in china in the last 200 yrs had nothing to do with the west
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In the West, the Qing dynasty is known for its defeat in the Opium Wars, so there’s not really a *sense* of its massive imperialistic endeavors.
In the West, the Qing dynasty is known for its defeat in the Opium Wars, so there’s not really a *sense* of its massive imperialistic endeavors.
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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In the West, the Qing dynasty is known for its defeat in the Opium Wars, so there’s not really a *sense* of its massive imperialistic endeavors.
In the West, the Qing dynasty is known for its defeat in the Opium Wars, so there’s not really a *sense* of its massive imperialistic endeavors.
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didn’t make it on the board but there’s always next year
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
didn’t make it on the board but there’s always next year
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In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
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This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is great. Very few people want to go to jail, get disbarred or die for this regime. Make them fight you. They will cave.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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In Ukrainian FIFA is the gerund form of FAFO and an antonym of NAFO
Did you know that in Greek “fifa” is slang for “small penis”?
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
In Ukrainian FIFA is the gerund form of FAFO and an antonym of NAFO
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
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Hong Kong diaspora media outlet Green Bean Media reports 3000 people braved the cold and the rain to attend a Tai Po fire memorial event held in London. More memorial events to be held in Leeds, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Nottingham & Manchester over the weekend.
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hong Kong diaspora media outlet Green Bean Media reports 3000 people braved the cold and the rain to attend a Tai Po fire memorial event held in London. More memorial events to be held in Leeds, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Nottingham & Manchester over the weekend.
"The Authoritarian Stack" is a fantastic coinage
authoritarian-stack.info
What do you make of this, where does Kirill fit in this chart
What do you make of this, where does Kirill fit in this chart
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
authoritarian-stack.info
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"The Authoritarian Stack" is a fantastic coinage
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‘Don’t say we didn’t warn you’: Beijing summons journalists in Hong Kong after fire
‘Don’t say we didn’t warn you’: Beijing summons journalists in Hong Kong after fire
Powerful security agency accuses international journalists of disregarding facts and smearing the government
Beijing’s powerful security agency in Hong Kong has summoned journalists from international media to inform them it will not tolerate “trouble-making”, after critical coverage of the deadly apartment complex fire that has left the territory reeling.
Senior reporters from several outlets operating in the city were called to the meeting by the Office for Safeguarding National Security (OSNS), which was set up by Beijing in 2020. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
‘Don’t say we didn’t warn you’: Beijing summons journalists in Hong Kong after fire
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38 year old tattoo artist sentenced to prison for 2 months for writing "8964" (a reference to the date of the Tiananmen Square crackdown) on wall of Mongkok Police Station.
Judge denounces defendant's action as a "deliberate challenge against law enforcement"
Judge denounces defendant's action as a "deliberate challenge against law enforcement"
December 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
38 year old tattoo artist sentenced to prison for 2 months for writing "8964" (a reference to the date of the Tiananmen Square crackdown) on wall of Mongkok Police Station.
Judge denounces defendant's action as a "deliberate challenge against law enforcement"
Judge denounces defendant's action as a "deliberate challenge against law enforcement"
