Dash Rantic
@jackc.bsky.social
Programmer, bassist, things&stuff+etc.
He/him.
He/him.
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You don't need to be an anarchist to think that ICE should be abolished
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
ICE have revealed themselves to be nothing more than the partisan militia of MAGA. When Trump became president, he did not "execute Order 66." They have been yearning for the Day of the Rope since their founding, and all Trump did was give free rein to their basest impulses.
December 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
You don't need to be an anarchist to think that ICE should be abolished
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
You can be a good governance liberal who thinks that the agency has demonstrated an institutional disrespect for the Constitution, and therefore advocate for unwinding the agency and rolling its functions into a revived INS.
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on some level you have to stand in awe of the gall it takes to use this tone about someone people are angry at for suppressing a story about a concentration camp
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
on some level you have to stand in awe of the gall it takes to use this tone about someone people are angry at for suppressing a story about a concentration camp
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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You've just opened a star trek themed restaurant. What are you calling it?
The Neutral Scone
Set Phasers to Yum
Stir Trek
Prime Rib Directive
Today is a Good Day to Dine
The Delta Croissant (a cafe specialising in Uncharted Grounds ofc)
Chicago gets:
Deep Dish Nine.
The Neutral Scone
Set Phasers to Yum
Stir Trek
Prime Rib Directive
Today is a Good Day to Dine
The Delta Croissant (a cafe specialising in Uncharted Grounds ofc)
Chicago gets:
Deep Dish Nine.
you've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
QUARK'S
I even have a cool jingle ready
what are you calling it?
QUARK'S
I even have a cool jingle ready
you've just opened up a star trek-themed restaurant
what are you calling it?
It's an automat called The Ready Room.
what are you calling it?
It's an automat called The Ready Room.
December 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
You've just opened a star trek themed restaurant. What are you calling it?
The Neutral Scone
Set Phasers to Yum
Stir Trek
Prime Rib Directive
Today is a Good Day to Dine
The Delta Croissant (a cafe specialising in Uncharted Grounds ofc)
Chicago gets:
Deep Dish Nine.
The Neutral Scone
Set Phasers to Yum
Stir Trek
Prime Rib Directive
Today is a Good Day to Dine
The Delta Croissant (a cafe specialising in Uncharted Grounds ofc)
Chicago gets:
Deep Dish Nine.
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This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).
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If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
How the Macintosh Plus helped make Star Trek history! #VFX
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
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Thirsty Dog!/Thirsty Cat! (1994-1994): Liters of lightly carbonated bottled water made specifically for pets, containing vitamins and flavorings ("crispy beef" for dogs, and "tangy fish" for cats), but FDA approved for humans consumption, and even certified kosher.
November 30, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Thirsty Dog!/Thirsty Cat! (1994-1994): Liters of lightly carbonated bottled water made specifically for pets, containing vitamins and flavorings ("crispy beef" for dogs, and "tangy fish" for cats), but FDA approved for humans consumption, and even certified kosher.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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[ADVISER]: Ok team we have to delay more Epstein Files again. We’ll announce on christmas eve. Let’s try to get through this news cycle quietly
[TRUMP]:
[TRUMP]:
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
[ADVISER]: Ok team we have to delay more Epstein Files again. We’ll announce on christmas eve. Let’s try to get through this news cycle quietly
[TRUMP]:
[TRUMP]:
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Yes. Yes. Perfect.
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yes. Yes. Perfect.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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This is hands down my favourite #SolarFlare in recent years, an event from September 2024. The flare persisted for several hours, giving us a jaw-dropping view of ‘coronal rain’ (seen in the yellow structure) and ‘supra-arcade downflows’ (seen in the cyan structure). A beauty!
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This is hands down my favourite #SolarFlare in recent years, an event from September 2024. The flare persisted for several hours, giving us a jaw-dropping view of ‘coronal rain’ (seen in the yellow structure) and ‘supra-arcade downflows’ (seen in the cyan structure). A beauty!
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Just looked at the design brief for USS Bone Spurs here, and with 30+ knots, the biggest weapons available and absolutely fuck all armour...
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Just looked at the design brief for USS Bone Spurs here, and with 30+ knots, the biggest weapons available and absolutely fuck all armour...
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
Is, er, Jackie Fisher in the room with us now?
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I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
And it’s already pretty fucking bad!
bsky.app/profile/gbbr...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mitt Romney, Nazi tattoo guy, Gavin Newsom, and the Cheneys walk into a bar…
…and the bar is apparently the new Democratic Party and you’re all high fiving and giving a standing ovation while chanting “perfect is the enemy of good!”
…and the bar is apparently the new Democratic Party and you’re all high fiving and giving a standing ovation while chanting “perfect is the enemy of good!”
You do not in fact gotta hand it to Mitt Binders Full of Women Romney!!!
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mitt Romney, Nazi tattoo guy, Gavin Newsom, and the Cheneys walk into a bar…
…and the bar is apparently the new Democratic Party and you’re all high fiving and giving a standing ovation while chanting “perfect is the enemy of good!”
…and the bar is apparently the new Democratic Party and you’re all high fiving and giving a standing ovation while chanting “perfect is the enemy of good!”
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Why is tech costing so much more these days? I'm glad you asked.
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Why is tech costing so much more these days? I'm glad you asked.
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
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someone accidently stumbled on an insanely ominious cdc government page, it’s a massive list of random words that looks like this. anyone know whats going on here?
ftp.cdc.gov/pub/health_S...
ftp.cdc.gov/pub/health_S...
December 19, 2025 at 12:14 AM
someone accidently stumbled on an insanely ominious cdc government page, it’s a massive list of random words that looks like this. anyone know whats going on here?
ftp.cdc.gov/pub/health_S...
ftp.cdc.gov/pub/health_S...
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Anybody else just viscerally recoil at the Dubai chocolate trend? I love pistachios but I don’t really want to think about slavery while I’m eating them
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Anybody else just viscerally recoil at the Dubai chocolate trend? I love pistachios but I don’t really want to think about slavery while I’m eating them
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These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
David Brooks has always been a fascist apologist, unsurprising to see him linked to Epstein really. But yes he needs to been dropped by @nytimes.com ASAP!
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
David Brooks has always been a fascist apologist, unsurprising to see him linked to Epstein really. But yes he needs to been dropped by @nytimes.com ASAP!