@mkbinder.bsky.social
A non-state CBRN use researcher.
With all kinds of other eclectic interests and opinions. Which I generally manage to keep to myself.
With all kinds of other eclectic interests and opinions. Which I generally manage to keep to myself.
As long suspected, the Trump administration’s sole objective surrounding the Russo-Ukrainian War appears to normalization of relations with RU, for profit.
Everything else is an inconvenient obstacle to fulfillment of that objective.
The article also points to crazy levels of naiveté.
Everything else is an inconvenient obstacle to fulfillment of that objective.
The article also points to crazy levels of naiveté.
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As long suspected, the Trump administration’s sole objective surrounding the Russo-Ukrainian War appears to normalization of relations with RU, for profit.
Everything else is an inconvenient obstacle to fulfillment of that objective.
The article also points to crazy levels of naiveté.
Everything else is an inconvenient obstacle to fulfillment of that objective.
The article also points to crazy levels of naiveté.
Still can’t understand how tinting a car’s headlights can be remotely legal.
aMERica!!
aMERica!!
November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Still can’t understand how tinting a car’s headlights can be remotely legal.
aMERica!!
aMERica!!
Levels of concern for naturalized citizens ratchet up several notches.
Obviously it’s a LOT worse for some than others, depending on where you came from to be in America, but none of us, no matter how long ago they jumped through the hoops, should have any illusions.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Obviously it’s a LOT worse for some than others, depending on where you came from to be in America, but none of us, no matter how long ago they jumped through the hoops, should have any illusions.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Levels of concern for naturalized citizens ratchet up several notches.
Obviously it’s a LOT worse for some than others, depending on where you came from to be in America, but none of us, no matter how long ago they jumped through the hoops, should have any illusions.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Obviously it’s a LOT worse for some than others, depending on where you came from to be in America, but none of us, no matter how long ago they jumped through the hoops, should have any illusions.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Wondering to myself, “which concert or nightclub did the MOST long-term damage to my hearing?”
Pretty sure it was that indoor Sonic Youth concert.
Its was like I had pillows on, heck, in, my ears for the better part of a week.
Not to mention the high-pitched WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Pretty sure it was that indoor Sonic Youth concert.
Its was like I had pillows on, heck, in, my ears for the better part of a week.
Not to mention the high-pitched WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Wondering to myself, “which concert or nightclub did the MOST long-term damage to my hearing?”
Pretty sure it was that indoor Sonic Youth concert.
Its was like I had pillows on, heck, in, my ears for the better part of a week.
Not to mention the high-pitched WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Pretty sure it was that indoor Sonic Youth concert.
Its was like I had pillows on, heck, in, my ears for the better part of a week.
Not to mention the high-pitched WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
The sun was shining through the window onto the floor of my office today, because it’s that time of year when the angles are right.
And I was reminded of how much I miss my little gray menace.
18 months w/o Anyanka. One month for every year she was with us.
And I was reminded of how much I miss my little gray menace.
18 months w/o Anyanka. One month for every year she was with us.
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The sun was shining through the window onto the floor of my office today, because it’s that time of year when the angles are right.
And I was reminded of how much I miss my little gray menace.
18 months w/o Anyanka. One month for every year she was with us.
And I was reminded of how much I miss my little gray menace.
18 months w/o Anyanka. One month for every year she was with us.
This was always coming.
First it will be the Green Card holders from the 19 countries.
Then green card holders from everywhere.
And then naturalized citizens.
All focused on finding any pretext/excuse for revoling status or citizenship and deporting the person.
First it will be the Green Card holders from the 19 countries.
Then green card holders from everywhere.
And then naturalized citizens.
All focused on finding any pretext/excuse for revoling status or citizenship and deporting the person.
U.S. immigration agency launches re-examination of green card holders from 19 countries 'of concern'
The announcement comes a day after an attack on National Guard troops near the White House. Authorities have identified the suspect as an Afghan national.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This was always coming.
First it will be the Green Card holders from the 19 countries.
Then green card holders from everywhere.
And then naturalized citizens.
All focused on finding any pretext/excuse for revoling status or citizenship and deporting the person.
First it will be the Green Card holders from the 19 countries.
Then green card holders from everywhere.
And then naturalized citizens.
All focused on finding any pretext/excuse for revoling status or citizenship and deporting the person.
Been watching Highway to Heaven and I’m super-convinced that Mark is actually a dude who doesn’t know he’s dead and is being mentored as a trainee angel to work his way out of purgatory.
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Been watching Highway to Heaven and I’m super-convinced that Mark is actually a dude who doesn’t know he’s dead and is being mentored as a trainee angel to work his way out of purgatory.
Am I the only one who finds it difficult to believe that the literal 10s of billions of untraceable drug money washing through the USA doesn't find its way into the hands of politicians, judges, or police, etc.
Cos that is what we are supposed to believe.
And it definitely did in the 70s & 80s.
Cos that is what we are supposed to believe.
And it definitely did in the 70s & 80s.
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Am I the only one who finds it difficult to believe that the literal 10s of billions of untraceable drug money washing through the USA doesn't find its way into the hands of politicians, judges, or police, etc.
Cos that is what we are supposed to believe.
And it definitely did in the 70s & 80s.
Cos that is what we are supposed to believe.
And it definitely did in the 70s & 80s.
So, is the USG representing RU at the Geneva talks?
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So, is the USG representing RU at the Geneva talks?
So the starting premise is “what can Ukraine accomplish by way of softening Russia’s terms.”
Quietly acknowledging RU has no interest in peace.
After all, we’re never asking what compromises is RU ready to make to secure Ukrainian agreement to a ceasefire/peace?
Quietly acknowledging RU has no interest in peace.
After all, we’re never asking what compromises is RU ready to make to secure Ukrainian agreement to a ceasefire/peace?
US peace plan: What could Ukraine compromise on? We look at issues where differences will be extremely difficult to bridge and others where compromise may prove less hard to find. www.ft.com/content/c24e... via @FT
US peace plan: What could Ukraine compromise on?
Turning the document into something acceptable for Kyiv and its European allies will be a mammoth diplomatic undertaking
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
So the starting premise is “what can Ukraine accomplish by way of softening Russia’s terms.”
Quietly acknowledging RU has no interest in peace.
After all, we’re never asking what compromises is RU ready to make to secure Ukrainian agreement to a ceasefire/peace?
Quietly acknowledging RU has no interest in peace.
After all, we’re never asking what compromises is RU ready to make to secure Ukrainian agreement to a ceasefire/peace?
Reminder: roundabouts are NOT circular 4-way stops.
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reminder: roundabouts are NOT circular 4-way stops.
Still don’t understand who the customer base for Tesla Cybercab is supposed to be.
If the alleged self-driving actually worked the obvious customers would be some sort of fleet operation.
But they appear to be expecting to sell to real people.
There are only so many reviewers & influencers.
If the alleged self-driving actually worked the obvious customers would be some sort of fleet operation.
But they appear to be expecting to sell to real people.
There are only so many reviewers & influencers.
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Still don’t understand who the customer base for Tesla Cybercab is supposed to be.
If the alleged self-driving actually worked the obvious customers would be some sort of fleet operation.
But they appear to be expecting to sell to real people.
There are only so many reviewers & influencers.
If the alleged self-driving actually worked the obvious customers would be some sort of fleet operation.
But they appear to be expecting to sell to real people.
There are only so many reviewers & influencers.
There is no objective need to slow down by 10mph on every highway curve.
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There is no objective need to slow down by 10mph on every highway curve.
Arrest quotas, that’s never gone badly at any time in history.
No sir.
No sir.
U.S. border agents are set to descend on communities in southeast Mississippi as part of "Swamp Sweep," an operation with a goal of arresting 5,000 people in southern Mississippi and Louisiana.
www.mississippifreepress.org/border-agent...
www.mississippifreepress.org/border-agent...
Border Agents Target Mississippi Communities in ‘Swamp Sweep’
Border agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep,” targeting immigrants in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Arrest quotas, that’s never gone badly at any time in history.
No sir.
No sir.
MadTV back in the early 2000's was hardcore funny.
Yvonne Criddle speaks for a nation.
Yvonne Criddle speaks for a nation.
MADtv Yvonne Criddle Traffic Stop
YouTube video by My-Junk Shared
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
MadTV back in the early 2000's was hardcore funny.
Yvonne Criddle speaks for a nation.
Yvonne Criddle speaks for a nation.
I'm genuinely surprised at how sketchy and inconsistent information on Mexican "cartels" in the 1980s and 1990s is.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm genuinely surprised at how sketchy and inconsistent information on Mexican "cartels" in the 1980s and 1990s is.
As an outsider I am utterly bewildered by the politics of the UK Labour Party.
Crushing electoral victory against a corrupt party trading on anti-immigrant bigotry as a centrepiece, so they adopted the positions of their defeated enemy.
WUWT?
Presumably they have some sensible policy on the side?
Crushing electoral victory against a corrupt party trading on anti-immigrant bigotry as a centrepiece, so they adopted the positions of their defeated enemy.
WUWT?
Presumably they have some sensible policy on the side?
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
As an outsider I am utterly bewildered by the politics of the UK Labour Party.
Crushing electoral victory against a corrupt party trading on anti-immigrant bigotry as a centrepiece, so they adopted the positions of their defeated enemy.
WUWT?
Presumably they have some sensible policy on the side?
Crushing electoral victory against a corrupt party trading on anti-immigrant bigotry as a centrepiece, so they adopted the positions of their defeated enemy.
WUWT?
Presumably they have some sensible policy on the side?
I really don’t know how you would even begin, but the need for a thorough-going reconstruction of how US prisons & jails operate to eliminate basic cruelty & abuse of prisoners should be self-evident to anyone paying the slightest attention.
Independent of we imprison too many people.
Independent of we imprison too many people.
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I really don’t know how you would even begin, but the need for a thorough-going reconstruction of how US prisons & jails operate to eliminate basic cruelty & abuse of prisoners should be self-evident to anyone paying the slightest attention.
Independent of we imprison too many people.
Independent of we imprison too many people.
So, do local police forces operate some sort of “operation” where supermarkets etc. are REQUIRED to hire a police officer to stand around hitting on staff, texting, arguing with people on their phones, and/or sleeping in their cruisers, or they’ll suffer some kind of penalty?
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So, do local police forces operate some sort of “operation” where supermarkets etc. are REQUIRED to hire a police officer to stand around hitting on staff, texting, arguing with people on their phones, and/or sleeping in their cruisers, or they’ll suffer some kind of penalty?
Today’s Larry Summers thing is a classic example of men living in their own world in which all women will find them massively attractive.
They really have no conception of women, especially younger women legitimately not being into them.
No self-reflection, just lust & power.
They’re awful
They really have no conception of women, especially younger women legitimately not being into them.
No self-reflection, just lust & power.
They’re awful
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Today’s Larry Summers thing is a classic example of men living in their own world in which all women will find them massively attractive.
They really have no conception of women, especially younger women legitimately not being into them.
No self-reflection, just lust & power.
They’re awful
They really have no conception of women, especially younger women legitimately not being into them.
No self-reflection, just lust & power.
They’re awful
So, I generally find Alex on Autos to be one of the more reliably sensible youtube auto reviewers, despite his quirky need for wireless CarPlay etc.
But his insistence on pronouncing Toyota as TODA drives me to distraction.
But his insistence on pronouncing Toyota as TODA drives me to distraction.
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
So, I generally find Alex on Autos to be one of the more reliably sensible youtube auto reviewers, despite his quirky need for wireless CarPlay etc.
But his insistence on pronouncing Toyota as TODA drives me to distraction.
But his insistence on pronouncing Toyota as TODA drives me to distraction.
Not just not Trip Hop, also not just British.
High on my list of “wish I’d gotten to see them live when they were big” bands.
Veruca Salt seem to oscillate between ignored and dismissed, but they were pretty awesome, in my opinion, for what it’s worth.
High on my list of “wish I’d gotten to see them live when they were big” bands.
Veruca Salt seem to oscillate between ignored and dismissed, but they were pretty awesome, in my opinion, for what it’s worth.
Get Back
YouTube video by Veruca Salt - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Not just not Trip Hop, also not just British.
High on my list of “wish I’d gotten to see them live when they were big” bands.
Veruca Salt seem to oscillate between ignored and dismissed, but they were pretty awesome, in my opinion, for what it’s worth.
High on my list of “wish I’d gotten to see them live when they were big” bands.
Veruca Salt seem to oscillate between ignored and dismissed, but they were pretty awesome, in my opinion, for what it’s worth.
Clearly on a nostalgia trip now, but its not all Trip Hop. The Prodigy were definitely refreshing, and dare we say, energizing.
High on the list of albums to NOT listen to when driving, if I want to be speed-limited.
High on the list of albums to NOT listen to when driving, if I want to be speed-limited.
The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Official Video)
YouTube video by The Prodigy
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Clearly on a nostalgia trip now, but its not all Trip Hop. The Prodigy were definitely refreshing, and dare we say, energizing.
High on the list of albums to NOT listen to when driving, if I want to be speed-limited.
High on the list of albums to NOT listen to when driving, if I want to be speed-limited.
1994 was a big year for music I like, I’m sure other stuff happened too.
Three
YouTube video by Massive Attack - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
1994 was a big year for music I like, I’m sure other stuff happened too.