mmyotis
@mmyotis.bsky.social
Hiker, photographer, horse owner, recently retired materials engineer/failure analyst. Bring me your broken parts and I'll tell you how they failed. Now basically an armchair caver.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE??????
#WITAOD
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
There is no administrator of DOGE?
THERE IS NO ADMINISTRATOR OF DOGE??????
#WITAOD
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Arresting immigrants for following the rules is "not only morally unjust, but also detrimental to public safety and to the social order writ large—the very concerns that have driven public opinion over immigration policy."
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Arresting immigrants for following the rules is "not only morally unjust, but also detrimental to public safety and to the social order writ large—the very concerns that have driven public opinion over immigration policy."
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I deny any association with this cat.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I deny any association with this cat.
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This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
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One of the reasons I know that AI is overhyped harmful bullshit is because they gave it to us
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
One of the reasons I know that AI is overhyped harmful bullshit is because they gave it to us
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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Crockett: Marjorie Taylor Greene voted for this point blank period. Her constituents were the ones that were on the receiving end of this.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Crockett: Marjorie Taylor Greene voted for this point blank period. Her constituents were the ones that were on the receiving end of this.
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I legit can’t figure out the play on these FAA flight cancellations. Who’s the White House trying to pressure. And who do they think people are gonna get mad at when Thanksgiving goes down the drain?
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I legit can’t figure out the play on these FAA flight cancellations. Who’s the White House trying to pressure. And who do they think people are gonna get mad at when Thanksgiving goes down the drain?
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An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
An Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We went blue in red Southbury, CT. Yay!
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We went blue in red Southbury, CT. Yay!
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This is weird for a lot of reasons but also because it treats Israel as some fixed thing...the people and parties within it, it's actions and policies don't matter...it is only American Opinion that changes and if so it must be because of propaganda.
What Hillary is saying here is a conspiracy theory and not even a tame, silly one, but a whopper. A more balefully consequential and widespread one than e.g. Trump complaining that the media lied about his crowds being big.
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is weird for a lot of reasons but also because it treats Israel as some fixed thing...the people and parties within it, it's actions and policies don't matter...it is only American Opinion that changes and if so it must be because of propaganda.
Wow
The Feast, 1867
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11443
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11443
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Wow
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You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029?
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
October 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
You know what day should be a national holiday in 2029?
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
THE DAY OF THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL BULLDOZING OF THE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BALLROOM.
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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I like Presidents who don't bulldoze the White House
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I like Presidents who don't bulldoze the White House
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Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
October 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon.
Mark my words.
Mark my words.
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Hey, I wonder if CBS News has ever had a Jewish woman as president before?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Z...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Z...
October 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hey, I wonder if CBS News has ever had a Jewish woman as president before?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Z...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Z...
I have financially supported @columbiauniversity.bsky.social for many years now, but I will not be supporting them again until they take a strong public stand against governmental intimidation and demands that put limits on the first amendment rights of colleges and universities.
October 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I have financially supported @columbiauniversity.bsky.social for many years now, but I will not be supporting them again until they take a strong public stand against governmental intimidation and demands that put limits on the first amendment rights of colleges and universities.
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![gandalf: I am not trying to rob you!
I'm trying to help you.
[small dog holding tennis ball in its mouth stares back]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7migibs2fyj2psyy6lmkul3h/bafkreia5tvmxocb7uik7efocuqvsbycldi6ugxb6tzou6i4am2pyoacxoy@jpeg)
The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.
October 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM