RatFink
@pickled-placenta.bsky.social
Retired, husband, father, grandfather, bad sense of humor, reader, liberal AF. Born and raised in the deep south, moved to Appalachia to be with my wife's family. Pickles are cucumbers soaked in evil.
He/Him
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NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
March 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
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ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
a cloture vote for the way-harder-to-undo-than-an-executive-order federal anti-trans sports ban is now set for monday. that means there's more time to make calls.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
no on cloture means it doesn't get a vote. the GOP needs 7 dems to advance it.
please call. there is *so* much evil downstream of this.
February 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.*
short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵
legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...
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no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.
This pride, we riot.
February 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
no the fuck we are NOT making “LGBQ+” a thing and if I see any of you motherfuckers using that acronym it’s on sight
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
Marsha P. Johnson did not smash in the windshield of a police car for this
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A male pileated woodpecker chipping away at the base of a dead tree in the back of my property. I love the wood chip flying away and how his tongue is probing for insects. #birds
February 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A male pileated woodpecker chipping away at the base of a dead tree in the back of my property. I love the wood chip flying away and how his tongue is probing for insects. #birds
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Hi Bluesky
We have some leftover JER hats from the last run of shows on the skatune store!
There’s only like 10 left, but each one is gonna go toward getting LP2 going 👁️👁️ making a record is expensive! So maybe grab a hat to help us do the thing 👀
Www.skatunenetwork.com
We have some leftover JER hats from the last run of shows on the skatune store!
There’s only like 10 left, but each one is gonna go toward getting LP2 going 👁️👁️ making a record is expensive! So maybe grab a hat to help us do the thing 👀
Www.skatunenetwork.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hi Bluesky
We have some leftover JER hats from the last run of shows on the skatune store!
There’s only like 10 left, but each one is gonna go toward getting LP2 going 👁️👁️ making a record is expensive! So maybe grab a hat to help us do the thing 👀
Www.skatunenetwork.com
We have some leftover JER hats from the last run of shows on the skatune store!
There’s only like 10 left, but each one is gonna go toward getting LP2 going 👁️👁️ making a record is expensive! So maybe grab a hat to help us do the thing 👀
Www.skatunenetwork.com
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"Deport ICE"
Garfield mural seen in Miami
Garfield mural seen in Miami
February 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"Deport ICE"
Garfield mural seen in Miami
Garfield mural seen in Miami
One second every day (January 2025)
February 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One second every day (January 2025)
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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
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Trump has issued 1,500 pardons to J6 rioters, which is 1,500 more times we’re giving permission to domestic terrorism. The right thinks this is a victory, but they always forget that the pendulum eventually swings both ways.
January 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump has issued 1,500 pardons to J6 rioters, which is 1,500 more times we’re giving permission to domestic terrorism. The right thinks this is a victory, but they always forget that the pendulum eventually swings both ways.
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To clarify this, Trump commuted the sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted in seditious conspiracy cases. He has pardoned everyone else who was convicted, including those who assaulted the police. And he has ordered DOJ to drop any pending cases.
January 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
To clarify this, Trump commuted the sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted in seditious conspiracy cases. He has pardoned everyone else who was convicted, including those who assaulted the police. And he has ordered DOJ to drop any pending cases.
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PICK IT THE F#%K UP FOR LA
if you buy this record on vinyl between now and the end of the month, we will be donating all the profit to gofundme’s of people effected by the fires in LA
It’s a devastating time, we all know that. It’s important we have each other in times like this
if you buy this record on vinyl between now and the end of the month, we will be donating all the profit to gofundme’s of people effected by the fires in LA
It’s a devastating time, we all know that. It’s important we have each other in times like this
January 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
PICK IT THE F#%K UP FOR LA
if you buy this record on vinyl between now and the end of the month, we will be donating all the profit to gofundme’s of people effected by the fires in LA
It’s a devastating time, we all know that. It’s important we have each other in times like this
if you buy this record on vinyl between now and the end of the month, we will be donating all the profit to gofundme’s of people effected by the fires in LA
It’s a devastating time, we all know that. It’s important we have each other in times like this
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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
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Thanks and farewell to an incredible Secretary of Transportation.
January 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Thanks and farewell to an incredible Secretary of Transportation.
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To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...
Oh come ON now. This new JWST image is just ASTOUNDING.
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
January 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
To me the cool thing about this image is that the sprinkling of blue stars are in the foreground, some 5 million light years away, while all those gorgeous colorful swirly galaxies are almost unimaginably more distant, out in the far depths of the cosmos. More info: www.stsci.edu/contents/med...
Hello. This is my first BlueSky post. Thank you, drive through.
November 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Hello. This is my first BlueSky post. Thank you, drive through.