realpdm
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Parent, spouse, software engineer, woodworker, home chef, photographer, tractor owner, and general tinkerer.
My daughter is really into Star Trek. So for her 11th birthday I got her some ship Lego models from minitrekmocs.com. These are so adorable I think she's going to love them. My favorite is the Bird of Prey. Of course I had to build them myself to make sure all the parts arrived from BrickLink.
November 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My daughter is really into Star Trek. So for her 11th birthday I got her some ship Lego models from minitrekmocs.com. These are so adorable I think she's going to love them. My favorite is the Bird of Prey. Of course I had to build them myself to make sure all the parts arrived from BrickLink.
Today is a good day to donate to the Python Software Foundation to support them in standing up for inclusiveness. It is a shame they are even forced to make this choice.
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The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
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October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Today is a good day to donate to the Python Software Foundation to support them in standing up for inclusiveness. It is a shame they are even forced to make this choice.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Look I try not to doomsay or spread panic but this shit is truly and deeply Very Bad for every single trans person in America and unless everyone makes it their mission in life over the next few days to make sure that their reps know that shutting down the government is the correct option here.
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
www.thepinknews.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Look I try not to doomsay or spread panic but this shit is truly and deeply Very Bad for every single trans person in America and unless everyone makes it their mission in life over the next few days to make sure that their reps know that shutting down the government is the correct option here.
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Dan Froomkin of Press Watch: “The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state.” [presswatchers.org]
We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial | Press Watch
The frog in the proverbial pot is dead.
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August 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Dan Froomkin of Press Watch: “The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state.” [presswatchers.org]
I think I found an idea for my first godot project...
Star Trek game where you manage a shop/business on the Deep Space Nine promenade and try to maintain a customer base in the midst of wars, body swaps, lockdowns, religious festivals, murders, smuggling, gay lunches, explosions, invasions, portals to the mirror universe...
July 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I think I found an idea for my first godot project...
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Inequality is not actually a requirement.
It's a choice we're making. We built an exploitation culture that believes poverty is necessary because competition is the only form of self-esteem.
So we've created a self-fulfilling prophecy & a paradigm built on inferiority-superiority complexes.
It's a choice we're making. We built an exploitation culture that believes poverty is necessary because competition is the only form of self-esteem.
So we've created a self-fulfilling prophecy & a paradigm built on inferiority-superiority complexes.
June 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Inequality is not actually a requirement.
It's a choice we're making. We built an exploitation culture that believes poverty is necessary because competition is the only form of self-esteem.
So we've created a self-fulfilling prophecy & a paradigm built on inferiority-superiority complexes.
It's a choice we're making. We built an exploitation culture that believes poverty is necessary because competition is the only form of self-esteem.
So we've created a self-fulfilling prophecy & a paradigm built on inferiority-superiority complexes.
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A fun thing about American politics is that more people voted in New York City in a June primary than live in five states that get two senators.
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A fun thing about American politics is that more people voted in New York City in a June primary than live in five states that get two senators.
I've used my Leifheit aluminum ladder for years with a missing foot making it wobbly. Inspired by ShopTherapy chan on YT I designed a replacement foot for it and printed it in TPU. Made a little challenging as the aluminum tube wasn't a rectangle but a squoval.. (squircle?) instead. #3dprinting
June 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I've used my Leifheit aluminum ladder for years with a missing foot making it wobbly. Inspired by ShopTherapy chan on YT I designed a replacement foot for it and printed it in TPU. Made a little challenging as the aluminum tube wasn't a rectangle but a squoval.. (squircle?) instead. #3dprinting
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@woodwhisperer.com I think this is some art/woodworking you might appreciate. www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/comm...
From the ATBGE community on Reddit: Why not?
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March 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@woodwhisperer.com I think this is some art/woodworking you might appreciate. www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/comm...
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"Khalil was not imprisoned because Trump wanted to take away his freedom. He was imprisoned in order to take away freedom from all of us by causing us to question whether we should speak out."
Speak Up. Now.
Donald Trump isn’t trying to silence Mahmoud Khalil. He’s trying to silence you.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"Khalil was not imprisoned because Trump wanted to take away his freedom. He was imprisoned in order to take away freedom from all of us by causing us to question whether we should speak out."
I finally got around to assembling my Giant Classic Space Computer from Sean @cworthdynamics.bsky.social and it is just glorious. I had just about every blue/grey space set growing up. Now this is done maybe I can get around to the new Galaxy Explorer set I've had for 2+ years. Thanks Sean!
March 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I finally got around to assembling my Giant Classic Space Computer from Sean @cworthdynamics.bsky.social and it is just glorious. I had just about every blue/grey space set growing up. Now this is done maybe I can get around to the new Galaxy Explorer set I've had for 2+ years. Thanks Sean!
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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
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Want to learn more about the General Strike? Here’s our Welcome Packet. We’re so happy you’re here! #USprotests
docs.google.com/presentation...
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GSUS Welcome Packet
The Packet Welcome to the resource hub for everything GSUS They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the programs, complete with the unity, complete wi...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Want to learn more about the General Strike? Here’s our Welcome Packet. We’re so happy you’re here! #USprotests
docs.google.com/presentation...
docs.google.com/presentation...
Track the dismantling of our Republic on the road to Theocratic Oligarchy. www.project2025.observer
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Track the dismantling of our Republic on the road to Theocratic Oligarchy. www.project2025.observer
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
Conway nails it. When the Executive branch charged with enforcing the law chooses not to enforce or respect it the Constitution becomes just a piece of paper with no meaning. We are in a post Constitution time right now and there are only a few ways to stop it. www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...
From the law community on Reddit: George Conway (Won a supreme court case 2010) says 'They Plan To Ignore Court Orders, and The US Marshalls Enforces The Court Orders, But Are Controlled By Trump, Whi...
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February 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Conway nails it. When the Executive branch charged with enforcing the law chooses not to enforce or respect it the Constitution becomes just a piece of paper with no meaning. We are in a post Constitution time right now and there are only a few ways to stop it. www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...
I am starting to think Dr Manhattan had the right idea.
February 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I am starting to think Dr Manhattan had the right idea.
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The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
February 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
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Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
January 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling
I generally take my snack pickles in a mug to keep the drips at bay. My family finds it amusing so I decided to get a special pickle mug made. The Rather Dapper pickle art is from SyMoyvin on DeviantArt.
January 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I generally take my snack pickles in a mug to keep the drips at bay. My family finds it amusing so I decided to get a special pickle mug made. The Rather Dapper pickle art is from SyMoyvin on DeviantArt.
Kids got a kick out of this giant wreath I made out of 3D printed super sized LEGO style tree branch parts. Was a fun little project!
December 15, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Kids got a kick out of this giant wreath I made out of 3D printed super sized LEGO style tree branch parts. Was a fun little project!