samwagg
samwagg.bsky.social
samwagg
@samwagg.bsky.social
I like to run, read (okay, mostly listen), play video games, and spend time with my wife and daughter. I enjoy learning about science and philosophy. I am a software engineer.
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This incident is spreading through Chicago running circles. A 67 year old man, driving back from a long run with his friends, is pulled from the car and thrown to the ground by ICE (or BP?) agents because he did... something.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAw...
67-year old American citizen left with broken ribs by ICE #breakingnews #iceraids #savedemocracy
YouTube video by Nick Valencia News
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I can't really get behind this sorta post cos on some level... yeah, I'll do that. It's easy for me to see the worth and value of people who respect me, and hard for me to see it in those who hate or oppress me: but I'm committed to doing it all the same. So yeah, I'll work harder for those cases. 🤷🏽
many of you are working overtime to validate the humanity of people who are intentionally, systemically, and methodologically working to invalidate your humanity
September 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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My personal feeling is, MOANA is actually Lin Manuel Miranda's career peak (to date), just incredibly strong numbers from start to finish and a top-tier villain song even though the character isn't properly the big bad
September 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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In 50 years, we'll look back on this era of cancerous brain rot, nihilism & ideological extremes with shame & regret that we never did a thing about the social media algorithms designed to reward polarization, outrage & hatred. But in the meantime, we'll all be fodder for the content slaughter mill
September 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The WH threatening any Republican that signs the Epstein discharge petition.

It’s 100 percent clear Trump is covering up criminal child sex trafficking
September 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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For all those who think Ezra Klein is a Trump apologist or sane washer, I give you his chilling comments on the Trump administration’s disappearance policy.
April 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hopefully more information about who they are and why their visas were revoked will come to light soon.
April 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Oak Park, IL. The main Chicago protest is just a few miles away, but look at all the people anyway!
April 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Hands Off our Science. This Saturday, April 5, scientists will join in solidarity with teachers, lawyers, federal workers, and tens of thousands more to resist Trump and Musk’s illegal power grab. Momentum is building!

Find your local #HandsOff event here:

➡️ www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/
April 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Hard to watch: @newsweek.com posted footage of masked ICE agents arresting 50-year-old grandmother Angela Gonzalez, who'd been here since she was 11. She had a pending VAWA application, but other than that, had no options for a green card since she got here too late for the Reagan amnesty.
April 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This Facebook post is a beautiful microcosm of our times. I'm posting for the benefit of future historians and anthropologists. (Make sure to also look below the image.)
April 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
WASHINGTON—Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous...
theonion.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Watercolor practice 🩵
March 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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New Mexico Department of Justice investigating Ben Archer Health Centers over reported denial of care to undocumented migrants
New Mexico Department of Justice investigating Ben Archer Health Centers over reported denial of care to undocumented migrants
Investigation follows reports that the health care provider refused treatment to undocumented patients
www.organmountainnews.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Sen. Martin Heinrich and Rep. Gabe Vasquez are calling for an investigation into Ben Archer Health Centers over allegations of denying care based on citizenship status.

What do you think? Share your thoughts. ⬇️ #NewMexico #HealthCareRights #LasCruces
Heinrich, Vasquez call for investigation into health center’s citizenship policy
New Mexico attorney general urged to review allegations of denied medical care
www.organmountainnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Bought it! I can always use a git refresher.
I noticed someone mentioning that they couldn't afford "How Git Works" right now.

we have a "buy one give one" program where we give away 1 free copy for every zine sold. You can use code BUYONEGIVEONE to get a free PDF copy of How Git Works if $12 is a lot for you.

wizardzines.com/zines/git/
How Git Works
wizardzines.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The sad thing is that email and admin have taken over academic life so much that many of us have to squeeze in the poisoning of minds on evenings and weekends.
Kemi Badenoch this morning: "A country cannot be successful if its people and intellectual elite don’t believe in it. This means dealing with the poisoning of minds through higher education."
February 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Mindscape 305 | Lilliana Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social on Polarization and Political Psychology. Possibly of some contemporary relevance. #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
February 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Mindscape Bonus Episode | Cuts to Science Funding and Why They Matter. I try to lay things out in a way that would be informative to partisans on both sides of the spectrum (with my own views perfectly evident). #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
February 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Do people who reject the very notion of attempting coalition building with "Nazis" (i.e. every single person who voted for Trump) know that LBJ was pro segregation for most of his career and racist until the day he died?
February 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I love this one so much.
Stromatolites xkcd.com/3046
February 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Gift link:

Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab

In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
Trump Brazenly Defies Laws in Escalating Executive Power Grab (Gift Article)
In the radical opening weeks of his second term, President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM