Stephen Michael Kellat
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Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-who-cares-about-the-baltic-jammer-terrestrial-navigation-in-the-baltic-sea-region
Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region
Reports of GNSS interference in the Baltic Sea have become almost routine — airplanes losing GPS, ships drifting off course, and timing s...
app.media.ccc.de
December 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Who cares about the Baltic Jammer? – Terrestrial Navigation in the Baltic Sea Region https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-who-cares-about-the-baltic-jammer-terrestrial-navigation-in-the-baltic-sea-region
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@wjmaggos This is exactly what the #omn project is for... what are you doing to make it happen #diy
https://opencollective.com/open-media-network
https://opencollective.com/open-media-network
Open-Media-Network - Open Collective
OMN is a project to reboot the original #openweb as a useful tool for progressive social change and challenge
opencollective.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@wjmaggos This is exactly what the #omn project is for... what are you doing to make it happen #diy
https://opencollective.com/open-media-network
https://opencollective.com/open-media-network
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Atlantic editors: Oh wow, this article defending Bari Weiss censoring 60 Minutes is so bad, people are going to hate it, we’re going to get so many clicks. High five!
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Atlantic editors: Oh wow, this article defending Bari Weiss censoring 60 Minutes is so bad, people are going to hate it, we’re going to get so many clicks. High five!
Today’s big lesson was learning about “travel medicine” and just how utterly complicated travel might be for me
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Today’s big lesson was learning about “travel medicine” and just how utterly complicated travel might be for me
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This 60 Minutes fan page indicates the spiked segment was going to feature interviews with former CECOT detainees recounting "abuse." It said this "reflects 60 Minutes’ long-standing approach to accountability journalism."
The video it linked to is gone. 60minutestonight.com/inside-cecot...
The video it linked to is gone. 60minutestonight.com/inside-cecot...
Inside CECOT: 60 Minutes Investigates the Hidden Cost of a Controversial Deportation Policy - 60 Minutes Tonight
In its report titled Inside CECOT, 60 Minutes turns its focus to a deportation policy that has raised serious legal and human rights concerns. Earlier in
60minutestonight.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This 60 Minutes fan page indicates the spiked segment was going to feature interviews with former CECOT detainees recounting "abuse." It said this "reflects 60 Minutes’ long-standing approach to accountability journalism."
The video it linked to is gone. 60minutestonight.com/inside-cecot...
The video it linked to is gone. 60minutestonight.com/inside-cecot...
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Mandatory internet labeling laws have been rejected over and over again as unconstitutional. I don't see how this passes any level of scrutiny. Which @agounardes.bsky.social was told multiple times by constituents (some of whom shared this with me). His response was to call them big tech shills.
Sure looks like New York will require Bluesky to carry a warning label, since it offers a feed with "like counts". And maybe AO3, on account of its displaying "kudos"?
www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...
Congrats, everybody, what a very good job of using the state legislature's time.
www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...
Congrats, everybody, what a very good job of using the state legislature's time.
NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4505
Requires warning labels on social media platforms which provide an addictive feed, autoplay, infinite scroll, like counts, and/or push notifications; directs the commissioner of mental health to desig...
www.nysenate.gov
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Mandatory internet labeling laws have been rejected over and over again as unconstitutional. I don't see how this passes any level of scrutiny. Which @agounardes.bsky.social was told multiple times by constituents (some of whom shared this with me). His response was to call them big tech shills.
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There is something darkly funny about Donald Trump's vice president condemning "ethnic grievance." Your whole platform is ethnic grievance! Like "identity politics" and "political correctness," somehow the term never applies when WE do it.
Folks, would you believe me if I told you JD Vance was over there railing against the immigrants as the reason for the antisemitism
December 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
There is something darkly funny about Donald Trump's vice president condemning "ethnic grievance." Your whole platform is ethnic grievance! Like "identity politics" and "political correctness," somehow the term never applies when WE do it.
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Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
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“Can you explain this gap in your resume?”
Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”
Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”
Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.
October 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Can you explain this gap in your resume?”
Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”
Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”
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Might not be any way out of this except for more people to feel direct, personal pain from the regime, in particular people who voted for it and/or don’t pay attention.
So the way Trump, Vought, etc. are reacting to the shutdown by accelerating illegal abuses is, while awful, a longer-term good.
So the way Trump, Vought, etc. are reacting to the shutdown by accelerating illegal abuses is, while awful, a longer-term good.
October 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Might not be any way out of this except for more people to feel direct, personal pain from the regime, in particular people who voted for it and/or don’t pay attention.
So the way Trump, Vought, etc. are reacting to the shutdown by accelerating illegal abuses is, while awful, a longer-term good.
So the way Trump, Vought, etc. are reacting to the shutdown by accelerating illegal abuses is, while awful, a longer-term good.
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The mayhem is starting early during this shutdown. Today is merely Day 6.
October 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The mayhem is starting early during this shutdown. Today is merely Day 6.
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If you want to reach me, Signal is available. I just figured I would post this now before I potentially lose access shortly.
Increasingly I don’t recognize this country I live in.
signal.me#eu/y_Uhscjs0...
Increasingly I don’t recognize this country I live in.
signal.me#eu/y_Uhscjs0...
Signal Messenger Contact
Follow this link to message on Signal.
signal.me
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If you want to reach me, Signal is available. I just figured I would post this now before I potentially lose access shortly.
Increasingly I don’t recognize this country I live in.
signal.me#eu/y_Uhscjs0...
Increasingly I don’t recognize this country I live in.
signal.me#eu/y_Uhscjs0...
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Bluesky hasn’t said it will geoblock Ohio tomorrow. Many sites haven’t. Based upon how oddly written the statute in question is right now, it is unclear just which sites the statute even applies to.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Bluesky hasn’t said it will geoblock Ohio tomorrow. Many sites haven’t. Based upon how oddly written the statute in question is right now, it is unclear just which sites the statute even applies to.
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Ohio’s age verification law kicks in Monday. Since it was passed as part of the state budget it isn’t subject to referendum. An initiated statute could repeal it but that would take over a year to put in motion.
I didn’t want this but here we are.
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Ohio’s age verification law kicks in Monday. Since it was passed as part of the state budget it isn’t subject to referendum. An initiated statute could repeal it but that would take over a year to put in motion.
I didn’t want this but here we are.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🪡🧵
Ohio’s age verification law kicks in Monday. Since it was passed as part of the state budget it isn’t subject to referendum. An initiated statute could repeal it but that would take over a year to put in motion.
I didn’t want this but here we are.
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Ohio’s age verification law kicks in Monday. Since it was passed as part of the state budget it isn’t subject to referendum. An initiated statute could repeal it but that would take over a year to put in motion.
I didn’t want this but here we are.
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One thing that's bumming me out, because I'm very much a "DO SOMETHING DEM," is that Schumer did some of what was being demanded of him. He slowed confirmations to a crawl. Got almost no credit, and when the GOP broke the Senate rules again to go around him this week, there was no public outcry.
Republicans rewrote chamber rules, passing them using the nuclear option. Now yam tits can appoint as many cronies as he wants in giant en bloc votes.
No limit
No deliberation
No oversight
By next week, nearly 150 nominees will be waved through.
The best people.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
No limit
No deliberation
No oversight
By next week, nearly 150 nominees will be waved through.
The best people.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees
The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable it to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than individually. It's the latest move to erode minority powers.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One thing that's bumming me out, because I'm very much a "DO SOMETHING DEM," is that Schumer did some of what was being demanded of him. He slowed confirmations to a crawl. Got almost no credit, and when the GOP broke the Senate rules again to go around him this week, there was no public outcry.
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I don't know if I buy that Kirk was anywhere close to heir apparent.
But he certainly was their best bet at assembling a functional Hitler Youth.
But he certainly was their best bet at assembling a functional Hitler Youth.
September 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I don't know if I buy that Kirk was anywhere close to heir apparent.
But he certainly was their best bet at assembling a functional Hitler Youth.
But he certainly was their best bet at assembling a functional Hitler Youth.
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Every single thing we have in terms of disease prevention and control will be destroyed. This is not “hysteria”. It is a fact. You can say goodbye to vaccines, cancer screenings, and pandemic preparedness forever. It will be a slow-moving massacre.
August 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Every single thing we have in terms of disease prevention and control will be destroyed. This is not “hysteria”. It is a fact. You can say goodbye to vaccines, cancer screenings, and pandemic preparedness forever. It will be a slow-moving massacre.
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O’Neill has zero qualifications to run the CDC. He is in place to pull the last straw out from an organization that was once one of the greatest public health institutions in the world.
If he follows through with his changes to senior leadership, the CDC will become RFK Jr.’s snake oil emporium.
If he follows through with his changes to senior leadership, the CDC will become RFK Jr.’s snake oil emporium.
August 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
O’Neill has zero qualifications to run the CDC. He is in place to pull the last straw out from an organization that was once one of the greatest public health institutions in the world.
If he follows through with his changes to senior leadership, the CDC will become RFK Jr.’s snake oil emporium.
If he follows through with his changes to senior leadership, the CDC will become RFK Jr.’s snake oil emporium.
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When he says they will be “announcing additions to the senior leadership in the weeks ahead”, it is likely that what he means is that the most knowledgeable leaders will be replaced with political appointees.
If ever you wondered about contacting your reps, that time is now. RFK Jr. must go.
If ever you wondered about contacting your reps, that time is now. RFK Jr. must go.
August 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When he says they will be “announcing additions to the senior leadership in the weeks ahead”, it is likely that what he means is that the most knowledgeable leaders will be replaced with political appointees.
If ever you wondered about contacting your reps, that time is now. RFK Jr. must go.
If ever you wondered about contacting your reps, that time is now. RFK Jr. must go.
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This is the interim CDC Director. He is accusing pre-Trump CDC staff of “manipulating health data to support a political narrative”.
This man and his boss Kennedy are the ones who are manipulating data for a political narrative.
This is an existential threat to the United States of America.
This man and his boss Kennedy are the ones who are manipulating data for a political narrative.
This is an existential threat to the United States of America.
August 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is the interim CDC Director. He is accusing pre-Trump CDC staff of “manipulating health data to support a political narrative”.
This man and his boss Kennedy are the ones who are manipulating data for a political narrative.
This is an existential threat to the United States of America.
This man and his boss Kennedy are the ones who are manipulating data for a political narrative.
This is an existential threat to the United States of America.
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Maybe this time we’re going to discover that language *really is* perilous and needs to be regulated. But we thought that about novels, and about rock lyrics. We had dozens of murders and suicides documentably associated with D&D. This is a topic where anecdotal evidence usually turns out worthless.
Dungeons & Dragons and Burgers: ‘Really Bad Outcomes’ When We Don’t Grasp Fractions
People rely too heavily on anecdotal evidence when looking at complex problems. Author and UVA scientist James Zimring says the solution to better understanding lies in understanding fractions.
news.virginia.edu
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Maybe this time we’re going to discover that language *really is* perilous and needs to be regulated. But we thought that about novels, and about rock lyrics. We had dozens of murders and suicides documentably associated with D&D. This is a topic where anecdotal evidence usually turns out worthless.
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🎯 CUPP: “One of the first things Russia did after it invaded Ukraine illegally was have the ministry of culture review all the museums… This stuff happens all the time in totalitarian and authoritarian countries that want to whitewash history for propaganda.”
August 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM
🎯 CUPP: “One of the first things Russia did after it invaded Ukraine illegally was have the ministry of culture review all the museums… This stuff happens all the time in totalitarian and authoritarian countries that want to whitewash history for propaganda.”
Standing out on K Street in Washington, DC
August 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Standing out on K Street in Washington, DC
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One can call it socialism for the nation. Wait there was another wording for this.
August 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One can call it socialism for the nation. Wait there was another wording for this.