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Software Engineer, Photographer, find me in the mountains.
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The voice of the fighter pilots in the late 90s Mac games “Escape Velocity” and “Escape Velocity: Override” was recorded by speaking through a Radio Shack walkie-talkie for a radio effect.
I know this because I am the voice and recorded it myself.
I know this because I am the voice and recorded it myself.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The voice of the fighter pilots in the late 90s Mac games “Escape Velocity” and “Escape Velocity: Override” was recorded by speaking through a Radio Shack walkie-talkie for a radio effect.
I know this because I am the voice and recorded it myself.
I know this because I am the voice and recorded it myself.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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This is highly related to my main takeaway from my jury duty earlier this year: "beyond a reasonable doubt" for _every element_ of the crime charged is a HIGH STANDARD TO MEET in a jury trial, esp when the gov is doing all this. Every juror should be prepared to hold the government to that standard.
There's a deep point here: the line between jury nullification and acquittal for other reasons is not always clear. Nullification is just one of many ways a prosecution can go wrong for the government when the jury is skeptical of law enforcement and prosecutors.
the jury nullification take is wrong. If that’s what had happened they wouldn’t have sent a note to the judge asking for definitions of relevant terms.
They just didn’t think he did the crime after considering the evidence and following the given instructions.
Don’t charge sandwich cases.
They just didn’t think he did the crime after considering the evidence and following the given instructions.
Don’t charge sandwich cases.
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is highly related to my main takeaway from my jury duty earlier this year: "beyond a reasonable doubt" for _every element_ of the crime charged is a HIGH STANDARD TO MEET in a jury trial, esp when the gov is doing all this. Every juror should be prepared to hold the government to that standard.
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Pics from today's No Kings protest in my small town. Was a lovely day for it. People driving by were mostly supportive, big 'insult' thrown at us was being called communist. (Close enough label I guess, def not the insult they think it is when compared to fascist)
October 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Pics from today's No Kings protest in my small town. Was a lovely day for it. People driving by were mostly supportive, big 'insult' thrown at us was being called communist. (Close enough label I guess, def not the insult they think it is when compared to fascist)
Good turnout for #nokings in Lexington MA to hear @markey.senate.gov speak!
October 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Good turnout for #nokings in Lexington MA to hear @markey.senate.gov speak!
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The expectation, from the complicit mainstream media, that every single person on social media hold themselves to a HIGHER standard of respect than the freaking PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES will never cease to amaze me.
Trump: "For years those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we're seeing in our country & it must stop right now. My admin will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity"
September 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The expectation, from the complicit mainstream media, that every single person on social media hold themselves to a HIGHER standard of respect than the freaking PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES will never cease to amaze me.
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The reason Trump got his ass handed to him on Friday is bc ALL Trump's power is built on Russian disinfo--"RussiaRussiaRussia." And Putin just made it clear he can destroy that with glee.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hT...
Stop Looking for a Fucking Pee Tape!
YouTube video by emptywheel
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The reason Trump got his ass handed to him on Friday is bc ALL Trump's power is built on Russian disinfo--"RussiaRussiaRussia." And Putin just made it clear he can destroy that with glee.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3hT...
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Read this: “There are really better ways to fight fascism than focusing on what magical ponies we’ll ride if we “win.”
Constitutional Cope in the Time of Texas Hold'em (a response to @jvl.bsky.social and @froomkin.bsky.social).
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/c...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/c...
Constitutional Cope in the Time of Texas Hold'em - emptywheel
There are really better ways to fight fascism than focusing on what magical ponies we'll ride if we "win." But if you're going to do that, consider what would need to happen to actually reverse the ti...
www.emptywheel.net
July 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Read this: “There are really better ways to fight fascism than focusing on what magical ponies we’ll ride if we “win.”
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Constitutional Cope in the Time of Texas Hold'em (a response to @jvl.bsky.social and @froomkin.bsky.social).
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/c...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/c...
Constitutional Cope in the Time of Texas Hold'em - emptywheel
There are really better ways to fight fascism than focusing on what magical ponies we'll ride if we "win." But if you're going to do that, consider what would need to happen to actually reverse the ti...
www.emptywheel.net
July 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Constitutional Cope in the Time of Texas Hold'em (a response to @jvl.bsky.social and @froomkin.bsky.social).
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/c...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/c...
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Can’t get over how great this is.
People who say they don’t understand what we want Dems to do: do this. Make them sound as dumb as they are, attack, don’t use caveats or hedge, stand up for the people you say you protect, act fucking mad.
People who say they don’t understand what we want Dems to do: do this. Make them sound as dumb as they are, attack, don’t use caveats or hedge, stand up for the people you say you protect, act fucking mad.
I'm sorry but Jasmine Crockett saying, F"ind a little trans child that is ruining your life!" is well giving me life. She is both very right and very funny.
March 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Can’t get over how great this is.
People who say they don’t understand what we want Dems to do: do this. Make them sound as dumb as they are, attack, don’t use caveats or hedge, stand up for the people you say you protect, act fucking mad.
People who say they don’t understand what we want Dems to do: do this. Make them sound as dumb as they are, attack, don’t use caveats or hedge, stand up for the people you say you protect, act fucking mad.
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Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.
March 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.
Showing up but then walking out would be a great demonstration of the gravity of the current situation. Would be great to see my rep @whipkclark.bsky.social and senators @markey.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov rise to the occasion!
Posting to @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social in hopes his staff are counting the pushback: sitting in the room for the SOTU like everything is normal validates what Trump is doing as in the range of normal political disagreements.
This is not normal, and you need to demonstrate that you recognize that
This is not normal, and you need to demonstrate that you recognize that
March 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Showing up but then walking out would be a great demonstration of the gravity of the current situation. Would be great to see my rep @whipkclark.bsky.social and senators @markey.senate.gov and @warren.senate.gov rise to the occasion!
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You can't have Dems sit quietly tonight. Do a dignified walk-out if you must. Sitting there and pretending this is all normal is affirming Trump and all that he is doing.
March 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You can't have Dems sit quietly tonight. Do a dignified walk-out if you must. Sitting there and pretending this is all normal is affirming Trump and all that he is doing.
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Posting to @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social in hopes his staff are counting the pushback: sitting in the room for the SOTU like everything is normal validates what Trump is doing as in the range of normal political disagreements.
This is not normal, and you need to demonstrate that you recognize that
This is not normal, and you need to demonstrate that you recognize that
March 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Posting to @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social in hopes his staff are counting the pushback: sitting in the room for the SOTU like everything is normal validates what Trump is doing as in the range of normal political disagreements.
This is not normal, and you need to demonstrate that you recognize that
This is not normal, and you need to demonstrate that you recognize that
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worth clarifying that if they straight boycott, those seats will just get filled by other toadies from the GOP. You gotta do it after the event starts so he's facing empty seats that cannot be filled in time to soothe his little feelings
Now I’m torn. Not attending will give him crowd size jitters, but walking out, could go two ways. Ooo dems are chicken to hear how amazing I am, or, leave him apoplectic.
I actually think the dems should attend the SOTU, wait till the 2nd sentence, and then walk out en masse, that'll do it, there'll be no address, he'll just have a meltdown on national Tv
March 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
worth clarifying that if they straight boycott, those seats will just get filled by other toadies from the GOP. You gotta do it after the event starts so he's facing empty seats that cannot be filled in time to soothe his little feelings
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Ok folks, deep breaths.
There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome.
(A rather long 🧵, obviously)
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There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome.
(A rather long 🧵, obviously)
/1
February 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ok folks, deep breaths.
There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome.
(A rather long 🧵, obviously)
/1
There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome.
(A rather long 🧵, obviously)
/1
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1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
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This is brilliant on how streaming has wrecked movie careers and movie viewing, to the point where AI makes films no one watches. All to make some very rich people very very rich.
Time for some creative destruction.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Time for some creative destruction.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...
www.nplusonemag.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:51 AM
This is brilliant on how streaming has wrecked movie careers and movie viewing, to the point where AI makes films no one watches. All to make some very rich people very very rich.
Time for some creative destruction.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Time for some creative destruction.
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
Finally made an account here, next step is to use my actual domain for my profile name
November 18, 2023 at 2:57 AM
Finally made an account here, next step is to use my actual domain for my profile name