Michael
@tactical-grace.bsky.social
(He/Him) Virtual Photography nerd and happy old gamer. Lover of books, science in all its forms, science fiction, and most especially my wife. British immigrant in Bavaria.
My Virtual Photography work: http://www.purplecatpc.de/virtualphotography/
My Virtual Photography work: http://www.purplecatpc.de/virtualphotography/
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Michael
@tactical-grace.bsky.social
· Jan 24
I don't think I've actually done an introduction post yet, so here it is. I'm a nerdy British immigrant, living in Bavaria with my equally nerdy Bavarian wife. I have a love for one hit wonder bands, sci-fi, actual science, and virtual photography in video games. I love everyone except fascists!
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BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BERMAN: Would it be legal for police in Arkansas to kill suspected drug dealers on a boat in a lake?
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
TOM COTTON: The premise of your question is not well-founded
BERMAN: The answer is no. It would not be legal to kill them.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
robertreich.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
The second I found out Peter Thiel was funding Hilary Clinton's campaign back in 2016, it confirmed everything I'd always thought about her. She's a self-serving sack of shit, just like her husband. Nazis, the lot of them. Literally in Thiels case.
Hillary Clinton sassing off "young Jewish Americans who don't know their own history" in a way that is disgustingly antisemitic. "They say from the river to the sea...they don't even know which river and which sea!" Fuck off.
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The second I found out Peter Thiel was funding Hilary Clinton's campaign back in 2016, it confirmed everything I'd always thought about her. She's a self-serving sack of shit, just like her husband. Nazis, the lot of them. Literally in Thiels case.
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Hillary Clinton sassing off "young Jewish Americans who don't know their own history" in a way that is disgustingly antisemitic. "They say from the river to the sea...they don't even know which river and which sea!" Fuck off.
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hillary Clinton sassing off "young Jewish Americans who don't know their own history" in a way that is disgustingly antisemitic. "They say from the river to the sea...they don't even know which river and which sea!" Fuck off.
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This is just getting ridiculous. Affordable personal computing is looking to become even more challenging. RAM - for the longest time - was one of the more price relaxed categories of a PC purchase. Not anymore for the foreseeable future. I have no idea how the world keeps on this trajectory.
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is just getting ridiculous. Affordable personal computing is looking to become even more challenging. RAM - for the longest time - was one of the more price relaxed categories of a PC purchase. Not anymore for the foreseeable future. I have no idea how the world keeps on this trajectory.
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From dog whistles to air horns.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
From dog whistles to air horns.
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New video! I like the ad read on this one
youtu.be/AdL4TbKcZ0c?...
youtu.be/AdL4TbKcZ0c?...
ANTM Actually Used To Be Worse Somehow
YouTube video by Willie Muse
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
New video! I like the ad read on this one
youtu.be/AdL4TbKcZ0c?...
youtu.be/AdL4TbKcZ0c?...
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According to this form you can upload 5Gb files.
FBI is soliciting tips on threats to the immigration enforcement operation codenamed "Catahoula Crunch"
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
According to this form you can upload 5Gb files.
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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Game developers were here first. Not executives.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Game developers were here first. Not executives.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
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antifa franklin you are welcome brother
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
antifa franklin you are welcome brother
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We put out the bird feeder for winter and both cats are RIVETED. Archie has never seen a bird feeder before and has flattened himself on the windowsill absolutely motionless except his head 😂 Milo is stalking the squirrel that came by to see what’s the fuss 😂
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We put out the bird feeder for winter and both cats are RIVETED. Archie has never seen a bird feeder before and has flattened himself on the windowsill absolutely motionless except his head 😂 Milo is stalking the squirrel that came by to see what’s the fuss 😂
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it's the holiday pal
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
it's the holiday pal
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Sorry to be a broken record but it's nuts to me that the New York Times would write an entire article summarizing a court ruling and refuse to provide a link to said ruling. This is a disservice to readers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Here's the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here's the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Appeals Court Says Alina Habba Is Unlawful U.S. Attorney
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sorry to be a broken record but it's nuts to me that the New York Times would write an entire article summarizing a court ruling and refuse to provide a link to said ruling. This is a disservice to readers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
Here's the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Here's the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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schmitt’s derisive mention of “color revolution” is a good clue as to the nature of his information environment
Sen. Eric Schmitt: "This is the language of a color revolution where you're calling on military men and women to disobey orders."
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
schmitt’s derisive mention of “color revolution” is a good clue as to the nature of his information environment
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December is finally here
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
December is finally here
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Good morning, Glasgow. It was a bit of a weird start to December with a very localised mist hovering over the River Kelvin below Glasgow University and pretty much nowhere else.
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #riverkelvin #kelvingrovepark #mist #glasgowuniversity
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #riverkelvin #kelvingrovepark #mist #glasgowuniversity
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Good morning, Glasgow. It was a bit of a weird start to December with a very localised mist hovering over the River Kelvin below Glasgow University and pretty much nowhere else.
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #riverkelvin #kelvingrovepark #mist #glasgowuniversity
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #riverkelvin #kelvingrovepark #mist #glasgowuniversity
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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A tale of two NEC CD players:
I got these from different places. One was from a smoker's house, the other was from a dog owner. (Telltale signs)
Somehow their serial numbers are 297 apart, and both have 1987.2.25 stamped on the PCB!
These were probably both bought at the same store 38 years ago.
I got these from different places. One was from a smoker's house, the other was from a dog owner. (Telltale signs)
Somehow their serial numbers are 297 apart, and both have 1987.2.25 stamped on the PCB!
These were probably both bought at the same store 38 years ago.
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A tale of two NEC CD players:
I got these from different places. One was from a smoker's house, the other was from a dog owner. (Telltale signs)
Somehow their serial numbers are 297 apart, and both have 1987.2.25 stamped on the PCB!
These were probably both bought at the same store 38 years ago.
I got these from different places. One was from a smoker's house, the other was from a dog owner. (Telltale signs)
Somehow their serial numbers are 297 apart, and both have 1987.2.25 stamped on the PCB!
These were probably both bought at the same store 38 years ago.
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OpenAI killed a teenager by encouraging him to commit suicide and blamed it on the teenager.
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
OpenAI killed a teenager by encouraging him to commit suicide and blamed it on the teenager.
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
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This quickly saw my mentions flooded with “what do you MEAN candied roast potatoes why are Brits so EVIL!!!????” which was an overreaction that reminded me of when I said “Orlando Bloom is normal height yet has 5’2 energy” and the internet behaved like I’d endorsed dog murder.
Replies off coz, Americans, you can't compete with the British Sunday Roast. We prefer our roast potatoes UNcandied thank you.
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This quickly saw my mentions flooded with “what do you MEAN candied roast potatoes why are Brits so EVIL!!!????” which was an overreaction that reminded me of when I said “Orlando Bloom is normal height yet has 5’2 energy” and the internet behaved like I’d endorsed dog murder.
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Just to clarify, its what "social democratic" means... which seems to work pretty great in those long-lived, happiest populations in the Scandinavian countries...
“Radical communism” apparently, means slashing government fees, eliminating bureaucratic red tape, encouraging entrepreneurship, investing in small businesses and making it easier for them to thrive and grow
I don’t know how New York will survive this red terror
I don’t know how New York will survive this red terror
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Just to clarify, its what "social democratic" means... which seems to work pretty great in those long-lived, happiest populations in the Scandinavian countries...
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Fuck yeah, Yorkshire pudding this mug!
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Fuck yeah, Yorkshire pudding this mug!