The Ones Who Walk Away From the Torment Nexus
@thechrispaduan.bsky.social
Photographer, gamer, software engineer, deeply disappointed optimist. Tell the ones you love that you love them. Some day they'll be gone (or you will).
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The Bird Place: same handle as here
Also at:
Mastodon: http://sfba.social/@thechrispaduan
The Bird Place: same handle as here
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I never did an intro post, so here goes:
I am a software engineer by trade living in Silicon Valley. I tend to post about:
Geekery
Cats
Videogames
Movies
Music
The wonders of nature
Political nonsense
Absurdity in other forms
I am a software engineer by trade living in Silicon Valley. I tend to post about:
Geekery
Cats
Videogames
Movies
Music
The wonders of nature
Political nonsense
Absurdity in other forms
I just found out that I now live further north than I did when I lived in Maine.
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I just found out that I now live further north than I did when I lived in Maine.
It’s all fun and games until the panda blows out the stack.
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It’s all fun and games until the panda blows out the stack.
It is baffling to me as an outsider that this is coming from Labour.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It is baffling to me as an outsider that this is coming from Labour.
Oh *hell* no!
November 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Oh *hell* no!
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I’ve got an idea…
If those 8 Republicans want to sue the DOJ for legally monitoring their phones...claiming “there was no justification”...then prove it.
Authorize the release of everything the DOJ obtained.
Let’s see how “clean” they really are.
If those 8 Republicans want to sue the DOJ for legally monitoring their phones...claiming “there was no justification”...then prove it.
Authorize the release of everything the DOJ obtained.
Let’s see how “clean” they really are.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I’ve got an idea…
If those 8 Republicans want to sue the DOJ for legally monitoring their phones...claiming “there was no justification”...then prove it.
Authorize the release of everything the DOJ obtained.
Let’s see how “clean” they really are.
If those 8 Republicans want to sue the DOJ for legally monitoring their phones...claiming “there was no justification”...then prove it.
Authorize the release of everything the DOJ obtained.
Let’s see how “clean” they really are.
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN - Prison Song (Lyrics)
YouTube video by RIKI NANA
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I never, ever want to hear any idiot politician going off about “waste, fraud, and abuse” when these clowns are scooping millions upon millions out of the US Treasury to enrich themselves and their friends and families and it’s just right there in front of us.
They are straight up robbing taxpayers blind at this point and not even trying to hide it. Just ransacking the treasury out in the open. This motherfucker pleaded guilty! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I never, ever want to hear any idiot politician going off about “waste, fraud, and abuse” when these clowns are scooping millions upon millions out of the US Treasury to enrich themselves and their friends and families and it’s just right there in front of us.
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Wow, the degenerate gamblers are really self-entitled these days.
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Wow, the degenerate gamblers are really self-entitled these days.
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HumWee
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 AM
HumWee
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
This is possibly the most depressing thing I’ve read all day.
yes, and: there is an entire generation of voters out there that don't know what politics is like without Donald Trump
When I chose to study politics for a living I had no idea that politics would get this dumb.
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is possibly the most depressing thing I’ve read all day.
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
😂😂😂
“Was it your brain?” should be the follow up question to every Trump statement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
😂😂😂
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There is an undeniable crisis in the general public’s distrust of mainstream media and you can blame a lot of it on the right’s 50-year campaign to sow that mistrust but you can also blame at least part of it on the comically amoral bubble that so many members of said media currently operate in.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There is an undeniable crisis in the general public’s distrust of mainstream media and you can blame a lot of it on the right’s 50-year campaign to sow that mistrust but you can also blame at least part of it on the comically amoral bubble that so many members of said media currently operate in.
Trumpcare: Die, if you don’t have the money.
TRUMP: We’re going to give Americans the money to buy health insurance
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
REPORTER: But won’t they buy it from
Insurance companies?
TRUMP: Ahhh. Some may. I mean they’ll be negotiating prices
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Trumpcare: Die, if you don’t have the money.
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Incredibly smart PR tactic from ICE to continue assaulting very handsome priests
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Incredibly smart PR tactic from ICE to continue assaulting very handsome priests
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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She is ready for adoption! www.multcopets.org/adoptable/37...
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
She is ready for adoption! www.multcopets.org/adoptable/37...
Hahaha, no. I’ve been enjoying my Series X without even contemplating GTA6. Despite having bought 4-5 Rock* games, I forget that I don’t really enjoy playing them, except for maybe LA Noire, and that was Team Bondi.
It’s been a long wait to learn why we bought these consoles
GTA 6 will define this console generation, 6 years in
It’s been a long wait to learn why we bought these consoles
www.polygon.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hahaha, no. I’ve been enjoying my Series X without even contemplating GTA6. Despite having bought 4-5 Rock* games, I forget that I don’t really enjoy playing them, except for maybe LA Noire, and that was Team Bondi.
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Look at this creature he is so cute I can’t handle it
(His name is Snoodle and he’s up for adoption at Super Furiends in Suisun City, CA!)
(His name is Snoodle and he’s up for adoption at Super Furiends in Suisun City, CA!)
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Look at this creature he is so cute I can’t handle it
(His name is Snoodle and he’s up for adoption at Super Furiends in Suisun City, CA!)
(His name is Snoodle and he’s up for adoption at Super Furiends in Suisun City, CA!)
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I would in fact argue that we live in an anti-merit society and most of us should take great comfort in the fact that imposter syndrome has never been less convincing
i have had a lot of success staying sane by refusing to litigate who deserves what as much as possible. not my business if a journalist went seekingarrangement mode on a disgustoid. not my business what she got out of it. i look at it, think ‘hm. bummer!’ and im onto the next thing within the minute
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I would in fact argue that we live in an anti-merit society and most of us should take great comfort in the fact that imposter syndrome has never been less convincing
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Greetings friends and followers!
Would you like to help Rocket Cat on its mission to assist special needs cats and kittens? Below is a link to our donate page with the easiest ways to do that! Local to NorCal and want to maybe volunteer? Please send us a message!
rocketcatrescue.org/home/donate/
Would you like to help Rocket Cat on its mission to assist special needs cats and kittens? Below is a link to our donate page with the easiest ways to do that! Local to NorCal and want to maybe volunteer? Please send us a message!
rocketcatrescue.org/home/donate/
Donate – Rocket Cat Rescue
rocketcatrescue.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Greetings friends and followers!
Would you like to help Rocket Cat on its mission to assist special needs cats and kittens? Below is a link to our donate page with the easiest ways to do that! Local to NorCal and want to maybe volunteer? Please send us a message!
rocketcatrescue.org/home/donate/
Would you like to help Rocket Cat on its mission to assist special needs cats and kittens? Below is a link to our donate page with the easiest ways to do that! Local to NorCal and want to maybe volunteer? Please send us a message!
rocketcatrescue.org/home/donate/
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This was a great find. We are trying to refurbish the house and get rid of the gross af carpet it came with. We are trying to raise $500 to turn our back porch into a 200sqft catio for the cats while we work on the house. Can you help?
I found a guy in Cotati that had an insane deal on aviary wire, so we picked up the few rolls we need to build the catio for an absolutely fantastic price!! We just need to raise about $500 for the rest of the supplies and we’ll be able to build a large catio for the kitties.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This was a great find. We are trying to refurbish the house and get rid of the gross af carpet it came with. We are trying to raise $500 to turn our back porch into a 200sqft catio for the cats while we work on the house. Can you help?