Tyler
@tylerwriteswords.bsky.social
Thinking about Gaming Strategy
Writer, Dad, Partner, He/Him
Views are my own (and probably not that great)
Writer, Dad, Partner, He/Him
Views are my own (and probably not that great)
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):
Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!
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October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):
Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!
Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...
Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!
Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...
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Received this video from a former staffer of mine. It’s a leaking pipeline in the Permian Basin. They called the Carlsbad field office and no one picked up, so it can’t be reported or followed up on.
The cost of the shutdown will be felt for decades.
The cost of the shutdown will be felt for decades.
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Received this video from a former staffer of mine. It’s a leaking pipeline in the Permian Basin. They called the Carlsbad field office and no one picked up, so it can’t be reported or followed up on.
The cost of the shutdown will be felt for decades.
The cost of the shutdown will be felt for decades.
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look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists
October 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists
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Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
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This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters
September 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters
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The $170 billion in funding going to Miller’s agenda could build more than 7,000 new elementary schools, pay for more than 1.5 million young Americans to attend an in-state public college for four years, or fund the Head Start program for nearly 14 years: open.substack.com/pub/americas...
September 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The $170 billion in funding going to Miller’s agenda could build more than 7,000 new elementary schools, pay for more than 1.5 million young Americans to attend an in-state public college for four years, or fund the Head Start program for nearly 14 years: open.substack.com/pub/americas...
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i think about this post every time i watch a movie
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
i think about this post every time i watch a movie
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.
September 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.
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coates is genuinely a generational writer
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
coates is genuinely a generational writer
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Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice is considering bringing charges after a now-fired Office Depot employee refused to print flyers advertising a vigil for Charlie Kirk.
The post Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
September 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
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Time to break out the chart
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Time to break out the chart
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Anyway, 72 percent of Americans support universal background checks and 76 percent support extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). Maybe Congress should take those things up
September 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Anyway, 72 percent of Americans support universal background checks and 76 percent support extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs). Maybe Congress should take those things up
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This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
September 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"
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“Thoughts and prayers.”
“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf
“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“Thoughts and prayers.”
“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf
“There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf
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reminder that MasterCard and VISA are very okay with processing payments for guns and bullets, just not a video game where two fictional people fuck.
August 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
reminder that MasterCard and VISA are very okay with processing payments for guns and bullets, just not a video game where two fictional people fuck.
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yep, reminder to folks low odds to get long covid each time aren't low odds overall if we expect to roll the dice twice every year
while it's not as straightforward as a 1 in 10, just using a 10% chance as an example for easy math, twice a year for five years, the odds of it happening go up to 2/3
while it's not as straightforward as a 1 in 10, just using a 10% chance as an example for easy math, twice a year for five years, the odds of it happening go up to 2/3
August 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
yep, reminder to folks low odds to get long covid each time aren't low odds overall if we expect to roll the dice twice every year
while it's not as straightforward as a 1 in 10, just using a 10% chance as an example for easy math, twice a year for five years, the odds of it happening go up to 2/3
while it's not as straightforward as a 1 in 10, just using a 10% chance as an example for easy math, twice a year for five years, the odds of it happening go up to 2/3