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Xcandescent
@xcandescent.bsky.social
US east coast based network and telecommunications manager, dungeons and dragons player, cat guy, science appreciator
Lonely
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Nekomancer complete with wearable Nekonomicon I made and wore to NY Comic-Con.
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In this video, Hello Future Me looks at depictions of authoritarianism in both fiction and in real life. Worth watching and sharing…

youtu.be/DfmViBWBXgE?...
How Democracy Really Dies
YouTube video by Hello Future Me
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
DM - "It looks like the orcs brought gifts for the chief.."
My character (Tidal) - "I think it's pronounced 'jifts'..."
Fellow party member - *Rolls Edritch Blast*
DM - "Which orc are you casting that at?"
Fellow party member - "I'm casting it at Tidal"
September 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Under Dr. Oz, Medicare is launching a pilot program that will use AI to determine whether patients would be covered for certain procedures.

Companies running the program will be paid a share of the savings from rejecting claims.

Who in their right mind voted for this? No one.
September 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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August 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia.
Mohawk Skywalkers: The History Stephen Miller Whitewashed
The Kanien'kéhá:ka Haudenosaunee ironworkers were vital to building Miller's favorite monuments to modern America
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
At what point do we start protesting the media for not standing up to authoritarianism?

Why is every national newsroom with windows not having a full on protest outside?

Make it impossible for them to talk about anything else.
August 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I think we can all assume until they release the files that all of them are involved.

www.thestate.com/news/politic...
Suspended SC state Rep. RJ May resigns as he faces federal child porn charges
May, who owns a political consulting business, was elected to the Lexington County seat in 2020 and was a driving force behind the creation of the SC House Freedom Caucus.
www.thestate.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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August 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Finally figured out why the air in our data center is so dry…

Someone dropped this silica gel packet on the ground instead of disposing of it properly.
August 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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August 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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August 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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August 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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“I thought it would get better, but it never did… It’s inhumane… like oversized dog kennels… bathrooms backed up… flooding… not everyone there is a criminal…”

A former worker at Trump’s crocodile concentration camp speaks out.
August 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Noticing a pattern here.
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Tried to find this piece on their Bluesky feed, but couldn’t. Check out @junkworx.bsky.social for some fun art!
July 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Don’t forget to get outside and enjoy the views whenever you can, wherever you happen to be.
July 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97.
Tom Lehrer, mathematician and singer-songwriter known for colorful satire, dies at 97
Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other…
buff.ly
July 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.

“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM