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I do love a good autumn sunset.

Son: It's 90s day for homecoming week at school tomorrow. What should I wear? Me and wife: THIS IS OUR TIME TO SHINE!!

An unremarked potential casualty of the Trump administration's deployment of the military in policing roles domestically, and of the military-style tactics used by ICE in raids and arrests, is precisely that broad respect. The American people will resent a force that it views as abusive, lawless […]

🏆 How does a comedy show have the best news research team? @thedailyshow.com

Thanks to my hardware store. New insult unlocked.

The foulness and depravity that 77 million Americans voted for and to be unleashed on everyone else.... https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/06/marimar-martinez-anthony-ian-santos-ruiz-border-patrol-shooting-brighton-park #ice #brightonpark #chicago #uspol #uspolitics #fascism […]

Dear journalists, it is still possible to be honorable. Give it a try. https://archive.ph/kcRHn

@davidho “I never thought federal officers could behave this way. I really didn’t,” she said. “I always thought people must be provoking them or something, that they would never do this unprovoked. Obviously, I was wrong.” […] [Original post on newsie.social]

“Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests. They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.”

🆕 blog! “Getting started with Mastodon's Quote Posts - technical implementation details for servers” Quoting posts on Mastodon is slightly complex. Because of the privacy conscious nature of the platform and its users, reposting isn't merely a case of sharing a URl. A user writes a status. The […]

Still incredibly disturbed by this account of a 1 AM raid on an apartment building in Chicago, where Border Patrol and FBI agents in military clothing smashed in people's doors—even those of citizens—and dragged everyone out onto the street, including naked children. Citizens & others were […]

WaPo - Senior federal officials have quietly counseled several agencies against firing employees while the government is shut down — as President Trump has suggested he will. https://wapo.st/3KDJw0t

In the Trump regime, every accusation is a confession. The terrorism is coming from inside the White House. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

I filed a bug report for the #storj v1.3.15 #truenas app last night. This morning it was fixed and v1.13.16 deployed without issue. Impressive work! #foss #Homelab #fosstodon

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Got a robo-call to get on an emergency zoom. Looks like all Oracle OCI databases in Tokyo region have died, not just us. #tokyo #oracle #Cloud

“Rise and shine, kiddo, we got a catch operation on runway 22. 1700pax onboard.” “Second one this month. Heckin sloppy, boss.” “You know, they used to just land airplanes on the belly if the landing gear got stuck” “That’s wack. Surely it’d wreck the plane?” “Pretty much yeah. They had the […]

The ARRL has a long online text band plan which they have condensed for HF into _The Considerate Operator's Frequency Guide_ which is not really in a convenient form to print and carry with you into the field when operating portable #HamRadio […] [Original post on social.makerforums.info]

Timeline cleanser: #october morning. #photography #bloomscrolling #florespondence #nature

AOC is right. And it's nice to see a prominent Democratic officeholder explain the duality so directly. www.arcdigital.media/p/kimmel-and...

FLASHBACK — TRUMP ON A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN 2013: "Problems start from the top. The President's the leader. he’s got to get everybody in a room and lead.”🤔

WATCH — @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “Trump is posting racist AI videos, saying ‘I don't need to deal with them’. JD Vance is lying about what Democrats are asking saying we want to fund healthcare for illegals, which is impossible and doesn’t happen.” Bad faith. #TrumpShutdown

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*. Yes: free. If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Republicans own all three branches of the U.S. government. This shutdown is on them.

Achievement unlocked: I have ridden a bicycle with square wheels. This is from earlier this week at our department's "block party" for our majors and interested students. I'm proud (and a bit intimidated TBH) to work in the same department as Stan Wagon, the […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

Can local/state law enforcement do anything about criminal feds? At least one blue state is going to try, it seems. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/feds-fire-pepper-ball-at-cbs-chicago-reporters-truck/

Please don't fall victim to feldspar thinking.

White House Deputy Press Secretary seen here posting data showing how much more prevalent right wing domestic terrorism is than left wing domestic terrorism... while thinking she's showing the reverse. Apparently she can only read headlines, but not the actual graph with the data.

They locked this firefighter up for FOUR WEEKS without due process (finally released). He had proper paperwork and status to work in the US--visa being processed, he was contributing to helping fight fires in Washington. He was ONLY released because of legal action. "The attorneys argued […]

If we’re renaming departments and calling the DOD the “Department of War”, we might as well go ahead and make the DOJ the “Department of Revenge”

ICE brutality around the country highlights the importance of #indivisiblesantafe #newmexico signs to help businesses assert their privacy rights when ICE shows up. https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents-guns-arrest-hyattsville-witnesses We are hoping #indivisible groups from around the […]

Trump & @MarshaBlackburn & Homan: “We’re going after criminals” Reality: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... (It was never about crime. We’re living in Stephen Miller’s anti-minority fever-dream)

DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER WILL ROBINSON https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/enforcing-the-death-penalty-laws-in-the-district-of-columbia-to-deter-and-punish-the-most-heinous-crimes/ #uspol #fascism

NPR - The federal prosecutor who built two criminal cases against President Trump is sounding the alarm about dire threats to the legal system. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/25/nx-s1-5552723/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-warns-that-rule-of-law-is-under-attack

OMB instructing federal agencies to prepare RIF plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown, reports Politico. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/white-house-firings-shutdown-00579909

#jimmykimmel came out swinging tonight. Love it!

[Autism Teacher Observations] I've been teaching for a long time and I'm pretty good at it, not to brag or anything. Over my career I have watched autism and learning disabilities (which aren't the same thing) become more discussed, in some cases better addressed and in other cases become more […]

Circuit Breakers. Edmund Lewandowski, 1947. Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings. 10/20 #blueskyartchallenge #fediartchallenge #art #paintings

👏🏻 "More than 400 celebrities are backing Jimmy Kimmel and speaking out against “government threats to our freedom of speech” in an open letter organized by the ACLU." www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/e...

OLIVER: “F*ck! Sh*t! — It was fun while it lasted, guys.” John Oliver says he’s lucky Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t have to worry about the same things as CBS & ABC — then realizes the MAGA billionaire Ellisons are planning to swallow them too.

AUTISM and TYLENOL A study of 2.5 million children showed a small association between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism—but this finding DISAPPEARED when full siblings were compared. “Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism…” Full article:

What “fascism” means Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DO6EvDz...

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

MSNBC - In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help win government contracts in a second Trump administration […]

Candace Owens: “Pam Bondi, who is a complete loser and a tool, is trying to use Charlie Kirk’s assassination to lay the ground work for hate speech laws in 🇺🇸— the very thing Charlie was fighting against. They all just got right to work.” (H/T @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social )

Trump releases video of a 3rd boat blown up in international waters. He again claims it was a drug boat and the 3 killed were gang members. And again we’ll all just have to take his word for it. taskandpurpose.com/news/us-thir...

WSJ - President Trump plans to add a $100,000 fee to H-1B visa applications in the administration’s latest crackdown on a system it says is used by tech companies to avoid hiring American workers […]

They should win a Pulitzer https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/