Apparently the Dear Leader wants to distract us from: * Epstein files * ICE jack-booted thugs * Concentration camps * Inflation * Tariffs * Pseudoscience at HHS & CDC * Bigotry * Income inequality * Climate change * Federal deficit * Emoluments violations * Nepotism * Theocracy #NotDistracted

ICE treats immigrants (and sometimes citizens) the way Black citizens have been treated by some police far longer. ICE didn't invent racism or brutality, just spread it wider. "First they came for the Black people, and I said nothing because I am not Black..." No one is free until all are free.

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We adopted Hagrid several years ago from a family that had a large dog, of which he was afraid. (We have felines only.) Somehow, Hagrid never learned to play -- a vital activity for cats' hunting instincts. Today, I coaxed him to play with a dangle toy for the first time ever. I am *so delighted*!

This is what true manhood looks like. Not some macho testosterone-pumped bullshit. True manhood is standing by your soulmate and partner when they need you, treating them with respect, dignity, and equality, and stepping up to do what you know is right.

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Audacity is a terrific open source audio editor that I've used for many years, but tonight I used it in a new way. Videographing a live event, some EMI from the building left me with two messy audio streams. One was noisy and clipped, the other from a cheap backup mic far from the speakers. (cont'd)

It's staggering, all the despicable things people are doing to each other. Aerosol bombs in Gaza, ICE building warehouse concentration camps, Epstein pit deepens daily... We're at a place where nothing is unthinkable anymore. It's a part of everyday life. Can the asteroid please get here soon?

Think this is overblown? Search online for the info about how Ring promotes their products to -- and through -- local police departments. In some cases, the police have a role in promoting/endorsing this product because it's the one they can use for surveillance.

Quoting from a Claude AI chat (some web research) after I asked for a summary, and it chose Markdown instead of Word format: "I read the entire docx skill doc, realized what I was doing, and quietly backed away like someone who accidentally opened the wrong door at a party."

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I'm aware Kamala Harris never partied with Epstein. Harris: Spent years prosecuting and convicting criminals. *rump: Is a convicted criminal. To think, we could have had her as President. Intelligent, capable, not a sexual predator...so much to like.

This is cool

This ad will be playing during the #SuperBowl The survivors are tired of Pam Bondi‘s shit.

MAGA has support for the same reason racist movements have garnered support since Reconstruction: Rich White people convince poor White people that poor Black people have taken all their money. This con game has worked for over 150 years because scapegoating problems is easier than solving them.

250 years ago, Americans rebeled against a king and stood up to his army. Today we’re called upon to repeat history. Be among those who can look back and say, “ I did my part.”

Today I downloaded the new tranche of Epstein data to analyze offline. Not all of the data sets have a premade ZIP, so I wrote a little Linux shell script to automate some of the tedium. I've only looked at a few files, but I've already learned these people were even more loathsome than I knew.

I attended a local screening of this indie film, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and several members of the cast. The depth of personal connection among the cast brings a raw authenticity sometimes missing from big-budget productions. (Streaming on TubiTV) www.imdb.com/title/tt3711...

Last night I began perusing the new tranche of Epstein files. I'm in the early stages of archiving them on my NAS and using custom automation to analyze the content. I may find nothing new, but I'm using my technical skills to make the attempt.

This seems to be the issue,lack if guts. No idea why though.

This is where VP candidate Vance knowingly spread lies about Haitians eating people's pets. The Haitians are welcomed by their neighbors and elected officials. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (GOP) briefed local officials about the ICE action in Springfield but (afaik) hasn't voiced any support for it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's been my impression that MAGA voters think he cares about them. P.T. Barnum was so right about a sucker born every minute.

uh oh…

When GW Bush was running for his second term, I was on a protest line that put me face-to-face with a Secret Service agent for over an hour. He was polite, professional, and made no move to stop our peaceful protest. We had a nice chat, in fact. Contrast that with the behavior of ICE. They're orcs.

Alex Pretti was beaten and murdered by ICE thugs because he, an intensive care nurse, followed his professional instinct to render aid to another person. I was a volunteer EMT (though now just first aid), and I can only hope I would have shown the same courage and compassion. Rest in peace, Alex.

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

I'm watching the MN situation live, and the lack of training of the ICE officers is obvious. They don't even have enough discipline to maintain formation. If they think the crowd is dangerous, it is foolish to run off alone to chase people. The abbreviated training endangers people on both sides.

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Libraries have so much more than books! Yesterday I spent three hours in our library's Maker Space digitizing a VHS video from 1989, for a community theatre production of which I was in the tech crew. I may have preserved the only surviving copy. Support your libraries! @everylibrary.bsky.social

I wish I could persuade my family who think T***p is "doing the right thing but maybe being a little heavy handed about it" to actually watch the videos of what is happening in the streets. My heart is breaking to know people I love are intentionally blind to injustice and the suffering of others.

Joined an anti-ICE protest in my town Tuesday night. No pictures this time because it was so cold I really didn't want to take off my gloves. A few people flipped us the bird, but a lot more people honked and waved support. Best moment: Car pulls up with donated pizzas for us -- still piping hot!

I don't care whether this is properly conciliatory and properly reaching out to the lost souls or not. To hell with them if they haven't figured out the facts of life by now. Read my lips: IT'S TIME TO PUT THE DEPLORABLES BACK IN THEIR BASKET!

That's an insightful observation that had not occurred to me.

The US state where I reside has a law that any fatal shooting by police -- no matter how obviously justified -- WILL have an official inquiry by the state bureau of investigation. Full stop. ICE murders a mom in front of multiple witnesses and on camera, and there is no such purely routine inquiry.

Never forget. Never again.

+1. Funny.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Truth:

Yep...

I'm active in other ways than social media, but to be clear: As a US citizen I vehemently oppose: * Taking over (by any means) Greenland * Netanyahu policies in Gaza * ICE (the American Gestapo) * Unconstitutional POTUS actions I stand with the rule of law and respect for international alliances.

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I forced myself to watch Mango Mussolini's live speech. It was an absolute pile of manure, incoherent and rambling, petty and self-aggrandizing, full of lies yet revealing oil wealth as the real motive. He contradicted himself several times. He commits Grand Theft Oxygen with every word he speaks.

Perhaps a benevolent extraterrestrial civilization will swoop in and remove Mango Mussolini and his droogs from the White House and take them off planet to face justice for their crimes.

This woman I've never met just spoke my mind.