Muslims radicalised by Daesh videos tried to bomb a white supremacists protesting Mamdani in NYC...? www.newsweek.com/zohran-mamda...

Showing my age here, but Dimmu Borgir's "Abrahadabra" still holds up 16 years after release. It's a fantastic album for cardio in the threshold range.

Trying to decide between spending a lot of money I don't have on an SBR AR-15 and silencer in .300 AAC 'Blackout', or a non-SBR AR-15 and silencer is .458 SOCOM. I know that a Dead Air Nomad L will get sub-sonic .300 AAC down to <130dB. A .458 SOCOM is better for hunting, but harder to find a

Christian evangelicals are almost universally Zionists, because they believe that Jews must fully occupy that region, and Jerusalem, before Jesus can return. Unfortunately, the loudest Jewish voices on Bluesky are pro-Israel Zionists; that makes it easy to unintentionally equate the two.

I like Jasmine Crockett. But I don't think she's electable *in Texas* as a senator, because she is so outspokenly Democratic/progressive. I think Talarico has a real chance. He's also progressive, but w/ his deep knowledge of Chrisianity, he speaks a language that conservatives in TX understand.

Well. One positive thing about our illegal attack on Iran is that Iran is a major supplier of drones and war materiel to Russia. So attacking Iran degrades Russia's ability to wage war against Ukraine. I'm surprised Putin hasn't called Trump to bitch him out. Slava Ukraini, motherfucker. 🇺🇦

I take offense at @margaret.bsky.social slander of The Presidents of the United States of America as a one-hit wonder (they had three* hits!), or that Peaches was better. The Presidents of the USA had a 20 year career of solid, FUN music. *"Peaches", "Kitty", and "Lump"

If my partner dies first, I'm going to put an ad up on a personals site looking for a hot, young partner that wants to inherit a fully paid for house and land, in exchange for putting up with my shit until I die. It's only kind of a joke, because I dunno how Gen Z will afford housing.

...And it will always be couched in terms of public safety. "Oh, we just want to make sure no one gets harmed". That's the way to chip away rights; claim that the right needs to be restricted to reduce harm, and keep restricting until it's practically impossible to exercise the right.

Iiiiiiiiiinteresting... Polling I'd seen recently had @grahamformaine.bsky.social leading @janetmillsforme.bsky.social by single digits, and Mills *trailing* Collins. I'd defer to expert on the reliability of this particular poll, but it's an interesting data point. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

This is what I've been trying to say. Fascism is here. Dems have been and are disarming themselves. This needs to change, because this is a crisis. (Archive link: archive.is/kWBOV) www.vox.com/podcasts/479...

I think the only rational solution at this point is to require essays, tests, etc. to be done on-site, in rooms shielded from all RF (e.g., Faraday rooms), on terminals with no online connection. And this needs to be implemented starting in middle school.

Up at 3:30am to clear the driveway, took about an hour with a snowblower. I think about 2 miles of walking? Not bad, aside from the shifting wind blowing snow back into my face. This would definitely be faster and easier if my tractor was working. :(

Chilli potluck/competition at work on Thurs. Finished my chilli yesterday. I used ground dried hot Indian chilis and Kashmiri chili powder as the base, with dry roasted and ground cumin, black cumin, green cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, and clove as the supporting spices, with some basil

This is not necessarily a good thing though. Simply being named isn't proof of guilt. There needs to be a fair court case for each alleged abuser, free from undue influence. And, for those found guilty, *THEN* Gatling cannons.

I need to make chilli for the company chilli cook-off. Now, where can I get Caroline Reapers in northern Maine...?

Putin's unprovoked war has cost him a generation of men and crashed the Russian economy, and now he's freaking out about not having another generation of serfs.

@grahamformaine.bsky.social This is super-interesting. In the primary, Mills leads Platner +4. In the general, Mills loses to Collins by -2, but Platner wins by +2. This isn't dispositive, but it sure seems strategic to back Platner... www.realclearpolling.com/elections/se...

I'm deeply disappointed that the US doesn't have a Bob Vylan. We had NOFX, Rage Against the Machine, and Public Enemy, but punk is either dead or in the assisted living center, and current rap/hip hop and pop music now just doesn't have any class consciousness.

Finally playing Stalker 2. Overall, VERY good. Gun annoyances: Weapon power is absolutely not correct. A single shot from any 5.56x45, 5.45x39, or 7.62x39 rifle is going to fuck you up far, far more than being shot with a 9x18 or 9x19 pistol. Ballistics are wonky; so far it looks like

To add to this: Firearms are severely restricted in Canada as it is. It's exceptionally difficult to get a permit for a pistol, most semi-automatic rifles with removable magazines are banned, and getting a license for *any* firearm is a challenge. A more effective approach is addressing causes.

Susan Collins supports the SAVE Act, which is a blatant attempt to impose expense and difficulty on voting, and would make it extremely difficult for married or divorced women to vote. ME voters already rejected this, and should reject Collins as well. www.themainewire.com/2026/02/excl...

Call a rep today. Demand gun reform. Abolish the NFA of 1934, abolish the GCA, and override state laws on magazine and gun bans. The people MUST be armed. If the political left had been arming up at the same rate as the right, while also mitigating root causes, we wouldn't have a Gestapo in MN.

If those MFers really wanted to "protect kids", they would: Not fucking ban guns and limit magazine sizes at a time when we can all see exactly why 2A was written in the first place, and why it was a terrible idea to ever roll state militias into the national army. (I agree with everything else.)

I'll be honest, I don't think Dems should impeach Trump. Not until they know they have the votes in the senate. Once they do, the charges should be treason. Every Republican senator *knows* Trump is destroying the foundation of the country. It goes beyond policy.

This is wildly incorrect. MAGA is neither stupid nor ignorant, and it's facile and unserious to claim such. Stephen Miller, JD Vance, Charlie Kirk--requiescat en lotium--are neither stupid nor ignorant. They are all intelligent, well-educated men. Acting as though it's ignorance or stupidity

Apparently he doesn't know about The Pirate Bay...? Wild, man.

Is it just me, or does he reeeeaaaalllllllllllllly look like a Latino Trent Reznor?

The idea conveniently ignored is the fact that H. Ross Perot voters likely would have voted for George H.W. Bush had Perot not been running. (Clinton won.) Point is, if you are progressive, your optimal strategy is voting progressive in primaries, and then vote for whoever the primary selects.

I wonder how you could make a dating site that actually *worked*? One that helped people meet people with whom they were likely more compatible, that prioritised health and safety, and also want monetised (i.e., the business model didn't depend on ppl continually paying subscription fees)?

Still weasely. "I have not seen a study that suggests any *SINGLE* vaccine causes autism." That still leaves the door open to a belief that all the recommended childhood vaccines, together, could cause autism. Which is what RFK Jr. is saying.

I use my Meta headset for exactly one thing, too. I'd be really pissed off if Meta shut that single app down, since it's the only reason I bought the headset in the first place.

Useful reading. And, to reiterate my pinned post: if you live in northern Maine, and you are *not* a straight, white, Christian man, I'm happy to offer basic safety and marksmanship training at the actual cost of training materials. If you're a white, Christian man, you've got plenty of options

Karl Kasarda at @inrange.tv "[A] significant portion of this group has abandoned ‘shall not be infringed’ and instead turned to excuses and disinformation." www.wired.com/story/right-... (Archival link: archive.is/NhFrz) ...But some of the Boogaloo Boys are getting it right: "To the ‘dont bring a

...For fucks' sake. Musk is such a moron. Yes, solar power is readily available on space. But cooling--which is required so that computer chips don't cook--isn't. Without air, it's really fucking hard to get rid of excess heat. That's basic physics. www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/t...

When you harm people, they have no obligation to forgive, even if you diminished culpability. And when you harm people, you have an obligation to try and right the wrong; apologies alone mean nothing. Mental illness is an explanation, not an excuse. variety.com/2026/music/n...

For a number of years I've had the opinion that belief in Jesus Christ isn't inherently bad; the foundations is acceptable, even if the practice often isn't. Andrew Seidel's "The Founding Myth" makes me seriously question that. The founding beliefs are pretty icky in context.

I probably wouldn't agree with Massie on immigration, economics, religion... ...But THIS we can agree on. I don't care what the politics are of the people in the Epstein files. If they're guilty of child sexual abuse, they should be in prison.

...I don't get it. Yes, we import foreign labour, but it's (... ostensibly...) because it's a net benefit for the US. The early success of NASA is largely due to our importation of foreign labour after WWII (if you know what I mean). This is a weirdly pro-labor protectionism stand for a capitalist.

It's hard to see, but there's a halo/rainbow around the moon tonight. I think it was about 5°F when I took this. It's a little hazy tonight; last night it was crystal clear.

@grahamformaine.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=JLTf... What is being expressed about the exploitation of immigrants should be seen, IMO in the context of *ALL* labour being exploited by capital. Undocumented migrants drive down the value of labour. We see this particularly starkly with workers

Justice. But, look. This guy had been at multiple departments in a very short period of time, never lasting more than a few months at each. He should have been raising red flags looking before he murdered Massey.

If by "held accountable" you mean, "tarred, feathered, and necklaced", then yes, I absolutely agree. If you mean put on trial where they can assert qualified immunity, then no.

Rand Paul makes a very salient point: rules need to be able to be universalised. A rule that only applies when it's convenient or it favours you isn't a rule at all.

"I liked Bruce Springsteen more when he stuck with songs about how America is so great!" -everyone that's never paid attention to the lyrics

The ideal ICE reforms are abolishment followed by prison sentences and/or helicopter rides. CBP serves a more legitimate function, when they're acting at the border. CBP is the group that helps keep invasive species from piggybacking in to the US.

The Republican response to Gov. Mills' state of the state address started with lies, and was, bluntly, stupid. The claim that "solar scammers" are increasing utility costs is flatly false. Investing in solar *decrease* costs b/c you don't need to keep buying gas/oil/etc. Similarly, cutting