MERK 0.051.550 has been released! There's some new features, and a whole lot of bug fixes. Upgrade today, or download and join us on IRC!

He doesn't want to be interrupted.

MERK has a new domain! Check out the repository at merk.chat! You can get the latest release at download.merk.chat, and the latest development build at latest.merk.chat! Come join us on IRC!

Oh lawd, he nappin'.

MERK 0.051.500 has been released! Some bugfixes and "quality of life" improvements are on the menu. Plus, we got our first macOS screenshot up on the homepage! github.com/nutjob-labor...

OMG, I finally saw @margaret.bsky.social for the first time on Some More News, and the crush I already had on her got a little...worse? Not the right word. Better? Also not the right word. Damnit. Parasociality is not healthy. She is amazing.

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

it's always a little funny when a massive world-historic tragedy winds up being a huge win for exactly one intended victim

"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."

Excellent news.

According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep. PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.

Only 3.5% of a population needs to protest to topple a dictatorship. That’s it—3.5%. Don’t be made to feel like you can’t make a difference. Keep up the pressure! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_...

The President shit himself on live TV. Melania bombed. The Epstein files are sending shockwaves through the Alt Right. Liam and his dad are back home. A Texas district that was DEEP red for 35 years flipped blue. Pretti's killers have been identified. Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.

People who may want to have children in the future should bear this in mind: tear gas can have serious consequences for female reproductive health. The data on this isn't great but I would at least recommend ensuring you have a quality respirator or mask on at all times.

Billie Eilish: "No one is illegal on stolen land"

MERK 0.051.450 has been released! There's some new features, and greatly increased stability. Come join us at irc.inthemansion.com:6697 or irc.libera.chat:6697 in #merk! See you in IRC!

This is a cover up of a murder, led by our own federal government.

when woke 2 hits we're creating a whole new alphabet just for pronouns

NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt. "The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

I think part of the problem is that the Boomers generally used the term "fascist" for anything that they deemed even slightly authoritarian, no matter how major or minor, and it made the term almost worthless. Now that fascism is here, well, here we are.

The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon. wapo.st/49Zqv1L

It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

I don't know why anyone expected anything different. The NRA was silent about the murder of Philando Castille. The NRA only fights for guns rights for the "right people". And if you're queer, or non-white, or even remotely left wing? You're not the "right people".

Orin is probably the preeminent fourth amendment scholar in the United States. He is also extremely professional. This is the way he says "I wish a bitch would try"

it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this

MERK 0.051.400 has been released! New features include ASCIImoji support, markdown in messages, and a whole slew of bugfixes. Come join us on IRC!

Whether it's Barack Obama asking for dijon mustard or Donald Trump asking for María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize, presidents on both sides have asked for—and received—polarizing items.

Hey, a quick hint for anyone trying to follow the news in Minneapolis from out of state: if you add ?utm_source=gift to any Star Tribune URL, it'll let you read it. Also, some reliable local outlets that are both better and free: www.mprnews.org www.minnpost.com sahanjournal.com

Morrison: "The president & Noem are asking us to not believe what we're all seeing with our own eyes. It's incredibly irregular for the secretary to come out making pronouncements before victim had even been identified. We didn't even have her name & she was already calling her a domestic terrorist"

The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026 #Linux #Gaming #LinuxGaming #GamingOnLinux

at least one prominent influencer will literally shit themselves to death this year. Mark it.

This album so completely rocked my world when it was released. Still one of my favorite records of all time!

!

truly shocked that some people thought there was ever a chance of making this place non-toxic. did you not hang out on Twitter prior to Musk? this kind of platform is fundamentally poisoned, as is all social media and nearly every kind of online community

MERK 0.051.350 has been released! This release is primarily a maintenance release, but there's a lot of good stuff in there! Come and join us on IRC at irc.inthemansion.com:6697 in #merk!

MERK'S getting a new release tomorrow! This release is mostly focusing on bug fixes, but there's some GUI upgrades in there too. Keep an eye out for 0.051.350!

Welcome to Detroit's "comeback", which is pretty much just mid-town and the New Center areas.

the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches

Smack my bitch up.🐜 #C64 #Commodore 🔊🎶

Happy New Years, y'all! I really hope this year is better than the last one, 2025 can go to hell.