## Elon Musk and the Howard Hughes Speedrun It is time to declare Elon Musk’s Howard Hughes Speedrun complete? Or is there another level? I’m genuinely not sure. After all, he’s not sitting in a dark hotel room surrounded by jars of his own urine while typing with long, long, long fingernails – […]

## White Nationalists can’t be “retrained”: ICE must be abolished I want to remind everyone who thinks ICE, CBP, and/or DHS can be “retrained” of this piece of White Nationalist deport-100-million-people propaganda tweeted out BY OFFICIAL DHS ITSELF over the […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## torment matrix, part 23942 Honest to shit the rate at which writing written as warning is turning into writing-as-instruction manual is really starting to fuck with my head right here: Anthropic shredded millions of physical books to train its Claude AI model — and new documents suggest […]

## Fascists building a database and rubbing noses in it The ICE fascist agent acknowledges her taking video is legal, doesn’t pretend she’s in the way, takes her photo and license plate information for their “nice little database” and declares her to be a […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Recommendation: Do NOT bite on this The story going around, upon which I do not think you should bite: Medias reports speculation on French TV (by former DGSE guest Vincent Crouzet) as confirmed, stating that Ukraine and/or France supplied fake information to US intelligence services to see […]

## what’s permuting itself around in my head, part two: the election Okay, let’s see if I can get this together, shall we? Tried on Tuesday night, but I was too tired from work and the Tesla Takedown Tuesday protest. Here’s a pic of one section, taken from […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## what’s permuting itself around in my head, part one: I never got a chance to write an article about how much worse 2026 is going to be than 2025; it all got going with Trump’s invasion of Venezuela literally _as_ I was getting to write it all out. But before I could, well, here we were […]

## Weekend protests – SHOW UP PROTESTS. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LOTS OF THEM. SHOW UP. Here’s a bunch on the Washington State wet side. All over the place, and I do mean all over. Like Tulalip, and Sequim. Don’t get me wrong, I _like_ Sequim, but it is not a big place. Here’s the list. All kinds […]

## Vance: ICE agents have “absolute immunity” from state laws – including murder JD Vance said – in response to a reporter asking why the FBI and Federal agencies were blocking Minnesota’s investigation into the ICE agent murder of Renee Nicole Good – that ICE […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## ICE murdered a woman in the streets today. You need to know, and you need to tell others. ICE shot a woman, believed but not confirmed to be an American and confirmed not to be a target of their raids, to death in the streets today, murdering her. They are lying about it, calling her a […]

## what to do now Stop using oil. That’s it. That’s what to do. Stop using oil. Stop using natural gas, too. Stop. The sooner you can stop, the better. Do what it takes. I don’t know what that is for any individual – for you – but do it. I know it’s work. I’m not saying, “here’s the easy no […]

## what i’m hearing What I’m hearing – and hopefully it’s wrong, but it’s what I’m hearing – is that Republicans in Congress know that this is all a hellish dictatorial evil nightmare, but that even now, they won’t cross Trump. One or two will, but not many and not enough. I don’t know that […]

## lids+lids=storage So I made lids for my Tide laundry detergent lids and since lids+lids=storage the tide lids are now containers (with lids) and people over on Mastodon are surprisingly into this so I’ve uploaded the lid designs to thingiverse enjoy lids4lids 😀 #3dPrinting #Maker

## Donald Trump orders DOJ to violate the law, selectively release documents to “embarrass” Democrats Trump has told the DOJ to violate the law and not release any more Epstein files **_unless_** they have Democrats in them, in which case they are to […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## it took me a while to understand, hayao Meta, the company controlled by babyfash Trump fan Mark Zuckerberg, the board of which thought it was reasonable to support Fascist politicians in the hope of avoiding regulation, and whose Facebook service has or had […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## I bought something today I bought something for my second bike trailer build on Saturday. The trailer’s basically been done for weeks already. I’m adding details and accessories now, like, I want to sew a cover, and I want to add reflectors. So I took it […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## the united states declares strategic war on the EU Anders Puck Nielsen speaks on the Trump/MAGA’s new U.S. National Security Strategy document: > It is official US policy to work towards regime change in European countries, and to weaken or even destroy […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.7 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.7 – 23 November 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.7. This release contains two major corrections to the 2 Line Bike Connector Map […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.6(a) Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.6 – 1 November 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.6a. This release reflects a two-week intermittent closure of the Sammamish River […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Get on ’em RIGHT NOW We saw what happened last night. If you didn’t: eight fuckheads went over (7 Democrats, 1 Republican) to end the shutdown. They got **_absolutely fucking nothing_** for it. **_NOTHING_**. The Democrats and one independant siding with […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Why Tesla matters so much This is why some of us are still out there, week after week, protesting at Tesla dealerships: Here’s the story. It’s old, but it’s still pretty much true. Driving the stake through the heart of Tesla is how to take down the rest […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Hey Washington State, there’s still time to vote! You can still drop off your ballot at a ballot dropoff box until 8pm. Not later! But until 8pm Cascadian/Pacific. California, I don’t know how your elections work but I do know that your voting also goes […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Northshore (Seattle) voters, pay attention to school boards! HEY IF YOU’RE IN NORTHSHORE AND CAN VOTE – vote FOR Kimberlee Kelly and vote FOR Sandy R. Hayes for school board! Their opponents are people who were either low-key or openly anti-trans in the […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## as we head into the SNAP shutdown As we head into the SNAP shutdown – however long it may last, and while I’d love be surprised and see it end tomorrow with the Republicans giving in on their whole refusal-to-negotiate shutdown bullshit, I’m leaning towards […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## I really gotta point something out here I really, really, _really_ gotta point something out here. This “ballroom” Trump Shitstain the First says he’s building is 90,000 square feet, and is going to cost THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. Apparently. That’s […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.5 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.5 – 17 October 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.5. This release is very small, containing two major upgrades, and some additional […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## post your reality, part two I’ve been calling for people to post pictures, video, whatever, of their towns when Herr Fuckface describes them as war zones, as hellholes, as whatever he pukes up this time. Particularly Chicago, and now, _extra_ particularly […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## I do think there was a point to Bondi’s performance Pamela Bondi went before Senate Oversight on Tuesday determined not to testify to Democrats, and to help Republicans deflect and defend the Trump regime’s fascism. That’s obvious; it happens fairly […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.4 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.4 – 3 October 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.4. There are major additions in Seattle with the opening of two south Seattle routes […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## confederates never learn a goddamn thing If anyone’s wondering whether US farmers exporting to China just need a little “temporary help” to get over Trump’s trade war, read this thread from farmer Sarah Taber on Mastodon. She’s a farmer from North Carolina […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Chicagoans, post pics and video! Fascist Trump’s allies are out today repeating the “cities are war zones” lie, so anybody in Chicago needs to get out there and starting posting pictures of their “war zone” just like Portland. “Chicago’s a nightmare, it is […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## it is all lies Before things get a lot worse, which it looks like they’re about to do given Trump’s “full force” order and his “anti-fascism is terrorism” executive memo, I need to reiterate: It’s lies. This shit about Portland? It’s all lies. The lies […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## I wrote another letter today, this one to Sinclair Broadcasting. You should too. A couple of days ago, I wrote about writing Disney a letter – a physical, paper letter, with an ENVELOPE and a STAMP – and went into why those are so. damned. scary. to […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Write Disney a LETTER. WRITE DISNEY-ABC A LETTER TODAY. Not email, don’t @ them on social media – or do that, that’s fine, but it’s not a substitute. It’s not as good. Do that too, but mostly… WRITE DISNEY A LETTER. On PAPER. Put it in an ENVELOPE and […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: MEGAMAP 2.0.3 Greater Northshore MEGAMAP 2.0.3 – 19 September 2025 – is now available on github. As there are no changes in the core Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map – the north-end-only map – no new version has been generated. Latest […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

[Report: FBI to designate trans people 'violent extremists'] ## Report: FBI to designate trans people ‘violent extremists’ I would like to wish all the people who fought with me and sneered at me about how Joe Biden and then Kamala Harris were no better than […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## greg gutfield’s fascist rant I do not believe it’s a minor thing that Greg “let’s reclaim the word Nazi” Gutfield is repurposing Hitler’s “Jewish hypnotism” libel against trans people to transfer guilt from a cis white boy from a conservative family: > […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## the regime going all in on censorship, while advisors push for mass arrests The grim times we’ve been expecting are here. Congressman Ronny Jackson (R-TX) calls trans people a virus and a cancer that must be censored, isolated, and imprisoned en masse […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## charlie kirk got his wish, why are they complaining? Charlie Kirk was a vicious racist, misogynist, and anti-queer activist working to recruit anyone he could into his beliefs, someone who wanted LGBT people killed, who considered empathy a “new age” […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## “root causes” I hate linking to _The Hill_ , but here we go: RFK Jr. says agency will reveal causes of autism in September No, he fucking won’t. He literally shut down actual studies working on such things, because as with all fundamentalist-approach […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.2 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0.2 – 4 August 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.2. Mostly small updates again this time, but there’s one big one – the Redmond […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## we didn’t plan to go to worldcon we didn’t plan to go to worldcon like, at all even though it was fucken _here_ , right downtown because until a few months ago it was going to be utterly impossible, economically (we’ve only really dug out of a two-year […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## no better satire could be written Holy hell. The Tesla Truck is such a complete fucking sales disaster that he’s getting a corrupt deal with the military to buy them as targets. I repeat: THE TESLA TRUCK IS SUCH A COMPLETE FAILURE THAT THEY’RE SELLING […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0.1 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0 – 4 August 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.1. Mostly small updates this time, but one in particular is very important, and another […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Hey Northshore voters! Hey NORTHSHORE VOTERS! If you’re in the Northshore School District voting area, please be aware there are two school district elections, and each of those elections includes an anti-trans candidate you need to vote against! One’s […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## a baseline apple and a speciality cider Seattle Cider dropped a cosmic-crisp single variety cider, so I had a sample this weekend at their booth at the Lake Forest Park Farmer’s Market. My expectations were pretty low, honestly, because the cosmic crisp is […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## sometimes, I think of ponies Have you ever noticed that every projection about “AGI” and “superintelligence” has an “and then a miracle occurs” step? I have. I shouldn’t say _every_ projection – there are many out there, and I haven’t seen them all. But […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## Maps Release: Greater Northshore Bike Connector, MEGAMAP 2.0 Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map 2.0 – 15 July 2025 – is now available on github, as is MEGAMAP 2.0.0. The big update this release is making City of Seattle street labels legible when […] [Original post on solarbird.net]

## alt text issues The last couple of posts I’ve made with images didn’t have their alt text make it to the Federation. It made it to Dreamwidth, but didn’t federate. Let’s try this one: #biking

## Elon Musk’s Grok going full-Nazi Grok went gone full Hitler-supporting Nazi today. At first it was slightly hidden, but since I boosted this around, it’s just gone full-bore literal Nazi, calling for National Socialism and what Hitler would do and why it […] [Original post on solarbird.net]