Steve Schirra
@schirra.bsky.social
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UX Research @YouTube / HCI / Games / Politics + Law / Books / Birds. Opinions my own. @MIT alum. Previously @twitch, @yahoo, @zynga. Same handle on Twitter.
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mmasnick.bsky.social
I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?
Tweet from Pam Bondi: 

Today following outreach from 
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target 
@ICEgov
 agents in Chicago. 

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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retrotechdreams.bsky.social
SimTower (1994). One of my favorite Sim games.
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.

"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
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retrotechdreams.bsky.social
Winamp Skin: super mario bros 1 remix by luigihann
schirra.bsky.social
You’re the Alex Padilla of MIT
schirra.bsky.social
It will also protect you from all that nasty fluoride
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schirra.bsky.social
Thank you! I honestly haven’t explored Itch yet but will take a look
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schirra.bsky.social
Can you all indulge a maybe stupid question? What’s the state of ‘Art Games’ these days? Is everything just on Steam now? Was that just a thing from like 15 years ago?
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
this is like half of r/ups now
Hi Andrew,

You have a new invoice for $63,755.71 Tariff Fee on T Shirt

Total Due: $83.27

Government Charges: $59.27
Brokerage Charges: $24.00 How to go about disputing an incorrect tariff charge?

Total Due: $82.92

Government Charges: $68.92
UPS Brokerage fees: $14.00 I’ve received 15 different duties and tariff charges for items I didn’t order.
Customer Seeking Help
The title is the crux of the issue. Over the past 3 weeks I’ve received numerous brown envelopes all charging me for duty and tariff fees associated with items that I never ordered.

The seller is somebody I’ve bought from before, but the last time I purchased from them was several months ago and my name is on the sold to slot. The “shipped to” person is someone I don’t know and the address and tracking address are both unrelated to me.

I’ve sent emails to an address given to my by the one time I was able to get through the phone number listed on the paper bill. They said the invoices will be removed in 4-6 weeks but now I’ve started receiving late fee bills on top. I’ve tried to call in again once a day, but I either get hung up on or my call drops once the wait lasts over an hour.

Any advice? I just don’t want this to go to collections or affect my credit for something I didn’t order or have any relation to besides my name being on something it shouldn’t have.
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danahoule.bsky.social
Oh FFS live out your Black Hawk Down fantasies on a computer.
ahuebner.bsky.social
Chicago: “The Border Patrol official said that snipers rappelled down from helicopters on top of the apartment complex, as a precaution from potential violence.”
Trump’s Chicago ICE Crackdown Intensifies With Drones, Helicopters and Trucks
www.nytimes.com
schirra.bsky.social
Today in defaced AI service posters in San Francisco
Outset.ai poster with an AI = Secret Satan sticker
schirra.bsky.social
Are they also sitting on the same side of the table (both facing you) because that also happened to me last week
schirra.bsky.social
The bartender at this bar just talked about “third spaces” and for just a brief moment I was transported back like 20 years
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david.noll.org
Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy
Ms. Halligan, who took over on Monday after her predecessor quit rather than prosecute James B. Comey with what he believed was insufficient evidence, had a little trouble with the first two tasks. At one point, she entered the wrong courtroom. When she found the right one, she stood on the wrong side of the judge, then appeared confused about the paperwork she just had signed.
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schirra.bsky.social
Something something leopards eating people’s faces
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“.. This is a rural area, farming, and a big number of people are highly conservative and Republican,” Barrera said. “But there is a contradiction, because if you talk to the farmers, they will tell you they need that labor.”

@politico.com @michaelkruse.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Bathroom vanities are now “national security”.