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Nick Peterson

@thetecheng.bsky.social

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Camus' greatest rock pusher. Currently doing design work on high tech labs & manufacturing facilities. Interested in anything and everything. He/Him/They

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d

Thoughts and prayers to Cosplay Cop Kristi who had to brave the dogs, farmer’s markets, capybaras, and marathon runners of Portland this week.

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

- Y O U - G O T - T H E - D U D -

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

An admittedly low bar

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

Dont go giving them ideas

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

Which are better arguments than trying to claim no native population would practice scorched earth tactics, & even if every Israeli had an unbroken residency in the region going back to the bronze age it wouldnt legitimize their actions.

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

A minority of Israel's population is of European descent

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

Israel's actions are abhorrent on their own without getting into weird blood and soil nativism.

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

This is another case of a noble savage view of nativism. Scorched earth tactics tactics are among the oldest amd most common forms of warfare. During the Haitain revolution, the Haitians burned their crops and poisoned their wells to deny the colonizers their use.

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

The Jews who were native to Israel didn't drop 200 tons of bombs on the land and burned or uprooted all the olive trees. No native person does this. White European settlers do that.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 1d

If Im reading this correctly, TBC got caught repeatedly releasing contaminated ground water and process water directly into Las Vegas' storm sewers. The level of disregard for environmental regulations and safety is insane.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 2d

Would you rather enfranchise Muslim Algerians or overthrow the 4th Republic?

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 2d

The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa (Chicago).

Carrie Fisher holding am M16 in The Blues Brothers.

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 2d

Hey now...a billion here, a trillion there, before you know it, we're talking real money.

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Dan Kim (김명준) @danielmkim.bsky.social · 3d

I saw this on IG & now you hear it too.

Edited “War Pig” lyrics
Generals gathered in their massss
Just to listen to 2 dumbasses

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 3d

War...war definitely changes

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 3d

With hammers you say?

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, you cant hear the falconer?

Sounds like a skill issue to me.

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 3d

**Mongolian throat singing intensifies**

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 4d

Within the context of the song while they dont use her name in the lyrics they imply the title is a euphemism for getting drunk in the back of a club.

"ah ha hush that fuss,
everybody move to the back of the bus,
do you wanna bump and slump wit us
we the type of people make the club get crunk"

Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 4d

Parks v. LaFace Records - Wikipedia share.google/CBpofiN0CiqZ...

Parks v. LaFace Records - Wikipedia

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 4d

Lord of the Rings Adaptation Attempts Included Beatles, John Boorman share.google/iNsZXcKK4zFs...

The Beatles Almost Starred in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ for Director Stanley Kubrick

There were several attempts to adapt Lord of the Rings before Peter Jackson, but The Beatles with Stanley Kubrick is the most notable.

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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 4d

But three decades before, the Beatles had tried to get a “Lord of the Rings” film off the ground. After playing themselves in “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Help!,” the Fab Four was ready to play fictional characters. Apple Films executive Denis O’Dell spearheaded the hunt for material, and Lennon reportedly loved the idea of “Rings.” Lennon would play Gollum, Paul McCartney would play Frodo, George Harrison would be Gandalf and Ringo Starr would play Sam.

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