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@ammartin.bsky.social

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I own a computer. Mechanical Engineer OH ➡️ WA Mostly dumb jokes about tech or current events

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · Apr 10

My "I have become so ensconced in internet culture that I am incapable of thought outside the confines of meme formats and it has become a hindrance to my ability to consume and process information let alone interact with others" shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

The idea that world events and life-or-death political decisions should turn on what one elderly US citizen sees on a TV sounds like the premise for a 1970s dystopian satire written by the most hysterical Marxist novelist seeking to magnify the moral rot and decadence of a declining American empire…

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

“One former senior Trump administration official from the first term tells Zeteo that…when Trump was publicly dangling the idea of attacking Iranian cultural sites…the president indeed… asked…aides what they thought of striking the specific targets offered up by the likes of Hegseth &…Sean Hannity.”

Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 16h

For my piece today at @zeteo.com i wanted to truly underscore how punishingly stupid american fascism is now. Like, my original proposed headline for this was:

Our Democracy Is Imperiled Because One Old Man Won’t Stop ‘Yelling’ At His TV. zeteo.com/p/trump-addi...

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 9h

Going to finally get to the bottom of the mystery of who keeps shitting in my pants

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 16h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 10h

This ep made me consider the alternate reality where RIM adopts Android early in its life, 2010/2011 or so. It took them so long to release the Priv that hardly anyone cared about the company by the time it released.

Why did the big biopic/dramedy not cover the Priv? Everyone's favorite phone!

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 3d

Similarly describing him as an "expert on antifa" rather than an "antifascism researcher" further legitimates antifa as a proper noun in a way that makes zero sense

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 4d

Okay. So another Dem just tried to fight me in my mentions over Amy McGrath. It was pure armchair analysis, and weird.

But here's why I'm bringing it up: we HAVE to get it together, fellow Dems.

We're seeing democracy-eroding acts from this administration Every. Day.

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, so the animations they release on YouTube won't have the Nintendo characters visible to prevent them from being sued by Nintendo.

IGN @ign.com · 3d

Nintendo has at last offered something of an explanation for its mysterious short film project 'Closer to You', which debuted this week and was later revealed as featuring Pikmin.

Nintendo Finally Comments on This Week's 'Closer to You' Pikmin Videos, Reveals They're the First Short Films From Nintendo Pictures

Nintendo has at last offered something of an explanation for its mysterious short film project 'Closer to You', which debuted this week and was later revealed as featuring Pikmin.

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 4d

With the chip staying about the same, I wonder how much of the feature set is moving to my pixel watch 3/45mm.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4d

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 4d

The new following feed on The Verge's homepage is a real savior when prime day rolls around and the avalanche of affiliate links engulfs the website.

Thanks, @reckless.bsky.social

Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 4d

I thought the, "I haven't seen the tweet," excuse was bad in the first trump term.

The, "I haven't been paying attention to the words and actions of the federal government I run a branch of," excuse is maybe a touch worse this time around.

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 4d

Is a young pregnant Honduran woman a rabble rouser by default or...?

Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 4d

Affiliate links are news now. It's fucking awesome.

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Rob is reading On Thermonuclear War🧭 @robisreading.bsky.social · 5d

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 6d

First time the Pixel 10's 100x "zoom" impressed me: dogs chased a squirrel to the top of this telephone pole and it hunkered down.

Zoomed-in shot of a squirrel at the top of a wooden pole, lying as flat as possible. Clear blue sky in the background.

Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 6d

I think MAGA is effectively a magnetic field that's scrambling the democrats' instruments. It's hard to calibrate a strategy right now, and sticking to one's principles first and foremost is probably good intuition. And I think articles that overconfidently diagnose are mostly junk.

Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 7d

Looked like a funeral procession

Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 8d

"racism got Donald Trump elected" should not be a hot take, due to it being straightforwardly true

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8d

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 9d

The lawsuit boils down to two things: the “great level of deference” owed to the Executive Branch when federalizing the National Guard, and the obvious truth that the Executive Branch is, at the moment, completely out of its gourd and posting through it. www.theverge.com/policy/79204...

Oregon’s National Guard lawsuit hinges on Trump’s Truth Social posts

“The president thinks it’s World War II out here.”

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 9d

Proud to make a gift of this article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Returns to National Mall

www.nytimes.com

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Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 9d

In other words, there's no denying this creates a new vector to prevent sideloading an app like ICEblock that didn't exist *before* the identity verification requirement.

Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 9d

Google claims that sideloading is "fundamental to Android". But let's be honest, if the Trump admin requests an app takedown, will Google comply? And if they do, do they "un-verify" the developer?

android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets...

From Android developers blog post on the topic

Does this mean sideloading is going away on Android?
Absolutely not. Sideloading is fundamental to Android and it is not going away. Our new developer identity requirements are designed to protect users and developers from bad actors, not to limit choice. We want to make sure that if you download an app, it’s truly from the developer it claims to be published from, regardless of where you get the app. Verified developers will have the same freedom to distribute their apps directly to users through sideloading or through any app store they prefer.

From Android developers blog post on the topic

Do I still need to register my apps if I’m only distributing to a limited number of users?
We recommend you register. It's a simple, one-time process that will allow anyone to download and install your app. However, if you prefer not to, we are also introducing a free developer account type that will allow teachers, students, and hobbyists to distribute apps to a limited number of devices without needing to provide a government ID.

Andy 🏔️ @ammartin.bsky.social · 10d

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