Wizard_of_Obs
@brianhiestand.bsky.social
Emergency medicine, smoked and grilled meats, and martial arts. Coding and compliance work as well. Opinions are very much my own, do not represent my employer, etc etc.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Good morning.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.
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I’ll put it more simply: my first (and best) aerobatic flight instructor looked me in the eye before our first lesson and said: “remember, airplanes really like the ground. They really really like the ground.”
Aviation is inherently dangerous: a million pounds of metal and fuel magically flying at 500mph. The engineering and systems we have developed are just amazing and have given everyone the idea that it’s all cheap and safe. It ain’t. It’s expensive and it requires constant vigilance and organization.
'That just gave me chills': CNN anchor spooked by Kentucky governor's report on UPS crash
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I’ll put it more simply: my first (and best) aerobatic flight instructor looked me in the eye before our first lesson and said: “remember, airplanes really like the ground. They really really like the ground.”
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Me, applying for an admin position: I'll do x, y, and z, these are all my big plans
Search committee: you know the budget isn't even $200k
Me: ...
Them: ...
Me: I am a humanist, do you know how much damage I can do with like $12 and a toothpick?
Search committee: you know the budget isn't even $200k
Me: ...
Them: ...
Me: I am a humanist, do you know how much damage I can do with like $12 and a toothpick?
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Me, applying for an admin position: I'll do x, y, and z, these are all my big plans
Search committee: you know the budget isn't even $200k
Me: ...
Them: ...
Me: I am a humanist, do you know how much damage I can do with like $12 and a toothpick?
Search committee: you know the budget isn't even $200k
Me: ...
Them: ...
Me: I am a humanist, do you know how much damage I can do with like $12 and a toothpick?
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My friend @drannieandrews.com will be Lindsey Graham's opponent.
She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.
She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My friend @drannieandrews.com will be Lindsey Graham's opponent.
She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.
She is a pediatric surgeon who has performed spinal surgeries on children, running against a grownup with no spine. Dr. Andrews is poised to perform a full Lindsey-ectomy on the United States Senate.
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The discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files only received a handful of GOP votes.
But when we get the actual vote to release them, I'm presuming we'll see a whole lot more, right?
"Congressman _____ voted against releasing the Epstein Files" isn't an ad you want before the midterms
But when we get the actual vote to release them, I'm presuming we'll see a whole lot more, right?
"Congressman _____ voted against releasing the Epstein Files" isn't an ad you want before the midterms
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The discharge petition to force a vote on the Epstein Files only received a handful of GOP votes.
But when we get the actual vote to release them, I'm presuming we'll see a whole lot more, right?
"Congressman _____ voted against releasing the Epstein Files" isn't an ad you want before the midterms
But when we get the actual vote to release them, I'm presuming we'll see a whole lot more, right?
"Congressman _____ voted against releasing the Epstein Files" isn't an ad you want before the midterms
Any BU alumni on my follower list? Not a great look here, @bostonu.bsky.social
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Any BU alumni on my follower list? Not a great look here, @bostonu.bsky.social
Holy hell, people. If you have to walk around the gym with the constant use of a snot-tissue...1) stay home or 2) at bare minimum, mask up to prevent booger virus clouds please.
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Holy hell, people. If you have to walk around the gym with the constant use of a snot-tissue...1) stay home or 2) at bare minimum, mask up to prevent booger virus clouds please.
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“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“When you erase history, you make it easier to repeat…It’s about shaping what people believe about America itself…if the struggles of Black Americans are scrubbed…then it becomes easier to claim that systemic racism never existed in the first place. And that’s the real goal.” - Julian Vasquez Heili
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Rand Paul is more principled about hemp than Chuck Schumer is about Americans affording healthcare www.foxnews.com/politics/rep...
Reporter's Notebook: Paul stands firm against spending bill as shutdown clock ticks
Sen. Rand Paul blocks government funding bill over hemp provisions, potentially extending shutdown through complex Senate procedural delays.
www.foxnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Rand Paul is more principled about hemp than Chuck Schumer is about Americans affording healthcare www.foxnews.com/politics/rep...
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Sitting on my back porch, literally watching winter arrive in the form of a storm front with a freeze warning behind it.
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Sitting on my back porch, literally watching winter arrive in the form of a storm front with a freeze warning behind it.
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So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?
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I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
Covid moderna in one arm, shingrix in the other today. A little sore was it, until full on rigors almost exactly 12 hours after the shots. May be a rough night after all...
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Covid moderna in one arm, shingrix in the other today. A little sore was it, until full on rigors almost exactly 12 hours after the shots. May be a rough night after all...
I wonder how much a bacta tank full of voltaren gel would cost...
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I wonder how much a bacta tank full of voltaren gel would cost...
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Kicking in the doors of daycares is a great way to turn wine moms into molotov cocktail moms.
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Kicking in the doors of daycares is a great way to turn wine moms into molotov cocktail moms.
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When your own words come back to kick you in the mouth.
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
When your own words come back to kick you in the mouth.
Art will find a way...
Yet another talent I didn’t know was a thing
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Art will find a way...
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Average SNAP benefit per person is less than $200.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Average SNAP benefit per person is less than $200.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
Elon has received over $38 billion of our tax payer dollars.
But go on about soda Karen.
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While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
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"If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed ... and we will deserve it."
-- Lindsey Graham, 2016.
-- Lindsey Graham, 2016.
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed ... and we will deserve it."
-- Lindsey Graham, 2016.
-- Lindsey Graham, 2016.
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25-year-old Ukrainian powerlifter from Mykolaiv,Dmytro Polovych, who has cerebral palsy,won the WPA Hungary World Championships by lifting 105 kilograms
Dmytro was born with level IV cerebral palsy.Doctors warned that he would never be able to take even a single step or hold his head up on his own
Dmytro was born with level IV cerebral palsy.Doctors warned that he would never be able to take even a single step or hold his head up on his own
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
25-year-old Ukrainian powerlifter from Mykolaiv,Dmytro Polovych, who has cerebral palsy,won the WPA Hungary World Championships by lifting 105 kilograms
Dmytro was born with level IV cerebral palsy.Doctors warned that he would never be able to take even a single step or hold his head up on his own
Dmytro was born with level IV cerebral palsy.Doctors warned that he would never be able to take even a single step or hold his head up on his own
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(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby) 🎶socialist muslim🎶
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby) 🎶socialist muslim🎶
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BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...