Chrome Guardsman
@chromeguardsman.bsky.social
History Nerd, Geek, Gamer, Teacher.
He/Him.
He/Him.
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Remember that speech from Dec 18 where he SCREAMED AT FULL VOLUME AT THE CAMERA for fifteen minutes then immediately fucked off?
My money is that's how the SOTU will be held this year. Not in front of Congress but on a safe stage...unless he refuses to let them shift the venue.
My money is that's how the SOTU will be held this year. Not in front of Congress but on a safe stage...unless he refuses to let them shift the venue.
He’s no longer capable of long performative oratories. He can’t stay on any topic, and any challenge to him is met with instant rebuke (“Quiet, piggy”). Horse-doping levels of drugs or not, there’s no way they’re putting him in front of Congress for an hour-plus.
February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Remember that speech from Dec 18 where he SCREAMED AT FULL VOLUME AT THE CAMERA for fifteen minutes then immediately fucked off?
My money is that's how the SOTU will be held this year. Not in front of Congress but on a safe stage...unless he refuses to let them shift the venue.
My money is that's how the SOTU will be held this year. Not in front of Congress but on a safe stage...unless he refuses to let them shift the venue.
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There's a State of the Union coming up on Feb 24 and it will in no way be any kind of normal.
NYT: “The depiction of Mr. and Mrs. Obama as apes perpetuates a racist trope promoted by slave traders and segregationists,” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Posts Video Portraying the Obamas as Apes
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
There's a State of the Union coming up on Feb 24 and it will in no way be any kind of normal.
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Documents show RFK Jr lied to Congress about his agenda in Samoa—he did indeed go to spread anti-scientific doubts about vaccines. He was ultimately successful in getting an outbreak going there that killed 83 people, mostly babies and young children.
RFK Jr said during his Senate confirmation hearings that his trip to Samoa in 2019 ahead of a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines." Documents obtained by @us.theguardian.com and @apnews.com undermine that testimony. Details here, by me and @aliswenson.bsky.social ⬇️
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Documents show RFK Jr lied to Congress about his agenda in Samoa—he did indeed go to spread anti-scientific doubts about vaccines. He was ultimately successful in getting an outbreak going there that killed 83 people, mostly babies and young children.
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good explanation for what's going on with bitcoin right now
I wrote about the crypto crash and why this is the worst crypto winter in the industry's history.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:10 AM
good explanation for what's going on with bitcoin right now
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They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
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Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
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if Mamdani is actually a commie then we need to fire up Zohran clone vats like we're playing Soviets in Red Alert 2
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 6:20 AM
if Mamdani is actually a commie then we need to fire up Zohran clone vats like we're playing Soviets in Red Alert 2
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Wanted: Democratic Party leaders who understand leverage, negotiation, and moral courage.
This should have been the move from day one:
This should have been the move from day one:
Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
February 6, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Wanted: Democratic Party leaders who understand leverage, negotiation, and moral courage.
This should have been the move from day one:
This should have been the move from day one:
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They did the thing! They did the TV Tropes thing that you get yelled at for doing in stories cus its too on the nose! LIKE COME ON!!! This is mustache twerling!
MEMPHIS: “Memphis Safe Task Force” (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for on a drug warrant
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
“He was harmless. There’s no reason he should’ve done that.”
@GovBillLee this is what we’re paying $1 Million a day for?🤔
Full: wreg.com/news/video-u...
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They did the thing! They did the TV Tropes thing that you get yelled at for doing in stories cus its too on the nose! LIKE COME ON!!! This is mustache twerling!
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I know that they will always do the cruelest thing and the most racist thing, but the extent to which these particular fuckers will also do the stupidest thing.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I know that they will always do the cruelest thing and the most racist thing, but the extent to which these particular fuckers will also do the stupidest thing.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
Fire up the phones. Make every fucking member of the GOP own this.
Fuck them.
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Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
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Science has just published a news story about this, which includes an interview with one of the editors in chief of Vaccine, @angierasmussen.bsky.social
It's so, so shady, ugh
www.science.org/content/arti...
It's so, so shady, ugh
www.science.org/content/arti...
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Science has just published a news story about this, which includes an interview with one of the editors in chief of Vaccine, @angierasmussen.bsky.social
It's so, so shady, ugh
www.science.org/content/arti...
It's so, so shady, ugh
www.science.org/content/arti...
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In any event, the revival of talking up the SAVE Act, after they'd mostly abandoned it, isn't because they have any delusions of passing it. It needs 60 votes and they don't have 51 to nuke the filibuster for it. It's about the propaganda talking points, to rhetorically delegitimize the elections.
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
In any event, the revival of talking up the SAVE Act, after they'd mostly abandoned it, isn't because they have any delusions of passing it. It needs 60 votes and they don't have 51 to nuke the filibuster for it. It's about the propaganda talking points, to rhetorically delegitimize the elections.
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They didn't include any voter ID requirements in the SAVE Act because, as problematic and abused as those laws are to be sure, the quantifiable effects are pretty marginal. Dems still win elections in states w/ voter ID all the time. They want something much more radical and harmful than that.
February 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
They didn't include any voter ID requirements in the SAVE Act because, as problematic and abused as those laws are to be sure, the quantifiable effects are pretty marginal. Dems still win elections in states w/ voter ID all the time. They want something much more radical and harmful than that.
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SAVE Act has nothing to do with voter ID, that's not in there. It creates deliberately difficult hurdles for registration to vote, where a DL-type ID isn't sufficient. But states that don't check ID at the polls would not be required to start. Every time they claim it's a "voter ID" bill is a lie.
NBC: Is Trump suggesting the federal government count votes in elections?
LEAVITT: What he's suggesting is that Republicans and Democrats in Congress should pass the Save America Act. It will require voter ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register to vote.
LEAVITT: What he's suggesting is that Republicans and Democrats in Congress should pass the Save America Act. It will require voter ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register to vote.
February 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
SAVE Act has nothing to do with voter ID, that's not in there. It creates deliberately difficult hurdles for registration to vote, where a DL-type ID isn't sufficient. But states that don't check ID at the polls would not be required to start. Every time they claim it's a "voter ID" bill is a lie.
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"Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social coauthored a letter to the CEOs of Apple & Google asking the companies to pull X from its app stores due to Grok’s repeated generation of nonconsensual sexual imagery ... On the same day that he sent the letter, Markey made 5 posts on X."
@phileil.bsky.social
@phileil.bsky.social
Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, and other New England politicians need to quit X - The Boston Globe
Elected officials should not be lending legitimacy to Elon Musk’s toxic social media site.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
"Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social coauthored a letter to the CEOs of Apple & Google asking the companies to pull X from its app stores due to Grok’s repeated generation of nonconsensual sexual imagery ... On the same day that he sent the letter, Markey made 5 posts on X."
@phileil.bsky.social
@phileil.bsky.social
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Compromise position: rename the Epstein files to “The Epstein files featuring Donald Trump”
BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...
www.cnn.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Compromise position: rename the Epstein files to “The Epstein files featuring Donald Trump”
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Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers. trib.al/eiYvT8m
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
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Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...
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The Prime Minister of Poland says that it’s likely that Epstein ran a Russian honey trap organization to snare Americans - a premeditated operation by the KGB - and it was a trap set for the elites of the Western world.
February 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The Prime Minister of Poland says that it’s likely that Epstein ran a Russian honey trap organization to snare Americans - a premeditated operation by the KGB - and it was a trap set for the elites of the Western world.
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Hey so trumprx actually went live and it's got the same cost savings as goodrx. Exactly the same. However it's worse because it doesn't include generics. Generic protonix is about $6.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
February 6, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Hey so trumprx actually went live and it's got the same cost savings as goodrx. Exactly the same. However it's worse because it doesn't include generics. Generic protonix is about $6.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
This literally does nothing. What a joke.
Watched a streamer i follow play the beginning of this game today. Looked like a lot of fun, though obviously still unpolished.
Main thing i disliked was how crowded the movement squares look with a squad in them. They should increase their size some, let the troopers spread out in them.
Main thing i disliked was how crowded the movement squares look with a squad in them. They should increase their size some, let the troopers spread out in them.
In MENACE, you are the commander of the strike cruiser TCRN Impetus, stranded in the backwater Wayback System.
Your ship has been heavily damaged, and you'll need to slot new Operational Capability Improvements (O.C.I.) to repair it. Choose from three categories: Electronics, Armament, and Hull.
Your ship has been heavily damaged, and you'll need to slot new Operational Capability Improvements (O.C.I.) to repair it. Choose from three categories: Electronics, Armament, and Hull.
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Watched a streamer i follow play the beginning of this game today. Looked like a lot of fun, though obviously still unpolished.
Main thing i disliked was how crowded the movement squares look with a squad in them. They should increase their size some, let the troopers spread out in them.
Main thing i disliked was how crowded the movement squares look with a squad in them. They should increase their size some, let the troopers spread out in them.
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Firefox will offer a way to turn off AI! Finally!
And I said, “But Lord, why did I see SO MANY sets of footprints in the sand?”
And He replied, “That was when an AI bot with five feet hijacked your Internet search for a muffin recipe and dragged you across the beach screaming in frustration—“
And I said, “But Lord, why did I see SO MANY sets of footprints in the sand?”
And He replied, “That was when an AI bot with five feet hijacked your Internet search for a muffin recipe and dragged you across the beach screaming in frustration—“
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Firefox will offer a way to turn off AI! Finally!
And I said, “But Lord, why did I see SO MANY sets of footprints in the sand?”
And He replied, “That was when an AI bot with five feet hijacked your Internet search for a muffin recipe and dragged you across the beach screaming in frustration—“
And I said, “But Lord, why did I see SO MANY sets of footprints in the sand?”
And He replied, “That was when an AI bot with five feet hijacked your Internet search for a muffin recipe and dragged you across the beach screaming in frustration—“