David Colborne
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Opinion columnist for The Nevada Independent. [REDACTED]. @wendycolborne.bsky.social wife guy. Manages IT people on the side (full time).
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Scotty's Castle, built in the 1920s, is tucked away in the desert in Death Valley National Park and was one of the park's biggest attractions.
After 10 years of repairs, the landmark is offering limited tours.
Via AP: thenevadaindependent.com/article/deat...
After 10 years of repairs, the landmark is offering limited tours.
Via AP: thenevadaindependent.com/article/deat...
Death Valley landmark Scotty’s Castle is reopening for limited tours after years of flood repairs - The Nevada Independent
Scotty's Castle, built in the 1920s, is tucked away in the desert in Death Valley National Park and was one of the park's biggest attractions.
thenevadaindependent.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Scotty's Castle, built in the 1920s, is tucked away in the desert in Death Valley National Park and was one of the park's biggest attractions.
After 10 years of repairs, the landmark is offering limited tours.
Via AP: thenevadaindependent.com/article/deat...
After 10 years of repairs, the landmark is offering limited tours.
Via AP: thenevadaindependent.com/article/deat...
A tip for managers: When facing a difficult choice, ask those doing the work if they have a better solution than any of the ones you thought of.
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 PM
A tip for managers: When facing a difficult choice, ask those doing the work if they have a better solution than any of the ones you thought of.
This thread is nearly as harrowing as it would be to walk towards the interior of a barren, inhospitable continent to uncertain death.
Someone should ask Herzog what he thinks about his documentary being co-opted like this and record his ensuing profanity on video.
Someone should ask Herzog what he thinks about his documentary being co-opted like this and record his ensuing profanity on video.
ok this is the second time I'm seen an apparent reference to that Werner Herzog clip about the insane penguin. what the fuck is going on over there
Visual metaphors are my passion
January 30, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This thread is nearly as harrowing as it would be to walk towards the interior of a barren, inhospitable continent to uncertain death.
Someone should ask Herzog what he thinks about his documentary being co-opted like this and record his ensuing profanity on video.
Someone should ask Herzog what he thinks about his documentary being co-opted like this and record his ensuing profanity on video.
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I just want to spit in the face of everyone who mainstreamed this contemptible freak.
I don’t know what I expected when I saw that Chris Rufo was taking on the “fascism canard” but lol
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I just want to spit in the face of everyone who mainstreamed this contemptible freak.
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the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 PM
the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.
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Source familiar with Don Lemon's arrest tells me DOJ went to a grand jury to secure an indictment (DOJ's effort to get a criminal complaint had already been rejected in court twice).
This is ugly. More soon.
This is ugly. More soon.
January 30, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Source familiar with Don Lemon's arrest tells me DOJ went to a grand jury to secure an indictment (DOJ's effort to get a criminal complaint had already been rejected in court twice).
This is ugly. More soon.
This is ugly. More soon.
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Activists know more about activism than I, and I wouldn’t presume to tell them how to activist.
But one thing I do know about is Information Age state capacity. If you’ve done activism in public, there’s a good chance they know who you are already. If they haven’t grabbed you, anonymity isn’t why.
But one thing I do know about is Information Age state capacity. If you’ve done activism in public, there’s a good chance they know who you are already. If they haven’t grabbed you, anonymity isn’t why.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Activists know more about activism than I, and I wouldn’t presume to tell them how to activist.
But one thing I do know about is Information Age state capacity. If you’ve done activism in public, there’s a good chance they know who you are already. If they haven’t grabbed you, anonymity isn’t why.
But one thing I do know about is Information Age state capacity. If you’ve done activism in public, there’s a good chance they know who you are already. If they haven’t grabbed you, anonymity isn’t why.
Bobby Hill precedent just established:
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Bobby Hill precedent just established:
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my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
Ps: a common refrain that you'll hear is that "you're saying the Dems can't be at fault, it's the voters, as if the voters owe something to politicians and not the other way around!"
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
Yes, actually, that's how the social contract of democracy works. Voters yet the government they work for. Or don't.
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
my increasingly curmudgeonly take is that we all, in fact, have responsibilities. politics isn't an arena for self-actualization. it's an arena for public service. this is as true of voters as it is of politicians.
Real estate guy has real estate guy interests.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Real estate guy has real estate guy interests.
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“Listen, in the past, I have not supported shutdowns. This one is different. We are addressing appropriations for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has abused its position.”
Another great exclusive, this one with @SenCortezMasto, via @MiniRacker.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/this...
Another great exclusive, this one with @SenCortezMasto, via @MiniRacker.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/this...
‘This one is different’: Cortez Masto says GOP must separate DHS bill to avoid shutdown - The Nevada Independent
The senator, who criticized Kristi Noem, said she would consider the facts and “make an appropriate decision at that time” if the DHS secretary is impeached.
thenevadaindependent.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
“Listen, in the past, I have not supported shutdowns. This one is different. We are addressing appropriations for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has abused its position.”
Another great exclusive, this one with @SenCortezMasto, via @MiniRacker.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/this...
Another great exclusive, this one with @SenCortezMasto, via @MiniRacker.
thenevadaindependent.com/article/this...
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OPINION by Michael Schaus: From “Don’t tread on me” to “Govern me harder” — how MAGA has contorted itself into the party of vengeful authoritarianism and unquestioning partisan sycophancy.
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
OPINION by Michael Schaus: From “Don’t tread on me” to “Govern me harder” — how MAGA has contorted itself into the party of vengeful authoritarianism and unquestioning partisan sycophancy.
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
"Ahoy-hoy, neighbor! Does this cloth smell like chloroform to you, perchance?"
The Jan 28, 1873 Pioche Record reported that some burglars in town were using chloroform to daze residents before robbing them, sometimes administering chloroform as they sleep. t.co/bgXtIuIjdp
Also: Chloroform is a verb (I wasn't sure. Had to check.).
Also: Chloroform is a verb (I wasn't sure. Had to check.).
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 AM
"Ahoy-hoy, neighbor! Does this cloth smell like chloroform to you, perchance?"
If you think about it, a Georgist who supports women is a LLERF (Land Lord Exclusive Radical Feminist).
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If you think about it, a Georgist who supports women is a LLERF (Land Lord Exclusive Radical Feminist).
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Liberals say that protesters in Minnesota may have saved our democracy. They're wrong—protesters in Minnesota may have saved our republic.
January 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Liberals say that protesters in Minnesota may have saved our democracy. They're wrong—protesters in Minnesota may have saved our republic.
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Every single time a Trumpist says “the rhetoric of the left is putting people in danger,” wave your middle finger in their face, because they are lying shitbirds without any principles.
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Every single time a Trumpist says “the rhetoric of the left is putting people in danger,” wave your middle finger in their face, because they are lying shitbirds without any principles.
From @cato.org:
'Last Tuesday, a top DOJ lawyer argued in the Supreme Court that people have a right to carry guns in public. By Saturday, another DOJ official warned: “If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you."'
'Last Tuesday, a top DOJ lawyer argued in the Supreme Court that people have a right to carry guns in public. By Saturday, another DOJ official warned: “If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you."'
The Second Amendment Is Meaningless If the Government Can Kill You for Exercising It
The Second Amendment gives people the right to bear arms, and the Fourth Amendment promises to stop the government from killing them for doing so.
www.cato.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:24 PM
From @cato.org:
'Last Tuesday, a top DOJ lawyer argued in the Supreme Court that people have a right to carry guns in public. By Saturday, another DOJ official warned: “If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you."'
'Last Tuesday, a top DOJ lawyer argued in the Supreme Court that people have a right to carry guns in public. By Saturday, another DOJ official warned: “If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you."'
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He hates federalism for the same reason he hates free speech, civil society, most pop culture, and the Constitution. He fundamentally, deep in his bones in a way he could never coherently articulate, is animated by all-consuming hatred for the idea that anybody doesn't have to do what he commands.
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
January 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
He hates federalism for the same reason he hates free speech, civil society, most pop culture, and the Constitution. He fundamentally, deep in his bones in a way he could never coherently articulate, is animated by all-consuming hatred for the idea that anybody doesn't have to do what he commands.
Time for brunch, everyone!
Brave protesters in Minnesota stopped the country's slide into fascism. So now I can go back to attacking the illiberal left for its woke excesses.
January 28, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Time for brunch, everyone!
You're a doomer who shouts that none of this matters until Miller is impeached.
I am a doomer who whispers that none of this matters until the waters of Cocytus are dammed and the lamentations of the underworld are converted into hydropower for AI data centers.
We are not the same.
I am a doomer who whispers that none of this matters until the waters of Cocytus are dammed and the lamentations of the underworld are converted into hydropower for AI data centers.
We are not the same.
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 AM
You're a doomer who shouts that none of this matters until Miller is impeached.
I am a doomer who whispers that none of this matters until the waters of Cocytus are dammed and the lamentations of the underworld are converted into hydropower for AI data centers.
We are not the same.
I am a doomer who whispers that none of this matters until the waters of Cocytus are dammed and the lamentations of the underworld are converted into hydropower for AI data centers.
We are not the same.
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Dangerous domestic terrorist vs patriotic 2A enthusiast
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Dangerous domestic terrorist vs patriotic 2A enthusiast
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look, as an Iranian American I can safely say that no one really cares about kidnapping and hostage taking at foreign embassies and it is not something that countries hold long grudges about - so I think this will quickly pass.
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 PM
look, as an Iranian American I can safely say that no one really cares about kidnapping and hostage taking at foreign embassies and it is not something that countries hold long grudges about - so I think this will quickly pass.
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There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability.
My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.