ToD isPAy
@dinorocket.bsky.social
Politics of a bleeding-heart liberal(I will not give up that term), wrestling takes of a decades-long smark, Magic takes of a filthy casual, and probably some other stuff. Background is Lucius Junius Brutus, who overthrew the last king of Rome.
A: They definitely weren’t aiming for the leg. It’s damn near impossible to hit a target like the leg while running. They’re trained to aim at the chest (well, if they receive any training at all).
B: He isn’t leaving the house because they’re going to kill him.
B: He isn’t leaving the house because they’re going to kill him.
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 AM
A: They definitely weren’t aiming for the leg. It’s damn near impossible to hit a target like the leg while running. They’re trained to aim at the chest (well, if they receive any training at all).
B: He isn’t leaving the house because they’re going to kill him.
B: He isn’t leaving the house because they’re going to kill him.
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Where is the outrage about schools having to close now, due to ICE/CBP attacks (with no end in sight)? No concerns about learning loss? It’s bad to have to close for public health reasons, but not because our society is being ripped apart at the seams, and our government is attacking us?
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Where is the outrage about schools having to close now, due to ICE/CBP attacks (with no end in sight)? No concerns about learning loss? It’s bad to have to close for public health reasons, but not because our society is being ripped apart at the seams, and our government is attacking us?
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What? The AI companies have misrepresented what they're doing and how it was done? That's unpossible!
GenAI companies keep claiming the books and copyrighted works their programed were "trained" on without permission didn't retain complete copies in their systems. This was a lie.
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:02 PM
What? The AI companies have misrepresented what they're doing and how it was done? That's unpossible!
I wouldn’t trust any ICE agent to succeed at Burger King training. You can’t “train up” white supremacists with anger management problems.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
WARNER: It used to take 5 to 6 months to get trained. They've now lowered the training period to 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump's the 47th president. Tell me that's a rational approach
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I wouldn’t trust any ICE agent to succeed at Burger King training. You can’t “train up” white supremacists with anger management problems.
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Minneapolis uterus havers: if you’re bleeding out of cycle and wondering why, it’s the tear gas. Really, it does that
January 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Minneapolis uterus havers: if you’re bleeding out of cycle and wondering why, it’s the tear gas. Really, it does that
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town.
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Please understand what it means when journalists are evacuating their family members out of town.
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
In any other country, we would be approaching "foreign sanctions" territory
“Hilton is a welcoming place for all, unless you happen to not look white in which case our other guests might arrest you without cause and make you disappear in the middle of the night”.
Never want to sleep at a Hilton again.
Never want to sleep at a Hilton again.
Hilton Hotels doubles-down on their support for the American Gestapo.
When looking for a hotel, there are *plenty* of other choices.
When looking for a hotel, there are *plenty* of other choices.
January 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
“Hilton is a welcoming place for all, unless you happen to not look white in which case our other guests might arrest you without cause and make you disappear in the middle of the night”.
Never want to sleep at a Hilton again.
Never want to sleep at a Hilton again.
He does know that Russia is our neighbor… right? Like, that was a pretty significant SNL (which he obsessively watches) joke a few years back.
Trump: "If we don't take Greenland, you're gonna have Russia or China as your next door neighbor. That's not going to happen."
January 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
He does know that Russia is our neighbor… right? Like, that was a pretty significant SNL (which he obsessively watches) joke a few years back.
It’s not about what’s real. It’s about what they think they can get away with claiming knowing that their cultists will never actually watch the video and will just take their word for it.
i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
ah. they all got the memo
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January 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
It’s not about what’s real. It’s about what they think they can get away with claiming knowing that their cultists will never actually watch the video and will just take their word for it.
Watchable television
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat https://theonion.com/ken-burns-announces-new-10-part-mr-biscuits-documentary-after-adopting-cat/
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Watchable television
We had immigration enforcement before ICE and it was sufficient. Undocumented immigrants who just try to work and raise their families are fine and valued members of our society.
ICE wouldn’t have prevented 9-11, which is the stated reason for it existing.
ICE wouldn’t have prevented 9-11, which is the stated reason for it existing.
I think it’s silly to force a false choice between “continue to fund ICE at unprecedented levels” or “abolish internal immigration enforcement.”
But also, Dems are wimpy and scared to come up w a plan, bc they’ll get yelled at for not doing abolish.
But also, Dems are wimpy and scared to come up w a plan, bc they’ll get yelled at for not doing abolish.
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
We had immigration enforcement before ICE and it was sufficient. Undocumented immigrants who just try to work and raise their families are fine and valued members of our society.
ICE wouldn’t have prevented 9-11, which is the stated reason for it existing.
ICE wouldn’t have prevented 9-11, which is the stated reason for it existing.
If they didn’t think there was a possibility of losing power things would be way worse right now. These are the desperate actions of people who are not trained to handle the kind of pressure that’s directed their way and DEFINITELY aren’t qualified to hold a gun in the name of law enforcement.
Many are arguing that they wouldn't be acting this way if they thought they were subject to free & fair elections.
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If they didn’t think there was a possibility of losing power things would be way worse right now. These are the desperate actions of people who are not trained to handle the kind of pressure that’s directed their way and DEFINITELY aren’t qualified to hold a gun in the name of law enforcement.
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Agreed. They've been in a hurry since Day One, throwing everything at the wall in a drunken mix of triumphalism and desperation, knowing the clock is ticking.
It's precisely because they fear the backlash and running out of time. There's no frog-boiling happening here, they went to 11 immediately.
It's precisely because they fear the backlash and running out of time. There's no frog-boiling happening here, they went to 11 immediately.
Many are arguing that they wouldn't be acting this way if they thought they were subject to free & fair elections.
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Agreed. They've been in a hurry since Day One, throwing everything at the wall in a drunken mix of triumphalism and desperation, knowing the clock is ticking.
It's precisely because they fear the backlash and running out of time. There's no frog-boiling happening here, they went to 11 immediately.
It's precisely because they fear the backlash and running out of time. There's no frog-boiling happening here, they went to 11 immediately.
Sometimes I think he’s hoping to be excommunicated. It’d probably play well with the Protestant evangelicals.
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Sometimes I think he’s hoping to be excommunicated. It’d probably play well with the Protestant evangelicals.
There are research and theories coming out about the problems of LED lighting and mitochondria and how certain red lighting impacts how mitochondria “spin” and all I can think of is the guy from ST:DS9 who boldly asked, “do your cells get bored?”.
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
There are research and theories coming out about the problems of LED lighting and mitochondria and how certain red lighting impacts how mitochondria “spin” and all I can think of is the guy from ST:DS9 who boldly asked, “do your cells get bored?”.
Completely unfair to Disney Princesses, each of which is tougher than every single ICE agent combined.
Q: After you told ICE to get the F out, Republicans are criticizing you for escalating tensions
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
FREY: I'm sorry if I offered their Disney princess ears, but if we're talking about what's inflammatory, on one hand you got someone who dropped an F bomb & on other you have someone who killed someone
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Completely unfair to Disney Princesses, each of which is tougher than every single ICE agent combined.
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New episodes are back! We discuss grandma hobbies and Tom Goldstein. Also, fuck ICE.
New episode out today! Come for the meat raffle, stay for former SCOTUS practitioner Tom Goldstein doing Japanese rope bondage.
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Shibari n' Stolen Elections
Podcast Episode · Lawyers Behaving Badly · 01/08/2026 · 1h 6m
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January 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
New episodes are back! We discuss grandma hobbies and Tom Goldstein. Also, fuck ICE.
My son has started calling Lorwyn Eclipsed the “muppet set”.
January 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
My son has started calling Lorwyn Eclipsed the “muppet set”.
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They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
The Trump administration sent out letters tonight to 5 blue states, freezing about $10 billion in funding for child care and social services programs pending a "thorough review," citing concerns over "systemic fraud."
5 Democratic-run states are told that their child care funds have been frozen
The suspension of the funds could hurt low-income families in those states, depending on how long it lasts, advocates say.
www.axios.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.
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It's like reading "The Monkey's Paw" and thinking "Man, I wish I had one of those."
People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
January 7, 2026 at 5:07 AM
It's like reading "The Monkey's Paw" and thinking "Man, I wish I had one of those."
The amount of time it takes to go from “nice job Hilton, glad I stay at Hiltons whenever available” to “fuck you Hilton you just lost a multiple-decade exclusive customer” is about 7 hours.
www.reuters.com/world/us/hil...
www.reuters.com/world/us/hil...
Hilton drops Minneapolis hotel over cancelled ICE bookings
Hilton Worldwide Holdings has removed from its system a Minneapolis hotel that has refused to accept the bookings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the hotel operator said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The amount of time it takes to go from “nice job Hilton, glad I stay at Hiltons whenever available” to “fuck you Hilton you just lost a multiple-decade exclusive customer” is about 7 hours.
www.reuters.com/world/us/hil...
www.reuters.com/world/us/hil...
Bad oil. Difficult to refi e oil that can actually hurt our refineries. This isn’t even seizing old technology, this was a military action that will ultimately poison the US’s oil infrastructure.
If the US holds Venezuela, we will seize 17% of oil -- yesterday's technology. If China uses this precedent to take Taiwan, it will own 60% of semiconductors -- tomorrow's technology. See what happens when you elect evil & stupid at the same time?
Really American FB
Really American FB
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Bad oil. Difficult to refi e oil that can actually hurt our refineries. This isn’t even seizing old technology, this was a military action that will ultimately poison the US’s oil infrastructure.
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An official NYT response means this is clearly a sore spot for them and people should keep hitting the target
NYT says a Trans News Network interview with ex-NYT editor Billie Jean Sweeney about NYT's gender identity coverage included "factually inaccurate criticisms" (The New York Times Company)
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January 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
An official NYT response means this is clearly a sore spot for them and people should keep hitting the target
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This situation is precisely why we have impeachment
January 5, 2026 at 12:34 PM
This situation is precisely why we have impeachment