Dark Star
@drdarkstar.bsky.social
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Dark Star
@drdarkstar.bsky.social
· Oct 17
At the intersection of Programming, Brewing, Cooking, Baking, Astrophotography, Science, Fantasy/Sci-Fi, RenFaire, D&D [he/him, Bard, Not a Doctor]
Friends?
Friends?
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UPDATE: TIKTOK IS COOKED. Our videos went from tens of thousands to 0.
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
UPDATE: TIKTOK IS COOKED. Our videos went from tens of thousands to 0.
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
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EVERY SINGLE THING ANY CONSERVATIVE EVER SAID THEY VALUED WAS A FUCKING LIE IN SERVICE TO PROTECTING THEIR SELF IMAGE AND SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY FROM THE ABSOLUTE FACT THAT IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING RACIST GARBAGE HUMANS
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
EVERY SINGLE THING ANY CONSERVATIVE EVER SAID THEY VALUED WAS A FUCKING LIE IN SERVICE TO PROTECTING THEIR SELF IMAGE AND SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY FROM THE ABSOLUTE FACT THAT IT IS ALL ABOUT BEING RACIST GARBAGE HUMANS
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To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
To put a finer point on it: Republicans have embraced the “insurrectionist theory” of the Second Amendment—the notion that you have a constitutional right to stage an armed rebellion against the government if it becomes tyrannical.
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
Now they’re lining up to say ICE can shoot any armed protester?
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Before trees, giant fungal spires were the largest organisms on Earth, reaching 8 m (26 ft) in height during the Silurian & Devonian periods.
How big is the Venn diagram overlap of people who are enthusiastic about paleomycology AND who also played 'Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)'?
How big is the Venn diagram overlap of people who are enthusiastic about paleomycology AND who also played 'Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)'?
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Before trees, giant fungal spires were the largest organisms on Earth, reaching 8 m (26 ft) in height during the Silurian & Devonian periods.
How big is the Venn diagram overlap of people who are enthusiastic about paleomycology AND who also played 'Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)'?
How big is the Venn diagram overlap of people who are enthusiastic about paleomycology AND who also played 'Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002)'?
Dear Canada, need any decent programmers with a bunch of experience who might want to depart before the full rise of the Nazi MAGA Reich? :)
January 25, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Dear Canada, need any decent programmers with a bunch of experience who might want to depart before the full rise of the Nazi MAGA Reich? :)
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Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “ICE is attacking 🇺🇸 citizens, kidnapping 5-year-olds and using them as bait to open doors, and violating constitutional rights by busting into their doors… They deserve to be defunded."
(H/T @meidastouch.com )
(H/T @meidastouch.com )
January 24, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “ICE is attacking 🇺🇸 citizens, kidnapping 5-year-olds and using them as bait to open doors, and violating constitutional rights by busting into their doors… They deserve to be defunded."
(H/T @meidastouch.com )
(H/T @meidastouch.com )
100% guarantee you they misspelled “Bored”
0 days without being an international embarrassment.
Trump Is Getting Dragged Over The Groanworthy Logo For His New 'Board Of Peace'—And It's Peak Trump
www.comicsands.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:34 AM
100% guarantee you they misspelled “Bored”
The damage is irreparable because they now know that on a whim the Moronic American GOP Assholes could vote in the next Idiocracy and take us right back to stupid. American has fallen from within.
US is too dumb to do what is necessary, arrest and try all these MAGA criminals ala Nuremberg.
US is too dumb to do what is necessary, arrest and try all these MAGA criminals ala Nuremberg.
REPUBLICAN Rep. Don Bacon: “There’s been grave damage done with our European allies. It’s going to take the next president to spend a lot of time trying to fix the relationship… our allies in Europe don’t think we’re dependable — and that’s a shame.”
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The damage is irreparable because they now know that on a whim the Moronic American GOP Assholes could vote in the next Idiocracy and take us right back to stupid. American has fallen from within.
US is too dumb to do what is necessary, arrest and try all these MAGA criminals ala Nuremberg.
US is too dumb to do what is necessary, arrest and try all these MAGA criminals ala Nuremberg.
It is the DUTY of the press to scream loud and nonstop about this, make it clear what shitheals these racist turds are. Should be headline news every single day with story after story defending our rights. They are demonizing and dehumanizing ENTIRE fucking populations exactly like fucking Nazi’s
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It is the DUTY of the press to scream loud and nonstop about this, make it clear what shitheals these racist turds are. Should be headline news every single day with story after story defending our rights. They are demonizing and dehumanizing ENTIRE fucking populations exactly like fucking Nazi’s
Ah I remember back in the day we had the illusion of a thin veneer of Rights.
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Ah I remember back in the day we had the illusion of a thin veneer of Rights.
They should ask him how embarrassing it is for him that he is so poorly informed on every topic of concern to the US
Mike Johnson tells me that he hasn’t seen Trump saying in Davos “what we have gotten out of NATO is nothing”
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
They should ask him how embarrassing it is for him that he is so poorly informed on every topic of concern to the US
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*We posted this earlier without the link so apologies
This is the easiest thing you will do all day. Please vote on this poll. While polls won’t save us, it can give a snapshot to how people feel, and it’s best to have a large sample size.
Link: okcfox.com/question/vot...
This is the easiest thing you will do all day. Please vote on this poll. While polls won’t save us, it can give a snapshot to how people feel, and it’s best to have a large sample size.
Link: okcfox.com/question/vot...
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 AM
*We posted this earlier without the link so apologies
This is the easiest thing you will do all day. Please vote on this poll. While polls won’t save us, it can give a snapshot to how people feel, and it’s best to have a large sample size.
Link: okcfox.com/question/vot...
This is the easiest thing you will do all day. Please vote on this poll. While polls won’t save us, it can give a snapshot to how people feel, and it’s best to have a large sample size.
Link: okcfox.com/question/vot...
Guess I’ll see you all The Day After Tomorrow
January 21, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Guess I’ll see you all The Day After Tomorrow
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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
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Two people you should never trust; A religious leader who tells you how to vote, and a polition who tells you how to pray.
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Two people you should never trust; A religious leader who tells you how to vote, and a polition who tells you how to pray.
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My grandmother taught me that if you can’t say something nice about a person then they just might be a piece of shit.
January 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
My grandmother taught me that if you can’t say something nice about a person then they just might be a piece of shit.
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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Enough is enough. I’ve signed onto Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Kristi Noem. Under Secretary Noem, DHS, and ICE have systemically violated the rights and privacy of Americans, terrorized our cities, and obstructed Congress. Real checks and balances are in order.
Democratic lawmakers to file articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem
Robin Kelly, Ilhan Omar and Maxine Dexter to move against homeland security secretary over ICE killing of Renee Good
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Enough is enough. I’ve signed onto Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Kristi Noem. Under Secretary Noem, DHS, and ICE have systemically violated the rights and privacy of Americans, terrorized our cities, and obstructed Congress. Real checks and balances are in order.
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EXCLUSIVE | Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 frontline agents—have allegedly been released by a DHS whistleblower.
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Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
EXCLUSIVE | Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 frontline agents—have allegedly been released by a DHS whistleblower.
trib.al/AQEJlIa
trib.al/AQEJlIa
Is it “the criminal meant to fire a warning shot and instead hit a child but since they didn’t mean to hit the child there is no crime”?
Um no.
Um no.
8th Cir.: because officer was trying to shoot a 9-pound Pomeranian mix when he missed and shot the dog's owner instead, he did not intend to restrain owner, he intended to restrain the dog, which means there was no seizure so no 4A violation.
QI for officer.
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/01...
QI for officer.
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/01...
![The undisputed facts in this case all point to the absence of a seizure. See UnitedHealth Grp. Inc. v. Wilmington Tr. Co., 548 F.3d 1124, 1127–28 (8th Cir. 2008) (reviewing de novo the “purely legal questions” left by the “undisputed” facts). Perhaps the most important one is that, as Hight concedes, “Deputy Williams fired his county[-]issued service weapon at [the] Pomeranian.” His words matched his actions, given that each of his statements was about getting the dogs under control, including ordering them to “get back!” And finally, the bodycam video shows that he fired downward toward the dog as it approached, which supports the conclusion that it was his target, not Hight. Hitting her was an unfortunate accident. See Brower v. County of Inyo, 489 U.S. 593, 596 (1989) (explaining that the Fourth Amendment does not address “the accidental effects of . . . government conduct”).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreihl3vieqx3pwzqtiivrlqqxkngbahqnx4n3i2mbcmp5ouwvdonkom@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Is it “the criminal meant to fire a warning shot and instead hit a child but since they didn’t mean to hit the child there is no crime”?
Um no.
Um no.
Sympathies to anyone who cared about him but I appreciate this headline — I really dislike it when a horrible person dies and the media covers up who they were.
January 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Sympathies to anyone who cared about him but I appreciate this headline — I really dislike it when a horrible person dies and the media covers up who they were.