Ed Stern
@edstern.bsky.social
Basic Prog Brit Woke Remoaner Centrist Dad.
He/Him, Bi, ADHD, the usual.
Former Splash Damage game dev.
Full-Stack Narrative Designer/Game Writer available for hire:
https://www.sternword.co.uk/
He/Him, Bi, ADHD, the usual.
Former Splash Damage game dev.
Full-Stack Narrative Designer/Game Writer available for hire:
https://www.sternword.co.uk/
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I investigated aircraft crashes professionally. This is insane.
this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I investigated aircraft crashes professionally. This is insane.
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This is completely insane if you care about air transportation safety.
this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 PM
This is completely insane if you care about air transportation safety.
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Oh my god she admit it
January 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Oh my god she admit it
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This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.
January 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.
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so also this has certain chatgpt writing characteristics.
The rest of it is even funnier
January 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
so also this has certain chatgpt writing characteristics.
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Man, someone sounds really mad that a bunch of Minneapolis soccer moms can manage op-sec while the Secretary of Defense texts his battle plans to the editor in chief of the Atlantic.
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Man, someone sounds really mad that a bunch of Minneapolis soccer moms can manage op-sec while the Secretary of Defense texts his battle plans to the editor in chief of the Atlantic.
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this is one of the greatest uses of alt text I've seen
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
this is one of the greatest uses of alt text I've seen
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Of all the lies she tells this is maybe the biggest one, of course he wants people killed and hurt
He ran on it
He ran on it
Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Of all the lies she tells this is maybe the biggest one, of course he wants people killed and hurt
He ran on it
He ran on it
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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As with another disastrous GOP adventure almost a generation ago, I suspect that Stephen Miller and John Homan convinced themselves that a silent majority of locals would enthusiastically greet invading US security forces
Now regular Minnesotans are peacefully protesting and team Trump look baffled
Now regular Minnesotans are peacefully protesting and team Trump look baffled
The GOP internal polling in Texas must be brutal right now
This is the same Greg Abbott who dispatched the national guard to intimidate US soldiers because someone on an HOA listserv said Jade Helm was a plot to incarcerate Texans in concentration camps.
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
As with another disastrous GOP adventure almost a generation ago, I suspect that Stephen Miller and John Homan convinced themselves that a silent majority of locals would enthusiastically greet invading US security forces
Now regular Minnesotans are peacefully protesting and team Trump look baffled
Now regular Minnesotans are peacefully protesting and team Trump look baffled
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tweet of the day -->
Has anyone told JD Vance what happened to Trump’s last Vice President
Note that Karoline Leavitt refuses to answer when asked if Trump backs Miller calling Pretti a "domestic terrorist."
It's now clear Vance miscalculated badly by rushing out to smear the victims and declare ICE has total immunity. This is getting away from them.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
It's now clear Vance miscalculated badly by rushing out to smear the victims and declare ICE has total immunity. This is getting away from them.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
tweet of the day -->
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The reason so many people on the left have a slightly sour attitude about people just now "getting it" is that it's very frustrating how we should have been able to learn these lessons as a society without watching peaceful protesters be murdered on camera.
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The reason so many people on the left have a slightly sour attitude about people just now "getting it" is that it's very frustrating how we should have been able to learn these lessons as a society without watching peaceful protesters be murdered on camera.
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it's amazing to watch the We Are The Storm guys paralyzed in terror of the density and sophistication of spontaneous neighborhood watches put together by pissed-off baristas and suburban moms
January 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM
it's amazing to watch the We Are The Storm guys paralyzed in terror of the density and sophistication of spontaneous neighborhood watches put together by pissed-off baristas and suburban moms
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Gavin Newsom had Ben Shapiro on his podcast 10 days ago where he was cozying up to Shapiro. Newsom also said that ICE aren't terrorists, walking back his claim from days prior and also said there is no genocide in Palestine.
January 26, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Gavin Newsom had Ben Shapiro on his podcast 10 days ago where he was cozying up to Shapiro. Newsom also said that ICE aren't terrorists, walking back his claim from days prior and also said there is no genocide in Palestine.
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All this, yeah. As recently as a few days ago, the line was "the government of Minnesota is in a state of insurrection and we will see them all behind bars" and now we got all the way to "Just had a good chat with Tim Walz, seems like a great guy. Working together to bring down the crime, go team!"
The public pressure on the Trump regime is working. Here he is trying to say he's working with Tim Walz
They must have private polling that is absolutely horrible.
The people of Minnesota are doing this. Thank you for your courage!
They must have private polling that is absolutely horrible.
The people of Minnesota are doing this. Thank you for your courage!
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
All this, yeah. As recently as a few days ago, the line was "the government of Minnesota is in a state of insurrection and we will see them all behind bars" and now we got all the way to "Just had a good chat with Tim Walz, seems like a great guy. Working together to bring down the crime, go team!"
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no matter how many time it's proven otherwise, there will always be bootlickers who assume it's all about compliance
it should be no surprise most of them have trouble with the concept of consent, as well.
it should be no surprise most of them have trouble with the concept of consent, as well.
The auditor of the state of Ohio, who is running to be the state's next attorney general, wrote an oped this morning that the Columbus Dispatch published on how Renee Good is to blame for her death.
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
The subheadline alone is already chilling.
www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
January 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM
no matter how many time it's proven otherwise, there will always be bootlickers who assume it's all about compliance
it should be no surprise most of them have trouble with the concept of consent, as well.
it should be no surprise most of them have trouble with the concept of consent, as well.
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JD Vance should probably realize at this point that Stephen Miller poses a major threat to his own ambitions. But the problem is that JD is ideologically committed to the same ethnonationalist project that Miller is.
Note that Karoline Leavitt refuses to answer when asked if Trump backs Miller calling Pretti a "domestic terrorist."
It's now clear Vance miscalculated badly by rushing out to smear the victims and declare ICE has total immunity. This is getting away from them.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
It's now clear Vance miscalculated badly by rushing out to smear the victims and declare ICE has total immunity. This is getting away from them.
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
JD Vance should probably realize at this point that Stephen Miller poses a major threat to his own ambitions. But the problem is that JD is ideologically committed to the same ethnonationalist project that Miller is.
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The NYT can't be bothered to mention to readers that the new TikTok owners have a long history of not just repeated privacy violations, but overt support for anti-democratic right wing extremism. Just isn't of interest to the authors.
TikTok Strikes Deal for New U.S. Entity, Ending Long Legal Saga
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The NYT can't be bothered to mention to readers that the new TikTok owners have a long history of not just repeated privacy violations, but overt support for anti-democratic right wing extremism. Just isn't of interest to the authors.
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[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
[watching through military binoculars as orange slices are handed out to kids between halves at pee wee soccer]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
This is PROFESSIONAL grade logistics. Look at the matching uniforms. Look at the coordination. Someone is BANKROLLING this operation.
[retreats using a series of elaborate rolls]
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Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
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Jennifer from the PTA gesturing at the school fun fair and barbecue, hissing at you, "do you think this stuff just HAPPENS"
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Jennifer from the PTA gesturing at the school fun fair and barbecue, hissing at you, "do you think this stuff just HAPPENS"
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A fun part of sexism is when self-proclaimed military experts think that PTA and church moms can't organize, communicate effectively, or run logistics.
The rest of it is even funnier
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
A fun part of sexism is when self-proclaimed military experts think that PTA and church moms can't organize, communicate effectively, or run logistics.
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Every one of those military guys who are stunned that protesters in Minnesota can be organized shoved off the planning for their military unit's family appreciation days or unit morale days to the one female officer or NCO in the unit.
January 26, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Every one of those military guys who are stunned that protesters in Minnesota can be organized shoved off the planning for their military unit's family appreciation days or unit morale days to the one female officer or NCO in the unit.