Tim Banks: VibeRel Advocate
@elchefe.me
BJJ practitioner and teacher, empathetic technology advocate. Neurospicy, mentally ill, and unapologetic.
Black/Latino, nonbinary (they/them) , pan/poly. spüße müße.
Opinions are my own.
EN/SP/PT
Black/Latino, nonbinary (they/them) , pan/poly. spüße müße.
Opinions are my own.
EN/SP/PT
Picked up a Springfield Echelon full size with thumb safety & Viridian 3moa green dot (although with my astigmatism, it’s more like 8moa 😆) and sighted in today.
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Picked up a Springfield Echelon full size with thumb safety & Viridian 3moa green dot (although with my astigmatism, it’s more like 8moa 😆) and sighted in today.
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
Def a good shooter for a good price. Trigger is about as good as any other in its price range (Glock, M&P, etc) so pretty pleased overall
That would have been a freebie for any Ecuadorean security personnel there.
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 28, 2026 at 1:48 AM
That would have been a freebie for any Ecuadorean security personnel there.
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As a general rule, the left generally see the restrictions placed upon the freedoms of the individual as oppressive. The right see their restriction from attacking those freedoms as oppressive.
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
As a general rule, the left generally see the restrictions placed upon the freedoms of the individual as oppressive. The right see their restriction from attacking those freedoms as oppressive.
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It’s #CyberMentoringMonday!!!! Are you looking for a professional mentor or to learn more about InfoSec? Are you experienced and willing to ‘give back’? Use this thread and hashtag to connect!
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It’s #CyberMentoringMonday!!!! Are you looking for a professional mentor or to learn more about InfoSec? Are you experienced and willing to ‘give back’? Use this thread and hashtag to connect!
This gets even better if you read it in your head with an Irish accent
National guard wearing bibs because of a kit clash is proper surreal.
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM
This gets even better if you read it in your head with an Irish accent
“These people should be in jail!”
You’re getting closer!
You’re getting closer!
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“These people should be in jail!”
You’re getting closer!
You’re getting closer!
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You’re presenting a very “the government should take care of this” solution to a very “the government is doing exactly what it’s designed to do” problem and it’s in the best interests of everyone who’s not a fascist to stop thinking the government is going to somehow fix itself when you vote.
January 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM
You’re presenting a very “the government should take care of this” solution to a very “the government is doing exactly what it’s designed to do” problem and it’s in the best interests of everyone who’s not a fascist to stop thinking the government is going to somehow fix itself when you vote.
Look, I was hopeful for y’all that frog costumes and signs and whistles and strikes were gonna work. I really was.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Look, I was hopeful for y’all that frog costumes and signs and whistles and strikes were gonna work. I really was.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
But after all that, they’re still killing y’all.
There really is only one thing that works against fascists.
No way he was guilty because there’s no way it would cost $10k. You could throw a rock in any direction and hit at least 37 people who’d do it for $2 and a dill pickle.
Breaking: jury finds Chicago resident Juan Espinoza Martinez NOT GUILTY of placing a hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
We've got a verdict in this case, in which feds accused a Chicago resident of murder-for-hire, allegedly for a $10K hit on Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
Attorneys coming in now, jurors haven't returned to the courtroom.
January 23, 2026 at 10:54 AM
No way he was guilty because there’s no way it would cost $10k. You could throw a rock in any direction and hit at least 37 people who’d do it for $2 and a dill pickle.
Soaking up the sun with @abgushte.bsky.social in Nassau before we go and freeze our tails off in Texas
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Soaking up the sun with @abgushte.bsky.social in Nassau before we go and freeze our tails off in Texas
They’re not “un-American”. These atrocities are *distinctly* “American”. You don’t get to “no true Scotsman” your way out of this because you don’t like the association.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
Those atrocities were un-American, too. Why do the evil-doers get to decide what the fundamental American values are? Let's define them ourselves.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
They’re not “un-American”. These atrocities are *distinctly* “American”. You don’t get to “no true Scotsman” your way out of this because you don’t like the association.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
If your fundamental values are in opposition to those actions, you need to call them something other than American.
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Between the brutality of one side, and the thumb twiddling of the other side, people are sick of waiting for those with power to give permission.
If they're going to complain about an influx of anarchists, perhaps they should stop creating them with their actions.
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Between the brutality of one side, and the thumb twiddling of the other side, people are sick of waiting for those with power to give permission.
I have never been so called out I my life.
Although I feel like @abgushte.bsky.social and @hazelweakly.me def know about it
Although I feel like @abgushte.bsky.social and @hazelweakly.me def know about it
And a there’s a venn diagram of nerd, neurodivergent, and sex as a special interest that many don’t know about
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I have never been so called out I my life.
Although I feel like @abgushte.bsky.social and @hazelweakly.me def know about it
Although I feel like @abgushte.bsky.social and @hazelweakly.me def know about it
I have one gray eyelash right now and every time the light hits it, it looks like a silver laser beam cutting right across my field of vision 😩😩😩
January 21, 2026 at 6:25 PM
I have one gray eyelash right now and every time the light hits it, it looks like a silver laser beam cutting right across my field of vision 😩😩😩
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
One way white folks fail the vibe check is to only reference MLK and maybe occasionally James Baldwin when talking about civil rights, but never Malcom X, Kwame Ture, Fred Hampton, Bobby Seale, or other more militant civil rights leaders.
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
One way white folks fail the vibe check is to only reference MLK and maybe occasionally James Baldwin when talking about civil rights, but never Malcom X, Kwame Ture, Fred Hampton, Bobby Seale, or other more militant civil rights leaders.
Looking through my friend’s hinge likes full of dudes with absolute shit tier dating profiles, I once again wonder if straight women have tried literally anything else.
January 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Looking through my friend’s hinge likes full of dudes with absolute shit tier dating profiles, I once again wonder if straight women have tried literally anything else.
The gestapo never have undefiled food pass their lips again. Every last thing they should be tainted.
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 17, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The gestapo never have undefiled food pass their lips again. Every last thing they should be tainted.
Wait until you see the namesake for Round Rock Texas
I'mma tell you right now, you're going to be disappointed if you come to Silver Spring, Maryland to see the titular Silver Spring
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Wait until you see the namesake for Round Rock Texas
Just a reminder to everyone who thinks that holding out hopes that an election will fix this: don’t count on it
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Just a reminder to everyone who thinks that holding out hopes that an election will fix this: don’t count on it
Did you know that if you have a bunch of *candles*, you only need to light the first candle with a lighter and then the rest of the candles can be lit with the flame from the first one?
January 15, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Did you know that if you have a bunch of *candles*, you only need to light the first candle with a lighter and then the rest of the candles can be lit with the flame from the first one?
Some fascist called me a twink today, if you want to know how my new years fitness resolutions are going
a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop computer and making a funny face .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with a laptop computer and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Some fascist called me a twink today, if you want to know how my new years fitness resolutions are going
So @abgushte.bsky.social just informed me that Jake Paul is using a lace front beard and that will never cease to tickle me
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 AM
So @abgushte.bsky.social just informed me that Jake Paul is using a lace front beard and that will never cease to tickle me
Did you know that you can buy surplus 40mm gas masks online for usually less than $100 and cartridges rated P3 (effective against riot control agents)or better go for like $25-$40 online?
January 13, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Did you know that you can buy surplus 40mm gas masks online for usually less than $100 and cartridges rated P3 (effective against riot control agents)or better go for like $25-$40 online?