Making Chips
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Spouse • UAW member • Pell Grant winner • 1stGen • Controls engineer [Fanuc, Siemens, Rockwell] • Licensed electrician • Often found in the Great Lakes Basin
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Header: photo of myself on a picket line
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The world could be such a great place if people were better. But we aren’t, so it isn’t.
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The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
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See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
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December 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
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i'm sure everyone beat me to it but it's very funny to put your own name on a building that has "memorial" right there
December 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
i'm sure everyone beat me to it but it's very funny to put your own name on a building that has "memorial" right there
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the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
December 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024
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Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Republicans confirm scandal-plagued former congressman to serve as an inspector general
Anthony D’Esposito will be expected to investigate ethical lapses, despite his own alleged ethical lapses.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Freedom University: The right-wing group rallying youth in South Korea
Freedom University: The right-wing group rallying youth in South Korea
Disgraced president Yoon Suk Yeol has become an unlikely poster boy for anti-government sentiment.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Freedom University: The right-wing group rallying youth in South Korea
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They're dragging us down to the Russian military standard of morals, ethics and professionalism.
They would've justified the My Lai and Haditha massacres.
Disgraceful.
They would've justified the My Lai and Haditha massacres.
Disgraceful.
December 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
They're dragging us down to the Russian military standard of morals, ethics and professionalism.
They would've justified the My Lai and Haditha massacres.
Disgraceful.
They would've justified the My Lai and Haditha massacres.
Disgraceful.
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This week, Times Tech Guild members joined @sbworkersunited on the picket line against corporate greed ✊🪧. We stand by them in their fight for a living wage and employment protections ☕. Please support their ULP strike by buying your coffee somewhere else and donating to their effort: bit.ly/m/SBWU
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This week, Times Tech Guild members joined @sbworkersunited on the picket line against corporate greed ✊🪧. We stand by them in their fight for a living wage and employment protections ☕. Please support their ULP strike by buying your coffee somewhere else and donating to their effort: bit.ly/m/SBWU
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man.
Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas...$70 per ticket.
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
man.
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update: the horrors of the tote bag persist but so do we
December 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
update: the horrors of the tote bag persist but so do we
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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OMG. This is my wife's biggest fear. Should I tell her?
King County warns of toilet rats after record flooding
King County warns of toilet rats after record flooding
Rats could climb up your toilet as a result of recent flooding from atmospheric rivers, King County officials say. Enter "wet rat winter."
www.seattletimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
OMG. This is my wife's biggest fear. Should I tell her?
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I regret to inform you that the United States has never actually signed or ratified the Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law (1856) or Convention VI of the Second Hague Conventions (1907), so this is actually legal.
Apparently this is not the onion: www.lee.senate.gov/2025/12/patr...
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I regret to inform you that the United States has never actually signed or ratified the Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law (1856) or Convention VI of the Second Hague Conventions (1907), so this is actually legal.
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Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., says she won’t run for re-election. Opens on a safe red Senate seat in Wyoming.
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., says she won’t run for re-election. Opens on a safe red Senate seat in Wyoming.
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George Washington didn't need to put his name on buildings. He accomplished a lot and was well respected, so others did that for him. It's a measure of Trump's mediocrity that he has always had to slap his own name on everything.
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
George Washington didn't need to put his name on buildings. He accomplished a lot and was well respected, so others did that for him. It's a measure of Trump's mediocrity that he has always had to slap his own name on everything.
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2 things abt Trump's motivations for defiling the Kennedy Center with his name are defining characteristics of the rich & powerful:
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
When Trump visited Mount Vernon in 2018, he couldn't understand why George Washington didn't name it after himself. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” Reupping this prescient piece from @politico.com which seems pretty relevant today. www.politico.com/story/2019/0...
Trump’s ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon
The 45th president — no student of history — marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
2 things abt Trump's motivations for defiling the Kennedy Center with his name are defining characteristics of the rich & powerful:
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
1. above all, they want to be liked & respected
2. they are terrified of death
They want $ & power mainly to buy likes & escape mortality for as long as possible.
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For what it's worth*, this is an explicit violation of the law that Congress unanimously passed and Trump signed.
*I know, it's not worth anything
*I know, it's not worth anything
December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For what it's worth*, this is an explicit violation of the law that Congress unanimously passed and Trump signed.
*I know, it's not worth anything
*I know, it's not worth anything
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This is a compelling piece, but I think it overstates just how much romance is left among ”liberal lawyers“ for the Court. I’ll highlight one example. 1.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is a compelling piece, but I think it overstates just how much romance is left among ”liberal lawyers“ for the Court. I’ll highlight one example. 1.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...