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Adrian Chadd
@erikarn.bsky.social
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* he/him
* VR/AR prototype work at Facebook/Meta
* KK6VQK when RF
* Discord - therealerikarn
* FreeBSD, WiFi drivers/stack, Retro Computing, Random Electronics, and occasional kid/puppy stories
* https://erikarn.github.io/ for links to everything else
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Adrian Chadd @erikarn.bsky.social · Oct 11
Ceci n'est pas pinned post
erikarn.bsky.social
Again, the fact they're doing this should echo in your head that they DO have the money for childcare, education, housing and feeding everyone. they choose not to and instead choose to do this.

The USA has the resources. It always has.
charles.littlegreenfootballs.com Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 5h
The Trump administration is building a network of huge concentration camps, unlike anything seen in the world before. This is monstrous.
couts.bsky.social Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that ICE has or plans to open more than 150 facilities around the US, in nearly every state, many near major metro areas. @leahfeiger.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ex...
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
erikarn.bsky.social
We literally covered this shit in undergraduate psychology.

Like, tech bros (and all others), if you're listening to me, i'm telling you, studying arts/humanities will help you here. This is unacceptable and also a KNOWN SIDE EFFECT of this kind of policy and why NOONE SHOULD BE DOING IT. EVER.
ericumansky.bsky.social Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.

- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide

-There's worms & mold in food

-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows

www.propublica.org/article/life...
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Adrian Chadd
marisakabas.bsky.social
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
Just a quick update from the Twin Cities. (Please forgive the unsolicited message). THINGS ARE NOT BETTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. The media is mostly moving on, Trump is focused on other stuff, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE GROUND. More than 2,000 DHS thugs continue to roam the streets, abducting people 24/7, assaulting legal observers with impunity, and routinely denying 1st, 4th, and 5th amendment rights. Drones and helicopters are overhead every day. Hundreds and hundreds of terrified families have not left their homes since mid-December ... relying on the community to bring them food and help with rent and other necessities. (Those people are NOT violent drug cartel sex offending murderers, as DHS would tell you. Most are legal residents or citizens.) If anything, things have just become more stressful and intractable (think trench warfare as a suitable metaphor): The resistance is better organized and numerous, but DHS has become more clever and better at disguise... and the county sheriff's office is increasingly supporting them . Do not let anyone tell you that Homans (the new person in charge of the occupation) is making anything better. Do not let anyone tell you that 700 ICE agents leaving the city has made much of a difference; the remaining force (again, ~2,000) is still larger than the entire city's police force (which is legally unable to do anything). Please call your congressional reps ... especially if there is any chance the administration might listen to them.
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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acollierastro.bsky.social
I talked about this in a video.

Wearing a 'Fuck Nazis' hat out in your community is performative. And that is good. Performing as a person who cares about your community is good. It's like last year when people were complaining about virtue signaling. Signaling my virtues is good!
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
erikarn.bsky.social
oops
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
erikarn.bsky.social
according to this bsky map (bluesky-map.theo.io) I'm between star trek fans, queer artist/leftist shitposters, and british bird/wildlife community.

i mean ... yes ok you figured me out?
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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athul.acharya.cc
Good neighborhood to be in
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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jimacosta.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
erikarn.bsky.social
is it wrong that i wanna buy one of these and make it actually work?
fairygodmegan.bsky.social Lil Miss Sinister Fairy Godbitch of the Burrow Mump 🧚‍♂️😈🌾 @fairygodmegan.bsky.social · 2d
9. An old fucking landline receiver phone with coil cord and classic phone piece. Also there is a snap in place holding the handheld receive, so THAT IF YOU WANT YOU CAN DETACH AND HOLD IT TO YOUR EAR LIKE A WEIRDO-red flag purse
Tbh there are so many details here that if I miss some please be kind to me, I am just a girl. Designed to look like a wall mounted traditional landline phone with receiver, baby blue numbered dial buttons, and four (heart shaped lol) buttons for saving commonly dialed numbers. In addition, there is a box above the the handheld, presumably a "digital mailbox" info location, which simply reads in cursive " Mailbox Full" the color way for this item is lilac purple and baby blue. It also includes a matching "mailbox full" bag charm. Size reference image which demonstrates it can in fact fit your smart phone and like a lot more shit as well. Same colorway described in first image. Original description of purse design: Tbh there are so many details here that if I miss some please be kind to me, I am just a girl. Designed to look like a wall mounted traditional landline phone with receiver, baby blue numbered dial buttons, and four (heart shaped lol) buttons for saving commonly dialed numbers. In addition, there is a box above the the handheld, presumably a "digital mailbox" info location, which simply reads in cursive " Mailbox Full" the color way for this item is lilac purple and baby blue. It also includes a matching "mailbox full" bag charm. An image featuring a different color way, same design, with Malibu Barbie pink and pale blue. Original description of purse design: Tbh there are so many details here that if I miss some please be kind to me, I am just a girl. Designed to look like a wall mounted traditional landline phone with receiver, baby blue numbered dial buttons, and four (heart shaped lol) buttons for saving commonly dialed numbers. In addition, there is a box above the the handheld, presumably a "digital mailbox" info location, which simply reads in cursive " Mailbox Full" the color way for this item is lilac purple and baby blue. It also includes a matching "mailbox full" bag charm. An image featuring a different color way, same design, with black, baby blue, some lilac purple as well. Original description of purse design: Tbh there are so many details here that if I miss some please be kind to me, I am just a girl. Designed to look like a wall mounted traditional landline phone with receiver, baby blue numbered dial buttons, and four (heart shaped lol) buttons for saving commonly dialed numbers. In addition, there is a box above the the handheld, presumably a "digital mailbox" info location, which simply reads in cursive " Mailbox Full" the color way for this item is lilac purple and baby blue. It also includes a matching "mailbox full" bag charm.
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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raxkingisdead.bsky.social
ah i can answer this trick question actually. novels are not a race
courtneymilan.com Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d
I'm going to win.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
erikarn.bsky.social
I was almost shocked - printing from FreeBSD to my old Epson Stylus NX420 worked a couple years ago when it was USB attached but in this new house it's now setup as network printer. And it worked. Almost.

Except it isn't. The colour alignment is now wrong.

sourceforge.net/p/gimp-print...
A picture of Moana from the Moana TV show, but showing the CMYK inks are vertically misaligned. Like, by a good print-head amount per colour.
February 8, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Reposted by Adrian Chadd
rahaeli.bsky.social
This is a perfect example of "I saw a thing that I could do and I started doing it"
broadwaybabyto.bsky.social Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d
ICE has grabbed so many people from their vehicles that there are abandoned cars across Minnesota.

This tow truck driver returns the cars for free as a public service, and he’s been getting death threats.

They hate the helpers.

Which is why must keep helping.
Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
Juan Leon sends a "chase" car to check out where abandoned vehicles are located and arranges discreet drop-offs. Since late December, he estimated they have dropped off 250 cars.
www.cbsnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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ceej.online
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
erikarn.bsky.social
wait a sec are they editing out the VP being booed during the winter olympics opening? for real? lol
February 7, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
welp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up
But Liam was scared and frequently asked what they had done wrong, where they were and what happened to the little blue knit hat he wore the day he was detained, Conejo said. There wasn’t much he could say to his son, “except hug him and tell him everything would be OK,” Conejo said. Worried about further upsetting his son, Conejo said, he was forced to bite back his own tears. Liam has since been reunited with his hat and continues to wear it, even inside the house, his dad said Thursday. Asked how he might one day explain to Liam everything that has happened, Conejo said he would tell his son that he had become the face of hope and change. "He was the global figure who did all this so that the voices of the people demanding freedom would be heard, especially those of the children who are still locked up," Conejo said. “I would tell him he was very brave and that I am very proud of him.”
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
erikarn.bsky.social
You know, the first time i saw "sigint" as practiced at a previous job i .. was kinda laughing a bit?

anyway thats why palantir is scary now, its an upgrade from excel spreadsheet pivot tables
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 4d
Everything’s Antifa when you don’t know how to read.
murderxbryan.bsky.social 🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 4d
They text each other and have spreadsheets. scary
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
erikarn.bsky.social
I opened up a power supply to, you know, check before i used it.

mmmmmm these are some leaky bois

(I tossed the PSU, screw it.)
A photo of a power supply pcb with a bunch of leaky electrolytic capacitors. Nice big chunks of dried up electrolytic just trying very hard to escape. This came out of an Apple Airport Prototype Unit (A Marvell eval kit) from one of the guys that worked on it years ago. No, it's all since been recycled. Sorry.
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
erikarn.bsky.social
Today's hot post:

Know what the federal government has done in 2025/2026?

They've proven they could absolutely house all unhoused people, absolutely pay teachers and absolutely fund schooling.

Whatever happens after all of this, I'm going to likely shout THAT from the rooftops forever.
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Adrian Chadd
sanders.senate.gov
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Naah, I want them on trial.
schumer.senate.gov Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 7d
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:

End the roving patrols and racial profiling.

Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.

Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Reposted by Adrian Chadd
tubetime.bsky.social
there will be only one US semiconductor company, and it will be Rochester Electronics.
February 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
erikarn.bsky.social
Miss 12yo brought home a bunch of rocks from camp today.

I do not like having to be bad cop here and tell her they're a million percent unsafe there and she needs to move them. :(
a marble shelf, about 6ft hgh, with four levels, and various trinkets. yes thats a partial pic of a taxidermy corvid on the top, and a fairy house on the bottom. anyway, on the top level is the new shiny rocks, about 30 in total, and about 10 of them are big. like adult male fist sized big. like, "if this falls on you when you're sitting or lying down, you die" big. so, ive told her they're not safe, and after she's out of the shower i'm going to make her remove them. sigh.
February 2, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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acollierastro.bsky.social
library library library
Knitting Patterns at the Library?!
YouTube video by Louise Dangit
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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davis.social
yeah, so Fallout nailed it
Screenshots from Fallout showing Lucy, along with the words “One side is murdering people, enslaving them, crucifying them, and the other side is just vaguely problematic.”
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 AM