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firmwarez.bsky.social @firmwarez.bsky.social · Feb 6

All posts featuring ordnance are inert/training items or are just random pics from net. Effects not so special. Characters and events depicted are entirely fictitious. Any similarity to the real world is coincidental, consider the real world is far crazier than anything I say. Your mileage may vary.

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 23h

Audio from Golden Gate Traffic, a frequency used by a/c in the Bay Area to coordinate. Crew of CHP helicopter is discussing ops at Coast Guard Island in Alameda with a local news helo

Key points: CHP "gathering intel" and expects to be on station for some time, fixed wing asset preparing to join

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airplane ian (he/him) @airplaneian.com · 1d

just a heads up, there's a contracted helicopter doing powerline inspection work in the East Bay today

they fly low, and may briefly circle or loiter around an area, but they usually don't stay in one place for a long time... not a police asset

live track: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a4eff4

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live

ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 1d

Are private donors also paying to upgrade the PEOC? And what’s the justification?

“The bunker under the East Wing will also be upgraded, sources told CBS News. The White House Military Office is handling the renovation of the bunker, which is known as the President’s Emergency Operations Center.”

Trump administration plans to demolish White House's entire East Wing as ballroom cost grows to $300 million

The Trump administration is planning to demolish the entirety of the White House's East Wing as early as this weekend, two senior administration officials said, part of a ballroom project championed b...

www.cbsnews.com

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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · 1d

Transgender activist and icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy will be celebrated Saturday at memorial service at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock. Service starts at 11 a.m.
#Arkansas #arpx

Mosaic Templars to host memorial service for Miss Major on Saturday - Arkansas Times

Transgender elder, activist and icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy died Oct. 13 at her home in Little Rock. The Mosaic Templars Cultural will host a memorial service from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 25.

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firmwarez.bsky.social @firmwarez.bsky.social · 1d

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firmwarez.bsky.social @firmwarez.bsky.social · 1d

In other circumstances it would be amusing how these sycophants with zero personality think they can pull off "cult of personality" moves.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, there's no evidence ICE is buying guided warheads. The contract in question is for normal distraction devices, the kind they've been using for years.

James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 2d

I'm seeing a lot of people claiming ICE has guided warheads. This seems to be based on a Substack newsletter which as best I can tell was referring to this contract. This contract is for distraction devices (sound grenades), but the PSC is for guided warheads

www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...

USAspending.gov

www.usaspending.gov

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 2d

You know what's slightly odd? I can't find any record for what Graham Platner's grandfather, the Wikipedia-level noteworthy architect Warren Platner, did during World War II. His obituary has him graduating Cornell in 1941 and starting work in 1945. I can't find military records for the time period.

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Total Lowlife Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

All these people are saying “wait to you think he’s REALLY a Nazi,” and my response is “no I think it’s more likely he’s an irony-poisoned edgelord douchebro, another group that’s absolutely ruining the fucking country.”

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firmwarez.bsky.social @firmwarez.bsky.social · 2d

"Commies!" Dear g-d what a maroon.

firmwarez.bsky.social @firmwarez.bsky.social · 2d

Jaguar Cars was originally the Swallow Sidecar company. Their first sporting car was the SS100.

They changed their name for good reason. And the "we take our enemy's symbols" is bullshit. Show us another example. There is only one appropriate way for an American to display a Nazi symbol.

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 2d

Since they are destroying the White House I never want to hear another word by MAGAs or the GOP about 'preserving heritage' when anyone wants to take down a Confederate memorial.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

no

www.themarginalian.org/2016/10/06/b...

When Debate Is Futile: Bertrand Russell’s Remarkable Response to a Fascist’s Provocation

“The emotional universes we inhabit are so distinct, and in deepest ways opposed, that nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.”

www.themarginalian.org

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firmwarez.bsky.social @firmwarez.bsky.social · 3d

Another Monday in this deranged society. Trying to relax by listening to Pygmy Children's "Recoil".

firmwarez.bsky.social @firmwarez.bsky.social · 4d

Compare to say Queen Sarah's aircraft fuel budget.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re gonna march your fascist posse into a much bigger crowd of people you hate and start talking shit, you might at least wanna bring a few guys whose knees work

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Jessica McCarty @jmccartygeo.bsky.social · 5d

Shared by a fellow Appalachian.

10 out of 10, as a descendant of moonshiners (What revenue men? We ain’t seen no revenuers.)

Car bumper sticker that reads: Your papaw didn’t run shine through these hollers for you to be a bootlicker.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 6d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

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Stuff I found @stuffifound-backup.politicalmemes.org · 6d

Basically autistic people are example anarchists 😊 #anarchism #autism #autistic #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #activism

Society: "Autistic people do not understand hierarchies"

Me: *knows that hierarchies exist and understands how they operate, but doesn't value them and doesn't believe any human is a) more important than another or b) should mistreat/exploit those "lower down the hierarchy"

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 6d

if you're going to a protest today I wish you luck. The only specific thing I will beg of you is this: don't use milk to wash out tear gas or mace. if you see a street medic with milk, yell at them until they throw it out. do not continue to spread lies about emergency medicine.

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 6d

This is correct. It’s VCs who spend their time doing drugs and inventing weird religions, executives who have boners about firing workers, and non-technical hucksters who are pushing this stuff. The vast majority of people doing actual technical work on the ground feel the way this piece describes

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d

Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!

The Majority AI View - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

anildash.com

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 6d