Hal 10000
@hal10000.bsky.social
Pennsylvania Astronomer, writer at Ordinary Times, maker of YouTube videos, caretaker of two kids and two dogs.
My Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Lily-Pond-Michael-Siegel-ebook/dp/B01BBFWYI8/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelSiegel14
My Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Water-Lily-Pond-Michael-Siegel-ebook/dp/B01BBFWYI8/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelSiegel14
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Hal 10000
@hal10000.bsky.social
· Nov 16
The main side effect vaccines have on children is that they live to be adults.
Have gotten several notices in the last week that companies I do business with are changing their name.
This is one of my harbingers of pending recession.
This is one of my harbingers of pending recession.
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Have gotten several notices in the last week that companies I do business with are changing their name.
This is one of my harbingers of pending recession.
This is one of my harbingers of pending recession.
Some of my most treasured gifts are books people gave me. What can be more intimate than "I put this in my brain; I'd like you to put it in your brain, too"?
I have three heretical thoughts about books:
- Time spent browsing in bookshops is mostly wasted
- Books make for terrible gifts. Don't give books.
- There are vastly more interesting things to put on living-room shelves than books
Come at me! Add to the list!
A 🧵 for book-lovers
- Time spent browsing in bookshops is mostly wasted
- Books make for terrible gifts. Don't give books.
- There are vastly more interesting things to put on living-room shelves than books
Come at me! Add to the list!
A 🧵 for book-lovers
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Some of my most treasured gifts are books people gave me. What can be more intimate than "I put this in my brain; I'd like you to put it in your brain, too"?
"You've not experienced Frozen until you've seen it in the original Klingon."
January 23, 2026 at 7:41 PM
"You've not experienced Frozen until you've seen it in the original Klingon."
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Hell of a juxtaposition in my feed.
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Hell of a juxtaposition in my feed.
ICE delenda est
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
ICE delenda est
The people starving African babies to death, cutting off people's insurance, bombing random boats and letting Russia starve Ukraine have thoughts on the sanctity of life.
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The people starving African babies to death, cutting off people's insurance, bombing random boats and letting Russia starve Ukraine have thoughts on the sanctity of life.
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Update: The minibus that included HHS funding passed the House without any anti-trans riders. This almost guarantees the HHS bill will pass the Senate with no anti-trans riders. A huge victory for trans people despite tons of anti-trans attack ads.
HUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov
January 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Update: The minibus that included HHS funding passed the House without any anti-trans riders. This almost guarantees the HHS bill will pass the Senate with no anti-trans riders. A huge victory for trans people despite tons of anti-trans attack ads.
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This is not materially different from Josef Mengele. The concept is to deliberately expose people to serious harm so you can gather more data on what you already know will hurt them. It's not some big coincidence the Nuremberg Code expressly prohibits everything resembling this kind of "science."
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This is not materially different from Josef Mengele. The concept is to deliberately expose people to serious harm so you can gather more data on what you already know will hurt them. It's not some big coincidence the Nuremberg Code expressly prohibits everything resembling this kind of "science."
Nothing ominous at all about making lists of people you might want to get rid of.
"There are lists of immigrants, lists of people with developmental disabilities, lists of dissidents—and lately, even lists of Jews. All ostensibly in the name of public safety." Hmm.
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4qDPZc0
The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4qDPZc0
Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records
Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Nothing ominous at all about making lists of people you might want to get rid of.
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Huge congrats to the craven Uni leadership that did a pendejo, super proud of you
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Huge congrats to the craven Uni leadership that did a pendejo, super proud of you
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This isn't just near Independence Hall. It's where Washington stayed while president, kept slaves, posted bounty ads for runaways, and rotated them back and forth to VA to evade PA's manumission law. This is what it's known for, this specific location's primary historical significance is slavery.
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This isn't just near Independence Hall. It's where Washington stayed while president, kept slaves, posted bounty ads for runaways, and rotated them back and forth to VA to evade PA's manumission law. This is what it's known for, this specific location's primary historical significance is slavery.
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Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed.
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Action Memo for Senior Bureau Official John Armstrong
FROM:
SUBJECT:
CA/VO - Stuart Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(SBU) Revocation of Fl Visa for Rumeysa OZTURK
(SBU) Recommendation 1: That you approve the revocation of the Fl visa,
effective immediately, for
under section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA). Due to ongoing ICE operational security, this revocation will be silent;
the Department will not notify the subject. (Approve/Disapprove by
03/21/25)
Decision: [Approved]
(SBU) Recommendation 2: That you authorize the transmission of the
attached notification to the Department of Homeland Security noting the,
immediate revocation of OZTURK's visa. (Approve/Disapprove by 03/21/25)
Decision: [Approved]
Background
(SBU} On March 21, 2025, the Assistant Director of the National Security Division of DHS/ICE's Homeland Security Investigations referred to CA information regarding Rumeysa OZTURK, a Turkish national, for a possible determination by the Secretary that the alien is deportable under INA section 237(a)(4)(C). As a nonimmigrant visa holder, such a determination is not necessary for OHS/ICE to pursue removal of OZTURK from the United States, as INA section 237(a}(1)(B) provides that an alien is deportable if their nonimmigrant visa has been revoked under INA section 221(i).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7r477jd7q7p2mzmyqfm7jmp7/bafkreigphzxypvufgeipmnblj3rj5bjvnpsifwim4gx2nxdcv3cqhgqj5q@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Here is the newly-unsealed State Department memo confirming -- finally -- that the detention of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was based on an op-ed.
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
No antisemitic activity. No support of terrorism.
An op-ed in a student newspaper.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Wife update: cancer has started progressing again. Doc going to try a third-line treatment to halt it. Unfortunately, immunotherapy not an option with this kind of cancer. So we’ll have to hope a new regimen works.
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Wife update: cancer has started progressing again. Doc going to try a third-line treatment to halt it. Unfortunately, immunotherapy not an option with this kind of cancer. So we’ll have to hope a new regimen works.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else
I know people keep saying this but it’s hard to communicate the depth of active resistance here. Like, I’m on random cafes and people are checking in for observation shifts. Signs everywhere. Folks in visibility vests on the corners. It’s wild. Absolutely wild.
January 22, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else
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LOL. LMAO.
Yes, the guy whose brains are leaking out of his ears is TOTALLY gonna magically consolidate a dictatorship when he can't even reliably extrajudicially send *one* designated Enemy of The State to the gulag (remember Kilmar?).
Ppl will write doomer fantasy instead of going to therapy.
Yes, the guy whose brains are leaking out of his ears is TOTALLY gonna magically consolidate a dictatorship when he can't even reliably extrajudicially send *one* designated Enemy of The State to the gulag (remember Kilmar?).
Ppl will write doomer fantasy instead of going to therapy.
Please read and share this. It shapes all my thinking about the future of the US right now, and it explains why Trump and the GOP are behaving the way they do.
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 PM
LOL. LMAO.
Yes, the guy whose brains are leaking out of his ears is TOTALLY gonna magically consolidate a dictatorship when he can't even reliably extrajudicially send *one* designated Enemy of The State to the gulag (remember Kilmar?).
Ppl will write doomer fantasy instead of going to therapy.
Yes, the guy whose brains are leaking out of his ears is TOTALLY gonna magically consolidate a dictatorship when he can't even reliably extrajudicially send *one* designated Enemy of The State to the gulag (remember Kilmar?).
Ppl will write doomer fantasy instead of going to therapy.
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This is the same Donald Trump who has repeatedly threatened he will order strikes on Iran if the regime doesn’t stop killing protesters. So all that “the United States supports the Iranian people” stuff is just talk. And it’s particularly heinous talk when the admin is doing this.
My org @immcouncil.org represents those two gay men. They had been arrested on charges of sodomy by Iranian moral police, and fled the country seeking asylum. They face the death penalty if returned, yet the Trump admin denied their asylum claims in a kangaroo court process.
They are terrified.
They are terrified.
January 23, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This is the same Donald Trump who has repeatedly threatened he will order strikes on Iran if the regime doesn’t stop killing protesters. So all that “the United States supports the Iranian people” stuff is just talk. And it’s particularly heinous talk when the admin is doing this.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
They’re saying “Boooovino”
BOVINO: With those inner city residents, what we're seeing is fantastic public support. Here in Minneapolis a lot of thumbs up and a lot of 'good jobs.' Now, a lot of it is under their breath because they are afraid of that 5 or 10% of agitators are rioters
VITTERT: Come on, commander
VITTERT: Come on, commander
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
They’re saying “Boooovino”
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Hey good news for everyone from the “bring back the Fairness Doctrine” camp
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Late-night and daytime talk shows must offer equal time for candidate interviews, FCC says
Democratic Commissioner Anna Gomez said the guidance contrasts with the FCC's long-standing view that such programs are entitled to editorial discretion based on newsworthiness, not political favoriti...
www.nbcnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Hey good news for everyone from the “bring back the Fairness Doctrine” camp
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
A) We don't need to study this; 140k kids a year die of measles.
B) What would this be in aide of? That if we don't vaccinate a million kids, only 1000 die? What level of death and maiming is acceptable to you?
The only reason Milhoan is on the Advisory Committee is because Mengele is dead.
B) What would this be in aide of? That if we don't vaccinate a million kids, only 1000 die? What level of death and maiming is acceptable to you?
The only reason Milhoan is on the Advisory Committee is because Mengele is dead.
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 AM
A) We don't need to study this; 140k kids a year die of measles.
B) What would this be in aide of? That if we don't vaccinate a million kids, only 1000 die? What level of death and maiming is acceptable to you?
The only reason Milhoan is on the Advisory Committee is because Mengele is dead.
B) What would this be in aide of? That if we don't vaccinate a million kids, only 1000 die? What level of death and maiming is acceptable to you?
The only reason Milhoan is on the Advisory Committee is because Mengele is dead.
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My man looks like an Oompa Loompa elder at an open casket.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
My man looks like an Oompa Loompa elder at an open casket.
Mr. Rogers: famously not political
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Mr. Rogers: famously not political
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So according to Nehls, it was not Donald Trump’s fault that Donald Trump’s crowd attacked the Capitol. It was the Capitol Police’s fault that they didn’t have enough people in place to prevent Donald Trump’s attack on the Capitol, because everyone knew Donald Trump was going to attack the Capitol.
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 PM
So according to Nehls, it was not Donald Trump’s fault that Donald Trump’s crowd attacked the Capitol. It was the Capitol Police’s fault that they didn’t have enough people in place to prevent Donald Trump’s attack on the Capitol, because everyone knew Donald Trump was going to attack the Capitol.