Humanist Engineer
@humanistengineer.bsky.social
PhD EE. Atheist, agnostic, humanist, ex-christian, apostate, skeptic, scientist.
Aspiring to be more like Carl Sagan than Christopher Hitchens.
On Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@atheistengineer
#Leguminati
He/him/his.
Aspiring to be more like Carl Sagan than Christopher Hitchens.
On Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@atheistengineer
#Leguminati
He/him/his.
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My #Christian parents were so excited when I enrolled in English 415 - The #Bible As Literature in college. First day of class: "this isn't a religion class. We'll be treating the bible as Literature and analyzing it accordingly. There are two distinct creation #myths in genesis… "
#Christianity
#Christianity
I cancelled my NYT subscription when they started kissing the mobster’s ring. But this is a good analysis.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I cancelled my NYT subscription when they started kissing the mobster’s ring. But this is a good analysis.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
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🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
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McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring
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Markey: This administration has proved time and time again that it is only interested in vengeance, that it lies and lacks all humanity. Today, six federal prosecutors resigned because the DOJ wants to investigate Renee's widow rather than Renee's killer
January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Markey: This administration has proved time and time again that it is only interested in vengeance, that it lies and lacks all humanity. Today, six federal prosecutors resigned because the DOJ wants to investigate Renee's widow rather than Renee's killer
January 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Here’s a fun game you can play with your friends. Take something they’ve said about immigrants and replace the word illegals with Jews to find out which side of a holocaust they would’ve been on in 1930s Germany
someone I once knew said we should arrest anyone who chose to decide with the illegals.
someone I once knew said we should arrest anyone who chose to decide with the illegals.
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Here’s a fun game you can play with your friends. Take something they’ve said about immigrants and replace the word illegals with Jews to find out which side of a holocaust they would’ve been on in 1930s Germany
someone I once knew said we should arrest anyone who chose to decide with the illegals.
someone I once knew said we should arrest anyone who chose to decide with the illegals.
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Criminal investigations must be predicated on a good faith belief of violations of criminal law. They are not a tool of coercion.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Criminal investigations must be predicated on a good faith belief of violations of criminal law. They are not a tool of coercion.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deporta
theintercept.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
Demand your Member of Congress do everything in their power to stop Trump’s escalating attacks against Venezuela. act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
Take Action: Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela
Demand your Member of Congress do everything in their power to stop Trump’s escalating attacks against Venezuela.
act.indivisible.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Demand your Member of Congress do everything in their power to stop Trump’s escalating attacks against Venezuela. act.indivisible.org/sign/stop-tr...
I’m so tired of the spineless Republican Party bowing to Donald Trump‘s regime.
January 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
I’m so tired of the spineless Republican Party bowing to Donald Trump‘s regime.
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Starting today, around 22 million Americans enrolled in Obamacare will see their tax credits run out.
The average recipient will likely see their premiums more than double in 2026.
Certain people — including residents of many states that voted for Trump — will be more exposed to a subsidy lapse.
The average recipient will likely see their premiums more than double in 2026.
Certain people — including residents of many states that voted for Trump — will be more exposed to a subsidy lapse.
ACA subsidies are expiring. Here’s who the lapse will hit hardest
Early retirees, mid-income consumers, small business owners and residents of states won by President Trump are among those who'd be affected most.
www.cnbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Starting today, around 22 million Americans enrolled in Obamacare will see their tax credits run out.
The average recipient will likely see their premiums more than double in 2026.
Certain people — including residents of many states that voted for Trump — will be more exposed to a subsidy lapse.
The average recipient will likely see their premiums more than double in 2026.
Certain people — including residents of many states that voted for Trump — will be more exposed to a subsidy lapse.
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To me, the Christmas message is that we should care for the needy and vulnerable. I don't understand people who think it means we should smash the car windows of immigrants, tear-gas neighborhoods and zip-tie children.
May federal agents lose their masks and find their souls.
May federal agents lose their masks and find their souls.
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
To me, the Christmas message is that we should care for the needy and vulnerable. I don't understand people who think it means we should smash the car windows of immigrants, tear-gas neighborhoods and zip-tie children.
May federal agents lose their masks and find their souls.
May federal agents lose their masks and find their souls.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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December 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Christian values oppose Christian nationalism and late stage capitalism.
December 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Christian values oppose Christian nationalism and late stage capitalism.
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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is blocking a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, which means the subsidies will lapse. Millions of Americans will pay much higher fees or will drop their health insurance altogether.
Republicans did this while making sure rich people got a tax cut.
Republicans did this while making sure rich people got a tax cut.
This has the votes to pass with bipartisan support, but Johnson is going to adjourn the House again to delay it as long as possible just like he did with Epstein.
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is blocking a vote on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, which means the subsidies will lapse. Millions of Americans will pay much higher fees or will drop their health insurance altogether.
Republicans did this while making sure rich people got a tax cut.
Republicans did this while making sure rich people got a tax cut.
Absolutely shameful behavior. From a man and a party that have no shame.
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Absolutely shameful behavior. From a man and a party that have no shame.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM