Dash Rantic
@jackc.bsky.social
Programmer, bassist, things&stuff+etc.
He/him.
He/him.
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Y’all wanna see the cutest battle of all time?
Introducing:
BUNNY BATTLE
Introducing:
BUNNY BATTLE
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Y’all wanna see the cutest battle of all time?
Introducing:
BUNNY BATTLE
Introducing:
BUNNY BATTLE
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This was simultaneously hilarious and damning examination of the shoddiness of Isaacson’s work. It’s something we came across multiple times in reporting our own book and factchecking it against his.
Episode 48: Elon Musk, Part 2
Over the course of several years, the richest man in the world lost his mind. His biographer didn’t seem to notice.
Over the course of several years, the richest man in the world lost his mind. His biographer didn’t seem to notice.
Elon Musk Part 2
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 12/18/2025 · 1h 31m
podcasts.apple.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:45 AM
This was simultaneously hilarious and damning examination of the shoddiness of Isaacson’s work. It’s something we came across multiple times in reporting our own book and factchecking it against his.
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You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
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@radiofreetom.bsky.social @thomastell.bsky.social Some of these “story springboards” from the original 1964 TOS network pitch could have been wicked cool with the right writers!
January 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social @thomastell.bsky.social Some of these “story springboards” from the original 1964 TOS network pitch could have been wicked cool with the right writers!
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What you shouldn't do, if you're a woman, is call these numbers, flirt with the men, then ask what they do for a living, and say "oh gross, call me when you get a brave and manly job like carpentry or delivering pizzas" and hang up. Don't do that
ICE agents fled from the crowd and left behind their CONOPS battle plan for Minneapolis, including agent's names, hotel rooms, phone numbers, boxes of license plates, and tac radio frequencies.
January 15, 2026 at 4:26 PM
What you shouldn't do, if you're a woman, is call these numbers, flirt with the men, then ask what they do for a living, and say "oh gross, call me when you get a brave and manly job like carpentry or delivering pizzas" and hang up. Don't do that
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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Them: "Our skull represents [insert schizo rant about some neo-pagan white supremesistt nonsense"
Me: "Our crudely drawn devil standing on an airplane means fuck you we see that panzer division you are trying to hide."
Me: "Our crudely drawn devil standing on an airplane means fuck you we see that panzer division you are trying to hide."
January 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Them: "Our skull represents [insert schizo rant about some neo-pagan white supremesistt nonsense"
Me: "Our crudely drawn devil standing on an airplane means fuck you we see that panzer division you are trying to hide."
Me: "Our crudely drawn devil standing on an airplane means fuck you we see that panzer division you are trying to hide."
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Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop"
Dropkick Murphys are releasing an anti-I.C.E. song, "Citizen I.C.E.," as part of their tour-only split LP with Haywire. Learn more.
consequence.net
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This dude is intense and correct
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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WWII history is such a popular topic and so pervasive as a cultural touchstone, and yet ppl refuse to think deeply about it or draw a single goddamn lesson from it
January 14, 2026 at 8:34 PM
WWII history is such a popular topic and so pervasive as a cultural touchstone, and yet ppl refuse to think deeply about it or draw a single goddamn lesson from it
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What's the difference between most of us and Donald Trump?
When someone screams "pedophile protector," most of us know it's not directed at us.
When someone screams "pedophile protector," most of us know it's not directed at us.
January 14, 2026 at 2:42 AM
What's the difference between most of us and Donald Trump?
When someone screams "pedophile protector," most of us know it's not directed at us.
When someone screams "pedophile protector," most of us know it's not directed at us.
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The excuse-making from people who refuse to face reality: "Musk isn't a fascist, he just makes fascist salutes and constantly repeats fascist talking points" seamlessly transitioned to "Musk isn't a pedophile, he just owns an AI that creates CSAM."
January 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The excuse-making from people who refuse to face reality: "Musk isn't a fascist, he just makes fascist salutes and constantly repeats fascist talking points" seamlessly transitioned to "Musk isn't a pedophile, he just owns an AI that creates CSAM."
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We need to intentionally communicate with folks that going back really isn’t an option at this point. What is next *will* be something different. Attempts to return to the status quo while dodging accountability will inevitably lead us back to a similar spot we’re in now.
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
We need to intentionally communicate with folks that going back really isn’t an option at this point. What is next *will* be something different. Attempts to return to the status quo while dodging accountability will inevitably lead us back to a similar spot we’re in now.
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what do you mean the stranger things documentary shows them writing the script on a computer with 3 chat gpt tabs open
January 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
what do you mean the stranger things documentary shows them writing the script on a computer with 3 chat gpt tabs open
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From influencers to governments, everyone is telling us to eat more protein. The latest to join the fray is the U.S. dietary recommendations.
But here's an indisputable fact: plant-forward meals have much less impact on the planet than animal-based options.
Learn more: go.wri.org/plant-protei...
But here's an indisputable fact: plant-forward meals have much less impact on the planet than animal-based options.
Learn more: go.wri.org/plant-protei...
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
From influencers to governments, everyone is telling us to eat more protein. The latest to join the fray is the U.S. dietary recommendations.
But here's an indisputable fact: plant-forward meals have much less impact on the planet than animal-based options.
Learn more: go.wri.org/plant-protei...
But here's an indisputable fact: plant-forward meals have much less impact on the planet than animal-based options.
Learn more: go.wri.org/plant-protei...
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things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
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When Tom Homan says
“Your rhetoric’s a disgrace”
We HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART}
Right in Tom Homan’s face
To defy poor Tom
Would surely be disgrace
So we HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART]
Right in Tom Homan’s face
/1
“Your rhetoric’s a disgrace”
We HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART}
Right in Tom Homan’s face
To defy poor Tom
Would surely be disgrace
So we HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART]
Right in Tom Homan’s face
/1
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
When Tom Homan says
“Your rhetoric’s a disgrace”
We HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART}
Right in Tom Homan’s face
To defy poor Tom
Would surely be disgrace
So we HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART]
Right in Tom Homan’s face
/1
“Your rhetoric’s a disgrace”
We HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART}
Right in Tom Homan’s face
To defy poor Tom
Would surely be disgrace
So we HEIL [FART] HEIL [FART]
Right in Tom Homan’s face
/1
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This is a very, very good concise refutation of both the dishonest right and the grifty centrist people who make the temperature point.
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is a very, very good concise refutation of both the dishonest right and the grifty centrist people who make the temperature point.
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To a lot of people the statemrnt "Grok creates CSAM" will read as a "tech headline" they bypass.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
January 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
To a lot of people the statemrnt "Grok creates CSAM" will read as a "tech headline" they bypass.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
"Grok creates child porn" is a much more visceral statement that will grab someone's attention and THEN you can explain why we don't use that term anymore.
That actually is quite soothing...
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
That actually is quite soothing...
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Here is a thread about a true police-shooting incident that I'm going to use to pose a fun little thought problem for anyone anywhere who think there ia a single justifiable reason to ever allow a law enforcement officer to use force on a citizen and remain anonymous. From my back pages:
January 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Here is a thread about a true police-shooting incident that I'm going to use to pose a fun little thought problem for anyone anywhere who think there ia a single justifiable reason to ever allow a law enforcement officer to use force on a citizen and remain anonymous. From my back pages:
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Exactly.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Exactly.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
It's not to show the ICE officer was in danger—the video he took himself shows he obviously isn't—but to show their supporters that the victim deserved to be murdered.
And to show their opponents they can and will murder them in cold blood and with impunity.
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rightwingers always call women “too emotional” but renee good states she’s not mad in a calm voice while the agitated emotional ICE agent unloads his gun umprompted and calls her a “fucking bitch” after she’s dead
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
rightwingers always call women “too emotional” but renee good states she’s not mad in a calm voice while the agitated emotional ICE agent unloads his gun umprompted and calls her a “fucking bitch” after she’s dead