Kurt Lass
@kurtl.bsky.social
Broadcast engineer and software developer. Nutrition enthusiast and Real Food LCHF advocate.
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Don’t forget, when Pauline drops racist bombshells into the media for everyone to react to, she’s now being funded by Gina Rinehart, major contributor to racist propaganda group Advance and inspired by MAGA-guru Steve “flood the zone with bullshit” Bannon.
The offence is the point.
The offence is the point.
February 18, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Don’t forget, when Pauline drops racist bombshells into the media for everyone to react to, she’s now being funded by Gina Rinehart, major contributor to racist propaganda group Advance and inspired by MAGA-guru Steve “flood the zone with bullshit” Bannon.
The offence is the point.
The offence is the point.
Hat tip to Chris Geidner for this repost...
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
In film after film, Frederick Wiseman watched with preternatural patience as systems revealed themselves through the tenacious, irreducible vitality of the people inside them.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
I kept returning to his films while reporting my book, hoping to absorb some of that patience.
Such a profound loss.
Frederick Wiseman Dies at 96: The Documentary Legend Was One of Cinema’s Greatest Masters
Wiseman's 50-plus year career started with a bang, "Titicut Follies," and only got better.
www.indiewire.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Hat tip to Chris Geidner for this repost...
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Frederick Wiseman was a mostly unknown genius of documentary filmmaking.
The closing scenes of his seminal 1975 film Welfare can be found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyM...
The closing scenes of his seminal 1975 film Welfare can be found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyM...
February 17, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Frederick Wiseman was a mostly unknown genius of documentary filmmaking.
The closing scenes of his seminal 1975 film Welfare can be found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyM...
The closing scenes of his seminal 1975 film Welfare can be found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyM...
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FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law
theconversation.com/fda-rejects-...
"From a legal perspective, the FDA’s decision could potentially meet what’s called the 'arbitrary and capricious' standard..."
Conflicts with science, law & common sense.
theconversation.com/fda-rejects-...
"From a legal perspective, the FDA’s decision could potentially meet what’s called the 'arbitrary and capricious' standard..."
Conflicts with science, law & common sense.
FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law
The move signals an escalation in the agency’s efforts to interfere with established procedures for testing and approving vaccines.
theconversation.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law
theconversation.com/fda-rejects-...
"From a legal perspective, the FDA’s decision could potentially meet what’s called the 'arbitrary and capricious' standard..."
Conflicts with science, law & common sense.
theconversation.com/fda-rejects-...
"From a legal perspective, the FDA’s decision could potentially meet what’s called the 'arbitrary and capricious' standard..."
Conflicts with science, law & common sense.
One smart cat...
Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday
Thoughts may be invisible, but their influence is stronger than anything else. They can weigh you down or lift you towards your greatest potential.
Think positive thoughts
Thoughts may be invisible, but their influence is stronger than anything else. They can weigh you down or lift you towards your greatest potential.
Think positive thoughts
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
One smart cat...
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As Guy Rundle frequently observes, the majority of Australians are now knowledge class small ‘l’ liberals concerned at widening inequality, climate change, housing affordability and our grovelling to a failed US state. So why are the ALP, Libs, Nats and One Nation all competing for the cooker vote?
a man in a suit and tie talking on a phone with the words " i don 't understand any of this " behind him
ALT: a man in a suit and tie talking on a phone with the words " i don 't understand any of this " behind him
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
As Guy Rundle frequently observes, the majority of Australians are now knowledge class small ‘l’ liberals concerned at widening inequality, climate change, housing affordability and our grovelling to a failed US state. So why are the ALP, Libs, Nats and One Nation all competing for the cooker vote?
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🧪⚛️ My thoughts on why the suddenly popular idea of putting huge volumes of data centers into orbit makes no sense, at least to me, on physics grounds. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2026/02/data...
Data centers in space make no sense to me
There seems to be a huge push lately in the tech world for the idea of placing data centers in space . This is not just coming from Musk vi...
nanoscale.blogspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🧪⚛️ My thoughts on why the suddenly popular idea of putting huge volumes of data centers into orbit makes no sense, at least to me, on physics grounds. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2026/02/data...
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Good morning and welcome to tuna Tuesday
Never underestimate the little ways you include others.
Those quiet gestures can make someone feel noticed, seen, and truly cared for.
They may seem small to you,
but to someone else, they can mean everything.
Never underestimate the little ways you include others.
Those quiet gestures can make someone feel noticed, seen, and truly cared for.
They may seem small to you,
but to someone else, they can mean everything.
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Good morning and welcome to tuna Tuesday
Never underestimate the little ways you include others.
Those quiet gestures can make someone feel noticed, seen, and truly cared for.
They may seem small to you,
but to someone else, they can mean everything.
Never underestimate the little ways you include others.
Those quiet gestures can make someone feel noticed, seen, and truly cared for.
They may seem small to you,
but to someone else, they can mean everything.
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Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day
Take care of yourself, not just the version the world sees, but the quiet parts too.
You don’t have to be strong all the time.
You’re not broken. You’re human.
Give yourself the care you give everyone else.
Take care of yourself, not just the version the world sees, but the quiet parts too.
You don’t have to be strong all the time.
You’re not broken. You’re human.
Give yourself the care you give everyone else.
February 8, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day
Take care of yourself, not just the version the world sees, but the quiet parts too.
You don’t have to be strong all the time.
You’re not broken. You’re human.
Give yourself the care you give everyone else.
Take care of yourself, not just the version the world sees, but the quiet parts too.
You don’t have to be strong all the time.
You’re not broken. You’re human.
Give yourself the care you give everyone else.
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Well worth a read! Don't mention the war johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
Don't mention the war
Australia is struggling to respond proportionately to violence, fear and political pressure in the wake of the Bondi attacks, October 7 and Israel’s war in Gaza. The result has been a contraction of d...
johnmenadue.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Well worth a read! Don't mention the war johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
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I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.
February 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I am not going to repost the vile and racist image that Trump posted last night of President & First Lady Obama because it is beyond disgusting. Trump is a vile racist as is every Republican that continues to support him. I don’t want to hear mumbling from Mike Johnson or stoic silence from Thune.
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The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The entire anti wokeness nonsense of the past decade was about making this kind of gutter racism broadly acceptable again bsky.app/profile/adam...
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You have to understand that these are fundamentally bad people with hatred in their hearts.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
You have to understand that these are fundamentally bad people with hatred in their hearts.
Timeline cleanse...
Night night sweet dreamies
It’s okay if you’re not always positive.
Life holds a full spectrum of emotions, and you’re allowed to feel every one of them.
You are valuable and worthy exactly as you are, exactly as you feel.
It’s okay if you’re not always positive.
Life holds a full spectrum of emotions, and you’re allowed to feel every one of them.
You are valuable and worthy exactly as you are, exactly as you feel.
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Timeline cleanse...
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Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday
Be someone who still tries.
After failure, frustration, and heartache, be the person who finds the courage to try again
Believe that better days and kinder moments are yet to come.
Be someone who still tries.
After failure, frustration, and heartache, be the person who finds the courage to try again
Believe that better days and kinder moments are yet to come.
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday
Be someone who still tries.
After failure, frustration, and heartache, be the person who finds the courage to try again
Believe that better days and kinder moments are yet to come.
Be someone who still tries.
After failure, frustration, and heartache, be the person who finds the courage to try again
Believe that better days and kinder moments are yet to come.
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This entire answer from Mike Johnson — the speaker of the House and a lawyer — must be seen.
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
February 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This entire answer from Mike Johnson — the speaker of the House and a lawyer — must be seen.
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
It is fundamentally wrong on both points: as to administrative warrants (which need not be signed by immigration judges) and as to judicial warrants (which are not "new" for authorizing home entry).
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Night night sweet dreamies
The mind is a powerful thing.
It listens to what we tell it and learns to believe those words
So speak kindly to it
Remind it of your strengths, your worth, and how capable you truly are.
You are wonderfully and beautifully made, exactly as you are.
The mind is a powerful thing.
It listens to what we tell it and learns to believe those words
So speak kindly to it
Remind it of your strengths, your worth, and how capable you truly are.
You are wonderfully and beautifully made, exactly as you are.
February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
The mind is a powerful thing.
It listens to what we tell it and learns to believe those words
So speak kindly to it
Remind it of your strengths, your worth, and how capable you truly are.
You are wonderfully and beautifully made, exactly as you are.
The mind is a powerful thing.
It listens to what we tell it and learns to believe those words
So speak kindly to it
Remind it of your strengths, your worth, and how capable you truly are.
You are wonderfully and beautifully made, exactly as you are.
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Very important thread by the always smart John Pfaff.
Not ICE, but CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Very important thread by the always smart John Pfaff.
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A note from our editors:
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Killer Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti identified by the excellent @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Killer Border Patrol agents who shot Alex Pretti identified by the excellent @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day
We’re all improvising, really.
Taking small steps into days we’ve never lived before.
Just in case you needed to hear it:
Everyone is winging it.
Some people are just better at pretending.
You’re doing fine.
Keep going
We’re all improvising, really.
Taking small steps into days we’ve never lived before.
Just in case you needed to hear it:
Everyone is winging it.
Some people are just better at pretending.
You’re doing fine.
Keep going
February 1, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day
We’re all improvising, really.
Taking small steps into days we’ve never lived before.
Just in case you needed to hear it:
Everyone is winging it.
Some people are just better at pretending.
You’re doing fine.
Keep going
We’re all improvising, really.
Taking small steps into days we’ve never lived before.
Just in case you needed to hear it:
Everyone is winging it.
Some people are just better at pretending.
You’re doing fine.
Keep going
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Night night sweet dreamies
Everyone carries doubts, insecurities, and tender spots.
They’re part of your story, but they are not the whole of who you are.
Everyone carries doubts, insecurities, and tender spots.
They’re part of your story, but they are not the whole of who you are.
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Everyone carries doubts, insecurities, and tender spots.
They’re part of your story, but they are not the whole of who you are.
Everyone carries doubts, insecurities, and tender spots.
They’re part of your story, but they are not the whole of who you are.
Look how excited they look! 🤣🤣🤣
They do know people will actually see this eventually, right? I mean, not a lot, but critics at least.
Amazon Blocks Mainstream Press From Watching ‘Melania’ Documentary at Kennedy Center
After a red carpet attended by Donald and Melania Trump, mainstream media were banned from attending a screening of Amazon MGM's Melania documentary.
variety.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Look how excited they look! 🤣🤣🤣
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On Wednesday, I had an in-depth discussion with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Overseeing a jurisdiction that includes Minneapolis, Moriarty had significant information to share and a lot of important thoughts about the past year — and the past month.
Talking with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty about Trump, Operation Metro Surge — and FAFO
Watch now (47 mins) | "[T]he people of Minneapolis are looking around, and this is what they’re saying to their electeds too, is, ‘Who is here protecting us?’”
www.lawdork.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 AM
On Wednesday, I had an in-depth discussion with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Overseeing a jurisdiction that includes Minneapolis, Moriarty had significant information to share and a lot of important thoughts about the past year — and the past month.