Max Fenton
@maxfenton.bsky.social
Web developer. Used to help with some startup stuff, some publishing stuff, and some art stuff.
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Reply is the mind-killer. Reply is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my reply. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the reply has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Jeff Bezos Presents Fallout Season Two is something, huh
January 22, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Jeff Bezos Presents Fallout Season Two is something, huh
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If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners
Also available in Spanish.
freedom.press
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 AM
If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
I replied and I’m sorry
January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I replied and I’m sorry
If you were ever wondering whether the expiration dates on smoked salmon are real, I’m here to tell you that yes they are.
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
If you were ever wondering whether the expiration dates on smoked salmon are real, I’m here to tell you that yes they are.
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a year ago i wrote a story that went viral over here about how republicans could create a de facto national care ban for trans medicine
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
Will Democrats Let the GOP Gut Trans Health Care?
Donald Trump and Republicans may try to ban funding to companies that perform trans health care. Some fear Democrats won't stop them.
www.rollingstone.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 AM
a year ago i wrote a story that went viral over here about how republicans could create a de facto national care ban for trans medicine
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
to stop it, democrats would have to hold the line in funding talks, and staff in congress told me they were unsure if they would
today, they stopped it
Feels like if there’s a 7 day waiting period to visit ICE detention centers, maybe all of the functional Congress folks could go ahead and start scheduling for next week and every day after.
January 20, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Feels like if there’s a 7 day waiting period to visit ICE detention centers, maybe all of the functional Congress folks could go ahead and start scheduling for next week and every day after.
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Folks I must again insist
There should be a rule that if you are a Known Sports Poster you can say things like “holy fucking shit” with zero context but if you are primarily a Known Politics Poster that gets you like a two day ban
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Folks I must again insist
Reply is the mind-killer. Reply is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my reply. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the reply has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Reply is the mind-killer. Reply is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my reply. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the reply has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Well this looks excellent! Having traumatised myself with an element of work I was doing with records, I'm now VERY conscious of the risk to myself and others when dealing with these materials. Sadly I have a meeting clash for this, but you should all book!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-af...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-af...
Looking After the Archivist: Reducing Risks of Secondary Trauma
Join Anna Sexton's talk on Looking After the Archivist: Approaches to Reducing the Risks of Secondary Trauma
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Well this looks excellent! Having traumatised myself with an element of work I was doing with records, I'm now VERY conscious of the risk to myself and others when dealing with these materials. Sadly I have a meeting clash for this, but you should all book!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-af...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-af...
Looking After the Archivist: Reducing Risks of Secondary Trauma
Join Anna Sexton's talk on Looking After the Archivist: Approaches to Reducing the Risks of Secondary Trauma
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Well this looks excellent! Having traumatised myself with an element of work I was doing with records, I'm now VERY conscious of the risk to myself and others when dealing with these materials. Sadly I have a meeting clash for this, but you should all book!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-af...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-af...
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That's the whole point of my conversation here.
Economic realities are changing as we figure out how to make energy more cheaply. Cheaper energy makes certain kinds of recycling more viable.
Renewables offer us a way to close the loop. That's what's important right now. Tomorrow's possibilities.
Economic realities are changing as we figure out how to make energy more cheaply. Cheaper energy makes certain kinds of recycling more viable.
Renewables offer us a way to close the loop. That's what's important right now. Tomorrow's possibilities.
January 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
That's the whole point of my conversation here.
Economic realities are changing as we figure out how to make energy more cheaply. Cheaper energy makes certain kinds of recycling more viable.
Renewables offer us a way to close the loop. That's what's important right now. Tomorrow's possibilities.
Economic realities are changing as we figure out how to make energy more cheaply. Cheaper energy makes certain kinds of recycling more viable.
Renewables offer us a way to close the loop. That's what's important right now. Tomorrow's possibilities.
A real thing I’m thinking about this morning re: the bus thing last night is that a Best Bus on I95 probably has at least one person for whom introducing police presence would be worse. As it was happening, I kept thinking “why not call the police?” despite myself. Meditating on that today.
January 20, 2026 at 5:32 PM
A real thing I’m thinking about this morning re: the bus thing last night is that a Best Bus on I95 probably has at least one person for whom introducing police presence would be worse. As it was happening, I kept thinking “why not call the police?” despite myself. Meditating on that today.
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I really think Hubert Dreyfus nailed this in On The Internet (2002) and I’ll keep posting this page until everyone has seen it. Key para in alt text.
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM
I really think Hubert Dreyfus nailed this in On The Internet (2002) and I’ll keep posting this page until everyone has seen it. Key para in alt text.
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ChongLy Scott "Saly" Thao's family has started a GoFundMe for him:
Donate to Support ChongLy Scott Thao's Family After ICE Raid Trauma, organized by LOUANSEE MOUA
Support ChongLy Scott Thao After Traumatic ICE Raid
On… LOUANSEE MOUA needs your support for Support ChongLy Scott Thao's Family After ICE Raid Trauma
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January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
ChongLy Scott "Saly" Thao's family has started a GoFundMe for him:
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We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Turns out not winning the Nobel prize was a severe narcissistic injury for Trump.
What you’re seeing below is called narcissistic rage.
The FIFA trophy probably made it worse. The board of peace is him trying to compete with and supersede the prestige of the peace prize.
What you’re seeing below is called narcissistic rage.
The FIFA trophy probably made it worse. The board of peace is him trying to compete with and supersede the prestige of the peace prize.
Trump’s letter to Denmark demanding Greenland is one of the dumbest fucking things I’ve ever read in my entire life.
I thought it was fake at first.
He’s insane.
I thought it was fake at first.
He’s insane.
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Turns out not winning the Nobel prize was a severe narcissistic injury for Trump.
What you’re seeing below is called narcissistic rage.
The FIFA trophy probably made it worse. The board of peace is him trying to compete with and supersede the prestige of the peace prize.
What you’re seeing below is called narcissistic rage.
The FIFA trophy probably made it worse. The board of peace is him trying to compete with and supersede the prestige of the peace prize.
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The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
Author of ‘Don’t Say Abolish ICE’ Memo Is a Corporate Consultant - The American Prospect
Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms.
prospect.org
January 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The author of a controversial memo from centrist think tank Searchlight telling Democrats to abandon the slogan “Abolish ICE” is a senior advisor for WestExec, a D.C. shadow lobbyist for corporations in the defense, surveillance, and immigration enforcement industries.
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
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Oh dear CBS has FOIA'd the full text exchange between Trump and the Norwegian PM
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Oh dear CBS has FOIA'd the full text exchange between Trump and the Norwegian PM
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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"Sometimes the behavior is simply bizarre. After an attempted abduction left a couple dozen observers standing on a neighborhood street, one ICE vehicle circled the block, broadcasting a looped audio recording of a woman screaming."
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ICE vs. Everyone | Erin West
What we’re doing now is this: The trainings have evolved into street medic workshops on protecting yourself from chemical weapons and lessons on digital security; there’s a meet-up to sew reinforced u...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"Sometimes the behavior is simply bizarre. After an attempted abduction left a couple dozen observers standing on a neighborhood street, one ICE vehicle circled the block, broadcasting a looped audio recording of a woman screaming."
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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This is who voted against establishing DHS
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is who voted against establishing DHS
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Found tied to the barricade.
January 18, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Found tied to the barricade.
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ok but who do we think is getting next year’s fifa peace prize
January 18, 2026 at 2:24 PM
ok but who do we think is getting next year’s fifa peace prize