Peter Boothe
@pboothe.bsky.social
Founder of @triplepat.com Coding fool. Recovering academic. Currently starting a company in the Netherlands. Former tech lead of M-Lab and former CS professor and former a few other things too.
https://pboothe.github.io
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it says a lot about where we are, absolutely none of it good, that my initial reaction here was “oh good he’s just doing another bonkers tariff instead of literally sending in the troops”
Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland.
This is mad king shit.
This is mad king shit.
January 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
it says a lot about where we are, absolutely none of it good, that my initial reaction here was “oh good he’s just doing another bonkers tariff instead of literally sending in the troops”
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Do you think either Putin or Xi would rather have (a) Greenland or (b) the NATO alliance fighting each other and falling out over Greenland?
January 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Do you think either Putin or Xi would rather have (a) Greenland or (b) the NATO alliance fighting each other and falling out over Greenland?
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a liberal who believes in free markets & a socialist who wants an economy without (or with less of) them might seem like polar opposites
but both want to rationally work out structures to maximise human welfare, both assume the moral equality of persons
fascists just don't care about any of that
but both want to rationally work out structures to maximise human welfare, both assume the moral equality of persons
fascists just don't care about any of that
January 17, 2026 at 9:21 AM
a liberal who believes in free markets & a socialist who wants an economy without (or with less of) them might seem like polar opposites
but both want to rationally work out structures to maximise human welfare, both assume the moral equality of persons
fascists just don't care about any of that
but both want to rationally work out structures to maximise human welfare, both assume the moral equality of persons
fascists just don't care about any of that
Trying desperately to find a centrist view from nowhere that shows that Renee Good half-deserved to be shot three times in the face and then called a “fucking bitch” as she bled to death while nearby doctors were prevented by ICE from rendering aid.
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The New York Times provide a frame-by-frame look at what led to Renee Good being shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis. Watch our visual investigation. trib.al/dJBtpjH
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Trying desperately to find a centrist view from nowhere that shows that Renee Good half-deserved to be shot three times in the face and then called a “fucking bitch” as she bled to death while nearby doctors were prevented by ICE from rendering aid.
Remember that promised healthcare vote? You know: The one the democratic senators gave up the power of the purse for! When was it and who voted and how did they vote?
January 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Remember that promised healthcare vote? You know: The one the democratic senators gave up the power of the purse for! When was it and who voted and how did they vote?
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crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
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Putin, failing in his east European war, summons his American clients to organize a diversion in western Europe.
January 16, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Putin, failing in his east European war, summons his American clients to organize a diversion in western Europe.
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you know how there are episodes of things like The Office that are too cringe to watch and you have to leave the room because of secondhand embarrassment? this is sort of like that
#BREAKING: Venezuela's Machado says she 'presented' her Nobel Prize to Trump
January 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
you know how there are episodes of things like The Office that are too cringe to watch and you have to leave the room because of secondhand embarrassment? this is sort of like that
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transport stephen miller back in time to 1968 and he would have called shatner a race traitor
Stephen Miller is upset about Star Trek, one of the most socially progressive franchises in TV history
January 16, 2026 at 4:22 AM
transport stephen miller back in time to 1968 and he would have called shatner a race traitor
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It's really annoying that the administration has successfully gotten many people to accept the premise that it would be okay to murder her if he had been nudged with her car at low speed when he was not even, in fact, nudged with her car at all and just fucking slipped and panicked
New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provides a millisecond-by-millisecond look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapo...
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 AM
It's really annoying that the administration has successfully gotten many people to accept the premise that it would be okay to murder her if he had been nudged with her car at low speed when he was not even, in fact, nudged with her car at all and just fucking slipped and panicked
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people often confuse ‘getting things done’ or ‘passing a law’ with ‘being an opposition party’.
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 AM
people often confuse ‘getting things done’ or ‘passing a law’ with ‘being an opposition party’.
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third-generation dub of an independent straight-to-video horror flick from 1982 face
It's kind of surreal how Trump swearing at and giving the middle finger to a heckler isn't a bigger deal because of how much other awful stuff has happened in the last few days: www.bbc.com/news/article...
White House defends Trump over middle-finger gesture at heckler
Thousands of people have sent donations totalling nearly $700,000 (£521,000) to the heckler, who was suspended from his job at Ford.
www.bbc.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
third-generation dub of an independent straight-to-video horror flick from 1982 face
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57 can stay. The rest have to go.
The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
Only 57 Democrats voted NO.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...
January 15, 2026 at 2:08 AM
57 can stay. The rest have to go.
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Third Way likes ICE and likes what they do.
ICE may be shooting people in the face, sending people to concentration camps, and illegally occupying our cities but, apparently, the Democrats think saying, "abolish ICE" is "emotional" and politically "lethal."
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Third Way likes ICE and likes what they do.
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looks like donald trump used the military to do a smash and grab for his personal benefit
Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
looks like donald trump used the military to do a smash and grab for his personal benefit
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I get that it’s as fraught as a situation can be, but the state and cities are offering NO help except good luck out there and “we WILL arrest and possibly brutalize you ourselves if you don’t just absorb the nazi attacks.” Not giving Trump what he wants isn’t worth much when you’re beaten to death
January 15, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I get that it’s as fraught as a situation can be, but the state and cities are offering NO help except good luck out there and “we WILL arrest and possibly brutalize you ourselves if you don’t just absorb the nazi attacks.” Not giving Trump what he wants isn’t worth much when you’re beaten to death
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If you see one, the most important thing to say is “WHAT’S YOUR NAME” because otherwise the person is gone for good, maybe. I witnessed one in an alley as the sole pursuit car, I was the only witness, I froze for a second and didn’t shout it in time, and the guy is just… gone now. I’ll never know.
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
If you see one, the most important thing to say is “WHAT’S YOUR NAME” because otherwise the person is gone for good, maybe. I witnessed one in an alley as the sole pursuit car, I was the only witness, I froze for a second and didn’t shout it in time, and the guy is just… gone now. I’ll never know.
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The main host of the 2026 World Cup is freezing visa processing for nearly half of the world’s countries.
Marco Rubio freezes all foreign visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries.
Marco Rubio freezes all foreign visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries.
January 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The main host of the 2026 World Cup is freezing visa processing for nearly half of the world’s countries.
Marco Rubio freezes all foreign visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries.
Marco Rubio freezes all foreign visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries.
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This is the equivalent of using the “One does not simply…” meme and then denying its from LOTR.
January 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is the equivalent of using the “One does not simply…” meme and then denying its from LOTR.
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It is actually pretty easy to explain some of the shit going on in the country to a child right now, which is part of what makes it so frustrating: it really is that simple.
No, it's not kind.
Yes, they should just stop.
We take care of each other.
No, it's not kind.
Yes, they should just stop.
We take care of each other.
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
It is actually pretty easy to explain some of the shit going on in the country to a child right now, which is part of what makes it so frustrating: it really is that simple.
No, it's not kind.
Yes, they should just stop.
We take care of each other.
No, it's not kind.
Yes, they should just stop.
We take care of each other.
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dems on the hill need to find a mechanism now to stop trump’s wild and lawless use of force. his threats to greenland and europe (and yes beyond) have to end now, and silence/inaction are not options.
January 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
dems on the hill need to find a mechanism now to stop trump’s wild and lawless use of force. his threats to greenland and europe (and yes beyond) have to end now, and silence/inaction are not options.
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Those who cannot remember history etc etc
"shoot first and inquire afterwards, and if you make mistakes, i will protect you."
hermann goring
16th president of the reichstag
nazi germany
30 august 1932 – 23 april 1945
sentenced to death after 218 day trial at neuremburg 1946
died by suicide 15 october 1946
office abolished
hermann goring
16th president of the reichstag
nazi germany
30 august 1932 – 23 april 1945
sentenced to death after 218 day trial at neuremburg 1946
died by suicide 15 october 1946
office abolished
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Those who cannot remember history etc etc
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As recently as 2015, this would have been the end of a presidency. In 2026, it's a Tuesday.
January 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
As recently as 2015, this would have been the end of a presidency. In 2026, it's a Tuesday.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM