ptom
@ptom.net
Happy technologist, physicist, and family man, with a penchant for VR and neuropsychology.
Author of https://workingfrom.space
Author of https://workingfrom.space
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They spew so much terrible nothing.
It's easily penetrated with the simplest comprehension of vocabulary, as they try to sound official by weaving a net of Important Sounding Buzzwords in a quick, circular patter.
Their verbal deflection and finger pointing is completely hollow.
It's easily penetrated with the simplest comprehension of vocabulary, as they try to sound official by weaving a net of Important Sounding Buzzwords in a quick, circular patter.
Their verbal deflection and finger pointing is completely hollow.
January 28, 2026 at 2:42 AM
They spew so much terrible nothing.
It's easily penetrated with the simplest comprehension of vocabulary, as they try to sound official by weaving a net of Important Sounding Buzzwords in a quick, circular patter.
Their verbal deflection and finger pointing is completely hollow.
It's easily penetrated with the simplest comprehension of vocabulary, as they try to sound official by weaving a net of Important Sounding Buzzwords in a quick, circular patter.
Their verbal deflection and finger pointing is completely hollow.
I know white people have some Pretti Good reasons for being upset right now, but they're just the tip of the ICEberg.
SO many people of color have already died, are being herded through concentration camps, deprived of basic humanity, and they and their family's lives completely ruined.
Abolish 🧊.
SO many people of color have already died, are being herded through concentration camps, deprived of basic humanity, and they and their family's lives completely ruined.
Abolish 🧊.
January 28, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I know white people have some Pretti Good reasons for being upset right now, but they're just the tip of the ICEberg.
SO many people of color have already died, are being herded through concentration camps, deprived of basic humanity, and they and their family's lives completely ruined.
Abolish 🧊.
SO many people of color have already died, are being herded through concentration camps, deprived of basic humanity, and they and their family's lives completely ruined.
Abolish 🧊.
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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This goes up today.
We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
Here it is:
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This goes up today.
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Over several decades, the WHO has played a huge role in bringing countries together to reduce death and disease at an unprecedented scale.
It is by no means a perfect organization, but we can only improve it by continuing to participate. Withdrawal is reckless and makes us all more vulnerable.
It is by no means a perfect organization, but we can only improve it by continuing to participate. Withdrawal is reckless and makes us all more vulnerable.
January 23, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Over several decades, the WHO has played a huge role in bringing countries together to reduce death and disease at an unprecedented scale.
It is by no means a perfect organization, but we can only improve it by continuing to participate. Withdrawal is reckless and makes us all more vulnerable.
It is by no means a perfect organization, but we can only improve it by continuing to participate. Withdrawal is reckless and makes us all more vulnerable.
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Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Whistleblowers just shared a memo showing DHS instructing ICE to force their way into peoples' houses without a proper warrant. Why is this not on all the networks right now? This is a criminal conspiracy to violate rights under color of law.
Pet Shop Boys - 'The dictator decides' (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Pet Shop Boys
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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Goofing around at the enemy fortress 🔔
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Goofing around at the enemy fortress 🔔
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And this is how I once ended up with a save file entitled "absolumfotinggrunkletrumfits".
They gave me 28 characters, and I was determined to use them all.
They gave me 28 characters, and I was determined to use them all.
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 AM
And this is how I once ended up with a save file entitled "absolumfotinggrunkletrumfits".
They gave me 28 characters, and I was determined to use them all.
They gave me 28 characters, and I was determined to use them all.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Incredible report on how patriotic Americans in Minneapolis are dealing with the invasion of Miller’s Gestapo.
What Trump and ICE Are Doing in Minneapolis Is Obvious. They Don’t Seem to Grasp What’s Happening Instead. — Slate
Trump had a playbook after Renee Good’s ICE shooting. I saw up close what’s happening instead.
apple.news
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Incredible report on how patriotic Americans in Minneapolis are dealing with the invasion of Miller’s Gestapo.
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Confirmed case of Measles at Clemson University
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
January 18, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Confirmed case of Measles at Clemson University
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
Over 500 cases of Measles in South Carolina
SCGOP finding out the hard way what happens when you let anti-science anti-intellectual conspiracy theorists determine your public health policy.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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My favorite drawing from 2025, I call her Claudia.
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM
My favorite drawing from 2025, I call her Claudia.
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"We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money." (Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture)
January 17, 2026 at 5:26 AM
"We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money." (Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture)
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"Numerous studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite."
Source: Research articles cited in article at Brennan Center
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Source: Research articles cited in article at Brennan Center
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’
Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.
www.brennancenter.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
"Numerous studies show that immigration is not linked to higher levels of crime, but rather the opposite."
Source: Research articles cited in article at Brennan Center
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Source: Research articles cited in article at Brennan Center
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.