Sean Massey
@seanmassey.net
Multi-Cloud and End-User Computing technologist. Independent Consultant/Analyst/Blogger, photographer, husband, father of two, pizza enthusiast, vexpert, Pokémon fan, thoughts are my own
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Blog: https://thevirtualhorizon.com
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If Trump is right -- and the Epstein Files allegations are all a Democratic hoax -- why is DOJ redacting the files into oblivion?
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If Trump is right -- and the Epstein Files allegations are all a Democratic hoax -- why is DOJ redacting the files into oblivion?
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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maybe I’m being too optimistic given, well, everything
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
maybe I’m being too optimistic given, well, everything
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
but I just don’t think this guy running an explicit white nationalist campaign is going to have anywhere near the juice his boss does
he is a repellent man with a repellent message and people are tired of it all
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People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
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This is straight-up, unvarnished Klan language from the Vice President of the United States.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is straight-up, unvarnished Klan language from the Vice President of the United States.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
We've had a lot of racist vice presidents and this one might be in the running for top of the list.
Is he threatening me with a good time???
Johnson: If we lose the House majority, the radical left will impeach President Trump.
December 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Is he threatening me with a good time???
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Epstein redactions aren't believable, and they are valuable to fascists specifically because they aren't believable.
Fascists prefer lies to truth. Believing in a lie is preferable to believing a truth, if what you want is to dominate.
Believing lies dominates truth. So they believe lies.
Fascists prefer lies to truth. Believing in a lie is preferable to believing a truth, if what you want is to dominate.
Believing lies dominates truth. So they believe lies.
December 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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What a game!!! Go Bears!!!!
a man in a chicago bears jacket is sitting at a table in a bar with his arms in the air .
ALT: a man in a chicago bears jacket is sitting at a table in a bar with his arms in the air .
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
What a game!!! Go Bears!!!!
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Well, speaking of the Nebulas, I can assure you no part of this story was created using AI. In fact, it’s inspired by my utter disgust of AI-generated art. I wrote is as an F-you to this whole shoehorning of AI in art. Give it a read if any of that speaks to you. #fuckai
Nebula nominations are open. It would mean a lot if you’d consider “Through the Machine.” Published in Lightspeed and featured by Gizmodo, it’s a cautionary tale of AI in the arts, using the film industry as example. Thank you for your consideration.
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...
Through the Machine - Lightspeed Magazine
“Steve, over here! Turn to your right. Can we get a smile?” He falls back on his training easily enough, turns to the cameras, gives them his famous crooked smile, tilts his head just so as the flashe...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Well, speaking of the Nebulas, I can assure you no part of this story was created using AI. In fact, it’s inspired by my utter disgust of AI-generated art. I wrote is as an F-you to this whole shoehorning of AI in art. Give it a read if any of that speaks to you. #fuckai
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You are either on Team Release Everything (except for victim info), or you are a pedo protector.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
December 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
You are either on Team Release Everything (except for victim info), or you are a pedo protector.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
Trademarked terms that I feel have been genericized.
Twitter - any microblogging social media site
Dungeons and Dragons - any table top roleplaying game that focuses on fantasy elements and uses a variety of dice including 20-sided dice.
Twitter - any microblogging social media site
Dungeons and Dragons - any table top roleplaying game that focuses on fantasy elements and uses a variety of dice including 20-sided dice.
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Trademarked terms that I feel have been genericized.
Twitter - any microblogging social media site
Dungeons and Dragons - any table top roleplaying game that focuses on fantasy elements and uses a variety of dice including 20-sided dice.
Twitter - any microblogging social media site
Dungeons and Dragons - any table top roleplaying game that focuses on fantasy elements and uses a variety of dice including 20-sided dice.
Web browsers or rejected Mega Man Robot Masters names? I’m having a hard time telling the difference…
“try water fox or ice weasel” try chill penguin. install flame mammoth. you just download bubble crab. literally just use boomer kuwanger. sting chameleon has a search bar, use it to find toxic seahorse.
I asked what I should use instead of firefox and someone said “floorp” and I legitimately thought it was a bit for like five minutes. tech has gone beyond making the torment nexus real to making poob real.
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Web browsers or rejected Mega Man Robot Masters names? I’m having a hard time telling the difference…
I’ll stop deadnaming Twitter when Musk stops deadnaming his daughter.
X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.
X updates its terms to lay claim to the 'Twitter' trademark after newcomer's challenge | TechCrunch
X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos and more without written consent.
techcrunch.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I’ll stop deadnaming Twitter when Musk stops deadnaming his daughter.
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There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Mom! Grandpa’s off his meds and playing with my 1/700th scale recreation of Task Force 16 again
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Mom! Grandpa’s off his meds and playing with my 1/700th scale recreation of Task Force 16 again
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I thought of a couple C- jokes for this but the overwhelming feeling is just how sad some peoples lives are. We live in a world full of wonders and amazing experiences and this is all some people have, this is what they think life is. They have a profound emptiness.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I thought of a couple C- jokes for this but the overwhelming feeling is just how sad some peoples lives are. We live in a world full of wonders and amazing experiences and this is all some people have, this is what they think life is. They have a profound emptiness.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
There are a lot of tech workers who have had their jobs cut over the last two years.
They can get involved in these cooperatives and help build open source solutions to replace software that private equity has bought up.
They can get involved in these cooperatives and help build open source solutions to replace software that private equity has bought up.
Look, there’s a simple solution to private equity buying up and enshittifying the software that keeps us safe: a handful of municipal fire/rescue departments should team up, collaboratively build and share better software, and release it into the public domain. This is a common pattern!
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
There are a lot of tech workers who have had their jobs cut over the last two years.
They can get involved in these cooperatives and help build open source solutions to replace software that private equity has bought up.
They can get involved in these cooperatives and help build open source solutions to replace software that private equity has bought up.
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What if the social media experience some seek is not post-truth rhetorical combat with the deck stacked against them? What if they prefer conversations and good faith engagement? Why wouldn’t that be okay?
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What if the social media experience some seek is not post-truth rhetorical combat with the deck stacked against them? What if they prefer conversations and good faith engagement? Why wouldn’t that be okay?
Read this article.
Must read piece from @gregsargent.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Read this article.
Is it just me, or does he look like someone who joined this spot straight from the Nuremberg rallies?
NEWSMAX: Your goal is 5,000 arrests in New Orleans. How did you come up with that figure?
BOVINO: That figure is something, um, that we talked about and it's definitely something that's attainable
BOVINO: That figure is something, um, that we talked about and it's definitely something that's attainable
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Is it just me, or does he look like someone who joined this spot straight from the Nuremberg rallies?
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NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
December 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW JERSEY — bonkers… the husband of an ICE agent uses her marked car to pretend to be Homeland Security and respond to a call HE MADE HIMSELF… with a gun and sirens and everything.
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I’m sorry can someone really bad die, please?
Can we get a despot or dictator to drop dead?
Can we get a despot or dictator to drop dead?
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I’m sorry can someone really bad die, please?
Can we get a despot or dictator to drop dead?
Can we get a despot or dictator to drop dead?
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Imagine confessing you let a car’s OS turn you into a toddler.
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Imagine confessing you let a car’s OS turn you into a toddler.