Ornamental Hermit
@smccain.bsky.social
Data governance weirdo trying to normalize my life. Until then, I just wander from room to room.
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So the lesson we ought to take away from this is that any system built on the assumption that billionaires will not reveal themselves to be moral cretins is destined to eventually fail.
February 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
So the lesson we ought to take away from this is that any system built on the assumption that billionaires will not reveal themselves to be moral cretins is destined to eventually fail.
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EVERYONE: abolish ICE
DEMOCRATS: reform ICE?
E: abolish ICE
D: so we should keep ICE
E: abolish ICE
D: ah, keep ICE the same way that it is now
E: abolish ICE
D: oh, make them worse than they are now
E: abolish ICE
D: and give them a bigger budget
E: abolish ICE
D: see, we do listen to the people
DEMOCRATS: reform ICE?
E: abolish ICE
D: so we should keep ICE
E: abolish ICE
D: ah, keep ICE the same way that it is now
E: abolish ICE
D: oh, make them worse than they are now
E: abolish ICE
D: and give them a bigger budget
E: abolish ICE
D: see, we do listen to the people
February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
EVERYONE: abolish ICE
DEMOCRATS: reform ICE?
E: abolish ICE
D: so we should keep ICE
E: abolish ICE
D: ah, keep ICE the same way that it is now
E: abolish ICE
D: oh, make them worse than they are now
E: abolish ICE
D: and give them a bigger budget
E: abolish ICE
D: see, we do listen to the people
DEMOCRATS: reform ICE?
E: abolish ICE
D: so we should keep ICE
E: abolish ICE
D: ah, keep ICE the same way that it is now
E: abolish ICE
D: oh, make them worse than they are now
E: abolish ICE
D: and give them a bigger budget
E: abolish ICE
D: see, we do listen to the people
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I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Thread.
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I'm not saying ONE SPEECH is SOLELY responsible for 3 HBCUs, an anti-racist town, defeating a federal detention policy or creating one of our greatest poets
All I'm saying is:
If all this happened literally the FIRST TIME white people listened to Black people...
Maybe we should try it again
All I'm saying is:
If all this happened literally the FIRST TIME white people listened to Black people...
Maybe we should try it again
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I'm not saying ONE SPEECH is SOLELY responsible for 3 HBCUs, an anti-racist town, defeating a federal detention policy or creating one of our greatest poets
All I'm saying is:
If all this happened literally the FIRST TIME white people listened to Black people...
Maybe we should try it again
All I'm saying is:
If all this happened literally the FIRST TIME white people listened to Black people...
Maybe we should try it again
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Here's my commonsense reform for ICE, Chuck:
1) Abolish the agency
2) Prosecute all agents & leadership to the fullest extent possible (incl. Noem & Miller)
3) Bar all former agents from any federal jobs going forward, whether it's a law enforcement position or otherwise
1) Abolish the agency
2) Prosecute all agents & leadership to the fullest extent possible (incl. Noem & Miller)
3) Bar all former agents from any federal jobs going forward, whether it's a law enforcement position or otherwise
February 3, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Here's my commonsense reform for ICE, Chuck:
1) Abolish the agency
2) Prosecute all agents & leadership to the fullest extent possible (incl. Noem & Miller)
3) Bar all former agents from any federal jobs going forward, whether it's a law enforcement position or otherwise
1) Abolish the agency
2) Prosecute all agents & leadership to the fullest extent possible (incl. Noem & Miller)
3) Bar all former agents from any federal jobs going forward, whether it's a law enforcement position or otherwise
No, we want it burned to the ground. You can't "reform" a paramilitary secret murder squad, you can only remove it and everyone involved with it.
When we say "abolish ICE", we mean what we say. Christ, why can't you understand the situation we're in?!
When we say "abolish ICE", we mean what we say. Christ, why can't you understand the situation we're in?!
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 AM
No, we want it burned to the ground. You can't "reform" a paramilitary secret murder squad, you can only remove it and everyone involved with it.
When we say "abolish ICE", we mean what we say. Christ, why can't you understand the situation we're in?!
When we say "abolish ICE", we mean what we say. Christ, why can't you understand the situation we're in?!
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/3 I think the Harper’s Letter people should be encouraged to come together as a community, gather at a convention, and spend several days together with each other, but then I am notoriously cruel.
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 AM
/3 I think the Harper’s Letter people should be encouraged to come together as a community, gather at a convention, and spend several days together with each other, but then I am notoriously cruel.
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chomsky's critique of the media was often accurate and necessary...but also he just kind of refused to believe anything from journalists that didn't completely gibe with his own prejudices.
February 3, 2026 at 5:47 AM
chomsky's critique of the media was often accurate and necessary...but also he just kind of refused to believe anything from journalists that didn't completely gibe with his own prejudices.
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Isaac Chotiner is like a living thought experiment of What If A Mean Girl Chose to Use Their Powers For Good?
![So is that because you don't believe the accusations, or because you think that it's time to move on?
I don't know. I'm not informed about the accusations. I wasn't there. I wasn't present, but I know his personality. I know his character. I can't tell because I wasn't there, and he might've made some mistakes, but he's a very good guy at heart. He's a very generous and human kind of person.
You told the Times that Brett "made some mistakes." Has he told you that he made mistakes?
No. No. No. Isaac, no. All I'm saying is that I worked with him twelve hours, fifteen hours, a day, and then everybody went their own way. Our age difference is wide. I could be his father.
I read that Roman Polanski is a father figure to him. So that role might already be filled. There are a lot of people who feel affection for Brett.
Yeah, yeah. Because he's a good kid. [In 2007's Paris-based "Rush Hour 3," Ratner gave a cameo to Polanski, who had fled to France after being accused of anally and vaginally raping a thirteen-year-old. He was later accused of sexually assaulting other teen-agers, which he denies. In the cameo, Polanski bas a comic scene where be prepares to do an anal-cavity search of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oqtcrlljm4r6b6ybt6phx25u/bafkreidobkri2jaja6tf5ehldxl7dwsleem4ln72eyqsv75ux6msrxp44i@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Isaac Chotiner is like a living thought experiment of What If A Mean Girl Chose to Use Their Powers For Good?
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Both Anthropic and OpenAI are rushing to dump their sorry carcasses onto the public markets, and ”training” is going to be something they frame as a different kind of expense. In reality, training is as necessary a fuel for OpenAI or Anthropic as gasoline is for a car.
February 2, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Both Anthropic and OpenAI are rushing to dump their sorry carcasses onto the public markets, and ”training” is going to be something they frame as a different kind of expense. In reality, training is as necessary a fuel for OpenAI or Anthropic as gasoline is for a car.
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I was extremely naive in my twenties and early thirties, took people very much at their word when it came to values, and absolutely destroyed my mental health (and my career) thinking I could publicly demand accountability and survive it whole.
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
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Congratulations to Emerson, Lake & Palmer for winning the Grammy for Best Concept Album About An Armadillo Tank for the 54th year in a row
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Congratulations to Emerson, Lake & Palmer for winning the Grammy for Best Concept Album About An Armadillo Tank for the 54th year in a row
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Anne Frank died of typhus.
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Anne Frank died of typhus.
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With apologies to the late George Carlin: maybe if we still officially called it "police brutality" instead of "officer misconduct" it wouldn't be so difficult.
"Officer misconduct" makes it sound like they were chewing gum in class or smoking in the boys' room.
"Officer misconduct" makes it sound like they were chewing gum in class or smoking in the boys' room.
Handwritten pro se effort wins Arizona man a big police brutality settlement. "While his case has had a remarkable outcome, it also shows the difficulties faced by ordinary Americans who are victims of officer misconduct." [Matt Cavedon, @cato.org]
Man Won Excessive-Force Lawsuit Without a Lawyer—But Holding Abusive Police Accountable Shouldn’t Be This Hard
While his case has had a remarkable outcome, it also shows the difficulties faced by ordinary Americans who are victims of officer misconduct.
www.cato.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:25 AM
With apologies to the late George Carlin: maybe if we still officially called it "police brutality" instead of "officer misconduct" it wouldn't be so difficult.
"Officer misconduct" makes it sound like they were chewing gum in class or smoking in the boys' room.
"Officer misconduct" makes it sound like they were chewing gum in class or smoking in the boys' room.
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Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
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Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US
February 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Such is the outrage in Denmark over both Trump’s desire for Greenland and disparaging remarks about NATO that one of the country’s leading newspapers devoted their Saturday front and plenty of room inside to the bios of all 44 Danes slain during NATO missions in support of the US
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The President shit himself on live TV. Melania bombed. The Epstein files are sending shockwaves through the Alt Right. Liam and his dad are back home. A Texas district that was DEEP red for 35 years flipped blue. Pretti's killers have been identified.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
February 2, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The President shit himself on live TV. Melania bombed. The Epstein files are sending shockwaves through the Alt Right. Liam and his dad are back home. A Texas district that was DEEP red for 35 years flipped blue. Pretti's killers have been identified.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
Small wins, but you can feel the change coming.
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A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 AM
A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
I'm an old metalhead and prog-rocker, but goddammit Chappell Roan rules. Good on her!
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I'm an old metalhead and prog-rocker, but goddammit Chappell Roan rules. Good on her!
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ⓘ Readers added context: Matt Taibbi wrote a pedophile tourism book about Russia
The Twitter Files were the most scandalous and important documents ever but the ones about prominent politicians and members of the elite being pedophiles? Yawn
February 1, 2026 at 11:51 PM
ⓘ Readers added context: Matt Taibbi wrote a pedophile tourism book about Russia
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Blocked by "March of Billionaires" for this, lmao
Which I think is further evidence that this account/effort is not Kaufmanesque satire but in fact a very lazy astroturf test balloon
Which I think is further evidence that this account/effort is not Kaufmanesque satire but in fact a very lazy astroturf test balloon
I would almost say, "I can't get even get mad, it's such a funny bit."
The problem is, we all know where this goes, and the answer is, "(((they))) did it"
The problem is, we all know where this goes, and the answer is, "(((they))) did it"
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Blocked by "March of Billionaires" for this, lmao
Which I think is further evidence that this account/effort is not Kaufmanesque satire but in fact a very lazy astroturf test balloon
Which I think is further evidence that this account/effort is not Kaufmanesque satire but in fact a very lazy astroturf test balloon
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"Every scrap of progress has been torn from my clenched talons by citizens who loved me more than themselves and their neighbors more than me."
I’m Still Your America
Hey, patriot. It’s been a week. As ICE spreads terror through the streets, and Teacup Eichmann presided over the murder of yet another innocent civ...
buff.ly
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
"Every scrap of progress has been torn from my clenched talons by citizens who loved me more than themselves and their neighbors more than me."
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The people who are saying shit like "well it's either this or the borders are totally open" are doing their best to convince America that we should have completely open borders.
February 1, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The people who are saying shit like "well it's either this or the borders are totally open" are doing their best to convince America that we should have completely open borders.
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit