tallawk
@tallawk.bsky.social
I am Groot. Hubby of @owl369.bsky.social. Go outside. Taking things apart since I discovered Dad's toolbox. Love my family. Prone to bouts of guitar playing. Discovering alternate uses for everyday objects. Evidence & fact based. He/him.
Pinned
Abolish ICE. Just for a start...
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"Well. That escalated quickly."
The Kennedy Center's new head of programming quickly resigns. www.washingtonpost.com/entert...
Kennedy Center’s new programming head resigns days after hire was announced
Kevin Couch, appointed the Kennedy Center’s senior vice president of artistic programming, resigned less than two weeks after his hire was announced.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
"Well. That escalated quickly."
Don't cut that, it responds... Excitedly. IIRC.
Just sample in place.
Just sample in place.
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Don't cut that, it responds... Excitedly. IIRC.
Just sample in place.
Just sample in place.
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
Abolish ICE. Just for a start...
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Abolish ICE. Just for a start...
The cold has teeth this morning.
January 24, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The cold has teeth this morning.
Yay!😁❤️
Frijoles El Gato!
Frijoles El Gato!
January 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Yay!😁❤️
Frijoles El Gato!
Frijoles El Gato!
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A small thread, in case you need it today 🐾🤍
January 23, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A small thread, in case you need it today 🐾🤍
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Along with cruelty came ineptitude."
"Along with cruelty came ineptitude."
January 21, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"Along with cruelty came ineptitude."
"Along with cruelty came ineptitude."
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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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whenever i see ads for online gambling i get the same feeling as when you realize all the water is slowly pulling away from the shore at the beach
January 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
whenever i see ads for online gambling i get the same feeling as when you realize all the water is slowly pulling away from the shore at the beach
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I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
Got my first bag of potato chips in months. Cracked it open. The first chip out of the bag was... soggy?
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
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Don’t treat smoke inhalation or tear gas exposure with drugs for nerve agent exposure because you will make the victim worse and possibly kill them.
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Don’t treat smoke inhalation or tear gas exposure with drugs for nerve agent exposure because you will make the victim worse and possibly kill them.
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“Nerve gas” and “nerve agent” are not broad generic terms and they’re simply not applicable at all to smoke grenades, tear gas, or pepper spray
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
“Nerve gas” and “nerve agent” are not broad generic terms and they’re simply not applicable at all to smoke grenades, tear gas, or pepper spray
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Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Today is a great reminder that we can never be too ready.
Hell yeah.
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Hell yeah.
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/g...
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Wild. I used one of these, brand-new, back in the early 90's. Wrote some automation in the BASIC language it had, to record reflectance curves for cell-site antennas.
I haven't seen one in a long, long time.
hackaday.com/2026/01/10/a...
I haven't seen one in a long, long time.
hackaday.com/2026/01/10/a...
A 1990s VNA Gets An LCD
A Vector Network Analyser, or VNA, is the ultimate multi-tool of RF test equipment. They can now be had in not very capable form for almost pocket money prices, but the professional-grade ones cost…
hackaday.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Wild. I used one of these, brand-new, back in the early 90's. Wrote some automation in the BASIC language it had, to record reflectance curves for cell-site antennas.
I haven't seen one in a long, long time.
hackaday.com/2026/01/10/a...
I haven't seen one in a long, long time.
hackaday.com/2026/01/10/a...
Fucking scene from "Children of Men"
Someone sent me this video of Trump’s goons in action today in the Twin Cities. The audio is disturbing.
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Fucking scene from "Children of Men"
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to glue sheetrock to the wall studs???
January 10, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to glue sheetrock to the wall studs???
In a way it buries the lead. 🤡😆
There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM
In a way it buries the lead. 🤡😆
Does anyone have a 3rd Amendment test on their 2026 Bingo card?
Not saying this is it. Not yet at least.
Not saying this is it. Not yet at least.
I went from “I guess I will always stay in a Hilton from now on” to “I will never stay at a Hilton again” so freaking fast.
The Hampton Inn Lakeville Minneapolis has been kicked out of the Hilton chain after a conservative commentator visited the hotel this morning and attempted to book accommodations posing as a DHS representative — a day after the property refused accommodations for federal immigration agents.
January 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Does anyone have a 3rd Amendment test on their 2026 Bingo card?
Not saying this is it. Not yet at least.
Not saying this is it. Not yet at least.
