Tech Dad
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
So there is no warrant and no identification for the ICE agents. How is any law being broken?
On redirect, the prosecutor prompts the witness to say that ICE agents didn't wear identification that day because courthouse arrests are meant to be "low key."
The witness agrees.
End of the first witness's testimony.
10 minute recess
The witness agrees.
End of the first witness's testimony.
10 minute recess
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So there is no warrant and no identification for the ICE agents. How is any law being broken?
People said far less about Charlie Kirk, some just pointing out his views were being inaccurately portrayed, and lost jobs after far right groups attacked the people and went to their employers.
Since Very Famous & supposedly Very Serious People at the center of the National Conversation™️ have told you repeatedly that The Democrats main problem is that they Talk Funny & that this is alienating Real Folkz, here is the Republican Narcissist In Chief talking about Rob Reiner z”l 🤷♂️🤦♂️
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
People said far less about Charlie Kirk, some just pointing out his views were being inaccurately portrayed, and lost jobs after far right groups attacked the people and went to their employers.
A classic. TMBG were a bit quirky, but one of my favorite bands.
December 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A classic. TMBG were a bit quirky, but one of my favorite bands.
WTF
Hollywood was in complete shock at the devastating news that filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer had been found dead in their Brentwood home on Sunday.
Hollywood Reacts In Shock Over Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Deaths: “Legend Isn’t a Big Enough Word”
Hollywood was in complete shock at the devastating news that filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer had been found dead in their Brentwood home on Sunday.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
WTF
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And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
How Democrats’ Attack On Section 230 Plays Right Into Trump’s Censorial Plans
Like clockwork, lawmakers are once again rallying around the idea of eliminating Section 230. That Republicans are leading this charge is hardly surprising—repealing Section 230 is explicitly laid …
www.techdirt.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.
Two devastating injuries in the NFL today. Hope they come back strong next year.
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Two devastating injuries in the NFL today. Hope they come back strong next year.
Spineless
“.. When people realize that it’s popular now to be against the president on a couple of issues .., you’ll see a different attitude.” 🤡
@nytimes.com
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December 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Spineless
This is 100% accurate. Rich white men are accused, it was the times... Minorities get accused, they end up in jail and used to end up dead.
December 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is 100% accurate. Rich white men are accused, it was the times... Minorities get accused, they end up in jail and used to end up dead.
When you have a similar focus on lockdown drills vs tornado drills or fire alarms, you know you have a serious problem..
"Every lockdown drill is a confession of failure. Every barricaded classroom is an indictment. Every child taught to hide is proof that the adults in charge have surrendered."
What Are We Doing to Our Children?
We taught kids to read, write, and dream; then trained them to hide, barricade, and bleed quietly while adults chose guns, cowardice, and silence over their future.
www.meidasplus.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When you have a similar focus on lockdown drills vs tornado drills or fire alarms, you know you have a serious problem..
The Bears need to look at their play calling. 2nd and then 3rd and one and they call deep passing plays. They need the first down and then reset.
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Bears need to look at their play calling. 2nd and then 3rd and one and they call deep passing plays. They need the first down and then reset.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In the USA, he would have been arrested assuming he was the attacker, then ICE would be guarding him at the hospital waiting to take him into detention to deport.
December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In the USA, he would have been arrested assuming he was the attacker, then ICE would be guarding him at the hospital waiting to take him into detention to deport.
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I’ve been voting to protect her rights for my entire life. She’s been voting against everyone’s.
IOWA — “I’m a very pissed off conservative Christian woman. I almost died because I was denied medical care after being diagnosed with a fatal fetus… Cornered by the system… pro life? Choose me. Choose the mother.”
It had to happen to her to get this? #ForcedBirthNation
It had to happen to her to get this? #ForcedBirthNation
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’ve been voting to protect her rights for my entire life. She’s been voting against everyone’s.
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At least two students who were on Brown’s campus last night have survived shootings before — in high school.
“People always think, well, it’ll never be me. .. And until I was shot in my school, I also thought the same thing.”
@camillebaker.bsky.social
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“People always think, well, it’ll never be me. .. And until I was shot in my school, I also thought the same thing.”
@camillebaker.bsky.social
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December 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
At least two students who were on Brown’s campus last night have survived shootings before — in high school.
“People always think, well, it’ll never be me. .. And until I was shot in my school, I also thought the same thing.”
@camillebaker.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
“People always think, well, it’ll never be me. .. And until I was shot in my school, I also thought the same thing.”
@camillebaker.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
They are now saying US citizens must carry specific identification, but those brutally arresting people aren't required to show ID. This is Nazi and Soviet Union level shit
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
They are now saying US citizens must carry specific identification, but those brutally arresting people aren't required to show ID. This is Nazi and Soviet Union level shit
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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Whew, this archival clipping about Greg Bovino’s father
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Whew, this archival clipping about Greg Bovino’s father
I actually support this
PUNCHBOWL: Cornyn “said he plans to introduce a bill “soon” that would ban users under age 16 from social media.”
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December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I actually support this
This is an F'ing joke. They can break every law, ignore the Constitution, and the courts unabated with no repercussions.
The American constitution is broken and unbelievably flawed, powered by a corrupt SCOTUS and Congress.
The American constitution is broken and unbelievably flawed, powered by a corrupt SCOTUS and Congress.
DC Circuit grants an administrative stay PAUSING Judge Boasberg’s scheduled contempt inquiry.
The panel says it shouldn’t be construed as a decision on the merits.
The panel says it shouldn’t be construed as a decision on the merits.
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is an F'ing joke. They can break every law, ignore the Constitution, and the courts unabated with no repercussions.
The American constitution is broken and unbelievably flawed, powered by a corrupt SCOTUS and Congress.
The American constitution is broken and unbelievably flawed, powered by a corrupt SCOTUS and Congress.
The most transparent administration...
The White House has put up barriers around the ballroom construction, and told government workers not to share photos without permission.
So if we’re taking our own pictures, they have to be from distance. (I say that as someone who has tried, too, and snapped this from the Washington Monument.)
So if we’re taking our own pictures, they have to be from distance. (I say that as someone who has tried, too, and snapped this from the Washington Monument.)
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The most transparent administration...
This would be impeachable in the past
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This would be impeachable in the past
You know it's a problem when Facebook has advertisements not about their product, but to promote their data center expansions.
“.. local governments are increasingly pushing back. .. Local officials in cities in Oregon, Missouri, Virginia, Arizona and Indiana have also rejected planned data centers.”
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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December 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
You know it's a problem when Facebook has advertisements not about their product, but to promote their data center expansions.
Let me get this straight, if only 36% of my colleagues and partners at work thought I was doing a good job I'd be fired. It means significantly more than half think I'm not doing my job. That's not good in anyway.
Ah well see REPUBLICANS are "largely still behind him" and they're the only people who count
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Let me get this straight, if only 36% of my colleagues and partners at work thought I was doing a good job I'd be fired. It means significantly more than half think I'm not doing my job. That's not good in anyway.