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Founder of @queercon @telechallenge @flyawardcat. Writer @2600, @tribeofhackers. Every day, my life continues to amaze me. 我是同性恋# 🏳️‍🌈 Opinions are my own.

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TProphet @tprophet.org · Dec 1

Meta: I have kept a public Mastodon account since leaving the other place, and this hasn't resulted in the level of drama that a public Twitter account did. Twitter kept turning my life upside down and never made me any money, so I limit social media because I don't have time for that.

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 2h

What federal employee in their right mind ought to be showing up for work right now if there's no guarantee they'll ever be paid?

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 4h

The Onion had a post about NSPM-7 before The New York Times did lmao

THE ONION!
theonion.com/what-to-know...

What To Know About NSPM-7

On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...

theonion.com

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 14h

My punch is the strongest. Wanna try it?

A black and white cat with yellow eyes is sitting, slightly tilting his head while raising one paw forward, as if preparing to punch.

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J H @jpjh88.bsky.social · 10h

"The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding" Just imagine what Republicans would have said if Obama or Biden DOJ made this argument in a Federal Court, the Right would have went nuts.

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 10h

Given the speed run of shredding the Constitution we have had in the last 11 months, I wonder when our airbnb unit will be taken over by ICE in violation of the Third Amendment.

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Gammitin (Ben) 💾 @gammitin.bsky.social · 1d

Luna says Hi 👋

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

I love how Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House and #2 in line for the presidency, is always like, “What? News?! I never read or hear anything that happens in the world, anywhere. I’m totally offline. What even is ‘social media’? They play news all day on TV!? Wow! That’s a surprise!”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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DEF CON @defcon.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

The updated files and torrents for #defcon 29, 30, 31, and 32 are now live on https://media.defcon.org with over 320 presentations have been added!

Also for our followers an early announcement: The DEF CON 33 main stage talks, villages & creator talks are there as well, soon to go live on YouTube.

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Chris Bennett for Congress CA-06 Sacramento @chrisjbennett.bsky.social · 2d

We need mandatory retirement ages and term limits for every government office. These 60, 70, and 80 year olds holding us hostage before dying of old age in Congress, the Supreme Court, and the White House don’t have to live through the horrific shit they’re doing to us.

#gerontocracy #politics

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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King Blackwhale @kingblackwhale.bsky.social · 3d

It’s insane the which the Very Smart Consensus continues to be that a party wins power by being polite, avoiding extreme positions, and providing detailed moderate policy positions, when the GOP has seized total control by doing the exact opposite of all of those things

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 1d

It doesn't need to be there. Do you even know how negotiation works? You can decide outside of this process what needs to be on the table. Thinking inside the box is how Democrats lose, over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

TProphet @tprophet.org · 2d

Democrats aren't the way out of this mess. They were not last time, and they will not be this time. They need to be replaced with another party that will actually work for the people who vote for it.

TProphet @tprophet.org · 2d

Democrats will totally buy it. They're just looking for any excuse to fold. Their corporate campaign contributors are undoubtedly blowing up their phones. "Turn the defense industrial complex money faucet back on, NOW!!!"

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 2d

If Democrats give up their only point of leverage, their bad faith counterparty who lies all the time, is defunding their states, putting soldiers on their streets and tells the military they're a "gnat on your shoulder" to be "dealt with" promises that they'll totally pass a bipartisan bill. 100%.

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 3d

Oh nom nom nom

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 2d

You're proving the point about not being assertive and not controlling the narrative.

Republicans are going to blame Democrats anyway. Own it. "We're shutting down the government until the Epstein files are released. They can stop this any time. Release the Epstein files!"

Betcha Dems are in them

TProphet @tprophet.org · 3d

Who says that a peaceful, negotiated and mutually agreed divorce can't happen?

TProphet @tprophet.org · 3d

Your messaging is complete, unadulterated trash.

Requirements should be: (a) Release Epstein files (b) Stop defunding blue cities (c) Get troops off of blue city streets.

Instead, your message is that you're shutting the government down over insurance premiums. Really? You guys aren't even trying.

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 3d

It'd be a pretty globally competitive standalone economy. Even more so combined with Washington and Oregon. Just saying.

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R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 3d

That annoying SMS phish you just got may have come from a box like this

Smishers looking for new infrastructure are getting creative.

arstechnica.com

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TProphet @tprophet.org · 3d

Should be super popular with the giant pickup truck driving red state Trump supporter set.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3d

Never a dull moment amirite?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "Beginning November 1st, 2025, all Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks coming into the United States from other Countries will be Tariffed at the Rate of 25%. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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