Transitional Fossil
@transitfossil.bsky.social
retired mechanical engineer and computer scientist. avid swimmer. amateur classical guitar player. atheist. liberal. feminist. anti-fascist. never trump.
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I can't speak to whether it is actually bortac and whether it is actually mortar launchers but I mentioned in my piece yesterday that I had witnessed tear gas being launched in the air in an arc over people's heads. This video I found on IG shows what I described
February 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I can't speak to whether it is actually bortac and whether it is actually mortar launchers but I mentioned in my piece yesterday that I had witnessed tear gas being launched in the air in an arc over people's heads. This video I found on IG shows what I described
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Elon musks contends that the search of his hard drive to a disclose nefarious activities is a political attack
fancy telling the people of France what a POLITICAL act is
The people who used guillotines
fancy telling the people of France what a POLITICAL act is
The people who used guillotines
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Elon musks contends that the search of his hard drive to a disclose nefarious activities is a political attack
fancy telling the people of France what a POLITICAL act is
The people who used guillotines
fancy telling the people of France what a POLITICAL act is
The people who used guillotines
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Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
Not one more penny for ICE.
Not one more penny for ICE.
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
Not one more penny for ICE.
Not one more penny for ICE.
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Jeff Bezos has thoroughly destroyed the Washington Post.
He did to WaPo what Elmo did to Twitter
and what TACO does to everything he touches.
He did to WaPo what Elmo did to Twitter
and what TACO does to everything he touches.
February 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Jeff Bezos has thoroughly destroyed the Washington Post.
He did to WaPo what Elmo did to Twitter
and what TACO does to everything he touches.
He did to WaPo what Elmo did to Twitter
and what TACO does to everything he touches.
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Deeper Inside ICE’s Data Machine:
How Information Actually Moves…and Why That’s the Part That Matters
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
How Information Actually Moves…and Why That’s the Part That Matters
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Deeper Inside ICE’s Data Machine:
How Information Actually Moves…and Why That’s the Part That Matters
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
How Information Actually Moves…and Why That’s the Part That Matters
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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State vaccine requirements for school entry are absolutely essential if we have any hope of maintaining herd immunity.
It is madness for states to repeal these requirements. And vaccine exemptions should not be permitted unless for a documented medical contraindication.
It is madness for states to repeal these requirements. And vaccine exemptions should not be permitted unless for a documented medical contraindication.
February 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
State vaccine requirements for school entry are absolutely essential if we have any hope of maintaining herd immunity.
It is madness for states to repeal these requirements. And vaccine exemptions should not be permitted unless for a documented medical contraindication.
It is madness for states to repeal these requirements. And vaccine exemptions should not be permitted unless for a documented medical contraindication.
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We've had evidence since Krasnov's first term that he's a Putin asset. How much more evidence do we need?
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
We've had evidence since Krasnov's first term that he's a Putin asset. How much more evidence do we need?
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The British mainstream media are complicit in the cover-up of swathes of the Epstein files already in the public domain that mention and connect Farage, Putin, and Brexit.
That is a fact.
That is a fact.
February 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
The British mainstream media are complicit in the cover-up of swathes of the Epstein files already in the public domain that mention and connect Farage, Putin, and Brexit.
That is a fact.
That is a fact.
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I canceled my Washington Post subscription after Bezos axed the Kamala Harris endorsement. Not because of Harris, but because it was a watershed moment that showed us the WaPo had gone from being a public trust to Bezos' personal instrument. Everything since then has confirmed as much.
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I canceled my Washington Post subscription after Bezos axed the Kamala Harris endorsement. Not because of Harris, but because it was a watershed moment that showed us the WaPo had gone from being a public trust to Bezos' personal instrument. Everything since then has confirmed as much.
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Iowa legislators have just passed a bill out of committee that would end childhood vaccine requirements for school entry.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Iowa legislators have just passed a bill out of committee that would end childhood vaccine requirements for school entry.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
A state legislator said vaccine exemptions aren’t enough—the whole system must go—because to have to claim a medical or religious exemption is against parental rights.
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Bezos bought the Post in 2013. According to Marty Baron, the Exec Editor for most of the first decade of his ownership, Bezos never interfered with either news or opinion. The first known interference with what the paper printed was his spiking the Harris endorsement in 2014.
When Jeff Bezos bought WaPo, he immediately took control of the opinions section. Now, he's laying off hundreds of journalists, including those covering Amazon.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media.
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Bezos bought the Post in 2013. According to Marty Baron, the Exec Editor for most of the first decade of his ownership, Bezos never interfered with either news or opinion. The first known interference with what the paper printed was his spiking the Harris endorsement in 2014.
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If Mississippi can do it, Missouri can do it. Not one red cent of taxpayer money to private religious schools.
February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
If Mississippi can do it, Missouri can do it. Not one red cent of taxpayer money to private religious schools.
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I just keep watching it disappear.
Our free press.
Our right to assembly.
Our freedom of speech.
Our right to due process.
Our right to free and fair elections.
Our protections from illegal search and seizure.
Our private data.
Our warrantless entry protections.
All of it disappearing.
Our free press.
Our right to assembly.
Our freedom of speech.
Our right to due process.
Our right to free and fair elections.
Our protections from illegal search and seizure.
Our private data.
Our warrantless entry protections.
All of it disappearing.
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I just keep watching it disappear.
Our free press.
Our right to assembly.
Our freedom of speech.
Our right to due process.
Our right to free and fair elections.
Our protections from illegal search and seizure.
Our private data.
Our warrantless entry protections.
All of it disappearing.
Our free press.
Our right to assembly.
Our freedom of speech.
Our right to due process.
Our right to free and fair elections.
Our protections from illegal search and seizure.
Our private data.
Our warrantless entry protections.
All of it disappearing.
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This is great. It was on BBC Alba the other night. If you didn't see it, here's another chance. I hope you like it. #Donegal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFp1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFp1...
"Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair" sung by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
YouTube video by bridgetoofar2
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
This is great. It was on BBC Alba the other night. If you didn't see it, here's another chance. I hope you like it. #Donegal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFp1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFp1...
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This MAGA racist started crap with a young Latina and got physical with her. A bunch of high school kids whipped his ass. Good.
Tony
Tony
February 4, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This MAGA racist started crap with a young Latina and got physical with her. A bunch of high school kids whipped his ass. Good.
Tony
Tony
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Amazing!! Congrats, Norm!!
BREAKING: huge, gigantic, enormous win
SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop 50 redistricting to remain in place
Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org, @lulacorg.bsky.social, Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats
SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop 50 redistricting to remain in place
Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org, @lulacorg.bsky.social, Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Amazing!! Congrats, Norm!!
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
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We are not sufficiently repulsed by what is in those Epstein files.
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
We are not sufficiently repulsed by what is in those Epstein files.
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Every excuse for inaction sounds reasonable...until you line them up and examine what they add up to.
Protecting elections isn’t a messaging problem. It’s a leverage problem. This article explains the difference.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Protecting elections isn’t a messaging problem. It’s a leverage problem. This article explains the difference.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Every excuse for inaction sounds reasonable...until you line them up and examine what they add up to.
Protecting elections isn’t a messaging problem. It’s a leverage problem. This article explains the difference.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Protecting elections isn’t a messaging problem. It’s a leverage problem. This article explains the difference.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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“How a major national newspaper will carry on without someone on staff to summarize the plots of midlist literary novels is beyond me.”
@roncharles.bsky.social faces the post-Post world:
@roncharles.bsky.social faces the post-Post world:
I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done.
After 20 years at The Washington Post, I’m suddenly on my own — and still writing about books.
roncharles.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
“How a major national newspaper will carry on without someone on staff to summarize the plots of midlist literary novels is beyond me.”
@roncharles.bsky.social faces the post-Post world:
@roncharles.bsky.social faces the post-Post world:
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Six Palestine Action activists were cleared today of aggravated burglary over a protest at an Israeli weapons firm in 2024. The jury also cleared three defendants of violent disorder and failed to reach a verdict on a GBH charge – charges that are the basis of the group's labelling as "terrorists"
February 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Six Palestine Action activists were cleared today of aggravated burglary over a protest at an Israeli weapons firm in 2024. The jury also cleared three defendants of violent disorder and failed to reach a verdict on a GBH charge – charges that are the basis of the group's labelling as "terrorists"
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The Washington Post died the day they refused to publish an endorsement of Kamala, today is the body hitting the floor.
February 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The Washington Post died the day they refused to publish an endorsement of Kamala, today is the body hitting the floor.
OMG!
A Paul Hollywood handshake?!!!
A Paul Hollywood handshake?!!!
*SPOILERS IN VIDEO*
This is probably the highlight of my television career to date.
This is probably the highlight of my television career to date.
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
OMG!
A Paul Hollywood handshake?!!!
A Paul Hollywood handshake?!!!