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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 4h

I first heard of Kathryn Johnston almost 20-years ago when the news broke that cops had shot and killed her in what at first seemed like an ill-advised drug raid. We eventually learned it was much worse than that. Radley tells the story well.

Windypundit @windypundit.com · 4h

Tired of being angry about Trump? Want to be angry about something completely different? Then check out the 1st episode of @radleybalko.bsky.social's new podcast, Collateral Damage, which tells the story of how some drug cops killed 92-year old Kathryn Johnston. theintercept.com/2025/10/08/c...

Episode One: Dirty Business

The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

theintercept.com

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 17h

I love this so much. Trump needs them to be scary “Antifa” thugs, so they give him colorfully absurd animals. And as a bonus, the costumes offer some protection against less-lethal weapons like beanbags and Tasers.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

Thank you very much for reporting the argument. From it, I think I now see why Gov. Pritzker has been so eager to deploy the State Police to protect ICE facilities: It goes against the argument that the National Guard is needed because ICE is prevented from enforcing the law.

Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

Thoughts and prayers...

Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

This seems like Trump is delusional, but it’s worse than that. Delusional people believe what they’re saying. Trump doesn’t have beliefs. He only has things he says. Because it would be good for him if other people believed those things. He has no use for sincere beliefs. And no use for the truth.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

I’ve been floating around in the libertarian-o-sphere since the turn of the century, and I don’t know anything about these guys beyond maybe having heard their names.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

Nice composition. All those angles and lines and heavy dark areas, disrupted in the middle by a curved, twisting figure.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

VMS also had a scripting language called DCL. It didn't have the pipe-everything-together capabilities of Unix, but you could do a lot with it. E.g. the system tuning calculator (AUTOCONFIGURE?) was written in it. And the PowerShell architects claim DCL as an influence.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 1d

Yeah, VAX was the hardware, VMS was the OS. First computer I ever programmed. VMS came with two shelves worth of orange manuals documenting the commands, admin, tuning, system functions, and library routines. And if you really wanted to know, you could read the source code on microfiche.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 2d

I’m probably not smarter than you, but I’ve heard that kind of aid work is very difficult. Apparently, the people on the front lines had a lot of local knowledge, and they have been dispersed to the winds. It takes time to build that up again. I don’t know who is trying.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 2d

ICE are not anyone’s “fellow officers.” They don’t patrol our neighborhoods at night. They don’t investigate murders and robberies and burglaries. They are not crime fighters. And there’s a reason they don’t have a 911 line: They are not the people you call when you need help. They are not police.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 2d

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
www.foxnews.com/us/national-...

National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

www.foxnews.com

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 2d

I have my disagreements with some of Pritzker's policy choices, but I like his willingness to call out Trump's authoritarianism. We need more leadership like that.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

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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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 2d

I hated college group assignments. Even without the shirking issue, coordinating was more work than solving the problem.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 2d

In high school I would have told Ethan on the first day not to worry because I’d take care of it. And he’d be grateful because he didn’t realize that meant I thought he couldn’t do it. In high school, Ethan was easy to spot.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 3d

It blows my mind that people on this thread are slamming Weiss for saying “human beings—not cultures—are created equal.” I realize they are placing it in a different context than I do, but it still sounds like a sensible declaration of the primacy of the individual to me.

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a lot in Bari Weiss’ 2023 FedSoc speech that merits scrutiny but I think the Times did a disservice by closing with this quote — given what she says immediately after. fedsoc.org/commentary/f...

Windypundit @windypundit.com · 3d

Man, it must take some crazy stupid level of homophobia to make someone tear up pavement with heavy equipment just because it has rainbow colors.

The image shows a tweet from Secretary Sean Duffy, who posted a clapping hands emoji in response to another tweet. The quoted tweet from the account “End Wokeness” includes a short video still of construction machinery tearing up a crosswalk painted in rainbow colors. The caption of that tweet says, “LGBTQ crosswalk in Miami Beach torn up by Florida DOT.” The image shows the machine lifting and breaking apart rainbow-painted bricks while construction workers and orange safety barriers are visible in the background.

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 4d

Unlike ICE, Chicago cops regularly arrest actual murderous gang members. Prosecutors prosecute them, and judges send them to jail. And they do it under their own names with their faces showing. ICE has no justification for hiding their identities while snapping up undocumented landscape workers.

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pudgyprogressive.bsky.social @pudgyprogressive.bsky.social · 4d

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 5d

Also, “rammed by 10 cars”? I think they mean they got into a multi-car accident. Or maybe even caused one.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sorry, NO ONE runs this country down or shows so little gratitude for what they have been given than Donald John Trump.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 6d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 6d

"Who's paying for it?" The same American taxpayers who pay for it when you go to the emergency room on your taxpayer-funded healthcare plan, Karoline.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 6d

JD, if you were a real free-market capitalist like Republicans used to be, you’d know that Joy Reid is wealthy because she provides a service that our fellow Americans believe improves their lives. Maybe that’s something for which *you* should show a little gratitude.

JD Vance @JDVance
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Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 6d

I like your work, but what the heck is Zeteo? Would you mind taking a few minutes to sell us on it? Who’s running it? What are they trying to do? Why is it so great?

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Windypundit @windypundit.com · 7d

What kind of rule-by-decree bullshit is this?

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 7d

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

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