A fragment cast adrift
@a-fragment.bsky.social
Middle-aged nerd, amateur hobbyist. Always tired and constantly rolling Diplomacy checks. Used to mostly post about fandom, but now mostly raging at the current state of things.
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I've now watched the censored 60 Minutes report on CECOT. If you watched it too—and if you have any decency at all—I'm sure you came to the same conclusion I did: winning elections won't be enough; people like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem will need to be charged and imprisoned.
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I've now watched the censored 60 Minutes report on CECOT. If you watched it too—and if you have any decency at all—I'm sure you came to the same conclusion I did: winning elections won't be enough; people like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem will need to be charged and imprisoned.
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Delete that shit right now friends.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Delete that shit right now friends.
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In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.
Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes
In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.
www.404media.co
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.
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You spent 6+ years of your life going to college and getting a professional degree/certification. It's time for you to start working on an assembly line!
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You spent 6+ years of your life going to college and getting a professional degree/certification. It's time for you to start working on an assembly line!
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Daily Izzy: Over 130 People Have Been Kidnapped in the Last 10 Days before Christmas Eve
December 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Daily Izzy: Over 130 People Have Been Kidnapped in the Last 10 Days before Christmas Eve
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I had the immense pleasure of chatting with Josh of Mythical Kitchen for an absolutely wonderful talk, and a mind-blowingly delicious Last Meal:
youtu.be/_0ZAIHERgFc?...
youtu.be/_0ZAIHERgFc?...
Critical Role's Matthew Mercer Eats His Last Meal
YouTube video by Mythical Kitchen
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I had the immense pleasure of chatting with Josh of Mythical Kitchen for an absolutely wonderful talk, and a mind-blowingly delicious Last Meal:
youtu.be/_0ZAIHERgFc?...
youtu.be/_0ZAIHERgFc?...
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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An extremely rare L for Trump from the MAGA SCOTUS he and Mitch packed.
Perhaps John Roberts is hearing the chatter of disgust among American majority sick and tired of his court rubber stamping Trump’s actions more than 90% of the time.
Perhaps John Roberts is hearing the chatter of disgust among American majority sick and tired of his court rubber stamping Trump’s actions more than 90% of the time.
BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Trump’s emergency appeal to send National Guard troops into Illinois against the wishes of local officials
Apparent 6-3 ruling with Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
Apparent 6-3 ruling with Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
An extremely rare L for Trump from the MAGA SCOTUS he and Mitch packed.
Perhaps John Roberts is hearing the chatter of disgust among American majority sick and tired of his court rubber stamping Trump’s actions more than 90% of the time.
Perhaps John Roberts is hearing the chatter of disgust among American majority sick and tired of his court rubber stamping Trump’s actions more than 90% of the time.
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Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Dear listeners,
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song.
Not as escape — as evidence.
Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds.
If hope is hiding, it often hums first.
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Here's the survey Greg writes about:
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p....
Even if you are just a consumer, like me, it's important to let the SFWA know that gen-ai is unacceptable in creative endeavors.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p....
Even if you are just a consumer, like me, it's important to let the SFWA know that gen-ai is unacceptable in creative endeavors.
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here's the survey Greg writes about:
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p....
Even if you are just a consumer, like me, it's important to let the SFWA know that gen-ai is unacceptable in creative endeavors.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p....
Even if you are just a consumer, like me, it's important to let the SFWA know that gen-ai is unacceptable in creative endeavors.
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1. Keep your eye on the ball, people
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1. Keep your eye on the ball, people
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
That Epstein-Larry Nassar letter has fake written all over it -- N. Virginia postmark, after JE's death, in a handwriting that appears not his own
It's hard not to think DOJ WANTED this out there to then be debunked and thus discredit every mention of Trump...
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If you're feeling generous and want to help me pay my rent this month, please consider subscribing to the newsletter or dropping a tip in the jar (link in my bio). It's been an extremely lean month this month and my student loans don't drop til mid-January. Any bit helps.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you're feeling generous and want to help me pay my rent this month, please consider subscribing to the newsletter or dropping a tip in the jar (link in my bio). It's been an extremely lean month this month and my student loans don't drop til mid-January. Any bit helps.
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"We Beat 'Em Before... (Portland's Version)"
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
December 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"We Beat 'Em Before... (Portland's Version)"
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
This idea came to me late. I think it fits really well since Portland Frog Brigade literally carries no weapons and yet ICE has no idea how to respond to them. Just feckless incompetent goons all around.
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CALIFORNIA: “Crops ready to be harvested were abandoned - left to die in a field simply because there wasn’t enough labor… workers are showing up less because of (Trump’s) ICE raids.”
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
CALIFORNIA: “Crops ready to be harvested were abandoned - left to die in a field simply because there wasn’t enough labor… workers are showing up less because of (Trump’s) ICE raids.”
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I am proud of my city! Fuck ICE!
(and I added a color version to the previously linked folder!)
(and I added a color version to the previously linked folder!)
June 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I am proud of my city! Fuck ICE!
(and I added a color version to the previously linked folder!)
(and I added a color version to the previously linked folder!)
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The AP knows what it is doing with lines like this:
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The AP knows what it is doing with lines like this:
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In Salisbury, Maryland, on December 18, 2025, a 24-year-old woman named Vanessa Parrazal was violently abducted by ICE while dropping her daughter off at elementary school.
December 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In Salisbury, Maryland, on December 18, 2025, a 24-year-old woman named Vanessa Parrazal was violently abducted by ICE while dropping her daughter off at elementary school.
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Rain is expected across #LACounty starting Tuesday, December 23 through Saturday, December 27, with the potential for debris flows in recent burn scar areas.
➡️ Visit ready.lacounty.gov/rain for rain preparedness tips
➡️ Sign up for emergency alerts at alert.lacounty.gov
➡️ Visit ready.lacounty.gov/rain for rain preparedness tips
➡️ Sign up for emergency alerts at alert.lacounty.gov
Weathering LA Rain
Use the tips on this resource page to keep safe during rain and storm season in Los Angeles County.
ready.lacounty.gov
December 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rain is expected across #LACounty starting Tuesday, December 23 through Saturday, December 27, with the potential for debris flows in recent burn scar areas.
➡️ Visit ready.lacounty.gov/rain for rain preparedness tips
➡️ Sign up for emergency alerts at alert.lacounty.gov
➡️ Visit ready.lacounty.gov/rain for rain preparedness tips
➡️ Sign up for emergency alerts at alert.lacounty.gov
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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My longtime love of physical media is only increasing as algorithms & AI seep into everything online like toxic runoff in groundwater, so I love this @coyotemedia.org story about a librarian in SF starting a vinyl collection for middle schoolers: www.coyotemedia.org/a-bay-area-l...
A Bay Area Librarian Is Using Vintage Vinyl to Show Tweens Where Music Comes From
Gina Cargas reached out to the community about collecting records for her middle school students. The response was overwhelming.
www.coyotemedia.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My longtime love of physical media is only increasing as algorithms & AI seep into everything online like toxic runoff in groundwater, so I love this @coyotemedia.org story about a librarian in SF starting a vinyl collection for middle schoolers: www.coyotemedia.org/a-bay-area-l...
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MY LATEST: The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
“60 Minutes” Obeyed in Advance
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
MY LATEST: The “60 Minutes” we have known is dead. The fearless program that many of us grew up with was strangled by corporate titans seeking favor with the Trump White House. I don’t know what is next for the storied franchise, but it will never be the same. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/60-m...
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Welp, we found the threat to women using the bathroom and it wasn’t trans people…
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Welp, we found the threat to women using the bathroom and it wasn’t trans people…
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Overqualified drummer at kid's concert in Japan
YouTube video by Asto
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM