@activeaxon.bsky.social
Loving husband and father with a serious board game addiction. Data Analyst, Musician, Unitarian Universalist
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I come with empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.
January 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
I come with empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.
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War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 AM
War as a moral metaphor is limited, limiting, and dangerous. By reducing the choices of action to “a war against” whatever-it-is, you divide the world into Me or Us (good) and Them or It (bad) and reduce the ethical complexity and moral richness of our life to Yes/No, On/Off.
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New AIWeirdness post: ChatGPT will apologize for anything, including stuff that didn't happen. It's not reflecting on stuff it did wrong, it's improv.
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New AIWeirdness post: ChatGPT will apologize for anything, including stuff that didn't happen. It's not reflecting on stuff it did wrong, it's improv.
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
Finally have a good answer for “Why do you save all the leftover screws from old projects?”
Because sometimes Santa’s elves forget to pack the hardware in the sleigh, and the difference between Christmas Magic and shattered illusions are 8 similar-enough Phillips head screws
Because sometimes Santa’s elves forget to pack the hardware in the sleigh, and the difference between Christmas Magic and shattered illusions are 8 similar-enough Phillips head screws
December 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Finally have a good answer for “Why do you save all the leftover screws from old projects?”
Because sometimes Santa’s elves forget to pack the hardware in the sleigh, and the difference between Christmas Magic and shattered illusions are 8 similar-enough Phillips head screws
Because sometimes Santa’s elves forget to pack the hardware in the sleigh, and the difference between Christmas Magic and shattered illusions are 8 similar-enough Phillips head screws
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“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
December 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“Do you know how to read?”
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
“No. It is one of the black arts.”
He nodded. “But a useful one,” he said.
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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis found examples of agents lobbing tear gas into crowds of protesters while exclaiming ‘f--- yeah!”, slamming their brakes while being tailed to cause car accidents and using ChatGPT to write their reports.
Judge hands down critical review of federal immigration agents' 'unprecedented' use of force
chicago.suntimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis found examples of agents lobbing tear gas into crowds of protesters while exclaiming ‘f--- yeah!”, slamming their brakes while being tailed to cause car accidents and using ChatGPT to write their reports.
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This is a fabulous read:
"Bovino’s Border Patrol raiders have one playbook — terror — and it’s less effective each time they deploy it. So far, it’s aging in nuclear half-lives. The shock value is wearing off..."
"Bovino’s Border Patrol raiders have one playbook — terror — and it’s less effective each time they deploy it. So far, it’s aging in nuclear half-lives. The shock value is wearing off..."
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is a fabulous read:
"Bovino’s Border Patrol raiders have one playbook — terror — and it’s less effective each time they deploy it. So far, it’s aging in nuclear half-lives. The shock value is wearing off..."
"Bovino’s Border Patrol raiders have one playbook — terror — and it’s less effective each time they deploy it. So far, it’s aging in nuclear half-lives. The shock value is wearing off..."
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The Senators who caved to Trump and MAGA
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Senators who caved to Trump and MAGA
Embarrassing @durbin.senate.gov if you’re just going to quit representing the needs of Americans, don’t wait for the next election, go home right now
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Embarrassing @durbin.senate.gov if you’re just going to quit representing the needs of Americans, don’t wait for the next election, go home right now
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Hey @durbin.senate.gov use that whip to keep the party in line! Don’t let democrats cave for empty promises and sacrifice the only piece of leverage we have!
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Hey @durbin.senate.gov use that whip to keep the party in line! Don’t let democrats cave for empty promises and sacrifice the only piece of leverage we have!
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A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
Confirmed: ICE Is Arresting American Citizens—and Lying About It
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
newrepublic.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A government that flouts the Fourth Amendment and then lies about it to courts and the people has crossed a moral and legal frontier.
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Tonight was a huge win for democracy & a major blow to Trump's authoritarian rule
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight was a huge win for democracy & a major blow to Trump's authoritarian rule
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Nobody should be treated the way ICE treats detainees. Add insult to injury that they don’t know, don’t care, or are just lying about detaining citizens. Reinforces that the cruelty and racism is the point #NoICE
During a press conference, Kristi Noem claimed that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. This isn't true.
The reality is that at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents, including two kids with cancer.
The reality is that at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents, including two kids with cancer.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Nobody should be treated the way ICE treats detainees. Add insult to injury that they don’t know, don’t care, or are just lying about detaining citizens. Reinforces that the cruelty and racism is the point #NoICE
So proud of my fellow UUs! #sidewithlove #NoICE
Protesters singing outside the Broadview ICE facility this morning
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So proud of my fellow UUs! #sidewithlove #NoICE
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A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
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Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents.
She ran toward her father, Jaime Ramirez, who was suddenly surrounded by a group of heavily armed agents in full camouflage.
She ran toward her father, Jaime Ramirez, who was suddenly surrounded by a group of heavily armed agents in full camouflage.
Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’
The mother said she felt her family was targeted because of their appearance. “There were a lot more people there, but the agents came directly to us because of how we look,” she said.
trib.al
September 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents.
She ran toward her father, Jaime Ramirez, who was suddenly surrounded by a group of heavily armed agents in full camouflage.
She ran toward her father, Jaime Ramirez, who was suddenly surrounded by a group of heavily armed agents in full camouflage.
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The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
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"The right has long attacked Mamdani's positions on crime, but more recently these attacks have taken on a more desperate dimension, invoking DV victims... In reality it’s hard to identify any group who poses a greater danger to abuse victims than police."
Violence deconstructed: Hysteria over Zohran Mamdani’s crime platform rooted in lie that cops make women safer
Mamdani’s critics have launched a smear campaign that ignores that police pose an existential threat to victims—and all of us
prismreports.org
August 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"The right has long attacked Mamdani's positions on crime, but more recently these attacks have taken on a more desperate dimension, invoking DV victims... In reality it’s hard to identify any group who poses a greater danger to abuse victims than police."
So glad to have gotten my family out of Abbott-Land when we did. Not that policies will take weapons out of the hands of all violent criminals, but “let’s try not stopping it at all” is a weird way to confront gun violence.
Texas has had seven major gun massacres in recent years. But now—even after the slaughter of school kids, teachers, shoppers, and churchgoers—Republican leaders have prohibited a law that keeps guns away from unhinged people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... (Photo: Pete Luna, Uvalde Leader-News)
Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
www.motherjones.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
So glad to have gotten my family out of Abbott-Land when we did. Not that policies will take weapons out of the hands of all violent criminals, but “let’s try not stopping it at all” is a weird way to confront gun violence.
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Jeff Daniels speaks out..
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Jeff Daniels speaks out..
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
He's everything that's wrong.
We’re supposed to elect the best of us, not the worst of us.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to break the fourth wall as the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. And she has made one thing plain: There are moments when she sees the majority opinion as an “existential threat to the rule of law.” capitalbnews.org/kbj-supreme-...
Justice Jackson Warns Supreme Court Is Hastening Democracy’s Downfall
She’s repeatedly signaled her concerns about the direction of the court on birthright citizenship, mass federal firings, and other hot-button issues.
capitalbnews.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to break the fourth wall as the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. And she has made one thing plain: There are moments when she sees the majority opinion as an “existential threat to the rule of law.” capitalbnews.org/kbj-supreme-...