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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 11m

Now the dumb toil starts (documenting the structure, developing a way to encode it efficiently - a decade of post-grads), and only then the fun work starts (trying to find the simplest mechanism that creates, maintains and modifies that structure, and simulating how it might work).

Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 19m

Jesus, lady, MacOS 8 was bad, but come on... Just remove some of those startup extensions.

Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 8h

Really, quick-releases if you're worried about your bike being stolen? At least take it off and keep it with you, like car radios of yore...

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spooky smcgee @smcgee.bsky.social · 9h

Looked into getting my own inflatable frog costume for reasons and now I want the bones version.

Screenshot of Amazon showing the antifa inflatable frog, but black with a white skeleton

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 9h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 8h

The Bill Of Rights takes melatonin and goes to bed early.

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 9h

No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 8h

actually from Portland
youtu.be/b1F7D1Yti20?...

Portland Protesters Bait ICE Agents With Donuts ...

YouTube video by Tony Dortie

youtu.be

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 10h

This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever made. Except that’s an evergreen statement at this point.

A pile of zines called DONT BUILD THE TORMENT NEXUS!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 9h

They've already tried macing him through the back vent a few days ago
thenerdstash.com/portland-pol...

Portland Police Pepper-Sprays Breathing Vent of Protester in Frog Suit for Helping Another Officer: 'Highly Dangerous and Absolutely Uncalled For'

A protestor in a froggy suit helping a police officer get up was pepper-sprayed by another cop who aimed straight for their air hole.

thenerdstash.com

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 9h

This poster:
(They're all coming from rokantyfaszystowski.org/en/trzy-strz...)

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 9h

Splitters!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 11h

They could... theoretically. But would they still be Democrats in that case?

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 11h

I like this development.
"So you're not selling APKWS to Ukraine? F-I-N-E, we'll make our own. Oh, and all our previous APKWS orders are cancelled. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Love, Europe."

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 23h

Anyway, in case you missed it, some wondering from me about whether Kemi Badenoch has ever actually read Terry Pratchett

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Has Kemi Badenoch actually read Terry Pratchett?

She claims he’s her favourite author, but his books have a few lessons for her

www.newstatesman.com

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 12h

These guys? I wonder why?

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 17h

"Don't be so open-minded your brain falls out" - attributed to G.K. Chesterton.

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Tigas @bluetigas.bsky.social · 19h

you need to do something like this

photo of road sign in Ukraine, tinkered with for maximum hilarity against the Russian invaders

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19h

Former USAID official here.

The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.

It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.

The facts, below. 🧵