Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets)
@cursed.monster
Computer necromancer/vivisectionist, spoiler of grain, electromagnetic wave wrangler. Has strong opinions, weakly held. Pronouns (he/him) in bio, always antifascist.
Pinned
Radio stuff is regarded as wizardry, and sometimes it still feels like that (especially when you get into at atmospheric effects), but it’s rewarding to learn about electromagnetic waves and how they interact with the world around us, plus you can call Elon a poser when he talks about Maxwell’s Laws
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Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and one of the main architects of the massacre in Iran, made an unannounced trip to Moscow last night and met with Putin.
January 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and one of the main architects of the massacre in Iran, made an unannounced trip to Moscow last night and met with Putin.
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we stand with don lemon and the entire lemon party
January 30, 2026 at 2:49 PM
we stand with don lemon and the entire lemon party
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I knew when I heard of her passing that I wanted to hear from Glen about it.
Wrote something, got to say some stuff on the radio. It’s not enough. It don’t begin.
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
Catherine O'Hara played drunk better than anyone
O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I knew when I heard of her passing that I wanted to hear from Glen about it.
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Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
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here's a picture i took at work nine years ago, during the airport protests after the muslim ban. anyone who showed up to an event like this at google today would be fired.
January 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
here's a picture i took at work nine years ago, during the airport protests after the muslim ban. anyone who showed up to an event like this at google today would be fired.
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Recently began tracking my stress levels and this notable dip in stress is so funny to me because that’s when I was at Costco getting a hotdog.
January 30, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Recently began tracking my stress levels and this notable dip in stress is so funny to me because that’s when I was at Costco getting a hotdog.
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A sordid bankshot: Patriots owner Robert Kraft had just been indicted for a sex crime in S. Fla (soliciting prostitution), so Jeffrey Epstein reached out to Brad Karp, chairman of the Paul Weiss biglaw firm offering to help find Kraft a lawyer.
Karp was among the earliest to capitulate to Trump.
Karp was among the earliest to capitulate to Trump.
January 30, 2026 at 10:29 PM
A sordid bankshot: Patriots owner Robert Kraft had just been indicted for a sex crime in S. Fla (soliciting prostitution), so Jeffrey Epstein reached out to Brad Karp, chairman of the Paul Weiss biglaw firm offering to help find Kraft a lawyer.
Karp was among the earliest to capitulate to Trump.
Karp was among the earliest to capitulate to Trump.
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If you don't have conservative parents, you might not know that the Don Lemon church protest story has been the biggest thing on their radar for over two weeks. While everyone else has been watching murders in the streets, they've been screaming about a black man doing journalism in a church.
January 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM
If you don't have conservative parents, you might not know that the Don Lemon church protest story has been the biggest thing on their radar for over two weeks. While everyone else has been watching murders in the streets, they've been screaming about a black man doing journalism in a church.
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Nothing says "nothing to see here" like scrubbing the page to a Page Not Found
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Nothing says "nothing to see here" like scrubbing the page to a Page Not Found
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
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this mf figured out how to be racist against the whitest people on earth
“There's something about Scandinavian transplant cultures that simultaneously brings an over-empathizing element”
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM
this mf figured out how to be racist against the whitest people on earth
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Elon Musk? The man who made a csam generator bot??
Elon Musk chatting it up with his friend Jeffrey Epstein five years after he was convicted for child sex crimes 👍
January 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Elon Musk? The man who made a csam generator bot??
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The embroidery piece in the header image of this fantastic article is just stunning, but the one further down from Sarah Gonsalves with Renee Good's last words and her murderer's response literally took my breath away.
Staff at a Twin Cities yarn store put together a pattern for a red knit “Melt the ICE” hat inspired by the Norwegian resistance.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
They thought they would attract 10 people to a weekly knit-along.
They’ve sold 70,000 copies, raising more than $250k for immigrant aid groups.
‘Rage knitting’ against the machine: the hobbyists putting anti-ICE messages into crafts
Makers take a stand through ‘Melt the ICE’ red knit caps and sparkly nails – all while raising funds for those affected by immigration raids
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:44 PM
The embroidery piece in the header image of this fantastic article is just stunning, but the one further down from Sarah Gonsalves with Renee Good's last words and her murderer's response literally took my breath away.
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my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 29, 2026 at 10:22 PM
my dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.
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This @warontherocks.bsky.social piece (warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza...) on Israel's conduct in Gaza is devastating and ought to put solidly to rest the undead claim that Israel was exercising some sort of exceptional restraint.
I look forward to the folks claiming that studiously not reading it.
I look forward to the folks claiming that studiously not reading it.
Gaza and the Conduct of Urban War: Civilian Harm, Risk, and Responsibility
Urban warfare is often invoked as an alibi: dense terrain, an embedded enemy, human shields, imperfect intelligence. These conditions are real but they do
warontherocks.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 AM
This @warontherocks.bsky.social piece (warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza...) on Israel's conduct in Gaza is devastating and ought to put solidly to rest the undead claim that Israel was exercising some sort of exceptional restraint.
I look forward to the folks claiming that studiously not reading it.
I look forward to the folks claiming that studiously not reading it.
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
Would
January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Would
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So the homicide was premeditated. Planned in advance. Agents knew they wanted to kill him, so they prepared for the opportunity and took it.
Thanks for helping NYT.
Thanks for helping NYT.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death
More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM
So the homicide was premeditated. Planned in advance. Agents knew they wanted to kill him, so they prepared for the opportunity and took it.
Thanks for helping NYT.
Thanks for helping NYT.
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Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
DeWald cites "privacy interests" for an "agent number 3" and his body worn camera as one of the govt's concerns over making the case material piblic, among other issues.
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
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"Daddy told you he'd have to hit you even harder if you kept making him angry, but you didn't listen, and now look, somebody wound up dead."
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Daddy told you he'd have to hit you even harder if you kept making him angry, but you didn't listen, and now look, somebody wound up dead."
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I wrote about how in a December email to me, RFK Jr.'s HHS insisted the current South Carolina measles outbreak wouldn't get that bad—and how it has since snowballed into the biggest US outbreak since measles was eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS wasn't worried about South Carolina's measles outbreak. It's now enormous.
“CDC is not currently concerned that this will develop into a large, long-running outbreak," the agency said in December.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 PM
I wrote about how in a December email to me, RFK Jr.'s HHS insisted the current South Carolina measles outbreak wouldn't get that bad—and how it has since snowballed into the biggest US outbreak since measles was eliminated. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
Many such cases
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Many such cases
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Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
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Like, sure, bring on the protest songs by famous singers. But it's the people's "music" that's really spooking these MAGA ghouls. This machine (a whistle lol) kills fascists.
MAGA influencers want anti-ICE protester whistles to be ‘considered a violent weapon’
‘High IQ people don’t respond well to shrill noises,’ Mike Cernovich tweeted before taking aim at the ‘hearing loss causing machines that terrorists use against ICE.’
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
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Enjoy being catholic while you can buddie
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Enjoy being catholic while you can buddie