Mike Switzer (he/him)
@kidornery.bsky.social
Leftist (both cultural and economic). Born in Texas and still stuck here. I work in a bookstore and can't believe this is reality. It just gets worse.
Maybe Talarico/Beto should run for Gov/Lt. Gov?
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Maybe Talarico/Beto should run for Gov/Lt. Gov?
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The ease with which Democratic politicians have adopted the term "narco-terrorist" is really not encouraging. Don't care for it.
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The ease with which Democratic politicians have adopted the term "narco-terrorist" is really not encouraging. Don't care for it.
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Who agrees we should no longer take orders or direction of any kind from this illegitimate, disgusting, Supreme Court???
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Who agrees we should no longer take orders or direction of any kind from this illegitimate, disgusting, Supreme Court???
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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
JFC. Maybe just concentrate on keeping the damn planes from crashing?
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
JFC. Maybe just concentrate on keeping the damn planes from crashing?
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Ya know, a lot of music I listened to when I was 15 I have no idea for. I still love The Cure.
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ya know, a lot of music I listened to when I was 15 I have no idea for. I still love The Cure.
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Where’d this Pete go?
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Where’d this Pete go?
I haven't washed my car in years. It still runs.
Why are there FIVE car washes around me? Maybe because private equity loves them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why Are There Suddenly So Many Car Washes?
Fueled by private equity and a subscription-based business model, the auto wash industry is flooding the US with new outlets. Some towns and cities have had enough.
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I haven't washed my car in years. It still runs.
There's always room for Jello!
The Dead Kennedys - Soup is Good Food
Too relevant. Could have been written yesterday.
listen.plex.tv/track/5d07cd...
The Dead Kennedys - Soup is Good Food
Too relevant. Could have been written yesterday.
listen.plex.tv/track/5d07cd...
Soup Is Good Food
Soup Is Good Food, a track by Dead Kennedys on Plex
listen.plex.tv
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There's always room for Jello!
The Dead Kennedys - Soup is Good Food
Too relevant. Could have been written yesterday.
listen.plex.tv/track/5d07cd...
The Dead Kennedys - Soup is Good Food
Too relevant. Could have been written yesterday.
listen.plex.tv/track/5d07cd...
How much does TEMU pay google not to end up in the spam folder? To never ask if I want to unsubscribe?
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
How much does TEMU pay google not to end up in the spam folder? To never ask if I want to unsubscribe?
I barely slept last night. Now it is 1 am and I am wide awake. WTF?
December 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I barely slept last night. Now it is 1 am and I am wide awake. WTF?
I would like to nominate myself for the NHL Peace Prize. It's a golden hockey stick bent into the shape of a peace sign.
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I would like to nominate myself for the NHL Peace Prize. It's a golden hockey stick bent into the shape of a peace sign.
S3 of Goliath is a real trip.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
S3 of Goliath is a real trip.
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Star Trek TNG proves viewers crave a spaceship that looks like a mid-budget hotel. Fictional starships are usually metallic and futuristic but the public wants warm lighting, beige wall panels, and soft carpets like a Ramada Inn
December 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Star Trek TNG proves viewers crave a spaceship that looks like a mid-budget hotel. Fictional starships are usually metallic and futuristic but the public wants warm lighting, beige wall panels, and soft carpets like a Ramada Inn
So Windows 11 has a music folder, and it just moves your music there whether you want it there or not. It is where your music is stored. Why is it not stored where I fucking saved it? No clue. I am gonna be an old man switching to Linux before this adventure is all over
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So Windows 11 has a music folder, and it just moves your music there whether you want it there or not. It is where your music is stored. Why is it not stored where I fucking saved it? No clue. I am gonna be an old man switching to Linux before this adventure is all over
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Keep physical media.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Keep physical media.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
And if he obeys it he will go to prison?
Did you ask him if his job was under threat if he failed to follow an illegal order? Did you ask him if he knows killing the shipwrecked is an illegal order? Did you ask him if he was promised clemency if he took the fall? What did he say? TELL US. Stop dancing around these questions.
BRENNAN: Do you have confidence in Admiral Bradley?
HIMES: What it raises is what happens when an apparently good man like Admiral Bradley is placed in a context where he knows that if he countermands an order he's uncomfortable with it's very likely he'll be fired
HIMES: What it raises is what happens when an apparently good man like Admiral Bradley is placed in a context where he knows that if he countermands an order he's uncomfortable with it's very likely he'll be fired
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
And if he obeys it he will go to prison?
I'm ready for the Cylons. Anything that gets these machines disconnected. Sneakernet for the win.
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm ready for the Cylons. Anything that gets these machines disconnected. Sneakernet for the win.
One of the only movies I've ever walked out of was "Destiny Turns On The Radio" but do go on about acting Mr. Tarantino.
December 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
One of the only movies I've ever walked out of was "Destiny Turns On The Radio" but do go on about acting Mr. Tarantino.
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Free advice: if you find Quentin Tarantino bashing you in the press… repeat after me.
“I was unaware that Harvey Weinstein’s best friend was so critical of me and my work.”
“I was unaware that Harvey Weinstein’s best friend was so critical of me and my work.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Free advice: if you find Quentin Tarantino bashing you in the press… repeat after me.
“I was unaware that Harvey Weinstein’s best friend was so critical of me and my work.”
“I was unaware that Harvey Weinstein’s best friend was so critical of me and my work.”
Look, I am not going to waste precious minutes crafting a joke about trainwrecks and The Futurists and techbros because even if I get it just right and it is fucking hilarious, nobody will read it, and nobody will get it. But it is out there in the ether, and it is very funny.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Look, I am not going to waste precious minutes crafting a joke about trainwrecks and The Futurists and techbros because even if I get it just right and it is fucking hilarious, nobody will read it, and nobody will get it. But it is out there in the ether, and it is very funny.