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I offer help to people who want to deliver software sensibly. Facilitator and lover of humans. Interesting, handsome, shy, erudite. [bridged from https://mastodon.online/@mjt on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Oblique Strategies @oblique-strategies.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Once the search is in progress, something will be found

#obliquestrategies
A black-and-white photo of an Oblique Strategy card. The card reads: 'Once the search is in progress, something will be found'.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d
“We therefore assume our soda straw view captures the essential truth of the world around us. Innately aware of our limitations and neurologically averse to ambiguity, we welcome shortcuts that help us connect dots. Especially when they seem to provide clear and digestible explanations. When […]
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d
“Most of us are tourists in our own lives. We do the three-day crepe-and-museum tour in Paris and become experts on living in France. We watch Animal Kingdom and become certified zoologists. Each of us directly observes and interacts with a tiny fractal of reality, but we did stay in a Holiday […]
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 3d
We’re only 9 months into this presidency and he’s already sending troops from red states into blue states while clearly stating his motives are political.
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 3d
OK, so this is going to be tough to hear, but it needs to be said.

Now that Trump has been enjoined from sending *any* NG to Oregon, ICE is going to go gangbusters in Oregon, dialing everything up to 1000%.

Because they need riots. They need someone punching an ICE officer.

DON'T TAKE THE BAIT.
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Our actions in the past profoundly affect the present, and the future. Lessons we don’t learn don’t make us better people.

#uspol #weareprofoundlyfuckedup (5/5)
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Hide your head in the sand and hum to yourself loudly if that makes you feel better, but this was done in our country’s name and by our country’s agents.

If you don’t think the past matters, then let’s dissolve the country and start again. Then maybe we can get away with shunning awareness of […]
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 3d
@patrickstewart No use crying over spilt blood, amirite? If I punch you tomorrow, I shouldn’t have to apologize after your black eye has healed, right? All is forgiven once time has passed.

Or are you saying that we’ve done so much bad shit we could never atone, apologize, or regret it all so […]
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 3d
“U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.”

Agents rappelled from […]
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”

Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d
“One by one, American leaders supposedly committed to principles of free speech, due process, democracy, and equality have abandoned those ideals when menaced by the Trump administration. These cascading acts of cowardice…have made Trump seem exponentially more powerful than he actually is…”
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A late-night lesson in solidarity
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 9d
From Robert Reich, posting at The Bad Place:

“The richest man on earth owns X.

“The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

“The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

“The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

“See the problem here?” […]
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Spo0000opybirb :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 10d
Portland Prepares for War

#Portland #pdx #Politics #caspol #caspolitics #cascadia #cascadiastrong #knitting #maker #oregon
frankiecatpdx posts "Makers unite. We knit at dawn. #Portland prepares for war" with a photo of street tree trunks covered in knitting captioned "Portland prepares for war."
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 11d
“…because they were awarded to cover up the incompetence of political appointees that led to the deaths of at least 230 peaceful Lakotas, as well as about twenty-five soldiers who were caught in their own crossfire.” […]
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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15d
#til
Translation of #enshittification in French:

La merdification, ou emmerdification (du mot anglais enshittification) est la dégradation de qualité qui affecte progressivement …
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15d
I’ve always wondered what was so wrong with boarding houses and SRO hotels.

“How States and Cities Decimated Americans’ Lowest-Cost Housing Option”

https://www.pew.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2025/07/how-states-and-cities-decimated-americans-lowest-cost-housing-option

#housing […]
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17d
We live our lives trying to return to childlike wonder.

https://substack.com/@thememoryhole/note/c-158076148?r=14j7ia&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Douglas Adams on Childhood (1980)
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17d
Times change, of course. But this is what the US used to advocate and endorse and encourage. And now?

https://substack.com/@thememoryhole/note/c-158385125?r=14j7ia&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

#uspol
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“Today, democracy can ebb away in communities whose citizens allow power to become concentrated in the hands of bosses…” (1946)
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17d
Learning is fun. And catchy.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8SV8Sro/

#trains #ballast #singandlearn
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17d
NBC News:

“White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt divulged details Saturday about the deal, under which the United States would control TikTok’s algorithm.”
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“‘He wanted the best for them,’ Trump said. ‘That’s where I disagree with Charlie. I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best […]
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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20d
“The American Federation of Musicians…and the Writers Guild of America West and East…expressed solidarity with Kimmel and the show’s staff.

“‘If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn’t have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to — painful as it may […]
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21d
Since Antifa isn’t really an “organization”, this is just carte blanche to arbitrarily declare people terrorists.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21d
BREAKING: Trump says he is designating “Antifa” as a “major terrorist organization.”

Such a step being taken this way would be concerning enough, given what it actually is, but, given that Trump sees “Antifa” hiding in every corner of opposition, this could be an extremely alarming escalation.
Donald J. Trump t @realDonald Trump I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter! 966 ReTruths 2.91k Likes 9/17/25, 8:26 PM
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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20d
Substitute “witches” for “antifa” and you’ll quickly see where this is headed.

Time for many of us to practice our floatation skills. https://mastodon.social/@andrewstroehlein/115224449434007462
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There is no organization called "antifa" - so, why label a non-existent group "terrorists"? This gives the regime maximum scope to hunt down opposition and critics. They label you "antifa", and then they come for you. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/trump-antifa-terrorist-organization
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21d
It'd be shame if everyone passed around this report that the DOJ, staunch defenders of free speech that they are, decided to try to hide from the taxpayers who funded the study.

By which I mean this report, written not by a think tank but the Nat'l Inst. of Justice, which opens with this:
litant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism. Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives.1 In this same period, far-left extremists committed 42 ideologically motivated attacks that took 78 lives.2 A recent threat assessment by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security concluded that domestic violent extremists are an acute threat and highlighted a probability that COVID-19 pandemic- related stressors, long-standing ideological grievances related to immigration, and narratives surrounding electoral fraud will continue to serve as a justification for violent actions.3
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 22d
Wrote about how Trump not remembering who Melissa Hortman was, shows how he's signalling to his supporters that committing violence against his opponents is fine, since their history and the violence will be quickly forgotten.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 22d
Trump’s Selective Memory: “Not Familiar” With Assassinated Democratic Lawmaker While Raging About “Left-wing Violence”

Donald Trump's response to political violence this week reveals something more sinister than mere hypocrisy—it's the deliberate construction of a false reality where only certain…
Trump’s Selective Memory: “Not Familiar” With Assassinated Democratic Lawmaker While Raging About “Left-wing Violence”
Donald Trump's response to political violence this week reveals something more sinister than mere hypocrisy—it's the deliberate construction of a false reality where only certain victims matter and only certain perpetrators exist. After days of raging about "left-wing violence" following Charlie Kirk's shooting, Trump was asked about Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated by a Trump supporter just months ago.
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