This is not an Overreaction
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Programmer; election reform and social justice advocate; board- video- and role-playing-gamer; science fan. New York state, USA. he/him
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If Afghanistan and Iraq are any indication, soon we're going to start hearing from Very Serious People that we should keep our opposition to ourselves, that we should support our country and president during wartime.
Fuck that. War with Venezuela is a moral atrocity. I'll be silent when I'm dead.
Fuck that. War with Venezuela is a moral atrocity. I'll be silent when I'm dead.
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If Afghanistan and Iraq are any indication, soon we're going to start hearing from Very Serious People that we should keep our opposition to ourselves, that we should support our country and president during wartime.
Fuck that. War with Venezuela is a moral atrocity. I'll be silent when I'm dead.
Fuck that. War with Venezuela is a moral atrocity. I'll be silent when I'm dead.
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TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
The secret airport deportation program denies victims any semblance of due process.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
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I did a bunch of testing about "reach" comparing bluesky to twitter, and the only "reach" that creators on twitter had was an inflated follower count - mostly dead accounts and bots. None of the creators I looked at were getting likes or replies or reposts from more than 0.5% of their followers.
December 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I did a bunch of testing about "reach" comparing bluesky to twitter, and the only "reach" that creators on twitter had was an inflated follower count - mostly dead accounts and bots. None of the creators I looked at were getting likes or replies or reposts from more than 0.5% of their followers.
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NPR left twitter in early 2023, and after 6 months they reported that their web traffic had dropped less than 1%.
Nobody should be staying on twitter for the "reach". The follower and view numbers are fake, it's just scraper bots scrolling past your post and pumping the view numbers.
Nobody should be staying on twitter for the "reach". The follower and view numbers are fake, it's just scraper bots scrolling past your post and pumping the view numbers.
December 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
NPR left twitter in early 2023, and after 6 months they reported that their web traffic had dropped less than 1%.
Nobody should be staying on twitter for the "reach". The follower and view numbers are fake, it's just scraper bots scrolling past your post and pumping the view numbers.
Nobody should be staying on twitter for the "reach". The follower and view numbers are fake, it's just scraper bots scrolling past your post and pumping the view numbers.
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Trump needs to be removed from office. Now. Democrats need to say it. Editorial boards need to say it. This is unhinged, unacceptable and it should be nonstop news until it's addressed appropriately.
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trump needs to be removed from office. Now. Democrats need to say it. Editorial boards need to say it. This is unhinged, unacceptable and it should be nonstop news until it's addressed appropriately.
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ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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And again, if you’re someone who thinks AI has gotten a bad rap, maybe consider the most prominent use cases so far which now include keeping Black and Queer scholarship off of college campuses.
December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And again, if you’re someone who thinks AI has gotten a bad rap, maybe consider the most prominent use cases so far which now include keeping Black and Queer scholarship off of college campuses.
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The full House of Representatives will vote this week on the most extreme anti-trans bill ever brought to a vote.
It’ll be reported that the bill only bans care for trans minors.
But it would *criminalize* the care — doctors would face up to a decade in prison.
It’ll be reported that the bill only bans care for trans minors.
But it would *criminalize* the care — doctors would face up to a decade in prison.
House Must Reject Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Attempt To Criminalize Transgender Health Care | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union is urging members of the House of Representatives to vote “NO’ on a bill sponsored by Rep....
www.aclu.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The full House of Representatives will vote this week on the most extreme anti-trans bill ever brought to a vote.
It’ll be reported that the bill only bans care for trans minors.
But it would *criminalize* the care — doctors would face up to a decade in prison.
It’ll be reported that the bill only bans care for trans minors.
But it would *criminalize* the care — doctors would face up to a decade in prison.
The best way to see more good ideas come out of society is to put more people in less-precarious financial situations. People need (financial) space to try and fail and try again. Today, only the rich can get second chances.
The cliche that ‘having an idea’ is the hard part of writing is persistent and pernicious. Realising the idea is the craft of it. That FAQ of…
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The best way to see more good ideas come out of society is to put more people in less-precarious financial situations. People need (financial) space to try and fail and try again. Today, only the rich can get second chances.
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Really is a problem that for every Mark Cuban ("omg I can buy sports teams yay") there are, like, 25 billionaires who believe God has chosen them to cleanse the Earth with fire and to seed the future of humanity. It's just too much damn money, brains can't handle it.
Factory farming humans — one more reason there should be no billionaires
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
“Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build mega-families, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them”
www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
www.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really is a problem that for every Mark Cuban ("omg I can buy sports teams yay") there are, like, 25 billionaires who believe God has chosen them to cleanse the Earth with fire and to seed the future of humanity. It's just too much damn money, brains can't handle it.
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trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
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The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
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Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
bsky.app/profile/jare...
bsky.app/profile/jare...
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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ICE said it found no records in response to our FOIA for body-worn camera footage from Operation Midway Blitz.
We’re pursuing our options to get to the bottom of it — and send ICE a clear message: It's not the secret police or exempt from accountability.
freedom.press/the-classifi...
We’re pursuing our options to get to the bottom of it — and send ICE a clear message: It's not the secret police or exempt from accountability.
freedom.press/the-classifi...
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
ICE said it found no records in response to our FOIA for body-worn camera footage from Operation Midway Blitz.
We’re pursuing our options to get to the bottom of it — and send ICE a clear message: It's not the secret police or exempt from accountability.
freedom.press/the-classifi...
We’re pursuing our options to get to the bottom of it — and send ICE a clear message: It's not the secret police or exempt from accountability.
freedom.press/the-classifi...
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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If you wrote a dystopian cyberpunk story about people getting mad because the "bet on anything" company wouldn't pay out when they bet "robots" would be the media's official "person of the year" because the answer was "the robots' corporate overlords" I'd tell you it was too on the nose. And yet!
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you wrote a dystopian cyberpunk story about people getting mad because the "bet on anything" company wouldn't pay out when they bet "robots" would be the media's official "person of the year" because the answer was "the robots' corporate overlords" I'd tell you it was too on the nose. And yet!
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.
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This is BAD! Congress is moving forward to vote on KOSA and other 18 internet regulation bills TOMORROW (Dec. 11th). They want us to believe it's about 'protecting kids', but it's actually about giving anti-queer bigots more power to forever censor us and cause LGBTQ+ suicide rates to skyrocket.
TOMORROW: Congress is pushing through a package of bills which include an online ID check mandate that would fence off the internet & kill anonymity online.
Contact committee members that are considering these bills + make your opposition crystal clear using our call tool at
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December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is BAD! Congress is moving forward to vote on KOSA and other 18 internet regulation bills TOMORROW (Dec. 11th). They want us to believe it's about 'protecting kids', but it's actually about giving anti-queer bigots more power to forever censor us and cause LGBTQ+ suicide rates to skyrocket.
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ICE trying to ORDER a church to REMOVE A NATIVITY SCENE is one of the most astonishing First Amendment violations I've seen in ever
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ICE trying to ORDER a church to REMOVE A NATIVITY SCENE is one of the most astonishing First Amendment violations I've seen in ever
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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If you want a primer on the Network State, I spent some time with a group hoping to make one this summer:
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you want a primer on the Network State, I spent some time with a group hoping to make one this summer:
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
www.wired.com/story/tech-b...
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could unravel the final remaining limits on the ultra-rich writing unlimited checks to their preferred federal candidates, opening the door even wider to political corruption.
The Supreme Court ponders giving billionaires even more power over elections
Republicans want the last limits on political spending eliminated.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could unravel the final remaining limits on the ultra-rich writing unlimited checks to their preferred federal candidates, opening the door even wider to political corruption.