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@nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social

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Nuclear & DCS engineer, general purpose nerd. I’m not here to “engage in dialogue” or “have a conversation” and all opinions are not equal. Leave bw be or they’ll block us all. They owe us nothing.

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 7d

The US “government” right now, a brief 🧵 1/3:

We apologise for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked.

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 8h

@johnathanperk.bsky.social is it ok for me to send you a dm?

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 9h

I also signed up for your newsletter today. 💙

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 10h

I lived in Texas for about 4 years, so there are a few tactics I have found to be effective warcraft against Texans:

-all chili needs to be made with ground beef and 🫘
-all iced tea must be unsweet
-do not stock Blue Bell
-feign ignorance re: breakfast tacos
-hide the hot sauce, ketchup only

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 11h

You’re a fucking menace, and it’s gross. You are why we are here in this moment, you are the problem. Your kids will perpetuate the problem.

You’re 1000x more dangerous to marginalized communities than those who espouse white supremacist ideologies & use racial slurs.

I wish you were a bot. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12h

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 12h

Oh, sorry @aruss-updates.bsky.social, that was supposed to be a reply to @smokestacks07036.bsky.social, not directed at you obviously.

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 12h

Cool - in order to earn your performative allyship merit badge, please write a 500 word essay analyzing the following social media post, using key concepts from Imani’s article. Identify passages that speak directly to what is problematic about the post, and how those issues could’ve been avoided.

For your anti-ableism merit badge, explain how and why failing to use alt text deprives those with sight related disabilities from participating in public discourse. Cite your sources.

The image is a screenshot of Kimberly’s post from 9 days ago, quoting a post with an image of the Statue of Liberty submerged in water up to just below the eyes. Kimberly comments surprise at living to see the current political situation.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 13h

JUST IN: A federal judge has granted the New York Times’ demand for a list of Elon Musk’s security clearances. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 13h

You really think that’s what is happening here?

a woman wearing a white bracelet and rings holds her head in her hands

Alt: a woman wearing a white bracelet and rings holds her head in her hands

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 13h

Reading what, exactly?

Are you saying - out loud - that you read Imani‘s piece, & then made these posts? 😳

Cause I have to say, in my full GenX incandescence, that I have NEVER gotten slammed for reading Black women’s writing. Not once.

It’s like they don’t even know that I learned from them!

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 1d

Are you a non-Black person pissed at Bluesky leadership and feeling a little jealous of all the good vibes coming from Blacksky?

There are Blacksky adjacent options for you! Here’s info from the Blacksky migration guide!

docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

Screengrab from Blacksky migration guide:

blacksky algorithms

A Warning: Anyone else using a blacksky.app handle will receive a warning at first and then a suspension.

Alternative PDSs for Everyone
Blacksky Algorithms also operates two other
PDSs that are open to anyone:
• myatproto.social - Open to all
• cryptoanarchy.network - Open to all

These servers run on the same infrastructure as blacksky.app and are maintained by the same team, but are available for anyone to use regardless of background.

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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 1d

New set is out now Friends

MAGA Mega Mad over Bad Bunny Bowl

YouTube video by Josh Johnson

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

Was she talking about you? Was she directing it at you?

Are you certain that it’s everyone else that is reading too much into things? Is it possible that you are reading into things?

I don’t need answers.

Not all ww are suffering under Trump. It’s not for us to say if all non-ww are or not.

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

I’ve read every word. You’re not being attacked. Your insensitive & unwanted contributions were rejected, that‘s all.

If you feel attacked, that is probably something to work out with people who know you IRL or in a journal or counseling.

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

So, I’m not willing to speak for anyone else - but I don’t think it’s respectful to reply to a black woman’s post that she is wrong about which of her marginalized identities is valid, which is what you did. You literally said no, that it’s just about her gender.

Disrespectful & unkind, IMO.

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

How can it be personal when your picture is an icon of music notes? Nobody here knows literally a single personal thing about you.

It seems like this group of posters don’t appreciate or have any interest the things you have chosen to say. I do not.

What are you getting out of this?

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

I didn’t ask you to shut up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I asked what about this conversation appeals to you as a place to express yourself and your views. Do you not care that it’s insensitive, inappropriate in this space, unkind?

You are free to just make your own orignal posts & express whatever you want, why here?

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

I end up using old business cards from places I don’t work at anymore, or a carefully folded empty gum wrapper. WHY? When will I be grown???

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

Have you tried asking yourself why this page is where you want to talk about how hard it is to be you? Why you’re arguing with black women on the account of a black feminist scholar?

Cause honestly you are really embarrassing yourself, and also ruining a conversation. It‘a very rude.

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brownchubbybear @brownchubbybear.bsky.social · 2d

5-tour military vet calls #ICE agents traitors and tells them to prepare for a one-way mission if they come to his neighborhood #chicago #portland

Now THAT’S true patriotism 🇺🇸

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

Ok, I don’t know how to go about this but like is there a Ko-Fi or a patreon where I can support their work? Like, we can call it “commissioning street performance art” or something?

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

www.reddit.com/r/law/commen...

From the law community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the law community

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

You know what? Thank you for the follow up. Not because I trust a single word from her mouth, but because I don’t know if I have ever even driven through RI and it just didn’t seem like a thing for me to try to go fact check.

Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

Here is another from a local news outlet interviewing residents.

youtube.com/shorts/_O4cw...

Fed Raids South Shore Community: Residents Speak Out

YouTube video by BreakThrough News

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Opti @nucleardoorstop.myatproto.social · 1d

Probably not the one you were thinking of, but I had seen a clip of the second black woman that they interviewed (towards the end of this short) somewhere else (I though John Oliver)

youtube.com/shorts/jbY4e...

Thoughts?! ICE & Federal Agents Raid south side #chicago Building #immigration #news #shorts

YouTube video by Jasmine's Way

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