Seth Holmes (he/him)
@sholmes.route-fu.net
I'm a full time network engineer, married with children.
Hobbies/likes include, but is not limited to: Acoustic guitar, mandolin, bluegrass music, and dogs.
Hobbies/likes include, but is not limited to: Acoustic guitar, mandolin, bluegrass music, and dogs.
He was legal enough for our military to allow him to serve.
But not legal enough to avoid deportation.
Honestly, despite all the flaws around the legalization process, anyone willing to sign up and serve in our military should be awarded citizenship.
But not legal enough to avoid deportation.
Honestly, despite all the flaws around the legalization process, anyone willing to sign up and serve in our military should be awarded citizenship.
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 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
He was legal enough for our military to allow him to serve.
But not legal enough to avoid deportation.
Honestly, despite all the flaws around the legalization process, anyone willing to sign up and serve in our military should be awarded citizenship.
But not legal enough to avoid deportation.
Honestly, despite all the flaws around the legalization process, anyone willing to sign up and serve in our military should be awarded citizenship.
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
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This could’ve been our future
So much better than the orange Ferengi we currently have...
So much better than the orange Ferengi we currently have...
December 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This could’ve been our future
So much better than the orange Ferengi we currently have...
So much better than the orange Ferengi we currently have...
They should be concerned. "I was following order" has never been an acceptable excuse. Soldiers are required to disobey an illegal order.
The question will really be whether they knew or even believed it was illegal.
The question will really be whether they knew or even believed it was illegal.
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug bo...
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
They should be concerned. "I was following order" has never been an acceptable excuse. Soldiers are required to disobey an illegal order.
The question will really be whether they knew or even believed it was illegal.
The question will really be whether they knew or even believed it was illegal.
Prosecutors have a huge advantage with a grand jury. It makes it just more obvious what a politically motivated stunt this is.
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James
Thursday's failed indictment against James is the latest setback for the Justice Department in its bid to prosecute the frequent political target of the Republican president.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Prosecutors have a huge advantage with a grand jury. It makes it just more obvious what a politically motivated stunt this is.
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Whole lot of focus on the financial cost of the plane and not that lives were saved as a result.
But it is BI.
US Aircraft Carrier's Hard Turn to Avoid Enemy Fire Sent Jet Overboard - Business Insider share.google/fDWMb8zmzGjs...
But it is BI.
US Aircraft Carrier's Hard Turn to Avoid Enemy Fire Sent Jet Overboard - Business Insider share.google/fDWMb8zmzGjs...
A US aircraft carrier's hard turn to avoid enemy fire surprised sailors and sent a jet with bad brakes into the sea
The $60 million F/A-18 and a tow tractor slid off the USS Harry S. Truman while it evaded a Houthi missile attack, new documents show.
share.google
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Whole lot of focus on the financial cost of the plane and not that lives were saved as a result.
But it is BI.
US Aircraft Carrier's Hard Turn to Avoid Enemy Fire Sent Jet Overboard - Business Insider share.google/fDWMb8zmzGjs...
But it is BI.
US Aircraft Carrier's Hard Turn to Avoid Enemy Fire Sent Jet Overboard - Business Insider share.google/fDWMb8zmzGjs...
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Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans know their unpopular policies are losing policies—so the right-wing Supreme Court is handing them an early Christmas present. We cannot agonize—we must organize to defeat their corrupt agenda at the ballot box.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans know their unpopular policies are losing policies—so the right-wing Supreme Court is handing them an early Christmas present. We cannot agonize—we must organize to defeat their corrupt agenda at the ballot box.
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Hamilton town official severely injured, horse killed after biker allegedly spooked them on Ipswich trail trib.al/MCAmwWd
Hamilton town official severely injured, horse killed after biker allegedly spooked them on Ipswich trail
Two weeks after the accident left her hospitalized, the injured rider is speaking out to educate others on equestrian safety.
trib.al
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Hamilton town official severely injured, horse killed after biker allegedly spooked them on Ipswich trail trib.al/MCAmwWd
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen --
Weird Al (when I was a teenager)
Ace Frehley (first rock concert, 18 yrs old, club in NY)
Kiss (first stadium concert, saw them multiple times after that, with and without make-up)
Metallica (front row, Black Album)
Billy Strings
Weird Al (when I was a teenager)
Ace Frehley (first rock concert, 18 yrs old, club in NY)
Kiss (first stadium concert, saw them multiple times after that, with and without make-up)
Metallica (front row, Black Album)
Billy Strings
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Weird Al Yankovic
Rancid
The Fools
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Metallica (shortly after Hetfield's pyro accident, when it was unknown whether he'd ever play again. The crowd went absolutely apeshit when he came out with his guitar).
Weird Al Yankovic
Rancid
The Fools
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
Metallica (shortly after Hetfield's pyro accident, when it was unknown whether he'd ever play again. The crowd went absolutely apeshit when he came out with his guitar).
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen --
Weird Al (when I was a teenager)
Ace Frehley (first rock concert, 18 yrs old, club in NY)
Kiss (first stadium concert, saw them multiple times after that, with and without make-up)
Metallica (front row, Black Album)
Billy Strings
Weird Al (when I was a teenager)
Ace Frehley (first rock concert, 18 yrs old, club in NY)
Kiss (first stadium concert, saw them multiple times after that, with and without make-up)
Metallica (front row, Black Album)
Billy Strings
If the shooter is...
Black... Gang
Brown... Terrorist
White... Acted alone
Black... Gang
Brown... Terrorist
White... Acted alone
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If the shooter is...
Black... Gang
Brown... Terrorist
White... Acted alone
Black... Gang
Brown... Terrorist
White... Acted alone
Happy...
Thanks...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy...
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normal things happening
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
normal things happening
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Jeff and I are of like minds here.
here's today's post: "what the hell, Senate Democrats?" — you got played. how do you not see this?
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what the hell, Senate Democrats?
you got played. how do you not see this?
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Jeff and I are of like minds here.
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It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It’s the same old same old. Republicans do a tantrum and break the dishes. The Democrats clean it up. It’s an abusive relationship.
And you know Trump is gonna try to get royalties for some signature bill.
No, President Obama is not getting “royalties” from Obamacare
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
And you know Trump is gonna try to get royalties for some signature bill.
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No, President Obama is not getting “royalties” from Obamacare
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
No, President Obama is not getting “royalties” from Obamacare
“All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”
— Clarence Darrow (supposedly)
— Clarence Darrow (supposedly)
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”
— Clarence Darrow (supposedly)
— Clarence Darrow (supposedly)
Hot take:
There's nothing unusual about someone who is a true believer in their religion wishing someone they loved would convert and be a true believer in that religion.
I wish my wife was also an atheist. I don't love her any less because she's not.
There's nothing unusual about someone who is a true believer in their religion wishing someone they loved would convert and be a true believer in that religion.
I wish my wife was also an atheist. I don't love her any less because she's not.
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hot take:
There's nothing unusual about someone who is a true believer in their religion wishing someone they loved would convert and be a true believer in that religion.
I wish my wife was also an atheist. I don't love her any less because she's not.
There's nothing unusual about someone who is a true believer in their religion wishing someone they loved would convert and be a true believer in that religion.
I wish my wife was also an atheist. I don't love her any less because she's not.
eBay sent me a message wishing me a happy eBay-versary. 27 years.
I've been on eBay half my life.
I've been on eBay half my life.
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
eBay sent me a message wishing me a happy eBay-versary. 27 years.
I've been on eBay half my life.
I've been on eBay half my life.
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
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Again, every time this happens, we literally have no idea if the masked, plainclothes people are actual government agents, or private citizens acting in party-affiliated paramilitaries. The whole point of IDs & uniforms & no masks is that we know these things.
October 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Again, every time this happens, we literally have no idea if the masked, plainclothes people are actual government agents, or private citizens acting in party-affiliated paramilitaries. The whole point of IDs & uniforms & no masks is that we know these things.
Today I learned...
1. You wanna know what's interesting about Pepsi making this decision? Pepsi literally made its fortune off the backs of Black people. (short 🧵)
Both Pepsi & Coke were created in the late 19th century. But while Coca-Cola was going on to become America's drink, Pepsi was bankrupt in the 1920s.
Both Pepsi & Coke were created in the late 19th century. But while Coca-Cola was going on to become America's drink, Pepsi was bankrupt in the 1920s.
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Today I learned...
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The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.