Merrill Aldrich
@thepragmaticcyclist.com
Data engineering, Architecture (like buildings architecture, perhaps some computing architecture too). Non-competitive cycling. Sports cars. Unitarian. I own the world famous* SQL911. He. Bramily.
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No better testimonial than this one on how federal job cuts put lives at risk.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
No better testimonial than this one on how federal job cuts put lives at risk.
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May 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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😲 Guys, Avelo painted their ICE jets all white! The tail number matches. How pathetic is that? 👀
May 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
😲 Guys, Avelo painted their ICE jets all white! The tail number matches. How pathetic is that? 👀
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🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
May 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🚨 ICE agents in masks and no uniforms abducting people from a Phoenix immigration court - no ID, no explanation, no due process.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
This is not law enforcement.
This is authoritarianism.
Demand accountability.
Stay loud.
Stay informed.
Stay safe.
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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Bike ride to Lake Nokomis, where a beer was waiting
May 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bike ride to Lake Nokomis, where a beer was waiting
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May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
Today was a rough day for administration officials on Capitol Hill as Senate committees held hearings on the 2026 budget requests for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
May 20, 2025
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This. 1000x this.
Reminder: the Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen posts are just to distract from the Qatari "gift" or the fact that he's trying to rip Medicare and Medicaid from millions of Americans right now.
May 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This. 1000x this.
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An amazing 40 seconds here. The ease with which they lie is so disturbing.
May 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An amazing 40 seconds here. The ease with which they lie is so disturbing.
Super excited to be headed to Sweden in a month, not least because we'll be 4,000 miles away from Donald Kim Jong Stalin's ridiculous military parade.
May 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Super excited to be headed to Sweden in a month, not least because we'll be 4,000 miles away from Donald Kim Jong Stalin's ridiculous military parade.
I'm in the middle of a nice ride, with a stop at Pryes Brewery. First time over the Lowry Ave bridge today. There are some nice extensions to the two bikeways open, or coming soon, up here
May 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I'm in the middle of a nice ride, with a stop at Pryes Brewery. First time over the Lowry Ave bridge today. There are some nice extensions to the two bikeways open, or coming soon, up here
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.
I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.
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(🎁) GIFT LINK to a stunning but also inarguable New York Times piece that says in no uncertain terms that America is no longer a democracy but an autocracy.
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
(🎁) GIFT LINK to a stunning but also inarguable New York Times piece that says in no uncertain terms that America is no longer a democracy but an autocracy.
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BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
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@financialtimes.com
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May 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
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This is about all of us. Never forget that.
May 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This is about all of us. Never forget that.
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Had a really nice ride today from Minneapolis to Wayzata and back. Unseasonably warm 82 degrees (according to my car, anyway)
May 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Had a really nice ride today from Minneapolis to Wayzata and back. Unseasonably warm 82 degrees (according to my car, anyway)
In about 5 weeks we get to visit Sweden again! I'm so excited.
May 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In about 5 weeks we get to visit Sweden again! I'm so excited.
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BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
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Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...
April 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...
When white people say "meritocracy," watch what happens next
BREAKING NYT:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When white people say "meritocracy," watch what happens next