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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 14h

@[email protected] "Every service contract comes with a free contempt-of-court finding!"

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

Read this thread for a frankly breathtaking example of the utter garbage you get when Techbrahs try their hand at law.

Although if you say "I have an issue that's important to me, huh, I guess I will try Vibe Lawyering," I am basically ok with whatever happens to you.

Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 17h

The bros are at it again! and make no mistake, they are LITERALLY calling it "Vibe Lawyering"

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 16h

#tlcleanse

cuz we all need a break, so let’s look at the night sky

The annual #draconid #meteorshower is expected to peak on the night of Wednesday, Oct 8.

"The Draconid shower is a real oddity, in that the radiant point stands highest in the sky as darkness falls. That means that, unlike […]

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18h

So “Plenary Authority” is what they're (Stephen Miller) is calling #theamericanfascist's 'right' to ignore precedents and laws and deploy the National Guard and threaten to incarcerate elected officials who might resist.

"Plenary authority, with its sweeping, unchecked assumption of power, has […]

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 16h

What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?

4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 16h

@[email protected] If you went all-in on "smart home" in the first place, it's because you weren't listening to us IT geeks.

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

We are in a nascent civil war in the United States, with a President who consistently acts unconstitutionally calling for the jailing of a governor and mayor in a state where the President has unlawfully deployed troops […]

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 18h

MAGA wives, check your husband's phone ...

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 19h

Whoa

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers have had a romantic #artificialintelligence relationship, or they know someone who has. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used #ai for #companionship.

That's according to new research from the Center for […]

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 19h

@[email protected] There are two horrifying things about this.

1. How badly are we failing our kids that one in five of them turns to a freaking LLM for **companionship**?

2. Whoever controls those LLMs has unguarded inside access into the minds of one fifth of our kids.

Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 20h

**_Sneak Preview_**

The current working draft #cover for my #upcoming #novel _In Flux_ , with cover #art by @[email protected]

Draft book cover for a novel titled "In Flux", by Sean Fenian. The illustration shows a strong-featured woman in turn-of-the-century upper-class English riding clothes, seated in an ornate chair. A man dressed in upper-working-class clothes stands just behind her and to her right, from the viewer's perspective, holding a lance-like weapon of non-human-looking construction upright at his side, the butt resting on the ground. The two are in a walled patio in front of a building with ornate 17th to 18th century architecture, with elaborate stonework and extensive glazing. The title and author text have a purplish brushed metallic appearance that matches the lance. A faint glitter seems to be forming around the title text.

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Never underestimate the ingenuity of #security researchers. A team at UC Irvine just figured out a way to use a high-resolution optical #mouse as a #microphone. Your mouse can rat you out.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/mouse_microphone_security/

The good news is an attacker has to […]

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Bengesko :verified_trans: @bengesko.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Dolly Parton isn't doing well. Keeping her in my thoughts, hoping she recovers.

May the Patron Saint of Appalachia be hale and whole, healthy and happy.

She's done so much for Appalachia, for children, for literacy. Such a warm and generous heart.

Recover well, Dolly.

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@[email protected] I would laugh myself silly if Trump could not fly ICE agents into Chicago because the airport was closed because of the Republicans' shutdown.

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Another quick #game #design tip: The quality of your game design is in inverse proportion to the number of times your player protests, "That's not how that _works!_ That's not how **ANY OF THIS** works!"

This specific example: **_No_** , Square Enix, you **do not** suddenly become massively […]

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Shoq @shoq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

So, have we had enough of Russell Vought and his #project2025 yet? Have we had enough of the American military in our streets on these ginned up Reichstag fire excuses?

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” — Henry David Thoreau

“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.” — Thomas Jefferson

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” — Frederick Douglass

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

https://wtfdetective.blog/rfk-jr-faces-revolt-psychiatrists-dangerous/

Medical professional organizations representing over a thousand psychiatrists have signed onto a demand that RFK Jr be removed as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, declaring him to be "dangerous and […]

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@[email protected] Unable to compete on actual issues, they're trying to smear her by association.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. A new poll shows that Virginia voters prefer Democratic Governor candidate Abigail Spanberger's approach to trans issues over Republican Earle-Sears by a wide margin.

She's ahead 10 points in the race now, and voters prefer her 50-37 on trans issues.

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New Poll: Voters Prefer Spanberger For Virginia Governor On Transgender Issues By Wide Margin, Despite Anti-Trans Ads

The issue also ranked lowest among issues polled. The CNU poll is the second poll showing Spanberger pulling ahead.

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@[email protected] The Republican goal continues to be to destroy the Federal government, except for the Presidency

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EarthMomma @lanaehforaday.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@AnnaAnthro

So basically, Trump both IS THE INSURRECTIONIST and the one that gets to call in the troops IF there is an insurrection.

We now have a bank robber with the combination to the vault and he will have the POLICE take you out if you try to stop him.

ONLY IN TRUMPLANDIA

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Parente said Martinez has “seven holes” in her from the #shooting & that agents were in such a hurry to take her into custody at the hospital that they had to return later when Martinez began bleeding from her wounds.

Parente disputed the govt’s claim that Martinez is a danger to the community […]

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Sean Fenian @zakalwe.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy · 2d

@[email protected] Currently a lot of airport towers are being staffed by volunteers.

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 2d

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Black-and-white street art of a hare holding a protest sign that reads, “The Earth isn’t dying, it’s being killed — and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” Painted on a graffitied wall with turquoise tags in the background, the artwork delivers a stark environmental message about accountability for ecological destruction.

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