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@transitfossil.bsky.social

retired mechanical engineer and computer scientist. avid swimmer. amateur classical guitar player. atheist. liberal. feminist. anti-fascist. never trump.

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nobody said any such thing.

nonsense.

dismissed, idiot.

01.03.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The defendant picks the judge.
The judge dismisses the case.
The judge, hired by the defendant, then says no jury verdict means no guilt.
The public never sees the evidence.
And everyone pretends that’s normal.
Pls read, subscribe, share:

01.03.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1072    πŸ” 509    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 13

I have mixed feelings about LLMs as a professional tool for just getting your work done, but I have very negative feelings about them for education. I think that, like smartphones, they're going to have positive and negative impact for education, but the negative will far outweigh the positive.

01.03.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

Borrow, borrow, borrow.

01.03.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a poor effort from the SA Spurs. they're a better team than the Knicks, but it hasn't shown today.

#NBA

01.03.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll say it again: If you're consistently finding ways to rationalize away Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo or embrace of Nazi content creators then you really are no different than those on the right who were trying to explain why Elon really wasn't giving a Heil Hitler

01.03.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 337    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Donald Trump took the United States to war today, killing Iranian school children and risking the lives of people in America's military.

He is currently yucking it up at a fundraiser.

He's a shallow, glib person without any regard for the serious consequences of his lies, scams, and incompetence.

01.03.2026 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2602    πŸ” 678    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 17
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Pedophile Trump said "hold my beer." πŸ˜…
#EpsteinWar #Resist

01.03.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 832    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 8

For a long time, I thought the modern history of Iran began with the CIA overthrowing Mossadegh and installing the Shah in the early 50s. But the tragedies of that poor country go back much further. Read β€œAn American Martyr in Persia” by Reza Aslan for an excellent introduction.

01.03.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Any democrat who supports this shit or is mealy mouthed about it will be dead to me.

01.03.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

I don't know if he can play, but still one handsome bastard.

01.03.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SNL tackles attack on Iran in 02/28 cold open, ditching SOTU-themedΒ sketch Watch highlights from the thirteenth episode of SNL’s fifty-first season, hosted by Connor Storrie, with Mumford & Sons as the musical guest, including the Trump Iran War Address Cold Open.

SNL tackles attack on Iran in 02/28 cold open, ditching SOTU-themedΒ sketch

Watch highlights from the thirteenth episode of SNL’s fifty-first season, hosted by Connor Storrie, with Mumford & Sons as the musical guest, including the Trump Iran War Address Cold Open.

01.03.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

never would have made it into office even once.

01.03.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If we had rule of law in the U.S., Trump would have been imprisoned many times over by now.

01.03.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 711    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 7
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Sundays are for splooting.
#corgicrew

01.03.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 543    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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February is #BlackHistoryMonth.

Did you know…

We owe the development of modern chemotherapy and clinical oncology to the black oncologist Jane Cooke Wright.

Of note- basic research (cell culture) helped adding chemotherapy as a #breastcancer treatment option.

@joelburvell on IG

01.03.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Bibi told him to do it.

He told Whiskey Pete to make it happen and went golfing.

Less than no plan.

Just a stooge doing what he's told.

01.03.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The only worthy response I've seen from a Democrat.

01.03.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

Not my heroes.

Tear that shit down.

01.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Total Trumper.

01.03.2026 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You are right - they already know.

The gap between their profits and liabilities is staggering.

01.03.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is every consulting vulture’s schtick.

They all have a playbook that they follow religiously.

01.03.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And the obscene profits demanded by the foundational labs and their angel investors.

01.03.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right now I am leaning towards the concept that our own President is more of a danger to this country than any other country is.

01.03.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4254    πŸ” 767    πŸ’¬ 262    πŸ“Œ 45
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Texas to fix 4,200 errors in Bible-infused Bluebonnet curriculum Taxpayers will bear the cost of fixing errors in learning materials published by the Texas Education Agency. The curriculum has drawn attention for its references to Christianity and the Bible.

That vertigo you feel is us circling the toilet.

In 11/24, Texas approved a new curriculum that favored Christianity over other faiths. More than 300 school districts adopted it. Schools received additional state funding for doing so.

It needed 4K+ corrections

www.texastribune.org/2026/02/25/t...

01.03.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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You have clearly not read the War Powers Act, Mike. Everything you've written is totally wrong.

The War Powers Act SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS military action unless: a/ there is a prior congressional authorization; or b/ it's a response to an attack against the U.S.

01.03.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4513    πŸ” 1559    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 79
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They spent billions on regime change in Venezuela and left the Maduro's head of torture in charge.

They are now spending billions on regime change in Iran, knowing the most likely outcome will be harder line leadership.

We do not have serious people running our country.

01.03.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5605    πŸ” 1819    πŸ’¬ 276    πŸ“Œ 78
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X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israeli Attack on Iran WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.

Twitter is a propaganda operation.

That is its sole purpose.

01.03.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3