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Colin McFadden

@cmcfadden.bsky.social

Less than the sum of my parts

148 Followers  |  440 Following  |  164 Posts  |  Joined: 02.05.2023  |  1.9384

Latest posts by cmcfadden.bsky.social on Bluesky

I can’t say this enough β€” you don’t have to mutilate your language, and you do a disservice to important topics when you do so. This is going to be even more important as American authoritarianism accelerates.

09.09.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Only. Good. Season.

26.08.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s wild to see Bluesky talking about local political candidates as if they’re not just your boring neighbors.

04.08.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Juche and Tori, Crosby Farm, City House, Alexander Ramsey house, St. Paul farmers market, Icy Cup

08.07.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead of exporting right wing populism, the US should consider exporting norms around air conditioning. 91f in London is … hot.

01.07.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah - breakfast there was awesome, but making it work with that few seats is rough. Maybe a counter service business that can mostly capitalize on the kitchen space, like someone doing food prep for retail..

30.06.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder when the court inevitably finds for Mahmoud in Mahmoud v. Taylor today: this was a really bad case, the people from the county made really dumb decisions and fighting it to the Supreme Court was just hubris. Total self own.

27.06.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I for one am shocked congress wasn’t asked to formally declare war. The only other time this has happened was Libya2, Iraq2, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Somalia, Iraq1, Libya1, Grenada, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Korea…

22.06.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just hope today’s youths know that the real way to stop a for-funsies war in the Middle East is protest videos set to Op Ivy’s Unity. @reckless.bsky.social knows.

22.06.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You break it you bought it

22.06.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a way to invest in yellow ribbon stock?

18.06.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A pan-Asian punk band covering Neil Young in the parking lot of an abandoned Sears across from the state capitol is exactly the America I want.

15.06.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congress could regulate this but they won’t. It’s like watching a car accident happening in slow motionn

11.06.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1752    πŸ” 457    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 10

Is there any consensus on the maximum number of alarms a fire can have?

10.06.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you considered getting a job in management?

10.06.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there any chance that in the process of blowing up our economy, we end up with the opportunity to buy the good prosciutto?

23.05.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss the days when people posting β€œTim Walz is a fascist” on this site would have been funny shitposting instead of echo chamber virtue signally defeatist bullshit.

15.05.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hanging out on the lawn of the state capitol while a Thai drag queen teaches us how to dance. Best state.

10.05.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guarantee that nothing in Clownfuck McGee’s life gives him as much pleasure as getting the proper plastic clips for the spoiler on my 20 year old Volvo just gave me.

29.04.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can anyone explain the weird noise floor on APT (Rose)? It’s not there all the time, wondering if it’s there to fool compressors or auto EQs or something? Pretty sure it’s not tape hiss πŸ˜‚

27.04.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@reckless.bsky.social one thing I really love about European ceos on decoder is that they’re much more willing to entertain the idea that they’re wrong, that the business might not pan out, etc.

20.04.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post from Itchy Boots - YouTube SAD NEWS - A little while back, I announced that I would be coming to the USA for the launch of my book β€œFree Ride” on the 3rd of June πŸ“– A lot of planning al...

Itchy boots, a Dutch woman who makes YouTube videos traveling solo around the world, is cancelling her US visit because it’s too risky. For context, this is a woman currently riding around Yemen.

youtube.com/post/UgkxL4_...

17.04.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NSF Implementation of Recent Executive Orders Information for the NSF community regarding executive orders.

Oof, NSF disbanded the advisory committees today. www.nsf.gov/executive-or...

15.04.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What if the light rail just added a smoking car, so at least all the people smoking could go to one car?

15.04.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm guessing this is implicit and deliberate comment by whoever does the web layout?

11.04.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1447    πŸ” 256    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 11

Scary stuff here.

10.04.2025 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Always good to spend a weekend in Vegas cutting loose* with the boys.

*implementing poorly documented SDKs

06.04.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I also guarantee multiple startups will essentially launch smuggling coordination platforms.

I said this is someone who has been pitched multiple times on what was essentially money-laundering-as-service

03.04.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m super excited for TikTokers to discover smuggling. β€œHey guys here’s how you can pay for your trip to Europe by bringing back these six items”

03.04.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Announces Retaliatory Tariffs: Live Updates

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04... An era of unmatched peace and prosperity comes to an end. It wasn't perfect, but the world will be poorer and more unstable in the decades to come.

02.04.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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