Bill Mauer

This is a great idea, especially with gas prices crashing as China stopped accepting liquid gas.

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

Balloon Juice - "We're Doing Things the Way We Should Always Have Been Doing Them" CBP continues to upend the lives of tourists and legal immigrants traveling to and from the US. This time, an Australian man, going by the name “Jonathan”, tells the Guardian how his work visa was can...

"You may want to share some of these stories with the normies in your life to underscore the damage being done to the US's reputation, and to prompt them to think about what the US might be doing to people from less “acceptable” countries." balloon-juice.com/2025/04/12/w...

I've lost 2 Apple accounts from that hell. At least I only do dev work with them.

It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.

I was just telling my wife: I love you as a person as well as an author.

Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT:      Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers

Ah, good old Ex Post Facto. A staple in fascist regimes. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

How serious are we about getting out of Texas? I just threw away all of those pieces of wood which might be useful some day. You don't get more serious than that.

This is an actual breaking of the first amendment. Visa's and Greencards grant the holders full rights as US citizens. As long as they haven't broken the law, there is no lawful way the Visa or Greencard can be revoked.

Unplanned rapid disassembly.

I thought the Great Depression was caused by trickle down economics?

1. A new Texas bill outright criminalizes being transgender as felony fraud. It is one of the most alarming bills that I have ever seen.

Though it stands little chance of passage, its rationale is already being used in other places and by the trump admin.

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It is a just a recap of his adventures. He's super excited to share them with you!

Ex-NFL Punter Chris Kluwe Arrested, Carried Out of Council Meeting After Anti-MAGA Rant Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested and carried out of a city council meeting after becoming disruptive during an anti-MAGA rant!

Wow! Good on Chris Kluwe! www.tmz.com/watch/2025-0...

Do we call DOGE a stable of stable geniuses? Or genii for the Latin purists?

Hi, I'm Bill. I need to make less cricket noise.

I run a podcast that's taking on classic lit in (rough) chronological order. It's covered 19th-century archaeologist spats, why knowing Homer used to be part of college admission requirements, and how most cultures have a story about cutting off a god's junk: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Trying this out, see if I go here.