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Dirk Peters

@halfalpine.bsky.social

Software developer, generalist, and all-around technophile. Prefer long-period groundswell and exfoliating granite batholiths. Jerry take the wheel. 🌺

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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.

Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.

12.11.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5434    πŸ” 2005    πŸ’¬ 193    πŸ“Œ 294

I know you’re not up for reelection for several years, but moving forward I’m only voting for Rhode Island senators who are in favor of dumping Schumer.
It’s that simple.

10.11.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m voting for whoever’s primarying you in 2030 unless you vote to dump Schumer.

10.11.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Step one: Schumer has to go.

10.11.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Who needs Trump to wreck America when we’ve got Chuck Schumer?

09.11.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.

Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

05.11.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7271    πŸ” 1573    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 162

Not a hard question, except for the culture that pretends it's not the answer

1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else

2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one

27.10.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2791    πŸ” 783    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 27
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Rhode Island opened window shopping today for 2026 ACA marketplace plans. Because of expiring premium tax credit enhancements, a typical 60-year-old couple making $85,000 will have to pay an additional $18,600 annually for benchmark coverage. (1/4)

23.10.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 16

me: wants to wake up early so I can enjoy some quiet time
aws: sure
me: no not like that

20.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

File this one under β€œif Obama did it”.
He would have been impeached!

20.10.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

15.10.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4116    πŸ” 981    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 19

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

12.10.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 24227    πŸ” 9161    πŸ’¬ 799    πŸ“Œ 426

Also the Montrail Vitesse!

11.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shout-out to the Altra Rivera line.

11.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me: The perfect running shoe doesn’t ex-
Zappos: Sure it does! Once a shoe is perfected, it’s time for it to be discontinued.

11.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman β€” the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents β€” saying it violates the β€œjoy of TikTok”

10.10.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7188    πŸ” 2669    πŸ’¬ 318    πŸ“Œ 290
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TFW when you realize you're about to fail the Lando test: "Harvard officials have since discussed internally the possibility of seeking additional assurances from the admin. that the university will not be subject to further demands once an agreement has been signed"

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

09.10.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The 2005-07 analogies don’t work because particularly in 2006-07 housing was in recession whereas the rest of the economy was seemingly fine, whereas now the non-AI economy is in a malaise if not the R-word whereas AI is clearly in a mega-boom.

06.10.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

A thousand times, this:

06.10.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan MuΓ±oz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

03.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26548    πŸ” 13686    πŸ’¬ 767    πŸ“Œ 528

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

02.10.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2908    πŸ” 2375    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 51

ME: where’s waldo

BUFFALO BILL: wears waldo

FULL MOON: weres waldo

01.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

This is our politics in a nutshell:
- Dems states use the carrot, creating subsidies in red states
- GOP uses the stick, stealing funds from blue states

Asymmetrical warfare.

01.10.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Textbook use of the passive voice! Maybe lead with who injured the journalist?

01.10.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unless you are the fearless leader! (In which case, you are 6’3” and 215 lbs.)

30.09.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every day you think there should be some sort of "emperor's new clothes" moment where someone loses it, stands up, and shouts, "My god, can't everyone see that this man is insane?" I realize it's probably not going to happen at an event full of Pentagon brass, but sheesh.

30.09.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

29.09.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12431    πŸ” 2257    πŸ’¬ 513    πŸ“Œ 857

Given the Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling, this is literally what everyone is asking for.

28.09.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gaming (and streaming) is the fastest growing media form and it ALREADY generates the most revenue of all media forms. EA is a juggernaut.

Vehicle for global influence and a growing source of cash.

Functionally the equivalent of Murdoch buying a newspaper a few decades ago.

27.09.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (πŸŽ₯: Elias Eliahu)

25.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 28218    πŸ” 14129    πŸ’¬ 5773    πŸ“Œ 4070

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