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Tom Barrett

@tdbear.bsky.social

Single, Gay White Male Square Dancer living near the Gateway to the Hill Country, just West of Weird.

112 Followers  |  79 Following  |  85 Posts  |  Joined: 13.12.2023  |  2.3117

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Why is Signal bad for government communications? Sophisticated hacking techniques, like those used by Pegasus, can gain access to a phone without needing to bypass Signal's encryption, by exploiting vulnerabilities in the operating system or other software.

02.05.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can't believe that Trump thought that this annotated photo showing the interpretation of the finger tattoos was an actual unedited photo. You'd have to be blind to not notice it. And certainly he said something and no one corrected him? This is a dangerous situation.

02.05.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Texas Governor Abbott was asked why not leave school choice up to the voters. His answer was that's what California did and Texas is not California.

14.04.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He was so angry sounding after that press question. I don't think he deals well with pressure situations.

25.03.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove β€˜Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster
YouTube video by MSNBC Idaho teacher fights back after order to remove β€˜Everyone is Welcome Here’ poster

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment.

youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc

20.03.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 42940    πŸ” 8799    πŸ’¬ 1177    πŸ“Œ 715
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

19.03.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 12482    πŸ” 4486    πŸ’¬ 652    πŸ“Œ 434

News: "[Teslas] were set on fire with Molotov cocktails and shot at with a gun. Police say it was intentional"

No shit!

18.03.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas Implements Mandatory 6-Month Quarantine For Anyone Who Has Watched β€˜Will And Grace’ AUSTIN, TXβ€”In a drastic new order purportedly aimed at protecting its citizens, Texas state government officials reportedly put into effect a new mandatory six-month quarantine that would apply to any...

Texas Implements Mandatory 6-Month Quarantine For Anyone Who Has Watched β€˜Will And Grace’

17.03.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5483    πŸ” 607    πŸ’¬ 215    πŸ“Œ 55

They probably reversed it after realizing that they fired everyone in the SS field office.

07.03.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So they are now back to before the pandemic with long waits for care and mold in the hospitals. Negating everything to improve it.

05.03.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He also passed on a cage fight with Zuck.

05.03.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's $5 million 'gold card' visa unlikely to attract wealthy investors, advisers say U.S. President Donald Trump's $5 million so-called 'gold card' visa program is unlikely to trigger a major inflow of wealthy global investors seeking U.S citizenship because of concerns over higher taxes, immigration and wealth advisers said.

Super-criminals never have $5M laying around.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

28.02.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm waiting for the parody merch

27.02.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone under the table during these meals?

27.02.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore WASHINGTONβ€”Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...

RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore

27.02.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 22966    πŸ” 4838    πŸ’¬ 468    πŸ“Œ 392

Obama did it

24.02.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost as if someone invited teenaged hackers into the building.

24.02.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a green jacket is holding her hands up in front of a sign that says open ALT: a woman in a green jacket is holding her hands up in front of a sign that says open
24.02.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gotta say... Grok 3 (aka xAI, MuskAI), is not afraid to bite the hand of its creator. It was also highly critical of using Grok for Medicare approvals (yes, it talks about itself like that).

24.02.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He will have AI read them all.

23.02.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Toxic Management Alert!

23.02.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What's Putin going to guard... Just voting? Social Security? The Treasury? The NSA?

23.02.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Caligula... Caligurump?

21.02.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

S3 of White Lotus has begun on MAX (they are in Thailand this time). Of course they start with a teaser of a week later.

S3 of Reacher also just started on Prime.

20.02.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Because the Dems want them to sue Trump when they don't get paid... Which is very likely

20.02.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Even the little X can handle a gun in Texas if big X gives his ok

20.02.2025 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🀬🀬🀬🀬

16.02.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

He is probably curious about Zuck's and other billionaires' data.

17.02.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I honestly thought this was a joke... Until I read a few more posts. This is gonna be the way it is for 4 years 😞

17.02.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a strategy they use. Instead of doing like NASA and what Boeing used to do, you speed through the design and quality checks to a level that is somewhat usable. Then work out some of the remaining problems during trials. There will still be issues, but hopefully not fatal.

17.02.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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