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@masonloots.bsky.social

Book hoarder, musician, technology professional, politics junkie, wannabe runner. Native washingtonian, Pitt alum

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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

05.11.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 19867    πŸ” 5909    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 748

South Side. S14th Street. Caller said a guy is outside on the sidewalk shredding guitar way too hard for a Monday afternoon.

27.10.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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We have to win the midterms, full-stop. Yes on Prop 50.

20.10.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe’re here peacefully protesting, looking as ridiculous as we can, just so maybe we appeal to the president because he’s a ridiculous leader that is normalizing abuse of power. And we cannot stand and act like nothing is happening.” πŸ¦„

19.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3321    πŸ” 907    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 62

It's only autism if it comes from the Tylenol region of France otherwise it's just sparkling persuadoscience

26.09.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5809    πŸ” 926    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 48
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

06.09.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7649    πŸ” 1964    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 170

Could programmers from the 80's understand today's code?

Could todays programmers understand code from the 80's?

My brother, I don't understand my own code from last week. Every line I write is a bespoke bit of spontaneous genius that even I am incapable of deciphering mere days after writing it.

02.09.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1157    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 13
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I’ll be real with you: not even a Cybertruck owner deserves this

28.08.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4123    πŸ” 724    πŸ’¬ 306    πŸ“Œ 114
Breaking News
1m ago
A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.

Breaking News 1m ago A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his campaign after trying to give a journalist cash inside a potato chip bag.

They say phones only make us miserable but I just got this news alert and laughed for a solid minute so who is to say

21.08.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 20003    πŸ” 2996    πŸ’¬ 433    πŸ“Œ 172
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

21.06.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7271    πŸ” 3519    πŸ’¬ 140    πŸ“Œ 363

[Johnson's formulating adult shampoo]

no. let them cry.

04.08.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1442    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0
Book buying is a hobby entirely unrelated to book reading

Book buying is a hobby entirely unrelated to book reading

No truer words #booksky

11.06.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 13168    πŸ” 1342    πŸ’¬ 383    πŸ“Œ 212

So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?

08.06.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8135    πŸ” 2007    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 53
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This guy consistently posts songs with incredible lyrics mere hours after events unfurl. This was a good one.

06.06.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7139    πŸ” 2213    πŸ’¬ 182    πŸ“Œ 176
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We have an official ruling

06.06.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 26633    πŸ” 3819    πŸ’¬ 458    πŸ“Œ 147
- I want things to be different 
- *smashes everything*
- oh no

- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no

I think about this comic at least once a week

10.05.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 23641    πŸ” 4779    πŸ’¬ 298    πŸ“Œ 262

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

09.05.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 19829    πŸ” 9037    πŸ’¬ 618    πŸ“Œ 480
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the new york sewer rats have finally elected a new rat pope

08.05.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 33749    πŸ” 5552    πŸ’¬ 524    πŸ“Œ 316
Two commemorative magazines, one for Hello Kitty, the other for Pope Francis

Two commemorative magazines, one for Hello Kitty, the other for Pope Francis

Sucks they never got to collab

07.05.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10850    πŸ” 911    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 40
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FBI Claims Gavel, Black Gowns Prove Ties To MS-13 Gang WASHINGTONβ€”Explaining that such items constituted a veritable uniform for the notorious criminal organization, FBI director Kash Patel claimed Monday that gavels and black gowns were sufficient evidence to tie an individual to the MS-13 gang. β€œFor decades, MS-13 thugs have identified themselves by wearing black gowns and carrying around wooden hammers with which they could […]

β€œFor decades, MS-13 thugs have identified themselves by wearing black gowns and carrying around wooden hammers with which they could enact their sick sense of gangland justice,” said FBI director Kash Patel
theonion.com/fbi-cla...

29.04.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2895    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 20

I agree with the aggression, but maybe not the direction.

29.04.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

25.04.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 60386    πŸ” 20694    πŸ’¬ 600    πŸ“Œ 832

Pete Kegseth

26.04.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes.

23.04.2025 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She wrote an article in the student newspaper. That’s all she did. The U.S. can’t call itself a free country if that gets you sent to jail.

17.04.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1440    πŸ” 373    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10
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Oops

15.04.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oops

15.04.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

15.04.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 24686    πŸ” 7995    πŸ’¬ 357    πŸ“Œ 284

A better headline: NPR characterizes Trump's anti-immigrant initiatives as a "crack down on antisemitism" in a bid to get in the administration's good graces. They are likely still to be a target.

13.04.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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