Steve "Spike" Spiker

Cyclists at night in a trail

Cyclist lights and suburban lights

Riding bikes at night

Almost ran into a buck and an owl tonight, good times on dirt trails, also, a fucking Democratic Socialist just won as of Mayor of NYC so today is a great day. #DSA

Into.My.Veins

There are more of us than there are of them.

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

Some chicken, any chicken really..

Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.

ICE officers reportedly shot a 25-year-old named Carlos Jimenez.

He was shot after getting out of his car to tell the agents, who had pulled over a vehicle, that children would soon be gathering in that spot for the school bus.

The deeply unprofessional masked goons are now going to subcontract their bounties to completely unprofessional armed goons. Awesome.

Sofa so good

October 28, 2025 - Public Sector Job Board The 73rd edition. Your source of tech and innovation jobs in government.

I can't think of a better resource today for those looking to learn about and/or break into civic tech than @kdyz.bsky.social's #PublicSectorJobBoard. I can't imagine it's at all a small lift—thank you Rebecca!

publicsectorjobboard.substack.com/p/october-28...

None of those reasons for urgency pass the sniff test for "this is truly urgent and not just important and hence should get to bypass due process".

When you look up the definition of Sock Puppet in the dictionary, it's a photo of Mike Johnson smiling.

The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster Trump will demand their loyalty in return

If you are a federal employee with a gun, Trump will find a way to pay you even if he has no money for that purpose.
If you depend on SNAP, he will use the shutdown as an excuse not to pay you, even though they have money specifically for that purpose.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-...

To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.

So sorry man, it's so hard.

Change one letter, ruin a candy

Milky Gays

(Sorry)

President Trump could have spent the past year making hundreds of millions from crypto. Instead, he selflessly let his sons make hundreds of millions from crypto, limiting his own income to bribes, media shakedowns, and a free plane. Will the press acknowledge this sacrifice?

by Hugh Hewitt

Gopher snake

Bearded cyclist and cows by Painted Rock

Met me some friends on the trails by home. #moraga #paintedrock

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 10/30/2025 and available online at https://federalregister.gov/d/2025-19702, and on https://govinfo.gov DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ACTION: Interim final rule (“IFR”) with request for comments. ______________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY: This IFR amends DHS regulations to end the practice of automatically extending the validity of employment authorization documents (Forms I-766 or EADs) for aliens who have timely filed an application to renew their EAD in certain employment authorization categories. The purpose of this change is to prioritize the proper vetting and screening of aliens before granting a new period of employment authorization and/or a new EAD. This IFR does not impact the validity of EADs that were automatically extended prior to [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER] or which are otherwise automatically extended by law or Federal Register notice.

NEW: The Trump admin just ended the practice of automatically extending work permits when people file to renew them — meaning that if USCIS takes too long to process a renewal the applicant loses their authorization to work legally.

The interim final rule applies to renewals filed after tomorrow.

CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show

So now the tech deal with an occupying, genocidal government actually has a legit illegal secret handshake you say?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

My best use of AI today- got sick of waiting for chatgpt to do this as an example for my 8th grader of what I was suggesting. Did the hand drawing get the point across? Yes. Is it art? No. Is the AI art? Also no.
(also DC and PR for statehood in 2029!)

Budgerigar toy wormhole shopping spiral is the worst because all the cute/fun toys are also ONLY $6 so why not keep scrolling for more, MY BIRDS NEED MOAR.

Double tape deck for the win! Public library tape collection was a world of discovery for me too, and pirating joy.

So intriguing and very much horrifying.

AOC to Riley Gaines: Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth.

Who knew witnessing a murder could make you laugh

“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny

This is the right move.

Clockwork orange vibes?

Fking boom!

Gun violence prevention groups disqualified from grants built around their work Trump administration altering program that was a lifeline for pioneering non-profits helping reduce gun violence

We have the dumbest, cruelest, most cop+obsessed leaders who are damaging our country in the dumbest of ways.

These programs work, so let's defund them?

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