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Brian Richardson

@siliconchef.bsky.social

Professional nerd, video producer, homebound world traveler. As seen on DragonConTV. NerdSteading on YouTube & siliconchef on πŸ“·.

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Noem won't rule out ICE agents at polls She repeatedly refused to definitely say that agents would not patrol polls during midterms this November.

Although DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that her agency currently had β€œno plans” to deploy ICE officers to the polls this November, she did not entirely rule it out.

In fact, Noem suggested it could be a viable option if Democrats somehow β€œplan on” having undocumented people vote.

05.03.2026 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3

Good Lord.

Just watch how an elected member of the Senate conducts himself. Against a member of the military in uniform. Who - and let’s be very, very clear - most certainly has a First Amendment right to protest. Since he’s the guy you’d be sending to war.

05.03.2026 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 376    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 10
Screen shot of a news article, headline reads:

β€œCalifornia condors are very rare, but 10% of them are trashing this woman’s house” 

Additional text: β€œOnly about 200 of the birds live in the wild β€” and 20 of them are outside of Cinda Mikols’ home”

From May 11th, 2021
Photo of birds trashing a deck

Screen shot of a news article, headline reads: β€œCalifornia condors are very rare, but 10% of them are trashing this woman’s house” Additional text: β€œOnly about 200 of the birds live in the wild β€” and 20 of them are outside of Cinda Mikols’ home” From May 11th, 2021 Photo of birds trashing a deck

Yes I found this on the β€œsounds like a Mountain Goats lyric” group

17.05.2024 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 231    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

restaurant manager: hey so, sorry to bother you, but is that a service animal? it's just, we have a policy-

jabba the hutt: je wonna wonga, bazda wahota shonga

salacious b crumb: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

restaurant manager: ah. ok. cool

04.02.2026 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1800    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3

[S] Okay, which of you jokers fed a Captain America action figure after midnight?

04.03.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Bro, ICE is still here kidnapping people, now they’ve even got transit vans advertising fake companies.

04.03.2026 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2136    πŸ” 1105    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10
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Bill would require public TN universities to build a Charlie Kirk Plaza In an effort to honor the late conservative activist, two TN bills are looking to change free speech norms on campuses & require Charlie Kirk plazas.

What an absolutely stupid and unnecessary idea...

04.03.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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El Paso ICE Camp East Montana under quarantine after measles outbreak Camp East Montana, the ICE immigration detention center in El Paso, is under quarantine following a measles outbreak.

Camp East Montana in El Paso is currently under quarantine following a measles outbreak and cases of tuberculosis.

My breaking story:

03.03.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 40

The Dow is now WAY below 50,000. Release all the Epstein files, Pam.

03.03.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 16373    πŸ” 3734    πŸ’¬ 239    πŸ“Œ 94
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Wow. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem tells Americans they’re on their own.

03.03.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14021    πŸ” 6157    πŸ’¬ 1615    πŸ“Œ 988
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You couldn’t make this up.
And if you did, everyone would say it’s too much.

02.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10973    πŸ” 3037    πŸ’¬ 668    πŸ“Œ 193

We are deeply concerned by reports that military commanders are framing the Iran war as β€œGod’s plan” and invoking Armageddon in official briefings.

Service members swear an oath to the Constitution β€” not to any religion.

We are reviewing these reports and will demand accountability.

03.03.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 675    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 33

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

03.03.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10515    πŸ” 3193    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 240
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a cartoon robin hood is standing in front of a clothes line ALT: a cartoon robin hood is standing in front of a clothes line
03.03.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon of a fox with a flower in its mouth and the words you 're so handsome ALT: a cartoon of a fox with a flower in its mouth and the words you 're so handsome

Based on my experience at sci-fi cons, it looks something like this...

03.03.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
To update blobs or not to update blobs A lot of hardware runs non-free software. Sometimes that non-free software is in ROM. Sometimes it’s in flash. Sometimes it’s not stored on the device at all, it’s pushed into it at runtime by another...

A niche free software thing is whether or not it is acceptable to interact with proprietary blobs on an otherwise entirely free software system or whether you need to assert that they're immutable hardware, and I Have Opinions: www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/...

03.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A computer can never be held accountable.

Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.

A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.

Always a good time these days to repost this slide from an IBM internal presentation in 1979.

03.03.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 525    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

β€œI’m giving you a performance evaluation here, I’m not looking for a response.”

Tillis is a Republican Senator.

03.03.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2089    πŸ” 346    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 13
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Two days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Brent was up 1% (black). In contrast, 2 days after the US launched attacks on Iran, we're up 15% (blue). This is an absolutely massive shock that's feeding through global markets. Disorderly conditions building...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/what-iran-...

03.03.2026 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

fuck, I’m sorry, I can’t compete with this

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She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. β€” Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

03.03.2026 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3554    πŸ” 1623    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 267
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IPC bars Ukrainian team from wearing uniform with map of Ukraine at Winter Paralympics The International Paralympic Committee barred Ukraine’s Paralympic team from wearing their ceremonial uniform for the upcoming Winter Games, saying the design featuring a map of Ukraine was political,...

⚑️IPC bars Ukrainian team from wearing uniform featuring map of Ukraine at the Winter Paralympics.

The International Paralympic Committee barred Ukraine’s Paralympic team from wearing their ceremonial uniform for the upcoming Winter Games, saying the design featuring a map of Ukraine was political.

03.03.2026 04:53 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 28
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can’t be more crazy….

x.com/jonkarl/stat...

02.03.2026 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1041    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 163    πŸ“Œ 49
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He was rambling on about the war he got us into and veered off into curtain talk, then seamlessly continued on to discuss the men that have lost their lives.
He did that so easily because he doesn’t care about the dead. His ability to pick curtains is just as important and must be mentioned.

02.03.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4644    πŸ” 1203    πŸ’¬ 556    πŸ“Œ 129

That is certainly... a take

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"The trade was not that you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai."

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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been β€œinundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12732    πŸ” 6352    πŸ’¬ 1294    πŸ“Œ 4134
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13 years later and the story of Aaron Swartz still fills me with anger and sadness

02.03.2026 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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What can you even say? These people deserve their inevitable humiliation and the nation deserves journalists with more self-respect.

03.03.2026 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 11048    πŸ” 2247    πŸ’¬ 1383    πŸ“Œ 427
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a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc ALT: a little girl is hugging a blue monster from monsters inc
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