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Software and sci-fi nerd. LGBT brown person in a US GOP state. Left of center; Tired left-unity advocate. Frequently uses the mute and report buttons for trolls and bots.

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1979 oil crisis - Wikipedia

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09.03.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the president has no idea what he has set in motion. none.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

09.03.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 25301    πŸ” 7532    πŸ’¬ 2481    πŸ“Œ 680
Jimmy Carter: Set Thermostats in Winter to 55 Degrees; 2-2-1977
YouTube video by Bob Israel Jimmy Carter: Set Thermostats in Winter to 55 Degrees; 2-2-1977

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1BF...

09.03.2026 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

World War is worlding.

03.03.2026 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Team America screwing Paris
YouTube video by Bigfoot Chico Team America screwing Paris

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLn-...

This was a documentary.

02.03.2026 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.house.gov/representati...

02.03.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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War powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack on Iran without approval by Congress Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran.

apnews.com/article/cong...

02.03.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Oil prices expected to stay high for days, all eyes on Strait of Hormuz flows Analysts expect oil prices to remain elevated over the coming days with conflict escalating in the Middle East, as they assess the impact to supplies, especially flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for more than 20% of global oil.

Oil prices expected to stay high for days, all eyes on Strait of Hormuz flows reut.rs/4aM2EUI

02.03.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6
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Centrist Dems launch '28 mission: Stop AOC It's a reflection of the deep divisions within the party over how to take on Trump's MAGA Republicans.

Moderate Democrats are on a mission to stop the next Bernie Sanders, starting with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

02.03.2026 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 16
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They WON’T Silence Us!

Protest Against The Genocide And The Nakba In CENTRAL Tel Aviv

Free Palestine πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

02.03.2026 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 174    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Basically, i dislike modern leftist organizing from what I’ve seen at my local DSA.

Very little usability or accessibility outside of gamer subculture.

I prefer web forums, blogs, newsletters, etc and saving the chat platforms for quick decision making and asking questions

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I shudder to think what that’s like for someone nontechnical, or elderly; never mind all the privacy and opsec issues of hosting your antifa resistance on a cloud computing platform that the users dont own.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I cant handle discord.

Maybe its neurodivergence, but if i join yet another server for organizing, and it has 50+ subchannels, everything is muted by default to prevent a flood of pings and i do not have the spoons to figure out which are the important channel.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Basically, i dislike modern leftist organizing from what I’ve seen at my local DSA.

Very little usability or accessibility outside of gamer subculture.

I prefer web forums, blogs, newsletters, etc and saving the chat platforms for quick decision making and asking questions

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I shudder to think what that’s like for someone nontechnical, or elderly; never mind all the privacy and opsec issues of hosting your antifa resistance on a cloud computing platform that the users dont own.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I cant handle discord.

Maybe its neurodivergence, but if i join yet another server for organizing, and it has 50+ subchannels, everything is muted by default to prevent a flood of pings and i do not have the spoons to figure out which are the important channel.

01.03.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Explains why Anthropic backed out at the last minute.

Such goodness in their hearts! /s

01.03.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure seems like Anthropic saw the writing on the wall and decided to try and get ahead of something at the last minute

01.03.2026 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I did this with my parents’ VCR player. It looked hungry and i had spare cookies.

He’s just giving it a sample of bologna before making a sammich

01.03.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remembering all the smoothbrains that said trump was anti-war and Harris was pro-war.

01.03.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

OMG! 🀩

01.03.2026 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1165    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4

Acute angle, even!

01.03.2026 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is extremely funny that Paramount+ is running ads on Paramount+ about buying ad time on Paramount+

01.03.2026 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the hel...

"U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban" www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Updated:

28.02.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9022    πŸ” 2775    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 75

Fidel Castro (attempted)

01.03.2026 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

01.03.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13989    πŸ” 4445    πŸ’¬ 472    πŸ“Œ 358
A screenshot of an Android app. Text:

β–² Nearby Glasses

Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.

This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.

Debug Log

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID

(0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID

(0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm)

Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

A screenshot of an Android app. Text: β–² Nearby Glasses Smart Glasses are probably nearby Device: Unknown RSSI: -42 dBm Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E) Company: Meta Platforms, Inc. This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning. Debug Log [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

I made an app.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple
github.com/yjeanrenaud/...

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making

23.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1991    πŸ” 1019    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 78

🎯

These are catch-and-kill operations β€” Twitter, WaPo, CBS, now CNN

27.02.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 272    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1