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Happier on the fringe. Introvert. Web worker. Coach of kids, player of sports. Dad. Inadvertent role model. Derry, Northern Ireland.

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mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io) Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! But I'm still talking about white US history. Q: Why don't Black folk like things like rodeos, country music, and cowboys! But why are so many Black folk Dallas Cowboys fa...

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

Feb 13: Cowboys

One of the most iconic parts of US culture, and most Americans aren't even taught the origin of the word "cowboys."

Read the whole linked thread.

13.02.2026 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

Thanks for that. It was eye-opening and I love the detail in it.

13.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

15.01.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5013    πŸ” 2142    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 292
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a dog is laying on a chair in a living room . Alt: a kid is laying on a chair in a living room .

Your annual reminder for parents giving their children electronic gifts tomorrow: make sure you have enough batteries, and if it runs on software, do them a solid and download those OS updates before they open the gift tomorrow. No kid wants 5 hours of software updates before they get to play

24.12.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, in that case. Good morning!

19.11.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Believe the survivors. Release the files. All of the files.

17.11.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1809    πŸ” 694    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 25

Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.

16.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8981    πŸ” 3608    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 103

/clears throat/
Charity is a way for the quality to control who are worthy of help and who are not. Taxes are a tool to distribute money in a way that ensures everyone have a security net, because taxes enables a welfare system that benefits everyone equally

01.11.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

23.10.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3042    πŸ” 662    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 55
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Updating my LEGO White House

23.10.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 47254    πŸ” 11056    πŸ’¬ 781    πŸ“Œ 440

Really appreciate you sharing this bit as the journalist who spent hours researching and analyzing the info it would be great if you could link back to the original work:

popular.info/p/ice-boosts...

21.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1294    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 34
me: it's okay to be a person struggling with productivity during a prolonged crisis 

my brain: not u though 

me: not me though

me: it's okay to be a person struggling with productivity during a prolonged crisis my brain: not u though me: not me though

05.10.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2101    πŸ” 714    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 30

FUN FACT:

Our military is not being paid,

but the ICE gremlins are.

Make that make sense.

13.10.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3736    πŸ” 1253    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 53
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US says Qatar to build air force facility in Idaho The facility in Idaho will be used to train Qatari pilots to fly F-15 fighter jets, the US defence secretary says.

Say what now? I guess this is what a fancy $400m jet buys you.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

11.10.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

08.10.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 25

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

08.10.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17297    πŸ” 9370    πŸ’¬ 881    πŸ“Œ 716
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 56371    πŸ” 21138    πŸ’¬ 1724    πŸ“Œ 1241

Hey @chrislhayes.bsky.social. Regarding the raids in the US with federal agents, can we ask why does the Trump Admin think that the police aren't good enough and are just bypassed? Isn't the Republican party supposed to back the Blue?

07.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch ICE illegally arrested Chicago Alderman Jessie Fuentes inside a hospital emergency roomβ€”simply for asking them to show a warrant for a man they detained.

04.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 990    πŸ” 546    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 72

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan MuΓ±oz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

03.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 26400    πŸ” 13575    πŸ’¬ 767    πŸ“Œ 525

Kavanagh Stop: guilty until proven innocent.

03.10.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dan Danowski β€” Dan Danowski

How do you communicate the value of a design system to your team? We used Lego! I wrote a blog post explaining the workshop we ran and the surprising parallels we found. I'd love to hear what you think. dan.danow.ski/wrote-about/... #design #productdesign #designthinking

16.09.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Why Socialising Feels Exhausting for Introverts? | Simon Sinek | Be Well Moments
YouTube video by Live Well Be Well with Sarah Ann Macklin Why Socialising Feels Exhausting for Introverts? | Simon Sinek | Be Well Moments

This video explaining being an introvert is so good. I've had a difficult time putting this to words and Simon Sinek does it so well.

youtu.be/gnW6nwFG460?...

16.09.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

13.09.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 53240    πŸ” 17812    πŸ’¬ 886    πŸ“Œ 769

Just to be clear: Brian Kilmeade *did not* endorse euthanizing homeless people. He advocated MURDERING over 700,000 of them.

And on a network that has been *beside itself* over the murder of just one man this week.

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β€œYour” vs β€œMy” in user interfaces Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UK

Should you go for β€œmy” or β€œyour” when labeling items in interfaces? In summary: Use β€œyour” when communicating to the user. Use β€œmy” when the user is communicating to you.


"Your” vs β€œMy” in user interfaces (5min) By Adam Silver: adamsilver.io/blog/your-vs...

09.09.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The last 100 years of US politics

04.09.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3818    πŸ” 855    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 50
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In 2003, Dave Shea created the CSS Zen Garden, which beautifully demonstrated the concept of separation of concerns as it applies to the languages of the web.

csszengarden.com

28.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his
parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him
"[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.

Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him "[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.

Holy fucking shit

26.08.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3890    πŸ” 1046    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 542
My dog, Blue, in a small stream during our walk.

My dog, Blue, in a small stream during our walk.

We went for a wee walk through the village this evening. Blue wouldn't let me go past his favourite stop along the way.

21.08.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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