@davidcolborne.bsky.social
Opinion columnist for The Nevada Independent. Anarcho-Blueskyist. @wendycolborne.bsky.social wife guy. Manages IT people on the side (full time). π§΅: davidcolbornenv π: @dcolborne@techhub.social ππͺ±: @dcolborne@bookwyrm.social π¦: dcolborne.64
we cannot reopen the government until the leaders of antifa agree to return the thousands of POW/MIAs lost in portland
10.10.2025 18:19 β π 819 π 79 π¬ 22 π 2Effective Altruism was *this close* to moving the needle on this before it turned into yet another Bay Area tech grift.
10.10.2025 21:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great head shot, love.
10.10.2025 21:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's true. I was in an urban coffee shop where I overheard several liberal Millennials bragging about how much money they raised for antifa by raising rent and fighting new housing construction in their "gayborhoods."
Then they reskeeted a post opposing gentrification and everyone clapped.
Few hundred here, few hundred there, and you start talking about a real pattern of violations.
10.10.2025 15:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Apropos of nothing:
youtu.be/IozYbWIiycQ?...
"I think circumcision should largely only be done out of medical necessity."
Reply 1: Oh, so you're an antisemite. π‘
Reply 2: Oh! So you're an antisemite! π
Reply 3, scanning like Kermit the Frog smoking unfiltered menthols for some reason: cIrCuMcIsIoN cAuSeS aUtIsM. πΈ
I'm sure some Chicagoans wouldn't mind too much if "something" happened to the Brewers right about now.
But otherwise no, I think they're good.
The existence of K-Pop suggests the existence of K-Pop Tarts.
09.10.2025 23:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0As federal troops act almost without impunity in Americaβs cities, itβs worth noting that, not long ago, many conservatives claimed that sheriffs and local police chiefs should have ultimate legal jurisdiction β not the US government.
09.10.2025 18:27 β π 12 π 2 π¬ 1 π 2They also started cults and had very problematic relationships with women.
09.10.2025 18:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean this mostly earnestly, even if I have the chronological order wrong. Both loved to create works that functioned as integrated wholes (good luck replacing any individual part) and both failed to accept flaws in their designs (Wright's designs leaked and had major maintenance issues).
09.10.2025 18:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Frank Lloyd Wright was the Steve Jobs of architecture.
09.10.2025 18:33 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I love the burros in Beatty as much as anyone, but they're every bit as feral as any "wild" horse in Nevada.
09.10.2025 02:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I can look away because I'm built different.
08.10.2025 22:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Absolutely not. Blood isn't vegan.
It's probably just smoked paprika-infused date syrup.
"Bourbon is only the beginning" Is that a threat?
08.10.2025 19:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A man sets up slabs of increasing size, which will be knocked over like a set of dominoes. On the smaller side, white text reads, "A '60s sitcom about a talking horse". On the larger side, white text reads, "This poast". The implication being made in this meme is that "Mister Ed", an American television sitcom about an eponymous talking horse that aired from 1961-1966, normalized the idea of animals mimicking human behavior. This, in turn, created the social context and permission structure that permitted the existence of the original cartoon featuring a pro-Zionist German Shepherd speaking in 2010s-era Tumblr-Yiff Uwu-English.
08.10.2025 13:25 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The trouble with the Charles I scenario is Charles I expected to live more than 2-4 more years after he started overstepping his authority.
I'm not sure how you hold someone accountable whose mental timespan is incapable of exceeding five minutes.
What a... charming... callback to the Ron Paul Extended Universe.
07.10.2025 21:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tariff revenue is operating like ship money did for Charles I, when he tried to rule England without Parliament. Like the US, only the legislature could legitimately tax the people, but Charles used innovative abuses of his powers to raise & spend money as he wanted
(He later lost his crown & head)
OPINION by David Colborne: You wouldnβt use one password for all your accounts β so why should one βunitary executiveβ president control everything? We need to secure our constitutional operating system before it crashes.
Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...
One of the more curious aspects of working in information technology these days is watching my colleagues and I relearn well-worn lessons of the past the hard way, only at internet speeds.
Now it's time for the United States to learn from those of us in IT.
My latest for @thenvindy.com:
I didn't realize Portland had Winchell's and $1.13/gallon gas.
07.10.2025 13:29 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The important thing to understand is that the wall against which Democrats will be executed like Ceausescu is a distraction from the kitchen table issues affecting America's working families, such as the decreases in the subsidy of ACA healthcare plans in environmentally disadvantaged precincts.
07.10.2025 04:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He get knocked down.
He get up again.
The Chiefs will never gonna bring him down apparently.
And thus a chicken foot afficionado is born.
07.10.2025 02:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0whomsterly amongst us
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