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Launched almost 50 years ago, and operating at distances unprecedented in human history, it’s amazing that we are still able to interact with the Voyager probes and obtain useful information from them. www.npr.org/2025/05/2…

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Get your free Harvard classes on government here: pll.harvard.edu/subject/g…

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Been sick for most of the week. If I’m feeling better by the end of tomorrow, maybe I’ll get a normal-sized weekend? 🤞

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Yes, we noticed. You're still here.

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Justice Jackson nails where we are right now: “Your argument turns our justice system into a catch me if you can kind of regime from the standpoint of the Executive where everybody has to have a lawyer and file a lawsuit in order for the government to stop violating people’s rights.” 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

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Accepting a private jumbo-jet from a foreign nation is a clear violation of our Constitution, which plainly prohibits U.S. officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments.

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OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for nine days. What the HELL? 1/

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Got the HF antenna working tonight! How cool is that? https://micro-blog.brianward.us/2025/05/09/got-the-hf-antenna-working.html

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This ham radio thing is fun! My VHF antenna is literally propped against my office door right now, but it works! Three PSRG repeater nodes picked me up full strength, and one more in Lake Forest Park partially did. Crazy! Had a few QSOs, but haven’t done a simplex QSO yet. That’s a rite of passage.

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I’m pulling in 3/4 of a gigabit today over WiFi on my iPhone. I’m just trying to picture how I’d have explained this to myself in 1999 where all I had was a 33.6 dialup modem. 🤯

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Just did a quick signal check. With my 5-watt Baofeng UV-R5, I do get picked up by the PSRG repeaters. So that’s something! I was worried I wasn’t going to see anything at all from here in Leschi.

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As of this morning, I’m officially a ham radio operator! KM7AOT monitoring.

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Things a dictator says. www.dw.com/en/trump-…

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dropped my egg & kimchi breakfast taco and accidentally made a michelin star plating?

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Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

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Went to the Rick Steves rally today in my hometown. It was great fun – and saw some familiar faces there! ✊

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As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.

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BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

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It’s not over until these people are out of power.

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When I was on lunch today, I experienced my first migraine. A visual aura. Lasted about 30 minutes. I immediately stopped what I was doing to go take a nap. If you have never had one before, it is truly terrifying. 😵‍💫🌈

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Why due process matters: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjN6nq…

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The only reason we ever became concerned with a “trade deficit” was in the 80s when Japanese car companies were eating American companies lunch. That’s it. It’s not meant to be an economic strategy. I have a trade deficit with Applebees but we’re fine

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Let’s use our brains: How many coups have you heard about where the media remains trustworthy? We are being placated.

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Here’s why we are underreacting: Google the Milgram Experiment – in which people stood by while heinous acts occurred in front of their own eyes, deferring to authority. We are doing a reenactment of this in real time nationally right now. It is deathly urgent we STOP doing that.

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The Republicans are not going to suddenly see the light. The Democrats have unfortunately enabled much of this while stringing us along with hope. The courts are complicit. That doesn’t leave a whole lot of options here. Protests and a national general strike need to be things we are preparing for.

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I feel her sense of helplessness: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjLBep… We have power, but we need to use it. My two thoughts: Lone protest with a sign commands the attention of your neighbors and short circuits the media; Join a labor union. I picked the IWW. We need a general strike right now.

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We are going to need to do better than watching them dismantle our democracy on television and social media aghast at what is happening. What are we going to do?

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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

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They are demanding US-born people leave the country. What are we going to do about it? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

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They knowingly kidnapped an innocent 19-year-old kid off the street and sent him to a torture gulag in El Salvador. What are we going to do about this? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…

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Regarding the April 22nd special election. The Stranger rejected renewing the AFIS levy in 2018. Their explanation still sounds good to me. I’m not sure why nobody is standing against it now, but I can’t vote to enhance the police state. www.thestranger.com/features/…

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We have so much more in common with each other that we realize. Numbers are our greatest strength, but distractions and petty differences continue to divide us. An elegy for our fractured working class: www.youtube.com/watch Let there be justice in our world.

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Watching tonight: Matewan www.youtube.com/watch 🎬

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Buckle up, folks. This is a constitutional crisis unfolding before our eyes.

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We’re living Animal Farm here: youtu.be/fGdOXjlB3…

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Hey, Apple: Now would be a really good time to add support for third-party extensions in Mail on iOS so that GPG Tools can ship an iOS release. Make PGP-style encryption a thing others can add to Mail, OR do it yourselves. But like… just do it. Kthxbai 🔒

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There is much to be done such as repealing the Taft-Hartley Act. This legislation has destroyed the ability of unions to mount coordinated comprehensive opposition to entrenched organized power. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft…

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Loved this, “FREE” always tastes so good…

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This is a despicable decision that destroys the first amendment. Hopefully, it is overturned. www.npr.org/2025/04/1…

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Why won’t Trump release the INNOCENT MAN he sent to an El Salvadoran TORTURE PRISON? Did they MURDER him? Are they AFRAID OF WHAT HE WILL SAY if he makes it back? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjdYdQ…

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The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled the Trump regime must facilitate the return of a Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador. How lawless do your actions have to be for even Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito to rule against them?

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