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Site reliability engineer, but I love Latin, woodworking, and building things
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 27 days ago • 614 comments

Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

submitted 43 days ago • 184 comments

Saturday April 5. Find your local act of resistance: HandsOff2025.com

submitted 52 days ago • 28 comments

Election Day is here. Time to show Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the MAGA crowd that Democrats are still in this fight. Vote for Judge Susan Crawford for Supreme Court, Dr. Jill Underly for State Superintendent, and Dem-endorsed candidates up and down the ballot.

submitted 51 days ago • 19 comments

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

submitted 71 days ago • 2660 comments

Hey everyone! @co2ley.bsky.social — who was fired by NOAA yesterday as the Director of the Ocean Acidification Program — is now here on Bluesky! Follow her! Also, someone please offer Sarah a job! 🌊

submitted 82 days ago • 16 comments

The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

submitted 88 days ago • 358 comments

If anyone whines that we "self-segregated ourselves from X" and "aren't in the conversation anymore," feel free to show them this screenshot of my "For You" tab.

submitted 103 days ago • 237 comments

Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎

submitted 107 days ago • 596 comments

every democratic politician — including and especially the president — should get off of X and move to Bluesky

submitted 188 days ago • 63 comments

How patriotic are Republican Senators? How brave? How much do they really care about the health and the security of Americans? We will soon find out

submitted 188 days ago • 117 comments

I really want to hear from someone who served with Hegseth, because he sounds like complete twat

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments

This is terrifying. An independent officer corps is probably the single greatest obstacle to anti-democratic forces. newrepublic.com/post/188338/...

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments