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Electrical engineer who doesn't work in the defense industry. Anti-techbro nerd, mostly here to lurk. I write things sometimes: http://redsheild.net
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thinking about how revealingly orwellian the phrase "transition to any sex other than their sex" is. changing sex is both farcically impossible and a crime that must be guarded against at all times

Cw rape One of the things that makes it seem like the right is so much better at coalition building than the left is that there's a clear pipeline for anyone to join the right (be exposed as a rapist) and there literally can't be a leftist equilivant Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Just want to reiterate it is NOT NORMAL FOR THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN WHO HAS NO OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT ROLE TO ADDRESS THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET. And, also, casually joke about accidentally cutting Ebola prevention for a hot minute.

uhhhhhhhh fuck

Hey in retrospect maybe when Trump's former chief of staff said Trump was a fascist you could've covered it as heavily as you covered Biden's imaginary Parkinson's diagnosis instead of burying it on A14

Being able to function without grammarly and AI/copilot "help me write" patronizing me is not worthless. It's priceless. We write the words they are thirsty to scrape.

This games industry bloodbath is because of corporate mismanagement and pure, unrestrained avarice. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

bezos firing up WaPoAI and prompting "opinion editorial smart personal liberties big boobs free markets child face grateful writer"

"democracy dies in darkness" turned out to be a mission statement huh

Elon Musk, who has said the beneficiaries of federal spending are a "parasite class," runs businesses that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans and contracts www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

I know it’s not as important in the grand scheme of things compared to the nuked and climate and human rights and so forth but I think the GOP embracing being the party of scammers opens up a chance for the Dems to run against the enshittification of everything.

Another day in the wife mines. Boss says if we don’t find another vein of single monogamous sweeties soon they’re gonna close us down. Says poly couples where the guy is straight are the future anyway. City boy doesn’t understand. My father, my grandfather, they all dug wife in these tunnels

the thing about genAI is if it was actually useful or benefits the end user in any capacity, you'd have to pay for it. it'd be locked behind so many gates as a use privilege but instead opt-outs are virtually impossible and it's force-fed down your throat like ducks being prepared for foie gras

"When they withhold your paycheck, or injure you, or deny you what you have worked for, we are the people that can get it back" Musk is stealing your money and making it easier for your boss to steal from you

i keep seeing the right argue that the nazi salutes are "trolling." i think there's some truth to that, but know what exactly is being mocked. they aren't mocking the idea that they could be nazis, they're mocking the idea that they should care one way or the other.

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

It's this but they're making a dystopia out of a perfectly fine society for no reason. Standing in a fully stocked grocery store going "I guess we have no choice but to kill and eat each other"

it’s so wild how everyone memory holed how awful trumps first term was. this second term is even worse almost immediately. if democrats blow the midterms to these guys i’m going to lose my mind, this should be a layup midterm

government struck me as much more efficient (lean) than the the private sector tbh

please show me where 'pacification' of Trump has ever worked ever explain like i'm five @democrats.org

his constituents should decide to replace him via a competitive primary next year

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

i think this is basically what has happened a big chunk of the american pundit class

we need benghazi style hearings into this in 2026

Gregg is a former Marine and Forest Service ranger. He's saved the lives of hikers dangling off a cliff or going through cardiac arrest, and he's bravely fought forest fires to save small rural towns. 100% of his salary is paid by WA state. Elon fired him. Share his story.

!!! At least six federal judges in Texas, along with their clerks and staff, received DOGE’s “tell us what you did last week or else” email. The Chief Judge of the 5th Circuit told judges and staff not to respond. texaslawbook.net/texas-lawboo...

Remember when everyone made fun of Kendi for proposing a Department of Anti-Racism that would have veto over the entire government? It just occurred to me that the conservatives invented the equivalent Department of Racism in DOGE

It bothers me that if the country is saved, our media betters will be chiding us to forgive Republicans without once asking Republicans to earn our trust.

I know there is fierce competition, but I think I found the worst person in Texas.

Doing this while your child's mother is frantically trying to get in touch with you

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

Stop fucking saying he blamed “DEI,” which is some abstract, non-tangible idea. He is blaming people of color having jobs he thinks they aren’t qualified for. He’s blaming race. He’s being racist every time he says it. Journalists need to get fucking backbones, my word.

This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

with biden, we had egg

Genuinely wondering what the administration's short-term plan is for dealing with the alarming numbers of people who 1) have been trained to kill 2) possess intimate knowledge of American intelligence operations and/or defense planning and 3) suddenly have very good reason to hate the government

you would not joke about elon's botched penile implant if you knew an ill-mannered pug ran off with most of his dick and balls during the procedure. he spends hours every week chasing after it with a big dog catcher's net.

This actually fits right into the Republican worldview that it’s somebody else’s job (usually the liberals’) to protect them from themselves. Like I think they really do believe this

Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...