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bgainor.bsky.social
Programmer with a linguistics background, dad, trekkie (he/him/his) Mostly posting on Mastodon at @bgainor.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy
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Just saw a thread about a guy calling into cspan saying his diabetic supplies increased from 5 dollars to 80 dollars and somebody in the comments, probably multiple people but I stopped reading, replied “FAFO” and I can’t stress enough how much you need to stop doing that shit

submitted 5 days ago • 698 comments

While I'm at it and it's early, I'll also say that FAFO discourse doesn't feel good to me at all. I think that the people who will find out the most are the same people who are always finding out: the most marginalized. I also think that it destroys potential solidarity and solidarity is needed now.

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

saw another skeet full of replies from white liberals saying we should leave people in red states to die millions of Black, brown, and poor people live in red states and either don’t want to leave or can’t leave. disrespectfully, fuck all of you who leave people to drown. gross.

submitted 19 days ago • 312 comments

Church World Service Lancaster has furloughed much of its staff — the latest fallout from Trump administration policies to cut off funding for nonprofits that help refugees and immigrants. lanc.news/3CBzFVh

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.

submitted 31 days ago • 97 comments

i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct

submitted 33 days ago • 462 comments

One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.

submitted 36 days ago • 4408 comments

What has 10 legs and is coming soon? Give up? It's the cast of Series 19! #Taskmaster returns with Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin.

submitted 37 days ago • 90 comments

My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

submitted 44 days ago • 25 comments

Some folks are going to try to make it illegal to wear a mask in New York this year. With COVID still raging, millions dealing with Long Covid (including me), and the stage being set for bird flu or another virus to become the next pandemic, I'll be speaking out against this deeply misguided effort.

submitted 58 days ago • 28 comments

glad to see the automated debate bots are still around lol

submitted 68 days ago • 87 comments

Today is the day that Elon Musk truly became president.

submitted 71 days ago • 71 comments

20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it. The law only ever serves capital.

submitted 417 days ago • 184 comments

XPN listeners we've got a special surprise for you! We wanted to gift you U2's classic album, "Songs of Innocence" for making it through the entire countdown. We've slotted them in songs 12 to 1 so you don't have to wait! #xpncountdown

submitted 78 days ago • 14 comments

@kristenkurtis.bsky.social you can pass along to Bob that the original Polish version of his name *is* pronounced somewhat like "choppin'", so he wasn't all that wrong.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

If I ever came across Gus the Groundhog irl I would punt him into the Schuylkill

submitted 104 days ago • 13 comments

Loving #XPNCountdown so far! I mostly use #Mastodon, so if anyone is willing to follow @ap.brid.gy, that will allow me to see and interact with your posts over there (and make decentralized social media stronger 💪)

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

It's time... the 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century countdown has begun!!! Use the hashtag #XPNCountdown to join the conversation here on Bluesky! Who made the list?! Listen at XPN.org!

submitted 85 days ago • 5 comments