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This thread some mages about Trump's white-house destruction and ranting about how the public mapping services are hiding the damage.

The Copernicus satellite has recent images of Trump's White House destruction, but they are blurry: browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=17&lat=...

Screenshot of the Copernicus satellite imagery archive from https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/?zoom=17&lat=38.89716&lng=-77.03522&themeId=DEFAULT-THEME&visualizationUrl=U2FsdGVkX18aKJO4NKcFu9ErT60b5p9sNXBfSGLf1TjVaLyJOSSnutMC7k%2Bm6wFh3eWP2JlTq97SdAKpfTPaaNfisFdf6iKyqnzq%2BrMDvkY1zqz0%2FcSEZ0LFuS6m8%2Fi%2F&datasetId=S2_L2A_CDAS&demSource3D=%22MAPZEN%22&cloudCoverage=30&dateMode=SINGLE&panel=layers

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

When I think of this guy and his enabler's goals and efforts toward deporting 21,000,000 people, the next thing I think of is

"What would the good Germans do?" in white text on a black background.

Host: The law requires that every person who is going to be deported gets a hearing first. Do you acknowledge that? Trump: I'll have to ask the lawyers about that. Do you think we can give 21 million trials? Is that what you want us to do? Host: The law is the law, sir

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Really liked this simple AF recipe last month so I'll make this again tonight: 1 spaghetti squash, halved & seeded, baked 2hr@400F Mix & add to seed-hole: 1.5c Mozzarella 6oz tomato sauce Bake 15min more

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 2w ago

@drf5n.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump is a Russian Asset, not an American one.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3w ago

Russia is now exempt from the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanctions Act. The US government is clearly allied with Putin against Ukraine. Vote Republican enablers out.

@drf5n.bsky.social · 3w ago

Shakey's Pizza Parlor menu from 1970's St. Louis, MO.

chmod go+rX -R * ^^^ recursively allows others to read and list directories and files. The 'X' is nice and lets folks use directories.

I like thinking of Iran as Trump's new personal Vietnam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcT...

Donald Trump describes his personal Vietnam to Stern

YouTube video by George34667

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This diagram and explanation of the Android coordinate system is well done: It's from the Bosch BMM150 datasheet at www.bosch-sensortec.com/media/boschs... page 47

Datasheet and explanation of the spatial coordinate system of an Android phone from the Bosch BMM150 datasheet at https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/media/boschsensortec/downloads/datasheets/bst-bmm150-ds001.pdf page 47 It has two figures, and explains what Android means by heading/azimuth, pitch, and roll, x,y,z acclerations and rotations gyroscopes.

There's no possible way this can be "good guys with guns"

I can't support a US sniper nest on the mall. Statistics-base-rate-fallacy-wise, how many folks are we planning on shooting each year, and how many will be mistakes? If they shoot any of the millions who (used to) use the mall, I'd bet they'd be 99.9999999% mistakes. www.npr.org/2026/09/20/n...

Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 2mo ago

www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/... Armed gov't folks "guarding" the polls has a penalties 5x more severe than voter fraud:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/592

Whoever, being an officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United States.

This section shall not prevent any officer or member of the armed forces of the United States from exercising the right of suffrage in any election district to which he may belong, if otherwise qualified according to the laws of the State in which he offers to vote.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 719; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/593

Whoever, being an officer or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, prescribes or fixes or attempts to prescribe or fix, whether by proclamation, order or otherwise, the qualifications of voters at any election in any State; or

Whoever, being such officer or member, prevents or attempts to prevent by force, threat, intimidation, advice or otherwise any qualified voter of any State from fully exercising the right of suffrage at any general or special election; or

Whoever, being such officer or member, orders or compels or attempts to compel any election officer in any State to receive a vote from a person not legally qualified to vote; or

Whoever, being such officer or member, imposes or attempts to impose any regulations for conducting any general or special election in a State, different from those prescribed by law; or

Whoever, being such officer or member, interferes in any manner with an election officer’s discharge of his duties—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the United States.

This section shall not prevent any officer or member of the Armed Forces from exercising the right of suffrage in any district to which he may belong, if otherwise qualified according to the laws of the State of such district.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/594

Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, at any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing such candidate, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

If only there were a law that said: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned" We could call it 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

How does a group have a strategy? Does a group have noble goals and values? Or do they suborn their values to a charismatic leader's personality?

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

PizzaCake @pizzacakecomic.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Vizio WatchFree FreeVibes Nature has some #AiArt finger-like flubs. There are fake kayak-oars, broken masts, and criss-cross shadows in the beach scene. If you are going to loop hours of "nature" video on www.vizio.com/en/watchfree..., it should be actual nature, not #GenerativeSlop.

The short, double-ended kayak-paddle-like thing is horribly fake, no one would build, buy or use it. The long oar-stick is awful too.

The top part of the sail boat masts are attached to the horizon, while the bottom parts of the mast rock with the boat, out of step with the tops of the mast.

In this AI fake, the shadows of the chairs run crosswise, while the slats on the seats run lengthwise.

Worst license plate I saw today: CSAM-GO

Should anyone trust a professional lock & key company that pushes AI dreck like this? I'd think that any professional locksmith working for them who saw corporate push any of it would be embarrassed to wear their name on their uniform.

AI shit from https://surelockkey.com/blog/adjust-strike-plate-lip-mortise-depth/

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3mo ago

lakemead.water-data.com says: > Pct of Capacity: 26.74%, 188.91 ft below Full Pool (1229'), and down 14.26 ft from a year ago. Water year begins Oct 1st. Depth at Dam: ~400 feet deep, is ~145 ft above Dead Pool (895') and is ~90' above Power Pool (950')

Screenshot of Lake Mead water level histories from https://lakemead.water-data.com/ showing the graph and the record low. and "Pct of Capacity: 26.74%, 188.91 ft below Full Pool (1229'), and down 14.26 ft from a year ago. Water year begins Oct 1st.
Depth at Dam: ~400 feet deep, is ~145 ft above Dead Pool (895') and is ~90' above Power Pool (950')"

Fundamentally, Piketty argues that the cheapest way to stop people from building a guillotine on your lawn is to build hospitals and schools; this is cheaper than paying for guards and prisons to lock up would-be guillotine builders. 43/

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 3mo ago

"Once I realized that talking to lawmakers who don't inherently care about America's children was not a path to catalyze change, I understood we need to elect people who inherently care..." ...proven ones, like a pediatrician:

I love this. Senate candidate Annie Andrews says she decided to jump into the race the day RFK Jr was nominated to lead HHS. She’s a pediatrician. Saw what was coming & decided she couldn’t sit on the sidelines. THIS is what I’m talking about. Feeling called to serve & actually following through.

"Data" is "information" if it changes your behavior or helps you make a decision. If it doesn't change your behavior or help you make a decision, it is just "trivia." One person's information can be trivia to everybody else. (My mantras for news and social media.)

If the corrupt chump corruptly tariffs the panels, the cells, the ingots, and the polysilicon raw ingredients, what's an American installer, assembler, refiner, supposed to do? Wait for vertical integrators to get on-line before the chump's tariffs expire? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump orders new 15% tariff on key material for solar panels and microchips

Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producer

theguardian.com

Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How do you do tryouts for the Washington Generals? www.progresspond.com/2025/09/23/t...

The Democratic Party and the Washington Generals - Progress Pond

The Democrats' government shutdown demands are so paltry and insignificant that they won't get credit from the base even if they win, which they won't.

progresspond.com

They need to hammer down relentlessly on this. They can't become overconfident, like they did with Hillary in 2016.