🎸Paul🎹
@paul.bsky.social
Network security, Audio production w/ Bitwig & Logic Pro, analog synths, guitars, and Metroidvanias. 🇺🇸/🇲🇽
Dudes rock. www.fashiontimes.co.uk/italian-hobb...
Three Italian Friends Fly 1,000 Miles to Ireland Dressed as 'Hobbits' To Return Man's Lost Wedding Ring
Three Italian men searched a Tuscan river for an Irish holidaymaker's lost wedding ring, then dressed as hobbits and travelled to Ireland to return it, beginning an unexpected friendship.
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Charlie Kirk once said that Texas would never turn blue in his lifetime. And what do you know, he was fucking right.
At first Musk’s takeover of Twitter looked like a dumb rich guy flushing money down the toilet on a business he didn’t know how to run. Then savvy observers decided it was actually a shrewd move that furthered his political interests. But it turns out it was actually just the first one.
NYT: “Muscular” policies USA Today: An “anti-immigration champion”!! France:
Le Monde in English@english.lemonde.fr · 18h agoStephen Miller, reactionary ideologue and white supremacist, promoted head of Trump administration
The thing I always say to people who are considering purchasing a quince product is to check the resale sites and look at how the item looks there. Because in my experience their clothes often look not particularly great - loss of structure and apparent poor quality fabric is pretty common.
Quince doesn't seem good to me. Their "design by committee" approach leads to bad designs. Their marketing is dishonest (e.g., "made in the same factory as"). And they offer false luxury (e.g., $60 cashmere knits prone to stretching and pilling). Will give an example. 🧵
Wrote this back in January, and it's worth repeating now: The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
Honestly it's time to dismantle the entirety of DHS and revert the agencies back to the pre-9/11 status quo Combining all the disparate secret police forces into one department turned out to be Very Bad Policy™ that led to the exact thing its original critics said it would
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d agoNo, it’s time to dismantle ICE entirely and investigate the crimes committed by its armed goons and then turn that info over to state and local prosecutors
They see Arab Americans speaking English but can only hear it coming out as Arabic. Free Press next correction: “Senator El-Sayed did not leave on a magic carpet as was suggested in a recent article. He departed the capitol in a Lincoln Aviator.”
“they noticed that you’re scaring the hoes” made me laugh so hard
Andy Vitek@avitek.bsky.social · yesterdayGotta say, Dan may have just dropped the most robust post-election analysis to date. Props to Dan.
Steven Miller’s promotion is Trump holding out the red cloth and hoping Democrats charge through it like a bull. Do not take the bait! Stick to what works, and marginalize his administration at every chance.
After their midterm win and Stephen Miller’s promotion, Democrats gear up for a fight on immigration — The Associated Press
Democrats are set to take control of Congress and are focusing on reining in President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
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one thing that i’ve been very restrained about is not discussing the fact that Abdul El-Sayed is a watch guy with what seems like a very cool and legit collection
Unless RFK Jr. is interested in spending the next two years in front of Congressional committees, he should go ahead and resign now.
Dems taking power in the states should seriously consider this because it breaks Republican power but also because people will like it! Buying a car sucks. Getting fleeced sucks. You want affordability? Joyfully pick a fight with every scam industry and be seen doing it
Chris Person@papapishu.bsky.social · 4d agoDealerships are a massive republican funding base and if you crush them the only people that will complain are guys that own dealerships
You'll be SHOCKED to learn that Ezra Klein thinks Democrats should ignore progressive victories.
the roots of this theory actually go back years before he ever ran for office, when he replaced his exceedingly competent lieutenant Carolyn on “The Apprentice” with the much younger Ivanka bc the show needed a more telegenic woman to boost ratings — even though both her cohosts were old-ass men
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · yesterdaySusie Wiles is a load-bearing pillar of my Unified Theory of Trump and Women. there are two categories: 1) women he wants to fuck (in which case they can do whatever they want with impunity) 2) women he does not want to fuck, but who make his life easier (axed as soon as they are no longer useful)
Susie Wiles is a load-bearing pillar of my Unified Theory of Trump and Women. there are two categories: 1) women he wants to fuck (in which case they can do whatever they want with impunity) 2) women he does not want to fuck, but who make his life easier (axed as soon as they are no longer useful)
📌As I type this, Democrats have a 92-seat advantage in the House. Read that again.
Here's an interesting thought... using game theory to keep AI agents in check. www.technologyreview.com/2026/11/03/1...
How “reverse game theory” could keep AI agents in check
Borrowing from disciplines like economics could help AI safety researchers control AI models, even if they don’t understand them.
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Hopefully they DO retire… and then Democrats can pull a Mitch McConnell and refuse to hear any Trump nominations to SCOTUS until next election.
GOP’s losses will put pressure on Alito, Thomas to retire from Supreme Court — The Washington Post
The lame-duck session before January will probably be President Donald Trump’s last chance to get a high court nominee confirmed by the Senate.
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All this in-fighting is giving Tucker Carlson an opening and that's dangerous.
Bravo to Slotkin! Momentum for new leadership builds. We cannot go through a political earthquake like Tuesday and simply shift back into autopilot on what happens next. If your Dem senator is silent right now, that's bad. Tell them they need to make a public statement NOW.
They killed 230k votes AND IT STILL WASN’T ENOUGH
Erin Kissane@kissane.myatproto.social · 2d agoI don't think enough people know what they did in Mississippi. www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/o...
The best name for a cat is Chairman Meow, and the best way to discover it is to hear it called out in a vet waiting room.
mechanic: we found a rat in your engine chewing on hoses me: guess we’ll have to work with him mechanic: ? me: we need to focus on unity
ICE livestreamed and broadcast their brutality and outright murder for everyone to see - that was the entire point: to engage in violent, mass ethnic cleansing. More cameras won't solve the problem. The majority supports one thing: abolishing ICE. Rip it apart. Demand nothing less.
House Judiciary Dems@democrats-judiciary.house.gov · 2d agoIt’s time for ICE to take the masks off, turn the body cameras on, and start answering to the American people who pay for their bloated budget.