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@cad.cx

Scholar, bon vivant, champion of the oppressed. Software engineer. Community builder. Dogfather. My words are mine. https://cad.cx | https://mastodon.social/@colindean

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06.03.2026 07:52 πŸ‘ 13901 πŸ” 4467 πŸ’¬ 639 πŸ“Œ 237
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THEY FINALLY DID IT! Sheldon Whitehouse officially called out the connections between Trump, Epstein, and Russia on the Senate floor.

06.03.2026 02:31 πŸ‘ 2151 πŸ” 986 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 52
A Duolingo card saying, I'm on a 950 days learning streak

A Duolingo card saying, I'm on a 950 days learning streak

#Dutch #Korean #Nederlands #ν•œκ΅­μ–΄

06.03.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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after absolutely eviscerating Kristi Noem and calling for her resignation, Tillis is applauded. He thens threatens to hold up nominees if she doesn't stop stonewalling him. My God.

03.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 24778 πŸ” 6083 πŸ’¬ 1100 πŸ“Œ 760
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*taps sign*

02.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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An actual company (Anthropic) told me no, so now I'm going to pick a fight with children to feel big and strong

27.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 1593 πŸ” 318 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 85
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Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran"

"We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."

01.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 2984 πŸ” 1206 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 101

Nope. We don't have to do this. The courageous act would be to refuse. Jingoist slop like this is an enormous factor in why the US has been terrorizing the world for decades. There are no heroes bombing Iran.

01.03.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 4412 πŸ” 929 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 6

That + 6 accounts on polymarket made around $1 million in profit by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28. Accounts were all freshly created in Feb and had only ever placed bets on this

bloom.bg/3ORPnBo

01.03.2026 07:20 πŸ‘ 1089 πŸ” 368 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 37

Something something the house always wins

01.03.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hillary Clinton: "If you are new to this issue, let me tell you: Jeffrey Epstein was a heinous individual, but he's far from alone. This is not a one-off tabloid sensation or a political scandal. It's a global scourge with an unimaginable human toll."

26.02.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 339 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pete Buttigieg: Federal agents are losing public trust Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses immigration enforcement, the role of government, and why federal agencies are losing public trust.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses immigration enforcement, the role of government, and why federal agencies are losing public trust.

26.02.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Daniel tiger

"I'm sorry" is a start

next "how can I help"

we can not let these people off at I'm Sorry

25.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police drug tests are notoriously unreliable. They got this man wrongly charged with trafficking fentanyl. Roughly 30,000 people every year may be getting wrongfully arrested because of unreliable field drug tests, according to one estimate.

Got a doozy for you guys: A man was pulled over by South Carolina cops and charged with trafficking fentanyl after police tested his prescription IBS medication using notoriously unreliable field kits.

It took him a year and a half to clear his name reason.com/2026/02/23/h...

23.02.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 181 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9

β€œA bee does not waste its time trying to convince the fly that honey is better than shit.”

23.02.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know who cares but I assert that the restrooms at Ineffable Cafe inside of Enson Market are the cleanest public restrooms in #Pittsburgh

20.02.2026 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

20.02.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 4311 πŸ” 1133 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 557
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, finding in a 6-3 ruling that the Republican president's use of this 1977 national emergency law exceeds his authority. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

20.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to need an ibuprofen sandwich tonight

20.02.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stream of Consciousness Driven Development Better pairing through touch typing

New Newsletter: Stream of Consciousness Development, about a super useful pairing technique I discovered last week

buttondown.com/hillelwayne/...

18.02.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

18.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 40979 πŸ” 10908 πŸ’¬ 312 πŸ“Œ 339
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β€œWe should be questioning how power formed in a way that enabled a handful of peopleβ€”in service of their quarterly returnsβ€”to make socially significant decisions on behalf of everyone else, without scrutability, without clarity, and without democratic oversight.”
- @meredithmeredith.bsky.social

18.02.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
Original post on social.treehouse.systems

IRCv3 is shaping to be amazingly good!

here's the things it offers, today, right now, on a chat server we just set up in one evening:

* you don't need a bouncer (friggin _finally_). there are moblie clients that work well
* you can see backlog when joining a channel
* you can browse chat […]

18.02.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

If it's got good covfefe, morg away

17.02.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Transportation and detention without legal authority is criminal kidnapping and human trafficking.

14.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This should be the first step in an absolutely staggering number of indictments for Privacy Act violations.

14.02.2026 03:18 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Ain't gone none

14.02.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello vinegar my old friend
I've come to clean with you again
Because the oil softly boiling
Polymerized while I was frying

And the pancake that was sitting in my gut
D'un't remain
Within the sound of science

13.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.

The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.

11.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 10998 πŸ” 5410 πŸ’¬ 508 πŸ“Œ 576

These are the conditions under which the Trump regime wants to detain noncitizens indefinitely. It violates international law, the Eighth Amendment, and our own laws & regulations.

And the DOJ and DHS are willing to manipulate any law, defy any court order, to keep doing so.

26/

11.02.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 1842 πŸ” 350 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11