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I've broken down the gates. Lecturer in Rhetoric and Writing at MIT. Father. Gamer. Teacher. Researcher Parageographer.

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There’s some hedging around the robustness of their accuracy claims.

23.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Update: The White House has taken down the post and now claims a β€œstaffer erroneously made the post” that was shared on President Donald Trump’s social media platform late Thursday night. White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt claimed earlier that the criticisms amounted to "fake outrage."

06.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 7

Tim Scott, basically: "Yeah, they've said and done a lot of racist stuff before, but this one is really bad"

06.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Building with a sign above it that reads WHOOP

Building with a sign above it that reads WHOOP

Spring 2026 starts today.

So there it is!

06.02.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Started Wonder Man but couldn't get through the first full scene.

The show looks and sounds great, but that type of obvious cringe self-sabotage is my kryptonite. And it was so believable and painful.

03.02.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: β€œBreaking Point” As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessnessβ€”and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.

Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:

DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools

"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...

27.01.2026 11:24 πŸ‘ 2195 πŸ” 701 πŸ’¬ 1276 πŸ“Œ 1806

God bless Minnesota and the Twin Cities.

From Sam Adams to Harriet Tubman to MLK. They embrace the true spirit of American patriotism and rebellion.

27.01.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember (as someone reminded me last week...) Bovino had claimed in court that he doesn't run his own social media accounts, even though it seemed pretty clear that he did.

27.01.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 845 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

If you're in that Signal chat, you should start posting excerpts from that NYTimes expose with all the FBI agents mocking him.

27.01.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1592 πŸ” 373 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 8

I totally get the impulse to yell at people to keep the pressure on, and it's right, but if Bovino really has been sent home, that's a significant victory for the protest movement. Let's not understate it.

I'm not saying anyone should be complacent. Just notch the win and grimly move on.

27.01.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 336 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5

Bovine going is great, but Noem is responsible for what ICE has become the last 12 months.

27.01.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They’re going to disappear him like this is a PR issue and not a human rights issue.

27.01.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Some guy (me) in a horned helmet kneeling with a broad sword while the reflected light of a tv shines over him.

Some guy (me) in a horned helmet kneeling with a broad sword while the reflected light of a tv shines over him.

Them: This isn’t real Game of Thrones.

Me watching the best relationship in Westeros:

27.01.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wrote this short story when I was 14. It wasn’t good and the idea is of the age.

25.01.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In Davos, the world is watching an American president’s mind dissolve in real time.

21.01.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 3161 πŸ” 1169 πŸ’¬ 292 πŸ“Œ 80

He’s actually going hoarse.

21.01.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He sounds so very tired.

21.01.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I won't say that The Two Towers is the perfect movie.

Because you should already know that.

21.01.2026 04:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thirty minutes into One Battle After Another and reviewers did a great job not giving up the plot.

12.01.2026 00:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.

10.01.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 18513 πŸ” 3876 πŸ’¬ 816 πŸ“Œ 207
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10.01.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 13426 πŸ” 5274 πŸ’¬ 351 πŸ“Œ 233

Cignetti is gonna be so mad that Oregon out-scored them in the 3rd quarter.

10.01.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:

If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.

It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.

/1

09.01.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 7696 πŸ” 1524 πŸ’¬ 273 πŸ“Œ 302
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DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism

09.01.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 2194 πŸ” 534 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 48

This is how it worked with Telegram, too.

They created a safe harbor for Nazi terror channels and Google and Apple just ignored the issue and hoped it would go away.

09.01.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
A drawing of a blood sea minotaur (Dragonlance) in hoplite style armor and a hoplon style shield, with a bronze leaf bladed broad sword. 

Meresta (Fin-Maskari for "Born of the sea"), was discovered by a family of fisherman of the Fin-Maskar tribe, in the wreckage of a ship, clutched to the bosom of his deceased mother. 4 other dead minotaur were found, including the one presumed to be the father.

Unwilling to just let the infant perish, the family raised him, and trained him hard, knowing he would forever be an outsider to the tribe, feared by other children his age, and forever an "other".

Still his adoptive father taught him all the skills he could, as a bowyer, a blacksmith and fisherman, and a blind "uncle" taught him how to fight and feel the world without use of his eyes.

When he was 17 he made a composite recurve bow, of horn and bamboo, with a draw weight (250#) such that few could string it, and no one but he could draw it more than half way.

When he was 18 he was given his fathers armor and shield, and broad sword, and the best directions the family could provide, to aid him in traveling west, away from the Blood Sea, and toward those who could teach him more about this Kiri Jolith that his parent were acolytes of. 

Today is the first morning since he left his tribe.

A drawing of a blood sea minotaur (Dragonlance) in hoplite style armor and a hoplon style shield, with a bronze leaf bladed broad sword. Meresta (Fin-Maskari for "Born of the sea"), was discovered by a family of fisherman of the Fin-Maskar tribe, in the wreckage of a ship, clutched to the bosom of his deceased mother. 4 other dead minotaur were found, including the one presumed to be the father. Unwilling to just let the infant perish, the family raised him, and trained him hard, knowing he would forever be an outsider to the tribe, feared by other children his age, and forever an "other". Still his adoptive father taught him all the skills he could, as a bowyer, a blacksmith and fisherman, and a blind "uncle" taught him how to fight and feel the world without use of his eyes. When he was 17 he made a composite recurve bow, of horn and bamboo, with a draw weight (250#) such that few could string it, and no one but he could draw it more than half way. When he was 18 he was given his fathers armor and shield, and broad sword, and the best directions the family could provide, to aid him in traveling west, away from the Blood Sea, and toward those who could teach him more about this Kiri Jolith that his parent were acolytes of. Today is the first morning since he left his tribe.

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#CharacterSheetChallenge Day 9

Meresta Es-Kalin
Barbarian, lvl1
AD&D 1e, Method 1

stayed in Krynn, jumped ahead some, of the 30 stat sets rolled, this was by far the nuttiest. So it had to be a BS Minotaur.

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@mikertrice.bsky.social

09.01.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ed Teach (Blackbeard) in Civ VII is ridiculous.

09.01.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

08.01.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 24883 πŸ” 9099 πŸ’¬ 456 πŸ“Œ 358