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“M-cee-tee sonique, you're wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way." Loud music & drums takes/sci-fi/InfoSec & Sysadmin takes. Feminist, Pro-LGBTQ+ rights, Anti-fascist. Pro-science.

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DOJ Quietly Pleads With Another State to STFU About Its Anti-Abortion Agenda The Trump Administration on Friday asked Missouri to pause or dismiss its lawsuit against the FDA over mifepristone. Sounds like someone's getting more and more concerned about the midterms.

The Trump Administration on Friday asked Missouri to pause or dismiss its lawsuit against the FDA over mifepristone. Sounds like someone's getting more and more concerned about the midterms.
www.jezebel.com/doj-quietly-...

12.03.2026 20:01 👍 16 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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Trans Leaders Speak in Chicago at Showing of Heightened Scrutiny — Assigned In the midst of national attacks on trans people, the Chicago Teachers’ Union hosted a screening of the documentary Heightened Scrutiny and gave local trans speakers an opportunity to speak.

icymi: was in Chicago this past Thursday for a showing of @samfeder.bsky.social's new film Heightened Scrutiny, as well as a panel put on by the fantastic folks at @transupfrontil.com and @ctulocal1.bsky.social

check out my coverage on @assignedmedia.org here: www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

12.03.2026 17:48 👍 27 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 0
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Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security, AP source says A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into a major synagogue in a Detroit suburb and was fatally shot by security.

A guy rammed his car through a door at Detroit’s largest synagogue and got out with a gun and was shot by security before he could massacre everyone inside.

And yes all synagogues that can afford it have security. And yes it’s exactly because of situations like this that they do.

12.03.2026 19:47 👍 1686 🔁 458 💬 20 📌 34
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I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

12.03.2026 17:28 👍 4202 🔁 1554 💬 151 📌 118
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This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

12.03.2026 15:33 👍 4931 🔁 1909 💬 745 📌 1240

“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1964) is a documentary.

12.03.2026 13:37 👍 125 🔁 33 💬 1 📌 1

Immigrants kept corners of the US that were relatively undesirable for Americans to live in afloat. The Trump regime's annihilation of legal pathways to enter the US and terror campaign against migrants of all stripes was always going to hurt those places the most, and now it is.

12.03.2026 13:44 👍 61 🔁 26 💬 4 📌 1
The cover to a paperback collection of Dennis the Menace strips with him on the cover.

The cover to a paperback collection of Dennis the Menace strips with him on the cover.

A 1959 tv guide cover featuring a young Jay North on the cover. He played Dennis in the tv show.

A 1959 tv guide cover featuring a young Jay North on the cover. He played Dennis in the tv show.

The Dennis the Menace comic strip by Hank Ketcham debuted on March 12, 1951. It would be adapted into a popular sitcom only eight years later, and eventually cartoons & films. He was also Dairy Queen’s official mascot from 1971 to 2001.

12.03.2026 12:09 👍 152 🔁 19 💬 12 📌 7
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Court filing questions how state agencies handled misconduct complaint in Kenosha police killing • Wisconsin Examiner New court filing says the Wisconsin DOJ and the Crime Victims Rights Board shouldn't have conferred over a complaint submitted to the board.

Court filing questions how state agencies handled misconduct complaint in Kenosha police killing. @erikgunn.bsky.social reports.

12.03.2026 13:45 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My dad sold his 57 Topps to help with home down payment when I was a little kid in 77.

12.03.2026 14:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

can this be a solution?

12.03.2026 13:46 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

real estate investment trusts, or reits, have been crucial to the expansion of u.s. private prisons and immigration jails.

but what actually is a reit? and how can you make sure your retirement savings aren't invested in one that owns prisons?

check out this guide from @jamieludwig.bsky.social:

11.03.2026 16:32 👍 40 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 2
that twitter billionaire's dumbass grok image proposing oil transfer by land through what looks like oman and uae, both currently in range of iranian drones and missiles. the trucks have been replaced by a giant slip n' slide running between the ships and a caption that reads "Pour Oil into Giant Slip n' Slide"

that twitter billionaire's dumbass grok image proposing oil transfer by land through what looks like oman and uae, both currently in range of iranian drones and missiles. the trucks have been replaced by a giant slip n' slide running between the ships and a caption that reads "Pour Oil into Giant Slip n' Slide"

Can this be a solution?

12.03.2026 12:41 👍 3802 🔁 684 💬 24 📌 98
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Live Nation Can ‘Gouge’ Fans on Fees, Ticketing Executives Boast Two Live Nation Entertainment Inc. executives bragged about the high fees the company charges fans at its venues, joking in internal messages that the company is “robbing them blind” and that “these p...

Internal messages from Live Nation reveal two execs talking about "robbing [fans] blind."

“These people are so stupid. I almost feel bad taking advantage of them," one says.

That man is now the head of ticketing for the unit responsible for Live Nation's 150 amphitheaters.

12.03.2026 13:02 👍 850 🔁 423 💬 33 📌 73
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March 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes two zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft patched 79 security vulnerabilities this month, including bugs that could let attackers escalate privileges or crash critical services.

Microsoft's latest update patches 79 CVEs including two zero-day vulnerabilities.

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“.. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. told staffers in Dubai to stay away from their offices. That came after the Associated Press reported that Iran’s joint military command said banks and financial institutions are now targets ..”

@bloomberg.com $GS $C
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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12.03.2026 00:49 👍 102 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 4

These people are just spitting in the face of liberty and decency, every damn day

12.03.2026 08:13 👍 93 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 0
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Sucker My year as a degenerate gambler

Practically overnight, the U.S. took an ancient vice, put it on everyone’s phone, and made it as normal and frictionless as checking the weather, @mckaycoppins.bsky.social writes. What could possibly go wrong?

12.03.2026 10:07 👍 73 🔁 21 💬 5 📌 0

IEA: Gulf countries have cut total oil production by at least 10 million barrels per day; losses are set to increase without a rapid shipping flows restart

12.03.2026 09:08 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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5 ways to resist the urge to keep looking at your phone So you want to spend less time on your phone. How do you do that when it's designed to suck you in? Life Kit spoke to experts in behavioral science, psychology and technology for real-world advice.

So you want to spend less time on your phone. How do you do that when it's designed to suck you in? Life Kit spoke to experts in behavioral science, psychology and technology for real-world advice. n.pr/4sE15OH

12.03.2026 09:11 👍 187 🔁 42 💬 11 📌 6
Sigh - Homo Homini Lupus
Sigh - Homo Homini Lupus YouTube video by SighVEVO

#TheTenX5 37/50

More cool Japanese metal, it’s what I like!

Sigh - Homo Homini Lupus (2018)

youtu.be/q0S2f2iu_fY?...

12.03.2026 09:15 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Chrome 146  |  Release notes  |  Chrome for Developers Scroll-triggered animations, Scoped custom element registries, and more.

Chrome 146 is out with the Sanitizer API, that new safer way to work with HTML without exposing users to XSS

Firefox also got this at the end of last month in v148

developer.chrome.com/release-note...

12.03.2026 09:21 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Falling out of bed
just shy of the hungry cats
meows of protest

odd temperatures
the bladder becomes confused
still one must find food

Finicky torment
leg rubs, persistent meows
bending for my life

Sated precious cats
running to the porcelain
feeling old today

#vss365 #precious

12.03.2026 09:57 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

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Hidden Valley hiring ‘Ranch-bassadors’ to promote ranch in Europe 4 will be chosen to travel across Europe this summer and create videos pairing Hidden Valley ranch with local dishes.

Hidden Valley hiring 'Ranch-bassadors' to promote ranch in Europe

12.03.2026 09:49 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

His first base patter is all just C. Kirk memories

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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity.

Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity. n.pr/4ul3y2p

12.03.2026 09:43 👍 1013 🔁 587 💬 47 📌 93
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'Pentagon's soft target': How Stryker hack is hitting US military hospitals When Handala paralysed Stryker, they didn't just hit a corporate boardroom; they effectively bottlenecked the exact supply chain the US Armed Forces relies on to treat wounded soldiers and aging veter...

Stryker, hit by Iranian cyber attack, is a major US military supplier. It makes the critical trauma equipment that “keeps troops alive” when they get injured, like automated stretchers used in MedEvac Blackhawk helicopters and surgical drills used in field hospitals.
#Stryker #IranWar #CyberAttack

11.03.2026 20:53 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Because lawmakers get kickbacks. Eversource is smelling competition. If everyone had balcony solar, they won’t need their power as much

12.03.2026 09:45 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0