donaithnen
Geek. Programmer. Fan of SFF books and TV, video games, and anime.
Currently residing in central CA. Former resident of Los Angeles and WA state.
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- Reposted by donaithnenThe public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!
- Reposted by donaithnenworth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
- "My country right or wrong." We all bear responsibility for what our communities do, large or small. But if you want to avoid blame when your community chooses something awful, you need to oppose it loudly and honestly. (No wishy-washy "I don't like it but there's nothing I can do.")
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- Reposted by donaithnenIt’s frankly insulting that the worlds worst people weren’t meeting in a command center in a volcano wearing ceremonial robes but were all emailing on Hotmail accounts like “want 2 atrosity? With wemen?”
- Reposted by donaithnenOh good Adobe is now not just charging me more every month but apparently they are removing Animate, my primary software. Any other animators have suggestions for new software suites? My whole workflow is drawing in the program as I animate!
- Reposted by donaithnenDon’t forget the kids who weren’t lucky enough to have a cute photo go viral to get people outraged on their behalf. They ALL must be released.
- Reposted by donaithnenA bystander took a heart-wrenching picture of Liam Ramos in his hat and Spiderman backpack, and there was pressure, and he and his father are free. We must not forget all the prisoners still in the camps whose names and faces are known only to their loved ones. We must make miracles for them, too.
- Liam Conejo Ramos is on an airplane on his way home to Minnesota. How wonderful. kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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- Reposted by donaithnenWe know that 4more children from Liam's school are still in ICE custody in TX. But we still do not know how many children from MN in total have been detained by ICE.
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- A 1.5 hour video is a long ask for some people. But the first hour is very informative, and (spoilers i guess?) the top three comments when i watched it have some great things to say about the last 30 minutes.
- Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
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- Ep 4 of Starfleet Academy was predictable (Avalyn and i took turns shouting the solution at the screen) but it was told well, and we enjoyed it. It continues the trend of the newest episode being our favorite. (A trend that can't last, but it's nice while it does.) #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
- Reposted by donaithnenThe VERY MEAN AND NASTY Jesus Christ flipped over a bunch of tables in the temple and assaulted our fine money changers with a whip! HE WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS. Jesus is a well-known leftist who has NO RESPECT for the businesses that make our houses of worship great!
- Reposted by donaithnenRemember, children, hate-watching is just as good as any other viewing statistics to streaming companies. Just wait for 3rd party clips of the AI show, don’t watch out of morbid curiosity. Love and hate are identical to internet companies, indifference is what they fear
- Reposted by donaithnenIt's been 41 days since the deadline for the release of the Epstein files.
- Reposted by donaithnenI sometimes wish the Democratic Party in Congress consisted of any 260 people in the Minneapolis telephone directory rather than the 260 dignitaries now representing us.
- Reposted by donaithnenHere’s what I think we should do with the concentration camps. Ready? Let every detainee out. Give all of them citizenship and reparations with no strings attached. Dismantle the facilities brick by brick. Never open another one ever again.
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- After looking through a lot of listings and doing some research, the best options i've found so far are the brands "Made By Dentists" and "SuperMouth". One has a weird(er) name and the other has weird packaging, but they both seem to be legitimate, so i'll go for the more professional packaging.
- Okay Amazon, Walgreens has failed me so i guess you're reluctantly getting my business Show me "hydroxyapatite toothpaste with fluoride" ... Tell me Amazon search algorithm, why do 90%+ of the results prominently say "fluoride free"? And why isn't that one of the 20-30 things you can filter on?
- It seems a little unfair that we're not supposed to call the Senate & House Leaders unless we're in their district, but they get to make blanket statements about all of us. (Not that i think people like Schumer or Jeffries are likely to respond to requests or criticism from the proles, but still!)
- ...i'm suddenly struck by how much Alex Pretti resembled a wholesome Gordon Freeman, except fighting ICE with a camera to save America in reality instead of fighting (actual) aliens with a crowbar in fiction.
- Cool cool cool, about one in four times i try to visit this @polygon.com article this page pops open about 10 seconds after i open it. No idea if it's a legitimate warning about a security threat or if it's the security threat itself. Not gonna click around to find out.
- Reposted by donaithnenPlease unfollow the altnps account. It's a do-nothing, disinfo slop mill that's trying to figure out how to Q-Anon the left for future profit, and that is not news.
- My $30 a month pay as you go T-Mobile plan with a limit of 100 minutes of talk-time a month worked great for most of the past 15 years. It works less well when i have to call my Congress people every damn week. Might have to look into US Mobile or Mint Mobile or something like that?
- Reposted by donaithnenAfter the Boston Massacre, the soldiers responsible were arrested and received fair trials. King George recalled the regiment to England, and then American leaders were like “good, that was enough, we’ll remain your loyal subjects forever…” wait, that’s not right…
- Reposted by donaithnenI genuinely think this is both necessary *and* perfectly achievable, and I think anyone who claims it isn’t should not be taken seriously and certainly not elected to any public office
- Good news: I go up early today and exercised with Synth Riders Bad news: I got into the music and was a little too energetic for my current fitness level and ended up with a minor strain in my back =P
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- Reposted by donaithnenThat tech oligarchs are noisy and incensed about the remote possibility of a wealth tax and utterly silent about the murder of a man who was only using the phone they invented to chronicle the thuggish government goon squads should tell you everything about these desiccated souls.
- Reposted by donaithnenthey're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
- Also, Avalyn caught Adventure Cat and Fluffy Kitten sitting together on the guest bed this morning. Not cuddling, but at least hanging out together. Not everything in the world is terrible! (Fuck ICE)
- *takes a deep breath to try and calm down* Hey look! It's cats! Four out of five cats agree that the couch is the safest place to be while the humans are running around cleaning the place! (Cuddle Cat was on her heating pad and didn't want to move until the vacuum got close.)
- Reposted by donaithnenThe guy was being held down on the ground by like 6 scumbags and he was shot point blank while doubled over on his knees after the piece of shit pistol whipped him several times. Now you don’t have to watch.
- When a private citizen extols the bravery of the people in MN it's b/c they have no other political power. When a US Sen or Rep does so, it's because they're avoiding taking any actual action despite having the power to do so Do better! Do _something_! @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov
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- Reposted by donaithnenHow dare a literally leader in Starfleet sit in a chair weirdly? That isn’t professional! I have a hard time imaging Kirk or Spock doing this? What is this woke propaganda in my Star Trek? Treks really gone downhill, this isn’t Star Trek!
- Reposted by donaithnenMAGAs are already defending ICE fascists by saying the man they killed today had a gun. 1. MN is an open carry state 2. The same MAGA bootlickers who claim we need unlimited guns to "prevent government tyranny" are the first ones to scream "OH MY GOD HE HAD A GUN" when tyrannical govt kills someone
- Starfleet Academy had the corollary this week: (Spoilers for an out of context two line quote) "Man, why does everything have to be a full-on lesson in this place?" "Because it's a school, Caleb."
- We watched episode 3 of #StarfleetAcademy last night, and we enjoyed it! Probably the best episode for us so far? #StarTrek
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- Reposted by donaithnenThe TACO cycle: Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank. So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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- Reposted by donaithnenfascinating to compare how Wall Street reacts to the possibility that a socialist might have some power somewhere versus how it reacts to the concrete reality of a literal madman tearing down the American-led post-WWII global order
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- Reposted by donaithnenJust for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916. history.state.gov/historicaldo...
- Reposted by donaithnenTo recap: the two major parties refuse to rein in the reign of a demented sociopathic king who daily is marching us into both World War III and the next Civil War simultaneously because a Black president once made fun of him and also the Special Boy wasn't given the Shiny Golden Medal he covets
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- Reposted by donaithnenThe point here is to believe people when they tell you who they are. Gavin Newsom hangs out with Republicans because he likes hanging out with Republicans. This isn't 4-D chess. He wants to hang out with Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon. When he says he agrees with them on things, it's because he does.
- *sigh* Looks like the review bombs are in, because that is _not_ any kind of usual distribution. Especially given that there are only 2 episodes out to base an opinion on so far. #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
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