A hopepunk tragic optimist
Dad, Husband, software engineer, bad songwriter.
Outrage engages, but truth, and trust, scale.
Be Kind, Be True, Believe.
"Maybe it’s not too late, to learn how to love, and forget how to hate."
"Freedom is a pure idea"
“Be excellent to each other”
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistI'm not sharing the ape meme of the Obamas 47 posted because my Black friends don't need to see that shit, but ERADICATE MAGA FROM YOUR SOCIAL CIRCLES. OSTRACIZE. SHAME. AND VOTE THEM OUT. Stop making excuses at holiday tables for these fucking monsters.
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistjeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimist“victims of nazism & other dictatorships never stopped repeating fascism had not died, that it was still lurking, waiting for the moment to resurface. That is why it will be so important to be aware of history. Looking back is the best way to face the present” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimist"Canada becomes one of the first countries to open a consulate in Greenland following U.S. president's threats" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistFor those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistI hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistThe muppets are BACK BAYBEE
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimist‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." … She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistThe banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistA new tool lets you search the Epstein files for mentions of your LinkedIn contacts. Tried it out, does work. Outputs a report with links to the material on the DOJ website. www.404media.co/this-tool-se...
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistWhat its journalists do—accountability journalism about the rich and powerful—does not serve someone who is rich and powerful. The Washington Post and many of its reporters are no longer useful to Bezos, and so he has decided to get rid of them. @jasonleopold.bsky.social gets into it:
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- This.
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistJeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistAnother Trump supporter tries to start funk with peaceful protesting kids… then realizes he doesn’t want the smoke. www.instagram.com/reel/DUXW6qM...
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistand coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistas i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistThis helps people defend the country against cyber attacks and also helps people fight scammer networks #CyberCivilDefense #take9
- It’s Time To Celebrate Some Good News! Meet Craig Newmark — the founder of Craigslist, and currently the most impactful donor in the effort to protect the public from cyber scams. @pausetake9.bsky.social @craignewmark.bsky.social #Cybersecurity Blogpost: www.digitalkleptos.com/p/let-s-cele...
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistExperts warn the expiration of a long-standing nuclear arms control treaty between the two superpowers could mark the start of a new nuclear rivalry. n.pr/3LSIq29
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistWow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistthere is a kind of person that would dunk on this, but this sort of reflection over a seemingly tiny thing is exactly the sort of civic virtue that we need to be encouraging more of
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistKilling the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistOur founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistWe gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimist“You can’t physically move. You can’t do anything.” The failure of even some of the best-resourced cities to adequately clear snow so that disabled people with mobility devices can safely get around is both an infrastructure failure and a policy choice.
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- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistThese are the last words in the last column I wrote for The Washington Post, titled "When institutions crumble, strongmen step in". www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
- Reposted by A hopepunk tragic optimistBut Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
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