the mjl (michael j leblanc)
Engineer. Musician. Wily Chaote. Full-Stack Acerbic Humanist.
Bandcamp: thebellmechanical.bandcamp.com
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/the_bell_mechanical
Musings: nopeanutsinchurch.com
Middle of Massachusetts. USENET refugee.
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)You’re telling me the digital money made to let people do money laundering and conduct crimes like bribes and pay for illegal stuff maybe not stable in any way shape or form. Shocking truly shocking news.
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It's ridiculous that we have to fight fascists AND pedophiles all at the same time. - Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Corporations want slaves
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Facinating Shit on Reddit - A thread Redactions are curious...and much can be gleaned...
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)If You Get This Amazon Product Recall Message, It’s An Attack
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Trump is preparing to steal elections.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)U.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Cars. Please for help fall on deaf ears of the man who made it happen. #leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #AbolishICE #ICEOut #Palantir #PaloAlto
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Clear parallels between early Acadians who came to Louisiana & today's refugees. Deported from their homeland (today's Nova Scotia). Administrators under Spanish rule recorded their 1765 unexpected arrival,providing shelter & supplies. STOP. READ, MAGA. UNEXPECTED. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)"But what about China?" has been a throwaway comment made many times to justify inaction on climate change or criticise decarbonisation policies. Well China is now by far the world's largest manufacturer, installer, and user of clean energy technologies.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)With a few exceptions, the items in this list are already the law. Republicans are saying it’s unrealistic for Trump’s goons to follow the law.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
- A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Looks like Disney’s warning about fewer foreign tourists to the US was no joke. @financialtimes.com $DIS www.ft.com/content/8f6d...
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Trump's FBI raid in Georgia is potential model for getting search warrant to seize 2026 ballot boxes, says @rickhasen.bsky.social. "Once those ballots are out of control of election officials we’ve lost chain of custody." On the pod Rick illuminatingly explains all: newrepublic.com/article/2062...
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)The best thing about philosophy is that all the great philosophers in history were basically wrong about almost everything, so there's really not that much pressure to be right.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)It’s so bad even Tim Scott isn’t afraid to criticize it.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)If you have an interest in mixing computation and experiments to understand microbial evolution (for example antibiotic resistance) and you think you might be a good fit for a postdoc in my lab, reach out. If it seems it might be a fit I’m happy to help you frame it as AI for Biology per this call
- Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)1. deregulate everything and destroy all regulators so nothing functions in the public interest under the pretense this "aids innovation" and "empowers entrepreneurs" 2. blame poor people and minorities when nothing works
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Same guy that bought a front page ad against the Central Park 5
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Today, the world crosses a dangerous threshold. The last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia has been allowed to lapse. The expiration of New START does not make a new nuclear arms race inevitable — but it makes the path toward one far easier and more dangerous.
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)megan mcardle: people are making a big deal out of this but i gotta tell you, i think we’re overreacting a little here josh barro: look, youve gotta eat mcardle: youve gotta eat, exactly my point. and people hear the term “cannibalism” but look… barro: it really is a pretty loaded term
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)it really feels like everything is falling apart lol
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left. It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)For 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...
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)a lot of ex-mil people on here who served in the gwot have noted, correctly, that the stuff ice is doing would a) have gotten them killed and/or b) gotten them in a lot of trouble. war crimey stuff was correctly treated like war crimes etc
- I spoke to @juliango.bsky.social about the imperial boomerang and how US war tactics abroad are being employed at home by ICE "America’s cities are treated as colonial zones of conquest and imperial borderlands because that’s all ICE knows. If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
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- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)as a longtime McMegan watcher she has a sort of self imposed dimly malicious stupidity that is impossible to come by naturally. normal brains don’t get like that
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)COMPUTER GRPAHICS
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)"Many tiny specks of ancient water are locked within one of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorites ever to fall to Earth. The surprising discovery reveals more clues about the Red Planet's watery past." 🌌🪐☄️🪨🔬 #Meteorites #Mars #Water #Science #Space #Research By @harryjpbaker.bsky.social 👏🏽
- Reposted by the mjl (michael j leblanc)The weak job market raises new questions about Joe Biden’s economic policies.
