Tootfinder

I just wrote this.
"In 2013…CBP…knew that their agents would sometimes '…intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force.'"
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/preme…

Premeditated State Violence Must End
Planning to kill is bad. In 2013, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) knew that their agents would sometimes “…intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force” (PDF from CBP web server). Jonathan

Long-term Monitoring of Scintillation in the #Pulsar J0332 5434: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ae485916-3549-4300-b44f-b009b2be98f4 -> SETI Institute Tracks ‘Twinkling’ Pulsar Signals to Sharpen Cosmic Clocks and Hunt for Alien Signals: https://thedebrief.org/seti-institute-tracks-twinkling-pulsar-signals-to-sharpen-cosmic-clocks-and-hunt-for-alien-signals/

from my link log —
Avoiding fallback and cold paths.
https://timkellogg.me/blog/2021/01/29/cold-paths
saved 2023-11-03 https://…

I'm wondering who the people are who plan, design, oversee construction of and finally manage these abominations.
When they get up in the morning, what are they asking themselves? What do they wish for? Who hurt them?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/15/elon-musk-xai-datacenter-memphis

2026 NFL Draft order after Week 11: Dolphins playing themselves out of QB hunt; Rams own top-10 pick via trade

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-draft-order-updated-top-p…

Illegal. Completely illegal. But everyone agrees: nobody’s allowed to stop ICE from breaking state and local laws, only issue citations afterwards.
To mismarked vehicles. With masked drivers who refuse to identify themselves. How do you cite •that•?!

Savvy people are readying themselves for BlueSky's demise
https://bsky.app/profile/dmandl.bsky.social/post/3m6va6ntuws2g

Dave Mandl (@dmandl.bsky.social)
I'm on Bluesky but also on Mastodon. I hate to say it, but from past experience I'm not confident that Bluesky will remain the paradise that it is forever. It's not a bad idea to get familiar with Mastodon and least establish a presence there. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Historische Leistung - Schöne Geste! Teamkollegen feiern Marko Arnautovic #News #Nachrichten

FEMA Cuts Disaster Aid, Leaving States Fending for Themselves (Scott Dance/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/climate/fema-disaster-recovery-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.GAoE.R8zXyQwkkeOr&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p163#a251016p163

If you’re baffled by the chasm between “How could anyone support this kind of cruelty??” and “Society needs a Strong Father Figure with a firm hand,” well…
…look to who has endured abuse, who has only seen and abhorred abuse but not endured it, who has escaped abuse (and at what personal cost), who’s spent their life rationalizing and accommodating abuse, who is themselves an abuser.
Look at that, then look at what they think of Trump.