Iain (一言) Dooley
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created November 16, 2024
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Travis (@coloradotravis.bsky.social) reposted
I am not a lawyer so forgive me if this is a very silly question, but if ICE is illegally abducting people in the town where I reside and the police department does nothing (doesn’t respond, no investigation), then can I sue them for failing to do their job?
KSL.com (@ksl.com) reposted
Utah Sen. Mike Lee wants to roll back policing reforms approved by Washington in 2022 as he has cheered the deployment of National Guard troops to combat crime in the capital city.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
what I know about Florida I learned from season 4 of Brooklyn 99 and based on that your statement is accurate
Hand (@jrhand.bsky.social) reposted
RFK Jr in this hearing:
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
Sen. Warren Daniel (R–NC, District 46) was caught trading stocks right on the Senate floor. Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
Exploitative!? its not like the world owes anyone the ability to monetise a podcast. They’re a private company. she could always sells ads herself, I bet it would take a lot more time than dealing with acast customer service!
Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) reposted
This is very accurate
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Warnock to RFK jr: "For the first time, we are seeing deaths of children from measles. We haven't seen that in two decades. We're seeing that under your watch. You are a hazard to the health of the American people."
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
I think that since the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men, we should take their guns first.
WIRED (@wired.com) reposted
NEW: The State Department’s law enforcement arm, the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), is now involved in immigration enforcement, an area solidly outside its usual duties. One source compares it to IRS agents investigating espionage at NASA. www.wired.com/story/state-...
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
… Then I had Gemini write bash scripts that run in GCP cloud shell to create and configure a wireguard server, and give me the config commands to connect the router and my MacBook to that VPN so I have emergency access to the router via the lte interface.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
I use LLMs to generate code all the time. I just finished programming a mikrotik router and got gemini to create the scripts to monitor and switch between interfaces, and send me alerts via SMS if one of them is down.…
Nate's Myth (@natesmith.dev) reposted
if Mike Tyson had retired in the YouTube era his announcement could have been an unboxing video
Tom Schaller (@schaller67.bsky.social) reposted
You watch: There will be uniformed, armed personnel at polling stations in 2026 and again in 2028. Citing “safety,” Trump will dispatch them to curiously—but not randomly—selected precincts and counties: mostly urban, maybe select minority suburban/rural areas. Hope I’m wrong, but mark my words.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
That entire genre of music is whining
Nancy Friedman (@queenief.bsky.social) reposted
So much winning
European Commission (@ec.europa.eu) reposted
Our flags are flying at half-mast in tribute to the victims of the tragic events in Lisbon, Portugal. All of Europe mourns with you. We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and we wish a speedy recovery to the injured.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
If I could go back to 82 I’d take state
👁️🍄🪸 (@bloomfilters.bsky.social) reposted
"smart watch" as a portable computer is pointless. the wearable computer should take up your entire forearm and fold out like a yugioh duel disk and also you can do poses with it
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
Seems like “remove child sexual abuse material“ shouldn’t really need to be part of a settlement Like if you can remove it, then you’re allowing it to be there, and you’re publishing child porn
KSL.com (@ksl.com) reposted
Aylo, Pornhub's owner, will pay Utah $5M and remove child sexual abuse material from its platforms under a proposed settlement.
Teri G (@terilg.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein victims' lawyer: While we have seen the documents, you haven't. When you see the documents, you're going to be appalled. The American people deserve to see everything. Evil flourishes in the darkness. RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES!
WIRED (@wired.com) reposted
For the United States’ largest transit agency, the debut of a controversial Manhattan vehicle toll came at a convenient time. Check out the data for yourself. www.wired.com/story/nyc-mt...
Uriah Heep (@uriahheepthebeast.bsky.social) reposted
She makes an unbelievably offensive suggestion and then blames the ABC? The entitled Trumpiness of her is a disgrace. The Libs deserve her. #AusPol
Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) reposted
I'll say this about the Venezuela boat strikes, I appreciate how many prominent members of the administration are basically stating on the record that they are involved in a criminal conspiracy and should be imprisoned immediately following the collapse of the regime.
Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) reposted
I recently visited an ICE detention center with @ravenreveals.bsky.social just outside of Chicago. Kidnapping people off the streets isn’t keeping us any more safe. Let’s close this facility and all the other ones like it down.
Villanelle (Taylor's Version) (@villanelletv.bsky.social) reposted
"Fuck Ted Cruz" -Green Day and pretty much everyone else
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
And yet they continue because no one is turning up with guns to stop them
Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) reposted
They keep losing in court because everything they’re doing is illegal
Andi Zeisler (@andizeisler.bsky.social) reposted
Welcome to CBS News with Bari Weiss; I’m Bari Weiss. The top story tonight is that my maverick opinions are being silenced by the woke left
The New York Times (@nytimes.com) reposted
Steps away from the Capitol, victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, on Wednesday demanded that all people who received sexual favors through Epstein be identified. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
Nicole McEntee (@nikkimcentee17.bsky.social) reposted
My kid saw (and heard) the political stunt of a flyover to distract from the Epstein press conference today at recess at his elementary school. Our dc kids shouldn’t have to see this stuff going on in their city.
Femi (@femi-oluwole.bsky.social) reposted
Nigel Farage just lied about assaulting me in the US Congress!!! Thank you James Raskin for exposing this "Free Speech Champion" for the authoritarian threat he really is!
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com)
This feels weird to say but 7plus is incredible Also 9now has a 24/7 Seinfeld channel How did free to air streaming apps all of a sudden start having what seems like an endless supply of 90s/00s prime time? the ads aren’t even that intrusive It can’t last
Physicians for a Healthy Democracy (@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social) reposted
Scott Hadland, MD (@drscotthadland.bsky.social) reposted
In the last 24 hrs, I've had 4 patients tell me they wanted to get the Covid vaccine, but were denied at a community pharmacy. In some cases, had asthma / heart disease or other life-threatening condition for which Covid vaccine is indicated. #MedSky Here's why: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/29/b...
Tim Farron (@timfarron.bsky.social) reposted
Some second homeowners let their property out for just a few days in a year so they can claim to be a small business. This means that people on the minimum wage in places like the Lake District and subsidising very wealthy people to pay no council tax at all. This must end.
Asher Wolf (@asherwolf.bsky.social) reposted
There's more to come. This is not the final cost or end outcome
The Associated Press (@apnews.com) reposted
The derailment of a popular streetcar Wednesday in Portugal's capital has killed 15 people and injured 18 others, in what officials are calling one of Lisbon's worst tragedies in recent memory.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Ossoff on RFK Jr: "Absolutely he should resign. And he never should've been confirmed to begin with... in any normal Senate, he never would've gotten so much as a hearing. This is someone who throughout his public life has embraced just about every piece of quackery & pseudoscience he's come across"
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.
Dr. Jack Brown (@drjackbrown.bsky.social) reposted
The guy that ordered 8 fighter jets to perform a low altitude fly-over in an effort to drown out Epstein survivors is the same guy who wants you to believe he's innocent.
Lorna (@florilegia.bsky.social) reposted
I actually did have asparagus ice cream once, and it was surprisingly nice? (It was Utrecht in the asparagus season and EVERYTHING was asparagus)
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
Gary Larson was ahead of his time
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com)
I propose 2 new rules for all TV and cinema: 1) no more empty coffee cups. We can all tell 2) if someone shoots at someone else, with the clear intent to kill then later has them cornered point blank or otherwise has an easy kill, they can’t pause and Let them get away. They must follow through
The DILETTANTE (@demwar.bsky.social) reposted
My observation is that a ketamine addicted Nazi is struggling with his child’s reality and needs to concoct sociological threats to justify his own poor parenting and emotional bankruptcy.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
True, there’s 4 uses and only one requires the seat to be up.
Michael Wyres (@mwyr.es) reposted
Mis-issued Certificates For 1.1.1.1 DNS Service Pose A Threat To The Internet - https://mwyr.es/i3dn3xgY #arstechnica #infosec
leonardlloyd (@leonardlloyd.bsky.social) reposted
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
👇👇
Asher Wolf (@asherwolf.bsky.social) reposted
As an activist who helped lead the campaign against Robodebt, I can only think back to the days when legal scholars told us we had no chance of winning in court, and how I thought, fuck it, we’ll keep fighting anyway The Robodebt class action payout is now the largest *ever* in Australian history
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Ossoff: "It's been extraordinary to see the Speaker of the House reduced to lying in order to cover up sex crimes"
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
Being governed by the ALP is like “I wish they’d do better on XYZ” Being governed by the coalition is like being governed by Biff Tannen
George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
@support.bsky.team
Shelby Kent-Stewart (@shelbykstewart.bsky.social) reposted
Evidently, RFK Jr. isn't killing people fast enough, so Oz is speeding up the process.
Lynne Perednia (@perednia.bsky.social) reposted
More authoritarian action, this time against a protestor. #inners
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
… they invest massively into public infrastructure and support compared with the coalition. It’s night and day.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
… time spelunking the arse holes of Reinhardt and Forrest. Scott Morrison brought a lump of coal into parliament ffs and the coalition took an absurd nuclear plan to the last election Gambling, I dunno. Sure let’s stop that, seems like a pretty niche issue to hang your hat on...
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
The ALP are shitloads better on environmental policies than the coalition and have never had a leader who openly supports pedo priests, nor been a member of a bizarre evangelical cult. Australia’s mining industry is too powerful for sure, but the ALP spends much less …
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
Surely you jest
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Rand Paul: "The reason we have trials & we don't automatically assume guilt is what if we make a mistake and they happen to be people fleeing the Venezuelan dictator? ... off our coast it isn't our policy just to blow people up ... even the worst people in our country, they still get a trial."
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Wow, Florida at it again… planning to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, even for schoolkids. Don’t let the facts of decades of preventing outbreaks and protecting public health get in the way.
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
"I thought they were going to make me board the plane like they did with the other kids from the shelter, but they asked me for my name and told me I was not on the list." A terrifying declaration from an unaccompanied child nearly removed to Guatemala straight out of Schindler's List.
Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) reposted
the two americas
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
"For so many years, it felt like Epstein's criminal behavior was an open secret." “We’re not going away. We’re not staying quiet. We’re not going to give up.” Annie Farmer (Epstein survivor)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
It's not normal for an American president to send troops to American cities in times of peace. Chicago, document what you see and be loud for America.
RichardJR (@electricbluesfan.bsky.social) reposted
1/8 🇨🇦 CANADIAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS BREAK FREE FROM U.S. ACCREDITATION 🇨🇦 Medical associations express "relief" as schools are now assessed solely according to Canadian standards. A new era of healthcare sovereignty begins this school year. #MedicalEducation #CanadianHealthcare #CDNpoli
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
More of this.
Dave Osmond (@davidosmond.bsky.social) reposted
Great news. SA now only needs to run one synchronous generator (gas) for system security reasons (was 2). This reduces the min amount of gas SA needs from ~80MW down to ~40 MW. In turn, this will reduce the annual average gas requirements down by ~16 MW (from ~20% to 19%) (cont)
Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) reposted
Epstein survivors say they’re compiling their own client list. “We know who abused us. We saw who came and went. This list will be survivor-led—for survivors”
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
The overall takeaway from the Epstein survivors’ press conference is that they are united and are no longer going to allow rich and powerful men to victimize, silence and intimidate them. Including the ones in Congress and the perp in the Oval Office.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
Dogs are getting vaccinated less and rabies rates are rising, in part because 37% of Americans think vaccines will give their dogs... pawtism. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
In a metaphor that was too on-the-nose, there was a military flyover in Washington, D.C. that drowned out Epstein survivors who were speaking out. I'm happy to report they persisted.
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
So easy for them to own broad based, pre approved index fund ETFs that don’t present any conflict of interest. Buying individual stocks and owning real estate investments should both be banned
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
The House and Senate are back in session this week. Who else thinks it's time to ban members of Congress from trading stocks?
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
AOC: If anybody says “this isn’t fair, I'm gonna have to divest all my stocks if I run for congress” maybe you should stay home.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (@cpsc.gov) reposted
Toss those pillows right out of that sleep space.
Bryan Mac (@bryanmac.bsky.social) reposted
You will never be as proud of ANYTHING in your life as my LG dryer is when it announces that it has successfully dried another load of clothing.
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
A victim of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed how a group of survivors is compiling a client list of their own.
Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan.bsky.social) reposted
I’m trying to get rid of my jokes about minimalism.
Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) reposted
Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted
Australian Labor (@australianlabor.bsky.social) reposted
Too often, women's health hasn’t been taken seriously. We're changing that 👇
George Takei (@georgetakei.bsky.social) reposted
If I were Susan Collins, I’d be “concerned.”
Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) reposted
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@crockett.house.gov) reposted
We’re back in session after Speaker Johnson let us out early at the end of July, feeling the pressure from our subpoenas for the Epstein files. Today, @oversightdemocrats.house.gov sat down with survivors who endured horrific abuse. What we heard was beyond disturbing. (1/2)
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) reposted
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
Outspoken™️ (@out5p0ken.bsky.social) reposted
BROKEN NEWS: the newspaper whose slogan was previously “democracy dies in darkness” releases this BS without letting US know republicans released previously released Epstein info.
Fred Guttenberg (@fredguttenberg.bsky.social) reposted
Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted
Iain (一言) Dooley (@iaindooley.com) reply parent
I think that’s the “irony” bit. Not only states rights but the obsession with the right to bear arms to guard against tyranny. Both right wing talking points, now being violated by a right wing president against progressive states, who may need to play the “doomsday prepper” role a bit better
Her Majesty The Empress, Adria the First (@starshipadria.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Pardoning the confederacy was the dumbest thing any president has ever done.
Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) reposted
That Pritzker press conference was... surreal, and I think marks a significant moment of escalation in the constitutional omni-crisis. This was the governor of a state saying plainly the Union itself is being torn apart and his state is being militarily invaded by an authoritarian regime.
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
I'm aware that the President likes to go on television and beg me to call him to ask for troops. I find it strange, as Chicago doesn't want troops. I also have experience asking him for assistance – just to have the rug pulled up from underneath me when execution meets reality.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Khanna: It’s going to be a bombshell press conference tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The American people will hear directly from survivors of the Epstein abuse. And they’re not just going to talk about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s abuse — they’re going to talk about rich and powerful men…
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher.bsky.social) reposted
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KSL.com (@ksl.com) reposted
Utah public schools received a record $111 million from land grant trust distributions this year.