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I’m sharing this letter I just sent to the 7 House Democrats that voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Feel free to borrow any language from this letter and give them hell yourself. I also recommend contacting your senators to urge them not to pass this budget.

🔗 January 27, 2026 at 9:50AM EST • by

Marty McGuire

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🔗 January 27, 2026 at 9:47AM EST • by

Marty McGuire

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Christine Lemmer-Webber

post from January 26, 2026 at 12:10PM EST

listen you can make fun of gastown all you want but giving up on everything you loved about your craft is the future of your craft so if you don't get on board right now you are missing out

🔗 January 26, 2026 at 2:11PM EST • by

Marty McGuire

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Charlie Stross

post from January 26, 2026 at 1:36PM EST

ONE DAY until "The Regicide Report" drops!

🔗 January 26, 2026 at 2:09PM EST • by

Marty McGuire

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Mauve 👁💜

post from January 26, 2026 at 1:56PM EST

New Blog post: I go over decentralized social media protocols like #nostr #ATProtocol and #ActivityPub and compare the tradeoffs between them.

🔗 January 26, 2026 at 2:08PM EST • by

Marty McGuire

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🔗 January 26, 2026 at 1:39PM EST • by

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🔗 January 26, 2026 at 12:40PM EST • by

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🔗 January 26, 2026 at 11:56AM EST • by

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🔗 January 26, 2026 at 11:54AM EST • by

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🔗 January 26, 2026 at 9:18AM EST • by

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🔗 January 25, 2026 at 11:12PM EST • by

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🔗 January 25, 2026 at 8:54PM EST • by

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🔗 January 24, 2026 at 4:45PM EST • by

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🔗 January 24, 2026 at 4:30PM EST • by

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🔗 January 23, 2026 at 9:27AM EST • by

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Lori Emerson

post from January 22, 2026 at 3:43PM EST

deep and fierce love for this student: "Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/alaska-student-arrested-eating-ai-art-exhibit/

🔗 January 22, 2026 at 11:03PM EST • by

Marty McGuire

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🔗 January 22, 2026 at 5:58PM EST • by

Marty McGuire

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🔗 January 22, 2026 at 4:53PM EST • by

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Cory Doctorow

post from January 22, 2026 at 12:51PM EST Pluralistic: The petty (but undeniable) delights of cultivating unoptimizability as a habit (22 Jan 2026)

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