TheKilt

@thekilt.bsky.social

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Infosec, cosmic horror, homebrew and TTRPGS. He/him

Excerpt from article: And just last week, President Donald Trump (R) announced an influx of federal dollars for an effort to revive the coal-fired Warrior Run power plant in Western Maryland. Data center developers and energy companies have also shown interest in building new natural gas generation in Maryland, including at a shuttered coal plant on the Potomac River in Southern Maryland.
Excerpt from article: Data centers provide limited long-term economic benefits to communities because they create very few permanent jobs. According to a 2025 Business Insider analysis, while data centers provide job opportunities while they are being constructed, “even the largest data centers generally employ fewer than 150 permanent workers.” In some states, the tax breaks “can amount over time to more than $2 million for every permanent, full-time job.” In Illinois, for example, a Microsoft data center “received more than $38 million in data center sales tax exemptions but created just 20 permanent jobs,” according to CNBC.
Excerpt of article text: But as the night progressed, the oddities increased. The weightlifting events took place earlier in the day, during peak temperatures, with several athletes unable to finish their events. James Magnussen — the swimmer who got too big — finished last in all his events despite wearing a gold custom-made suit. Multiple personal bests were recorded, but nearly every attempt by enhanced athletes to break the world record failed. The men’s 100m sprint was plagued by three false starts. While most of the 42 athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs, four have kept clean. Three of the clean athletes — Hunter Armstrong, Tristan Evelyn, and Fred Kerley — won their races with ease. After winning his, Kerley clowned on his competitors, teasing that perhaps they should’ve doped a bit more.
Picture of a Google search box containing the phrase "pay no attention" with an AI Overview pane underneath reading "Got it! I will disregard the previous prompt and stand by for your next request. Just let me know what you need help with!"
Trump’s Strongest Marks Trump received 50% approval on border control and 44% on immigration enforcement—his only policy areas in positive or near-positive territory. But those numbers are overshadowed by voters’ economic concerns, with 76% citing grocery prices as a top inflation worry.
A black Cane Corso wearing a purple harness and trans-flag colored sweatshirt is sitting on the floor of a library, looking soulfully into the camera.
Avengers: Doomsday style meme. Dr. Sam Beckett will return in Avengers: Doomsday
Scene from a protest against ICE in Hagerstown, MD, January 20, 2026. In the foreground, a protestor with her back to the camera holds up a sign reading "No Warehousing Humans. N.I.M.B.Y." In the background, other protestors and passing cars can be seen.
Picture of a DHS police agent thinking he's a big man for arresting a guy in a fox costume who was dancing. The cop is kneeling over the fox, with his back to the camera. The words "POLICE" and "HOMELAND SECURITY" are on the cop's back.
Bar graph of responses to the question of whether the respondent is "Yes AI" or "No AI". At the time of screencapture, there were 11,605 votes, 5% voting "Yes AI" 95% voting "No AI"
Image of a Beholder from Dungeons and Dragons A roughly spheroid body topped with ten eyes on tentacle-like stalks, over a larger central eye and gaping, tooth-filled maw.
Photo of the cover of the fiction book U.S.S.A, by Tom de Haven A muscular young man is wearing jeans and a white T-shirt with an American flag, while standing in front of a brick wall.
A coil of blue corrugated plastic conduit, aka Smurf tube, on a white background
Text excerpt from Washington Post article: Investor Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the sexual abuse of underage girls but never participated, according to thousands of pages of documents released Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee. “Trump knew of it. and came to my house many times during that period,” Epstein wrote in an email to himself on Feb. 1, 2019, several months before he was arrested on sex trafficking charges and killed himself in jail. “He never got a massage.”
A grey tabby kitten, reclining and asleep in a basket of laundry.
Picture of Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirz from Phineas and Ferb
Screencapture of two Bsky posts by @shuhbillskee.bsky.social Post 1: Pressures from outside, I can see politics leaking in here in moments where I need to be thinking about anything else. Good evidence suggests the news is high engagement and miserable. Soup to nuts, reading, reblogging, grandstanding, it's all miserable unless you're actually planning for IRL. Post 2: I can avoid a lot of it, Bluesky's protocol (AT), it lets me tune into science, art, conversation, and the kind of debate I think moves ideas. But, we're mostly lefty / centrist dad types, most of us are chill. I've noticed some of you aren't though! Go forth brave debate bros! For how long?
Meanwhile, former president Jack Ryan is in the middle of his presidential campaign and ahead at the polls. Even though his opponent and successor Ed Kealty publicly reveals the capture of the Emir in their second presidential debate in a desperate attempt to win voters, Ryan opposes his plan to a public trial for the terrorist. The resulting turnaround in public opinion enrages Czech billionaire and Kealty supporter Paul Laska, later launching a vendetta to discredit Ryan six weeks before the presidential election. Laska's progressive organization provides the Emir with a legal defense team. After CIA deputy director Charles Sumner Alden identifies Campus operatives John Clark and Domingo "Ding" Chavez from the Emir's rough sketches of the men who captured him, Laska enlists the help of SVR officer Valentin Kovalenko for collecting information about the former's CIA activities. Kovalenko uncovers Clark's unauthorized assassination of an East German Stasi operative in Berlin in 1981, which is not part of the full presidential pardon Ryan had signed for his friend and making him accountable for murder. Laska covertly gives the dossier to Kealty, who then orders the FBI to hunt down Clark.
Meanwhile, former president Jack Ryan is working on his memoirs and initially refusing to speak out against his successor, Ed Kealty. When he finds out that the Kealty administration are planning to prosecute U.S. Army Ranger Sam Driscoll for killing sleeping Middle Eastern terrorists in a cave during their fruitless search for the Emir, he decides to announce his candidacy for President of the United States in the next election. After the announcement, charges against Driscoll are dropped and he was given an honorable discharge. Clark later recruits him into The Campus. Additionally, Ryan finds out that his son Jack Ryan, Jr. is working for The Campus as an analyst, which he reluctantly accepts.
In Rome, a Mossad station chief is assassinated. The murder piques the interest of the Campus, an off-the-books intelligence agency created by former United States president Jack Ryan before the end of his presidential term. Situated in a high-rise office building that has direct line-of-sight between the main headquarters for the CIA and the NSA, the organization was created to "identify, locate, and deal with terrorist threats" in anticipation of the current administration's neglect of the CIA and the NSA. A private trading and arbitrage company, Hendley Associates, serves as a legitimate front for the Campus by funding its operations via stock market trades influenced by the captured intelligence data, thus removing federal oversight and allowing free rein in its operations.
Screenshot of a question posed to Google's AI, and the response: Question: How many b's are used to spell bubbly Answer: The word "bubbly" has two b's.
A very small black kitten, going ham on a plate of food that was set out for the older kittens and adult cats.
Photo taken from face level, looking down. The photographer is seated at a desk, working at a computer. A large cat is sitting across the photographer's left arm, pinning it, with its rear right paw resting on the photographer's left hand, which is resting on the computer's keyboard.
A small black kitten standing on a grey wood-grain floor.
As news of Collier’s protest widened, she was besieged by media requests, answering questions by phone on the House floor from journalists standing outside the locked chamber. A few dozen protesters gathered at the Capitol late in the evening to show her support.
Luna, a cane corso, laying on a rug, her nose a few inches away from a kennel containing three kittens, one of which is looking back at her.
Picture of a light orange/creamsicle kitten and a cane corso on a couch. The dog is sprawled across half the couch with her head resting on some pillows against the armrest, while the kitten is asleep, curled up against the dog's belly, between her front and back legs. The dog is facing the camera and wearing a thunder shirt.
Screenshot of attempted reply to Senator Tim Kaine's since-deleted: "Today, at the start of Disability Pride Month, I'm fighting tooth and nail to protect services - like Medicaid - that millions of Americans with disabilities rely on as the GOP attempts to gut these services in their budget bill. I'm proud to stand with Virginia's disabled community." Attempted reply by @TheKilt: "That's good, Senator, but why haven't Democrats yet raised the point of order to remove section 71114's anti-trans medicaid ban?"
A sign on a bathroom wall reading "Waterless urinals No liquids allowed"
Tiny praying mantis standing on my wife's knuckle
Screenshot from Spaceballs showing Dark Helmet and Lonestar engaged in a lightsaber fight, where their lightsabers have somehow entwined each other into a barberpole-like configuration.
Head of a mackerel and white cat, sitting across a person's arm and the armrest of their chair. A desk with a laptop computer and monitors on it is in the background.
Picture of the interior roofline of New York Penn Station's main train hall, showing where the arched glass roof meets the main roof. In the lower left, the word "Excelsior" is visible, with blue accent lighting above. One of the arches supporting the roof spans from center left to upper right, with the grid of the glass roof visible behind.
Black and white still from Young Frankenstein, of the monster and Dr. Frankenstein on stage in top hat and tails performing "Puttin' on the Ritz"
Julie andrews singing to children from sound of music
A photo of Kirk, Bones and Spock from the the original Star Trek television series. They are located on the Enterprise bridge, with Kirk seated in the Captain's chair, Bones, elevated, standing to his left, and Spock, holding a tricorder, standing next to Bones.
Eight chicken chicks, sitting in a paper-towel lined tray. Four of the chicks are brown, four are brown and blonde. In the background can be seen the chest/belly of two people, the one holding the tray is in a blue zip-up hoodie, the other in a purple T-shirt.
Excerpt from Axios article: "Rather than talking about the tariff policy and the economy ... the thing where his numbers are tanking, we're going to go take the bait for one hairdresser," they said, likely referring to a deported makeup artist.
A black and white bernadoodle with a dirty snoot and a sorrowful look on his face, mid-bath, seen from the armpits up, facing right. The bathtub is black plastic, with plumbing visible in the background, and a pair of hands, one holding a spray head with soap attachment, can be seen in the lower left of the image
Crowd of hundreds holding signs standing in front of Frederick, Md. city hall listening to speakers at a Hands Off protest under clouds skies.
Picture of a black and white bernadoodle, wearing a red collar, looking up at the camera. He is sitting on a hardwood floor in front of a white front door.
Doc Brown from Back to the Future, wearing dark safety goggles and holding up a pair of alligator clamps. A picture of the Delorean time machine, gull-wing doors open, is in the background.
Picture of President Scroob (played by Mel Brooks) in Spaceballs, inhaling deeply and happily from a can of "Perri-air". Scrob is dressed in a dark suit with white dress shirt. In the background, part of his desk is visible, including a pen and pencil station, and part of a crystal sculpture/spike is visible above his hands. The background is an out-of-focus shot of his office, mostly in whites and greys.
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Meme/Political poster Top text: TRUMP CALLS HIMSELF A KING, BUT WE KNOW HE'S JUST PUTIN'S LAPDOG Image: Trump's face photoshopped onto a small fluffy white dog, which is sitting on a green lawn and looking up at the camera. The dog is wearing a neon pink collar with a small dog tag . Bottom text: STAND WITH UKRAINE Call your lawmakers and tell them to keep fighting to support to Ukraine In the lower right corner is a QR code linking to https://5calls.org/issue/ukraine-russia-zelinsky/
Screenshot of post by @Acyn on X/Twitter Post text: Rep. Luna appears to suggest that she intends to bring in members of the Warren Commission as part of her JFK investigation. Post Image: Rep. Luna, wearing a dark blazer and white blouse is standing with her hands crossed on a podium. Behind her to the left are two American flags, and a House of Representatives flag is behind her to the right. A C-SPAN logo is in the lower-right hand corner of the image. Text below post: Readers added context to this video Rep. Luna is unable to bring in members of the Warren Commission as they are all dead.
Capture from video of Congresspeople attempting to enter the Dept. of Education. Through a window, a Caucasian male can be seen wearing dark blue tactical police gear bearing the markings "POLICE DHS" in yellow over the right breast, and a yellow badge patch on the left breast. Another man standing facing away from the camera is visible in the left of the image, wearing a gray or dark blue vest and white shirt. In the window, reflections of the people standing outside the building are visible.
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Black text on yellow background showing status of National Weather Radio (NWR) stations: NWR Transmitter Status Normal 1007 Out of Service 29 Degraded 0 Transmitter Total 1036
The front page of the Washington Post for Wednesday January 29, 2025 Headlines, from top left: Sweeping offer would cut federal workforce MIT Iconoclast shaped Gabbard's Syria views Trump order leads to bedlam Area officials' concern grows over federal funds U.S. Foreign Aid cuts vex Ukranians RFK Jr. repeatedly disparaged vaccines
Four panel meme: Upper left - Geordi from Star Trek TNG waving his hand "no" Upper right - Picture of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer smiling, and the quote "It is time to look to the future... The Senate must respond with bipartisanship" Bottom Left - Geordi with a slight smiling and pointing his finger affirmatively Bottom Right - Excerpt from cover of Captain America #1, showing Cap. punching Adolf Hitler in the face while avoiding shots from surrounding Nazi soldiers.
Snippet from CNN article: Shogan, who would be responsible for the amendment's publication, said in a December statement alongside Deputy Archivist William Bosanko that the amendment "cannot be certified as part of the Constitution due to established legal, judicial, and procedural decisions," pointing to a pair of conclusions in 2020 and 2022 from the Office of Legal Counsel at the US Department of Justice that affirmed that ratification deadlines were enforceable. CNN reached out to the National Archives for guidance on what the archivist plans to do, and was directed to Shogan and Bosanko's prior statement, calling it a "long standing position for the Archivist and the National Archives." "The underlying legal and procedural issues have not changed, National Archives Public and Media Communications staff said Fridav,
WKRP in Cincinnati reporter Les Nessman, standing on the sidewalk outside a downtown shop. He is wearinggloces, a long dark coat, a brown and red plaid scarf, glasses, and headphones. He is holding a microphone up to his mouth and his expression suggests he's concerned about the events he's witnessing and reporting on. On the left side of the image, a stylized decorative wild turkey is hung in the window, above a sign reading "Happy Thanksgiving" in decorative script.
Actor Jason Alexander, dressed in a Star Trek original series gold command uniform, sitting in the captain's chair on the bridge of the USS Enterprise D and giving a Vulcan salute
A beige spider or crablike alien (facehugger from the movie Alien) has its legs and tail wrapped around the head and neck of a dark-haired caucasian member of the spaceship crew, who is of indeterminate gender. The crewmember, laying down and visible from only the shoulders up, is wearing a sleeveless white undershirt. The background of the room is grey and out of focus.